Matthew 22 (MKW)

1Yesu bandaka dyaka na kuzonza na bingana na bantu yina vwandaka kuwa yandi. Yandi zabisaka bawu:Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

2«Kimfumu ya Mazulu kele mutindu yayi: Ntinu mosi salaka mukembo samu na makwela ya mwana ya yandi ya bakala.“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

3Yandi fidisaka bisadi ya yandi na kwenda kubaka bantu yina yandi bokilaka na mukembo. Kasi bantu mangaka na kukwiza.He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

4Yandi fidisaka dyaka bisadi ya nkaka na kwenda kutubila bawu: “Ntangu yayi, mu me manisa na kukubika madya ya mukembo. Mu me kufwa bangombe mpe bibulu ya munu ya mafuta. Bima nyonso me kuma ya kukubama. Beno kwiza na mukembo ya makwela.”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 bantu talaka yawu mpamba, mpe konso muntu kwendaka sala kisalu ya yandi: bantu ya nkaka na bilanga, mpe ba ya nkaka na mumbungu.But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

6Bantu ya nkaka bwilaka bisadi, talisaka bawu mpasi, mpe kufwaka bawu.The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

7Ntinu dasukaka. Yandi fidisaka binwani ya yandi samu na kufwa bantu yina kufwaka bisadi ya yandi, mpe samu na kuyoka mbanza ya bawu.The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

8Na manima, yandi tubaka na bisadi ya yandi: “Mu me kubika yimeni madya ya mukembo ya makwela, kasi bantu yina mu bokilaka kele ve ya kulunga na kudya yawu.Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

9Na yina, beno kwenda na magambu ya banzila, mpe beno bokila na mukembo bantu nyonso yina beno ke tala.”Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

10Bisadi kwendaka na banzila, mpe vukisaka bantu nyonso yina bawu talaka: bantu ya yimbi mpe ya mbote. Na yina, kivinga ya mukembo ya makwela fulukaka na bantu.»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«Ntangu ntinu kotaka na yinzo samu na kutala bantu yina yandi bokilaka, yandi talaka muntu mosi yina lwataka ve binkuti ya mukembo.But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

12Ntinu yufulaka yandi: “Nkundi ya munu, wapi mutindu nge me kota awa ata kulwata binkuti ya mukembo?” Kasi muntu yina vutulaka dyambu ve.‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

13Na yina, ntinu tubaka na bisadi ya yandi: “Beno kanga yandi makulu na maboko, mpe beno losa yandi na ngaanda na kati ya kitombe kisika yandi ke dila mpe ke kwetisa meno.”»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.’

14Na kumanisa, Yesu bwelaka: «Ya tsyelika, Nzambi ke bokilaka bantu mingi, kasi yandi ke soolaka kaka bantu fyoti.»For many are called, but few are chosen.”

15Ba-Falisye vukanaka samu na kusosa wapi mutindu bawu lenda kubwisa Yesu na mutambu na kupesa yandi kyuvu.Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

16Bawu fidisaka na sika ya Yesu mwa ndambu ya bilandi ya bawu mpe bantu ya kimvuka ya Elode. Bantu yayi yufulaka yandi: «Mulongisi, beto zaba ti nge ke tubaka butsyelika, mpe nge ke longisaka na butsyelika nyonso mambu yina Nzambi ke zolaka ti beto sala. Nge kele ve na boma ya muntu samu ti nge ke swasikisaka bantu ve.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.

17Na yina, pesa beto mabanza ya nge na dyambu yayi: beto kele na muswa ya kufuta mpaku na ntinu Sezale to ya kufuta yawu ve?»So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

18Kasi Yesu zabaka mabanza ya bawu ya yimbi, mpe zabisaka bawu: «Bantu ya bantima zole! Samu na yinki beno ke na kumeka munu?But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

19Beno lakisa munu mbongo yina ba ke futaka mpaku.» Bawu pesaka yandi Denalya mosi,Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

20mpe Yesu yufulaka bawu: «Kizizi mpe nkumbu yina kele ya kusonama awa kele ya nani?»“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”

21Bawu vutulaka: «Yawu kele ya ntinu Sezale.» Na yina, Yesu zabisaka bawu: «Beno pesa na ntinu Sezale bima yina kele ya Sezale, mpe na Nzambi bima yina kele ya Nzambi.»“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

22Na kuwa mvutu yina, bawu yitukaka mingi. Bawu bikaka yandi, mpe kwendaka.And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

23Kaka na kilumbu yina, ba-Saduse kwizaka na sika ya Yesu. (Ba-Saduse kele bantu yina ke tubaka ti bantu ya kufwa ke vumbuka ve.) Bawu yufulaka Yesu mutindu yayi:That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

24«Mulongisi! Moyize tubaka ti kana bakala ya kukwela kufwa ata kubuta bana na kento ya yandi, yaya to leki ya yandi fwana kukwela mufwidi yina samu na kubutila yandi bana.“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.

