Luke 16 (NWW) · Opened

1Mbole Yesu kakiaghombela ahundwa bhake, “Pakibhegha yunautopelo yumu ywakabheghite na nkola abhandwa ghwake. Bhandu bhakinkokehela aywo nnyimilila kwa nkulu ghwake kukita kangupwilingana utopelo ghwa ghwake.Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

2Ndo aywo yunautopelo kakinnkema na kunkonya, ‘Ndo nnando ghwoki aghwo ghunighuyihwa ghwakya ghwenga? Hinu ghunmbeghe mbalango gha motelo na malyeghelo gha utopelo ghwangu, kiyaha yingukunoghela ng'obhe ghubhe nnyimila ghwangu kangi.’So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

3Yula nkola abhandwa kakilighombela mumwoyo ghwake, ‘Hinu ndatenda niki kangi? Bambo ghwangu kammuha mulihengu lyangu handa nnyimilila. Megha ng'obhe na makakala gha kukandakanda. Na kangi nungubhona honi kuyupayupa.The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

4Ena, nungulimanya lya kutenda, ngati pamingwamingwa mulihengo lyangu lya kuyimilila bhandu bhangingame muhitutubhi yabhe.’I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

5Ndo yula nnyapala kakiakema aghambwa bhoha bha bambo ghwake yumo mbole ya yungi. Kakinkonya ghwa ulongohi, ‘Ghukiyahikwa kyoki na nkulu ghwangu?’And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

6Naywo kakinnyanga, ‘Mapipa mia ya mahuta gha miseituni.’ Yula nnyapala kakinnyanga, ‘Ghutame pahi na ghutyeke kya kuyumbatika mapipa amsini.’‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

7Mbole kakinkonya nnghambwa yungi, ‘Ghwenga ghukiyahikwa hilingi?’ Naywo kakinnyanga, ‘Michako mia ya mbunje ya ngano.’ Yula nnyapala kakinng'ombela, ‘Ghutole lihamba lyako na ghutyeke michako mbinda mabhokao semanini ya ngano.’Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

8Ndo yula nkulu kakinnumba yula nkola abhandwa kwakya mahala ghake. Kiyaha bhandu bha nnima aghu atenda ulemwa na bhanga kunhyubhalila Bambo Chapanga angutenda mahengo ghabhe kwa mahala kupitingana kwa bhandu bhaanhyubhalaila Chapanga.”The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

9Ndo Yesu kakighendelela kulongela, “Nunguaghombela kukita, bhandu bhaamokola utopelo kwa mandendelo gha ulemwa. Peni bhaaghutumila utopelo aghwo kughatenda mandendelo gha maha kwa bhala bhaaghupala utangwo, apwo ndo bhaabhegha aghanja bhenu, na mulinjubha panhwegha bhandu abho bhaayelela kubhabhona mulitinga lya manjubha ghoha.I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

10Ywohele yunakuhyubhalika kwa mihalo michoko, katahyubhalika kwa mihalu mikulu, naywo ywangahyubhalika kwa mihalo michoko kahone kuhyubhalika kwa mihalu mikulu.Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

11Handa maabhegha bhangahyubhalika kwa utopelo ghwa nnima aghu, ndo ghani aywo ywakaayubhalila mwenga mu mihalo ya utopelo ghwa hoto?So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

12Na handa pa nhyubhalika ng'obhe kwa utopelo ghwa bhandu bhangi ndo ghani aywo kataakamuha utopelo ghwenu mabhene?”And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

13“Kahone nndumindumi ywakuhotola kubhatendela lihengo abambo abhili. Kiyaha nkalalila yumu na kunpala yungi ebu katantendela lihengo lya maha yumu na yungi katanyuyuha. Maahotola ng'obhe kuntendela lihengo Chapanga papamu na utopelo.”No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

14Peni Akaafalisayo paayihwite agho, bhakinnyuyuha Yesu kiyaha bhene akipalaha munu ngalabha.The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

15Yesu kakiaghombela, “Mwenga mungulitumba kukita mmegha bha maha paulongolo ghwa anabhandu, peni Chapanga kanguyimanya myoyo yenu. Kiyaha hilibhi hiibhoneka hya maha kwa bhandu, Chapanga kanguhihyaghabhalila.”So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

