Matthew 13 (YOM)

1Mu lumbu beni, Yesu wutotuka mu nzo ayi wuyenda vuanda mu muenda mbu.That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

2Nkangu wuwombo wu batu bayiza va kaba. Diawu kakumina mu nlungu ayi wuvuanda muawu. Nkangu woso wu batu wuba va disimu.Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

3Wuba longa mambu mawombo mu zinongo. Buna wuba kamba : —Nkuni wumosi wuyenda ku muanga mbongo.And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4Bu kaba muanga mbongo; ndambu yibua mu ndambu nzila, zinuni ziyiza mana kuyidoda.And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

5Ndambu yinkaka yibua va matadi ; vuma beni vasia ba ntoto wuwombo ko ; zitheti zivika mena bila ntoto wusia ba phiba ko.Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

6Vayi muini wungolo bu wutotuka, mintuidila beni miyokana ayi miyuma bila mianzi miawu misia kota ko mboti mu tsi ntoto.But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7Zitheti zinkaka zibua va zitsendi. Zitsendi beni zimena ayi zifietikisa mintuidila beni.Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

8Vayi zinkaka zibua mu ntoto wumboti ayi zibuta mimbutu miwombo : lumosi khama yimosi ; lunkaka makumasambunu ayi lukaka makumatatu.Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

9Woso widi matu ma wila buna bika kawa.He who has ears, let him hear.”

10Minlonguki mifikama ayi minyuvula : —Bila mbi wulembo sadila zinongo mu kuba yolukila e ?Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

11Buna niandi wuba vutudila : —Beno lutambula diluaku di zabila mansueki ma Kipfumu ki Diyilu, vayi bawu basia kuma tambula ko.He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

12Bila mutu wowo widi bima, bela kumvana ayi wela baka biwombo biviatukidi tezo. Vayi mutu wowo kambulu bima, wela ziono fiofi fidi yandi.Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

13Diawu ndikubakambilanga mu zinongo bila balembo tadi vayi bakadi mona, ka diambu ko batembi makutu vayi bakadi wa ayi bakadi sudika.This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

14Mavangimini bobo mu diambu di dedikisa mambu mbikudi Ezayi kabikula mu diambu diawu : Wa, luela wa kueno vayi lulendi sudika ko. Tala, luela tala kueno vayi lulendi mona ko.In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

15Bila mintima mi batu baba miyikidi ngolo banga matadi. Bamengi kuawu wa. Bazibikidi meso mawu ; bila nganu meso mawu malenda mona, makutu mawu malenda wa, mintima miawu milenda sudika, bila nganu balenda balula mavanga ayi nganu ndenda kuba belusa !For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

16Vayi khini kuidi beno bila meso meno malembo moni ayi makutu meno malembo wi.But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

17Bukiedika ndikulukamba ti mimbikudi miwombo ayi batu bawombo basonga baba tsatu mu mona mambu momo lulembo moni vayi basia mamona ko ; ayi baba tsatu mu wa mambu ma lulembo wi vayi basia mawa ko.For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

18—Luwa tsundu yi nongo yoyi ndilukembi, nongo yi nkuni :Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

19Yoso-yoso thangu mutu kawilu mambu ma kipfumu ayi kakadi kuma sukida, buna pheve yimbimbi yikuiza vuzanga mambu momo makunu mu ntimꞌandi. Yawu yoyi mbongo yibua va ndambu nzila.When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

20Mbongo yoyi yibua va matadi yawu mutu wuwa mambu ma Nzambi ayi wutumbu vika ku matambula mu khini.The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

21Sumbu yisia ba mianzi ko buna yisia zingila ko. Ziphasi voti yamusu bu bizidi mu diambu di mambu ma kipfumu, buna wuvika buanga nsualu.But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

22Mbongo yoyi yibua va zitsendi yawu mutu wuwa mambu ma Nzambi vayi mayindu mu diambu di luzingu lualu ayi mu diambu di kimvuama ki luvunu mamfietikisanga mambu ma Nzambi ayi malendi vana diluaku ko muingi mbongo beni yibuta.The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

23Vayi mbongo yoyi yibua va ntoto wumboti yawu mutu wuwa mambu ma Nzambi ayi wusudika mawu ; wumbutanga mimbutu khama yimosi, makumasambanu, makumatatu.But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

24Yesu wuba kamba nongo yinkaka : —Kipfumu ki Diyilu kidedakani banga mutu wowo wukuna mabongo yimboti mu tsolꞌandi.Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

25Vayi batu bu baba baleka mbeniꞌandi wuyiza kuna kiti ki mbimbi va khatitsika ble bosi wuyenda kuandi.But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

26Ble bu kimena ayi kitotula zitsangu buna kiti ki mbimbi diaka kimena.When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

27Buna bisadi bi pfumu yi tsola biyiza ku nyuvula : —Pfumu, keti mbongo yimboti wukunini mu tsolꞌaku e ? Buna kuevi kubedi kiti kiaki kimbimbi e ?The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

28Niandi wuba vutudila : —Mbeni niandi wuvengi buawu. Buna bisadi binyuvula : —Tidi tuenda vuzi kiti kioki kimbimbi e ?‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

29Pfumu wuvutula : —Nana ! Bila beno vuza kiti kioki buna lulenda vuza ayi ble.‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

