Philippians 1
1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and servants:
Polo mpe Timote, bawumbu ya Yesu-Klisto; Epai ya basantu nyonso kati na Klisto, oyo bazali na Filipi, elongo na bakambi ya Lingomba mpe badiakona:
2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Tika ete ngolu mpe kimia epesamela bino kowuta na Nzambe, Tata na biso, mpe na Nkolo Yesu-Klisto!
3 I thank my God whenever I remember you,
Nazongisaka matondi epai ya Nzambe na ngai tango nyonso nakanisaka bino;
4 always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,
nasambelaka Nzambe tango nyonso mpo na bino nyonso mpe nasalaka yango na esengo,
5 for your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now;
mpo na lisungi na bino kati na mosala ya kopanza Sango Malamu, wuta na mokolo ya liboso kino sik’oyo.
6 being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Nandimisami solo ete Ye oyo abandaki mosala kitoko oyo kati na bino akokomisa yango kino na suka, na mokolo ya Yesu-Klisto.
7 It is even right for me to think this way on behalf of all of you, because I have you in my heart, because both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the Good News, you all are partakers with me of grace.
Ezali sembo mpo na ngai kozala na makanisi ya lolenge oyo mpo na bino nyonso; solo, nalingaka bino mingi, pamba te bino nyonso bosanganaka makasi elongo na ngai kati na ngolu ya Nzambe, ezala tango nazali ya kokangama na minyololo kati na boloko to tango nazali kolobela mpe kotatola Sango Malamu na molende.
8 For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Nzambe azali Motatoli na ngai ete nalingaka bino nyonso makasi, na bolingo ya Yesu-Klisto.
9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
Mpe nasengaka kati na mabondeli na ngai ete bolingo na bino ekoba kokola tango nyonso kati na boyebi ya solo mpe na bososoli ya kokoka,
10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ,
mpo ete bokoka kososola makambo oyo eleki malamu. Na bongo, bokozala peto mpe bokozanga pamela mpo na mokolo ya Klisto,
11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
bokotonda na mbuma ya bosembo oyo ewutaka na Yesu-Klisto, mpo na nkembo mpe lokumu ya Nzambe.
12 Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News,
Bandeko na ngai, nalingi boyeba ete makambo oyo ekomeli ngai esali penza ete Sango Malamu ekende liboso.
13 so that it became evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ,
Boye, bakengeli nyonso ya ndako ya mokonzi mpe bato nyonso oyo bazali awa bayebi ete nazali kati na boloko mpo na Klisto.
14 and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
Mpe lisusu, kozala na ngai kati na boloko epesi na bandeko mingi kati na Nkolo molende ya kotia elikya kati na Nkolo mpe ya koteya Liloba na Nzambe, na mpiko mpe na bozangi bobangi.
15 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.
Ezali solo ete bamoko bazali kosakola Klisto mpo na zuwa mpe kowelana na ngai, kasi bamosusu bazali kosala yango na makanisi ya malamu:
16 The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;
bazali kosala na bolingo mpo bayebi ete ezali mpo na kotatola mpo na Sango Malamu nde ngai nazali awa.
17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.
Kasi mpo na ba-oyo bazali kosakola Klisto mpo na posa ya kowelana, makanisi na bango ezali ya malamu te: bazali kokanisa ndenge nini bakoki kobakisa pasi na ngai, na tango oyo nazali na pasi lokola mokangami kati na boloko.
18 What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.
Ezala bongo to bongo te, eloko ya motuya ezali ete Klisto azali kosakolama, na lolenge nyonso, ezala na makanisi ya mabe to na bosolo; mpe ngai nazali kosepela mpo na yango. Kutu, nakokoba kosepela mpo na yango.
19 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation through your prayers and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
Nayebi solo ete, na nzela ya mabondeli na bino mpe ya lisungi ya Molimo ya Yesu-Klisto, makambo oyo ekomeli ngai ekosuka na kokangolama na ngai.
20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
Eloko nazali kozela makasi mpe kolikya na motema na ngai mobimba ezali ete nayokisama soni te ata na likambo moko, kasi Klisto akumisama kati na nzoto na ngai, sik’oyo mpe tango nyonso, na elikya nyonso, ezala na nzela ya bomoi na ngai to na nzela ya kufa na ngai.
21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Mpo na ngai, kosalela Klisto, yango nde tina ya bomoi na ngai; mpe kokufa ezali litomba.
22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don’t know what I will choose.
Nzokande, soki kokoba na ngai kobika kati na mokili ekopesaka ngai nzela ya kobota bambuma ebele ya malamu na nzela ya mosala na ngai, nayebi te nini nasengeli kopona.
23 But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
Makambo mibale ezali kobenda ngai ngambo na ngambo: na ngambo moko, kokufa mpo na kozala elongo na Klisto, pamba te yango nde eleki malamu;
24 Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
na ngambo mosusu, kowumela kati na nzoto, pamba te yango nde eleki na tina likolo na bino.
25 Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
Lokola nandimisami na yango, nayebi malamu ete nakowumela mpe nakokoba kozala kati na bino nyonso, mpo na kosunga ete bokola mpe bosepela kati na kondima.
26 that your boasting may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
Boye, tango nakozala lisusu elongo na bino, lolendo na bino kati na Yesu-Klisto ekobakisama lisusu mpo na ngai.
27 Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;
Kasi botambola na lolenge oyo ebongi liboso ya Sango Malamu ya Klisto mpo ete, ezala nayei kotala bino to nayei te, nayoka sango ete botelemi ngwi mpe bosangani lokola moto moko, bozali kobunda elongo, na motema moko, mpo na kobatela kondima oyo Sango Malamu ememelaki bino,
28 and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
na kolenga te liboso ya banguna na bino. Mpo na bango, ezali elembo ya libebi; kasi mpo na bino, ezali elembo ya lobiko, mpe ewutaka na Nzambe.
29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
Mpo na oyo etali Klisto, Nzambe apesaki bino ngolu kaka te ya kondimela Ye, kasi ngolu mpe ya konyokwama mpo na Ye,
30 having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.
pamba te bozali nde kobunda etumba ya lolenge moko na oyo bomonaki ngai kobunda mpe oyo bozali koyoka ete nazali lisusu kobunda sik’oyo.
