Lukka 11
1 Zyakachitika limwi zuba Jesu kalikukomba kuli bumwi busena, awo nakamanisya umwi wabasikwiya bakwe wakati, “Mwami, tuyisye kukomba mbuli Joni mbwakayisya basikwiya bakwe.”
When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as Yochanan also taught his disciples.”
2 Jesu wakati kuli mbabo, “Mwakomba mwambe kuti, 'Taata, izina lyako lilemekwe mbuli lisalala. Akuze bwami bwako.
He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
3 Utupe zilyo zitwelede buzuba abuzuba.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 Utulekelele zibi zyesu, mbuli mbutubalekelela boonse bali azikweleta kulindiswe. Utatweenzi mukusunkwa.”
Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”
5 Jesu wakati kulimbabo, “Kuli na uyooba amwenzinyina, elyo akayinke akati kamansiku, akwamba kuti kulinguwe, 'Mwenzuma, ndikwelete zinkwa zitatu,
He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
6 nkambo mwenzuma wasika, kazwida kumugwagwa, alimwi takwe nchindilacho pe kuti ndimupe.'
for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’
7 Oyo wakali mukati ulakonzya kwamba kuti, 'Utandidubi. Ikkoma lyajalwa kale, alimwi bana bangu, balandime, bali abulo. Tandikonzyi kubuka pe kuti ndipe nduwe chinkwa.'
and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?
8 Ndamba kuti kulindunywe, nikuba kuti takobuka akumupa chinkwa mkambo kakuti mwenzinyokwe, asi nkambo kakukakatila kwanu chabuusu, uyobuka akupa zyoonse zinkwa nzimunooli kamuyanda.
I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
9 Alubo ndamwambila kuti, mukumbile, ellyo muyoopegwa; muyandule; alimwi mulajana; mukonkomone, alimwi mulajulilwa.
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
10 Nkambo kuli woonse ukumbila ulapegwa; ayooyo uyandula ulajana; akuli woyo ukonkomona uyojulilwa.
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
11 Nguni wisi akati kanu, na mwana ake walomba muswi ulamupa nzoka muchindi chakumupa muswi? Malembe mabotu achindi alachibalo chifwifwi. Amwi malembe achiindi alachibalo chilamfu, chikonzya kujanika lubo muli Matayo 7: 9: Nguni wisi akati kanu, na mwana wakwe mulombe wakumbila chinkwa, ulamupa bbwe na? Na muswi, ulamupa nzoka na?
“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
12 Na walomba iiji, ulamupa kabanze na?
Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?
13 Nikubaboobo, na inywe nubabi mulizi kupa zipo zibotu kubana banu, zyiinda biyeni Taata wanu ulikujulu upa Muuya Usalala kulaabo bamukumbila?”
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
14 Lino Jesu wakalikutanda dayimona utambuli pe. Mpawo dayimona nakazwa, mwalumi utakwe wakalikwambula wakambula, alimwi makamu abantu akagamba!
He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marvelled.
15 Pesi bamwi bantu bakati, “NguBbelizebbule mwendelezi wabadayimona, ngwatanzya badayimona.”
But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
16 Bamwi bakamusunka akuyanda kubona chitondezyo chizwa kujulu.
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
17 Pesi Jesu wakalizi muzeezo yabo elyo wakati kulimbabo, “Boonse bwaami bupambukene bulasaalwa, an'anda ipambukene ilawa.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.
18 Na Satani walipambula, ibwami bwakwe buyooyimikila biyeni? nkambo mwamba kuti nditanzya Bbelizebbule badayimona.
If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
19 Na nditanzya Bbelizebbule badayimona, nguni batobela banu ngubatanzya? Nkambo kacheechi, bayooba babetesi banu.
But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
20 Pesi na nditanda badayimona akutondeka kanwe kaLeza, nkukuti Bwami bwaLeza bwasika kulindinywe.
But if I by God’s finger cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come to you.
21 Kuti mwalumi singuzu ulaazilwano zikwene walinda n'anda yakwe, lubono lwakwe lunokkede kabotu,
“When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
22 pesi na mwalumi singuzu wamuzunda, oyo mwalumi singuzu ulabweza zilwano ezyo mwalumi oyo nzyalikusyoma akupaza lubono lwamwalumi oyo.
But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armour in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.
23 Oyoo utalamwi andime ngundilwisya, ayooyo utabunganizyi andim ngumwaya.
“He who is not with me is against me. He who doesn’t gather with me scatters.
24 Namuuya mubi wazwa mumwalumi, ngawayinda mubusena butakwemaanzi akuyandula kulyokezya. Nutakajane takwe busena, ulamba kuti, 'Ndiyojokela mun'anda mundakazwa.'
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
25 Na wajokela, ulajana kuti mun'anda muliyiidwe kamubambidwe kabotu.
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
26 Mpawo ulajoka kwakweeta imyuuya ili musanu ayibili mibi kwiinda nguwo elyo yoonse ilaza kuzokkala mumo. Mamannino abuumi bwamwalumi oyu bulabija kwiinda lutanzi.”
Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
27 Zyakachitika kuti, na kalikwamba zintu eezi, umwi mwanakazi wakoonzomoka atala amakamu abantu kaamba kuti kulimbabo, “Bulilongezedwe bula obo bwakatumbuka ankolo ezyo zyakakukomezya.”
