Lukka 20
1 Bumwi buzuba, Jesu naakali kuyiisya bantu mutempeli akoompolola majwi mabotu, bapayizi bapati abalembi bamulawu bakasika kulinguwe abapati.
One day [during that week, Jesus] was teaching the people in the Temple [courtyard] and telling them [God’s] good message. As he was doing that, the chief priests, the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, and [other Jewish] elders came to him.
2 Bakaambula kabati, kabati kulinguwe, “Twaambile kuti mumanguzu aani mochita eezi zintu? Nakuti ngwani ukupa nguzu zyakuchita eezi zintu?”
They asked him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do things [like you did here yesterday]?”
3 Wakabasandula wati, “Ambebo ndilamubuzya mubuzyo. Amundaambile aatala
He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
4 alubbabbatizyko lwa Joni. Lwakali kuzwa kujulu na kumuntu?”
where did John [the Baptizer] get [his authority to] baptize [those who came to him]? [Did he get it] from God [MTY/EUP] or from people?”
5 Bakaambula aakati kabo, kabati, “Twati, 'Kuzwa kujulu', ulati, 'Naambo nzi nimwakatamusyoma?'
They discussed this among themselves. They said, “[If we(inc) say], ‘[It was] from God [MTY/EUP],’ he will say to us, ‘[Then] (you should have believed John’s [message]!/why did you not believe what John preached?) [RHQ]’
6 Pesi twati, 'Luzwa kumuntu,' bantu balatutulula mabwe nkaambo bazi kuti Joni wakali musinsimi.”
But if we say, ‘It was [from] people,’ the people [here] will [kill us by] throwing stones at us, because they [all] believe that John was a prophet [from God].”
7 Aboobo bakasandula kuti tabazi pe kuti lwakali kuzwa kulini.
So they replied, “We [(exc)] do not know where [John got his authority].”
8 Jesu wakati kulimbabo, “Ambezo nsikomwaambila pe kuti ninguzu zyani nzyechita aazyo zintu eezi.”
Then Jesus said to them, “[Because you did not answer my question], I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things [here yesterday].”
9 Wakaambila bantu chikozyanisyo eechi, “Umwi mwaalumi wakabyala chiilili chama sansa, mpawo wakawubikka mumaboko anbaabo balima masansa waya kulimbi nyika kwachiindi chilamfu.
Then Jesus told the people this parable [to illustrate what God would do to the Jews who rejected the former prophets and himself]: “A [certain] man planted a vineyard. He rented the vineyard to some men [to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return]. Then he went to another country and stayed there several years.
10 Muchiindi chakasalwa, wakatuma mubelesi wakwe kulibasimuunda. Pesi basimuunda mbakamuuma akutanda katakwe chintu.
When [the vines started producing] grapes, he sent a servant to the men who were taking care of the vineyard. He expected that they would give him some of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. But [after the servant arrived], they beat him and they did not give him any grapes. They [just] sent him away.
11 Wakatuma lubo umbi mubelesi mpawo bakamuuma, akumunyansya akmutanda lubo katakwe chintu.
[Later], [the owner] sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him [also]. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.
12 Wakatuma lubo uumbi watatu alimwi bakamuchisa, akumutandila aanze.
[Still later, the owner] sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out [of the vineyard].
13 Aboobo mwami wachilili wakati, 'Ndilachita biyeni? Ndilatuma mwandu wangu ngweyandisya amwi balikuyomulemeka.'
So the owner of the vineyard thought to himself, ‘(I do not know what to do!/What shall I do?) [RHQ]’ [Then he had an idea. He thought to himself], ‘I will send my son, [whom I] love [very much]. Perhaps they will respect him [and give him my share of the grapes].’
14 Pesi nibakamubona, bakaambula aakato kabo, kabati, 'Ooyu ngosili lukono. Atumujaye kuchitila kuti lukono lube lwesu.'
[So he sent his son], but when the men who were caring for the vineyard saw him [coming], they said to each other, ‘Here [comes] the man who will [some day] inherit [the vineyard]. Let’s kill him so that this vineyard will be ours!’
15 Bakamusowela kunze kwalubaya, mpawo bamujaya. Niinzi lino nchabatachite mwani muunda?
So they dragged him outside the vineyard and they killed him. So (I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them!/do you know what the owner of the vineyard will do to them?) [RHQ]
16 Ulasika azobajaye boonse balimi nbamasansa, mpawo ape muunda kuli bamwi.” Nibakamvwa eezyo bakati, “Inche atazizumini pe Leza kuti zibe oobo!”
