Matthew 13 (MKW)

1Na kilumbu yina, Yesu basikaka na yinzo mpe kwendaka vwanda na kumu ya dyanga.That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

2Nkonga ya nene ya bantu kwizaka zunga yandi. Na yina, yandi kotaka na bwatu mpe vwandaka. Bantu nyonso telamaka na kumu ya dyanga.Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

3Yandi vwandaka zabisa bawu mambu mingi na bingana. Yandi tubaka: «Muntu mosi kwendaka na bilanga samu na kumwanga bambuma.And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4Ntangu yandi vwandaka mwanga bambuma, ndambu ya bambuma kubwaka na lweka ya nzila. Bandeke kwizaka mpe dodaka yawu.And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

5Ndambu ya nkaka ya bambuma kubwaka na ntoto ya matadi kisika vwandaka ve ntoto mingi. Yawu menaka mbangu samu ti ntoto vwandaka mingi ve.Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

6Kasi mutindu ntangu basikaka, yawu yokaka bambuma yina vwandaka mena. Bambuma yumaka samu ti myanzi vwandaka ve yinda.But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7Ndambu ya nkaka ya bambuma kubwaka na kisika ya matiti ya bansende. Matiti ya bansende kulaka mpe yawu fyetikisaka bambuma yina vwandaka mena.Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

8Kasi bambuma ya nkaka kubwaka na ntoto ya mbote. Yawu menaka mpe butaka bambuma: Bayinti ya nkaka butaka bambuma nkama, ya nkaka bambuma makumi sambanu, mpe ya nkaka dyaka bambuma makumi tatu.»Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

9Na kumanisa, Yesu bwelaka: «Muntu yina ke na makutu, yandi kuwa!»He who has ears, let him hear.”

10Na yina, bilandi kwizaka pene-pene ya Yesu, mpe yufulaka yandi: «Samu na yinki nge ke na kuzonzila bawu na bingana?»Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

11Yesu vutulaka: «Beno kuzwaka luve ya kuzaba mansweki ya Kimfumu ya Mazulu. Kasi bawu, ba kuzwaka yawu ve.He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

12Ya tsyelika, na muntu yina ke na bima, ba ke bwela yandi bima ya nkaka, mpe yandi ke vwanda na yawu ya kulutila. Kasi na muntu yina ke na kima ve, ba ke katula yandi ndambu ya bima yina ke na yandi.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 yawu yina, mu ke na kuzonzila bawu na bingana samu ti bawu ke na kuzibula meso kasi bawu ke na kutala ve, mpe bawu ke na kuzibula makutu kasi bawu ke na kuwa ve mpe kuvisa ve.This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

14Na yina, mbikululu ya Esaya ke salama na bawu ntangu yandi tubaka: «Beno ke kuwa mbote, kasi beno ke bakula ve. Beno ke zibula mbote meso, kasi beno ke tala ve.In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

15Ya tsyelika, bantima ya bantu yayi me kuma ngolo. Bawu me kanga makutu mpe meso ya bawu, samu ti bawu kuwa ve na makutu ya bawu, bawu kutala ve na meso ya bawu, mpe bawu kuvisa ve na bantima ya bawu. Na yina, bawu ke vutuka ve na sika ya munu, samu ti mu belusa bawu.»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.’

16Yesu tubaka dyaka: «Kyese na beno samu ti meso ya beno ke na kutala mpe makutu ya beno ke na kuwa.But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

17Ya tsyelika, mu ke na kuzabisa beno: Mimbikudi mingi mpe bantu mingi ya kudedama vwandaka na nsatu ya kutala mambu yina beno ke na kutala, kasi bawu talaka yawu ve. Bawu vwandaka mpe na nsatu ya kuwa mambu yina beno ke na kuwa, kasi bawu kuwaka yawu ve.»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«Beno kuwa yinki zola kutuba kingana ya kisadi-bilanga.Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

19Bantu yina ke kuwaka mambu ya Kimfumu ya Mazulu mpe ke bakulaka yawu ve, kele mutindu lweka ya nzila kisika kubwaka bambuma. Mfumu ya Yimbi ke kwizaka mpe ke katulaka mambu yina me kota na bantima ya bawu.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.

