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Matthew 22
22
Matthew
Jerusalem: conflict and teaching
Bondei Bible
Jesus
, person
David
, person
Caesar
, person
Jacob
, person
Moses
, person
Abraham
, person
Isaac
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Bondei Bible
Berean Standard Bible
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Yesu akagombeka nao vituhu wada wantu kwa misimo.
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Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
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“Useuta wa uwanga kwa Muungu waigana na zumbe yumwe mwekumgosoeya mwanawe ntafuno ya ndoza.
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“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
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Akawaagiiya wandima na kuwetanga wekugonekwao weze kwe ndoza, iya wekugonekwao khawakukunda kweza.
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He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.
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Naho akawaagiiya wandima vituhu wawambe wada wekugonekwao, ‘Isasa ntafuno iikwa kae khande. Na nyama za njeku na wesao kudahaa vitana kia kintu kiikwa kae!’
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Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
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Iya wowo khawekupatiiza, wakahauka, yumwe kaita tanga kwakwe na mtuhu kwe biashaa zakwe,
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But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.
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na watuhu wakawagwiiya wakawatoa na kuwakoma.
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The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
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Yuda Seuta akakimwa, akawaagiiya maasikai wakwe wakawadagamize wada wakomaji na kuubananga mzi wao kwa moto.
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The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
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Aho akawamba wandima wakwe, ‘Ntafuno ya ndoza itayali, iya wekugonekwao wakaemea kweza.
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Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
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Hitani mwe baabaa na wowose wendao muwabwiiye wetangani weze kwe ndoza,’
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Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
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wada wandima wakalawa na kuita mwe baabaa, wakawaika hamwe wantu wose, wafyaimi na wedi. Nyumba ya ndoza ikamema wageni.
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So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.
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“Seuta ekwengiaho kuwakauwa wageni akamwona mntu yumwe ambae khekuvaa gwanda da ndoza.
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But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.
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Seuta akamuuza, ‘Mmbuya, kwengia viivihi uku khuna gwanda da ndoza?’ Yuda mntu khekuwa na dakugombeka.
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‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
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Ahoaho Seuta akawamba wandima, ‘Mzengetezeni sigi za mwe miundi na mwe mikono mkamwase chongoi kwe kiza, uko endaaiye na kuuma meno.’ ”
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Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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Yesu akabindiizia kwa kugombeka, “Wantu wekwetangwao ni wangi, iya wekusagulwao niwacheche.”
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For many are called, but few are chosen.”
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Nee Mafalisayo wakahauka na kuita sia ya kuteganya wendavyo wamgwiye Yesu kwa ntamwiizi zakwe.
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Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
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Aho wakawaagiiya wahina wao hamwe na wahina wa kizumwezumwe cha Mahelode. Wakamuuza, “Mhinyi, tamanya wee ni mntu yedi na wahinya sia ya Muungu ya wantu kugosoa yekuwayo yedi, khumwogoha mntu yoyose kwamana ya ukuu wakwe na ukuu wakwe kwako khio kintu.
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They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
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Haya tambie wee waona viivihi? Ni vyedi kumuiha ushuu kwa seuta mkuu wa Lumi hambu tisekumuiha?”
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So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
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Yesu akamanya nteganyi zao za ufyaimi akawagombeka, “Nywie ni wahokho, kwambwai mwanigeeza kwa kunihega?
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But Jesus knew their evil intent and said,
“You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
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Nionyeshani iyo sensi iihayo ushuu.” Nawo wakamwekha sensi mwenga.
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Show Me the coin used for the tax.”
And they brought Him a denarius.
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Ahoaho, Yesu akamuuza, “Cheni na magondo aya ni ya ndai?”
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“Whose image is this,”
He asked,
“and whose inscription?”
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Wakatambaisa, “Ni seuta mkuu wa lumi.” Aho Yesu akawamba, “Ya seuta mkuu wa lumi mwekheni seuta mkuu wa lumi na ya Muungu mwekheni Muungu.”
