Matayo 16
1 Bafarizeo mpe Basaduseo bayaki epai na Yesu mpo na kotiela Ye motambo; basengaki na Ye ete alakisa bango elembo moko kowuta na Likolo.
The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
2 Yesu azongiselaki bango: — Na pokwa, bolobaka: « Mokolo ya lobi ekozala mokolo malamu, pamba te likolo ezali motane! »
But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
3 Mpe na tongo, bolobaka: « Mvula makasi ekobeta lelo, pamba te mapata eyindi. » Solo, boyebi kososola bilembo oyo elakisaka soki mvula ekobeta to ekobeta te, kasi bozangi makoki ya kososola bilembo ya tango!
In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!
4 Oh bato ya ekeke oyo! Bazali bato mabe mpe bazangi botosi na miso ya Nzambe, kasi bazali mpe kosenga elembo! Bakopesamela elembo mosusu te longola kaka elembo ya Yona. Bongo atikaki bango wana mpe akendeki.
An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them and departed.
5 Tango bayekoli bakatisaki na ngambo mosusu ya ebale, babosanaki komema mapa.
The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.
6 Yesu alobaki na bango: — Bosala keba na levire ya Bafarizeo mpe ya Basaduseo!
Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7 Bayekoli bakomaki kokanisa mpe komituna bango na bango: — Azali koloba bongo mpo ete tomemi mapa te!
They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”
8 Yesu asosolaki makanisi na bango; alobaki: — Bato ya kondima moke! Bozali kolobana bino na bino mpo ete bozali na mapa te! Mpo na nini?
Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, because you have brought no bread?
9 Boni, bozwi kaka bososoli nanu te? Bobosani penza mapa mitano oyo bokabolelaki bato nkoto mitano, mpe motango ya bitunga oyo bozongaki na yango sima na kokabolela bato?
Don’t you yet perceive or remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up,
10 Bobosani lisusu mapa sambo oyo bokabolelaki bato nkoto minei, mpe motango ya bitunga oyo bozongaki na yango sima na kokabolela bato?
or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
11 Ndenge nini bozali kososola te ete nazalaki koloba na tina na mapa te, tango nalobaki na bino: bosala keba na levire ya Bafarizeo mpe ya Basaduseo?
How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
12 Boye, bayekoli basosolaki ete alobaki na bango te ete basala keba na levire ya mapa, kasi nde basala keba na mateya ya Bafarizeo mpe ya Basaduseo.
Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 Tango Yesu akomaki na etuka ya Sezarea ya Filipo, atunaki bayekoli na Ye: — Bato balobaka ete Mwana na Moto azali nani?
Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
14 Bazongisaki: — Bamoko balobaka ete ozali Yoane Mobatisi; bamosusu, Eliya; mpe bamosusu lisusu, Jeremi to moko kati na basakoli.
They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 Yesu atunaki bango lisusu: — Bongo bino, bolobaka ete Ngai nazali nani?
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simona Petelo azongisaki: — Ozali Masiya, Mwana na Nzambe na bomoi.
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Yesu alobaki na ye: — Esengo na yo Simona, mwana mobali ya Yona! Pamba te ezali moto te nde ayebisi yo makambo oyo, kasi Tata na Ngai, oyo azali kati na Likolo.
Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
18 Mpe Ngai, nazali koloba na yo: Ozali Libanga, mpe ezali na likolo ya libanga oyo nde Ngai nakotonga Lingomba na Ngai; bongo bikuke ya mboka ya bakufi ekotikala kolonga yango te. (Hadēs g86)
I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. (Hadēs g86)
19 Nakopesa yo bafungola ya Bokonzi ya Likolo; nyonso oyo okokanga awa na mokili ekokangama mpe na Likolo, mpe nyonso oyo okofungola awa na mokili ekofungwama mpe na Likolo.
I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”
20 Bongo Yesu apekisaki makasi bayekoli na Ye koloba na moto ete Ye azali Masiya.
Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.
21 Wuta na tango wana, Yesu akomaki koloba polele na bayekoli na Ye ete asengeli kokende na Yelusalemi, asengeli komona pasi mingi na maboko ya bakambi ya bato, bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe mpe balakisi ya Mobeko; basengeli koboma Ye, mpe asengeli kosekwa na mokolo ya misato.
From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
22 Petelo abendaki Yesu na pembeni mpe akomaki kopamela Ye: — Nkolo, tika ete Nzambe abatela Yo mosika ya makambo wana! Ekokomela Yo te!
Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
23 Kasi Yesu abalukaki, alobaki na Petelo: — Mosika na Ngai, Satana! Ozali epekiselo mpo na Ngai! Makanisi na yo ezali makanisi ya Nzambe te, ezali penza makanisi ya bato.
But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”
24 Bongo Yesu alobaki na bayekoli na Ye: — Moto nyonso oyo alingi kolanda Ngai asengeli komiboya ye moko, kokamata ekulusu na ye mpe kolanda Ngai.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
25 Pamba te moto nyonso oyo akolinga kobikisa bomoi na ye akobungisa yango, kasi moto nyonso oyo akobungisa bomoi na ye mpo na Ngai akozwa yango lisusu.
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
26 Litomba nini ekozala mpo na moto, soki azwi mokili mobimba, kasi abungisi bomoi na ye? Moto akoki penza kopesa nini mpo na kosikola bomoi na ye?
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
27 Pamba te Mwana na Moto akoya elongo na ba-anjelu na Ye kati na nkembo ya Tata na Ye mpe akofuta moto nyonso kolanda misala na ye.
For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.
28 Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: kati na bato oyo bazali awa, ezali na ba-oyo bakokufa te kino bakomona Mwana na Moto koya kati na nkembo ya bokonzi na Ye.
Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”
