Luka 15
1 Linu vatelisi vonse ni vamwi vaezalivi vavakezite kwa Jesu kukuteka kwali.
The tax collectors and the outcasts were all drawing near to Jesus to listen to him;
2 vonse vafalisi ni vañoli vava kuñuñu, nivati, “Uzu mukwame u tambula vaezalivi, mi mane ulya navo.”
but the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law found fault. “This man always welcomes outcasts, and takes meals with them!” they complained.
3 Jesus avawambi iyi inguli kuvali, nati,
So Jesus told them this parable –
4 “Njeni kwenu, haiva wina imberere zina makumi ekumi imi yonke izova, kete usiye imberere zina makumi akwana iyanza ni makumi one kuvika zikwana iyanza ni zone mwinkanda, nikwichilila ya zova haisi hokayiwana?
“Who among you who has a hundred sheep, and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine out in the open country, and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
5 Linu cwale hayiwana, u yi kulika hamaheta ni kusanga.
And, when he has found it, he puts in on his shoulders rejoicing;
6 Hakeza kwi nzuvo, usumpa valikani ni niva vambane nivo, nati kuvali, musange nime, nakawana imberere se izovete.'
and, on reaching home, he calls his friends and his neighbors together, and says ‘Come and rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.’
7 Niwamba kwenu nihakuva vulyo, mukuve nikusanga mwi ulu nihaiva muezalivi yenke halitekula, kuhita vantu vena makumi akwana iyanza ni one kuvika vakwana iyanza ni vone vasiyeme vasa lili kulitekula.
So, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one outcast who repents, than over ninety-nine religious people, who have no need to repent.
8 Kapa zuna mwanakazi yavena muwayawaya we silivela i kwana ikumi, kuti azovelwe hateni yonke, kete a munike i lambi, kufiyela inzuvo, kungana kavutali kutwala chawana muwayawaya.
Or again, what woman who has ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
9 Mi linu hauwana, u sumpa balikani ni vekala he mbali yakwe, nati, musange name, nawana muwayawaya wangu se uzovete.
And, when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, and says ‘Come and rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I lost.’
10 nihakuba vulyo, niwamba kwenu, kwina kusanga mukuva kwa mangeloi e Reeza muezalivi yenke ha litekula.
So, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of God’s angels over one outcast who repents.”
11 Linu Jesu chati, mukwame zumwi avena vanaswisu vovele,
Then Jesus continued, “A man had two sons;
12 mi wachinini cha wambila isi, 'Ita, munihe chanda cha chifumu chiwila kwangu,' chava kauhanyeza zibya zakwe.
and the younger of them said to his father ‘Father, give me my share of the inheritance.’ So the father divided the property between them.
13 Kena kuvahiti mazuba mangi, wachinini cha kunganya zibya zakwe zonse hamwina zavayoli ni kuya kwinkanda imwi kule, mi uko avaka sinyi mashelinyi akwe, cha kaula zintu zisena itunso, avashinyi mashelenyi akwe muzintu zenkanda.
A few days later the younger son got together all that he had, and went away into a distant land; and there he squandered his inheritance by leading a dissolute life.
14 Linu hanu hashinya zintu zonse, inzala ikando ibatasezi inkanda yonse, mi chava ni ntakazo.
After he has spent all that he had, there was a severe famine through all that country, and he began to be in actual want.
15 Cha yenda ni ku kaseveza ku zumwi yava kuhala mweyo inkanda, yava mutumi kuluwa ku kaha ziguluve zilyo.
So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs.
16 Mi navatavi kukalya zilyo ziva kuliwa ziguluve kakuti kakwina yava kumuha zilyo.
He even longed to satisfy his hunger with the bean-pods on which the pigs were feeding; and no one gave him anything.
17 Kono mwan'a swisu wa munini ha ka volelwa ingana, cha wamba, vongayi kuvahikana vaseveza kuva ndanda vena zilyo zingi luli, mi nina kunu, nini fwa inzala!
But, when he came to himself, he said ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more bread than they can eat, while here am I starving to death!
18 Munizwe kunu mi ni yende kuva ndanda, mi mu ni kawambe kuvali, “Ita, ni bafosekezi iwulu, ni mu menso enu.
I will get up and go to my father, and say to him “Father, I sinned against heaven and against you;
19 Kaniswaneli kusumpwa kuti ni mwanenu, mu ni pange feela nibe ni muhikana wenu.
I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.”’
20 Cwale mwan'a swisu wamu nini cha katuka, ni kukeza mubusu bwe isi, ha ba kusina kule, isi cha mu vona, mi chali zuwa masisi, mi cha mutilila ni ku mutula manza ni ku muchunchuna.
And he got up and went to his father. But, while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was deeply moved; he ran and threw his arms around his neck and kissed him.
21 mwan'a swisu chati kwali, Ita, ni vafosekezi muvuso weulu ni ha menso enu. Ka ni swaneli kuti ni sumpwe kuti ni mwana nenu.
‘Father,’ the son said, ‘I sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.’
22 Isi chati kuva hikana vakwe, 'Mulete kapilipili inguvo indende indotu, mu mu zwatike, mi mu mu zwatike iseka kumunwe, mu mu zwatike ni nsangu kuma tende.
But the father turned to his servants and said ‘Be quick and fetch a robe – the very best – and put it on him; give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet;
23 Linu mulete inamani inunite twi ihaye. Tu lye mukiti!
and bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;
24 Kakuti mwanangu wa mususwi ava fwile. mi hanu u hala, ava zovete, hanu cha wanika. mi chi va sangwa.
for here is my son who was dead, and is alive again, was lost, and is found.’ So they began making merry.
25 Linu mwana swisu wa mu kulwana avena kuluwa, ha sika hafuhi ni munzi, ava zuwi inzimbo nikuzana,
Meanwhile the elder son was out in the fields; but, on coming home, when he got near the house, he heard music and dancing,
26 Cha sumpa zumwi wa va hikana ni ku muvuza kuti izi zintu zi wola kuva chinzi.
and he called one of the servants and asked what it all meant.
27 Muhikana cha mu wambila, mwancako weza mi veso vamwi haila inkomwana inunite, kakuti wa kavola na liketete.
‘Your brother has come back,’ the servant told him, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
28 Mwan'a swisu wa mukulwana ava vengi, mi kana avayendi mukati, mi vesi va vakezi hanze, ni kwiza ku ku mu kombelela,
This made him angry, and he would not go in. But his father came out and begged him to do so.
29 Kona che tava isi chati, vone, zonse izi zilimo zi ni va kusevelezi, mi kena ni vacholi mulao wako, mi nahanu kowini ku niha ni haiva kampene kanini kuti nilitavise ni valikani vangu.
‘No,’ he said to his father, ‘look at all the years I have been serving you, without ever once disobeying you, and yet you have never given me even a young goat, so that I might have a party with my friends.
30 Kono mwanako heza, ya vaali chifumu ni vanakazi va mahule, u va mwi hayili inkomwana inunite.
But, no sooner has this son of yours come, who has eaten up your property in the company of prostitutes, than you have killed the fattened calf for him.’
31 Vesi chiva wamba kwali, 'Mwanangu, wina name inako yonse, mi chonse cheli changu nji chako,
‘Child,’ the father answered, ‘you are always with me, and everything that I have is yours.
32 Kono ni kwava hande kuti tusange ni kutava, kakuti mwancako ava fwile mi hanu chahala; ava zovete, mi hanu cha wanika.
We could but make merry and rejoice, for here is your brother who was dead, and is alive; who was lost, and is found.’”
