Matthew 13 (IYX)

1Iluumbu kii, Yiisu apali mu nzo, na ayidiaala nha simi la diaanga mu uyiisi.That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

2Koongi ya laa yakukini na yamudiengilili, ni mu buu nde ahaati nha yulu a bootu, na adiaali. Baata boosi bali nha simi la diaanga, nha kulu a nde.Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

3Nde akitsuu bo mandaa malaa mu matsaba, na akileele kwaa bo: «Iluumbu imosi muutu mosi ayinyasila mbutu mu tsiee a nde.And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4Bu nde akinyisila mbutu, di dimosi diabwiiri mu mukoo a kuulu: banyunyi bayiri, na batooti dio.And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

5Ndaamba a mbutu dimosi diabwiiri nha mbuu ya mamanya, nha yahele na toto dialaa. Mbutu diameni mu mawasa mundaa toto ali yulu-a-yulu.Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

6Nyanga bu yabali, yanyeengisi mitswiili: mio miakanyi mundaa ti miaanzi ali a miayiluu udiaama pe.But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7Ndaamba a mbutu dikimi diabwiiri kutso mingaamba. Mingaamba miakuli na miadusi mitswiili.Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

8Ka ndaamba a mbutu dikimi diabwiiri nha toto dia mboloso, diameni, diakuli na diabuti mbutu: dini mbutu kama, dini maku-masamina na dibimosi maku-matata.»Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

9Na Yiisu abwileele: «Wu li na matswi, nyaala ayuu!»He who has ears, let him hear.”

10Ninha miyii miaswesii kwaa Yiisu na miamufuuli: «Mu ima we li mu uta bo matsaba?»Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

11Nde wabavutili: «Beni diabaa bweese ba nziaabili a matsweeyi ma Ipfumu kia mayula, ka bo a babayi bweese baa pe.He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

12Mu ngwanya, kwaa muutu wuli na bisii, sa babwabweese nde bisi bikimi, na nde sa aba na bio bialaa. Ka kwaa muutu wahele na isii, sa bamumaasa ndaamba a bisii bia ali na bio.Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

13Ni mundaa yii me ndi mu usalila matsaba mu utsuu kwaa bo: mundaa ti bo bali na misi, ka a bali mu umono pe, na bo bali na matswi, ka a bali mu uyuu pe.This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

14Ninha mbilili yaheeri mubili Yeesaya yili mu uyene tsitsi mundaa bo, bu aleeli: “Beni sa diyiluu uyuu, ka a diyaaba mbiindili pe; beni sa diyiluu utala, ka a dimono pe.In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

15Mundaa ti ifuumbu ki aka na mutimi bunono; bo bamaadibuu matswi ma bo, na bamaadibuu misi mia bo, paa misi mia bo minyaala umono, paa matswi ma bo manyaala uyuu, na paa mu mayele ma bo banyaala uyaaba mambiindili, na mu buu, bo a buyiravutuu kwaa me pe paa me nababeelese, buleeli Nziaambi.”For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

16«Ka kwaa beni, kinyi yili na beni: mundaa ti misi mia beni mili mu umono na matswi ma beni mali mu uyuu!But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

17Ee-e, ngwanya me nadileeli: mibili mia laa na baata babanambita mu Nziaambi bali batoono umono mi beni dili mu umono, ka a bamono mio pe, na uyuu ma beni dili mu uyuu, ka a bayuu mo pe.For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

18«Ka diyuu mbiindila tsaba ya munyasili a mbutu:Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

19Mu taanga di muutu li mu uyuu mandaa ma Ipfumu kia Nziaambi, ka a ali mu uyaaba mambiindili ma mo pe, wu mubi li mu uyiri, na li mu umaasa mbutu dibanyasili mu mutimi a nde. Yii ni mbiindila mbutu diabwi mu mukoo a kuulu.When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

20Diabwi nha mbuu ya mamanya, ni muutu wuli mu uyuu mandaa ma Nziaambi, na li mu uyaka mo nhaa na nhaa mu kinyi.The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

21Ka bu mbutu dii diahele na miaanzi, diadiingi ndila taanga hoolo. Mundaa ti, mu taanga di mapasi, so a buu pe, minyoongo mili mu uyiri, mundaa a mandaa ma Nziaambi, mawasa-mawasa, imiini kia nde sa ibwa.But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

22Mbutu diabwi kutso mingaamba, ni muutu wuli mu uyuu mandaa ma Nziaambi, ka matsimi ma tsi yi, na busini ba pia, bili mu unyongoso mo, a bibaaha mo kuulu pe mu ubutu.The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

23Ka diabwi nha toto dia mboloso, ni muutu wuli mu uyuu mandaa ma Nziaambi, na li mu uyaaba mambiindili ma mo. Nde li mu ubutu mbutu: kama, maku masamina, na maku matata.»But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

24Yiisu abwita bo tsaba kimi: «Mono ifwaani kia Ipfumu kia mayula: muutu mosi ali akunu mbutu dimbwe mutso tsiee a nde.Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25Butsuu bumosi bu baata boosi ali matolo, mutaata a muutu wuu ayiri, akuni itiiti ki ibi mutso bele na ayeni.But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

26Mu taanga di bele lameni na labaandii ubutu, bitiiti bi bibi ka biameni.When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

27Basiali ba ngaa tsiee bayileele nde: “Pfumu, we akuni mbutu dimbwe mutso tsiee a we, ka itiiti ki ibi ki kuni imati?”The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

28Nde wabavutili: “Mutaata a me yilii buu.” Basiali bamufuuli: “Buni? We tooni ti bisi diyene ditaapala itiiti ki ibi?”‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

