Matthew 23 (YOM)

1Buna Yesu wukamba nkangu wu batu ayi minlonguki miandi :Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:

2—Minlongi mi Mina ayi Bafalisi kisalu kiawu sudikisa batu Mina mi Moyize.“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

3Lutumukina ayi lukeba mambu moso bakulukamba. Vayi lubika landakana mavanga mawu bila mambu momo beti longa mawu ko beti sadila.So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

4Bazebi kanga mimfuna midi zitu ayi beti tula miawu va mavangiti ma batu vayi bawu veka bamengi nikunina miawu mu tsongi nlembo.They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

5Mambu moso bamvanga batidi ti batu baba mona. Diawu zikesi zi fioti-fioti ziozi beti vuata mu thangu lusambulu zilutidi ziozi zibankaka mu kula ayi zitsongi zi mazuela mawu zidi zi mula.All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

6Beti zola kaka vuandila mu bibuangu bi lukinzu mu minyengo ayi mu bikundu bitheti mu nzo zi zikhutukunu.They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

7Beti zola baba vaninanga mboti vama vadi batu bawombo ayi babatedilanga “Nlongi”.the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.

8Vayi beno babika kulutedilanga “Nlongi” bila beno babo lubeki Nlongi wumosi kaka ayi beno boso luidi bakhomba.But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

9Kadi mutu wumosi vava ntoto lulendi tedila ko : “Tata” bila Tata dimosi kaka didi yeno, diodi didi ku Diyilu.And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

10Lubika talanga batu balutedila : “Pfumu” bila Pfumu yimosi kaka yidi yeno : Klisto.Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

11Mutu wowo lutidi munneni va khatitsikꞌeno wela ba kisadi kieno.The greatest among you shall be your servant.

12Woso mutu wukukinangika wela kululu ayi woso mutu wukukikulula wela nanguku.For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

13—A mabienga kuidi beno minlongi mi Mina ayi Bafalisi ! Luidi batu ba mayuya ! Bila lueti kandika batu ba kota mu Kipfumu ki Diyilu ayi beno veka lukotanga ko ! Ayi luvananga ko diluaku kuidi batu batidi kota bakota kuawu !Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

14O mabienga kuidi beno minlongi mi Mina ayi Bafalisi ! Luidi batu ba mayuya ! Bila lueti zionanga bima bi mafuola ayi lueti sambilanga zitsambulu zimula muingi lumonika. Diawu luela bakila thumbudulu yilutidi tola.Not in the BSB

15A mabienga kuidi beno minlongi mi Mina ayi Bafalisi ! Luidi batu ba mayuya. Lueti diengilanga mu mbu ayi mu ntoto mu diambu di tombanga kani lulenda baka, ka diambu ko nzenza wumosi wulenda kota mu dibundu dieno. Ayi enati lumbeki, lunkukitulanga muana wu bulungi mu zikhumbu zizole viokila beno veka.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

16A mabienga kuidi beno mintuadisi mifua meso. Beno lueti tuba ti enati mutu levidi ndefi mu “Nzo Nzambi”, diodi disi kuandi diambu ko. Vayi enati mutu levidi ndefi mu “nolo yidi mu Nzo Nzambi” buna kafueti dukisa ndefi andi.Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

17Luidi bivungisi ayi Baphofo ! A mbi bilutidi mfunu ? Nolo voti nzo Nzambi yoyi yinkitulanga nolo yinlongo ?You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

18Lueti tuba diaka : enati mutu levidi ndefi va “diziku dimyokolongo bibulu bitambuku kuidi Nzambi”, diodi disi kuandi diambu ko ; vayi enati levidi ndefi mu “dikaba diodi didi va diziku” buna kafueti dukisa ndefi andi.And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’

19Baphofo ! Diambu mbi dilutidi mfunu, makaba voti diziku dinkitulanga dikaba dinlongo ?You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

20Mutu wowo levidi ndefi mu “diziku”, buna levidi yawu mu diziku ayi mu bima bioso bidi vana.So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

21Mutu wowo levidi ndefi “mu nzo Nzambi”, buna levidi yawu mu dizina di nzo Nzambi ayi mu mutu wowo wunkalanga muna.And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

22Ayi mutu wowo levidi ndefi mu Diyilu, buna levidi yawu mu kundu ki Nzambi ayi mu mutu wowo wuvuandanga va kundu beni.And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.

