Matthew 22
1 Then Jesus told [the Jewish leaders] other parables [in order to illustrate what will happen to the people who do not accept him as the King God promised to send]. [This is one of those parables: ]
Yesu walamba kayi mumikoshanyo ingi. Walambeti,
2 “[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
“Bwami bwakwilu bwakoshaneti, Mwami walabambila mwanendi malyalya a bwinga.”
3 [When] the feast [was ready], the king sent his servants to tell the people who had been {whom he had} invited that it was time for them to come to the wedding feast. [The servants did that]. But the people who had been invited did not want to come.
Walatuma basebenshi bakendi kuya kutamba bantu ku malyalya abwinga kwambeti bese, nsombi nabo balakana.
4 So he sent other servants [to] again [tell the people whom he had invited that they should come to the feast]. He said [to those servants], ‘Say to the people whom I invited [to come to the feast], “The king says that he has prepared the food. The oxen and the fattened calves have been butchered [and cooked]. Everything is ready. It is time [now for you to] come to the wedding feast!’”’
Walatuma kayi nabambi, ne kubambileti, “Yani mwambile bonse basa balatambwa, kwambeti cakulya cilabambwa, ndashini ng'ombe, ne bombe bansuka, byonse bilabambwa, kamwisani ku malyalya abwinga.”
5 [But when the servants told them that, they] disregarded [what the servants said]. Some of them went to their own fields. Others went to their places of business.
Nomba abo balatambwa baliya kuyako sobwe, bonse balaya kuncito shabo. Naumbi walaya kumabala kwakendi, naumbi walaya kumakwebo akendi.
6 The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
Nabambi balekata basebenshi basa, balabapensha ne kubashina.
7 [When the king heard what had happened], he became furious. He commanded his soldiers to go and kill those murderers and burn their cities.
Mwami walakalala kwine, walatuma bashilikali bakendi kuya kubashina basa bantu balikushina banabo, ne kubatentela munshi wabo.
8 [After his soldiers had done that], the king said to his other servants, ‘I have prepared the [wedding] feast, but the people who were {whom I} invited do not deserve to [come to it because they did not consider it an honor to have been invited].
Panyuma pakendi walakuwa basebenshi bakendi ne kubambileti, malyalya abwinga alabambwa, nomba balatambwa basa nkabanga belela.
9 So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
“Anu lino kamuyani mu mampambanya a nshila, mwenga mutambe balibonse mbweshi mucane, bese kumalyalya abwinga kuno.”
10 So the servants went there, and they gathered everyone they saw [who wanted to come to the feast]. They gathered [both people that were considered] to be evil and [those that were considered to be] good. They brought them into the hall where the wedding [feast took place]. The hall was filled with people.
Cakubinga basebenshi basa balaya munshila kuya kutamba balibonse mbobalikucana, baipa ne baina, ng'anda yalesula ne bantu.
11 But when the king went [into the hall] to see the guests who were there, he saw someone who was not wearing clothes [that had been provided for the guests to wear] at a wedding [feast].
Mwami mpwalengila mung'andomo kuya kubona bantu balatambwa, walabonamo muntu naumbi wabula kufwala cakufwala capabwinga.
12 The king said to him, ‘Friend, (you should never have entered this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that guests wear] at wedding [feasts]!/how did you enter this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that are appropriate for guests to wear] at a wedding [feast]?) [RHQ]’ The man did not say anything, [because he did not know what to say].
Walamwipusheti, “Obe ndo, ulengili aconi muno wabula cakufwala capabwinga?” Nendi walabula cakukumbula.
13 Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie this person’s feet and hands and throw him outside where there is total darkness. People who are there cry out [because they are suffering] and they gnash their teeth [because of their severe pain].’”
Mwami walambila basebenshi bakendi, “Musungeni kumyendo ne kumakasa, mu muwale kunsa mu mushinshe. Kopeloko nkweshi akalilenga ne kukokota meno.”
14 [Then Jesus said, “The point of this story is that God] has invited many [to come to him], but only a few people are the ones whom he has chosen [to be there].”
Pakupwililisha Yesu walambeti, “Ee, batambwa nibangi, nsombi, balasalwa nibang'ana.”
15 After Jesus said that, the Pharisees met together in order to plan how they could cause him to say something that would enable them to accuse him.
