Matthew 24 (MKW)

1Ntangu Yesu basikaka na Yinzo ya Nzambi, bilandi ya yandi kwendaka pene-pene ya yandi, mpe lakisaka yandi wapi mutindu ba tungaka Yinzo ya Nzambi.As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.

2Na yina, Yesu zabisaka bawu: «Beno ke na kutala yawu mbote! Ya tsyelika, mu ke na kuzabisa beno: Ata ditadi mosi ke bikana awa na zulu ya ditadi ya nkaka. Nyonso ke mwangana.»“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

3Yesu vwandaka ya kuvwanda na mongo ya bayinti ya olive. Bilandi ya yandi kwendaka pene-pene ya yandi, mpe yufulaka yandi na lweka: «Zabisa beto wapi ntangu mambu yina ke salama, mpe wapi kidimbu ke lakisa nkwizulu ya nge mpe nsuka ya yinza.»While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”

4Yesu vutulaka: «Beno sala keba, samu ti muntu vuna beno ve.Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

5Ya tsyelika, bantu mingi ke kwiza na Nkumbu ya munu na kutuba: “Mu kele Masiya”, mpe bawu ke vuna bantu mingi.For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

6Beno ke kuwa bamvita yina ke na kusalama, mpe bansangu ya bamvita yina ke kwiza. Beno vwanda na boma ve samu ti nyonso yina fwana kusalama. Kasi ya ke vwanda ntete ve nsuka ya yinza.You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.

7Ya tsyelika, bantu ya yinsi mosi ke nwanisa bantu ya yinsi ya nkaka, mpe yinsi mosi ya kintinu ke nwanisa yinsi ya kintinu ya nkaka. Na bizunga mingi, madya ke kondwa, mpe ntoto ke ningana na ngolo nyonso.Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

8Mambu nyonso yayi ke vwanda mutindu bampasi ya ntete yina kento ke talaka na kubuta.All these are the beginning of birth pains.

9Na yina, bantu ke yekula beno, samu ti ba talisa beno mpasi, mpe ba ke kufwa beno. Bantu nyonso yina zaba ve Nzambi ke yina beno samu na munu.Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

10Na ntangu yina, bantu mingi ke vwanda dyaka ve na kiminu. Bawu ke fundasana mpe ke yinasana.At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

11Mimbikudi mingi ya luvunu ke talana mpe ke vuna bantu mingi.and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.

12Mambu ya yimbi ke lutila, mpe bantu mingi ke vwanda dyaka ve na luzolo.Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

13Kasi muntu yina ke tatamana tii na nsukunu, ke kuzwa mpulusu.But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

14Ba ke zabisa Nsangu ya Mbote yayi ya Kimfumu na yinza nyonso, samu ti bayina zaba ve Nzambi kuwa yawu. Na manima, ya ke vwanda nsuka ya yinza.»And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15«Ntangu beno ke tala muntu yina ba ke bokilaka Kisafudi-kimwangisi, yina mumbikudi Danyele zonzilaka, ya kuvwanda na kati ya kivinga ya longo (muntu yina ke na kutanga mambu yayi fwana kubakula yawu mbote),So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

16bantu yina ke vwanda na Zude fwana kukima na zulu ya myongo.then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

17Muntu yina ke vwanda na kibandu ya yinzo fwana kukulumuka ve samu na kubaka bima ya yandi yina kele na kati ya yinzo.Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

18Muntu yina ke vwanda na bilanga fwana kuvutuka ve na yinzo samu na kubaka kiyunga ya yandi.And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

19Na bilumbu yina, kyadi na bakento yina ke vwanda na bivumu, mpe na bayina ke nwikisa bana mabene!How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

20Beno sambila Nzambi, samu ti kilumbu yina beno ke kima vwanda ve na ntangu ya bamvula mpe ya madidi ya ngolo, to kilumbu ya saba.Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.

21Ya tsyelika, na bilumbu yina, bantu ke lutila na kutala mpasi. Katuka mbandukulu ya yinza tii ntangu yayi, bampasi ya mutindu yina me salamaka ntete ve, mpe yawu ke salama dyaka ve.For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

22Kana lutangu ya bilumbu yina ya mpasi vwandaka ve ya kukuluka, ata muntu lendaka zinga dyaka. Kasi Nzambi kululaka yawu samu na bantu yina yandi soolaka.If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

23«Na yina, kana muntu zabisa beno: “Masiya kele awa” to “Yandi kele kuna”, beno kwikila yandi ve,At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

24samu ti ba-masiya ya luvunu mpe mimbikudi ya luvunu ke talana. Bawu ke sala bidimbu ya ngitukulu mpe bimangu ya nene samu na kuvuna bantu, mpe kana bawu lenda, bawu ke vuna mpe bayina Nzambi soolaka.For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

25Beno kuwa mbote samu ti mu me zabisa beno yawu ntete yawu salama.»See, I have told you in advance.

