John 2 (MKW) · Opened

1Bilumbu zole lutaka, makwela salamaka na mbanza Kaana ya Ngalili. Mama ya Yesu vwandaka kuna.On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,

2Na makwela yango, ba bokilaka mpe Yesu na bilandi ya yandi.and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

3Ntangu vinu manisaka, mama ya Yesu zabisaka yandi: «Ba ke dyaka ve na vinu.»When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

4Yesu vutulaka: «Mama, yinki nge ke na kusosa na munu? Ngunga ya munu me lunga ntete ve.»“Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

5Na yina, mama ya Yesu tubaka na bisadi: «Beno sala mambu nyonso yina yandi ke zabisa beno.»His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”

6Na kisika yina, ya vwandaka na mayuki sambanu ya nene yina ba yidikaka na ditadi. Konso diyuki lendaka kota Basenise zole to tatu. Ba-Zwife vwandaka sadila yawu samu na kuvedisa nzutu, mutindu vwandaka kifu ya bawu.Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

7Yesu tubaka na bisadi: «Beno fulusa banzungu yayi na maza.» Bawu fulusaka yawu mbote.Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.

8Na manima, yandi zabisaka bawu: «Beno baka yawu, mpe beno nata yawu na mfumu ya makwela.» Bawu natinaka yandi yawu.“Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,

9Mfumu ya makwela kunwaka maza yina Yesu kitulaka na vinu. Yandi zabaka ve kisika yawu katukaka, kasi bisadi yina bakaka yawu na banzungu zabaka. Na yina, yandi bokilaka kikwedi,and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside

10mpe tubilaka yandi: «Konso muntu ke kabulaka ntete vinu ya mbote, mpe vinu ya mwa yimbi ntangu bantu me kunwa mingi. Kasi nge me bumba vinu ya mbote tii na ntangu yayi!»and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

11Yayi ni kidimbu ya ntete yina Yesu salaka. Yandi salaka yawu na mbanza Kaana ya Ngalili. Na kusala yawu, Yesu lakisaka nkembo ya yandi, mpe bilandi ya yandi kwikilaka yandi.Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

12Na manima ya mambu yayi, Yesu kwendaka na mbanza Kapenawume, kintwadi na mama, bampangi, mpe bilandi ya yandi. Bawu vwandaka kaka mwa bilumbu kuna.After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

13Mukembo ya Paki ya ba-Zwife vwandaka kuma pene-pene, mpe Yesu kwendaka na Yelusalemi.When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

14Na Yinzo ya Nzambi, yandi talaka bantu yina vwandaka tekisa bangombe, mameme, mpe mabembe. Yandi talaka mpe bisobisi-mbongo ya kuvwanda na bamesa ya bawu.In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.

15Na yina, yandi bakaka basinga, mpe yidikaka kikoti. Yandi bingisaka bawu nyonso, na mameme mpe bangombe ya bawu. Yandi mwangisaka bapata mpe bwisaka bamesa ya bisobisi-mbongo.So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

16Yandi tubaka na bitekisi-mabembe: «Beno katula yawu awa. Beno bika na kusala Yinzo ya Tata ya munu yinzo ya mumbungu.»To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

17Na yina, bilandi bambukaka moyo na mambu yayi ya Dibuku ya Nzambi: «Tata Nzambi, luzolo ya munu samu na Yinzo ya nge ke yokaka munu mutindu tiya.»His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”

18Kasi ba-Zwife yufulaka yandi: «Wapi kidimbu nge lenda kusala samu na kulakisa ti nge ke na luve ya kusala mambu ya mutindu yayi?»On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”

19Yesu vutulaka: «Beno mwangisa Yinzo yayi ya Nzambi, mpe mu ke tunga yawu na bilumbu tatu.»Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

20Na yina, bawu tubilaka yandi: «Bayina tungaka yawu salaka bamvula makumi yiya na sambanu samu na kumanisa yawu, kasi nge ke tunga yawu na bilumbu tatu!»“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”

21Yinzo ya Nzambi yina Yesu vwandaka zonzila vwandaka nzutu ya yandi.But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

22Ntangu Yesu vumbukaka na lufwa, bilandi ya yandi bambukaka moyo na mambu yina yandi tubaka. Na yina, bawu kwikilaka na Dibuku ya Nzambi mpe na mambu yina Yesu vwandaka me zabisa bawu.After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

23Ntangu Yesu vwandaka na Yelusalemi na mukembo ya Paki, bantu mingi kwikilaka yandi na kutala bidimbu yina yandi vwandaka sala.While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.

24Kasi Yesu vwandaka ve na kivuvu na bawu, samu ti yandi zabaka bawu nyonso.But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.

25Yandi vwandaka ve na nsatu ti ba zabisa yandi mutindu muntu kele, samu ti yandi zabaka nyonso yina ke na ntima ya muntu.He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

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