Luke 16 (YOM) · Opened

1Yesu wukamba minlonguki miandi : —Mutu wumosi wuba busina buwombo, wuba ayi dikalaka diandi, vayi batu bayiza funda dikalaka diandi ti niandi wufukisidi busina buandi.Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

2Buna pfumu andi bu kantumisa buna wunyuvula : “mambu mbi momondilembu wanga mu diambu diaku e ? Vumbula kipholo mu zaba bueviwukebidi kisalu kiaku bila wulendi buela ba nkebi wu bima biama ko.”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.’

3Buna nkebi wu bima wuyindula mu ntimꞌandi : “diambu mbi ndiekavanga e ? Bila buabu pfumu ama weka kumbotula, ndilendi buela kebangabima biandi ko. Ndilendi salanga ntoto ko bila ndisi ko ngolo ; tsoni mu kuenda lombanga.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.

4Buabu mbakudi diambu mbi ndieka vanga muingi batu baba kundiakulanga mu zinzo ziawu bu bela kumbotula mu kisalu.”I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

5Vana vawu wutumisa batu boso baba zipholo kuidi pfumu andi. Wuyuvula wutheti : “Kikua fueti futa pfumu ama e ?”And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

6Mutu beni wumvutudila ti : “Makumuandi ma mangungulu ma mafuta.” Nkebi beni wunkamba : “tamla nkanda wowo wusonika, wawu vuanda vovo, tula nsuala ayi sonikati dikumi di mangungulu.”‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

7Bosi wukamba wunkaka : “Ngeyo kikua fueti futa e ?” Niandi wumfutudila ti : “Zikhama zitanu zi zitsaku zi ble.” Buna nkebi beni wunkamba mutu beni ti : “bonga nkanda wowo wusonika ayi sonika zikhama ziya.”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.

8Buna pfumu beni wuniemisa nkebi wowo wukambu kiedika mu philadiela diandi di kasadila. Bila, mu mambu mawu veka, batu ba thanguyayi balutidi bana ba kiezila mu diela.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.

9Ayi minu ndikulukamba ti mboti lusadila kimvuama ki ntoto muingi lubaka bakundi mu diambu dieno veka muingi mu thangu kiela manababa kuluyakula mu zinzo zi mvu ka mvu.I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

10Woso mutu widi wukuikama mu bima bifioti buna widi diaka wukuikama mu bima biwombo. Ayi woso kambulu wukuikama mu bima bifioti kalendi ba wukuikama ko mu bima binneni.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.

11Enati lusi ko bakuikama mu kimvuama kikambulu kisonga buna nani wela kuluyekudila kimvuama kikiedika e ?So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

12Enati luisi ko bakuikama mu bima bingana buna nani wela kuluvana bima bieno veka e ?And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

13—Kuisi ko kisadi kilenda sadila bapfumu buadi. Bila bukiedika wela lenda pfumu yimosi ayi wela zola pfumu yinkaka. Voti wela kiyekulakuidi pfumu yitheti ayi wela lenza pfumu yinkaka. Lulendi sadila Nzambi ayi zimbongo va kimosi ko.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.”

14Buna bamana wa mambu momo, Bafalisi babazolanga zimbongo basekinina Yesu.The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

15Vayi niandi wuba kamba : —Benu luidi batu beta zola kukimonikisa basonga va meso ma batu vayi Nzambi zebi mintima mieno. Bila mambu momo mammonika ma mfunuva meso ma batu madi mambu maphamba va meso ma Nzambi.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—Tsungi yi Mina ayi yi mimbikudi yiba nate mu thangu yi Yowani. Tona thangu yina Nsamu Wumbote wu Kipfumu ki Nzambi wulembu samunu ayi kadika mutu wulembo sadilanga zingolo ziandi mu kota muawu.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.

17Muaki kadi kuandi phasi diyilu ayi ntoto mu vioka vayi kadi sonu kimosi ki Mina kilendi botulu ko.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—Woso wumbotula nketo andi ayi kuedidi nketo wunkaka vengi kitsuza ayi woso wunkuela nketo wubotalo kuidi bakala diandi vengi kitsuza.Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

19—Kuba mutu wumosi wu kimvuama, wuba vuatanga minledi mintalu ayi mimboti. Kadika lumbu, luzingu luandi luba lu minyengo.Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

20Nsukami wumosi, dizina diandi Lazale wuba lekanga vana muelonzo yi nkua kimvuama. Nitu andi yoso yiba ziphuta-ziphuta.And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

21Wuba mayindu ma yukutanga mu bitsiadisila biobi biba dodukanga mu thangu mutu wu busina kaba dianga va meza. Vayi zimbua ziba kuiza vendanga ziphuta ziandi.and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22Vayi nsukami wuyiza fua ayi zimbasi zinnata nate vana ndambu Abalahami. Mutu wu kimvuama, mamvandi, wufua ayi wuziku.One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

23Kuna tsi yi bafua, wumona ziphasi ziwombo, wuvumbula meso ayi wumona kuna thama Lazale buna kadi va ndambu yi Abalahami.In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

24Buna wuyamikina : “A tata Abalahami, bika wumbona kiadi ! Tuma Lazale kabuika tsongi yi nlembo andi mu nlangu muingi kandakisila dibeti mu ludimi luama bila phasi ndilembu moni mu diambu di minlaki mi mbazu.”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.’

25Vayi Abalahami wumvutudila : “A muanꞌama, bika wutebuka moyo ti ngeyo wutambula bima biaku mu thangu yi luzingu luaku vayi Lazale wutambula mabienga. Vayi buabu niandi wulembo bombo kuaku vayi ngeyo wulembo yamusu.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.

26Ayi botula mambu momo, diyenga dinneni didi va khatitsika beto ayi beno mu diambu di bobo badi kuaku batidi kuiza kuidi beno babika bakadiluaku dikuizila koko luidi ayi mu diambu di bobo badi koko luidi batidi kuiza kuaku babika baka diluaku dikuizila kuaku tuidi.”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.’

27Buna mutu wu busina wubuela tuba diaka : —A tata, lemvuka ! Tuma Lazale ku nzo yi siama‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

28bila zikhombo zitanu zidi yama mu diambu di kabalubula muingi mamvawu babika kuiza ku buangu kiaki ki kiphasi.for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

29Vayi Abalahami wumvutudila : “Moyize ayi mimbikudi badi yawu bika baba wilukila”.But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

30Buna nkua busina wubuela tuba : “Nana, buawu ko bobo Tata Abalahami. Bila enati mutu fulukidi mu tsi yi bafua ayi wedi kuidi bawu buna bela balula mavanga mawu.”‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

31Vayi Abalahami wubuela vutula ti : “Enati bakadi wila Moyize ayi mimbikudi buna balendi wila ko mutuwufua ka diambu ko wufuluka.”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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