Matthew 21 (YOM)

1Mu thangu bafikama ku Yelusalemi, batula ku Betefange, buala buidi ku mongo minti mi olive, Yesu wutuma minlonguki miodi ayiAs they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

2wuba kamba : —Yendanu ku buala bobo buidi ku ntualꞌeno. Buna ma lumona phunda yi nketo yikangama ayi muanꞌandi wu mbakala va ndambu ; luzinianguna ayi lundatina ziawu.saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

3Enati mutu wuluyuvudi, buna luvutula : “Pfumu wuzivuidi mfunu”. Buna wela kuzifidisa mu nsualu.If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

4Mambu momo mavangama mu diambu di dedikisa mambu matuba mbikudi :This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5Lukamba kuidi ndumba yi Sioni Tala Ntinuꞌaku wizidi kuidi ngeyo widi wulembama ; widi va yilu phunda yi nketo vuendi va mbata muana phunda, muana wu phunda yi nketo.“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

6Minlonguki miyenda, mivanga boso Yesu kaba kambila.So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

7Minata phunda yinketo ayi muana phunda, miyala minledi miawu va mbata ziphunda beni bosi Yesu wuvuanda vana.They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

8Nkangu wu batu bawombo bayala minledi miawu mu nzila. Bankaka bazenga matafi ma minti ayi bayala mawu mu nzila.A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

9Nkangu wu batu bobo baba ku ntuala ayi bobo baba ku mbusa, baba yamikinanga : Ozana kuidi Muana wu Davidi ! Bika kasakumunu mutu wowo wunkuizila mu dizina di Pfumu Ozana mu bibuangu bizangama !The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

10Bu kakota mu Yelusalemi, divula dioso dinikuka. Bayuvula : —Nani mutu wowo e ?When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

11Nkangu wu batu wuvutula : —Yesu, mbikudi wu Nazaleti mu zunga ki Ngalili !The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

12Yesu wukota mu luphangu lu Nzo Nzambi, wukuka batu boso baba sumba bima. Wusengubula zimeza zi bobo baba sienzanga zimbongo ayi bikundu bi bobo baba nsumbisa mabembi.Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

13Ayi wuba kamba : —Disonama ti Nzo ama yela tedolo Nzo yi lusambulu vayi beno lukitudi yawu suamunu ki mivi.And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

14Baphofo ayi bantiudikanga bayiza kuidi niandi muna luphangu lu Nzo Nzambi ayi wubabelusa.The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

15Bapfumu zi banganga Nzambi ayi minlongi mi Mina mifuema ngolo bu bamona bikumu biobi bivanga Yesu ayi bu bamona bana baba yamikina mu khati luphangu lu nzo Nzambi ti : “Ozana, kuidi muana Davidi !”But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

16Diawu banyuvudila : —Wulembo wi kuaku mambu momo bana bobo balembo tubi e ? Yesu wuba vutudila : —Nyinga ! Vayi lutengi ko : Ngeyo wutambula Nzitusu aku mu miunu mi bana balezi ayi nate mu miunu mi bana batsombi ?“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

17Bosi wubabika, wutotuka mu divula, wuyenda ku Betani kuawu kaleka.Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

18Mu nsuka-nsuka bu kaba mvutuka ku divula, wumona nzala.In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

19Bu kamona nti wumosi wu figi va ndambu nzila, wufikama vaba nti beni vayi meza na meza kaka kamona. Buna wukamba nti beni : —Wulendi buela butanga kadi dikundi dimosi ko ! Muna thangu beni nti wu figi wutumbu yuma.Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

20Minlonguki bu mimona bobo, misimina ayi miyuvula : —A buevi nti wowo wuvikidi yumina ?When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

21Yesu wuba vutudila : —Bukiedika ndikulukamba enati minu kidi yeno ayi enati lulendi memata ko, bika sia ti lubeki kaka buvangila mambu maphengi mu nti wu figi wawu vayi lubeki bukambila kuidi mongo wowo : “Katuka vava, wukiloza mu mbu !” ayi mela vangama.“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

22Mambu mamo malunlomba mu lusambulu, luela matambula enati luwilukidi.If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

23Yesu wukota mu Nzo Nzambi. Mu thangu kaba nlonga, bapfumu banganga Nzambi ayi bakulutu ba batu bayiza fikama va kaba ayi banyuvula : —Mu lulendo mbi wulembo vangila mambu momo ? Ayi nani wuvana lulendo beni ?When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

24Yesu wuba vutudila : —Thidi kuluyuvula mamvana kiuvu kimosi. Enati lupheni mvutu, buna bosi minu mamvama ndieka kulukamba mu lulendo mbi ndilembo vangila mambu mama.“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

