Matthew 13
1 That same day Jesus, [along with us] disciples, left the house [where he was teaching and went] to [Galilee lake]. He sat down there,
Mubuzuba obo Jesu wakazwa aanze ang'anda akukkala ambali alwizi.
2 and a very large crowd gathered around him to [listen to his teaching]. So, [in order that they would not jostle him] (OR, [to speak to the people better]), he got into a boat and sat down [to teach them]. The crowd stood on the shore [and was listening].
Inkamu mpati yakamubunganina achakumuzyunguluka, lino wakanjila mubwato akukkala mukati, inkamu yoonse niyakachimvwi kunkomwe.
3 He was telling them many parables. [One of the parables] that he told them was this: “Listen! A man went out [to his field] to sow [some seeds].
Elyo wakamba zintu zyiingi kulimbabo muzikozyanio. Wakati, “Amubone, mulimi wakaya kunze kukuyobyala imbuto.
4 As he was scattering [them over the soil], some [of the] seeds fell on the path. Then some birds came and ate those seeds.
Nakayobubyala, Imwi imbuto zyakawida ambali lyamugwagwa, mpawo bayuni bakasika akuzilya.
5 Other [seeds] fell on ground where there was not much soil [on top of the] rock. Those seeds sprouted very soon, [because the sun quickly warmed] the shallow soil.
Imwi imbuto yakawida anyika ilamabwe, kwakati kwakatali muse mwingi. Mpawo mpawo zyakamena nkambo imuse tewakali abulamfu kukuyaansi.
6 But when [the young plants came up], they were scorched by the sun, and they withered because they did not have [deep] roots.
Pesi izuba nilyakatenta, zyakawuumpwa, nkambo tezyakali amiyanda, aboobo zyakayuma.
7 Other seeds fell on [ground that contained roots of] thorny [weeds]. The thorny weeds grew [together with the young plants], and [they] crowded out [the plants].
Imbuto zimwi zyakawida mumaamvwa. Maamvwa akakomena mpawo akazisyanikizya.
8 [But] other seeds fell on good soil, and [the plants grew and] produced [a lot of] grain. Some [plants produced] 100 times [as many seeds as were planted]. Some [plants produced] 60 times [as much]. Some [plants produced] 30 times [as much].
Zimwi imbuto zyakawida mumuse mubotu mpawo zyakazyala zilyo, zimwi mwanda umwi windulwidwe chakuvula, zimwi makumi musanu alimwi, mpawo zimwi makumi aatatu.
9 If you want to understand this [MTY], you should consider [carefully what I have just said].”
Ooyo ulamatwi muleke amvwe.”
10 [We] disciples approached Jesus and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you speak to the crowd?”
Basikwiya bakasika mpawo bakati kuli Jesu, “Nkambonzi nowambula makani aya muzikozyanio?”
11 He answered [us] saying, “God [EUP/MTY] is revealing to you what he did not reveal before, about [how he wants to] rule [over people’s lives]. But he has not revealed it to others.
Jesu wakasandula akwamba kuti kuli mbabo, “mulipedwe mwenya wakumvwisisya zisisidwe zyabwami bwakujulu, pesi kulimbabo tabapedwe pe.
12 Those who [think about what I say and] understand [it], God will enable them to understand more. But those who do not [think carefully about what I say] will forget even what they already know.
Nkambo kufumbwa ujisi uyopegwa zyingi, alimwi uyoba azyindilide zyingi. Pesi utakwe, nekuba anchalacho chiyobwezegwa kuzwa kulinguwe.
13 That is why I use parables when I speak to people, because although they see [what I do], they do not perceive [what it means], and although they hear [what I say], they do not really understand [what it means].
Nchenchicho nchingambulaabo muzikozyanio: nekuba banokubona, pesi tababonesesyi pe; alubo nekuba balamvwa, pesi tabamvwisisisyi, nekuba kumvwisisisya.
14 What these people do completely fulfills what [God told] the prophet Isaiah [to say long ago to the people who did not] try to understand what he said, You will hear [what I say], but you will not understand it. You will keep seeing [what I do], but you will not understand [what it means] [DOU].
