Barome 1
1 Polo, mowumbu ya Yesu-Klisto, oyo abengama mpo ete azala ntoma mpe aponama mpo na kosakola Sango Malamu ya Nzambe,
Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, called to be an Apostle, set apart to proclaim God's Good News,
2 Sango Malamu oyo Nzambe alaka wuta kala na nzela ya basakoli na Ye kati na Makomi ya bule,
which God had already promised through His Prophets in Holy Writ, concerning His Son,
3 Sango Malamu oyo ezali koloba na tina na Mwana na Ye, oyo kati na bomoto na Ye, abotamaki na libota ya Davidi,
who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David,
4 mpe na nzela ya Molimo Mosantu, amonisamaki na nguya nyonso ete azali Mwana na Nzambe, na nzela ya lisekwa na Ye kati na bakufi: Yesu-Klisto, Nkolo na biso.
but as regards the holiness of His Spirit was decisively proved by His Resurrection to be the Son of God--I mean concerning Jesus Christ our Lord,
5 Ezali na nzela na Ye nde nazwaki ngolu ya kozala ntoma mpo na kosala ete na Kombo na Ye, Bapagano batosa Ye na nzela ya kondima.
through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples,
6 Boye, bino mpe bozali na molongo ya bato yango oyo Yesu-Klisto abenga.
among whom you also, called, as you have been, to belong to Jesus Christ, are numbered:
7 Epai na bino nyonso oyo, kati na Rome, bozali balingami ya Nzambe mpe bobengama mpo na kozala basantu: Tika ete ngolu mpe kimia epesamela bino kowuta na Nzambe, Tata na biso, mpe na Nkolo Yesu-Klisto!
To all God's loved ones who are in Rome, called to be saints. May grace and peace be granted to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 Ya liboso, nazali kozongisa matondi epai ya Nzambe na ngai, na nzela ya Yesu-Klisto, mpo na bino nyonso, pamba te bazali kolobela kondima na bino kati na mokili mobimba.
First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for what He has done for all of you; for the report of your faith is spreading through the whole world.
9 Nzambe oyo nasalelaka na motema na ngai mobimba tango nateyaka Sango Malamu ya Mwana na Ye, azali Motatoli na ngai ete natikaka te kotanga kombo na bino
I call God to witness--to whom I render priestly and spiritual service by telling the Good News about His Son-- how unceasingly I make mention of you in His presence,
10 kati na mabondeli na ngai tango nyonso; mpe nasengaka na Nzambe ete, na mikolo oyo to na mikolo oyo ekoya, apesa ngai nzela ya koya kotala bino, soki ezali mokano na Ye.
always in my prayers entreating that now, at length, if such be His will, the way may by some means be made clear for me to come to you.
11 Pamba te nazali na posa makasi ya komona bino mpo na kopesa bino likabo ya ngolu, likabo ya Molimo, mpo ete bolendisama na kondima na bino
For I am longing to see you, in order to convey to you some spiritual help, so that you may be strengthened;
12 to mpo ete tolendisana elongo, na nzela ya kondima moko oyo tozali na yango.
in other words that while I am among you we may be mutually encouraged by one another's faith, yours and mine.
13 Bandeko na ngai, nalingi boyeba ete nazalaki mbala mingi kosala mabongisi ya koya epai na bino, mpo na kobuka mbuma kati na bino, ndenge nazalaki kosala kati na Bapagano mosusu; kasi kino sik’oyo, bipekiselo mingi ezali kokanga ngai nzela.
And I desire you to know, brethren, that I have many a time intended to come to you--though until now I have been disappointed--in order that among you also I might gather some fruit from my labours, as I have already done among the rest of the Gentile nations.
14 Nazali na niongo ya Bagreki mpe ya bato oyo bazali Bagreki te, ya bato ya bwanya mpe ya bazoba.
I am already under obligations alike to Greek-speaking races and to others, to cultured and to uncultured people:
15 Yango wana nazali penza na posa makasi ya koteya Sango Malamu epai na bino oyo bozali na Rome.
so that for my part I am willing and eager to proclaim the Good News to you also who are in Rome.
16 Nazali na soni te mpo na Sango Malamu, pamba te ezali nguya ya Nzambe mpo na lobiko ya moto nyonso oyo andimaka: liboso, ya Moyuda, mpe sima, ya Mogreki.
For I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power which is at work for the salvation of every one who believes--the Jew first, and then the Gentile.
17 Pamba te Sango Malamu yango emonisaka biso bosembo ya Nzambe, oyo ezwamaka na nzela ya kondima, wuta na ebandeli kino na suka, kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Moto ya sembo akobika na nzela ya kondima. »
For in the Good News a righteousness which comes from God is being revealed, depending on faith and tending to produce faith; as the Scripture has it, "The righteous man shall live by faith."
