Matthew 22 (IYX)

1Yiisu abwisalila matsaba mu utsuu kwaa babakiyuu nde. Nde wabaleeli:Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

2«Mono bwafwaanina Ipfumu kia mayula: Mutini mosi ayilii ndaamba mundaa a makweele ma mwaana a nde wabaala.“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

3Nde atsindii basiali ba nde mu uta babatumusu mbili, paa bayadia ndaamba yii. Ka bo a batooni uyiri pe.He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

4Nde abwitsinduu basiali bakimi na wabahi tumini yi: “Dileele kwaa babatumusu: Ndaamba a me yamaayilimi mu taanga di, bangoombo ba me na biboori bia me biamaari bamaadusu. Mioosi miamaayilimi. Diyiri ku ndaamba a mukuungi a makweele ma mwaana a me!”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.’

5Ka babatumusu a bamoni tsoongo pe na bayeni wa bo ku mandaa ma bo makimi: mosi ku tsiee a nde, wunu ku kaari a nde uta.But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

6Babamosi bakaangi basiali ba mutini, babamweesi pasi na babadusi.The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

7Mutini akoli kesi ya mifuri. Nde atsindii masodaare ma nde mu uyadusu badusi a baata ba na unyeengese ngaanda a bo.The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

8Tumake nde aleeli kwaa basiali ba nde: “Ndaamba a mukuungi a makweele yamaayilimi, ka babakwata mbili a bafwaana pe mu udia yo.Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

9Ninha, diyene mu mafulu, na ditumusu boosi ba beni dituu umono, bayiri ku mukuungi.”Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

10Basiali bayeni mu mafulu na bakukii boosi ba bo bamoni: bababi na bababwe. Ni mu buu, nzo a mukuungi yaluuli mu baata.»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.

11«Mutini akoti mu nzo a mukuungi, mu umono babatumusu ku mukuungi. Muu, nde amoni baala limosi lahele ulwaata ikutu kia mukuungi.But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

12Nde wamufuuli: “Nduu a me, we buni siiri mu ukoto kuni, kwahele na ikutu kia mukuungi?” Ka baala li a lavutili ndaa pe.‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

13Ninha mutini aleeli kwaa basiali ba nde: “Dikutu nde miili na mioo, na didumunu nde ku mbari, ku pimisi. Ni kuu nde akaalili na akaakweete mini.”»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.’

14Ka Yiisu abwileele: «Babalayi bata mbili, ka babasoolo babakehe.»For many are called, but few are chosen.”

15Ni mu buu, Bafarisi bayeni ku pfuundu mu umono bwa ukieese Yiisu mu mweete mu nduru yi bufuulu nde.Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

16Bo batsindii babamosi mu miyii mia bo, na binama bikimi mu kaba la Erode mu uleele kwaa Yiisu: «Muyiisi, bisi diayaaba ti we li mu uta ngwanya. We li mu uyiisi mu ngwanya yoosi, ndiaatili yi Nziaambi ali mu uloombo kwaa bisi. We ali na boomo a mandaa ma babamosi bali mu utsimi pe, mundaa ti, we a li mu usa lisoboso nha kati a baata pe.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.

17Ninha, leele bisi tsimi a we mu ndaa yi: mikele mia bisi mili mu uha muswa mu ufutu limaanda kwaa mutini Kayisari oo ti ngori?»So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

18Ka Yiisu ali ayaaba matsimi ma bo mamabi, ni mu buu nde wabaleeli: «Bangaa peluu, mu ima beni dili mu ulebuu me mweete?But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

19Dimweese me mboongo di bali mu usalila mu ufutu limaanda.» Bo bamumweesi mukuti a mboongo mosi.Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

20Yiisu wabafuuli: «Kiinzi na kuumbu, bili mu mbata a mukuti wu, bia na bili?»“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”

21Bo bavutili: «Bia mutini Kayisari». Ni mu buu Yiisu aleeli kwaa bo: «Aka, difutu kwaa Kayisari bili bia Kayisari, na difutu kwaa Nziaambi bili bia Nziaambi.»“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

22Bu bo bayuyi mvutu yii, bakimii kwalaa. Bo bamusiisi na bayeni.And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

23Mu kiina iluumbu kii, Basaduki babamosi bayiri kwaa Yiisu. Ni bo bali mu uyiisi ti, tsimbilili a babakwa yo pe. Bo bamufuuli,That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

24mbii bu: «Muyiisi, mono maleeli Mooso: “So baala likwiiri kwahele a ubutu baana, mwaana a nguu a nde afwaana ukweele mukwiili paa abutulu wakwa baana.”“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.

