Lukka 12
1 Muleecho chiindi, zyuulu zyabantu zyiingi nizyakabungana, bakasyankana akulyatana, wakasanguna kuti kuli basikwiiya bakwe chakusanguna, “Amuchenjelele busweezyo bwaba Falisi, kakuli kuupawupa.
Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod upon one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them: “Be on your guard against the leaven — that is, the hypocrisy — of the Pharisees.
2 Pesi taakwe chivumbidwe, chitakabule kuyubununwa, alimwi taakwe chisisidwe, chitakabule kuzibinkana.
There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.
3 Aboobo zyoonse nzimuyowamba mumudima ziyoomvwigwa mumumuni, azeezyo nzimwakavwiyavwiya mumatwi kamuli mumaanda amukati ziyoompololwa atala atululi
Hence all that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear, within closed doors, will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 Ndati kulindinywe bazolani bangu, tamubayoowi pe aabo bajaya mubili, musule azeezyo tabachikwe chimbi chakuchita.
To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.
5 Pesi ndilamwaambila aatala akuti ngwani ngumunga mulayoowa. Amuyoowe ooyo, uunga naajaya, ulaanguzu zyakuwaala mumulilo. Iyii, ndati kulindinye, amuyoowe nguwe ooyo. (Geenna g1067)
I will show you of whom you should be afraid. Be afraid of him who, after killing you, has the power to fling you into the Pit. Yes, I say, be afraid of him. (Geenna g1067)
6 Teensi tuyuni tusanu tulawuzigwa atukobili tuniini tubili na?
Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.
7 Pesi tatulubwi pe kunembo lya Leza. Pesi nikuba masusu eenu alaamyeelwe woonse. Mutayoowi. Muli aabulemu kwiinda bayuni biingi.
No, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 Ndati kulindinywe, kufumbwa uundizumina kunembo lyabantu, Mwana wa Muntu uyoomuzumina kunembo lyabangelo ba Leza,
Every one, I tell you, who shall acknowledge me before his fellow men, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
9 pesi ooyo uundikaka kunembo lyabantu, uyookakwa kunembo lyabangelo ba Leza.
but he, who disowns me before his fellow men, will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
10 Kufumbwa uyoowambula majwi mabi aatala a Mwana wa Muntu, uyoolekelelwa, pesi ooyo usampawula Miuuya Uusalala, taakwe natakalekelelwe pe.
Every one who shall say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for him who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
11 Nibatakamweete kunembo lya Zikombelo, babetesi, abasimilawu, tamukalikataazyi kuti muyowaambuula biyeni mukuli lwanina, nakuti muyotyeni,
Whenever they take you before the Synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defence will be, or what you will say;
12 nkaambo Muuya Uusalala uyomuyiisya muli nchicheecho chiindi zyakwaamba.”
for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.”
13 Mpawo umwi wakali munkamu yabantu wakoompolola wati, “Muyiisyi, ambila mwanakesu kuti andaabile ambeno lukono.”
“Teacher,” a man in the crowd said to Jesus, “tell my brother to share the property with me.”
14 Jesu wakasandula wati “Yoo mwalumi, ngwani wakandinanika kuba mubetesi na sing'enda akati kenu?”
But Jesus said to him: “Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?”
15 Mpawo wakati kulimbabo, “Amulangisisye eezyo zintu nzimulibambila kuzwa kubulyabi, nkaambo buumi bwamuntu tabulangwi kwiinda muzintu nzyaleezyo.”
And then he added: “Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man’s true Life does not depend on what he has.”
16 Mpawo Jesu wakabaambila chikozyanisyo, kati, “Muunda wamuntu muvubi wakali abutebuuzi bwiingi,
Then Jesus told them this parable — “There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;
17 wakayeeya mumoyo wakwe, wati, 'Ndilachita biyeni, nkaambo nsikwe katuula kakubambila zilyo zyangu?'
and he began to ask himself ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
18 Wakati, 'Eezi nyesichite. Ndilakolomona tutuula twangu ndiyake tumbi tupati, oomo mwesizobambile zilyo zyangu azimwi zintu.
