Matthew 24 (MWE)

1A Yeshu gubhakopweshe ku liekalu nigubhaijabhulile, bhaajiganya bhabho gubhaajendelenje nikwaalanguya majumba gatimbilile liekalu.As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.

2A Yeshu gubhaabhalanjilenje, “Nnikugabhonanga gene gowega! Kweli ngunakunnugulilanga, lyakwapi liganga nkali limo shililepeshe panani liganga, yowe ipinga bhomolwa.”“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.”

3A Yeshu bhakatameje pa shitumbi sha Misheituni, bhaajiganywa bhabho gubhaajendelenje shintemela, gubhaabhushiyenje, “Nntulugulile genega pushigakoposhele shakani? Shilangulo shashi shishilanguye kwiya kwenu na mpelo gwa shilambolyo?”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?”

4A Yeshu gubhaajangwilenje, “Mwiteiganje mundu anantembanje.Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

5Pabha bhandu bhabhagwinji shibhaikangane bhalinkutinji, ‘Nne a Kilishitu,’ na bhalabhonji shibhaatembanje bhandu bhabhagwinji.For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

6Shimpilikananje ililo ya ngondo na ngani ya ngondo, ikabheje nnajogopanje, pabha genego ganapinjikwa gakoposhele, ikabheje mpelo ukanabhe.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.

7Shilambo shipinga komana na shilambo shina, upalume gumo upinga komana na upalume guna. Shipinga pagwa shibhanga na ungumila kwa ilambo.Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

8Yene yoweyo mbuti kutandubha kwa mboteko ya shitumbo nkupinga kwiigopola.All these are the beginning of birth pains.

9“Kungai bhandu bhowe shibhantendebhukanje nkupinga mpotekwanje na bhulagwa. Na bhandunji bhangabha Bhayaudi bhapinga kunshimanga kwa ligongo lyangu nne.Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

10Kabhili, bhabhagwinji bhapinga lekanga ngulupai jabhonji na tendebhukana na shimana.At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

11Bhapinga koposhelanga ashinkulondola bha unami bhabhagwinji bhapinga kwaapuganyanga bhandu bhabhagwinji.and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.

12Kwa ligongo lya jenjesheka ilebho, kupingana kwa bhandu shukubhujile nnyuma.Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

13Ikabheje shaikakatimilile mpaka kumpelo shatapulwe.But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

14Ngani ja Mmbone ja Upalume gwa a Nnungu jipinga lunguywa pa shilambolyo, kubha ukong'ondelo ku bhandu bhowe, penepo ni pushuishe mpelo gula.”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.

15Ashomajo agamanye malombolelo ga malobhe ga a Yeshu gakwiya gano. Nigubhashite, a Danieli ankulondola bha a Nnungu bhalugwile ga nnjimwa ja nyatiya. Pushinnjibhonanje jijimi pa ukonjelo,So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

16bhalinginji ku Yudea bhabhutushilanje mwiitumbi.then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

17Ali pashitubhili anatulushe pai kutola indu nnyumba jakwe.Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.

18Ali kunngunda anabhuje kumui kutola nngubho yakwe.And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

19Ole gwabhonji bhanabhakongwe bhakwetenje ndumbo na bhajonjeyanga gene mobhago.How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!

20Nnjuganje kwa a Nnungu nkupinga kubhutuka kwenunji kunabhe mobha ga mmbepo eu Lyubha lya Pumulila.Pray that your flight will not occur in the winter or on the Sabbath.

21Pabha gene mobhago shipinga pagwa shilaje shikanabhe koposhela shitandubhile kupanganywa shilambolyo mpaka lelo, wala shikajiya pagwa kabhili.For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

22Monaga gene mobhago a Nnungu bhakanapunguye jakwa mundu jojowe akatapwilwe, ikabheje gapinga punguywa kwa ligongo lya bhandu bhaagwilwenje na a Nnungu.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.

23Bhai, mundu annugulilangaga, a Kilishitu pubhali apano, eu kubhali akula, nnankulupalilanje.At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

24Pabha bhaapinga koposhelanga Bhakilishitu na ashinkulondola bha unami. Bhapinga tendanga ilangulo ya ikulungwa na ya lapa ya kombola nkali kwapuganyanga bhaagwilwenje na a Nnungu.For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

25Mpilikananje, njikunnimbiyanga gakanabhe koposhela genego.See, I have told you in advance.

26Bhai, bhannugulilangaga, nnolanje, kubhali kuanga, nnajendangane kweneko, eu, nnolanje, mubhali nnyumba, nnakulupalilanje.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.