He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.” When the people listening to Jesus heard that, they said, “[We would] not do anything like those wicked men did!”
17 Pesi Jesu wakabalanga, wati, “Aambaanzi malembe aaya? 'Bbwe ndibakaka bayaki, lyakazoba ndilyo lyakazooba bbwe lya chooko'?
But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “You can say that, [but think about] the meaning of these words that are written {which [a prophet] wrote} [RHQ] [in the Scriptures], The men who were building a house rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone in the building [MET].
18 Woonse uuwoda abbwe eelyo uyyotyoloolwa muzimpanzi. Pesi ooyo ngujliyoowida, liyoomu pwaya
[That stone represents me, the Messiah], and those who reject me are [like people who fall on this stone]. Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces {This stone will break to pieces everyone who falls on it}, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
19 Aboobo balembi bamulaw abapayizi bapatgi bakayanda kutgi bamujate muchiindi nchicheecho, nkaambo bakalizi kuti wakaambula chikozyanisyo eechi kaamba mbabo. Pesi bakayoowa bantu.
The chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws realized that he was accusing them when he told the parable [about what those wicked men did]. So they immediately tried to find a way to seize [MTY] him, but [they did not seize him, because] they were afraid of [what] the people [there would do if they did that].
20 Nibakamulangisisya obotu obotu, bakamutumina bantu bakali kulyeeneenia mbuli basalali, kuti bamuyandwiide mpatabisye kwaambuula, kuchitila kuti bamupede kabotu kulibasimilawu akumulawu wamweendelezi.
So they watched him carefully. They also hired (spies/secret agents) who pretended to be sincere. [But] they really wanted to get him to say something for [which they could accuse] him. They wanted to be able to turn him over to the authority of the governor [of the province. But they also knew that the Jews were disgusted with having to pay taxes to the government].
21 Bakabuzya kulinguwe bati, “Muyiisyi, tulizi kuti wambuula akuyiisya choonzyo, alimwi toktobelezyi mizeezo yabantu pe, pesi uyiisya choonzyo aatala anzila ya Lez.
[So] one of them asked Jesus, “Teacher, we [(exc)] know that you [(sg)] speak and teach what is right. You tell the truth even if important people do not like it. You teach truthfully what God wants us to do.
22 Chili mumulawu na kuti tubbadale mitelo kuli Siza nape?”
[So tell us what you think about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
23 Pesi Jesu wakalumvwisisisya lweeno lwabo, mpawo wakati kulimbabo,
But Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him [to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government]. So he said to them,
24 “Amunditomndeezye kobili. Mbusyu azina lyani lilembedwe mpawo?” Bakaamba kuti, 'Nzizya siza.”
“Show me a [Roman] coin. [Then tell me] whose picture is on it. And [tell me whose] name is on it.” They [showed him a coin and] said, “It has the picture and name of Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].”
25 Wakati kulimbabo, “Akboobo amupe kuli Siza zintu zya Siza, akuli Leza zointu zya Leza.”
He said to them, “In that case, give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
26 Bakakachilwa nbulewusi muli nzyakaamba kunembo lyabantu. Bakayimikila akugamba aatala anandulo yakwe alimwi taakwe chimbi nchibakaamba.
While the people were there, the [spies] were unable to find fault with him for what he said. And they were amazed at his answer. So they said nothing.
27 Lino ma Sadiusi nibakasika kulinguwe, aabo baamba kuti takukwe bubuke kubafu,
Some Sadducees came to [Jesus]. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
28 bakamubuzya bati, “Muyisyi, Molzesi wakatulembela kuti na mukulana wamwaalumi wafwa, kali walikwete, pesi katakwe mwana, ooyo mwanike weelede kukwata bana mukulana azyalile mukulana mwana.
They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question [in order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again]. One of them said [to Jesus], “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] about situations where a man who has a wife but no children. If the man dies, his brother should marry the [dead man’s] widow so that she can have a child by him. People [will consider] that the child is the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].
29 Kwakali bananyina bali kmusanu ababili, alimwi wakusanguna wakakwata, mpawo wakafwa katakwe mwana pe,
Well, there were seven brothers in one family. The oldest one married, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Later he died.
30 awabili lubo.
The second [brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him].