23O mabienga kuidi beno minlongi mi Mina ayi Bafalisi ! Beno luidi batu ba mayuya. Bila ! Lueti vana Nzambi kuku kikumi mu bima biobi lueti kuna mu zitsola zieno banza mu bima biobi bifioti-fioti biobi lueti kuna. Vayi lusadilanga ko mambu malutidi pfumu mu Mina banga : vanganga masonga, monanga batu kiadi ayi vanganga makuikama. Nganu mawu momo mambu luvanga mu kambu lenza mamo mankaka.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

24Mintuadisi mifua meso ! Lueti sosanga biobi lueti nua muingi zinzinzi zifioti-fioti zibika vioka vayi lumminanga bulu kinneni kioki beti tedila kamela.You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

25O mabienga kuidi beno minlongi mi Mina ayi beno Bafalisi ! Luidi batu ba mayuya ! Lunsukulanga va mbata kopo ayi va mbata dilonga vayi mu khati mu wala bima biobi lueti yiba ayi zitsatu zieno zimbimbi.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

26Bafalisi bafua meso ! Lutuama theti sukula mu khati kopo ayi mu khati dilonga, bosi buna mu mbata mamusukuka.Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

27O mabienga kuidi beno minlongi mi Mina ayi Bafalisi ! Beno luidi batu ba mayuya ! Bila luidi banga biziami biobi bivindu nlangi yi phembi ayi ku nganda bimmonikanga kitoko vayi mu khati mu wala mimvesi mi batu bafua, mvindu ayi kheni yi phila mu phila.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

28Beno mamveno, ku nganda lummonikanga basonga va meso ma batu vayi mu khati muwala mayuya ayi mambu mambimbi ma phila mu phila.In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

29O mabienga kuidi beno minlongi mi Mina ayi Bafalisi ! Beno luidi batu mayuya ! Luntunganga biziami bi mimbikudi ayi lumfuanisanga bumboti biziami bi batu basonga,Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

30ayi lueti tubanga : “Enati beto tuzinga mu thangu bakulu beto nganu tusia bundana yawu ko mu vonda mimbikudi.”And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

31Bu luntuba bobo lulembo telama beno veka kimbangi ti luidi bana ba batu bobo bavonda mimbikudi.So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

32Diawu manisanu kisalu kioki kitona bakulu beno.Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

33A beno zinioka ! Bana ba bikusa ! A buevi lulenda tinina nkanu wu bulungi e ?You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

34Ndiela lufidisila mimbikudi, batu badi nduenga ayi minlongi mi Mina. Luela vonda bankaka, luela bandisa bankaka va dikulusi vayi bankaka luela babeta bikoti mu zinzo zieno zi zikhutukunu, bosi luela kuba yamisa mu divula dimosi-dimosiBecause of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

35muingi menga, ma batu boso basonga, momo matenguka tona mu Abeli mutu wusonga nate mu Zakali muana Balaki ; mutu wowo luvonda va khatitsika Nzo Nzambi ayi diziku diodi banyokilanga Nzambi makaba, matangulu mu mintu mieno.And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

36Bukiedika ndikulukamba mambu moso mama mela buila batu ba tsungi yayi.Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

37—A Yelusalemi ! A Yelusalemi e ! Ngeyo wumvondanga mimbikudi ayi wunlozilanga matadi batu bobo Nzambi kakufidisilanga. Zikhumbu zikua ndizola kutikisa bana baku banga tsusu bu kankutikisilanga bana bandi ku tsi mavavi mandi. Vayi wumanga kuaku.O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

38Tala, nzoꞌaku yikuiza ba dio wuya, yikambu bima.Look, your house is left to you desolate.

39Diawu, ndikulukambila : tona buabu lulendi buela kumbona ko nate thangu luela tuba : Bika kasakumunu mutu wowo wunkuizila mu dizina di Pfumu.For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

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