25Ka nha kati a bisi ali na baana ba nguu tsaamba. Watsiomi akweeli, nde akwiiri kwahele a ubutu baana, na nde asiisi mukwiili a nde kwaa mwaana a nguu a nde.Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

26Bumosi ka kwaa waboolo, tumake mu wamutata, natee mu boboosi tsaamba.The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.

27Nha mbisi a boboosi, mukaasa ka akwiiri.And last of all, the woman died.

28Mu iluumbu kia tsimbilili a babakwa, mu bo tsaamba nde mukari a na akaaba? Mundaa boosi bamukweeli.»In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”

29Yiisu avutili kwaa bo: «Beni dili mu ufutu manyutu ma beni bameme, mundaa ti beni a diayaaba pe so Mabasoonuu ma ngira, so litu la Nziaambi.Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

30Mundaa ti, mu taanga di babakwa bakaasiimbuu, babaala na bakaasa a bukwelesene pe, ka bo sa baba weti batumu ba Nziaambi mu mayula.In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

31Mundaa yatala litu la Nziaambi mu usiimbilili babakwa: beni kaala a diataanga pe ma Nziaambi aleeli kwaa beni? Nde aleeli:But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

32“Me Nziaambi a Abraami, Nziaambi a Isaki na Nziaambi a Yaakobi.”» Yiisu abwileele: «Beni dili mu uyiluu ummono ti, Nziaambi li Nziaambi a baata babali moonyi, ka a wa babakwa pe.»‘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.”

33Boosi babayuyi nde bakimii mu nziisili a nde.When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

34Mu taanga di Bafarisi bayuyi ti Yiisu adibii minwya mia Basaduki, bo bakukini mu uyene kwaa nde.And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

35Na mosi mu bo, muyiisi a mikele, asiayi ulebuu nde mweete. Nde wamufuuli:One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

36«Muyiisi, ki mukele wavulu ndutu mu mikele mioosi?»“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

37Yiisu avutili kwaa nde: «“We afwaana utoono Pfumu Nziaambi a we mu mutimi a we woosi, mu muwuumu a we woosi na mu mayele ma we moosi.”Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

38Wuu ni mukele watsiomi wavulu bunene na ndutu.This is the first and greatest commandment.

39Na mono mukele wa mioolo, wafwaanina na nde: “Toono mbaayi muutu weti we makulu.”And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

40Mikele mia Mooso mioosi na nziisili a mibili biakangama mu mikele mioolo mi.»All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

41Bu Bafarisi bali bakukunu, Yiisu wabafuuli nduru yi:While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:

42«Beni ima dili mu utsimi mu Mesiya? Nde mwaana a na ali?» Bo bavutili kwaa nde: «Nde li mwaana a mutini Daavidi.»“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

43Yiisu aleeli kwaa bo: «Ka mu ima, mu litu la Muheebili wa Ngira, Daavidi atuu uta Mesiya, “Pfumu”? Mundaa ti Daavidi aleele:Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

44“Pfumu Nziaambi aleele kwaa Pfumu a me: Yadiaala nha koo kia me kia babaala, me nibamuu mitaata mia we, mu uba ku tsini a miili mia we”‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

45Ka mbiiti Daavidi li mu uta nde “Pfumu”, buni Mesiya utuu uba mwaana a Daavidi?»So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

46A so mosi pe mu bo watuyi uvutulu nde ndaa so mosi. Umatuu iluumbu kii, muutu pe wabwibaa mifuri mia ufuulu nde manduru.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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