Bafilipi 3
1 Mpo na kosukisa, bandeko na ngai, bosepelaka kati na Nkolo! Ezali likambo ya pasi te mpo na ngai kokomela bino lisusu makambo oyo nakomelaki bino liboso, mpe yango ezali mpo na bolamu na bino.
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is to me indeed not burdensome; but for you it is safe.
2 Bosala keba na bambwa, na bato mabe mpe na bato oyo batindikaka bino na kokatisa ngenga!
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision.
3 Biso nde tozali bato oyo bakatisa ngenga na solo, pamba te tosambelaka Nzambe na nzela ya Molimo na Ye, tomikumisaka kati na Yesu-Klisto mpe totiaka elikya na biso na nzoto te,
For we are the circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
4 atako ngai mpe nakoki na ngai kotia elikya na nzoto. Soki moto moko akanisi ete akoki kotia elikya na nzoto, asengeli koyeba ete ngai nakoki kutu kotia elikya yango koleka ye;
though, indeed, I have a ground of confidence in the flesh. If any other thinks he has a ground of confidence in the flesh, I more;
5 pamba te bakatisaki ngai ngenga na mokolo ya mwambe, nazali penza moto ya Isalaele kati na libota ya Benjame, mpe nazali Mo-Ebre oyo abotama na baboti oyo bazali mpe Ba-Ebre. Mpo na oyo etali Mibeko, nazalaki Mofarizeo;
circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as it respects law, a Pharisee;
6 mpo na oyo etali molende, nanyokolaki Lingomba; mpo na oyo etali bosembo oyo bato balukaka na nzela ya Mibeko, nazalaki moto azanga pamela.
as it respects zeal, persecuting the church; as it respects righteousness which is by law, blameless.
7 Kasi makambo oyo nazalaki komona ete ezali na tina mpo na ngai, nakomi sik’oyo komona yango pamba mpo na Klisto.
But the things which were gain to me, these I counted loss for Christ.
8 Kaka yango te, nazali kutu komona makambo nyonso lokola eloko pamba likolo ya bolamu oyo eleki monene: koyeba Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na ngai. Ezali mpo na Ye nde ngai nandimaki kobungisa makambo wana nyonso mpe nazali komona yango lokola bisanza, mpo ete nakoka kozwa Klisto
Yes, verily, I also count all things to be loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ,
9 mpe bakuta ngai kati na Ye. Nakomi moto ya sembo mpo ete nandimeli Klisto: Nzambe akomisi ngai moto ya sembo na nzela ya kondima. Ezali lisusu te na nzela ya kotosa Mibeko ndenge nazalaki kokanisa kala.
and be found in him, not having my own righteousness which was by law, but the righteousness which is by faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith,
10 Posa monene ya motema na ngai ezali: koyeba Klisto, koyeba nguya ya lisekwa na Ye, kosangana na pasi na Ye, kokokana na Ye kati na kufa na Ye
that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, by conforming myself to his death,
11 na elikya ete ngai mpe nakosekwa kati na bakufi.
if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Nalingi koloba te ete nasili kozwa biloko oyo nyonso to mpe nasili kokoma moto ya kokoka, kasi nazali nde kopota mbangu mpo na kozwa yango, pamba te Yesu-Klisto asila mpe kozwa ngai.
Not that I have already attained, or have already reached the goal; but I am pressing forward, that I may lay hold on that for which I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.
13 Bandeko, nazali kokanisa te ete nasili kozwa yango; kasi nasalaka likambo moko: nabosanaka makambo nyonso oyo esili koleka, mpe namipesaka mpo na makambo oyo ezali liboso.
Brethren, I do not conclude that I have already laid hold:
14 Boye nazali kopota mbangu kino nakoma na suka mpo na kozwa mbano oyo Nzambe abenga ngai mpo na yango wuta na Likolo kati na Yesu-Klisto.
but one thing I do; forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward to those which are before, I press toward the goal, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Biso nyonso oyo tokola na Molimo, tosengeli kokanisa ndenge wana. Mpe soki ezali na likambo oyo na tina na yango bozali kokanisa ndenge mosusu, Nzambe akososolisa bino.
Let us, therefore, as many as are fully enlightened, be of this mind: and if you are of another mind with respect to any thing, God will reveal even this to you.
16 Nzokande, na esika oyo tosili kokoma, totambola nzela moko.
But as far as we have attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us have the same mind.
17 Bandeko, bino nyonso bolanda ndakisa na ngai mpe bomekola ezaleli ya bato oyo bazali kotambola lokola biso.
Be imitators of me, brethren, and observe those who thus walk as you have us for an example.
18 Pamba te ndenge nazalaki koyebisa bino yango mbala na mbala mpe, sik’oyo, nazali lisusu koyebisa bino yango na kolela, bato mingi bazali kotambola lokola banguna ya ekulusu ya Klisto.
For many walk, of whom I often said to you, and now say even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of the Christ,
19 Suka na bango ezali libebi; pamba te nzambe na bango ezali libumu na bango, lokumu na bango ezali kati na makambo oyo eyokisaka bango soni, mpe makanisi na bango elukaka kaka biloko ya mokili.
whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
20 Kasi biso, mboka na biso ezali kati na Likolo, mpe tozali kozela na posa makasi Mobikisi na biso, Nkolo Yesu-Klisto, oyo akowuta na Likolo.
But our citizenship is in heaven, whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 Ye nde akobongola nzoto na biso ya putulu mpo na kokomisa yango nzoto ya nkembo, na nzela ya nguya na Ye ya kotia biloko nyonso na se ya bokonzi na Ye.
who will transform our humbled body, and make it like his glorious body, according to that power by which he is able to subdue all things to himself.
