Luke 12 (YAF) · Opened

1Muna tangwa meni dina, mulumba-lumba wa batu wáwongama mu mafunda kumi-kumi, hanga batu bekadidyatikisa bawu yi bawu. Yesu wáyandika kuzimbula, theti, kwena balonguki bandi: «Dikengenu yi muvimbu wa Bafwadisi, wuna wa disu ku tsi ya lukaya.In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2Amana heku kima kyáswamana, kyakonda sengumuka; ka kima ku kya kitsweki kyakonda zayakana.There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

3Yi hakana ni mambu moosu lwazónza mu kisuku, mayúkalakana mu kati dya mwini; amana mana lwafwéta mu matu, mu masuku ma kuphata, mayúkalakana mu ndinga ya ngolu, mu midilu mya nzu.»What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

4«Yiluzimbwadibwa, kwena benu banduku bama ni lubangaku bana bisi honda lutu kaasi kunima dya bwana, bafwaniku kusala kima kiluti.I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

5Yilúsongila nani lufwani kubanga: Bangenu mutu wuna wena ti kunima dya kuhonda, kena yi hamu dya kululosa ku bilungi. Yi bwabuna, yiluzimbwadibwa ni yandi lufwani kubanga!»But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

6«Luzayibwoku ni makyokya matanu balendama tekisa mu mafwalanga modi? Kinga keti mosi hana kati dya mawu, kazimbakaniku ku thwala ya Nzambi.Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

7Keti tsuki za mutwa myenu, zoosu za kutanga zenina. Lubangaku, lwena mupfunu, kuluta lawu dya banuni ba khunda!»And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

8«Yiluzimbwadibwa ni wuna wathámbwasa ku thwala ya batu, Mwana wa mutu kamútambwasa phi ku thwala ya banzyo ba Nzambi.I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

9Kaasi wuna wathúna ku thwala ya batu, bamútuna ku thwala banzyo ba Nzambi.But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

10Wosu wuna wazónza mbi kikuma kya Mwana wa mutu, kalóluka; kaasi kwena wuna wasáwula Kitembu Kyatoma, kalólukaku.»And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

11«Amana tangwa balúnata mu nzu za kimvuka za Bayuta, keti ku thwala ya bapfumu yi bambuta, mu kulusambisa, ludiyangisaku kikuma kya phila yina lwadíthatumuna, keti buna lwazímbula,When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

12mukuma, Kitembu Kyatoma kalúlonga, muna tangwa medina, mana mafwani kuzimbula.»For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

13Mutu mosi, muna kati dya mulumba-lumba, wámuzimbwala: «Mulongi, muzimbwala phangi wama twakabana yi meni kuvwa kwetu.»Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

14Yesu wumuvutwadi: «Mukwetu, nati wungyadiki meni zusi dya benu holo mukabudi wa kuvwa kwenu?»But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”

15Hanga wubazimbwadi: «Dikengenu mu lukusu lwa mbongu, mukuma keti mu kuvwa kwa lawu, luzingu lwa mutu lweku mu bima byandi.»And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

16Kahanga wubatidi kingana kimosi: «Mafu ma mutu mosi wa mvwama hanga malubudi mbutu ya lawu.Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

17Kakala yindula amana wudizonzidi: "Biki yihánga? Mukuma yeku yi homa hafwani mu kulumbika mbutu yama."So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

18Hanga wuzonzi hika: "Tala buna yihánga: Yimwanga khila zama, amana thungi za hika za mbuta; ndangu yilumbika ngenza zama zoosu yi bima byama bya hika.Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

19Amana yidizonzidi: Moya wama, bima bya lawu wenina byawu bya kusweka kikuma kya mvula za lawu; lembwa kwaku, dya, nwa amana ta mukinzi."Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

20Kaasi Nzambi wumuzimbwadi: "Zoba dya mutu! Mu phipha meni yayi bakúlombalwa luzingu lwaku. Amana bima byabi wulumbiki, byana byákala?»But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

21«Phila mosi bwena kwena mutu wuna wisi lumbika kimvwama kikuma kya yandi meni; kaasi keku mvwama kikuma kya Nzambi.»This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

22Kunima Yesu wázimbula kwena balonguki bandi: «Ihana yibati luzimbwala: Ludiyangisakaku kikuma kya luzingu lwenu ni biki lwadya, keti kikuma kya lutu lwenu, ni biki lwavwáta.Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

23Mukuma, luzingu luluti kudya, amana lutu luluti muledi.For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

24Simbululenu Bangandwanganga: bisiku kuna, bisiku hela; beku keti fuka, keti khila, amana Nzambi kisi badisa! Kinga benu, lwenina yi mupfunu wa lawu, kuhyoka banuni!Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

25Nati muna kati dya benu, mu nyengi dyandi, fwani kaleyisa keti koma ka luzingu lwandi?Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

26Yuka ni lubatiku lenda keti dyambu dya khunda, kikuma kya biki lubati diyangisila mu mambu mana masadini?So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?

27Simbululenu bithundu buna bisi lubuka: byawu byisiku sala, bisiku tunga muledi; kaasi yiluzimbwadibwa ni keti Solumoni, muna khembu yandi yosu, kávwataku hanga bithundu bina.Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

28Yukani Nzambi kavwatisaka bwana mwangu wenina lelu mu bilanga amana mbasi balosiwa ku mbawu, mukyedika, kahángabwa kikuma kya benu phi, batu ba lukwikilu lwakhunda!If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!

29Amana benu, lusandaku bina lwadya keti bina lwanwa, lukalaku phi yi kiwayi.And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.

