Matthew 21 (MGV)

1Yesu na banafunzi baki pa bahegali kuhika ku Yelusalemu, bahika ku Betifage pi Kitombi si Mizeituni. Yesu jaatama kola na banafunzi baki abeli,As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

2jaapwagila, “Nzendania mbaka kukijiji sekibi palongi ji, pala mwalibona liponda bilikongiki na mwana waki. Mwakagabopula mwagaleta kwangu.saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

3Ana mundu jundaluki sokapi mumpwagila, ‘Bambu jutenda kugapala, najombi jandekakiya mmboka.’ ”If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

4Lijambu heli la hengika ili gajwapwaga mlota waka Sapanga gatimia,This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5“Mwaapwagila bandu buku Sayuni. Lingaliya, Bambu Nkolongu waku jutenda kuhika! Mpoli na jukweliki mu liponda, libana liliponda, mwana wi liponda kinyama sekitoto misigu.”“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

6Ndi, banafunzi bala bajenda nukutenda ngati Yesu hejwaalagalakia.So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

7Biilileta liponda lela nilibana laki, batandika ingobu yabu panani ja liponda na Yesu jwatama panani jaki.They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

8Nsambi wa bandu batandika ingobu yabu mwiindela, na bandu bangi basekula matutu gimikongu nukugagoneka mwiindela.A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

9Nsambi wa bandu gogunndonguli na babupwata bajamalia, “Ulumbi kwaka mwana waka Daudi! Jupengalika jojuhika kupete lihina laka Bambu! Ulumbi kwaka Sapanga kunani!”The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

10Yesu jajingala kumusi ku Yelusalemu, bandu boka batenda kujabalika nukulaluki, “Boo hajo nyane?”When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

11Bandu munsambi gola bapwaga, “Hajo mlota waka Sapanga, Yesu kuhuma ku Nazaleti musi uku Galilaya.”The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

12Yesu jwajingala pa Nyumba jaka Sapanga, jwaabenga kunza bandu bababia alomba nuku lombesa hindu. Jwapendula mesa ja bandu bababia aba abadisani lupija, niiteu ya bandu baabia alombesa ngunda.Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

13Jwaapwagila, “Ahandiki mu Mahandiku gaka Sapanga, ‘Nyumba jangu jiibia nyumba jukundobe Sapanga.’ Lakini mwanganya mujing'anambwi kuba lipoli la bii!”And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

14Bandu banga kulinga na niilema bunzendila Yesu pa Nyumba jaka Sapanga, na Yesu jwatenda kwaalamisa.The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

15Lakini agolu akolongu na aka abola ba malagalaki pababona ndonduke yejwatei Yesu, na kabee bana pababia ajamali kwa sauti jabu pa Nyumba jaka Sapanga bakapwaga, “Ulumbi kwaka mwana waka Daudi,” Bombi batenda kuyoma.But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

16Ndi bumpwagila, “Boo, ngasegujogwana seapwaga bana?” Yesu japwaga, “Helo, nyowana! Boo, ngasenhwahiki lee kusoma mahandiku agaga? ‘Kwi milomu ja bana asoku na bana baajonga ulipati ulumbi wa sakaka.’ ”“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

17Yesu jwaaleka, jwajenda ku Betania, kunza ja musi kojabii, nukugone koku.Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

18Pulukela ngani Yesu pajwabi jubuja ku musi, jummbina inzala.In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

19Juubona nkongu wu ntini gumu pulutengu jiindela, juujendila lakini juuketanya ngasegubi na sokape ila pe mahamba matopu. Ndii juupwagila, “Wiibeleka kabee matunda masoba goti!” Apalapa nkongu wo ntini gola gwatenda kunyala.Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

20Banafunzi pababona basangi nukupwaga, “Nkongu ago gunyaliki boo nyatanyata?”When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

21Yesu jwapwaga, “Numpwagi sakaka, ana mwikuba ni lihobale bila lujogopu, unhuwesa kuhenga nga pe seehengiki mu nkongu ago pena, ila hata na mukipwagi kitombi ase, ‘Tupuka ulilekala munhanga,’ kwiihengika ahelahela.“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

22Ana mbi nilihobale, sokapi semwiloba kwaka Sapanga mwiitenda kupata.”If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

23Yesu jwajingala pa Nyumba jaka Sapanga, pajwabia jutenda kubola, agolu akolongu na aseja ba bandu bundalukia, “Guhenga majambu haga kupete uwesu bole? Nya jojugupeki uwesu gwehogu?”When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

24Yesu jwajibua, “Nanepani nundaluki lijambu limu, ana nhnyibwiki, nane nampwagila nhenga majambu haga kupete uwesu boo.“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

