Luka 11
1 Kubatendahali imwi inako Jesu haba kulapela muchibaka chimwi, mulutwana yenke chawamba kwali, “Simwine, tulute kulapela sina Johani mwaba lutili balutwani bakwe kulapela.”
When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
2 Jesu chati kubali, “Hamulapela muwambe, 'Tayo, izina lyako lijolozwe. Mubuso wako ukeze.
He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
3 Utuhe chinkwa chetu mwi izuba ne zuba.
Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 Utu ondere zibi zetu, sina mutu ondera muntu ni muntu yowina mulandu kwetu. Sanzi ututwali mumuliko.”
Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”
5 Jesu chawamba kubali, “Njeni kwenu yowina mulikani, mi uyenda kwali hakati kamasiku, nokumuwambila, 'Mulikani, nikolotise zinkwa zotatwe', 6
He said to them, “Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight and tell him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
6 chinga sikira mulikanangu kukazwa munzira, mi kanina chimwi cho kumuyumbula,
for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him,’
7 Yavena mukanti chamucho kuti, 'kanji uni katazi. Mulyango we yaliwa kale, mi bana bangu, bena neme, bena habulalo. Kani oli kubuka ni kukuha nchinkwa.'
and he from within will answer and say, ‘Do not bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give it to you’?
8 Nikuwambila, nihasabuki kuti akuhe nchinkwa, kakuli umulikani wakwe. Ibaka lyako lyo kundundamena kwako nosa swabi, mwabuke no kukuha zikwa zingi zosaka.
I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
9 Ime name nikuwambila, kumbile, mi mowane; ngane, mi mowane; ngongote, mi mowi yalwilwe.
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
10 Muntu yense yokumbila uhewa; mi muntu yongana uwana; mi kumuntu yo ngongota, mweyalwilwe.
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
11 Mushemi inzi wechi kwame hakati kenu, haiba mwanakwe wechi swesu hamu kumbila inswi, momuhe izoka kapa inswi?
“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
12 Kapa hakumbila iye, kana momuhe kabumwe?
Or if he asks for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he?
13 Nihakubabulyo, haiba inwe mwina buvi mwizi kuha impo zilotu kubana benu, linu Ishenu yowina kwiulu, kahe zikuma kuhi ku bamukumbila luhuho lujolola?”
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
14 Imwi inako, Jesu aba kuhindikira hanze indimona, mi ibali satambi. Chikupangahala kuti indimona halizwa, mukwame abali satambi chatanga kuwamba. Chisi chicha komokwa!
He was casting out a demon, and it was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the multitudes marveled.
15 Linu bamwi bantu chibawamba, Cheziho za Beelzebule, simwine wa madimona, uzwesa madimona.
But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
16 Bamwi chibamulika kuti aba tondeze chisupo chizwa kwiulu.
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
17 Linu Jesu kokwiziba mihupulo yabo, chabawambila kuti, “Mubuso ni mubuso ose olikauhanya ushala niu kauhene, Mi inzubo ili kauhanya iyo ine kaiwe.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.
18 Haiba Satani uli kauhanya iye mwine, mubuso wakwe uzimana bule? Inwe muwamba kuti ime ni zwisa ihuho ca Beelzebule.
If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
19 Haiba nini zwisa mandimona ca Beelzebule, chwale balutwani benu ba zwisa chani hanze? Bakeñi chezi, mubabe baatuli benu.
But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
20 Kono haiba nizwesa mandimona chomunwe we Ireza, linu muvuso we Ireza chiweza kwenu.
But if I by God’s finger cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come to you.
21 Linu mukwame yokolete yokwete zilwiso namamela izubo yakwe, zibya zakwe zina mwipabalelo ina hande,
“When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.
22 Linu mukwame yokolete hamukoma, mukwame yokolete uhinda zilwaniso zakwe, mi uzenenga chifumu chakwe.
But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armor in which he trusted, and divides his plunder.
23 Yase yasena name unisandukile, yasakunganyi name uhasanya.
“He who is not with me is against me. He who does not gather with me scatters.
24 Luhuho lubi haluzwa kumutu, lu yenda muchibaka chisena menzi ni kungana chibaka cho kupumwira. Halubula, luli wambila, 'Munibole kwizubo kunakazwa.'
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
25 Halubola, lukawana kuti izubo ifiyelwe ni kubikwa hande.
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
26 Mi lubola ni kukahinda amwi madimona akwana iyaza nio bele alihita kulunya mi onse enjila nikuhala mwateni. Linu bwikalo bwama manimani bozo muntu mubube bubilala nikuhita bwe ntanzi.”
Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
27 Kubapangahali vuti, habakuwamba inzi zintu, mwanakazi zumwi aba huwelezi kuhita mazwe a chisi, ni kuwamba kwali, “Lina itohonolo ibumo liba ku hwizumuki ni beere libakunyonsi.”