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“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them,
“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
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Wekusikiavyo ivyo nee wahondomaa, wakambada wakaita.
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And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
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Msi uwouwo wamwe wa Masadukayo wagombekao wekufao khawayuyuka vituhu wakamtimia Yesu.
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That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
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Na kumwamba, “Mhinyi, Musa kagombeka mntu inga akategua na akauya na nyuma na khekubada mwana, yakundigwa nduguye amtegue uyo mvyee mwekufiiwa ni mgosi, ili ampatie wana.
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“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
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Hanu hetu nee kuwa na wandugu mfungate. Wabosi kategua nee auya na nyuma na khekujaiwa mwana, akadoigwa ni nduguye uyo mvyee mwekufiiwa ni mgosi.
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Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
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Vikagosoka ivyoivyo kwa ndugu wakaidi na wantatu, adi wose mfungate.
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The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.
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Bada ya ndugu ao wose kuuya na nyuma na yuda mvyee nae akauya na nyuma.
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And last of all, the woman died.
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Wendaho ubue uwo msi wa uyuyuko wendaho wayuyuke mvyee uyo endaawe ni mkaza ndai wamwe wa wada wandugu mfungate? Kwaviya wose mfungate nee wamtegua.”
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In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”
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Yesu akawatambaisa, “Nywie mwaga kwaajii khammanya Maandiko ya Muungu wala udaho wa Muungu.
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Jesus answered,
“You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
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Kisingi wantu wendaho wayuyuke khawana wategulwe wala kutegua, iya wendawawe inga wandima wa uwanga kwa Muungu.
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In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
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Iya kwa ida mbui ya wantu kuyuyuka tambe khamzati kusoma yada ekuwagombekayo Muungu?
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But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
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‘Miye ni Muungu wa Iblahimu na Muungu wa Isaka na Muungu wa Yakobo!’ Yee khie Muungu wa wekuuyao na nyuma, iya ni Muungu waugima.”
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‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
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Yada mazumwezumwe ya wantu yekutegeezaho mahinyo yakwe wakahondomazwa muno.
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When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
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Mafalisayo wekusikiaho kuwa Yesu kawatwiiza Masadukayo, na wakakintana hamwe.
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And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
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Yumwe wa Mafalisayo ambae amanya miko, akamuuza Yesu kwa kumgeeza.
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One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
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“Mhinyi mwe miko ni amli ihi yekuwayo khuu?”
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“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”
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Yesu akamtambaisa, “ ‘Mkundise Zumbe Muungu yako kwa moyo wako wose na muye wako wose na kwa akii zako zose.’
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Jesus declared,
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
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Inu nee amli khuu na ya bosi.
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This is the first and greatest commandment.
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Yakaidi yaigana na inu, ‘Mkundise mntu yoyose inga wekundisavyo wee mwenye.’
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And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
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Miko yose ya Musa na mahinyizo ya Waoni zizengwa na amli izi mbii.”
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All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
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Kisingi Mafalisayo wekukintanaho hamwe, Yesu akawauza.
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While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:
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“Nywie mwaona viivihi kuusu klistu mwohozi? Yee ni mwana wa ndai?” Wakamtambaisa, “Yee ni mwana ya Daudi.”
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“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?”
“David’s,” they answered.
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Yesu akawauza, “Yadahika viivihi Daudi akaongweewa na Muye wa Muungu amwetange Klistu ni ‘Zumbe?’ Kwaviya kagombeka,
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Jesus said to them,
“How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
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‘Zumbe kamwamba Zumbe yangu, Ekaa he mkono wangu wa kuume Adi nendaho niwavote wamasa wako.’
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‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
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Akawa Daudi amwetanga Klistu ‘Zumbe’, yadahika viivihi Daudi kuwa mwanawe?”
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So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”
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Khahana mntu yoyose mwekudaha kumtambaisa Yesu mbui iyo, na kuvokea msi uwo khahana mwekudaha kugeeza kumuuza vituhu dodose.
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No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
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