Luka 10
1 Gakapiteje genego Bhakulungwa gubhaagwilenje bhananji makumi shabha na bhabhili gubhaatumilenje bhabhili bhabhili, bhaalongolelanje kila shijiji na kila mmbali jibhatumbilile bhayene kwenda.
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 Gubhaalugulilenje, “Maneng'eno gamagwinji, ikabheje bhaaneng'ena bhashokope. Kwa nneyo, mwaajuganje Bhakulungwa bha maneng'eneno bhatume bhaaneng'ena munngunda gwabho.”
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 Nnaino nnjendangane, mmumanyanje kuti ngunakuntumanga, malinga bhana ngondolo pakati maogo.
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 Nnajigalaganje mpatila gwa ela, wala nkobha, wala ilatu, mumpanda nnammuyanje abhali mundu jojowe.
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 Nnjinjilanganaga nnyumba jojowe jila, ntandubhanje kujumushila nnei. Ulele ubhe na mmanganya ajino nyumba jino.
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 Monaga shapagwe mundu jwa ulele mwenemo, shatame nago, akapagwe shigummujilanje mwaashayene.
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 Ntamangane jene nyumbajo, nnilyanganga na papila ishibhampanganjeyo, pabha ntumishi anapinjikwa apegwe nshaala gwakwe. Nnaamanje kushoka aji nyumbaji kwenda ajila.
[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 Ibhaga nng'ikanganaga pa shilambo shoshowe na bhamposhelangaga, nniyanganje ishimpegwanjeyo.
Whenever you enter a town and the people [there] welcome you, eat what is provided {what [they] provide} for you.
9 Mwaalamyanje bhalwelenji bha kweneko, na mwaalungushiyanje bhandunji kuti, Upalume gwa a Nnungu ummandishilenje.
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 Ikabheje nnjinjilangaga shilambo shoshowe, bhakamposhelanje, nnjabhulanje, pushimpitangane mmipanda jabhonji mmeleketanje nnei.
But if you enter a town whose [people] do not welcome you, go into its [main] streets and say,
11 Nkali ndutuli ja nshilambo shenunji jili mmakongono getu tunakunkung'undilanga. Ikabheje mmumanyanje kuti Upalume gwa a Nnungu ubhandishile.
‘[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 Ngunakummalanjilanga, lyubha lya ukumu ja a Nnungu kwa shene shilambosho, shiibhe mbaya bhandunji bha shilambo sha Shodoma.
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 “Ole mmwe a Kolashini! Ole mmwe a Bhetishaida! Pabha ilapo itendeshe kungwenunji, ikatendeshe ku Tilo na ku Shidoni, bhandunji bha yene ilambo ila, bhakaipetilenje bhukalape, kwa wala nngubho ya magunia na kwiitutulila liu.
“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 Nkali nneyo lyubha lya ukumu mmanganya shimpatanje mboteko kupunda bhandu bha ku Tilo na ku Shidoni
[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].
15 Numbe mmwe a Kapalanaumu, bhuli nkupinga kwikweya kuishila kunnungu? Ninkupinga gwiywa kuishila kundamo ja bhawilenje.” (Hadēs g86)
[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 Penepo a Yeshu gubhashite, “Akumpilikanishiyanga mmanganya, anambilikanishiya nne, na akumposhelenga anamboshela nne. Na jojowe akaamboshela nne, akakwaaposhela bhandumile bhala.”
[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 Kungai, makumi shabha na bhabhili bhala gubhabhujilengene bhalikwiinonyelanga, bhalinkutinji, “Mmakulungwa nkali maoka ganakutupilikana kwa lina lyenu.”
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 A Yeshu gubhaalugulilenje, “Nammweni Lishetani aligwa mbuti kumeta, kopoka kunnungu.
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 Mpilikananje, njikumpanganga amuli ja libhata majoka na ibhalabhala, na mashili gowe gaka mmagongo, wala shakwa shoshowe shishimmenganje.
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 Ikabheje, nnainonyelanje ligongo maoka kumpilikananga, ikabhe mwiinonyelanje pabha mena genunji gashijandikwa kunnungu.”
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 Pala pepala, a Yeshu gubhangalile Mmbumu jwa Ukonjelo bhalinkuti, “Ngunakuntendala eja mmwe Atati, Mmakulungwa bha kunnungu na pa shilambolyo, pabha yene indui nshikwaiyanga bhakwetenje lunda na lumanyiyo, nikwaalangulanga bhana bhashoko. Elo Atati, pabha yenei ni ikunnonyela.”
