Luke 15
1 Many [HYP] tax collectors and [others whom people considered to be] habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.
Bafutisi mpako mpe bato ya masumu bapusanaki bango nyonso pene ya Yesu mpo na koyoka Ye.
2 The Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws [who were there] [SYN] began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also [defiles himself by eating] with them!”
Kasi Bafarizeo mpe balakisi ya Mobeko bazalaki koyimayima mpe koloba: — Moto oyo azali koyamba bato ya masumu mpe kolia mesa moko elongo na bango.
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
Bongo Yesu alobaki na bango lisese oyo:
4 “Suppose that one of you had 100 sheep. If one of them were lost, (you [(sg)] would certainly leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it./would you not leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it?) [RHQ]
— Soki moko kati na bino azali na bameme nkama moko, bongo moko kati na yango ebungi; boni, akotika te bameme tuku libwa na libwa kati na esobe mpo na kokende koluka moko oyo ewuti kobunga kino amona yango?
5 When you [(sg)] found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy.
Mpe tango akomona yango, akotia yango na mapeka na ye, na esengo.
6 When you brought it home, you would call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’
Bongo, tango kaka akokoma na ndako na ye, akobengisa balingami mpe baninga na ye, akoloba na bango: « Bosepela na ngai elongo, pamba te namoni meme na ngai, oyo ebungaki! »
7 I tell you [(pl)] that similarly [God] will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who [think that they] are [IRO] righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil.
Na nzela yango, nazali koloba na bino: esengo oyo ekozala kati na Likolo mpo na mosumuki moko kaka oyo abongoli motema, eleki esengo mpo na bato ya sembo tuku libwa na libwa oyo bazali na posa te ya kobongola mitema.
8 Or, suppose that a woman has ten [very valuable] silver coins. If she loses one of them, (she will certainly light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it!/will she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it?) [RHQ]
Soki mwasi azali na mbongo ya bibende zomi mpe abungisi moko kati na yango, boni, apelisaka mwinda te, akombaka ndako te mpo na koluka yango malamu kino amona yango?
9 When she finds it, she will call together her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me, [because] I have found the coin that I lost!’
Bongo soki amoni yango, abengisaka balingami na ye elongo na baninga na ye, mpe alobaka na bango: « Bosepela na ngai elongo, pamba te namoni mbongo na ngai, oyo ebungaki! »
10 I tell you that similarly the angels will be happy about [even just] one sinner who turns from doing evil.”
Na nzela yango, nazali koloba na bino: ba-anjelu ya Nzambe basepelaka mpo na mosumuki moko oyo abongoli motema.
11 Then [Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people]. He said, “A certain man had two sons.
Yesu alobaki lisusu: — Mobali moko azalaki na bana mibali mibale.
12 One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, [I do not want to wait until you(sg) die]. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.
Leki alobaki na tata na ye: « Tata, pesa ngai eteni na ngai ya libula. » Mpe tata akabolelaki bango biloko na ye.
13 A few days later, the younger son [sold his share]. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.
Sima na mwa mikolo, leki azwaki biloko nyonso oyo azalaki na yango, akendeki na mboka moko ya mosika. Kuna, asakanaki na bozwi na ye, abikaki bomoi ya mobulu.
14 After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough [food to] eat.
Sima na ye kosakana na bozwi na ye nyonso, nzala makasi ekotaki kati na mboka yango mobimba, mpe akomaki kokelela.
15 So he went to one of the landowners in that area and asked for work. The man sent him to work taking care of the pigs in his field.
Boye akendeki komikomisa lokola mosali epai ya moto moko ya mboka yango. Moto yango atindaki ye na bilanga na ye mpo na koleisa bangulu.
16 [Because he was very hungry], he would have been glad to eat the bean pods that the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything to eat.
Mwana alukaki ata kolia bilei ya bangulu, kasi moto ata moko te apesaki ye yango.
17 Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!
Bongo akomaki kokanisa na tina na bomoi na ye, alobaki: « Basali boni tata na ngai azwa na mosala mpe bazali kolia ndenge balingi, mpe biloko ya kolia eleki kutu ebele; kasi ngai nazali kokufa awa na nzala!
18 So I will leave here and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God [MTY, EUP] and against you [(sg)].
Nazwi mokano ya kobima mpe kozonga epai ya tata na ngai; nakoloba na ye: ‹ Tata, nasali masumu liboso ya Nzambe mpe liboso na yo.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son. Just hire me to be like one of the other hired servants.”’