Pacindi nacimbi, Bafalisi balapangana sha kumutapa mukanwa Yesu pakumwipusha mipusho.
16 They sent to him some of their disciples, [who thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Jewish authorities required them to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod. [The members of that party thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Roman government required them to pay]. [Those who were sent came and] said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the truth about what God wants [us to do]. We also know that you do not change what you teach because of what someone says about you, even if it is an important person who does not like what you [IDM] teach.
Balatuma beshikwiya babo nabambi, ne bamucipani candale ca Helode kuya kuli Yesu, balambeti, “Bashikwiyisha, tucishi kwambeti mukute kwamba cakubinga, mukute kwiyisha nshila ya Lesa mwakubinga, kayi nkamukute kutinapo muntu sobwe, nkamukute kuboneti uyu niyani.”
17 So tell us what you think [RHQ] [about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
Neco tulesa kwambeti mutwambileko ncomulayeyenga. “Sena Milawo ya Lesa yasuminisha kusonka musonko kuli Mwami waku Loma, nambi sobwe?”
18 But Jesus knew that what they really wanted to do was evil. [They were wanting him to say something that would get him in trouble with either the Jewish authorities or the Roman authorities. So he said to them], “You are (hypocrites/pretending to ask a legitimate question), but you are just wanting [RHQ] me to say something for which you can accuse me.
Nomba Yesu pakwishiba miyeyo yabo yaipa, nendi walabepusheti, “Inga mulanjelekeshelenga cani, amwe bantu bandemi shibili?
19 Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
Kamumboneshako lyali lyamusonko, nabo balamutambika lyali.”
20 He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
Popelapo walabepusheti, “Inga cinso ne lina ili lyalembwapa nilyabani?”
21 They answered, “[It has the picture and name of] Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].” Then he said to them, “Okay, give to the government what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
Balo balamukumbuleti, “byonse bilipo nibya Mwami waku Loma.” Neco nendi Yesu walabambileti, “Anu mupeni Mwami waku Loma bintu byakendi, Mupeni Lesa bintu byakendi.”
22 When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
Bantu abo mpolabanyumfweco balapwilwa mano, balafumapo ne kumushiya.
23 During that same day, some Sadducees came to Jesus. [They are a Jewish sect who do not] believe that people will become alive again after they die. They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question.
Pa busuba bopelobo nabambi Basaduki abo bakute kushometi bafwa nteti bakapunduke, balesa kuli Yesu, ne kumwipusheti,
24 [In order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again], they said [to him], “Teacher, Moses wrote [in the Scriptures], ‘If a man dies who did not have any children, his brother must marry the [dead man’s] widow in order that she can have a child by him. The child [will be considered] the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].’
“Bashikwiyisha, Mose walambeti, ‘Na mutuloba ufwa kwakubula kusemapo bana, mukwabo welela kumupyana mukalubingi ne kusemenamo bana beti bakabengeti banabendi usa mukwabo walafwa.’
25 Well, there were seven boys in a family [living] near us. The oldest one married someone. He [and his wife] did not have any children, and he died. So the second brother married the widow. [But he also died without having a child].
Lino kucomwetu kwalikuba bantu basanu ne babili pabukwabo. Wakutanguna waleba mukashi, walafwa wabulapo mwana, mukashi usa walapyanwa ne mukwabo.
26 The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
Calenshika cimo cimo kuli wacibili walamupyana, kayi wacitatu walamupyana, mpaka kuli wacisanu ne cibili.
27 Last of all, the widow also died.
Pamapwililisho pakendi nendi mutukashi usa walafwa.
28 So, at the time when people are raised from the dead, which of the seven [brothers do you think] will be her husband? Keep in mind that they had all been married to her.”
Neco twambile inga lino pabusuba bwakupunduka bantu kubafu, mutukashi uyu, nakabe mukashi wabani, kakuli batuloba bonse basanu ne babili pabukwabo balamwebapo?”
29 Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [in what you are thinking]. You do not know [what is written in] the Scriptures. [You] also do not know [that] God has [the] power [to make people alive again].
Yesu walabakumbuleti, “Mwalubila, pakwinga nkamwayishi Mabala nambi ngofu sha Lesa.
