Luke 18 (YOM) · Opened

1Yesu wukamba minlonguki miandi nongo yayi mu diambu di kuba sudikisa ti bafueti sambilanga mu zithangu zioso mu kambu vonga.Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

2—Kuba zuzi dimosi diba mu divula dimosi, zuzi beni kaba monanga Nzambi tsisi ko ayi kaba kinzikanga ko kadi mutu wumosi.“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.

3Mu divula beni muba diaka difuola dimosi. Difuola beni diba kuizanga kuidi niandi ayi diba kunkambanga : “Bika wundungisa va ntuala mbeni ama”.And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’

4Thangu yiwombo zuzi beni kasia zola ko. Vayi niandi wukamba mu ntimꞌandi ti : “ka diambu ko ndimonanga Nzambi tsisi ayi ndikinzikanga batu ko,For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

5vayi difuola diandi dilembu thatisa buna ndieka kunnungisa muingi kabika buela kuiza ku thatisanga.”yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Otherwise, she will wear me out with her perpetual requests.’”

6Buna Pfumu wela tuba diaka : —Lunwa bumboti mambu matuba zuzi diodi di mbimbi.And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.

7Buna lumbanza ti Nzambi kalendi nungisa ko batu bandi bobo kasobula ayi bobo baku nsambilanga builu ayi muini ? Beno lumbanzila ti niandi wela zingila mu kuba sadisa e ?Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?

8Bukiedika ndikulukamba, mu nsualu kela kuba nungisa. Vayi muana mutubu kela kuiza, buna wela kuiza bata kuandi batu badi minu va ntoto e ?I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”

9Wubuela tuba diaka nongo yayi mu diambu di batu bobobakukimonanga ti badi batu basonga vayi banlenzanga bankaka.To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

10—Babakala buadi bayenda ku nzo Nzambi mu diambu di sambila. Mfalisi wumosi ayi mfutisi wu ziphaku wumosi.“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

11Mfalisi wutelama va lutengo ayi wusambila lusambulu lualu : “A Nzambi, ndikuvutudila matondo bu khambulu dedakana bangabatu bankaka, bobo banzionanga bima bingana, bobo bakambulu basonga, bobo bavanganga kitsuza voti bobo badi kuandi banga mfutisi wu ziphaku wowo.The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

12Minu mu kadika sabala bilumbu biodi ndieta kukifuisila nzala mu diambu di lusambulu ayi ndieta vana kuku ki kumi mu bima bioso biobi bidi yama.”I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

13Mfutisi wu ziphaku thama kayenda telimina ayi kasia zolavumbula meso mandi ku diyilu ko. Vayi thulu andi yawu kaba bundanga bu katuba : “A Nzambi, bika wumbona kiadi bila ndidi nkua masumu !”But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

14Bukiedika ndikulukamba, mfutisi wu ziphaku wowo sumbu kavutuka ku nzo andi, wumonika wusonga va meso ma Nzambi vayi bika mutu wowo wunkaka bila woso wukukikululanga wela nanguku ayi woso wukukinangikanga wela kululu.I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

15Bannatisa bana bafioti muingi kaba simba vayi minlonguki bu mimonabobo mitubidila batu bobo babanata.Now people were even bringing their babies to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them. And when the disciples saw this, they rebuked those who brought them.

16Yesu wuba tumisa ayi wuba kamba : —Bika bana bafioti biza kuidi minu ayi kadi kuba kandika bila kipfumu ki Nzambi kivuiwulu kuidi batu badi banga bobo.But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

17Bukiedika ndikulukamba ti woso wunkambu tambula Kipfumu ki Nzambi banga muana wu fioti kalendi mu kota ko.Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

18Buna pfumu yimosi yinyuvula : —A nlongi wumboti, diambu mbi mvanga muingi ndibaka luzingu lukalumani e ?Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

19Buna Yesu wumvutudila : —Bila mbi wukuthedila wumboti ? Kuisi ko mutu wumboti botula kaka, Nzambi.“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.