25Nani wuvana Yowani minsua mu botika, Nzambi voti batu ? Batona findana bawu na bawu ziphaka ayi batuba : —Beto kuiza kambi ti “Nzambi” buna maka tukamba ti “bila mbi lumanga kunwilukila ?”What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

26Bosi beto kamba ti “Batu” boma tummona mu diambu di nkangu wu batu bila baboso bazebi ti Yowani widi mbikudi.But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

27Buna bavutudila Yesu : —Tusi zaba ko ! Niandi mamvandi wuba kamba : —Minu mamvama ndilendi kulukamba ko kani mu lulendo mbi ndilembo vangilanga mambu momo.So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

28Buevi lumbanza mu diambu diadi ? Mutu wumosi wuba ayi bana bandi buadi bababakala. Wuyiza kuidi wutheti ayi wunkamba : “A muanꞌama yenda sadi buabu ku ndima yi vinu !”But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

29Muana beni wumvutudila : “Mbengi kuama” Bosi kunzimunina, wubalula mayindu ayi wuyenda.‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

30Dise diyenda kuidi muana wummuadi ayi mo mawu mambu kankamba. Niandi wuvutula “Nyinga Tata, ndinkuenda.” Vayi kasi kuenda ko.Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

31Nani wuvanga luzolo lu Dise mu bana babuadi ? Bamvutudila : —Muana wutheti. Buna Yesu wuba kamba : —Bukiedika ndikulukamba mimfutisi mi ziphaku ayi bandumba leta bela kulutuaminina mu kota mu Kipfumu ki Nzambi.Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

32Bila Yowani wuyiza mu kulumonisa nzila yi busonga vayi lumanga kunwilukila. Muaki mimfutisi mi ziphaku ayi bandumba leta banwilukila. Ka diambu ko lumona momo vayi lusia balula mavanga ko muingi ku nzimunina lunwilukila.For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

33—Wanu nongo yinkaka : Mutu wumosi wuba ndimꞌandi yi vinu, wutungila yawu luphangu, wukaba dibulu dimosi mu kamuninanga mimbutu ma vinu. Wutunga nzo yi banga mu diambu di sunganga ndimꞌandi. Wuyekula ndima beni mu mioko mi bisadi bi ndima muingi bayifutilanga ; bosi wuyenda mu nzietolo.Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

34Thangu yi mvelongo mimbutu bu yifuana, wutuma bisadi biandi kuidi bisadi biobi kadefisa ndima beni muingi belandi ndambuꞌandi mimbutu.When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

35Vayi minkuni mi ndima yi vinu beni mibuila bisadi biandi : mibeta wumosi, mivonda wunkaka bosi milozila wuntatu matadi.But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

36Pfumu yi ndima vinu beni wutuma bisadi binkaka ; lelo bawombo katuma viokila bobo katuama tuma va theti vayi mambu mo mawu bavangulu kuidi bobo kasia bikila ndima.Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

37Bosi wuba fidisila muanꞌandi bu katuba ti : bela kinzika muanꞌama.Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

38Vayi minkuni buna mimona muana beni wulembo yizi, mikambasana ti : “Taleno mutu wowo wela vinginina kiuka, yizanu tumvonda muingi kiuka kikituka kieto.”But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

39Mimbuila, minkoka ku nganda yi ndima ayi mimvonda.So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40Buevi lumbanza, thangu pfumu yi ndima yi vinu bu kela vutuka, buevi kela vangila minkuni miomio ?Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

41Bamvutudila : —Wela vonda, mu kambu kiadi batu bobo bambimbi. Bosi wela defisa ndima yi vinu beni kuidi minkuni minkaka miomi miela kumvananga mimbutu mu kadika thangu yeti velo mimbutu !“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

42Bosi Yesu wuba kamba : —Kadi khumbu lutengi ko mu masonoko : Ditadi diodi diloza mintungi dikituka ditadi di mfunu, di fuma ki nzo. Pfumu niandi wuvanga buawu. Ayi didi diambu di tsiminanga mu meso meto !Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

43Diawu ndikulukambila ti bela kuluziona Kipfumu ki Nzambi ayi bela vana kiawu kuidi batu bobo bela kibutila mimbutu.Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

44Vayi woso mutu wela bua va ditadi beni wela keluka mu bitini, vayi woso wela builu ditadi beni wela mana kosumuka .He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

45Buna bamana wa zinongo ziozi, bapfumu banganga Nzambi ayi Bafalisi babakula ti Yesu bawu kalembo yolukila.When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

46Batomba nzila yi kunkangila vayi nkangu wu batu baba mona boma bila batu bammona ti niandi widi mbikudi.Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

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