Matthew 13 (MWE)

1Lyubha lyolyo, a Yeshu gubhajabhwile pamui pala, gubhapite tama nnyenje litanda.That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

2Makundi gamakulungwa ga bhandu gashinkwaatimbilila mpaka a Yeshu gubhakwelile muntumbwi gubhatemi. Bhandu bhowe gubhajimingene nnyenje litanda.Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

3Nabhalabho a Yeshu gubhaalugulilenje indu yaigwinji kwa ndango, bhalinkuti, “Mpilikananje! Nkupanda ashinkwenda panda mmbeju.And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4“Paliji nkumiya mmbeju, ina gwigwilile mumpanda, ijuni gwiishe nilya.And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

5Ina gwigwilile pamaganga pangali litaka lyaligwinji. Gwiimelile shangupe pabha litaka likataliyeje,Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

6lyubha likabhaleje, gwiinyalile, na pabha mbubhu yakwe yangajendeya gwiijumwile.But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7Ina gwigwilile pa mikongo ja mibha, na jalakwe gujikulile niutalila.Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

8Ina gwigwilile pa litaka lya mmbone, gwiimelile, gwiiogwele ina makumi kumi na ina makumi shita na ina makumi gatatu.Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

9Akwete makutujo na apilikane!”He who has ears, let him hear.”

10Bhaajiganywa bhabho gubhaajendelenje nikwaabhuya, “Pakuti nnabheleketa na bhandunji kwa ndango?”Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

11A Yeshu gubhaajangwilenje, “Mmanganya nshijaliwanga kwiimanya indu ya nng'iyo ya Upalume gwa Kunnungu, ikabheje bhanganyanjibho bhangajaliwanga.He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

12Pabha akwete shindu apinga pegwa na jenjeshewa, ikabheje jwangali shindu, nkali shakwete shila, shipinga tolwa.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.

13Ngunabheleketa nabhonji kwa ndango, pabha bhanalolanga ikabheje shakwa shibhakushibhonanga, bhanapilikanilanga ikabheje bhakapilikananga, wala bhakaelewanga.This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

14Gatimilile gubhabhelekete ankulondola bha a Nnungu a Ishaya ga kuti, Bhakulungwa bhaashite, ‘Kupilikana shimpilikananje, ikabheje nkaelewanga. Nkupinga lolanga, ikabheje nkashibhonanga shinduIn them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

15Pabha mitima ja bhene bhandunjibha jishitopa Bhashiibhanga makutu gabhonji, Bhashikupilanga meyo gabhonji. Gwangali nneyo, bhakalolilenje na meyo gabhonji, Bhakapilikenenje na makutu gabhonji, Bhakaelewenje mmitima jabhonji, Bhakandendebhushilenje, bhashite Bhakulungwa, ngaalamiyenje.’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.’

16“Ikabheje mbaya mmanganyanji, pabha meyo genunji ganalola na makutu genunji ganapilikana.But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

17Kweli ngunakummalanjilanga, ashinkulondola bha a Nnungu na bhandunji bha aki bhabhagwinji bhashinkulokolilanga kugabhona gunkugabhonangaga, bhanagabhonanje, na pilikana gunkupilikanangaga, bhanagapilikananje.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“Bhai, mmanganya mpilikananje lutango luka nkupanda.Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

19Jojowe akulipilikana lilobhe lya Upalume gwa Kunnungu gwangali kulielewa, pali malinga mmbeju igwilile mumpanda ila, na Lishetani anakwiyatola shipandilwe muntima gwakwe shila.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.

20Mmbeju jipandilwe pa liganga jila jinalandana naka mundu akulipilikana lilobhe lya a Nnungu, shangupe anakuliposhela nikwiinonyela,The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

21ikabheje akakulibhika muntima gwakwe nilonjeya, na pushiika shilaje kwa ligongo lya lyene lilobhelyo, shangupe anatenguka.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.

22Mmbeju jigwilile pa mikongo ja mibha, inalandalana naka mundu akulipilikana lyene lilobhelyo, ikabheje ga lipamba lya shilambolyo shino na ga pinga kola indu inautalila lilobhelyo, na lyalakwe likaogoya iepo.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.

23Mmbeju jipandilwe nnitaka lya mmbone jinalandana naka mundu akulipilikana lyene lilobhelyo na kulielewa, na jwalakwe malinga mmbeju iogoya iepo, jimo makumi kumi na jina makumi shita na jina makumi gatatu.”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.”

24A Yeshu gubhaalugulilenje bhandunji lutango luna, “Upalume gwa Kunnungu ushilandana naka mundu apandile mmbeju ya mmbone mungunda gwakwe.Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25Ikabheje bhandu bhalibhagonilenje, mmagongo nnjabho gwaishe, gwapandile likonde mungunda gwabho gwa ngano, gwaijabhulile.But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

26Bhai, ngano ikameleje na tandubha tumbuka, likonde nalyalakwe gulikulile.When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

27Bhatumishi bha bhayene nngunda bhala gubhaajendelenje, nikwaalugulila, ‘Mmakulungwa, imwapandile mmbeju ya mmbone mungunda gwenu. Igala nnaino likonde kulikopweshe kwei?’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?’

28Nabhalabho gubhaajangwilenje, ‘Amagongo ajangu bhatendile nneyo.’ Bhai, bhatumishi bhabho gubhaabhushiyenje, ‘Bhuli nnipinga tujende tukatutumbule?’‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

29Nabhalabho gubhaajangwilenje, ‘Nngabha, inabha pushintutumbulanje likonde nnatutumbulanga na ngano.‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

30Nnekanje yowe ikule pamo mpaka mobha ga maneng'eno. Gene mobhago shinaalugulilanje bhaunanga, nkumbililanje likonde mmatuto nijoka. Ikabheje ngano nnopolanje nkabhikanje mungokwe jangu.’ ”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.’”