16“Malaghilo gha Musa na malembo gha ambuye ghwa Chapanga ghakialongoha mbaka kunndaluko ghwa Yohane yunakubatisa. Kuhuma apwo mungughombelwa Nhalo ghwa maha ghwa Ghubhutwa ghwa Chapanga, na bhandu bhoha angughombelwa kya kulitumba ayingile Mughubhutwa ghwa Chapanga.The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

17Peni yaabhegha yeyebhu munu kwa kunani kwa Chapanga na nnima aghu kuhobha, ngati ng'obhe nga kwa lilembo limo kubhuka mu malaghilo gha Musa kuhobha.”But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

18“Handa mundu ywohele katantyekela nndala ghwake lihamba lya kunleka na mbole kakatole nndala yungi aywo kangutyaha, na nnume yunakuntola nndala ywakatyekihitwe lihamba lya kulekwa kangutyaha.”Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

19Yesu kakighendelela kulongela, “Pakibhegha na yunautopelo yumu ywakahwaliteghe mapinda gha ghalabha ngulu munu mapinda gha langi ya samalati na mapinda mahuhu, na pakitendekeha chekwa mumanjubha ghoha.Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

20Pala pa nnlyango ghwake kakibha kapukwa yumu ywakayeghiteghwe apwo, lihina lyake Lasalo, ywakabheghite hilonda mu mmili ghwake ghwoha.And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

21Aywo Lasalo kakihyubhalila kulyegha mahighalo ghaaponikite ku kindangabhala kya aywo yunautopelo. Mbaka akabhwa bhakihika na kumyanga hilonda hyaki.and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22Lisaa palikihikite, yula kapukwa kakihwegha, na mahoka bha Chapanga bhakintola na kunbhika kakatame papamu na Abulahamu. Yula yunautopelo naywo kakihwegha na bhakinkulila.One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

23Yula yunautopelo pakabheghite kumambe mukimbamanda, kakilolekeha kunani naywo kakimmona Abulahamu kya kutali, naywo Lasalo kakibhegha ugheghela naywo.In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

24Hino yula yunautopelo kakinkema, ‘Tate Abulahamu, ghunmonele luhungu, na ghunlaghile Lasalo kakichwike kikonji kyake mu machi ngati kalughupohe lulimi lwangu, kiyaha nungupungwa muno mu mwoto aghu.’So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

25Peni Abulahamu kakinnyanga, ‘Mwana ghwangu, ghulikulungwe kukita paghubheghite kukali ghubhegha na ubhumi ghukihumbula mihalu ya maha, peni Lasalo kakimokola mihalu ya uhakata. Peni hinu nungunyonjokeha mwoyo apa na ghwenga ghubha na kibamanda kikulu.But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

26Hata habhu, pakati yetu libhegha libhumba likulu, ngati bhala bhaapalite kubhuka akwo na kuhika kunu kakotoke ahotole, ebu mundu ywohele kakotoke kuyomboka kuhika kunu.’And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

27Ndo yula yunautopelo kakilongela, ‘Hinu, nungukuyupa, ghunlaghile Lasalo kaghende ku lubhagha lwa tate ghwangu,‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

28kiyaha mmegha na alongo nhano. Kakaakinye ngati akotoke kuhika kunu kuhimbamanda.’for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

29Peni Abulahamu kakinnyanga, ‘Alongo bhako abhegha na malembo gha Musa na ambuye bhangi bha Chapanga, aghatughile agho.’But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

30Yula yunautopelo kakilongela, ‘Ng'obhe, tate ghwangu Abulahamu, handa mundu kaahyuka kuhuma kumambe kataahikila, bhaalipetula ulemwa na kummuyila Chapanga.’‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

31Peni Abulahamu kakinng'ombela, ‘Handa bhaayitikila ng'obhe malaghilo gha Musa na Ambuye bhangi bha Chapanga, bhaahotola ng'obhe kunnyihwa hata paanyeghelehwa mundu ahyukite kuhuma kumambe.’ ”Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

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