25Kasi na kati ya beto, ya vwandaka na bampangi nsambwadi. Mpangi ya ntete kwelaka kento. Yandi kufwaka ata kubuta mwana, mpe bikaka mufwidi na maboko ya leki ya yandi.Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

26Yawu salamaka mutindu mosi mpe na mpangi ya zole, na mpangi ya tatu, mpe na bawu nyonso nsambwadi.The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.

27Na manima ya bawu nyonso, kento mpe kufwaka.And last of all, the woman died.

28Na yina, ntangu bantu ya kufwa ke vumbuka na lufwa, yandi ke vwanda kento ya nani na bawu nyonso nsambwadi, samu ti bawu nyonso kwelaka yandi?»In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”

29Yesu vutulaka: «Beno ke na kuvunama samu ti beno zaba ve Dibuku ya Nzambi to lulendo ya Nzambi.Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

30Ya tsyelika, ntangu bantu ya kufwa ke vumbuka, bakento na babakala ke kwelana ve. Kasi bawu ke vwanda mutindu bambazi na mazulu.In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

31Na yina me tadila dyambu ya mvumbukulu ya bantu ya kufwa, beno me tangaka ntete ve mambu yina Nzambi zabisaka beno?But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

32Yandi tubaka: “Mu kele Nzambi ya Abalayami, Nzambi ya Isaaki, mpe ya Yakobi.” Nzambi kele ve Nzambi ya bantu ya kufwa, kasi ya bantu ya moyo.»‘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.”

33Bantu nyonso yina kuwaka yandi, yitukaka mingi na ndongosolo ya yandi.When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

34Ntangu ba-Falisye kuwaka ti Yesu kangisaka ba-Saduse yinwa, bawu vukanaka.And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

35Mosi na kati ya bawu vwandaka mulongisi ya Misiku. Yandi lebikaka Yesu mutambu na kyuvu:One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

36«Mulongisi, wapi Musiku me lutila mfunu na kati ya Misiku?»“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

37Yesu vutulaka: «“Nge fwana kuzola Mfumu Nzambi ya nge na ntima ya nge nyonso, na mwela ya nge nyonso, mpe na mayela ya nge nyonso.”Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

38Ni Musiku yina me lutila nene mpe mfunu.This is the first and greatest commandment.

39Musiku ya zole yayi kele mfunu mutindu mosi na Musiku ya ntete. Ya ke tubaka: “Nge fwana kuzola mpangi ya nge mutindu nge mosi.”And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

40Misiku nyonso ya Moyize mpe dibuku ya Mimbikudi kele ya kukangama na kati ya misiku zole yayi.»All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

41Mutindu ba-Falisye vwandaka ya kuvukana kuna, Yesu pesaka bawu kyuvu yayi:While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:

42«Yinki beno ke na kubanza na yina me tadila Masiya? Yandi kele mwana ya nani?» Bawu vutulaka: «Yandi kele mwana ya Davidi.»“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

43Na yina, Yesu zabisaka bawu: «Wapi mutindu Davidi yina vwandaka ya kufuluka na Mpeve ya Longo lendaka bokila yandi “Mfumu” na kutuba:Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

44«Mfumu Nzambi me tuba na Mfumu ya munu: “Vwanda na lubakala ya munu tii ntangu mu ke tula bambeni ya nge na yisi ya makulu ya nge.”»‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

45«Na yina, Kana yandi mosi Davidi ke na kubokila yandi “Mfumu”, wapi mutindu Masiya lenda kuvwanda dyaka mwana ya Davidi?»So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

46Ata muntu lendaka na kupesa yandi mvutu, mpe katuka kilumbu yina, ata muntu vwandaka meka dyaka na kupesa yandi kyuvu.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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