Luka 10
1 Linu chinga kwamana izo zintu, Simwine nichaketa bantu bakwana makumi amana iyaza limwina ni overe Linu nichabatuma bovere bovere, habusu bwakwe mwitolopo ni tolopo mwava kuswanela kuyenda.
After that, the Lord Jesus appointed 72 other [people]. He [prepared to] send them out, two-by-two, to every town and village where he [SYN] intended to go.
2 Nichawamba kuvali, ikukutulo yingi, linu basinza bache. Nihakubabulyo muvuze Simwine wekutulo atumine bamwi vasinzi mwikutulo yakwe.
He said to them, “The [people who are ready to receive my message] are like a field [of] [MET] [grain] that is ready for [people] to harvest {to be harvested}. But there are not many people [to bring them to God]. 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 fields [to gather the] harvest.
3 Muyende mwizila yenu. Mubone, nimitumina hanze sina imbelele zina mukati ka batuhu.
Start going; but [remember that] I am sending you [(pl)] out [to tell my message to people who will try to get rid of you. You will be] like lambs among wolves.
4 Kanjimuhindi chikwama chamashereñi kanjimuhindi mukotana wazizwato kamba isangu. Mi nsezi mulumelisi zumwi ni zumwi yesemusangane munzila.
Do not take along [any money in] a purse. Do not take a traveler’s bag. Do not take [extra] sandals. Do not [spend a lot of time] greeting people along the way.
5 Izubo ihi neihi yetimwinjile, Chama tangilo muwambe, 'Inkozo ive mweyinu izubo!,
Whenever you enter a house [to lodge there], first say to those people, ‘May [God give inner] peace to [you people] [MTY] [in] this house!’
6 Haiva mutu wekozo mwena mukati, Inkozo muiikale hakwe, kono haiva kanji mona, mwivole kwenu.
If people who [live] there [are (desiring to have]/worthy of receiving) [God’s] peace, they will experience the [inner] peace that you are [offering them]. If people who [live] there [are not desiring to have God’s] peace, you [will experience God’s inner] peace, [but they will not].
7 Mwikale mwizubo iswana, mulye ni kunywa zonse zivamiha, muvereki uyelere kuhewa impeyi yakwe. Kanji mukayendi mwinzuvo ni nzuvo.
[If they welcome you], stay in that same house [until you leave that village]. Do not move around from one house to another. Eat and drink whatever they provide for you. A worker deserves to get pay [MET] [from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go].
8 Yonse itolopo yente nimwinjire, mi vamitambula, mulye zosezivamiha,
Whenever you enter a town and the people [there] welcome you, eat what is provided {what [they] provide} for you.
9 mi muhoze vose valwala venakwateni, Muwambe kuvali, 'mutekuti impuso ye Reeza chiyeza hafwihi nanwe.'
Heal the people there who are sick. Tell them, ‘It is almost [time for] God to send his king to rule [MET] [your lives].’
10 Inakoyonse hamwinjila mwitolopo mi kava mitambuli, muyende haze lyamingwangwa mi mukatekuti,
But if you enter a town whose [people] do not welcome you, go into its [main] streets and say,
11 'Nanga isuko lizwa mwitolopo yavo likakatile kuma ntende enu muliva limi lwisa muliva nkunkumwine! Linu mwi zive izi: Impuso ye Reeza chiyeza hafuhi',
‘[Because you have refused to hear our message, we(exc) will not only leave], we will also shake off the dust of your town that clings to our sandals, to warn you [that God will reject/punish you]. But [we want you to know that] it is almost [the time when] God will start to rule!’
12 Ikumbya nimiwambila nitii mwelina izuba lyekatulo Sodoma kapangiwe sinte kuhita yina itolopo.
I will tell you this: On the [MTY] [final] day when [God judges everyone], he will punish the wicked people [MTY] who long ago lived in Sodom, [the city that he destroyed because its people were so wicked]. But he will punish [even] more severely the people [MTY] of any town [whose people refused to hear your message]!”
13 Wina bumai iwe, korazini! Wina bumai iwe Betsaida! Mukuti kakuli zivapangiwa nanwe kambe zivapangiwa ni Tire ni Sidoni, niva vaki kale, kwikala niva zwete masaka niku lisinga itwe,
“There will be terrible [punishment] for [you people who live in] [MTY] Chorazin and Bethsaida [cities]. I did great miracles in your cities [to show God’s power, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in Tyre and Sidon [cities], the wicked people who lived there would have long ago [shown that they were sorry for their sins by] sitting on the ground wearing coarse cloth and putting ashes on their heads.
14 Nihakuba bulyo Tire ni sidoni kazipangiwe sinte kuhita inwe mwinako yekatulo kuhita inwe.
[But they did not have the opportunity that you have, so when God punishes people, he will punish the wicked people who lived in] Tyre and Sidon, but he will punish you more severely [because you did not pay attention to my message].