30Kikuma yibyana bima bisi sanda, konda kulembwa, batu ba tsi yosu bana bakondi zaya Nzambi. Kaasi benu, Tata wenu wuzayi ni mupfunu biluyenina.For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

31Sandenu benu theti Kipfumu kya Nzambi, amana balúkosikila bikwawu.»But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.

32«Bangaku, koma ka kibuka kya mikoku! Mukuma busephidisi kwena Tata wenu mu kuluheka Kipfumu kya Nzambi.Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

33Tekisenu kuvwa kwenu amana hanenukwa mu makabu ma khenda. Diyidikilenu benu-benu tsaki za makuta mana misiku zangana, kimvwama kina kisiku mana mu mazilu, kuna keti mwifi mosi kisiku tula, amana keti tseledi mosi kadyakyoku.Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

34Mukuma, hana henina kimvwama kyenu, hahana hakála mbundu yenu.»For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

35«Kalakenu bayilama, mukaba muna luketu amana mwinda myenu mya kulemisa.Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

36Amana kalenu hanga batu babati hingila ni pfumu wa bawu, kavutuka ku mukinzi wa longu; ndangu bamukangwala ha kakwisa khokwatila.Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

37Kyesi kwena basadi bana kawána pfumu, mu kutula kwandi, bakála batokama! Mu kyedika, yiluzimbwadibwa ni kavwáta yameni miledi mya kisalu, kabáheka kifulu ha mesa, amana kakwisa basila bima.Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

38Kisa mu kisuku holo mu khoku watheti, yukani kabawana bwabuna, khi kyesi kwena bawu!»Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

39«zayenubwoku mboti ni wadi mukwa nzu kazayaka khi tangwa kakwísa mwifi, kakhanaku yambwadila bakota mu nzu yandi.But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

40Benu phi, kalenu bayilama, mukuma Mwana wa mutu kakwísa mu tangwa dina lukondi yindula.»You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”

41Hanga Phetelu wáhyula: «Pfumu, wuti kingana kina kikuma kya betu lwesi ho kikuma kya batu boosu?»“Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”

42Amana Pfumu wávutula: «Nati kalema wa ngangu yi wuna bisi sila mbundu? Wuna kenda sanda pfumu wandi amana wámuheka kiyeka kya kutadikilaka nzu yi basadi bahika mukusya ni kabahekaka ndambu ya bawu ya madya mu tangwa dina difwani.And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?

43Kyesi kwena musadi wuna yukani pfumu, mu kutula kwandi, kisa muwana muna kisalu meni kina!Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

44Mu kyedika, yiluzimbwadi: kamúswanika kalenga talaka bima byandi byosu.Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

45Kaasi ho musadi wuna kadizonzila: "Pfumu wama zingididi mu kukwisa", kayandika kubabetaka basadi ba bayakala yi basadi ba bakhetu; kadyaka, kanwaka amana kazelaka malafu,But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

46pfumu wa musadi meni yayina kakwísa kilumbu kimosi kina kamuhingidiku yandi yi mu tangwa dina kazayiku; amana pfumu kamúheka ndola yiluti kitesu kunima, kamúsya mu kanga dya bana bisiku lemvuka.The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

47Musadi wuna wisi dizayila luzolu lwa pfumu wandi, kaasi konda kuyidika kima holo konda kusala luzolu lwa pfumu wandi, bamuzyatwasa mafimbu ma lawu.That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

48Kaasi, musadi wuna wukondibwa zaya amana kisi hanga mambu mana mafwani mamuzyatwasa, katámbula mafimbu ma khunda. Kwena wuna báheka lawu, bámulomba phi lawu; kwena wuna báswekisa lawu, bamúlomba hika kuluta.»But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

49«Yisa sya mbawu ha tsi; bwosu thondibwa ni yatekila lema!I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

50Yena yi mbotika yimosi mu kutambula amana mbundu ha thandu yingyena tii yi kuna bwalungila!But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

51Benu lubanzi ni ngemba yisa nata ha tsi? Loni, kaasi yiluzimbwadibwa ni ngyengu.Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.

52Mukuma tuka buthwena, batu batanu, muna nzu yimosi bahámbana, batatu mu kimbeni yi bodi amana bodi mu kimbeni yi batatu.From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

53Bakala badihambula: tata mu kimbeni yi mwana wa yakala, amana mwana wa yakala mu kimbeni yi tata, ngudi mu kimbeni yi mwana wandi wa mukhetu amana mwana wa mukhetu mu kimbeni yi ngudi, buko bwa mukhetu mu kimbeni yi mukhetu wa mwana wandi amana mukhetu wa mwana mu kimbeni yi buko bwandi bwa mukhetu.»They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

54Yesu kázonza hika kwena mulumba-lumba wa batu: «Tangwa lwisi mona tuti dimosi tungamu kuna mazyokidi ma tangwa, lwisi zonza: "Mvula wisi," amana bwana bulungidi.Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

55Amana tangwa yisi fula pfunzi ya ku banda, lwisi zonza: "Mwini lawu kwakála", amana bwana bulungidi.And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.

56Bakavungalosi! Luzayi kubanguna mitindu mya tsi yi mya zilu; amana abweti lwisiku lenda kubakula mutindu wa tangwa dyadi?»You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?

57«Amana kikuma kya biki lwisiku zengila mwena benu-benu mambu mana mena masungama?And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

58Tangwa lwendi mu kibangi yi mbanda waku ku nganda, dikasikisa lwayukana yandi buna lwenina mu nzila. Sandaku ni mbanda waku kakunata ku thwala banganzi, amana nganzi wukulambudi kwena baphumbulu, baphumbulu ndangu bakutimbula mu luzumu.Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

59Yikuzimbwadibwa ni mwamuna walúbukamwoku yuka ni khaku kedi wufuta pfuka yina yi kuna dikuta dya tsuka.»I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

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