Matthew 9
1 Jesus and his disciples got into the boat. They skirted around [the lake] and went to [Capernaum, the city where he was living].
Yesu wukuma mu nlungu ayi wusabuka mbu; ayi wuyenda ku divula diandi.
2 [Some men] brought to him a man who was paralyzed and who was lying on a sleeping pad. When Jesus perceived that they believed [that he could heal the paralyzed man], he said to him, “Young man, be encouraged! I forgive your sins.”
Bannatina mu kiphoyi dikoka dimosi. Yesu bu kamona minu kiawu, wukamba dikoka: —Ba ayi bukhafi muanꞌama, masumu maku malemvukulu.
3 Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws said among themselves, “[He claims that he can forgive sins! That means that he claims to be equal with God] He is insulting God!”
Buna minlongi minkaka mi Mina mieka niunguta: “Mutu wawu wulembo vuezi Nzambi!”
4 Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said, “(You should not think evil [thoughts], [accusing me because I claim that I am God]!/Why do you think evil [thoughts], [saying that it is wrong for me to claim that I am God]?) [RHQ]
Yesu wuzaba mayindu mawu ayi wuba yuvula: —Bila mbi luididi mayindu mambimbi mu mintima mieno?
5 It would [not] be risky [for someone] to say [to this man], ‘[I] forgive your sins’, [because no one could see whether or not it really happened]. But [no one, without having the power to heal], would say [to him], ‘[Get] up and walk!’, [because people could easily see whether it happened or not!] [RHQ]
Mbi bilutidi kambu phasi mu kamba: “Masumu maku malemvukulu” voti: “Telama kuaku ayi diata”?
6 [So I am going to do something] in order that you may know that [God] has authorized [me], the one who came from heaven, to forgive the sins [of people while I am] on the earth, [as well as to heal people].” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!”
Vayi muingi luzaba mboti ti Muana Mutu beki lulendo vava ntoto mu lemvukila masumu. Buna wutala dikoka ayi wunkamba: —Telama, bonga kiphoyi kiaku, vutuka ku nzoꞌaku.
7 And [immediately] the man got up, [picked up his sleeping pad], and went home!
Dikoka beni ditelama ayi diyenda ku nzoꞌandi.
8 When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck. They praised God for giving authority to a human being [to do] such [things].
Nkangu wu batu bu wumona bobo, bamona boma ayi bakembisa Nzambi wuvana lulendo luphila yoyi kuidi batu.
9 As Jesus was going away from there, he saw me, a man named Matthew. I was sitting at a table where I collected taxes [for the Roman government]. He said to me, “Come with me [and become my disciple]!” So I got up and went with him.
Yesu wuyenda. Bu kaba vioka, wumona mutu wumosi, dizina diandi Matayi, wuvuanda mu bilu kimfutusulungu ziphaku. Wunkamba: —Wundandakana! Matayi wutelama ayi wunlandakana.
10 [Then I invited] Jesus and his disciples to my home for a meal. While [they] were sitting and eating in my home, many tax collectors and [other people who were] {whom [the Pharisees]} [considered to be habitual] sinners came unexpectedly to eat with us.
Bu kaba ndia va meza mu nzo Matayi, buna mimfutisi miwombo mi ziphaku ayi bankua masumu bayiza dia va meza va kimosi ayi Yesu ayi minlonguki miandi.
11 When the Pharisees saw [that, they came] to us disciples and said, “([It is disgusting that] your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners!/Why is it that your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners?)” [RHQ]
Bafalisi bu bamona bobo bayuvula minlonguki miandi: —Bila mbi Nlongiꞌeno kalembo dila va kimosi ayi mimfutisi mi ziphaku ayi bankua masumu e?
12 Jesus heard what [they said], so he told them [this parable]: “[It is] people who are sick who need a [doctor] [MET], not people who are well.” [What he meant by that was that it was people who knew that they were sinners who were coming to him in order to be helped spiritually].
Yesu bu kawa bobo, buna wuvutula: —Batu badi nitu yi mvini batombanga munganga ko vayi batu badi bimbevo bawu bantombanga munganga.
13 He continued by saying, “You need to learn what these words that [God said] mean: ‘I want you to [act] mercifully to people and not [just to offer] sacrifices.’ Keep in mind that I came [from heaven, not] to invite [people who think] [IRO] [that they are] righteous [to turn away from their sinful lives and come to me, but to invite people who know they are] sinners [to turn from their sins and come to me].”