This is what I will do,’ he said; ‘I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them;
19 Mpawo ndiyoti kumuuya wangu, “Muuya waba aazintu zyiingi zibambidwe kwamyaaka myiingi. Lyookezye kabotu, lya, nywa, upakale.”
and I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’
20 Pesi Leza wakati kuli nguwe, 'Yoomwaalumi mufubafuba, sunu muuya wako ulayandikana, zintu nzwabamba ziyooba zyani?'
But God said to the man ‘Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared — who will have it?’
21 Mbabede muntu uulibambila buvubi pesi katavubide kuli Leza.”
So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God.”
22 Jesu wakati kuli basikwiiya bakwe, “Aboobo ntati kulindinywe, tamulikataazyi nkaambo kabuumi - kuti muyoolya nzi, na amubili wanu - kuti muyoozwaatayi.
And Jesus said to his disciples: “That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here — what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body — what you can get to wear.
23 Nkaambo buumi bwiinda kulya, alimwi mubili wiinda zizwaato.
For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.
24 Amulange bayuni, tababyali na kutebula. Tabakwe tutuula, pesi Leza ulabapa chakulya. Mulekede bupati loko nywebo kwiinda bayuni!
Think of the ravens — they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!
25 Ngwani akati kenu uunga naalikataazya wayungizya mazuba akupona kubuumi bwakwe?
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a moment?
26 Na kotakonzyi kuchita eecho chitu chinini, nkaambo nzi nimulikataazya azimwi zyoonse?
And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?
27 Amulange masokwe - alakomena. Taabeleki, na kulikataazya. Pesi nadti kulindinywe, nansya Solomoni mubulemu bwakwe boonse taakwe nakali wazwaata kwiinda aawa.
Think of the lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin; yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendour was not robed like one of these.
28 Na Leza kazwaatika masokwe aalimumuunda, aanga sunu mpaali, juunza asowelwa mumulilo, ulamuzwaatika bwiingi butanali nywebo, Nozyalane lyalusyomo luniini!
If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith!
29 Tamulaanguuli nchimutalye na nchimutanywe, alimwi tamulikataazyi.
And you — do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.
30 Nkaambo zisi zyoonsye zyaanyika zilanguula zintu eezi, alimwi Wuso ulizi kuti mulaziyanda zintu eezi.
These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 Pesi amuyandule bwami bwakwe, mpawo eezi zintu ziyopegwa kulindinywe.
No, seek his Kingdom, and these things shall be added for you.
32 Mutayoowi, nkaambo Wuso uulikujulu ulabotelwa kumupa bwami.
So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.
33 Amuuzye zyoonse zimulazyo mupe kubachete. Amulichitile nkomwe zitadeluki pe - buvubi bwakumajulu butamani, kutasiki basikubba afwiifwi, alimwi kutaligwi munanze.
Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out — an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.
34 Nkaambo ooko kuli buvubi bwako, moyo wako nkuubede.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
35 Amwaange zizwaato zyenu alukumba muchikungu, muyasye malampi eenu akkale kayaka,
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
36 mube mbuli bantu bayandula mwami wabo, naboola kuzwa kupobwe lyalukwatano, kuchitila kuti nasika kakonkomona balafwambaana kumujulila.
and be like men who are waiting for their Master’s return from his wedding, so that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door for him at once.
37 Bali longezezegwe aabo belanda, bayojanika kaba bbwazwide naayosika mwami wabo. Nchobeni ndamwaambila kuti uyowanga nsasiko yakwe ndamfu muchikungu alukumba, mpawo uyobakkazika kukulya, mpawo uyoosika we azobakutawukile.
Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and bid them take their places at table, and will come and wait upon them.
38 Na mwami azosike mubusiku bwakulinda bwabili, na bwatatu, azobajane kabalindide, balilongezezegwe balanda aabo.
Whether it is late at night, or in the early morning that he comes, if he finds all as it should be, then happy are they.
39 Aatala azeezi zyoonse, kansinga mwani ng'anda walizi buzuba mbwasika sikubba, taalikunoleka ng'anda yakwe kuti inyonyoonwe pe.
This you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.
40 Amulibambile anywebo, nkaambo tamulizi wola ndasika Mwana wa Muntu.”
Do you also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come.”
41 Pita wakati, “Mwami, ulikwaamba chikozyanisyo eechi kulindiswe atulike na kumuntu woonse?”
“Master,” said Peter, “are you telling this parable with reference to us or to every one?”