[I also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city]. (Do not [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary], [after you die, God] will send you down to the place where [sinful people] will be punished [forever]!” (Hadēs g86)
16 Iye mwine yoteka kwenu uteka kwangu, linu yomikana ukana name, mukuti yonikana ukana niyabanitumi.”
[Jesus also said to the disciples, “God will consider that] those who listen to your [message] are listening to me, and that those who reject your [message] are rejecting me. And [he will consider that] those who reject me are rejecting [God], the one who sent me.”
17 Ba makumi akwana iyaza limwina nimakumi overe nichibakavola nibasangite, nivatakuti,'”Simwine, mane ni madimona atuzuwa mwizina lyako.”
The 72 [people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to]. When they returned, they were very joyful. They said, “Lord, [people did what we(exc) told them to do]! Demons also obeyed us when by your [(sg)] authority [MTY] [we commanded them to leave people]!”
18 Jesu nichata kuvali, “niva boni satani chowa kwiwulu sina invula ivesa.
Jesus replied, “[When those demons were obeying you, because God had enabled you to defeat them, it was as though] [MET] I saw Satan fall from heaven [as suddenly and quickly] as lightning [strikes].
19 Mubone, nivamihi innguzu zakulyata izoka nitu vumwe, nihewulu lyenguzu zachila, mi kakwina mukwa umwi wete nichi miholofazo kawo.
Listen! I have given you authority so that if you oppose evil spirits [MET] [they will not hurt you]. I have given you authority to defeat our enemy, [Satan]. Nothing shall hurt you.
20 Nihakuva bulyo kanji musangi kezo bulyo, kuti ihuho zami zuwa, linu musange mukuti mazina enu añoletwe mwi mbuka yakwi wulu”.
But [although] you can rejoice that evil spirits obey you, you should rejoice [more] that your names have been written {that [God] has written your names} in heaven, [because you will be with God forever].”
21 Mweyo inako iswana nicha taba ahulu Muluhuho Lunjolola, nichatakuti, “ni kulumbeka, Tayo, Simwine wewulu ni ikanda, mukuti izizintu ubaziwungwili vena mano nivazuwisisa, ni kuziwumbwila vana basana vavarutwa, sina vahwilezana, Eni, Ita, Mukuti chivali kusangisa kumbaliyenu.”
At that time the Holy Spirit caused [Jesus] to be very happy. He said, “Father, you [(sg)] rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth! Some [people think that they are] wise [because] they are well-educated. But I thank you that you have prevented them from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily] [MET] [as] little children [do]. Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
22 “Zintu zose nivazihewa kwatayo, mukuti kakwina wizi kuti Mwana njozuhi mbwiteli Itayo, imi kakwina yowizi Tayo mbwiteli mwanakwe hape yense yonsalwa kumwanakwe kumuzivahaza kwali.”
[Jesus also said to the 72 disciples], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all [I need to know and the power I need for my work]. Only my Father knows who I [really] am. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know what [God] my Father is [like].”
23 Linu nicha sandukira kuvarutwana vakwe ni kuva wambira kwimbali, “Bafuyoletwe avo vantu vavona zintu zimuvwene.
Then when Jesus’ disciples were alone with him, he turned toward them and said, “[God] is pleased with you [SYN] who have seen [the things that I have done]!
24 Nimilwira, mapolofita vangi ni vasimwine vava sakite kuvona zintu zimuvwene, linu kana vavazivoni, mane nikuzuwa zintu zimuzuwile, imi kana vavazizuwi.”
I want you to know that many prophets and kings [who lived long ago] desired to see the things that you are seeing [me do], but these things did not [happen] then. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing [me say], but these things were not [revealed to them] then.”
25 Mulole, umwi muruti wamulao wa Majuda nicha zimana kusaka kumulika, nichati, “Muruti, munipange vuti kuti niwole kuyola vuhalo vusamani?” (aiōnios g166)
[One day as Jesus was teaching people], a man was there who had studied carefully the laws that [God gave Moses]. He wanted to ask Jesus a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do in order to live [with God] forever?” (aiōnios g166)
26 Jesu chata kwali, “Chizi chiñoletwe mwimbuka yamulao? Kati wuvala vule?”
Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] have read [RHQ] what [Moses] has written in the laws that [God gave him]. What did Moses write about living forever?”
27 Linu chinge tava chatakuti, “Mosake simwine Ireeza nikulo yako yose ni mozo wakowose, ni nguzu zakozose, ni mizezo yakoyose, ni yovambee naye sina njewe.”