30 The fact is that [the woman will not be the wife of any of them, because] after [God causes all dead] people [to] live again, no one will be married. Instead, [people] will be like the angels in heaven. [They do not marry].
Pakwinga bantu beti bakapunduke kubafu, nteti bakebenga nambi kwebwa sobwe, bonse nibakabengeti bangelo bakwilu.
31 But as for dead people becoming alive again, God said something about that. (I’m sure you have read it./Have you not read it?) [RHQ] [Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses],
Nomba cakwambeti bantu nibakapunduke kubafu, sena muliya kubelengapo Lesa ncalamwambila amwe, mpwalambeti,
32 ‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob worships.’ 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 know their spirits were still alive]!”
‘Ame njame Lesa wa Abulahamu, Lesa wa Isake, Lesa wa Yakobo.’ Anu uko ekwambeti, ni Lesa wa bantu bayumi, nteshi wa bantu bafwa sobwe.”
33 When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
Bantu bangi balikubapo mpobalanyumfweco balakankamana ne kwiyisha kwakendi.
34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had answered the Sadducees in such a way that the Sadducees could not [think of anything that they might say to] respond to him, the Pharisees gathered together to [plan what they would say to him]. [Then they approached him].
Bafalisi, mpobalanyumfweti Yesu, labatoteke Basaduki, balabungana pamo.
35 One of them was a man who had studied well the laws [that God gave Moses]. He wanted to see if Jesus [could answer] his question well [or if he would say something wrong]. He asked him,
Umo nkalakata shikwiyisha milawo ya Mose, walelekesha kayi kumutapa Yesu mukanwa pakumwipusheti,
36 “Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
“Bashikwiyisha, pa Milawo yonse ya Lesa, unenepo nupeyo?”
37 Jesus [quoted the Scriptures as he replied], “‘You must love the Lord your God with all [IDM] your (inner being/heart). [Show that you love him] in all that you desire, in all that you feel, and in all that you think.’
Nendi Yesu walamukumbuleti, “Suna Mwami Lesa wakobe ne moyo wakobe wonse, ne buyumi bwakobe bonse, ne mano akobe onse.”
38 That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
Uwu emulawo unene kayi emulawo wakutanguna.
39 The next most important commandment [that everyone must surely obey] is: ‘You must love the people you come in contact with as much as [you love] yourself.’
Mulawo watubili niwa kwambeti, “Kosuna munobe mbuli ncolisuni omwine.
40 These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
Milawo yonse ya Mose, ne biyisho byonse mbyobalikwiyisha bashinshimi byona pa Milawo ibili iyi.”
41 While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
Mpobalabungana pamo Bafalisi, Yesu walabepusha mwipusho.
42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
Walambeti, “mulayeyenga cani sha Mupulushi Walaiwa? Mulayeyengeti ni Mwana wabani?” Balo balambeti, “Ni mwanendi Dafeti,”
43 Jesus said to them, “[If the Messiah is King David’s descendant], then (David should not have called him ‘Lord’ when David was saying [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say./Why did David call the Messiah ‘Lord’ when David was speaking [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say?) [RHQ]
Yesu walabepusheti, “Inga ni pacebo cini Dafeti mwine pakutanguninwa ne Mushimu Uswepa, walamukuwa Mupulushi Walaiwa useti, Mwami wakendi? Walambeti,
44 [David wrote this in the Scriptures about the Messiah]: ‘God said to my Lord, “Sit [here beside me] on my right, [the place of greatest honor you] [MTY]. [Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies [MTY].”’
“Mwami Lesa, walambila Mwami wakameti, Ikala kucikasa cakame cakululyo, mpaka nkabike balwani bakobe, kuba cakulyatapo myendo yakobe.
45 So, since [King] David called [the Messiah] ‘my Lord’, ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from David!/how can he be [only] the descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]!”
“Na Dafeti mwine walamukuwa Mupulushi Walaiwa eti, ‘Lesa wakame,’ Inga ngobeconi mwanendi?”
46 No one [who heard what Jesus said] was able to think of even one word to say to him [in response]. And after that, no one else ever dared to ask him another question [to try to trap him].
Paliya nabaumo walelekesha kukumbulapo maswi. Kufuma busuba ubo, paliya muntu walaliyuminishako moyo kwambeti, amwipusheko naba mwipusho umo.