42 Mwami wakati, “Ngwani mpo mweendelezi musongo awusyomekede ooyo mweendelezi wakwe ngwazobika kubalanda bakwe kuti abaabile chabo chimpanzi chakulyamuchiindi cheelede?
“Who, then,” replied the Master, “is that trustworthy steward, the careful man, who will be placed by his master over his establishment, to give them their rations at the proper time?
43 Ulilongezezegwe ooyo mulanda uyoojanika kachita oobo nayooboola mulanda wakwe.
Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, shall find doing this.
44 Nchobeni ndamwaambila kuti uyoomupa bweendelezi kuzintu zyakwe zyoonse.
His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
45 Pesi ooyo mulanda uti mumoyo wakwe, 'Mwani wangu wachedwa kuboola,' mpawo asangune kuuma balanda baalumi abanakazi, asangune kulya akunywa mpawo akolwe,
But should that servant say to himself ‘My master is a long time coming,’ and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
46 mwami wayooyo mulanda uzoosika buzuba mbwatalangilide pe, amuwola ndyatayeeleli pe, uyoomugonkoola mpawo akamubikke kubusena bwabantu batasyomekede.
that servant’s master will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour of which he is unaware, and will flog him severely and assign him his place among the untrustworthy.
47 Ooyo mulanda, kali walimuzi mwami wakwe, alimwi katachitide na kumba mbuli mbayanda, uyoowumwa mfayindi nyiingi.
The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
48 Pesi ooyo wakatezi, mpawo wachita zintu zyuumya, uyowumwa mfayindi nche. Woonse uupegwa zyiingi unolangilwa kupa zyiingi, ayooyo uusyomwa azyiingi, nzyiingi nzibayookumbila kuzwa kulinguwe.
while one who does not know his master’s wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From every one to whom much has been given much will be expected, and from the man to whom much has been entrusted the more will be demanded.
49 Ndakasika kuzoowala mulilo aanyika, alimwi ndalikuyanda kut kansiinga zyachitika.
I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?
50 Pesi ndili aalubbabbatgizyo ndweelede ku bbabbatizigwa aalo, amachise ngelaawo mane kukamane!
There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!
51 Muyeeya kuti ndakasika kuzoyeta luumuno na anyika? Pepe, ndamwaambila, pesi kwaanzana.
Do you think that I am here to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
52 Nkaambo kuzwa lino kuyooba balimusanu mung'anda yomwe banzeene - batatu kabatamvwanani ababili, ababili kabatamvwanani abatatu.
For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 Banowanzeene, wisi katamvwanani amwana mulombe, amwana mulombe katamvwanani awisi; banyina kabatamvwanani amwana musimbi, amwana musimbi katamvwanani abanyina; banyianazyala kabatamvwanani amuka mwana, amukamwana katamvwanani abanyinazyala.”
‘Father will be opposed to son and son to father, mother to daughter and daughter to mother, mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law.’”
54 Jesu wakaambula lubo kumakamu, “Na mwabona joba kalisimpa kububbila, mulafwaambana kwaamba kuti 'Yaamba kuwa mvula,' mpawo nga zyachitika.
And to the people Jesus said: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once ‘There is a storm coming,’ and come it does.
55 Mpawo kwawunga guwo lizwida kumunsanza ngamwati sunu linoopya zuba,' mpawo zyachitika.
And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say ‘It will be burning hot,’ and so it proves.
56 Basikuupawupa, mulikwizi kumvwisisisya chiimo chanyika ajulu, pesi nkaambo nzi nimutakonzyi kumvwisisisya chiimo chachiindi chiliko lino?
Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
57 Nkaambo nzi nimutakonzyi kulibonena zilikabotu amulike?
Why do not you yourselves decide what is right?
58 Nkaambo aawo nimuya kumutongi asinkondonyokwe, munzila amweezye kwaambula kabotu mumvwanane kuchitila kuti we tazokutoli kumubetesi, akuchitila kuti mubetesi atakakubiki mumaanza akapokola, mpawo kapokola atakakubiki muntolongo.
When, for instance, you are going with your opponent before a magistrate, on your way to the court do your best to be quit of him; for fear that he should drag you before the judge, then the judge will hand you over to the bailiff of the court, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
59 Ndati kulindinywe, taakwe notakazwe pe kuyosikila ukaman kubbadala mali yoonse iyandikana.”
You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last farthing.”