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 Kungai gubhashite, “Atati bhashingamuya indu yowe. Jwakwa akummanya Mwana ikabhe Atati, na wala akwaamanya Atati ikabhe Mwana na jojowe jwapinjile Mwana kunnangula yeneyo.”
[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 Kungai a Yeshu gubhaalolilenje bhaajiganywa bhabho, gubhaabhalanjilenje kujika. “Mbaya meyo gakwiibhona yene inkwibhonangai!
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 Nguti, ashinkulondola bhabhagwinji na bhapalume, bhalokolilenje kwiibhona yene inkubhonangai, ikabheje bhangaibhonanga, na kupilikana inkugapilikanangai ikabheje bhangaipilikananga.”
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 Bhaajiganya bhamo bha shalia gubhajimi nikwaabhuya, nkupinga kwaalinga, “Mmaajiganya, ndende bhuli mbate gumi gwa pitipiti?” (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 A Yeshu gubhaajangwile, “Ijandikwe nndi nshalia?” Nkushoma nndi mwenemo?
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 Gubhajangwile, “Mwaapinje Bhakulungwa a Nnungu bhenu, kwa ntima gwenu gowe, na kwa mbumu yenu yowe, na kwa lunda lwenu lowe, na kwa mashili genu gowe. Na kabhili mumpinje nntami nnjenu malinga shinkwiipinga mmayene.”
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 A Yeshu gubhaabhalanjile, “Elo, nnjangwile ukoto! Ntende nneyo shinname.”
Jesus replied, “You [(sg)] have answered [your question] correctly. If you do all that [continually], you will live [with God forever].”
29 Ikabheje nabhalabho nkupinga kwilanguya kuti bhaimanyi ibhabhushiye, gubhaabhushiye a Yeshu, “Igala ntami nnjangujo ni gani?”
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 A Yeshu gubhaajangwile, “Mundu jumo kukopoka ku Yelushalemu atendaga elela kwenda ku Yeliko. Ali mumpanda, gwaimene na bhaapokonyola, gubhanng'ulilenje nngubho yakwe, na kunkoma nikunneka agonile pa mpanda pala, tome nawa.
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 Bhabhishila bhamo gubhapitile mpanda gula, bhakammoneje gubhammembele.
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 Na nneyo peyo Bhalawi bhamo gubhapitile, bhakaisheje pepala, gubhammweni, na bhalabho gubhammembele.
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 Ikabheje Nshamalia jumo aliji mmwanja gwakwe kupitila mpanda gogo, akammoneje gwammonele shiya.
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 Gwanng'egejele, nikunng'uka ilonda kwa mauta na divai nigwaitabhiile, kungai gwankweshiye mmbunda jwakwe nikumpeleka ku nyumba jimo ja bhajeninji nikunnwaya.
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 Malabhi gakwe gwatolile mmbiya, dinali ibhili gwabhapele bhayene nyumba bhala, alinkuti, ‘Munnwaye jwene munduju, na shoshowe shishimpundesho, pushimujepo shininnipe’”
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 Kungai a Yeshu gubhabhushiye, “Penepo bhene bhatatu bhala jwei ailangwile kuti ntami nnjakwe mundu akamwilwe na bhaapokonyola bhala?”
Then Jesus said, “Three people [saw] the man whom bandits attacked. Which one of them [acted in a loving way toward] that man?”
37 Bhaajiganya bha shalia bhala gubhaajangwile, “Ammonele shiya jula.” A Yeshu gubhaajangwile, “Nnjende nkatende nneyo peyo.”
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 A Yeshu na bhaajiganywa bhabho bhalikwendangana ku Yelushalemu, gubhaikengenenje shijiji shimo, penepo bhakongwe bhamo bhashemwaga a Malata, gubhaaposhele kunngwabho.
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 A Malata bhashinkukola apwabho bhashemwaga a Malia, bhenebho bhashinkutama pa makongono ga a Yeshu bhalipilikanishiya majiganyo gabho.
Her [younger] sister, whose name was Mary, sat near Jesus. She was listening to what he was teaching.
40 Ikabheje a Malata bhatendaga kamula indu yaigwinji. Bhai gubhaajendele a Yeshu, gubhaalugulile, “Mmakulungwa, igala nkalola kuti apwangabha bhashineshela maengo gowe? Bhai mwaabhalanjile bhanyangute.”
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 Ikabheje Bhakulungwa gubhaajangwile, “A Malata, a Malata, nnakwiibhuka na kwiiabhuya nng'indu yaigwinji.
But the Lord replied, “Martha, Martha, you [(sg)] are very worried about many things.
42 Ikabheje shiipinjikwa shindu shimope. A Malia bhashiagula shindu sha mmbone kaje, wala mundu ngaapokonyola.”
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]}.”