It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
28 Linu iye chati, “Chobulyo, bena itohonolo njabana bazuwa linzwi lya Ireza nikulili vikira.”
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
29 Linu chisi hachibali kukopana nanga bantu bangi, chotanga kuwamba, “Uwu murahi - murahi mubilala. Usaka chisupo, kono kakwina chisupo chite chihewe kuwuli konji chisupo cha Jonasi.
When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
30 Sina mwababiri Jonasi chisupo kuvene Nenive, Linu ku Mwana wa Muntu mwabe chisupo kounu murahi.
For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will also be to this generation.
31 Simwine wa mwanakazi welu hati lwa chilyo mwazimane hekatulo ni mukwame wowuni murahi niku banyansa, linu aba kazwi kuma mani - mani a nkanda kwiza kuzuwa maano a Solomoni, mi mubone zumwi kuhita Solomoni kwena hanu.
The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
32 Mukwame wa Nenibe kazimane he nkatulo nowu murahi wa batu ni kuunyaza, Linu baba baki henkutazo ya Jonasi, mi mubone, zumwi mukando kwa Jonasi zunu hanu.
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
33 Kakwina zumwi, hamana kumunik i lambi, nokulibika mukerima, kamba mwikonde lye chitanda, kono hama biko a lambi iri kuti benjila bawane iseri.
“No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, that those who come in may see the light.
34 Menso ako nji lambi yomubili. Haiba menso ako ena hande, mubili ose wizwire iseli. Kono haiba linso lyako ivi, mubili wako wiizwere kerima.
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
35 Nihakwinabulyo, mutokomere kuti iseli lina kwenu kena kerima.
Therefore see whether the light that is in you is not darkness.
36 Nihakwinabulyo, mubili wako ose wina iseli, nikusena i mbali yomubili wako mu kerima, Linu mubili wako onse muuswane ubu i lambi haibenya choku njoloza kwako.”
If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”
37 Hamana kuwamba, Mufalisi chomukumbira kuti bakalye naye kwizubo yakwe, mi Jesu choyenda chokekala ha zilyo.
Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table.
38 Mufarisi chokomokwa kuti kena aba tangi kusambi naseni kulalila.
When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
39 Kono Simwine chali kwali, “hanu chwale, inwe Mafarisi muchenise inkomoki ni tusuba hanze, kono mukati kenu mwina feela belyavi, nibubilala.
The Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
40 Inwe bantu musena ingana! Kena kuti yaba pangi hanze njiyena hape yopanga mukati?
You foolish ones, did not he who made the outside make the inside also?
41 Muhe ku babotana zina mukati, mi zintu zonse njisezi chene kwenu.
But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
42 Kono bumayi kwenu inwe Mafarisi, kakuli muzwisa chintu chonke kuze kumi, minta ni kumini mwiwa lyezi byalantu, kono kamu bileli niswanero ni lato lya Ireza. Kwina hande kupanga nceswanero ni kusaka Ireza, nikusa kangwa kupanga zimwi zintu nazo.
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
43 Bumaiye kwenu inwe mafarisi, kakuli musaka zipula zokubusu mu masinagoge ni kulu meriswa chekute kuzibaka zemusika.
Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
44 Bumaye kwenu, kakuli muswana sina makumbu asena maswayo, bantu baalyata niba sezi.”
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them do not know it.”
45 Mi muruti zumwi omu lao wama juda chamwitaba nokuwamba kuti, “Muruti, zowamba zitu tuka neswe.”
One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying this you insult us also.”
46 Jesu chawamba, “Bumaye kwenu, baruti bomulao! Linu mulemeza batu ni miziyo ibasa oli kuhinda, kono inwe mani kamukwati iyo miziyo ni kanwe kenu konke.
He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves will not even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
47 Bumaye kwenu, kakuli muzakila ba polofita' makumbu, akubazezela ho, mi bazimu benu ba babehayi.
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
48 Mi mwipaki hape niku zumina misebizi yaba ziimu benu, kakuli cheniti luli babe hayi Baporofita, avo makumbu abo akuba zezela ho.
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
49 Cheri ibaka nalyo, butali bwe Ireza vuva cho, 'Muni tumine kubali bapolofita ni ba apositola, mi mubaba nyandise ni kwihaya bamwi.
Therefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
50 Uwu murazi, chwale, kababe nikulitabilira, kuamana ni malaha aba polofita avava tiri chinga libatangi ifasi.
that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
51 kuzwa kumalaha a Abele kuya kumalaha a Zakaria, yabe hailwa hakati ka katala ni chihalaleho. Eni, niwamba kwenu, Owu murahi kaulitabilile.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
52 Bumayi kwenu maruti bo mulao wa Majuda, kakuti chimubahindi inkii yenzibo; inwe mubene kamwinjili mwateni, mi mukanisa abo basaka kwinjila.
Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”
53 Jesu hachazwele kwateni, bañoli ni Mafarisi chiba mukananisa ni kumu lwanisa kuamana zintu zingi,
As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly angry, and to draw many things out of him,
54 Kulika kumuchesa mumanzwi akwe.
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
