Matthew 22 (YOM)

1Yesu wuba yolukila diaka mu zinongo. Wuba kamba :Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

2—Kipfumu ki Diyilu kidedikini banga ntinu wumosi wusadisa nyengo mu diambu di dikuela di muanꞌandi wubakala.“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

3Wutuma bisadi biandi mu kuenda tedi batu bobo batumusu ku nyengo ; vayi batu beni bamanga kuawa kuiza.He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

4Wubuela tuma diaka bisadi binkaka ayi wuba kamba : “Lukamba kuidi batu bobo batumusu ku nyengo ti mbeni kubika bidia ; phondisidi zingombi ziama ayi bibulu biama bi mafuta ; bima bioso bikubimini. Yizanu ku nyengo dikuela !”Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

5Vayi batu bobo batumusu bamona mambu beni maphamba, bosi kadika mutu wuyenda kuandi : Wumosi ku tsolꞌandi, wunkaka ku kita kayenda.But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

6Bobo basiala ; bakanga bisadi biandi ; babayamisa ayi babavonda.The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

7Buna ntinu wufuema ngolo ayi wufidisa masodi mandi mu vonda mimvondi beni ayi muvika divula diawu.The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

8Bosi wukamba bisadi biandi : “bidia bi nyengo wu dikuela bikubimini. Vayi batu batumusu basi bafuana ko.Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

9Diawu yendanu mu ziphambu zi zinzila, tumisanu batu boso lummona muingi biza ku nyengo wu dikuela.”Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

10Bisadi biyenda mu zinzila ayi bakutikisa batu boso bobo bamona ; batu bamboti ayi bambimbi ayi nzo yi nyengo wu dikuela yiwala.So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

11Ntinu bu kakota mu tala batu bobo baba mu nzo yi nyengo, wumona mutu wumosi wukambu vuata minledi mi nyengo wu dikuela.But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

12Buna wunyuvula : “A nkundi ama ! A buevi kotidi vava ngeyo kambulu vuata minledi mi nyengo wu dikuela ?” Vayi mutu beni kasia baka divutula ko.‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

13Buna ntinu wukamba bisadi biandi : “Lunkanga malu ayi mioko ; lunloza ku nganda kuidi tombi, kuna kuidi bidilu ayi nkuetosolo wu menu.”Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

14Bila batumusu badi bawombo vayi bobo basobulu badi bafioti.For many are called, but few are chosen.”

15Buna Bafalisi bayenda ayi bafindana ziphaka bawu na bawu mu tomba diluaku di buidila Yesu mu mambu momo kalenda tuba niandi veka.Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

16Bamfidisila minlonguki miawu ayi batu ba dikabu di Elode. Batuba : —A Nlongi, tuzebi mboti ti ngeyo widi mutu wuntubanga kiedika, weta longa nzila yi Nzambi mu kiedika ayi wumonanga mutu boma ko bila wutalanga bizizi bi batu ko.They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

17Wutukambi buabu kani buevi wumbanza mu diambu diadi : minsua midi mu futa phaku kuidi Sezali voti nana ?So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

18Vayi Yesu wuzaba mayindu mawu mambimbi ayi wutuba : —A bankua mayuya, bila mbi lukumfiedila e ?But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

19Mbonisanu zimbongo ziozi lumfutilanga phaku ! Buna bannatina denali kimosi.Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

20Bosi wuba yuvula : —Zizi kiaki kinani ayi bisono biabi bi nani e ?“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”

21Bavutula ti : —Bi Sezali. Buna Yesu wuba kamba : —Diawu luvana bi Sezali kuidi Sezali ayi bi Nzambi kuidi Nzambi !“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

22Babo basimina buwombo bu bawa bobo ; bambika ayi bayenda kuawu.And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

23Muna lumbu beni kuandi, Basaduki, bobo beti tuba ti batu bafua balendi fuluka ko, bayiza kuidi Yesu ayi banyuvula :That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

24—A Nlongi, Moyize wukamba ti bakala dikuela bu kafuidi, enati kasi buta bana ko buna khombꞌandi kafueti vinginina nketo wowo kabikidi muingi kabutila khombꞌandi wufua bana.“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

25Vayi tuba ayi tsambuadi di bakhomba zi babakala. Muana wutheti wukuela nketo, wufua ayi kasia buta bana ko. Wubika nketoꞌandi kuidi khombꞌandi.Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

26Buawu bobo buvangimina kuidi khomba yoyo yimmuadi ayi yintatu nate kuidi yoyi yi tsambuadi.The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.

27Ku nzimunina nketo beni mamvandi wufua.And last of all, the woman died.

28A buna mu lumbu ki mfulukulu nketo beni wela ba wunani mu bawu tsambuadi bila bawu boso bankuela e ?In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”

29Yesu wuba vutudila : —Lulembo kukivuni bila lusi zaba Masonoko ko ayi lusi zaba ko lulendo lu Nzambi.Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

30Ku nzimunina yi mfulukulu. Batu balendi buela kuelana ko ayi kuedusu ko vayi bela ba banga zimbasi mu Diyilu.In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

31Vayi mu diambu di mfulukulu yi bafua, lutengi ko mambu ma lukamba Nzambi :But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

32Minu ndidi Nzambi yi Abalahami, yi Isaki ayi yi Yakobi e ? Nzambi kasi Nzambi yi batu bafua ko vayi Nzambi yi batu badi moyo.‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

33Nkangu wu batu bu wuwa bobo basimina ngolo mu malongi mandi.When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

34Bafalisi, bu bawa ti Yesu kangisidi miunu mi Basaduki, bakutakana va kimosi.And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

35Buna wumosi mu bawu wuba nlongi wu mina, wuyiza kumfiela. Buna wunyuvula :One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

36—A Nlongi ! A Muina mbi wulutidi mu Mina mioso e ?“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

37Yesu wumvutudila : —Zola Pfumu Nzambi aku mu ntimꞌaku woso, mu muelꞌaku woso ayi mu mayindu maku mamo.Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

38Wowo muina wulutidi ayi wawu wutheti.This is the first and greatest commandment.

39Wummuadi wudedikini banga wowo wutheti wawu wawu : Zola ndiaku banga bu weta kukizodila ngeyo veka.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

40Mina mioso ayi malongi ma mimbikudi madi mu Mina miami miodi.All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

41Bafalisi bu bakutakana va kimosi, buna Yesu wuba yuvula :While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:

42—Buevi lumbanzila mu diambu di Klisto ? Widi Muana nani e ? Bamvutudila : —Widi Muana wu Davidi !“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

43Buna wuba kamba : —Buna buevi Davidi, mu lutumu lu Pheve, kantedila Pfumu e ? Bila niandi wutuba :Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

44Pfumu wukamba kuidi Pfumuꞌama : Vuanda va koko kuama ku lubakala nate mbeni tula bambeni ziaku ku tsi bitambi biaku.‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

45Diawu, enati Davidi wuntedila “Pfumu” buna buevi kafueti bela muanꞌandi e ?So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

46Kadi mutu wumosi kasia nunga ko kumvutudila mvutu. Ayi tona lumbu beni, kadi mutu wumosi kasia buela nunga ko mu kunyuvula diaka biuvu.No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.

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