Matthew 22 (LIN)

1Yesu alobaki na bango lisusu na masese :Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

2— Bokonzi ya Likolo ekokani na mokonzi moko oyo asalaki feti ya libala mpo na mwana na ye ya mobali.“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

3Atindaki basali na ye kokende koyebisa babengami na feti ete baya na feti, kasi babengami yango baboyaki.He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

4Atindaki lisusu basali mosusu mpe alobaki na bango : « Bosengela ngai epai ya babengami na feti ete baya penza, mpe boyebisa bango ete nasili kobongisa bilei : nabomi bangombe na ngai ya mibali mpe banyama na ngai ya mafuta ; mpe sik’oyo, nyonso esili kobongisama malamu. Boloba na bango ete bazanga te na feti. »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.’

5Kasi babengami na feti bazwaki kobengama yango na pamba : bamoko bakendeki na bilanga na bango ; bamosusu, na mombongo na bango ;But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

6mpe bamosusu bakangaki basali ya mokonzi, banyokolaki bango mpe babomaki bango.The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

7Mokonzi asilikaki makasi, atindaki basoda na ye koboma babomi wana mpe kotumba engumba na bango.The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

8Alobaki na basali na ye : « Bilei ya feti esili kobongisama malamu, kasi babengami mpo na kozala na feti yango babongaki na yango te.Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

9Bokende na bisika oyo babalabala ekutana mpe bobenga bato nyonso oyo bokomona kuna, mpo ete baya na feti ya libala ya mwana na ngai. »Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

10Basali bakendeki na babalabala mpe babengaki bato nyonso oyo bamonaki kuna : bato mabe mpe bato malamu. Boye, ndako ya feti etondaki na babengami.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.

11Kasi tango mokonzi akotaki mpo na kotala bato oyo babengamaki na feti, amonaki moto moko oyo alataki te elamba ya feti ya libala.But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

12Atunaki ye : « Molingami na ngai, okoti awa ndenge nini awa olati te elamba oyo ebongi na feti ya libala ? » Moto yango azangaki eyano ya kopesa.‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

13Bongo mokonzi alobaki na basali na ye : « Bokanga ye makolo mpe maboko, bobwaka ye kati na molili ya libanda, epai wapi kolela mpe koswa minu ezali. »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.’

14Pamba te babengami bazali ebele, kasi baponami bazali moke.For many are called, but few are chosen.”

15Bongo Bafarizeo babendanaki pembeni mpo na kosala mabongisi ya kokanga Yesu na motambo na nzela ya maloba na Ye moko.Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

16Batindelaki Yesu bayekoli na bango elongo na bato ya lisanga ya Erode. Batindami yango balobaki na Yesu : — Moteyi, toyebi malamu ete ozali moto oyo azanga pamela mpe oteyaka na bosolo nzela ya Nzambe, otepaka-tepaka te liboso ya makanisi ya bato mpe oponaka bilongi te ;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.

17yebisa biso makanisi na yo na tina na likambo oyo : Kolanda mobeko, ezali malamu to epekisami kofuta mpako ya mokonzi epai ya Sezare ?So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

18Kasi lokola Yesu asosolaki mayele mabe na bango, alobaki : — Bato ya bilongi mibale ! Mpo na nini bozali kotiela Ngai motambo ?But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

19Bolakisa Ngai mbongo oyo bofutaka na yango mpako. Bamemelaki Ye mbongo moko ya ebende.Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

20Atunaki bango : — Elilingi mpe makomi oyo ezali ya nani ?“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”

21Bazongisaki : — Ezali ya Sezare. Yesu alobaki na bango : — Bopesa na Sezare, oyo ezali ya Sezare ; mpe bopesa na Nzambe, oyo ezali ya Nzambe !“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

22Tango bayokaki eyano ya Yesu, bakamwaki ; batikaki Ye mpe bakendeki.And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

23Kaka na mokolo yango, Basaduseo oyo balobaka ete lisekwa ezali te, bayaki epai na Yesu mpe batunaki Ye :That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

24— Moteyi, Moyize alobaki : « Soki mobali akufi mpe atiki mwana te, ndeko na ye ya mobali asengeli kobala mwasi oyo mokufi atiki mpo ete abotisa ye bana oyo bakozala bakitani ya mokufi. »“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.

25Nzokande, kati na biso, ezalaki na bandeko mibali sambo. Ndeko mobali ya liboso abalaki mwasi mpe akufaki ; kasi lokola abotaki te bana oyo basengelaki kokitana na ye, atikelaki ndeko na ye ya mobali mwasi na ye.Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

26Esalemaki mpe bongo na ndeko ya mibale, na ndeko ya misato kino na ndeko ya sambo.The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.

27Sima na bango nyonso, mwasi yango mpe akufaki.And last of all, the woman died.

28Na mokolo oyo bato bakosekwa kati na bakufi, mwasi yango akozala mwasi ya nani kati na bandeko nyonso sambo, pamba te bango nyonso sambo babalaki ye ?In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”

29Yesu azongiselaki bango : — Bozali kati na libunga, pamba te boyebi Makomi te, mpe boyebi nguya ya Nzambe te.Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

30Na mokolo oyo bato bakosekwa kati na bakufi, bakobala lisusu te ; kasi bakozala lokola ba-anjelu kati na Likolo.In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

31Mpo na oyo etali lisekwa ya bakufi, botikala nanu kotanga te makambo oyo Nzambe ayebisa bino :But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

32« Nazali Nzambe ya Abrayami, Nzambe ya Izaki, mpe Nzambe ya Jakobi ? » Nzambe azali Nzambe ya bakufi te, kasi azali Nzambe ya bato ya bomoi.‘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.”

33Tango ebele ya bato bayokaki bongo, bakamwaki mingi mateya ya Yesu.When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

34Tango Bafarizeo bayokaki ete Yesu asukisi Basaduseo, bango mpe basanganaki ;And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

35mpe moko kati na bango, molakisi ya Mobeko, alukaki kotiela Yesu motambo, atunaki Ye :One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

36— Moteyi, mobeko nini eleki monene kati na mibeko nyonso ?“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

37Yesu azongiselaki ye : — Linga Nkolo, Nzambe na yo, na motema na yo mobimba, na molimo na yo mobimba mpe na makanisi na yo nyonso.Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

38Yango nde mobeko ya liboso mpe eleki monene.This is the first and greatest commandment.

39Mobeko ya mibale oyo ekokani na yango : « Linga moninga na yo ndenge yo moko omilingaka. »And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

40Mibeko nyonso mpe mateya ya basakoli evandi kati na mibeko oyo mibale.All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

41Wana Bafarizeo basanganaki esika moko, Yesu atunaki bango :While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:

42— Bozali kokanisa nini na tina na Klisto ? Azali Mwana ya nani ? Bazongiselaki Ye : — Azali mwana ya Davidi !“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

43Alobaki na bango : — Bongo ndenge nini Davidi, na botindikami ya Molimo ya Nzambe, abengaki Ye Nkolo ? Pamba te alobaki :Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

44« Nkolo alobaki na Nkolo na ngai : ‹ Vanda na ngambo ya loboko na Ngai ya mobali kino natia banguna na Yo na se ya matambe na Yo. › »‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

45Soki Davidi azali kobenga Ye « Nkolo, » bongo ndenge nini akoki lisusu kozala mwana na ye ?So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

46Moto moko te akokaki kozongisela Ye ata liloba moko. Mpe, banda mokolo wana, moko te amekaki lisusu kotuna Ye mituna.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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