Luke 12 (IYX) · Opened

1Mu taanga dii, mafuundu ma baata makukini, madiaatisini. Yiisu akwiyaabisa kwaa miyii mia nde: «Disa mayele mu liviiri la bafarisi, ni peluu a bo.In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2A uli na iloo kiasweeme pe ki buhele usololo, na kii kia tsweeyi ki ihele uyabina.There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

3Ni mu buu, moosi ma dileele kutso pimisi, sa bayuu mu taanga dia liyalila. Ma moosi ma dileele mu mapfuundu, mu itsuru kia kati a nzo, sa mayabina nha kati a baata.»What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

4«Me nadileeli bambaayi ba me: a diba na boomo ba babubaadusu nyutu pe, ka nha mbisi a nhaa a bubwabaa yi bu tuu usa pe.I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

5Ka me sa nadilaa wu beni diafwaana ubatila boomo. Dibata Nziaambi uli na lituu la udumunu beni ku diaanga la mbaa nha mbisi a udusu. Ee, me nadileeli, wu dibatila!»But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

6«A bubaayaluu masiee mataana mu mikuti mioolo pe? Ka pasi lo, lili na ndaanda nha kulu a Nziaambi.Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

7Ka naanga dia mitswe mia beni dioosi bataanga dio. A diba na boomo pe, beni diavuli masiee ma malayi ndaanda!»And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

8«Me nadileeli: Pasi wu uta imbaangi mu me nha kulu a baata, Mwaana a muutu ka sa ata imbaangi mu nde nha kulu a batumu ba Nziaambi.I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

9Ka pasi wu utunu me nha kulu a baata, Mwaana a muutu ka sa atunu nde nha kulu a batumu ba Nziaambi.But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

10Pasi wu uleele ma mabi mu Mwaana a muutu, sa bamusa kolokolo, ka pasi wu utuu Muheebili wa Ngira, a busiingi kolokolo a nde pe.And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

11Mu taanga di bubiti beni ku ma nzo ma makutunu ma Bayuudayo nha kulu a bafuundisi, so ba bali na litumu paa badifuundusu, a diba na maketi-keti pe mu ma diafwaana uvutulu, na ima diafwaana uleele.When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

12Ka Muheebili wa Ngira sa wadiyiisi ma diafwaana uleele mu taanga dii.»For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

13Mosi mutso koongi aleeli kwaa Yiisu: «Muyiisi, leele kwaa mwaana a nguu a me akaba na me mukobo a bisi.»Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

14Ka Yiisu avutili kwaa nde: «Na abiaalisa me mu uba nzioonzi so mukabi a mbayili a beni?»But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”

15Tumake aleeli kwaa bo boosi: «Diyele mu nzala ya ubaa kwa lutulu iteesi, ka idiingi kia muutu a kia tsikini mu mbayili a nde pe so nde li na busini balaa.»And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

16Nde ati tsaba yi kwaa bo, aleeli: «Muutu mosi wa isini ali na matsiee mabuti mbutu dialaa.Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

17Muutu wuu atsimi mu mutimi a nde, aleeli: “Bibaanga bi ndi na bio bi bikee, kuni nisuusu bi kukii biinabi?”So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

18Ka mono: “Bubwe mu utsara bibaanga bi naba na bio, na utuungu bia vulu bunene, tumake me kukuu biloo bioosi.Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

19Ku mbisi me sa ndeele kwaa muwuumu a me: Muwuumu a me, we li na biloo bialaa bi kukii mu bilimi bialaa bikaayira, ki wuumu, dia, nywa, sa mukuungi.”Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

20Ka Nziaambi aleeli kwaa nde: “Aa ngaa buwulu! Butsuu ba we sa kwa. Ninha bioosi bi we kukii bia na bikaa ba?”»But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

21Yiisu abwileele: «Ni buu bu li mu umonuu kwaa uli mu ukukuu busini ba ndeme, na uhele na busini nha misi mia Nziaambi.»This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

22Yiisu abwileele kwaa miyii mia nde: «Ni mu buu me nadileeli: A dikwaamisa pe mitimi mia beni, mu bi dikaadia mu ndaa idiingi kia beni, so mu bi dikaalwaata mu manyutu ma beni.Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

23Ka idiingi, kia vulu biloo bia udia, na nyutu ya vulu milwaata.For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

24Ditala bikwaakwaa a bibaakunu so ukukuu pe, a bili na bisweeyili so bibaanga pe; Ka Nziaambi ubaa buungulu bio! Ka beni diavulu banyunyi kwalaa!Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

25Na mu beni, mu ndaa miniongo mia nde, utuu ubweese so iluumbu imosi mu idiingi kia nde?Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

26So dikooni ndaa yi kee, mu ima dili mu ukwaamosa mitimi mu mandaa ma kimi?So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?

27Dimono buli mu ukulu bifulu bia matsiee, a bili mu usala pe, na a bibaatuungu pe; ka me nadileeli: So Salomo mu buzitu ba nde boosi a alwaati pe mbii imosi mu bifulu.Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

28So Nziaambi ubaalwaatisa bitiiti bia mu matsiee lolo, na nha ngwaali sa badumunu bio mbaa: buni nde ukoono uyiluu buu kwaa beni! Aa, beni baata ba ngaa imiini ki ikee!If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!

29Ni mu bu, beni a diafwaana ukwaamisa mitimi mia beni pe, mu bi dikaadia so bia unwa.And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.