Luenda lulonguka tsundu yi mambu mama: thidi luba batu badi mintima mi kiadi vayi mbengi luthambikanga kaka makaba. Bila ndisia kuiza tela ko batu basonga vayi ndiyiza tela bankua masumu.
14 Later, the disciples of John [the Baptizer] came to Jesus and asked him, “We [(exc)] and the Pharisees [often] abstain from food [to show that we want to please God], but your disciples do not do that. Why [do they not]?”
Buna minlonguki mi Yowani miyiza kuidi Yesu mu kunyuvula ti: —Bila mbi beto ayi bafalisi tueti kifuisa nzala mu diambu di lusambulu vayi minlonguki miaku mikifuisanga nzala ko mu diambu di lusambulu e?
15 [Jesus wanted to show them and the Pharisees that it was not appropriate for his disciples to abstain from food and mourn while he was still with them]. So he [gave them this illustration]: “When a bridegroom is with [his friends at the time of the wedding], (his friends certainly do not mourn, do they?/do his friends mourn?) [RHQ] [No, they do not mourn, because they are not sad at that time. But when] the bridegroom is taken {[someone] takes the [/his enemies] take the bridegroom} from them, they will abstain from food, [because then they will be sad].”
Yesu wuba vutudila: —Lumbanza ti batu bobo batumusu kuidi ditoko diodo dikuedidi balenda ba mu kiadi ditoko bu kakidi yawu va kimosi e? Vayi vadi thangu bu bela ku bakatula ditoko va khatitsikꞌawu, buna bosi bela kukifuisa nzala mu diambu di lusambulu.
16 [Jesus wanted to show them that people who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like] ([abstaining from food/fasting]) [MET]. [So he said to them], “People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment [to mend a hole]. If they did that, [when they washed the garment], the patch would [shrink] and tear the garment, and the hole would become bigger.
Kuisi ko mutu wela bonga tendi kinledi kimona muingi kalondila nledi wukhulu bila tende kioki kimona maki kakuna nledi wukhulu, ayi divudu ma diba dinneni.
17 Neither does anyone pour freshly-[squeezed] grape juice into old skin bags [to store it]. If anyone did that, those skin bags would tear [because they would not stretch when the grape juice ferments and expands. They] would be ruined, and the wine would be spilled {spill} [on the ground]. Instead, [people] put new wine into new skin bags, [and the bags will stretch when the wine ferments]. As a result, both [the wine and the bags] are preserved.”
Bobuawu balendi tula ko vinu kimona mu zitsaku zikhulu bila buna zitsaku zikanzukidi ayi buna vinu kidukukidi ayi zitsaku zifuidi. Vayi beti lundila vinu kimona mu zitsaku zimona. Mu phila yoyi zitsaku ayi vinu mabilundama bumboti!
18 While Jesus was saying that, a leader of the Jewish meeting place came and bowed down before him [to show respect]. Then he said, “My daughter just died! But if you come and lay your hand on her, she will live [again]!”
Mu thangu Yesu kaba kamba mambu mama, pfumu yimosi wuyiza fukama va ntualꞌandi ayi wutuba: —Muanꞌama wunketo fuidi vayi bufueni wiza ntetika koko kuaku ayi ma kazinga diaka!
19 So Jesus got up, and he and [we] disciples went with the man.
Yesu wutelama ayi wunlandakana va kimosi ayi minlonguki miandi.
20 Then a woman who [had been suffering constant vaginal] bleeding for twelve years came near Jesus. She was saying to herself, “[I want Jesus to heal me without anyone finding out that I have this problem of bleeding]. So if I [touch him] or even if I just touch his garment, I will be healed [without anyone finding out about it].” So she came behind him and touched the tassel of his garment.
Mu thangu yina nketo wumosi wuba kimbevo kiviokanga menga; kimbevo beni kizingila kumi mvu miodi, wufikama ku manima ayi wusimba tsongi nlediꞌandi.
Bila wuyindula mu ntimꞌandi ti: “minu simba kuandi nledi andi, mfueti kaka beluka!”
22 Then Jesus turned around [to see who had touched him]. And when he saw the woman, he said to her, “Be encouraged, dear woman. Because you believed [PRS] [that I could heal you, I] have healed you.” The woman was healed at that very moment.
Yesu wutala ku manima ayi bu kammona, wutuba: —Muanꞌama wunketo, ba bukhafi, bila minu kiaku kibelusidi! Buna nketo beni wubeluka muna yina thangu.
23 Then Jesus [and some of us disciples] came to the Jewish leader’s house. Jesus heard the flute players [playing funeral music] and the crowd [that had gathered] wailing loudly [because the girl had died].