29Nde avutili: “Ngori! Mundaa mu taanga di beni ditaapala itiiti kii, beni utuu utaapala ka bele.‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

30Dinyaala bio bioosi bikulu mu itwaari natee mu taanga dia ukukuu, na mu taanga dii, me sa leele kwaa ba bukukuu: dikwamaasa bitiiti bi bibi na dikutu bio mu biko paa ditsuu bio mbaa, tumake disuusu bele ku yulu a ibaanga kia me.”»Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

31Yiisu abwita bo tsaba kimi: «Ipfumu kia mayula kiafwaanina na libutu la mutarede, li muutu aholi na akuni mutso tsiee a nde.He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

32Lo lavulu bukee mu mbutu dioosi. Ka mu taanga di lo limaakulu, lo ka lavulu mbutu bioosi bia mutso wooto mu bula: lo ka mwaana a muti, na banyunyi bali mu uyatuungu manzo ma bo mu mapaki ma nde.»Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

33Yiisu abwita bo tsaba kimi: «Ipfumu kia mayula kiafwaanina na lifunusu la mapa li mukaasa ali mu uholo na uvuutu na liviiri, paa ipuuti idaanda kwalaa.»He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

34Yiisu akiyaabisa mii mioosi kwaa makoongi mu matsaba. Nde a akitsuu kwaa bo pe kwahele a usalila matsaba.Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

35Nde akiyiluu buu paa maleeli mubili a Nziaambi mayene tsitsi: «Me sa dibili munywa a me mu utsuu mu matsaba; me sa yaabisa matsweeyi maa umatuu mu mbaandila tsi.»So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

36Ninha Yiisu asiisi koongi na ayeni ku nzo. Miyii mia nde miaswesii nha peembi a nde na bamuleeli: «Biindili bisi tsaba ya itiiti ki ibi mutso tsiee.»Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

37Yiisu avutili kwaa bo: «Wuli mu ukunu mbutu dimbwe ni Mwaana a muutu.He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

38Tsiee, ni tsi. Mbutu dimbwe ni babali ku tsini a tumimi dia Ipfumu kia mayula, na itiiti ki ibi ni babali ku tsini a litumu la Wu mubi.The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

39Mutaata wuli mu ukunu mbutu dimbi, ni Saatana. Ukukuu mbutu ni manini a tsi. Babukukuu, ni batumu ba Nziaambi.and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

40Weti bu bumaasa itiiti ki ibi mu ubumu kio ku mbaa, ni buu bukaaba mu manini a taanga.As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

41Mwaana a muutu sa atsinduu batumu ba nde, bo sa bapalisa mu Ipfumu kia nde, boosi babali mu ubwiisi imiini kia babamosi, na ba bali mu usalila bubi.The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

42Batumu baa sa babadumunu mu idunu kia mbaa, ku ba balayi bakaalili na bakaakweete mini.And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43Ka ninha, babanambita mu Nziaambi sa bangeyene weti tari mu Ipfumu kia Taayi a bo. Wuli na matswi nyaala ayuu!Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

44«Ipfumu kia mayula kiafwaanina na busini babwaswee mutso tsiee. Muutu bu asiolili bo, bwiswee bo. Nde luuli mu kinyi na nde yeni, yalii bioosi bi abaa na nde yiravutuu mu usuumbu tsiee yii.The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

45«Ipfumu kia mayula kiabwafwaanina na muteeri a kaari wuli mu usaa bilaba bia tala.Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

46Bu asolili imosi kia tala yavululu, nde yeni na yalii bioosi bi abaa, na nde suumbi ilaba kii.When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

47«Ipfumu kia mayula kiabwafwaanina na siele li badumunu mu mubu na lili mu ukieese batswi ba mupili na mupili.Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

48Bu limani na uluulu, balobi udutu lo natee mu mukoo a nziali, tumake bo badiaali mu usoolo batswi: batswi ba babwe baloosi mu mapwooyi, na babumi bababi.When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

49Ni buu bukaaba ku manini a taanga. Batumu ba Nziaambi sa bayakabala bababwe na bababi,So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

50mu udumunu bo ku idunu kia mbaa, ku balayi bakaalili na ukweete mini.»and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51Yiisu afuuli bo: «Beni diyuyi maa moosi?» Bo bamuvutili: «Ee-e».Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

52Ninha Yiisu aleeli kwaa bo: «Ni mu buu, pasi muyiisi a mikele wu ukituu muyii a Ipfumu kia mayula afwaanina na ngaa nzo, wu upalisa kutso mbayili a nde yoosi, biloo bi binyatii na bi bikulu.»Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

53Yiisu bu amani uta matsaba maa, nde amatii nha mbuu yii,When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

54na ayeni ku ngaanda yi nde akuli. Nde ayiisi mu nzo a makutunu ma Bayuudayo, na baata boosi babali nhaa bakimii. Bo baleeli: «Kuni nde abayi buyeri ba? Buni nde ali mu utuu uyiluu bimaanga bi?Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

55A ni nde pe mwaana a mukomini a manzo? Mari a ni nguu a nde pe? Na baana ba nguu ba nde, a ni Yaki, Yoosefi, Simooni na Yude pe?“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

56Na bakeri ba nde boosi a bali mu udiaala na bisi nha pe? Kuni nde abayi litu li loosi?»Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

57Na mandaa maa moosi makikoonoso bo mu usa imiini mu nde. Ni mu buu Yiisu aleeli kwaa bo: «Bali mu ukiinzi mubili a Nziaambi mu mambuu moosi, ka ndila mu ngaanda yi nde abutuu, na mu kaanda la nde bali mu uhele ukiinzi nde.»And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

58Nha mbuu yii, Yiisu a ayilii pe bimaanga bialaa mundaa pelili a imiini kia bo.And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

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