Luke 11 (YAF) · Opened

1Kilumbu kimosi, Yesu kakala lombila homa ha mosi. Tangwa kámanisa, mosi wa balonguki bandi wámuzimbwala: «Pfumu, tulonga kulombila, bwosu kálongabwa Yowani kwena balonguki bandi.»One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

2Yandi wábazimbwala: «Tangwa lubati lombila, zimbulakenu bwabu»: "Tata, khumbu yaku batomisaya; Kipfumu kyaku kyisa.So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

3Tuheka, lelu, madya metu ma kosu kilumbu.Give us each day our daily bread.

4Tulolula mitsoki myetu, mukuma betu phi, tuloludi kwena batu boosu bana bisi tukota mitsoki. Amana tusadisa ndangu tubwaku mu phukumunu."And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”

5Kábazimbwala hika bwabu: «Nati muna kati dya benu, wakála yi nduku wandi, amana kamuyendila muna kati dya kisuku, mu kumuzimbwala: "Nduku, ndefisa khwanga tatu;Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

6mukuma mosi wa banduku bama wutuki mu kitambu, wuthudidi kuna nzu, amana yeku yi kima yimúheka."because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’

7Amana yuka ni, muna kati, mukwawu kamuvutwala: "Yambula kutsya malokosi! Mwelu wakubindika wenina, bana bama yi meni-meni ha thangi thwenina; pfwaniku yivumbuka kikuma kya kukuheka khwanga."And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’

8Yiluzimbwadibwa ni, yuka kavumbukiku mu kumuhekama, kikuma nduku wandi kenina, kavúmbuka kikuma kya nziki-nziki yina kasikhokwatila amana kamúheka kyosu kina kavi mupfunu.I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9Amana meni, yiluzimbwadi ni lombenu, amana balúheka, sandenu amana lwaséngumuna, khokwatilenu amana balúyafwadila.So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

10Mukuma mutu wosu wuna wisi lomba, bisi muheka; wuna wisi sanda, kisi sengumuna; amana phi kwena wuna wisi khokwatila, bayáfulula.For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

11Khi tata mu kati dya benu, yukani mwana wandi kamulomba tsema, amana kamuheka nyoka ha kifulu kya tsema?What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

12Kondilo, yuka kalomba dyaki, kamuheka kikhala-khala?Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

13Yukani benu bakholwa, lwazayaka kuheka bima bya bukheti kwena bana benu, Tata wenina kuna zilu, kahána phi Kitembu Kyatoma kwena bana bisikya mulomba!»So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

14Yesu kakala kukwasa kitembu kya mbi kyáhonda mutu kamama. Ha kyálubuka kitembu kya mbi, mukwa kamama wázonza. Amana mulumba-lumba wa batu wáyituka.One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,

15Kaasi batu bahika bázimbula bwabu: «Mu hamu dya Belezebula, pfumu wa biphidi-mutu, kabati kukwasila biphidi-mutu.»but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”

16Amana bahika, mu kumuleya, hanga bamulombi kiphadi kyatuka ku zilu.And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.

17Amana bwosu kázaya mabanza ma bawu, wábazimbwala: «Kipfumu kyosu kina kyadíkabisa kyawu meni, kyazíluka, nzu zawúlumuka zimosi ha thandu ya zikwawu.Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.

18Honi Satana kakala wadikabisa yandi meni, abweti kipfumu kyandi kyazyamina? Kikuma lubati zonza ni mu hamu dya Belezebula mbati kukwasila biphidi-mutu.If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

19Amana yukani meni, mu hamu dya Belezebula mbati kukwasila biphidi-mutu, bana benu, mu hamu dya nati bisi kukwasilabya? Ihana bakádila bawu meni bazusi benu!And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

20Kaasi yukani mu mulembu wa Nzambi yisi kukwasila biphidi-mutu, kisongidila ni Kipfumu kya Nzambi kyisa kedi yi kuna kwa benu.But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

21«Yukani mutu wa ngolu, wenina yi binwaninu, muna kati dya nzu yandi, bima byandi byosu byenina bya kusweka mboti-mboti.When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

22Kaasi yukani mosi wahika wumuluti yandi mu ngolu kisa tula, amana kamubeta, kamúbotula binwaninu byosu bina kakala sila mbundu, fwani phi kabisibya bima bina kamubongi.»But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.

23«Wuna weku yi meni, yandi mutendi wama; amana wuna kisiku khoka yi meni, kisi mwanga.»He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

24«Tangwa kilubuki kitembu kya mbi mu kati dya mutu, kisi luta mu kati dya tseki, kyasanda homa ha kulembwila. Amana bwosu kimonihoku, kidizimbwadini: "Yikwenda vutuka, muna nzu yama, muna yílubuka."When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

25Amana ha kyatúla, kiwani nzu ya kukombula bukheti yi yakunenga.On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

26Hanga, kyendi amana kitambudi bitembu bikwawu tsambwadi bya mbi kuluta kyawu. Bikoti mwamuna amana bisikidi. Tsuka-tsuka, khadidi ya mutu wuna yekina hika ya mbi lawu, kuluta yina yatheti.»Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”

27Buna kakala zonza bwana, mukhetu mosi wáthuta ndinga hana kati dya mulumba-lumba wa batu amana wámuzimbwala: «Kyesi kwena kundu dina dyákuyimita yi mayeni mana mákuyemika!»As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”