Yesu bu katula ku nzo pfumu, wumona minsiki mi minsioni ayi nkangu wu batu wuba ntela-ntela.
24 [Knowing that he would cause her to live again], he said [to them], “Go away [and stop the funeral music and wailing], because the girl is not dead! She is [just] sleeping!” [The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead].
Buna wutuba: —Totukeno, bila muana wunketo kasi fua ko, vayi tulu tuandi kalekidi.
25 But Jesus told them to get out of the house. Then he went into [the room where the girl was lying]. He took hold of her hand and she [became alive again and] got up.
Nkangu bu wumana totuka ku nganda, Yesu wukota ayi wusimba muana beni mu koko, bosi muana ndumba beni wutelama.
26 And the [people of that] whole region heard [PRS] about it.
Tsangu beni yitembakana mu zunga kioso.
27 As Jesus went away from there, two blind men followed him and shouted, “Have mercy on us [and heal our eyes, you who are the Messiah], the Descendant of [King] David!”
Yesu bu katotuka vana, baphofo buadi zinlandakana vayi sumbu ziba kuenda nlandakana zilembo yamikina: —A Muana Davidi e, wutumoni kiadi e!
28 Jesus went into the house, where he [was staying], and then the blind men went in, too. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able [to heal your eyes]?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord!”
Bu kakota ku nzo, baphofo zifikama va kaba. Niandi wuba yuvula: —Luwilukidi ti ndenda vanga diawu e? Bawu bavutula: —Nyinga Pfumu.
29 Then he touched their eyes and he said [to them], “Because you believe [that I can heal your eyes], I am healing them [right now]!”
Bosi wusimba meso mawu ayi wukamba: —Bika buvangimina boso buididi minu kieno!
30 And they were able to see [IDM]! Then Jesus told them sternly, “Be sure [IDM] that you do not tell anybody [what I did for you]!”
Vana vawu meso mawu mazibukidi. Yesu wuba kandika ti: —kadi mutu kazaba mambu mama.
31 But they went out and reported it throughout that whole region.
Vayi bawu bu bayenda, bamana tembikisa tsangu andi mu zunga kioso.
32 When [Jesus and we disciples] left [the house], some people brought to Jesus a man who was unable to speak because he was controlled by a demon {a demon controlled him}.
Mu thangu batotuka, bannatina dibaba, wuba yamusungu kuidi pheve yimbimbi.
33 After Jesus had expelled the demon, the man who had been unable to speak began to speak! The crowd [who saw this] marveled. They said, “Never before have [we seen] anything as [marvelous] as this happen in Israel!”
Yesu wukuka pheve beni. Muna thangu beni kaka mutu weka nyoluka. Batu basimina ayi bakamba: —Tumueni ko mambu ma phila yayi mu Iseli!
34 But the Pharisees said, “It is [Satan], who rules the demons, who [enables this man to] expel demons [from people].”
Vayi Bafalisi bakamba: —A keti mu lulendo lu Pfumu yi ziphevi zimbimbi kalembo kukila ziphevi zimbimbi!
35 Then [we] went [with] Jesus through many of [HYP] the cities and towns [in Galilee district. He was teaching (in the synagogues/in the Jewish meeting places)], and preaching the good message about how God rules [over people’s lives]. He also was healing the [people who had] various diseases and illnesses.
Yesu wuba diengilanga mu mavula moso ayi mu mala moso. Wuba longanga mu zinzo zi zikhutukunu zi Bayuda ayi wuba longanga Nsamu wumboti wu Kipfumu, wuba belusanga bimbevo biphila mu phila ayi ziphasi zi phila mu phila.
36 When he saw the crowd of people, he pitied them because they were harassed and dejected. [They were] like sheep that do not have a shepherd [SIM].
Bu kamona nkangu wu batu, kiadi kimbuila mu diambu diawu, bila batu beni ku tsi mayindu baba ayi baba bavonga banga mamemi makondolo nsungi.
37 Then he gave [this illustration] to us disciples: “[The people who are ready to receive my message are like a] field that is ready to be harvested {for people to harvest}. But there are only a few [of you who are teaching people my message].
Buna wukamba minlonguki miandi: —Lutala, mimbutu miyela mieka miwombo mu tsola vayi bisadi bidi bifioti.
38 So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his [field to gather] the [MET] harvest.”
Diawu lulomba kuidi Pfumu yi tsola muingi kafidisa bisadi mu diambu di vela mimbutu.