25Boo, uwesu waka Yohana ukubatisa wahuma kwaka nya? Boo, wahuma kunani au kwa bando?” Lakini batumbuliya kulaluana beni kwa beni, “Ana tupwagiki, ‘Gahuma kunani,’ jwatulalukia, ‘Henu mbona ngase munhobale Yohana?’What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

26Natupwagiki ‘Guhuma kwa bandu,’ twaajogopa bandu haba ndaba boti ajetake Yohana mlota waka Sapanga.”But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

27Ndi bunzibua, “Ngasetumanya!” Najombi Yesu jwapwaga, “Nanepani nganumpwagi nhenga haga kupete uwesu boo.”So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

28“Mwanganya mmbona boo? Mundu jumu jwabi na bana abeli. Ampwagila mwana nkolongu jola, ‘Mwanango, lelenu jenda ukahenga lihengu ku lituhi li mizabibu.’ ”But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

29Nkombu jola ampwagila, “Nganyende!” Lakini mwonikatai jwaamua kujenda nukuhenga lihengu.‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

30“Ahengo bala bajenda kumpwagi kabee mwana waki wa pili jola ahelahela, najombi jwajibwa, ‘Koonyenda atati.’ Lakini ngasejwapiti ku lihengo.”Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

31Boo, kati ja abeli haba nya jojwahengiki sebapala atati bake? Bajibwa, “Mwana nkolongu jola.” Ndi Yesu jwaapwagila,Ndi Yesu jwaapwagila, “Numpwagi sakaka, baajopa kodi na agoni banndonguliya kujingi mu ukolongu waka Sapanga.Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

32Ndaba Yohana jwahika kwinu nukunndangi ndela jejupala Sapanga, nanamu ngasemunhobalile, lakini baajopa kodi na baatenda ugoni bunhobali. Pamu na kugabona goti haga mwanganya ngasemwalekaki mahakau nukunhobale.”For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

33Yesu jwaapwagila, “Nzowania lilenganu lengi. Mundu jumu mwana litui japandiki mizabibu mu litui, juliyongulaki ua litui leheli, jwahembiki libomba lukuminyi zabibu, jwasenga kindamba kilasu sukulonde. Ndi jilibesiki kwa bandu baalema, mweni jwajenda ku ndema jukutali.Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

34Masoba gukuhusa egahika, jwaatuma atumika baki kwaaka bandu baalema bala, ili kujuku lipungu laki kuhuma kwa yeahusika.When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

35Bandu baalema bala baakamula atumika bala, jumu batenda kunndapu, jongi batenda kunkoma na jongi bunndapula na malibu.But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

36Mundu jola jwaatuma kabee atumika bangi, bingi kupeta babalonguli bala. Baalema bala bababesa lituhi baatendila ngati bangi bala.Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

37Mwisuwe antuma mwana waki koni jwaka wasalia, ‘Mwana wangu biitenda kunzoanela.’Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

38Lakini baalema bala pabumbona mwana waki, balongalania beni kwa beni, ‘Jonzo ndi nndisi waki, tunkomaji ili twiilisa litui lenu!’But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

39Ndi bunkamula nukumpia kunza ji litui li mizabibu lela, nukunkoma.So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40“Henu, munilitui li mizabibu pajwihika, jwaatenda boo bandu baalema bala?”Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

41Bombi bunzibua, “Kye jiitenda kwakoma bandu abaja haba, ni litui lee jaapekiya bandu bangi litui nabombi bambaguliya zabibu mu masoba gukuhusa.”“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

42Ndi Yesu jwaapwagila, “Boo, ngasemwasomiki lijambu heli mu Maandiku gaka Sapanga? ‘Lilibu le bilikana bandu baasenga henu ndi lenieli lilibu lelipalika kuba lunsingi kupeta goka. Lijambu hale lihuma kwaka Sapanga, nalombi lisangasa ngamaa kwitu.’ ”Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

43“Henu numpwagi, Ukolongu waka Sapanga biitenda kukwepatu kwinu na kwaapeke bandu bangi babagahenga gagunndengane Sapanga.”Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

44Jojwiiabukia panani ji lilibu heli jwitenda kutunuka ipandiipandi, ana lunhabuki mundu jokapi, jwitenda kupondeka.He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

45Aka agolu akolongu pamu na aka Afalisayu pabajogwa malenganu gaki, bamanya Yesu jwabia jwaapwaga bombi.When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

46Henu babia ataputa indela jukunkamu, lakini baajogupa bandu ndaba bombi buholaliya Yesu ndi mlota waka Sapanga.Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

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