20Keti zebi zithumunu : Kadi vanga kitsuza, kadi vonda, kadi yiba, kadi telama kimbangi ki luvunu, kinzika siaku ayi ngudi aku.You know the commandments: ‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”

21Buna niandi wuvutula : —Ndinkebanga mambu moso momo tona bumuana buama.“All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.

22Yesu bu kawa bobo, buna wunkamba : —Diambu dimosi dinkamba kuidi ngeyo : Yenda sumbisa bima bioso biobi bidi yaku ayi kabudila minsukami bioso wumbaka buna wela bakakiuka ku diyilu. Buna bosi wiza ayi wundandakana.On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

23Bu kawa bobo, kiadi kingolo kimbuila bila kimvuama kiwombo kiba yandi.But when the ruler heard this, he became very sad, because he was extremely wealthy.

24Yesu bu kamona ti mutu beni weka kiadi-kiadi buna wutuba : —Didi diambu di phasi kuidi batu badi kimvuama mu kota mu kipfumu ki Nzambi.Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

25Bila kadi kuandi phasi kuidi kamela mu viokila va divudu di tsoma vayi phasi kuidi nkua kimvuama mu kota mu kipfumu ki Nzambi.Indeed, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

26Buna batu bobo bawa bobo, batuba : —Buna nani wulenda vuka e ?Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”

27Yesu wuba vutudila : —Mambu momo batu beti lembakana, Nzambi lenda ku mavanga.But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

28Buna Piela wunyuvula : —Tata, tumana yekula bibioso ayi tulandakana.“Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”

29Yesu wuba vutudila : —Bukiedika ndikulukamba, kuisi ko mutu wusia bika mu diambu di Kipfumu ki Nzambi, nzo andi, bambuta bandi bakhomba bandi, nketo andi voti bana bandi,“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

30wela kambu tambula mu thangu yayi, biwombo viokila biobi kabika ayiwela kambu tambula, mu thangu yinkuiza, luzingu lukalumani.will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”

31Yesu wunata kumi ayi mimvuala miodi ayi wuba kamba : —Tala, tueka kuenda ku Yelusalemi ayi mambu moso masonika mimbikudi mu diambu di Muana Mutu meka sunduka.Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

32Bila bela kunyekula mu mioko mi bapakanu, bela kunsekinina, bela kumfinga, bela kunlobudila madita ;He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

33ayi bela kunzuba bikoti, bela kumvonda. Bosi wela fuluka mu lumbu kintatu.They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”

34Minlonguki misia sudika kadi diambu dimosi ko mu mambu moso mana bila tsundu yi mambu momo yiba yisuama kuidi bawu ; ayi misia bakula ko mambu mbi Yesu kaba yolukilanga.But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.

35Yesu bu kafikama ayi Yeliko, phofo yimosi yivuanda mu yenda nzila, wuba lombanga zimbongo.As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.

36Bu kawa biyoko bi nkangu wu batu wuba vioka, buna wuyuvula kani mbi biobi.When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.

37Buna bamvutudila ti Yesu muisi Nazaleti wulembu vioki.“Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.

38Buna wuyamikina mu ndinga yingolo ti : —Yesu, Muana Davidi, wumboni kiadi !So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

39Btu bobo baba ku ntuala nkangu bantemina muingi kabika biyoko vayiniandiwuluta buela yamikina : —A muana Davidi, wumboni kiadi !Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

40Yesu bu katelama, buna wuvana lutumu ti bannatina niandi. Bu kafikama, Yesu wunyuvula :Jesus stopped and directed that the man be brought to Him. When he had come near, Jesus asked him,

41—A diambu mbi tidi ndivangila e ? Wumvutudila : —A pfumu, ntidi buela mona.“What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”

42Buna Yesu wunkamba : —Mona kuaku bila minu kiaku kibelusidi.“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”

43Vana vawu niandi wumona ayi wunlandakana. Wunkembisa Nzambi. Batu boso bu bamona bobo bakembisa Nzambi.Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

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