30Bikanu biabi biodi biyedila va kimosi nate mu thangu yela velo mimbutu. Buna mu thangu yina, ndiela kamba batu ba kisalu : “vuzanu theti kiti kioki kimbimbi bosi lukanga kiawu mu minko mu diambu luyoka kiawu. Bosi luela vela ble ayi luela ku yitula ku yilu banga kiama.”Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

31Yesu wuba kamba nongo yinkaka : —Kipfumu ki Diyilu kidedakani banga luteti lu mutalide. Mutu wumosi wubonga luawu ayi wukuna luawu mu tsolꞌandi.He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

32Luteti beni luviokidi zitheti zioso mu keva vayi enati lumenini buna lumviokanga bikunusu bioso mu kula ayi lunkitukanga nti. Muawu zinuni zieti kuiza ayi vanga zindiala ziawu mu matafi mandi.Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

33Wuba kamba nongo yinkaka : —Kipfumu ki Diyilu kidedakani banga luvi lolo nketo kabongidi ayi sobikisidi luawu mu bitezo bitatu bi falina nate yimvimbisa falina yoso.He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

34Yesu mu zinongo katubila mambu moso momo kuidi nkangu wu batu ayi kadi khumbu yimosi kela tuba mambu mu kambu sadila nongo.Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

35Buawu bobo bu dedikinina mambu matuba mbikudi : Ndiela kuba yolukila mu zinongo, Ndiela kuba zabakisa mansueki momo masuama tona nza yivangulu.So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

36Yesu bu kasindika nkangu, bosi wukota mu nzo. Minlonguki miandi mifikama va kaba ayi minyuvula : —Wutusudikisa nongo yi kiti ki mbimbi kiba mu tsola.Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

37Yesu wuvutula : —Muana Mutu niandi mutu kunini mbongo yi mboti.He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

38Tsola yidi nza, mbongo yi mboti yidi bana ba Kipfumu ; kiti ki mbimbi kidi bana ba satana.The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

39Satana, niandi mbeni yoyi yikuna kiti ki mbimbi. Thangu yi vela mimbutu yawu tsukulu yi nza, zimbasi ziawu bisadi bi tsola.and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

40Boso bumvuzulungu kiti ki mbimbi ayi kimvikulungu ku mbazu ; buawu bobo buela bela mu tsukulu yi nza.As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

41Muana Mutu wela fidisa zimbasi ziandi ayi ziela botula, mu kipfumu kiandi, bima bioso biobi bintotulanga masumu ayi bobo beti vanganga mambimbi.The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

42Zimbasi ziela loza batu beni ku mfulu yi mbazu. Kuna kuidi bidilu ayi nkuetosolo wu meno.And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43Buna batu basonga, bela lezama banga thangu mu Kipfumu ki Dise diawu. Woso widi matu ma wilu buna bika kawa !Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

44—Kipfumu ki Diyilu kidedakani banga kima kithalu, kisueko mu tsola. Mutu niandi kuenda kibakula, maka sueka diaka kiawu. Bosi mu khini yina, buna wela kuenda sumbisa bima biandi bioso ayi sumba tsola beni yina.The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

45Kipfumu ki Diyilu kidedakani diaka banga mukhita wowo wuntombanga bilunga bi kitoko.Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

46Enati bakudi lunga kimosi kithalu yiwombo, buna wela kuenda sumbisa bima biandi bioso ayi sumba lunga beni.When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

47Kipfumu ki diyilu kidedakani diaka banga dikondi diodi balozidi mu mbu ayi dibuididi zimbisi ziphila mu phila.Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

48Diawu wala, banlobi mbizi ba dituta ku disimu. Bosi bavuanda ayi batula mboti mu bipani ayi miloza ziozi zimbimbi.When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

49Buawu bobo buela bela mu tsukulu yi ntoto : Zimbasi ziela kuiza mu vambisa batu bambimbi va khatitsika batu basonga.So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

50Buna ziela loza batu bambimbi ku mfulu yi mbazu kuna kuidi bidilu ayi nkuetosolo yi meno.and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

51—Lusudikidi mambu moso mama e ? Bavutula : —Nyinga.Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

52Buna mu manisa Yesu wuba kamba : —Diawu kadika nsoniki wu Mina wulonguka mambu ma Diyilu, dedikini banga pfumu yi nzo yimbonga bima bimona bithalu ayi bikhulu mu kiuka kiandi.Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

53Thangu Yesu kamanisa tuba zinongo ziozi wukatuka kuna,When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

54wuvutuka ku divula diandi. Wutona longa mu nzo yi lukutukunu. Buna basimina ayi batuba : —Buna kuevi kabakidi nzayilu yoyi ayi lulendo lolo luvangila bikumu biobi e ?Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

55Keti niandi muana salaphati ? Maliya diawu ko dizina di ngudi andi ? Bosi Zaki, Zozefi, Simoni ayi Yuda basi ko bakhomba bandi zi babakala ?“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

56Bosi bakhomba bandi zi baketo, keti zinkalanga yeto vava ? Vayi niandi kuevi kabakidi mambu moso momo ?Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

57Niandi wuba kandika babika kunwilukila. Vayi Yesu wuba kamba : —Mbikudi katambulanga minsua mu tsi andi ko ayi mu dikanda diandi ko.And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

58Diawu kasi vanga kuna bikumu biwombo ko mu diambu di kambu kuawu ku minu.And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

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