Luke 16 (IYX) · Opened

1Yiisu aleeli ka kwaa miyii mia nde: «Muutu mosi wa isini ali na mukebi a busini ba nde. Baata bamuleeli: “mukebi a we li mu usa busini ba we pfunu.”Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

2Mukuutu wuu ati mukebi a busini ba nde mbila na wamuleeli: “Ima me ndi mu uyuu mu we? Leele me buni we ubaakebe busini ba me, mu ndaa ti we a ubwaba mukebi a busini ba me pe.”So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

3Mukebi a busini atsimi kutso mutimi a nde: “Ima nisa, bu pfumu a me akaamaasa me mu kebili a busini ba nde? Me a ndi na mifuri pe mu usala matsiee, na ndi na tsionyi mu usa tsoo.The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

4Me Nziaambi buni nisa paa baata bayaka me mu manzo ma bo, nha bakaamaasa me mu isala.”I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

5Boosi ba bakoti mayaama kwaa pfumu a nde, nde wabatiri mbila mosi na mosi. Nde aleeli kwaa wa tsiomi: “yaama la kwe we akoti kwaa pfumu a me?”And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

6Ngaa yaama avutili: “minguungu kama mia maari ma olive.” Mukebi a busini aleeli kwaa nde: “holo mukaanda a we, diaala mawasa sonuu maku mataana.”‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

7Tumake nde aleeli kwaa waduku: “Ka, we yaama la kwe akoti?” Muutu wuu ni avutili: “Masaaka kama ma mbutu dia bele.” Mukebi a busini aleeli kwaa nde: “Holo mukaanda a we, sonuu maku pwoombo (80).”Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

8Pfumu akimii mu nzilii a mukebi a busini wu mubi, mundaa ti nde asiali mu mayele. Ka, baata ba mu taanga di bavulu baana ba liyalila mayele.»The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

9Yiisu abwileele: «me nadileele: disalila busini bahele a libweeye mu ubaa banduu paa bu busini bukaawa, banduu baa sabadiyaka mu manzo ma bilimi na bilimi.I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

10Wa hama mu bi bikee, ahama ka mu bi binene, wahele a libweeye mu bi bikee, ahele ka libweeye mu bi binene.Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

11Ni mu buu, so diheli uhama mu busini bahele a libweeye, na kaasa ilimbisi mu beni mu uha beni busini ba ngwanya?So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

12Na so dihele uhama mu bia bangani, na kaaha beni bia beni?And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

13A uli na musiali pe wu utuu usalila bapfumu boolo. Ka nde sa abele wu mumosi na utoono wu mukimi, so a buu pe, nde sa ayukunu na wu mumosi na ubele wu mukimi. Beni a dituu usalila Nziaambi na mboongo pe.»No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

14Bafarisi ba bali batoono mboongo bu bayuyi mandaa maa moosi, basiiri Yiisu saa.The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

15Ka Yiisu aleeli kwaa bo: «Beni dibaalaa nha kulu a baata ti beni ni bangaa libweeye, ka Nziaambi ayaaba mitimi mia beni, ka bili bianaangama nha misi mia baata, ni bi Nziaambi ali mu umono ingaanzi.So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

16Mikele na mibili miadiingi natee mu taanga dia Yowani. Umatuu mu taanga dii, bali mu uyaabisa ndaa yimbwe ya Ipfumu kia Nziaambi, na pasi muutu li mu usa mifuri mu ukoto mu kio.The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

17Bunu yavulu uleenge kwaa yulu na tsi mu ulabuu, ka isonii so imosi kiavulu bukee mu mikele a yilabuu pe.But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

18Pasi wu ubisi mukari a nde na kweeli mukimi, nde soongi, na pasi wu ukweele mukaasa wu mulumi a nde abisi, nde soongi ka.»Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

19Yiisu abwileele: «Mwali muutu wa isini wakilwaata matsaanda ma mabwe na ma tala, nde akisa mikuungi pasi iluumbu.Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

20Ka kwali ka muwele mosi, kuumbu a nde Laazaro, wakiyala nha munywa a nzo a baala la isini, nde ali na maputu nyutu yoosi.And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

21Nde ali na nzala a udia biakibwa nha tsini a meese ma isini. Ka bunu, bambwa bakiyaleete maputu ma nde.and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22Muwele bu akwi, batumu ba Nziaambi bamubiti kwaa Abraami. Isini ka bu akwi, bamudii.One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

23Ku tsi a babakwa, muutu wa isini bu akimono pasi, asiimbili miisi mia nde, amoni ku la, Abraami na Laazaro nha peembi a nde.In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

24Nde aloyi: “Taata Abraami, kwiilili me ngebe, tsinduu Laazaro alooso toso a muleembi a nde mu maamba paa aboloso lilimi la me, ka ndi mu umono pasi dialaa kutso mbaa yi.”So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

25Ka Abraami wamuvutili: “Mwaana a me, libili moonyi ti we abaa busini nha we ali musii, ka Laazaro abayi mapasi. Mu taanga di, nhaa na nha bali mu uboondo nde, ka we li mu umono pasi.But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

26Nha yulu a maa, nha kati a bisi a beni ili na mbeenge yi inene, paa babutoono umatuu kuni mu uyiri kwaa beni bakoono, na beni kuu dikoono uyira kwaa bisi kuni.”And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

27Isini aleeli: “Taata, ka me niloombo kwaa we mu utsinduu Laazaro ku nzo a taayi a me,‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

28ka ndi na baana ba nguu bataana ba babaala. Ayata bo imbaangi bubwe, paa bo ka banyaala uyiri ku mbuu ya pasi yi.”for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

29Ka Abraami aleeli: “Bo bali na Mooso na mibili, bo bafwaana mu uyuu bo.”But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

30Isini aleeli: “Ngori taata Abraami, ka so muutu mosi wu mati ku tsi ya babakwa yeni kwaa bo, sabakiingili mayele.”‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

31Ka Abraami wamuvutili: “So a bayuyi Mooso na mibili pe, a butuu usa imiini pe, so muutu simbii mu babakwa.”»Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

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