20Bantu ya nkaka kele mutindu ntoto ya matadi kisika kubwaka bambuma. Bawu ke kuwaka mambu ya Nzambi, mpe ke ndimaka yawu nswalu na kyese nyonso.The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

21Kasi bawu ke bikaka ve ti yawu kuzwa kisika na kati ya bantima ya bawu. Bawu ke sobaka mabanza konso ntangu. Na yina, ntangu bawu ke kumaka na mpasi to ba ke talisaka bawu mpasi samu na Mambu ya Nzambi, bawu ke vwandaka dyaka ve na kiminu.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.

22Bantu ya nkaka dyaka kele mutindu ntoto ya matiti ya bansende kisika kubwaka bambuma. Bawu ke kuwaka Mambu ya Nzambi. Kasi manyongo samu na mambu ya yinza, mpe bansatu ya yimbi samu na kuzwa bimvwama ke kwamisaka Mambu ya Nzambi yina bawu ke kuwaka, mpe yawu ke butaka ve bambuma.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.

23Bantu ya nkaka kele mutindu ntoto ya mbote kisika kubwaka bambuma. Bawu ke kuwaka Mambu ya Nzambi, mpe ke bakulaka yawu. Na yina, bawu ke butaka bambuma. Bantu ya nkaka ke butaka bambuma nkama, ba ya nkaka makumi sambanu, mpe ba ya nkaka dyaka makumi tatu.»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.”

24Yesu zabisaka dyaka bawu kingana ya nkaka: «Kimfumu ya Mazulu kele mutindu yayi, bakala mosi mwangaka bambuma ya mbote na bilanga ya yandi.Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25Na mpimpa, ntangu bantu nyonso vwandaka lala, mbeni ya yandi kwizaka na bilanga. Yandi mwangaka matiti ya yimbi na kati ya bambuma ya faline, mpe kwendaka.But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

26Ntangu bikunu menaka mpe basisaka bambuma, matiti ya yimbi mpe menaka.When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

27Bisadi kwendaka zabisa na mfumu ya bilanga: “Mfumu, nge mwangaka bambuma ya mbote na bilanga ya nge. Kasi wapi sika me katuka matiti yayi ya yimbi?”»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?’

28Mfumu ya bilanga vutulaka: «“Ya kele mbeni me sala mutindu yina.”» Na yina, bisadi zabisaka yandi: «Nge zola ti beto kwenda kukatula yawu?»‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

29Mfumu ya bilanga vutulaka: «Ve! Kana beno katula matiti ya yimbi, beno lenda kukatula mpe bambuma ya faline.‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

30Beno bika yawu kula kintwadi tii na ntangu ya kuyonzika bambuma. Na ntangu yina, mu ke zabisa na biyonziki ya bambuma mutindu yayi: Beno katula ntete matiti ya yimbi, mpe beno kanga yawu na bikunku samu na kuyoka yawu. Na manima, beno ke buka bambuma ya faline, mpe beno ke tula yawu na kisika yina mu ke bumbaka bambuma ya munu.»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.’”

31Yesu zabisaka dyaka bawu kingana ya nkaka: «Kimfumu ya Mazulu kele mutindu mbuma ya mutaade yina muntu me baka mpe me kuna na bilanga ya yandi.He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

32Ya kele mbuma yina me lutila bambuma nyonso fyoti. Kasi ntangu yawu ke mena, yawu ke lutila yinda na bima nyonso yina ba me kuna na bilanga. Yawu ke kuma yinti ya nene kisika bandeke ke kwiza kutunga mazanza ya bawu na zulu ya bintala ya yawu.»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.”

33Yesu zabisaka dyaka bawu kingana ya nkaka: «Kimfumu ya Mazulu me fwanana na levule yina kento me baka mpe me vukisa na bakilo mingi ya faline, mpe yawu ke vimbisa kiputi nyonso.»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.”

34Yesu zabisaka bantu mambu nyonso yina na bingana. Ata mbala mosi, yandi bikaka na kuzonzila bawu na bingana.Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

35Yandi salaka mutindu yina samu na kulungisa mambu ya Nzambi yina zabisaka mumbikudi: «Mu ke zonzila bawu na bingana. Mu ke zabisa bawu mansweki yina kele ya kubumbama katuka mbandukulu ya yinza.»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.”

36Na yina, Yesu bikaka nkonga ya bantu, mpe kwendaka na yinzo. Bilandi ya yandi kwendaka pene-pene ya yandi, mpe tubaka: «Bangudila beto kingana ya matiti ya yimbi yina ba kunaka na bilanga.»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.”