Nabongi lisusu te kobengama mwana na yo; zwa ngai lokola moko kati na basali na yo! › »
20 So he left there and went back to his father’s house. But while he was still some distance from the house, his father saw him. He pitied him. He ran to his son and embraced him and kissed him [on the cheek].
Boye, abimaki mpe azongaki epai ya tata na ye. Wana azalaki nanu mosika, tata na ye amonaki ye, ayokelaki ye mawa mingi; apotaki mbangu mpo na kokutana na mwana na ye, amibwakaki na nzoto na ye mpe ayambaki ye.
21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God [MTY/EUP] and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son.’
Mwana alobaki na tata na ye: « Tata, nasali masumu liboso ya Nzambe mpe liboso na yo, nabongi lisusu te kobengama mwana na yo. »
22 But his father said to his servants, ‘Go quickly and bring to me the best robe [in the house]! Then put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger [to show that I am honoring him again as my son]! Put sandals on his feet [to show that I do not consider him to be a slave]!
Kasi tata alobaki na basali na ye: « Bomema na lombangu nzambala oyo eleki kitoko mpe bolatisa ye yango; bolatisa ye lopete, na mosapi, mpe basandale, na makolo na ye.
23 Then bring the fat calf and kill it [and cook it]. We [(inc)] must eat and celebrate,
Boya na mwana ngombe ya mafuta mpe boboma yango; tolia mpe tosala feti,
24 because my son has returned! [It is as though] [MET] he was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now has been found!’ So they did that, and they all began to celebrate.
pamba te mwana na ngai, oyo bozali komona, akufaki, kasi azongi lisusu na bomoi; abungaki, kasi amonani! » Boye babandaki feti na esengo makasi.
25 While all that was happening, the man’s older son was out [working] in the field. When he came near to the house, he heard [people playing] music and dancing.
Na tango yango, kulutu na ye azalaki nanu kati na bilanga. Tango akomaki pene ya ndako, ayokaki miziki mpe makelele ya mabina.
26 He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.
Boye abengaki moko kati na basali mpe atunaki ye makambo oyo ezali koleka.
27 The servant said to him, ‘Your [younger] brother has come [home] Your father has [told us to] kill the fat calf [to celebrate] because your brother has returned safe and healthy.’
Mosali azongisaki: « Ndeko na yo azongi! Tata na yo abomi mwana ngombe ya mafuta, pamba te amoni ye nzoto malamu mpe nzoto kolongono. »
28 [But] the older brother was angry. He refused to enter [the house]. So his father came out and pleaded with him [to come in].
Kulutu asilikaki makasi mpe aboyaki kokota. Boye tata na ye abimaki mpe abondelaki ye.
29 But he replied to his father, ‘Listen to me! For many years I have worked for you like a slave. I always obeyed everything you told me to do. But you never even gave me a young goat, so that I could [kill it and cook it and] celebrate with my friends.
Kasi azongiselaki tata na ye: « Tala! Mibu nyonso oyo nazalaki kosalela yo lokola mowumbu, natikalaki koboya te kotosa mitindo na yo. Nzokande, otikala nanu kopesa ngai te ata mwana ntaba mpo ete nasepela elongo na balingami na ngai.
30 But this son of yours spent all the [money he got from] what you gave him. He spent it [to pay for sleeping with] prostitutes! Yes, now he has returned home, [but it is not fair that] you have told your [servants] to kill the fat calf [and cook it] for him!’
Kasi tango mwana na yo, oyo ya mobali azongi na ndako, ye oyo asili kosakana na biloko na yo, na mobulu elongo na basi ya ndumba, obomi mwana ngombe ya mafuta mpo na ye! »
31 But his father said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all my property [that I did not give to your brother] has been yours.
Tata azongiselaki ye: « Mwana na ngai, ozalaka elongo na ngai tango nyonso, mpe biloko na ngai nyonso ezali ya yo.
32 But [it is as though] [MET] your brother was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now he has been found! So it is appropriate for us to be happy and celebrate!’”
Kasi tosengelaki kaka kosala feti mpe kosepela, pamba te ndeko na yo, oyo ozali komona, akufaki, kasi azongi lisusu na bomoi; abungaki, kasi amonani! »