28Kaasi yandi wávutula: «Kyesi, kaasi kyesi kya lawu kwena bana bisi yuka ndinga ya Nzambi amana bisiya sadila.»But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

29Bwosu wakala basa mulumba-lumba wa batu, yandi wáyandika kuzimbula: «Mbandu yayi, ya mbi yenina! Yibati lomba kidimbu. Batámbulaku kidimbu kya hika, kaka kyakina kya Yonasi.As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

30Mukuma, bwosu kákala, Yonasi, kidimbu kikuma kya bisi Ninive, phila mosi Mwana wa mutu kakála kidimbu kikuma kya mbandu yayi.For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

31Pfumu wa mukhetu wa ku banda katélama, mu kilumbu kya pfundusu, ha kimosi yi batu ba mbandu yayi, amana kabáfunda, kikuma yandi, mu binzunga bya kyana bya tsi kátuka kikuma kya kuyuka mudimu wa Solumoni. Kinga yandi wenina haha, wuluti Solumoni.The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

32Batu ba ku Ninive batélama, kilumbu kya pfundusu, ha kimosi yi mbandu yayi, amana bafúndaya, kikuma bawu básoba bikalulu, mu malongi ma Yonasi. Kinga yandu wenina haha, wuluti Yonasi.»The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

33«Ka mutu ku walemisa mwinda kikuma kya kuswekawa holo kusyawa ku tsi ya nzungu ya tuma; kaasi bisiwa sya hana muzanga; ndangu bana bakóta bamona kyesesi.No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

34Disu dyaku dyena mwinda wa lutu; yukani disu dyaku dyakala bukheti, lutu lwaku lwosu lwakuyinika lwenina; kaasi yukani dyakukala dyafwa, lutu lwaku phi mu phipha lwenina.Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.

35Ihana ni zaya kulunda kyesesi kina kyenina mwena ngeyi ndangu kikalaku phipha.Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

36Honi lutu lwaku lwosu lwena lwa kuyinika, konda kukala keti kitini kimosi mu phipha, lwakála lwosu mu mwini, hanga mwinda wukulemini mu mitsyenzya myandi.»So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”

37Buna kakala zonza, mufwadisi mosi mutedisi kenda dya ku nzu yandi. Yesu wákota, wénda hana mesa.As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.

38Mufwadisi wáyituka mu kumona ni Yesu kadisukudiku, bwosu buna myakala lomba mitsiku mya bawu, ku thwala kudya.But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

39Kaasi Pfumu kámuzimbwala: «Benu, Bafwadisi, lwisi semisa phenza ya kopha yi ya longa, kaasi ku tsya mbundu, lwabasa yi nzala bwifi yi khu.Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

40Batu bakonda ngangu! Wuna wáhanga phenza, ka yandi ku phi wáhanga kati?You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?

41Kaasi hanakenu hanga makabu ma khenda, bina byena mu kati, amana byosu byakála bya kasemi kikuma kya benu.But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.

42«Kaasi khi kyadi kwena benu, Bafwadisi, kikuma lwisi futa kimosi kya kumi kya khaya za tsudi ya kitoku yi zina za mu musitu yi ndunda zoosu za khunda-khunda. Kaasi lwisi lenza masonga yi lungongu lwa Nzambi. Mamana mambu mafwani kusalaka, konda kuzimbakana mana masadini.Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

43«Khi kyadi kwena benu, Bafwadisi, kikuma lwisi tonda kuzakala ha kiti kya theti, mu nzu ya kimvuka ya Bayuta yi kubongaka mboti mu mazandu.Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

44Khi kyadi kwena benu! Kikuma lwena hanga mazyamu malamba amana batu bisi dyatama hana thandu konda kuzaya.»Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

45Mosi wa balongi ba mitsiku wámuzimbwala: «Mulongi, mu kuzonza bwabuna, wututukwani betu phi!»One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

46Amana yandi wávutula: «Khi kyadi kwena benu phi balongi ba mitsiku! Mukuma lwisi longidila, kwena batu, bizitu bya phasi mu kunata, amana lwisibyoku simba, benu-benu, keti ku mulembu wumosi.“Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.

47Khi kyadi kwena benu! Lwisi tunga mazyamu ma bambikudi, kinga batata benu bábahonda!Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

48Ihana lubati ta kimbangi, amana lubati sikununa mihangu mya batata benu, mukuma bawu báhonda bambikudi, amana ihana benu lwisima batungila!So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

49Ihana ni mudimu wa Nzambi wuzimbudi: "Mbati hitika bambikudi yi bathumwa; amana bahika hana kati dya bawu, babáhonda, babányokuna phi."Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

50Ndangu bafutisa, kwena mbandu yayi, menga ma bambikudi boosu, mana mátyakana tuka ku luyanduku lwa tsi,As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

51tuka ku menga ma Abelu tii yikuna menga ma Zakadiya, wuna báhonda ha kati dya mesa ma kimenga yi nzu ya Nzambi. Kyedika, yiluzimbwadibwa, bafútisama kwena mbandu yayi.from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

52«Khi kyadi kwena benu balongi ba mitsiku! Kikuma lwákatula tsabi ya mazaya; benu-benu lukotiku, amana bana bazola kukota, lwábakandikisa.»Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

53Tangwa kálubuka kwakuna, balongi ba mitsiku yi Bafwadisi báyandika kumulundika yi kumuhyula mambu ma phila yi phila;As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

54bámuleya ndangu bamukwata mu dyambu dimosi dyalubuka mu munwa wandi.waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

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