Kulimbabo chisinsimicha Isaya chili zuzikizizigwe, echo chamba kuti, “Nekuba kumvwa mulamvwa, pesi takwe abunini nimuyomvwisisya; nekuba kubona muyobona, pesi takwepe nimuyobonesesya.
15 [God also said to Isaiah], These people have become unresponsive [MTY] [to what they see me do and to what they hear me say]. They listen unwillingly [MTY] [to what I say], and they do not pay attention to [MTY] [what I do]. If it were not so, they would perceive [MTY] [what I am doing], they would understand [MTY] [what I say to them], and they would turn [away from their sinful lives] and turn [to me], and I would save them [from being punished for their sins] [MET].
Nkambo myoyo yabantu aaba yaba mifubafuba mpawo miyumu kukumvwa, alubo bakajala meso aabo, kuti bataboni ameso aabo, nekuba kumvwa amatwi aabo, nikuba kumvwisisisya amyoyo yabo, kuti basanduke lubo, alubo ndikabaponesye.'
16 But as for you, God is pleased with you because you [SYN] have seen [what I have done] and because you [SYN] understand [what I say] [DOU].
Pesi alongezegwe meso anu, nkambo alabona.
17 Note this: Many prophets and righteous people [who lived long ago] longed to see what you are seeing [me do], but they did not see it. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing [me say], but they did not hear [what you hear me say].” [DOU]
Nkasimpe ndati kulindinywe kuti basinsimi bayingi abantu baluleme bakayandisya kubona zintu ezyo nzimubona pesi tebakazibona. Bakayandisya kuzimvwa zintu nzimumvwa alimwi tebakazimvwa.
18 “[Since God wants] you [to understand what I am teaching you], listen as I [explain] the parable about the man who sowed [seeds in various kinds of soil].
Lino ngamuswilile kuchikozyanyo chamulimi wakabyala imbutozyakwe.
19 The people who hear about how God rules over people’s lives and do not understand [what they have heard] are [like] the path where [some of] the seeds fell. [Satan], the Evil One, comes and causes these people to forget [MET] what they have heard [MET].
Na umwi wamvwa ijwi lyabwami bwakujulu pesi talimvwisisisya, mubi umwi wasika akubweza chakabyalwa mumoyo wakwe. Eyi nimbuto yakabyalilwa ambali lyamugwagwa.
20 [Some people are like the] shallow soil on top of rock. When they hear God’s message, they immediately accept it joyfully.
Chakabyalwa anyika ilamabwe muntu umvwa ijwi elyo mpawo mpawo wakalitambula akukondwa,
21 [But because it does not penetrate deeply into their inner beings, they believe it for only] a [short] time. [They are like the plants that] did not have [deep] roots. When they are treated badly and caused to suffer because they believe [God’s message], they soon stop believing [it].
nekubabobo takwe miyanda mulinguwe nkambo mpawo ulakakatila chabunini. Nikuba makatazyo akupenzegwa kaabuka ankambo kajwi, ulafwambana kuwa.
22 [Some people are like the soil that had the roots of] thorny [weeds] in it. They hear God’s message, but they desire to be rich, [so they] worry [only] about [MTY, PRS] material things. As a result, they [PRS] forget [God’s] message, and they do not do [IDM] the things that God wants them to do. (aiōn g165)
Chakabyalwa mumuse ulamamvwa, oyu muntu umvwa ijwi, pesi misaalo yenyika abongelezyi bwabuvubi bwasyanikizya ijwi, elyo ulaba utachizyali michelo. (aiōn g165)
23 But [some people are like the] good soil where [some of the seeds] fell. [Just like the plants that grew in this soil] produced a lot of grain, [these people] hear my message and understand it. [Some of them] do many things [IDM] [that please God, some do] even more [things that please God, and some do] very many [things that please God].”
Imbuto yakaminzwa mumuse mubotu, ooyu muntu uumvwa ijwi akulimvwisisisya. Ulazyala michelo akuleta zilyo, kakutebulwa uumwi myanda, amuli umwi makumi musanu alimwi, amuli umwi makumi aatatu akayindululwa mbubonya mbozyakabyalwa.
