Barome 2

1 Yango wana, yo moto oyo osambisaka bato mosusu, ozali na ngambo, ata soki ozali nani; pamba te wana osambisaka bato mosusu, omisambisaka yo moko, mpo ete yo oyo osambisaka bango osalaka mpe kaka makambo yango.

Therefore you are without excuse, you person, you who judge, for what you judge in another you condemn in yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

2 Nzokande, toyebi malamu ete Nzambe asambisaka kolanda bosolo bato oyo basalaka makambo ya lolenge wana.

But we know that God's judgment is according to truth when it falls on those who practice such things.

3 Boni, okanisi ete okokima kosambisama ya Nzambe, yo oyo osambisaka bato oyo basalaka makambo ya lolenge wana mpe osalaka makambo yango kaka lokola bango?

But consider this, you person, you who judge those who practice such things although you do the same things. Will you escape from the judgment of God?

4 To mpe boni, okanisi ete ozali kotiola bomengo ya boboto, ya kokanga motema mpe ya bolamu na Nzambe, wana ozali kobosana ete boboto na Ye ememaka yo na kobongola motema?

Or do you think so little of the riches of his goodness, his delayed punishment, and his patience? Do you not know that his goodness is meant to lead you to repentance?

5 Kasi mpo na moto makasi na yo mpe motema libanga na yo, ozali yo moko komibendela etumbu monene mpo na mokolo oyo Nzambe akokweyisa kanda na Ye mpe akomonisa kosambisama na Ye ya sembo.

But it is to the extent of your hardness and unrepentant heart that you are storing up for yourself wrath on the day of wrath, that is, the day of the revelation of God's righteous judgment.

6 Nzambe akofuta moto na moto kolanda misala na ye:

He will pay back to every person according to his actions:

7 bomoi ya seko epai ya moto oyo, na nzela ya molende na ye ya kosala malamu, alukaka nkembo, lokumu mpe makambo oyo ebebaka te; (aiōnios g166)

to those who according to consistent, good actions have sought praise, honor, and incorruptibility, he will give eternal life. (aiōnios g166)

8 kasi kanda mpe kanda makasi epai ya moto oyo, na nzela ya botomboki na ye, aboyaka solo mpe asepelaka na mabe.

But to those who are self-seeking, who disobey the truth but obey unrighteousness, wrath and fierce anger will come.

9 Minyoko mpe mitungisi ezali kozela moto nyonso oyo asalaka mabe: liboso, Moyuda, mpe sima, Mogreki.

God will bring tribulation and distress on every human soul that has practiced evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

10 Kasi nkembo, lokumu mpe kimia ezali kozela moto nyonso oyo asalaka bolamu: liboso, Moyuda, mpe sima, Mogreki;

But praise, honor, and peace will come to everyone who practices good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

11 pamba te Nzambe aponaka bilongi te.

For there is no favoritism with God.

12 Bato nyonso oyo basalaki masumu na kozanga koyeba Mobeko bakokufa na kozanga mpe Mobeko. Nzokande bato oyo basalaki masumu, wana basengeli kotosa Mobeko, bakosambisama kolanda Mobeko.

For as many as have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and as many as have sinned with respect to the law will be judged by the law.

13 Pamba te ezali te bato oyo bayokaka Mobeko nde bazali sembo na miso na Nzambe, kasi ezali ba-oyo batosaka Mobeko yango nde bakotangama lokola bato ya sembo.

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

14 Soki Bapagano oyo bayebi Mobeko te bazali kosala na ndenge na bango moko makambo oyo Mobeko esengaka, boyeba ete bamikomisaka Mobeko mpo na bango moko atako bazali na Mobeko yango te.

For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law, they are a law to themselves, although they do not have the law.

15 Na bongo, na nzela ya bizaleli na bango, balakisaka ete misala oyo Mobeko esengaka ezali ya kokomama kati na mitema na bango. Mitema na bango etatolaka yango, ndenge moko na makanisi oyo na nzela na yango bamifundaka to bamilongisaka.

By this they show that the actions required by the law are written in their hearts. Their conscience also bears witness to them, and their own thoughts either accuse or defend them to themselves

16 Nyonso wana ekomonana polele, na mokolo oyo Nzambe akosambisa basekele ya bato na nzela ya Yesu-Klisto, kolanda Sango Malamu oyo nateyaka.

and also to God. That will happen on the day when God will judge the secrets of all people, according to my gospel, through Jesus Christ.

17 Boye, yo moto oyo omibengaka Moyuda, otiaka elikya na yo kati na Mobeko, omikumisaka mpo na Nzambe,

But if you call yourself a Jew and rest upon the law and boast in God,

18 oyebi mokano ya Nzambe mpe oyebi kososola makambo oyo eleki malamu, pamba te Mobeko eteya yo.

and know his will and approve of what is excellent because you have been instructed from the law;

19 Ondimisami solo ete ozali motambolisi ya bakufi miso, pole ya bato oyo bayengaka-yengaka kati na molili,

and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

20 molakisi ya bazoba, moteyi ya bana mike, pamba te ozwaka kati na Mobeko boyebi nyonso mpe bosolo.

a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of little children, and that you have in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth, then how does this affect the way you live your life?

21 Yo moto oyo oteyaka bato mosusu, boni, yo moko omiteyaka te? Yo oyo oteyaka bato mosusu ete bayiba te, boni, oyibaka?

You who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

22 Yo oyo olobaka na bato ete basala ekobo te, boni, osalaka ekobo? Yo oyo omipesaka te na banzambe ya bikeko, boni, ozwaka na makasi biloko kati na batempelo?

You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who hate idols, do you rob temples?

23 Yo oyo omikumisaka mpo na Mobeko, boni, ozali kobebisa lokumu ya Nzambe na kobuka Mobeko?

You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

24 Mpo na yango, kolanda ndenge ekomama: « Likolo na bino, Kombo ya Nzambe ezali kofingama kati na Bapagano. »

For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it has been written.

25 Kokatama ngenga ezali na tina soki ozali kotosa Mobeko; kasi soki obuki Mobeko, okomi lokola okatama na yo ngenga te.

For circumcision indeed benefits you if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.

26 Kasi soki moto oyo akatisa ngenga te azali kotosa malako ya sembo ya Mobeko, boni, akotangama te lokola moto akatama ngenga?

If, then, the uncircumcised person keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be considered as circumcision?

27 Moto oyo akatisa ngenga te kasi atosaka Mobeko akosambisa yo oyo obukaka Mobeko atako ozali na Makomi ya Mobeko mpe okatisa ngenga.

And will not the one who is naturally uncircumcised condemn you if he keeps the law? This is because you have the written law and circumcision, yet you break the law!

28 Pamba te ezali te makambo oyo emonanaka na miso nde ekomisaka moto Moyuda, mpe ezali te elembo oyo emonanaka na nzoto nde esalaka kokatama ngenga.

For he is not a Jew who is merely one outwardly; neither is circumcision that which is merely outward in the flesh.

29 Ezali kaka makambo ya kati nde ekomisaka moto Moyuda, mpe kokatama ngenga ya solo ezali nde oyo Molimo asalaka kati na motema; ezali te oyo tosalaka na kotosa Mobeko. Lokumu ya Moyuda ya boye ewutaka na bato te, kasi na Nzambe.

But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter. The praise of such a person comes not from people but from God.