The man replied, “[He wrote that] we [(inc)] must love the Lord our God. [We must show that] by what we feel and by what we do and by what we think. [He] also [wrote that we must love] people that we come in contact with as much as [we love] ourselves.”
28 Jesu nata kwali, “Wetava sinte. Wupange, vovu lyo imi mohale.”
Jesus replied, “You [(sg)] have answered [your question] correctly. If you do all that [continually], you will live [with God forever].”
29 linu muruti, kulakanamina kuli nyemuna iyemwine, nichata kwa Jesu, “linu univambene naye njeni?”
But the man wanted to defend [the way] he [acted toward people that he came in contact with] (OR, to defend why he [had asked a question that Jesus answered so simply]). So he said to Jesus, “Which people that I come in contact with [should I love]?”
30 Imi hetava ikalavo Jesu nata kuti, “Mukwame zumwi avakuzwa kwa Jerusalema kuya kwa Jerico. Nicha wila mumayaza avansa, ni chi vamuchupulisa ni kumunyanga zintu zakwe, nichi vamundamona nikumusiya uzuminine.
Jesus replied [by telling him this illustration]: “A [Jewish] man was once going down along the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Bandits attacked him. They took away [most of] the man’s clothes [and everything else that he had], and they beat him until he was almost dead. Then they left him.
31 Chetohonolo muprista avakuhita mweyo inzila, chinga muvona, nicha muzimbuluka.
It happened that a [Jewish] priest was going along that road. When he saw that man, [instead of helping him], he passed by on the other side [of the road].
32 Chokuswana mulevi naye, chingasika hachivaka chiswana ni kumubona, nichazimbulukila kumbali.
Similarly, a man who worked in the temple [in Jerusalem] came to that place and saw the man. But he also passed by on the other side [of the road].
33 Linu mukwame Wamusamaria, hava kuyenda mweyo inzila, Chinga muvona, chamu nfwila inse.
Then a man from Samaria [province] came along that road to where the man was lying. [People from Samaria despise Jews. But] when he saw that man, he pitied him.
34 Chamu chunina nikusumina zilavi zakwe, niku chuka ioyili ni veine hateni. Ni kumutatika hembelesa yakwe, nicha muleta mwi hotela, kwiza kumulwalikila mwateni.
He went over to him and put some [olive] oil and wine on his wounds [to help heal them]. He wound strips of cloth [around the wounds]. He placed the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn and took care of him.
35 Imi izuva lichilila chahinda impondo zovere. imi nichaziha mwine we hotela, “imi nichamuwambila kuti, zintu zonse zete notendise, china kabola, munize nikuluwere.
The next morning he gave two silver coins to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of this man. If you [(sg)] spend more than this amount [to care for him], I will pay you back when I return.’”
36 Imi njeni kwava votatwe, yo hupula, kuti yava vambene naye hawila muyaza abansa?
Then Jesus said, “Three people [saw] the man whom bandits attacked. Which one of them [acted in a loving way toward] that man?”
37 'Imi muruti nichatii, “Yava mufwili inse,” Jesu nichata kwali, “Yende ukapange ziswana.”
The man who studied the Scriptures replied, “The one who acted mercifully toward him.” Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] go and act like that [toward] everyone whom [you can help]!”
38 Linu havava kwavuyenda, niche njila mu munzi wumwi, mwanakazi zumwi yava kusupwa Mareta nicha mutambula mwizuvo yakwe.
As Jesus and his disciples continued to travel, they entered a village [near Jerusalem]. A woman whose name was Martha invited them to come to her house.
39 Avena mwache wamwanakazana yavakusupwa Maria, yave kele havunsu vwamatende a Simwine niku zuwa mazwi akwe.
Her [younger] sister, whose name was Mary, sat near Jesus. She was listening to what he was teaching.
40 Kono Mareta avapatehete nimitendo mingi yakwihika kuti avayumbule. Nicha yende kwa Jesu, Nikuka cho, “Simwine, kovilaeli kuti mwachangu wanisiya nini seveza neke? linu umuwambile zanituse,”
But Martha was very much concerned about preparing [a meal]. She went to Jesus and said, “Lord, (you do not seem to care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself!/do you not care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself?) [RHQ] Tell her that she should help me!”
41 imi Simwine nicha mwitava nati, Mareta, Mareta, uvilaezwa nizintu zingi,
But the Lord replied, “Martha, Martha, you [(sg)] are very worried about many things.
42 imi chitu choke chisakahala, linu Maria waketa chintu chilukite, chisa woli kuhindiwa kwali.
But only one thing is truly necessary, and that is, [to listen to what I am teaching]. Mary has decided to [do that], and that is better [than worrying]. [The blessing that she is receiving from listening to me] will not be taken away from her {No one will take away from her [the blessing that she is receiving from listening to me]}.”