18 Solo, Nzambe amonisaka kanda na Ye wuta na lola mpo na kopesa etumbu, na lisumu mpe na mabe nyonso ya bato oyo bazipaka bosolo na nzela ya misala na bango ya mabe,
For God's anger is being revealed from Heaven against all impiety and against the iniquity of men who through iniquity suppress the truth. God is angry:
19 pamba te makambo oyo bakoki koyeba na tina na Nzambe emonanaka polele kati na bango; Ye moko Nzambe nde alakisa bango yango na polele.
because what may be known about Him is plain to their inmost consciousness; for He Himself has made it plain to them.
20 Wuta Nzambe akela mokili, makoki na Ye, oyo emonanaka na miso te, lokola nguya na Ye ya seko mpe bonzambe na Ye, emonanaka polele penza, tango bayekolaka yango na nzela ya misala na Ye. Boye, bato bakoki te komilongola na ngambo. (aïdios g126)
For, from the very creation of the world, His invisible perfections--namely His eternal power and divine nature--have been rendered intelligible and clearly visible by His works, so that these men are without excuse. (aïdios g126)
21 Pamba te, atako bayebaki Nzambe, kasi bapesaki Ye te lokumu oyo ekoki na Nzambe mpe bapesaki Ye matondi te, kasi makanisi na bango ekomaki ya bozoba, mpe mitema na bango, oyo ezangaki mayele, etondaki na molili.
For when they had come to know God, they did not give Him glory as God nor render Him thanks, but they became absorbed in useless discussions, and their senseless minds were darkened.
22 Atako bazalaki komimona bato ya bwanya, kasi bakomaki bazoba.
While boasting of their wisdom they became utter fools,
23 Na esika ete bakumisa Nzambe oyo akufaka te mpe atonda na nkembo, bakumisaki banzambe ya bikeko lokola bililingi ya bato oyo bakufaka, ya bandeke, ya banyama oyo etambolaka na makolo minei mpe oyo etambolaka na libumu.
and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.
24 Yango wana, Nzambe akabaki bango kati na baposa mabe ya mitema na bango mpe na misala ya bosoto, mpo ete basambwisa banzoto na bango moko, na nzela ya moko to ya mosusu.
For this reason, in accordance with their own depraved cravings, God gave them up to uncleanness, allowing them to dishonour their bodies among themselves with impurity.
25 Basundolaki bosolo ya Nzambe mpo na komipesa na makambo ya lokuta, bapesaki lokumu mpe bagumbamelaki bikelamu, na esika ya Mokeli oyo apesamela nkembo mpo na seko. Amen! (aiōn g165)
For they had bartered the reality of God for what is unreal, and had offered divine honours and religious service to created things, rather than to the Creator--He who is for ever blessed. Amen. (aiōn g165)
26 Yango wana, Nzambe asundolaki bango kati na baposa ya soni. Ezala basi na bango, batikaki kosangisa nzoto na mibali mpo na komipesa na bosangisi nzoto oyo esengeli te.
This then is the reason why God gave them up to vile passions. For not only did the women among them exchange the natural use of their bodies for one which is contrary to nature, but the men also,
27 Ndenge moko mpe mpo na mibali: batikaki kosangisa nzoto na basi, batondisamaki na posa ya kosangisa nzoto na baninga na bango mibali; basalaki makambo ya soni, mibali na mibali, mpe bazwaki kati na bango moko lifuti oyo ekokaki na libunga na bango.
in just the same way--neglecting that for which nature intends women--burned with passion towards one another, men practising shameful vice with men, and receiving in their own selves the reward which necessarily followed their misconduct.
28 Lokola bamonaki ete koyeba Nzambe ezali na tina te, Nzambe akabaki bango na makanisi na bango ya mabe, mpo ete basala makambo oyo ebongi te.
And just as they had refused to continue to have a full knowledge of God, so it was to utterly worthless minds that God gave them up, for them to do things which should not be done.
29 Batondaki na lolenge nyonso ya misala ya sembo te, ya makambo mabe, ya lokoso, ya mabe, ya zuwa, ya misala ya koboma bato, ya koswana, ya kokosela baninga makambo mpe ya koyina bato; bakomaki bato na songisongi,
Their hearts overflowed with all sorts of dishonesty, mischief, greed, malice. They were full of envy and murder, and were quarrelsome, crafty, and spiteful.
30 na kotiola baninga, banguna ya Nzambe, bato batonda na lolendo, na lofundu, na bilobaloba, na mayele ya kosala mabe, batomboki na miso ya baboti na bango;
They were secret backbiters, open slanderers; hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of sin, disobedient to parents, destitute of common sense,
31 bato bazanga mayele, bosembo, bolingo mpe mawa.
faithless to their promises, without natural affection, without human pity.
32 Bayebi malamu ekateli ya sembo ya Nzambe ete bato oyo basalaka makambo ya lolenge wana basengeli na kufa, kasi bazali kaka kokoba kosala makambo wana nyonso mpe kondima bato oyo basalaka yango.
In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.
