Matthew 24 (BWC)

1Panuma yaifyo Yesu afumine Mwitempele alaya, abasambi bakwe baisile kuli ena nokwisa musontelela ifikulwa fye tempele.As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.

2Yesu abepwisye ukuti, “Busye namumona ifintu fyonse ifi? Ndemyeba ukuti tapakasyale ilibwe nangu limo palibiye, yonse yakabongoloka.”“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

3Lintu Yesu ali naikala pa Lupili lwa Miolife, abasambi baisile kuli ena pambali. Bamwipwisye ukuti, “Busye nilisa ifi fyonse fikakitika, kabili kilangililonsi ikyakwisa kobe nekyampela yesonde.”While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

4Yesu abaswike ukuti, “Kengeleni, pakuti umuntu nangu umo emibepe.Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

5Pantu abantu abengi bakesila mwisina lyandi, bakalaitunga ukuti ‘Ninebo Klistu!’ Kabili bakabepa abengi.For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

6Mukomfwa inkondo nefintinya fyankondo, lelo mwikatiina. Fyonse ifi fintu fikakitika, lelo impela ninsi tailafika.You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

7Ifyalo fikemina ifyalo fibiye, ubufumu bukemina ubufumu bubiye. Konse kukaba ifipowe na bamakumba mukende isyalekana lekana.Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

8Lelo ifi fikabafye ngobukali bwakwambilapo ubwapakupapa.All these are the beginning of birth pains.

9“Bakamipakasa no kumipaya, kabili mukapatwa kubantu mufyalo fyonse pamulandu wandi.Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

10Abantu abengi bakalufya ikitetekelo pali iyi nsita, bakalafutuka nokupata ababiye.At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

11Elo bakasesema babufi abengi bakamoneka nokubepa abantu abengi.and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.

12Pamulandu wakufula kwabubifi, ukutemwa kukafubalila.Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

13Lelo abakasipikisya ukufika kumpela bakapusuka.But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

14Kabili iyi Mbila Nsuma yapa bufumu ikasisimikilwa mwisonde lyonse ngobunte kufyalo fyonse, elo impela ikafika.And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15“Kansi lintu mukamona umupamba wabonausi untu kasesema Daniele alaandilepo nawiminina umwamusilo.” (Onse uulebelenga eluke, muntu ifi fyalola!)So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

16Abakaba mu Yudeya bakabutukila mumpili.then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

17Uukaba pamutenge wa ŋanda ekekila ukuyapiita ifili fyonse mu ŋanda.Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

18Uukaba mwibala, ekabwelelamo mukupiita insalu syakwe.And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

19Akalanda muli silya nsiku kuli banamayo abakaba pabukulu na kubakalaonsya!How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

20Mulepepa ukuti fikakitika munsita yampepo, nangu pabusiku bwe Sabata!Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.

21Pantu kukaba amakyusi yakipesya mano ayasyatala bako ukufuma kuntendekelo yesonde ukufika nandakai kabili ayasyakatale bako nakabili.For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

22Isyo nsiku singakana ukwipifiwa ngatapali uwapuswike, lelo pamulandu wa basalwa bakwe isyo nsiku syalipifiwa.If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

23Pali iyo nsita umuntu ngalanda ukuti, “Mona Klistu uyu pano nangu uyo apo” Mwikasumina.At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

24Pantu ba krisitu babufi na bakasesema babufi bakamonekela, bakalakita ifisibilo ifikalamba nefisungusyo pakuti bakabepe na basalwa ngafingakitika.For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

25Moneni! Namyebela limo ifi lintu insita tailaisa.See, I have told you in advance.

26“Kansi, abantu ngabamyeba ukuti, ‘Uyo ali mukiswebebe, mwikayako!’ Kabili ngabalanda ukuti, ‘Uyu ali muŋanda!’ Mwikasumina.So if they tell you, ‘There He is, in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Here He is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

27Pantu Umwana Wamuntu akesa ngakalumba akabyasya mumulu monse ukufuma kukabanga ukufika ku masamba.For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

28“Amakubi yakolongana konse ukuli ikitumbi.Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29“Panumafye yamakyusi yaisyo nsiku, akasuba kakafiita no mwensi tawakabale, intanda sikapona mumulu, kabili nefyaikala mumulu fikasunkansiwa.Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

30Elo kukamoneka ikisibilo kya Mwana Wamuntu mumulu. Elo abantu bapano isonde bonse bakalosya, lintu bakamona Umwana Wamuntu aleisa pamakumbi yamumulu, namaka nobukata ubukalamba.At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31Lintu impenga ilikalamba likalila, akatuma bamalaika bakwe ukuyakolonganika abasalwa bakwe ukufuma mutupinda tune utwapesonde, ukufuma kumpela iyamulu ukufika kumpela.And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32“Nomba sambilileni ku kimuti kya mukunyu. Imisambo ngayaamba ukufumya ubuluba mulesiba ukuti amainsa yapalama.Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

33Nalintu mukamona ifintu fyonse ifi, mukesibe ukuti insita yapalama, ilifye pamwinsi.So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.

34Ndemyeba ikikine ukuti, iyi nkulo tayakapite ninsi ifintu fyonse ifi fyakitika.Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

35Umulu nesonde fikapita lelo amasiwi yandi tayakapite.Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

36“Lelo tapaba uwaisiba ubusiku nakasita, bamalaika ba mumulu tabaisiba kabili Nomwana Wamuntu wine taisiba, Tatafye eka ewaisiba.No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

37Ngafintu kyali munsiku yakwa Noa, efintu kikaba nalintu Umwana Wamuntu akesa.As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

38Lintu ilyeshi talilaisa, abantu balelya nokunwa, baleupa nokupwa, mpaka pa busiku buntu Noa aingile mu bwato.For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

39Tabaisibe nangu fimo ifyalekitika mpaka ilyeshi lyaisa balofya bonse. Efintu kikaba napakwisa kwa Mwana wa Muntu.And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

40Abaume babili bakaba mwibala, umo akapiitwa umubiye akasyala.Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

41Abanakasi babili bakalapela pelibwe, umo akapiitwa umbi akasyala.Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

42Eikyo kengeleni, pantu tamwisibe ubusiku Imfumu yenu ikesa.Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

43Lelo ilukeni ifi, umwine wa ŋanda ngaisiba insita intu umuŋo aleisilapo, teti alale kuti alalolelafye kabili tekuti aleke umuŋo amwingilile.But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

44Eikyo namwebo beni abaipekanya lyonse, pantu Umwana Wamuntu akesa pakasita kantu musyenekele.For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

45“Busye umusya wakisinka kabili uwamano ninani? Nyuyo, sikulu wakwe abika ukwangalila ababomfi babiye, ukulabapela ifyakulya pansita iyayana.Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

46Kikamuwamina uyo umubomfi, ilyo sikulu wakwe abwela ngamusanga alekita ifyofine.Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

47Ndemyeba ikinekine ukuti, sikulu wakwe akabika uyu mubomfi bukangalila pamfintu fyakwe fyonse.Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

48Lelo umusya ngamubifi, kuti aayeba umwine mumutima wakwe ukuti sikulu wakwe takabwele bwangu,But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

49kabili nokwamba ukuma ababomfi babiye, nokwamba ukulya nokunwina pamo nabakyakolwa.And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

50Sikulu wauyo musya akabweluluka ubusiku ubo umubomfi tenekele kabili napansita intu tesibe.The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.

51Akaputaula umubomfi mutupimfya, kabili akamuposa kunkende akayakyulila pamo nababumbimunda. Ukukaba ukulila nokusumanya ameno.Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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