24 Jesus also told the crowd another parable, [by which he tried to explain that although] God [MTY/EUP] is a king, [he will not immediately judge and punish all the wicked people]. Jesus said, “[God] is like a landowner [who sent his servants] to sow good [wheat] seed in his field.
Jesu wakababikila chimbi chikozyanyo kuli mbabo. Wakati, “Bwami bwakujulu bulimbuli mwalumi wakabyala imbuto imbotu mumuunda wakwe.
25 While those servants were sleeping [and not watching the field], an enemy of the landowner came and scattered weed [seeds] in the midst of the wheat. Then he left.
Pesi ibantu nibakachili koona, sinkondonyina wakasika elyo mpawo wakabyala masokwe akati ka wiiti mpawo wakiinka.
26 After [the seeds] sprouted and the green plants [grew], the heads of grain began to form. But the weeds also grew.
Mpawo masoonso nakazwa akuzyala bana balamuseke, aboobo isokwe lyakaboneka alyalo.
27 So the servants of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, you [RHQ] [gave us good seeds and those are the ones we] [RHQ] [planted] in your field. So where did the weeds come from?’
Babelesi bamukamuunda nibakasika mpawo bakati kulinguwe, 'Taa,' temwakabyala imbuto mbotu na mumuunda wenu? Nkambonzi nikwaba masokwe?'
28 The landowner said to them, ‘[My] enemy did this.’ His servants said to him, ‘So, do you want us to pull up [the weeds and] put them in a pile?’
Wakati kulimbabo, 'Sinkondoma nguwakachita echi.' Babelesi bakati kulinguwe, 'Mpo mulayanda na kuti twinke tukazinonkole?'
29 He said [to them], ‘No, [do not do that, because] you might pull up [some of] the wheat at the same time.
Mwini muunda wakati, 'Pee. Nkambo mwanoli kamunonkola masokwe, ngamuyononkokezya a wiiti.
30 Let the wheat and the weeds grow together until harvest [time].’ At that time I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather the weeds, tie them into bundles to be burned. Then gather the wheat [and put it] into my barns.’”
Muleke zikule antomwe kusikila kukutebula. Elyo kuchiindi chakutebula ndizoti kubatebuzi, “Chakusanguna amunonkoole masokwe akwawanga misunta kuti akawumpwe, pesi mubunganisye wiiti mubutala bwangu.”
31 Jesus also told this parable: “The [number of] (OR, [God’s influence in the lives of]) [people whose] lives God rules over [will continue to grow. It is very much] like mustard seeds grow after a man plants them in his field.
Elyo Jesu wakabika chikozyanisyo chiimbi kulimbaabo. Wakati, “Bwami bwakujulu buli mbuli inseeke yalubangulamuntu njakabweza akwiibyala mumuunda wakwe.
32 Although mustard seeds are among the smallest of all the seeds [that people plant, here in Israel they become large plants. When the plants have fully grown, they are larger than the other garden plants. They become shrubs that are large enough for birds to build nests in their branches.”]
Inseke eyi nindini loko kunseke zyoonse. Pesi na yakomena, inga yabampati kwinda misamu yamuchilili. Ngayakomena kwinda ziziki zyamuchilili, ngayaba musamu wakuti bayuni bawuluka basike akuyaka zizumbo mumitabi yayo?”
33 Jesus also told this parable: “[The way people who let] God [MTY/EUP] rule their lives [MET] [can influence the world] is like yeast that a woman mixed with about 50 pounds of flour. [That small amount of yeast made] the whole batch of dough swell up.”
Alimwi Jesu wakabambila chimbi chikozyanyo. “Bwami bwakujulu buli mbuli bumena bwamwanakazi bwakabweza akuswanizya zimpanzi zitaatu zyabusu bwa wiiti kusikila zyafufumuka.”
34 Jesus told the crowd parables [to teach them] all these things. When he spoke [HYP] to them, he habitually used such illustrations.
Zyoonse ezi zintu Jesu wakazyaamba muzikozyanio kumakamu; aboobo takwe nchakamba katambide muchikozyanio.
