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1Yesu walabambila beshikwiya bakendi eti, Kwalikuba muntu mubile walikukute kapitawo weshi kubona buboni. Bantu balamwamba muntu uyo eti lonongonga buboni bwa mwami wakendi.Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

2Lino walakuwa kapitawo wabuboni nekumwipusheti, “Nomba nicani ncondanyufunga pali njobe? Mpandulwile sha bukapitawo bwakobe pakwinga nkowelela kuba kapitawo sobwe.”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.’

3Lino kapitawo walatatika kuyeya mumoyo mwakendi eti, “Ninjiseconi mwami wakame layandanga kumfunya incito? Ndiya ngofu shakulima kayi kusenga kukutekumpa insoni.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.

4Lino nceti njinse nici, kwambeti bantu bakantambule mumandabo, ndakafuma incito.”I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

5Lino walatika kukuwa bonse balikukute nkongole ku mwami wakendi umo ne umo nekwipusha mutanshi eti, “Walakweleta shingaye kumwami wakame?”And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

6Neye walakumbuleti, “Ndalakweleta mingomo mwanda ya mafuta”. Neco kapitawo uyo walamwambileti, “Manta lipepa apo palembwa nkongole yakobe, ufwambane wikale panshi ulembepo eti, mingomo yakwana makumi asanu.”‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

7Lino walepusha umbi eti, “Nomba obe walakweleta shingaye?” Walakumbuleti, “Ndalakweleta masaka ali mwanda a maila.” Lino neye walamwambileti, “Manta Lipepa palembwa nkongole yakobe, Ulembepo masaka makumi asanu ne atatu.”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.

8Mwami wakendi uyo walalumbaisha kapitawo wa buboni wabula kushomeka pakucenjela kwakendi. Pakwinga bantu ba mucishi ca panshi pano nibasongo pa kubamba makani abo kupita bantu bali mu mumuni wa Lesa.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.

9Yesu walapitilisha kubambileti, “Ndamwambilinga kamulicanina banenu babuboni bwa mucishi cino kwambeti, buboni bwakapwa nibakamutambule mumanda amuyayaya.I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

10Muntu uliyense washomeka pabintu bing'ana, nakashomeke pa bintu bingi. Uyo wabula kushomeka pabintu bing'ana, nteshi akashomeke pabintu bingi.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.

11Lino na nkamwashomeka pabuboni bwa pacishi cino, nomba niyani eti akamushome nekumupani buboni bwancincine?So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

12Na kamulimwabula kushomeka pabuboni bwa bantu bambi, nomba niyani eti akamupeni buboni bwelela kuba bwenu?”And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

13“Kuliya musebenshi wela kusebensela bami babili, pakwinga ukute kupatapo umbi nekusuna umbi, nambi kunyumfwila umbi nekusula umbi. Anu ekwambeti nkamwela kusebensela Lesa ne buboni.”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.”

14Bafalisi mpolabanyumfwa makani aya balatatika kushibuluka Yesu pakwinga balo balikusunisha mali.The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

15Nsombi Yesu walabambileti, “Amwe mukute kulibonesha kubantu eti mwalulama, necikabeco Lesa winshi myoyo yenu. Pakwinga bintu byonse bantu mbyobakute kwambeti byaina, nsombi kuli Lesa kuliya mobibelele.”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.

16Milawo Lesa njalapa Mose ne Maswi alalemba bashinshimi byali kusebensa cindi ca Yohane mubatishi. Kufuma pacindico Mulumbe Waina wa Bwami bwa Lesa ukute kukambaukwa, kayi ne bantu bangi baleleshenga ne ngofu kwambeti bengile mu Bwami ubu.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.

17Nsombi capuba kwambeti kwilu necishi kupwa, kupita liswi limo lya Milawo kupwa ngofu.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“Muntu uliyense laleke mukashendi nekweba mukashi naumbi, lenshi bupombo. Neye uyo lebe mutukashi ngwalaleka munendi lenshinga bupombo”.Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

19Kwalikuba muntu mubile walikufwala byadula uyo walikulya cena lyonse.Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

20Lino kwalikuba muntu wapenga lina lyakendi walikuba Lazalo. Walikukute bilonda mubili wonse, walikusuna kona pa cishinga ca ng'anda ya muntu mubile uyo.And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

21Lazalo walikaminina mate uto twakulya twalikulaka panshi pa tebulu ya muntu mubile uyo, naboyo bakabwa bali kabesa akumyanguta pabilonda byakendi.and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22Muntu wapenga uyo walafwa, bangelo balamutwala kwilu mumakasa a Abulahamu. Muntu mubile uyo neye walafwa nekumufukila mumanda.One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

23Lino mubile uyo mpwalikupenga mumusena wa bafu, walalanga kwilu nekubona Lazalo kulubasu lwa Abulahamu nkali patali.In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

24Lino walolobesha eti, “Ta Abulahamu kamunyumfwilako inkumbo. Kamutumani Lazalo kwambeti abike cikumo cakendi mumenshi kwambeti atontoshe lulemi lwakame pakwinga ndashupiki mumulilo muno.”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.’

25Lino Abulahamu walambeti, “Mwaname kwanuka mpowalikuba muyumi walatambula bintu byonse byaina, neye Lazalo walatambula bintu byeshikubaba. Lino neye kuno wakondwa, obe uli mumapensho anene.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.

26Kayi pakati petu nenjobe pali cisengu, cakwambeti kuliya muntu ulikuno wela kucikonsha kusabuka kwisa uko, nambi uli uko kwisa kuno.”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.’

27Kufumapo mubile uyo walambeti, “Anu ndasengenga Ta, mutume Lazalo kung'anda ya bata.‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

28Pakwinga nkute bakwetu basanu. Enga abacenjeshe kwambeti naboyo batakesa kumusena wa mapensho kuno.”for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

29Nsombi Abulahamu walambeti, “abo bakute mabuku alalembwa ne Mose ne bashinshimi, kabanyumfwani byalembwamo.”But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

30Nendi walakumbuleti, sobwe ta Abulahamu, na umbi ufuma kubafu nekuyako, mpobela kusanduka kubwipishi bwabo.‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

31Abulahamu walamwambileti, “na nkabanyumfwilinga Mabala alalembwa ne Mose ne bashinshimi nteshi bakanyumfwepo nambi umbi akapunduke kubafu.”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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