31 Watatu wakanjila munda, aboobo boonse musanu ababili bakanjla mung'anda pesi boonse bakafwa taakwe wakasiya mwana pe.
Then the third [brother] married her, [but the same thing happened again]. All seven [brothers, one by one, married that woman], [but] they had no children, and [one by one] they died.
32 Musule wakazoofwa alakwe mwanakazi.
Afterwards, the woman died, too.
33 Lino kububuke, uyooba mwanakazi wanu? Nkaambo boonse kabali musanu ababili bakali mukwete.”
Therefore, [if it is true that there will be a time] when dead people will become alive again, whose wife [do you think that woman] will be [then]? ([Keep in mind that she was married to all seven brothers!/It will be impossible to decide because] she was married to all seven brothers!) [RHQ]”
34 Jesu wakati kulimbabo, “Bana balombe banyika iino balakwata alimwi balapegwa mulukwatano. (aiōn g165)
Jesus replied to them, “Men who live here in this world take wives, or are given wives [by their parents] {their [parents] choose wives [for them]}. (aiōn g165)
35 Pesi aabo bataka[jane bulemu bwakutambula kubuka kubafu taakwe nibatakakwate na kupegwa mulukwatano. (aiōn g165)
But the men whom God considers worthy of [being in heaven after] they become alive again will not be married. (aiōn g165)
36 Tabakoyoofwa alimbi, nkaambo banooli bakozyania abangelo alimwi mbana ba Leza nkaambo mbana babubuke.
[You need to know also that] they cannot die any more, because they will be [immortal] [SIM] like angels. [The fact that God has caused] them to be alive again [will show] that they are God’s children.
37 Pesi abalabo bafwide bazobusigwa, alakwe Mozesi wakatondeezya kubusena bwalusaka, awo nayita kuti Leza wa Abbulahamu a Leza wa Ayizeki a Leza wa Jakobo.
But [as for people] becoming alive again after they die, Moses wrote something about that. In the place where [he wrote about] the [burning] bush, he mentions the Lord as being the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].
38 Lino tachili Leza wabafwide pe, pesi wabawumi, nkaambo boonse bapona kulinguwe.
It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we(inc) know their spirits were still alive]! All [people] whose [spirits] are alive [again after they die continue to live to honor God]!”
39 Bamwi balembi bamulawu bakasandula bati, “Muyiisyi wasandula kabotu.”
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, you [(sg)] have answered very well!”
40 Nkaambo taakwe nibakachilikuyanda kweezya kumubuzya lubo iimbi mibuzyo.
After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
41 Jesu wakatghji kulimbabo, “Baamba biyeni kuti Kkilisito mwana wa Davida?
Then Jesus said to them, “I will show you (OR, prove to you) that people [are wrong who] say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David! [RHQ]
42 Nkaambo Davida lwakwe mu Bbjuku lya Ntembawuzyo waamba kuti, Mwami wakati ku Mwami wangu, 'Kkala kululyo lwangu,
Because David himself wrote [about the Messiah] in the book of Psalms, God said to my Lord, Sit [here beside me] on my right, [where I will highly honor you(sg)] [MTY].
43 mane ndikachite basinkondo nyokwe bakabe kunsi aamawulu aako'
[Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies.
44 Aboobo Davida wiita Kkilisito kuti 'Mwami', mpo mwana wa Davida biyeni?”
King David calls [the Messiah] ‘[my] Lord’! So ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from [King] David!/how can the Messiah be [just] someone descended from [King] David?) [RHQ] [What I just said proves that he is much greater than David, isn’t that right]?”
45 Kabamvwide bantu boonse wakati kulibasikwiiya bakwe,
While all the [other] people were listening, [Jesus] said to his disciples,
46 “Amubaschenjelele balembi bamilawu, bayanisya kweenda kabazweete majansi malamfu, kabayanda kujuzigwa kulinsini muzisambalilo, azyuuno zipati muzikombelo azyuuno zisumpukide kumapobwe.
“Beware that [you do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They like to put on long robes and walk around [to make people think that they are very important]. [They] also like [people to] greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces. They like [to sit in] the most important places in the Jewish meeting places. At dinner parties [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
47 Balatola maanda aabamukabafu, akweeneena kumchita nkombyo ndamfu. Aba bayotambula kunyonyoonwa kupati.”
They swindle [MET] the houses [and property] of widows. [Then] they pretend they are good, as they pray [long] prayers [publicly. God] will [certainly] punish them very severely.”