35 By doing that, [he] fulfilled what [God told one of] the prophets to write [long ago]: I will speak [MTY] in parables; I will tell [parables to teach] what I have kept secret since I created the world.
Echi chakalibobo kuchitila kuti chakambwa kwinda mumusinsimi chizuzikizigwe, Awo mpakamba kuti, “Ndiyojula mulomo muzikozyanisyo. Ndiyowamba zintu zyakasisikene kuzwa kumatangunino anyika.”
36 After Jesus dismissed the crowds, he went inside. Then [we] disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable about the weeds [that grew] in the [wheat] field.”
Jesu wakasiya makamu makamu akuya mungánda. Basikwiya bakwe bakeza kulinguwe akwamba kuti, “Tupandulwide chikozyanio chamasokwe amumuunda.”
37 He answered, “The one who sows the good seed represents [me], the one who came from heaven.
Jesu wakabasandula wamba elyo wakati, “Ooyo ubyala imbuto mbotu Mwana a Muntu.
38 The field represents this world [MTY], [where people live]. The seeds [that grew] well represent the people who let God rule their lives [MET]. The weeds represent the people who do what [the devil], the Evil One, [tells them to do].
Muunda ninyika; mpawo imbuto mbotu, aba mbana baLeza bamubwami. Imasokwe mbana bamubi umwi.
39 The enemy who sowed the weed seeds represents the devil. The [time when the reapers will] harvest [the grain] represents the time when the world will end. The reapers represent the angels. (aiōn g165)
Lino sinkondo wakabyala ngudyabulosi. Butebuzi ngimamanino achiindi, mpawo batebuzi mbaangelo. (aiōn g165)
40 The weeds are gathered and burned. {The reapers gather the weeds. Then they burn them.} That represents [the judging of people, which God will do] when the world will end. [It will be like this]: (aiōn g165)
Nkinkako mbuli masokwe mbabunganigwa akuumpwa amulilo, aboobo mbukuyooba kumamanino achiindi. (aiōn g165)
41 I, the one who came from heaven, will send my angels, and they will gather [from everywhere the people] who cause others to quit believing in me [MET] and all those who disobey [God’s] commands.
Mwana amuntu uyotuma baangelo bakwe, elyo bayobunganisya aanze abwami bwakwe zintu zyoonse zyakali kuchita kuti kube ababo bakachita zitelede.
42 They will throw those people into the fires of [hell]. There those people will weep and grind their teeth [because of the great pain that they are suffering]. (questioned)
Bayobawalila mumabanga banga amulilo, nkubanoli kabakwila akuyoluma intwino.
43 [God’s] brightness will shine [on] the people who have lived as he wants them to. It will shine [on them as brightly] as the sun [shines]. It will shine on them in the place where [God], their Father, rules over them. If you want to understand this [MTY], you should think [carefully] about what I have just said.”
Elyo kuyoba bantu balume kabamweka mbuli zuba mubwami bwa Wisi. Ulamatwi, ngamvwe
44 “[What people do who begin to allow] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives is like [what a certain man did to acquire a treasure]. A treasure was hidden in a field by someone {Someone hid a treasure in a field [and never dug it up again]}. When [another] man found it, he hid it [by burying it again in order that no one else would find it]. Being very happy [that he had found something very valuable, he went and] sold all his possessions [to obtain money to buy the field the treasure was in]. He then went and bought the field, [and so he was able to acquire that treasure].
Ibwami bwakujulu buli mbuli buvubi busisidwe mumuunda. Muntu wakabona akubusisa. Mukukondwa kwakwe wakinka, wakawuzya zintu zyoonse nzyakali azyo, akuyowula munda oyo.
45 Also, what [people do who begin to allow] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives is like [what] a merchant [did who was] looking for good quality pearls [to buy].
Alubo, Bwami bwakujulu bulimbuli muntu musambali uyandula ngale imbotu.
46 When he found one very costly pearl [that was for sale], he sold all his possessions [to acquire enough money to buy that pearl]. Then he [went and] bought it.
Nakijana imwi ngale imbotu, wakeenda akuzya zyoonse nzyakalazyo zintu akuyoyiwula.