31A Yeshu gubhaalugulilenje bhandunji lutango luna, “Upalume gwa Kunnungu unalandana na mmbeju ja aladali jatolile mundu jumo, gwapandile mungunda gwakwe.He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

32Mmbeju jene jajishoko kupunda mmbeju yowe, ikabheje jimelaga jinakula nipunda yalya yowe munngunda, nibha malinga nkongo gwankulungwa, nkali ijuni inakwiyashenga maui nnyambi yakwe.”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.”

33A Yeshu gubhaabalanjilenje lutango luna, “Upalume gwa Kunnugu ushilandana na ngedule jibhatolile bhakongwe bhamo, gwaangenye na utandi madebhe gabhili na nushu, utandi gowe guumwishe.”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.”

34A Yeshu bhashinkwaalugulilanga bhandu gene gowego kwa ndango. Bhangaalugulilanga shindu shoshowe gwangali ndango,Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

35nkupinga litimilile lyelila, lyalugwilwe na ankulondola bha a Nnungu, “Shimelekete nabhonji kwa ndango Shing'unukule gaishiywe tandubhila kupanganywa kwa shilambolyo.”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.”

36Kungai a Yeshu gubhaalajilenje bhandunji bhala, gubhajinjile nnyumba. Bhaajiganywa bhabho gubhaajendelenje, gubhaabhalanjilenje, “Nntulugulile ukoto ga lutango lwa likonde munngunda.”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.”

37A Yeshu gubhaabhalanjilenje, “Apanda mmbeju ya mmbone ila, Mwana juka Mundu,He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

38Nngunda gula shilambolyo. Mmbeju ya mmbone ila, bhandunji bhalinginji Muupalume gwa Kunnungu. Ikabheje likonde lila bhandunji bhaka Lishetani.The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

39Mmagongo apandile likonde lila ni Lishetani. Mauno, mpelo gwa shilambolyo na bhaunanga, ashimalaika.and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

40Malinga makonde shigakuti kumbililwa nijokwa moto, pushijiyebha lyubha lya mpelo gwa shilambolyo.As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

41Mwana juka Mundu apinga kwatumanga ashimalaika bhakwe bhakaalopolanje koposhela Muupalume gwabho bhowenji bhalinginji shiumilo sha bhandu kutenda yambi, na bhowe bhaatendanga ya nyata.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.

42Nikwaaleshelanga nnishembo lya moto, kweneko bhapinga gutanga na tauna meno.And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43Kungai, bhanguja bhala bhapinga ng'anyimanga mbuti lyubha Muupalume gwa Ainabhabhonji. Akwete makutujo na apilikane!Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

44“Upalume gwa Kunnungu unalandana na shibhiko shiishiwe munngunda. Mundu jumo gwashibhweni, gwashiishiye kabhili. Ashinkuangalala kwa kaje, gwapite kuusha yowe yakwete, gwaumile nngunda gula.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“Kabhili, Upalume gwa Kunnungu unalandana naka mundu jumo ausha indu, nkuloleya liganga lya konja lya mmbiya yaigwinji lishemwa lulu.Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

46Akajibhoneje lulu jimo ja mmbiya yaigwinji, gwapite usha yowe yaakwete, gwaumile lulu jila.When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

47“Kabhili, Upalume gwa Kunnungu unalandana na lyau litejilwe mmashi, yamaki ya kila namuna gwiitanjile.Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

48Lyau lila likagumbaleje, bhandunji gubhautilenje kunyenje bhaali, gubhatemingenenje, gubhaagwilenje yamaki ya mmbone gubhatajilenje mwiikapu yabhonji na yangali ya mmbone gubhaijailenje.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.

49Nneyo pushijiyebha kumpelo gwa shilambolyo, shibhakoposhelanje ashimalaika, bhapinga agulanya bhandunji, bhangali bha mmbone na bhakwetenje aki,So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

50na kwaleshelanga pa moto bhangali bha mmbonebho. Kweneko shibhagutanje na tauna meno.”and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51A Yeshu gubhaabhushiyenje, “Bhuli, nngaelewenje gene gowego?” Gubhaajangwilenje, “Elo.”Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

52Nabhalabho gubhaabhalanjilenje, “Bhai nneyo, kila bhaajiganya bha Shalia bhajigenywe ga Upalume gwa Kunnungu, bhanalandana na bhayene nyumba bhashoya nshibhiko shabho indu ya ambi na ya bhukala.”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.”

53A Yeshu bhakamaliyeje kubheleketa ndango yoweyo gubhaijabhulile,When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

54gubhapite kushijiji shabho ku Nashaleti. Kweneko gubhaajigenyenje bhandunji nshinagogi jabhonji, mpaka gubhakanganigwenje, gubhashitenje, “Jweneju kwapatile kwei lwene lunda na mashili ga tenda yene ilapoi?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.

55Bhuli, jweneju nngabha mwanagwabho apundi shelemala bhala? Bhuli, akwabhe nngabha a Malia na ashapwakwe nngabha a Yakobho na a Yoshepu na a Shimoni na a Yuda?“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

56Bhuli, ashalumbugwe, bhowe nngabha tulitama nabhonji pano? Bhai, kwapatile kwei gene gowega?”Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

57Bhai, gubhaashimilenje. Ikabheje a Yeshu gubhaalugulilenje, “Nkulondola jwa a Nnungu akalepela kukuywa, ikabheje pa shilambo shakwe na kunngwakwe!”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.”

58Kwa nneyo, bhangatenda ilapo yaigwinji pepala kwa ligongo lya ungakulupalila gwabhonji.And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

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