27Pabha malinga nnjai shijikuti meta nibhoneka kuliunde kowe, pushiijiyebha malinga pushabhoneshe Mwana juka Mundu lyubha lyashaishe.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.

28Malinga, pene puguli ntui, nipugaimana matumbui, kwa nneyo shene shilanguloshi shinalangula kuti ku mpelo gwa shilambolyo kubhandishile.Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29Shangupe shipitaga shilaje sha gene mobhago, lyubha lipingabha nnubhindu, mwei ukalangaya na ndondwa ipingagwa pai na mashili ga indu ya kunnungu gapinga tenganyika.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.’

30Kungai, shilangulo shika Mwana juka Mundu shishibhoneshe kunnungu, penepo makabhila gowe ga pa shilambolyo gapinga kwiigutanjila, shibhammonanje Mwana juka Mundu alikwiiya mmaunde ga kunnungu ali na mashili na ukonjelo gwanngwinji.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.

31Na bhalabho shibhaatumanje ashimalaika bhabho na lipenga lya oneya, bhalabhonji bhapinga kwaalopolanga bhaagwilwenje bhabho kopoka mmbali yowe ya pa shilambolyo.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.

32Bhai kwa nkongo mwiijiganyanye alu lutangolu, shangupe nyambi yakwe puitandubha ipuka, nnakumumanyanga kuti shuku shibhandishile.Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its branches become tender and sprout leaves, you know that summer is near.

33Nneyo peyo mmanganya pushinngabhonanje genega, mmumanyanje kuti bhabhandishile.So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.

34Kweli ngunakummalanjilanga, alu lubhelekolu lukapela gakanabhe koposhela gowego.Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

35Kunnungu na shilambolyo shiipite, ikabheje malobhe gangu gakapita.Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

36Ikabheje, ga lyene lyubhalyo, eu malanga jwakwa mundu akugamanya shigabhe shakani, wala ashimalaika bha kunnungu, wala Mwana, ikabhe Atati jikape.No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

37Pabha malinga shiyaliji mobha ga a Nuu, puipingabha mobha ga kwiya kwakwe Mwana juka Mundu.As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

38Pabha gene mobhago, nduluko jikanabhe tuluka, bhandunji bhatenda lyanganga na kolelwa na lomba na lombwa, mpaka a Nuu pubhajinjile nshapina.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.

39Bhangashimanyanga shipinga koposhela, mpaka pujaishe nduluko, jikwaajolangaga bhowe. Na malinga pushiijiyebha lyubha lya kwiya kwakwe Mwana juka Mundu.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.

40Gene mobhago bhandunji bhabhili shibhabhanganje mungunda, jumo shatolwe na juna shaleshwe.Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

41Bhanabhakongwe bhabhili shibhabhanganje bhaliyaganga, jumo shatolwe na juna shaleshwe.Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

42Bhai, nsheyanje, pabha nkakulimanyanga lyubha lishibhaishe Bhakulungwa bhenunji.Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

43Ikabheje nnimanyanje lyeneli, monaga bhayene nyumba bhakalimanyi lyubha lya kwiya nngwii, bhakasheshiye, ngubhakajileshileje nyumba jabho kujibhwa.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.

44Kwa nneyo na mmanganya nsheyanje, pabha Mwana juka Mundu shaishe malanga gunkakugamanyanga.For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

45A Yeshu gubhapundile kubheleketa bhalinkuti, bhai gani ntumishi akulupalika na akwete lunda, bhakulungwa bhakwe shibhantende abhe jwa nkulungwa ku bhandu bhabho, abhapanganje shalya pa malanga gakwe?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?

46Mbaya jwene ntumishi, bhakulungwa bhakwe pushibhaishe shibhanng'imane alitenda nneyo.Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

47Kweli ngunakummalanjilanga, shibhammishe jwene ntumishijo agoye indu yabho yowe.Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

48Ikabheje ntumishi jwangali jwa mmbone aibheleketelaga muntima gwakwe kuti, bhakulungwa bhangu bhanakabha kubhuja,But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

49kungai gwatandwibhe kwaakomanga bhatumishi ajakwe na tandubha lya na papila pamo na bhaakolelwanga,And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.

50bhakulungwa bhakwe ntumishijo shibhaishe lyubha lyangaganishiwa na malanga gangamanyika.The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.

51Shibhankome kwa kaje na kunkundikanya likundi limo na bhagulumba. Kweneko shikubhe shililo na tauna 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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