47 What God [MTY/EUP] [will do to people who falsely say that they are letting him] rule their lives is like what certain [fishermen] did [with the fish they caught] in a lake, using a large net. They caught all classes [of fish, both useful and worthless fish].
Alubo bwami bwakujulu buli mbuli kazamba kakawalwa mulwizi, mpawo kabungania baswi bamisyobo yoonse.
48 When the net was full, the [fishermen] pulled it up onto the shore. Then they sat there and put the useful [fish] into buckets, and threw the worthless ones away.
Nikakazula, bazubi bakakabweza, bazubi bakakakwelela aanze kunkomwe. Elyo bakakkala ansi akubungania imbotu muzibikilo, pesi zyakatali kabotu bakazisowa.
49 [What they did in separating the good fish from the bad ones] is like [what will happen to people] when the world ends. The angels will come [to where God is judging people], and will separate the wicked [people] from the righteous [ones]. (aiōn g165)
Kuyoba obo kumamanino achindi. Baangelo bayosika akuyowandanya babi kuzwa kubaluleme. (aiōn g165)
50 They will throw the wicked people into the fire [in hell]. And those wicked people will weep and gnash their teeth [because of the intense pain they are suffering].” (questioned)
Bayobawalila mumabangabanga oko nkubayokwila akuyoluma intwino zyameno.
51 [Then Jesus asked us], “Do you understand all these [parables I have told you]?” We said to him,
“Mwazimvwa na zintu eezi zyoonse?” Basikwiiya bakati kulinguwe, “Iyii.”
52 “Yes, [we understand them].” Then he said to us, “Because [you understand all these parables], [you will understand the following parable: You, along with] all others, will teach people what [you heard me say] about God ruling people’s lives. [You will add that to what you formerly learned. You will be] like a manager of a household who takes both new things and old things out of his storage room.”
Mpawo Jesu wakamba kuti kulimbabo, “Aboobo woonse mulembi wamulawu waba sikwiya kubwami bwakujulu ulimbuli muntu mwiningánda, ugwisya aanze zintu zyakwe zikulukulu ezipya kuzwa muzibikilo zyakwe.”
53 When Jesus had finished [telling] these parables, he took [us] and left that [area].
Abobo nichakaba kuti Jesu wamaninsya zikozyanio ezi, wakazwa kubusena oobo.
54 We went to [Nazareth, his hometown. (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day]) he began to teach the people in the Jewish worship house. The result was that the people there were astonished. But [some] said, “[This man is just an ordinary person like us. So] how is it that he knows so much and understands so much [RHQ]? And how is it that he is able to do [such] miracles [RHQ]?
Eelyo Jesu nakanjila kuchisi chakwe akuyiisya bantu muchikombelo chabo. Chakazwa chakuti bakagamba akwamba kuti, “Muntu oyu ubujana kuli busongo bwakwe anguzu zyamalele aaya?
55 (He is [just] the son of the carpenter!/Isn’t he [just] the son of the carpenter [that lived here]?) [RHQ] His mother is Mary, and his younger brothers are James, Joseph, Simon and Judas [RHQ]!
Oyu muntu teensi mwana wamubezi na? Sena banyina tabitwi kuti Meli? Sena bana bakwabo tabali ba Jemusi, Jozefu, Sayimoni a Judasi?
56 (And his sisters [also live] here in our [town]./Do not his sisters [live] in our [town]?) [RHQ] So how is he able to do all these [miracles]?”
Sena bachizi bakwe, tabali akkati kesu? Uzijana kuli zintu zyoonse ezi?”
57 The people were unable to accept [that] he [was the Messiah. So] Jesus said to them, “[People] honor [me and other] prophets [everywhere else we go], but in [our] hometowns [we are] not [honored], and [even] our own families do not [honor us!]”
Bakalimvwa kabali amulandu anguwe. Pesi Jesu wakati kulimbabo, “Musinsimi takwe bulemu kunze akuchisi chakulimbabo amumpuli yakwe.”
58 Jesus did not perform many miracles there because the people did not believe [that he was the Messiah].
Alubo takwe pe nakachita malele miingi nkuko akambo kakutamusyoma kwabo.