It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
28 Pesi wakamba kuti, “Kwindilila, balilongezedwe abo bamvwa ijwi lyaLeza akulibamba.”
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
29 Awo makamu abantu nakalibuyobuvula, Jesu wakatalika kwamba kuti, “Elizyalani ndizyalani bbi. Lilangula chitondeezyo, nikuba takwe chitondezyo nchiliyopegwa kunze kwachitondeezyo cha Jona.
When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
30 Nkaambo mbuli Jona mbwakaba chitondeezyo kuli ba Niniva, aboobo alakwe Mwana mulombe wa Muntu uyooba chitondeezyo kuzyalani eeli.
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation.
31 Mwami mwanakazi wakumbo uyoonyampuka kulubeta abantu bazyalani eli akubapa mulandu, nkambo wakazwa kumasimpilo anyika kuti akamvwe busongo bwaSolomoni, amubone, umwi mupati wiinda Solomoni kuti mpali.
The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgement with the men of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
32 Bantu bakuNiniva bayooyima kulubeta azyalani eli lyabantu akubapa mulandu, nkambo bakasanduka kukukambawuka kwaJona, amubone, umwi mupati kwiinda Jona mpali.
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgement with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the proclaiming of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
33 Takwe ungaamana kutunginizya lampi, inga walibikka asisikene na ansi alusuwo, pesi kuti achikkalilo chalyo, kwitila kuti abo banjila bakonzye kulibona.
“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
34 Liso lyako ndilampi lyamubili wako. Na liso lyako ndibotu, mubili woonse ngawazuzigwa mumuni.
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
35 Pesi na liso lyako ndibbi, mubili wako woonse uzwide kusiya.
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness.
36 Kuti na mibili yanu yazuzigwa amumuni, katakwe chimwi chzo chilimumudima, elyo mibili yanu iyooba mbuli lampi mbuli mweekesya alindinywe.”
If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”
37 Lino nakamana kwambula, muFalisi wakamukumbila kuti bakalye antoomwe kun'anda yakwe, mpawo Jesu wayinka wakulya.
Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table.
38 MuFalisi wakagamba kuti Jesu take nakasanguna kusamba pe kayanda kulya.
When the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
39 Pesi Mwami wakati kulinguwe, “Lino mpo, inywe nimaFalisi musanzya kunze kwankomeki azilido, pesi mukati kanu muzwide bungu abubu.
The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
40 Inywe nubantu nimutakonzyi kuyeeya! Oyo wakalenga kunze teensi nguwe na wakalenga mukati?
You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
41 Mupe echo chilimukati mbuli chabilo, awo zintu zyoonse kulindinywe ziyosalazigwa.
But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
42 Pesi maawe nywebo kulindinywe nimFalisi, nkambo mulapa chakkumi champoko achamusamu wakulisilika ayimwi michelo yamuchilili, pesi mukaka kusalazigwa a luyando lwaLeza. Zilimbubo biyo kusyomeka akuyanda Leza, kakutakwe chikachizya kuchita zimwi azilazyo.
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
43 Maawe nywebo nimaFalisi, nkambo muyanda zyuno zyakunembo muzikombelo akujuzigwa chabulemu muzisambalilo.
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
44 Maawe kulindinywe, nkambo muli mbuli zibunda zitaboneki awo bantu mpubendela kabatazi.”
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.”
45 Umwi wabasikulingula mulawo wakati kulinguwe, “Muyisi eezi nzulikwamba ulikututukila aswebo.”
One of the Torah scholars answered him, “Rabbi, in saying this you insult us also.”
46 Jesu wakati, “Maawe nywebo, nibayiisi bamulawu! Nkambo mubikka bantu mikuli milemu njibatakonzyi kunyampula, pesi takwe nimwiguma pe mikuli eyo akanwe kanu kamwi.
He said, “Woe to you Torah scholars also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
47 Maawe kulindinywe, nkambo muyakila basinsimi zibunda, alimwi mbasikale banu bakabajaya.
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48 Nkambo inywe mulibakamboni akuzuminana amilimu yabasikale banu, nkambo mbakabajaya alimwi mulikuyaka zibunda zyabo.
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
49 Nkambo kacheechi, busongo bwaLeza bwamba kuti, 'Ndiyotuma basinsimi aBatumwa, alimwi bayobapenzya akubajaya bamwi babo.'
Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and emissaries; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
50 Eeli zyalani, ndilyo, liyooyimikila bulowa boonse bwabasinsimi bwakatikila kuzwa kumalengelo anyika,
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
51 kuzwa kubulowa bwaAbbelo kuyosika kubulowa bwaZakkaliya, ooyo wakajayigwa akati kachipayililo abusena busalala. Iyi ndamwambila, kuti zyalani ndiyooyimikilila.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
52 Maawe kulindinywe nimulingulula mulawo, nkambo mwakagwisya chijulusyo chaluzibo; tamulinjili nubeni, alimwi mulakasya abo banjila.
Woe to you Torah scholars! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
53 Jesu nakazwa awo, balembi bamulawu abaFalisi tebakamuswilila pe alimwi bakamukazya zintu zyiingi. Bakalikumuyubilila,
As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him,
54 kuti bakonzye kubweezya chimwi kuzwa kumulomo wake.
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