37Yesu zabisaka bawu mutindu yayi: «Muntu yina ke kunaka bambuma ya mbote, ni Mwana ya Muntu,He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

38mpe bilanga ni yinza. Bambuma ya mbote ni bayina ke tumamaka na Kimfumu ya Mazulu, mpe matiti ya yimbi ni bayina ke tumamaka na Mfumu ya Yimbi.The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

39Mbeni yina me mwanga bambuma ya yimbi ni Satana. Ntangu ya kuyonzika bambuma ni nsukunu ya yinza, mpe biyonziki ya bambuma ni bambazi.and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

40Mutindu ba ke katulaka matiti ya yimbi samu na kuyoka yawu na tiya, ni mutindu yina mpe ya ke vwanda na nsuka ya yinza:As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

41Mwana ya Muntu ke fidisa bambazi ya yandi. Bawu ke katula na kati ya Kimfumu ya yandi bayina nyonso ke bwisaka bampangi na masumu, mpe bayina ke salaka yimbi.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.

42Bawu ke losa bantu ya yimbi na kati ya dibulu tiya ya nene kisika bawu ke dila mpe ke kwetisa meno.And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43Kasi bayina kele ya kudedama, ke lezima mutindu ntangu na kati ya Kimfumu ya Tata ya bawu. Muntu yina ke na makutu, yandi kuwa!»Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

44«Kimfumu ya Mazulu kele mutindu kimvwama yina ba bumbaka na bilanga. Muntu yina me tala yawu, ke bumba dyaka yawu. Na kilengi nyonso, yandi ke kwenda kutekisa bima nyonso ya yandi, mpe ke vutuka samu na kusumba bilanga yina.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«Kimfumu ya Mazulu kele mpe mutindu muntu ya mumbungu yina ke sosaka bapalata ya kitoko.Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

46Ntangu yandi ke tala palata yina me lutila ntalu, yandi ke kwenda kutekisa bima nyonso ya yandi, mpe ke sumba palata yina.When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

47«Kimfumu ya Mazulu kele dyaka mutindu mpwasa yina ba me losa na mubu, mpe me kuzwa bambisi ya mutindu na mutindu.Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

48Ntangu yawu me fuluka, milobi ke benda yawu na kumu ya maza, mpe ke vwanda samu na kukatula bambisi. Bawu ke tula bambisi ya mbote na kitunga mpe ke losa bambisi ya yimbi.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 mutindu yina mpe ya ke vwanda na nsuka ya yinza. Bambazi ke kwiza kukabula bantu ya kudedama na bantu ya yimbi.So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

50Bawu ke losa bantu ya yimbi na kati ya dibulu tiya ya nene kisika bawu ke dila mpe ke kwetisa meno.»and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51Yesu yufulaka bilandi ya yandi: «Beno me bakula mambu nyonso yayi?» Bilandi vutulaka: «Ee, beto me bakula yawu.»Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

52Na yina, Yesu zabisaka bawu: «Mulongisi ya Misiku yina me kuma mulongoki ya Kimfumu ya Mazulu, me fwanana na mfumu ya yinzo yina me kuzwa na kati ya bimvwama ya yandi bima ya malu-malu mpe ya ntama.»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.”

53Ntangu Yesu manisaka na kuzonza bingana yina, yandi katukaka na kisika yina,When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

54mpe kwendaka na mbanza Nazaleti kisika yandi kulaka. Kuna, yandi vwandaka longisa bantu na kati ya yinzo ya lusambulu ya ba-Zwife. Bantu vwandaka yituka mingi na kuwa ndongosolo ya yandi, mpe bawu vwandaka tuba: «Wapi sika yandi me kuzwa ndwenga ya mutindu yayi mpe lulendo ya kusala bimangu yayi?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.

55Beto zaba dikanda ya yandi. Yandi kele mwana ya kisadi-mabaya, mpe Maliya kele mama ya yandi. Zaki, Yosefi, Simoni, mpe Yude kele bampangi ya yandi.“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

56Bibusi ya yandi mpe ke vwandaka na beto awa. Wapi sika yandi ke na kuzwa mambu nyonso yayi?»Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

57Mambu nyonso yina vwandaka sala ti bawu kwikila na yandi ve. Na yina, yandi zabisaka bawu: «Ba ke zitisaka mumbikudi bisika nyonso. Kasi ba ke zitisaka yandi ve na mbanza ya yandi, na dikanda ya yandi mpe na dibuta ya yandi.»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.”

58Yesu salaka ve bimangu mingi kuna samu ti bantu ya Nazaleti vwandaka kwikila ve.And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

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