30Ni bangooyi ba tsi bafwaana usa weti buu, ka beni dili na taayi wayaaba manzaala ma beni moosi.For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

31Disaa Ipfumu kia Nziaambi tumi nde sa adibweese bini bioosi bi dili na nzala a bio.»But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.

32«Mwaa mukaanga aba na boomo pe! Ka litoono la Taayi a beni ni mu uhaa beni Ipfumu.Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

33Diyaluu bi beni dili na bio, diha mboongo kwaa bawele, diyiluu bipokolo bia mboongo bi bihele ufuu. Dikukuu busini mu mayula ma Nziaambi, ku muyibi ukoono ubesene, na batsierere a butuu ubiiyisi bo pe.Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

34Ka kuu kuli busini ba beni, ni kuu kukaaba mitimi mia beni ka.»For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

35«Diyilimi, dikweete kobo mu maluungu ma beni na miindi mia beni miba mia nama.Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

36Difwaanina na baata ba bali mu ukebe pfumu a bo. Bu nde umata ku mukuungi a makweele, akomboto nha munywa a nzo, bo sa badibili mu mawasa.Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

37Kinyi kwaa basiali baa, ba bu pfumu a bo uyiri avutuu, wababaasi bali likanda. Ngwanya me nadileeli: Pfumu sa alwaata bikutu bia isala na sa wabaleele mu udiaala nha yulu a meese paa nde akaba bo bia udia.Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

38So nde toori mu tsutsu a tsiomi so mu tsutsu wa boolo na wababaasi likanda, kinyi kwaa bo!Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

39Diyuu: so pfumu a nzo ayaaba taanga dikaayira muyibi, buni keni nde a unyaala pe muyibi abulu nzo a nde.But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

40Beni ka diyilima, bu diahele uyaaba taanga di kaayira Mwaana a muutu.»You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”

41Peetero aleeli kwaa nde: «Pfumu, teeri tsaba yi, kwaa bisi kele so a buu pe kwaa baata boosi?»“Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”

42Pfumu avutili: «Ka na li musiali wu mubwe na wa mayele? Ni wu pfumu a nde akaabiaalisa ikuutu mu nzo a nde, paa adisili basiali ba bamosi mu taanga diafwaana.And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?

43Kinyi kwaa na musiali wu pfumu a nde bu akaayiri avutuu, nde li kutso isala, mbii bu bamusiisili kio.Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

44Ngwanya me nadileeli: Pfumu, sa wamubiaalisa litumu mu bioosi bi ali na bio!Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

45Ka so musiali wuu leeli mu mutimi a nde: “Pfumu a me a ubaa pe uyiri, sa adiingi mu uyiri!” Na nde baandii mu utete basiali ba bamosi ba babaala na ba Bakaasa, na diri, nywiri, na koli mala.But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

46Bu pfumu a musiali wuu akaayira mu iluumbu na taanga di musiali ahele uyaaba, pfumu sa wamubingi, na sa wamukitisi mbuu mosi na babahele a imiini.The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

47Ka musiali wayaaba litoono la pfumu a nde, na a yilii pe mbii buli litoono la pfumu, nde sa bamudusu kubu ndusili yalaa.That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

48Ni mu buu, musiali wahele uyaaba litoono la pfumu a nde, ka yilii ma mabi, sa batete nde kwa ukee. Pasi wu bayi bialaa, sa bamuloombo ka kwalaa, pasi wu baha bia funu, sa baloombo kwaa nde ka biavululu.»But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

49«Me nayiri mu dumunu mbaa nha tsi, na tooni beeri ti mbaa me, keni yi maa-na-ma!I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

50Me ndi na libootuu la uholo, ki pili a pasi mu me natee bu lo liyilimi!But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

51A ditsimi pe ti me nayiri mu ubee iyeenge nha tsi. Me na dileeli: Ngori, mu me sa uba kabini.Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.

52Ni mu buu, umata lolo li, mu bataa bataana bali mu nzo mosi, sa bakabuu, batata kolo ya bo, boolo ka kolo ya bo:From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

53Taayi sa abaa mutaata kwaa mwaana wa baala, mwaana wa baala kwaa taayi nde. Nguu sa baa mutaata kwaa mwaana wa mukaasa, na mwaana wa mukaasa kwaa nguu nde. Nguu a mulumi sa aba mutaata a buko ba mukaasa, buko ba mukaasa ka sa abele nguu a mulumi a nde.»They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

54Yiisu aleeli ka kwaa makoongi: «Bu dimono ibala, ikumi ku peembi yi yidiaama taanga, beni dileeli mu mawasa: “Mvulu sa anoo”, sa buba weti buu.Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

55Ka bu mupepe wa ku baanda li mu ufuulu, beni dileeli: “Sa iba na kiaangila kia mifuri”, na sa buba weti buu.And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.

56Bangaa peluu, beni diayaaba usoboso biliimbi bia ku yulu na bia nha tsi buni dili kutso bundimbi na uhele uyaaba mu ki taanga dika?»You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?

57«Mu ima, dili mu uhele uba na mbahila mu ibene bameme, mu uyiluu ma libweeye?And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

58Ka buli mu uyene na mutaata a we ku nzo a pfuundisi, bubwe mu ukwayuhusunu bu dili na nde keni mu kula, paa nde anyaala uyeelele we nha kulu a nzioonzi. Tumake nzioonzi a ayeelele we pe kwaa masodaare makaadumunu we mu perese.Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

59Me ndeeli kwaa we: Ti we a upala muu pe, so we a beli yamaa loosi pe, natee bu ufutu mukuti wa tsieelele.»I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

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