26«Na yina, kana muntu zabisa beno ti Masiya kele na kati ya yinsi ya kuyuma, beno kwenda kuna ve. Kana muntu zabisa beno ti yandi me bumbama awa, beno kwikila yandi ve.So if they tell you, ‘There He is, in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Here He is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

27Ya tsyelika, mutindu nsemo ya nzasi ke lezimaka katuka na kisika yina ke basikilaka ntangu tii kisika yina ntangu ke lalaka, ni mutindu yina Mwana ya Muntu ke kwiza.For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

28Kisika yina ke vwandaka mvumbi, ni kisika yina ke vukanaka bakoko-mbele.Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29«Kaka na manima ya bilumbu yina, ntangu ke lezima dyaka ve, mpe ngonda ke pesa dyaka ve nsemo. Bambwetete ke kubwa, mpe bima ya mazulu yina kele na lulendo ke ningana.Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

30Na yina, kidimbu ya Mwana ya Muntu ke talana na mazulu, mpe bantu nyonso yina kele na ntoto ke looka mpe ke dila. Bawu ke tala Mwana ya Muntu yina ke kwiza na kati ya matuti na lulendo mpe nkembo mingi.At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31Kulumenta ya nene ke wakana, mpe yandi ke fidisa bambazi ya yandi na bandambu nyonso na yinza ya muvimba samu na kuvukisa na kisika mosi bantu nyonso yina Nzambi soolaka.»And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32«Beno bakula ndongosolo yina ke lakisaka beno yinti ya fike. Ntangu bintala ya yawu ke kumaka pete-pete, mpe makasa ya malu-malu ke basikaka, beno ke zabaka ti ntangu ya bamvula me kuma pene-pene.Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

33Mutindu mosi, ntangu beno mpe ke tala ti mambu yina ke na kusalama, beno fwana kuzaba ti nkwizulu ya Mwana ya Muntu me kuma pene-pene. Yandi kele na myelo ya bayinzo ya beno.So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.

34Ya tsyelika, mu ke na kuzabisa beno: Bantu nyonso yina ke na kuzinga ntangu yayi ke kufwa ve ntete mambu nyonso yayi kusalama.Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

35Zulu na ntoto ke zimbana, kasi mambu ya munu ke zimbana ve.»Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

36«Ata muntu zaba kilumbu mpe ngunga yina mambu yayi ke salama. Ata bambazi ya mazulu mpe ata Mwana ya Nzambi zaba yawu. Kaka ni Tata yandi mosi zaba yawu.No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

37Mambu yina salamaka na ntangu ya Nowe, ke salama mpe mutindu mosi na kilumbu yina Mwana ya Muntu ke kwiza.As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

38Ya tsyelika, ntete yinza ya muvimba dyama na maza, bantu vwandaka kudya mpe kunwa. Bawu vwandaka kwelana to kukwelisa bana ya bawu tii na kilumbu yina Nowe kotaka na nzaza.For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

39Bantu vwandaka banza ata dyambu tii ntangu bamvula ya nene bandaka na kunoka mpe dyamisaka bawu nyonso. Ni mutindu yina mpe yawu ke vwanda ntangu Mwana ya Muntu ke kwiza.And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

40Na yina, kana bantu zole kele na kati ya bilanga, ba ke nata mosi, mpe ke bika ya nkaka.Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

41Kana bakento zole ke na kututa bambuma, ba ke nata mosi, mpe ke bika ya nkaka.Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

42Na yina, beno lala ve pongi samu ti beno zaba ve wapi kilumbu Mfumu ya beno ke kwiza.Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

43Beno zaba yawu mbote. Kana mfumu ya yinzo lendaka zaba wapi ngunga ya mpimpa muyibi ke kwiza, yandi zolaka lala ve pongi, mpe zolaka bika ve muyibi kota na yinzo ya yandi.But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

44Ni yawu yina beno mpe, beno vwanda ya kukubama samu ti Mwana ya Muntu ke kwiza na ngunga yina beno zaba ve.»For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

45«Nani kele kisadi ya kukwikama mpe ya mayela yina mfumu me pesa kisalu ya kukabula madya na bisadi nyonso ya yandi na ntangu ya kulunga?Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?

46Kyese na kisadi yina mfumu ya yandi ke kuta, ntangu yandi ke vutuka, na kusala kisalu yina yandi bikilaka yandi.Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

47Ya tsyelika, mu ke na kuzabisa beno: Mfumu ke pesa yandi kisalu ya kutwadisa bimvwama nyonso ya yandi.Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

48Kana yandi kele kisadi ya yimbi, yandi ke tuba na kati ya ntima ya yandi ti mfumu ya munu ke vutuka nswalu ve,But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

49mpe kana yandi banda na kunyokola bampangi ya yandi ya kisalu, mpe ke kudya mpe kunwa na bantu yina ke kolaka malafu.And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

50Mfumu ya yandi ke vutuka na kilumbu yina kisadi yina ke vingila yandi ve, mpe na ngunga yina yandi zaba ve.The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.

51Mfumu ke bingisa kisadi yina, mpe ke pesa yandi kitumbu mosi na bantu ya bantima zole. Ni kuna bantu ke dilaka mpe ke kwetisaka meno.»Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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