Luuka 12
1 ku nsiki ughuo ilipugha likome lya vaanhu lilyakong'hanile palikimo, na pitengula pikanyana, akatengula pijova na vavulanisivua vake taasi,” mulolelelaghe ni kulule kya vasarisayi kino kye kitule”
Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod upon one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them: “Be on your guard against the leaven — that is, the hypocrisy — of the Pharisees.
2 na piliva nu sino sifisime sino nasilikagulika, nambe ilisio lino lifisime lino nalilikagulika.
There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.
3 lyolyoni lino mukajovile mu ng'isi lilipulikika pavwelu. soni sino mwapwepagha mu mbughulutu nkate ja fyumba finu ifya munkate fino fidindilue ghilipulisivua munkyanya mu mapala gha nyumba.
Hence all that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear, within closed doors, will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 nikuvavula vamanyani vango, namungavoghopaghe vala vano vibuda um'bili neke vasila kimonga ikinge ikyakuvomba,
To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.
5 neke nikuvavula juno munoghile kukumwoghopa, mumwoghopaghe jula juno kyale abudile ali nuvutavulua vwa kuvatagha kulina lya mwoto. Ena nikuvavula umue, mumwoghopaghe ujuo. (Geenna g1067)
I will show you of whom you should be afraid. Be afraid of him who, after killing you, has the power to fling you into the Pit. Yes, I say, be afraid of him. (Geenna g1067)
6 asi! utujuni tuhaano natughusivua ku ndalama ivili? nambe ndikio nakwale nambe jumo mu veene juno ili shemulua pa vulongo pa Nguluve,
Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.
7 neke mukagule kuuti, ilinyele lya matu ghinu silivavilua, namungoghopaghe. umue muli va lutalama lukome kukila utujuni twinga.
No, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 nikuvavula ghweni juno ikunyupila pavulongolo pa vaanhu, umwana ghwa muunhu ikumwupila pavullongolo pa vanyaMhola vw Nguluve.
Every one, I tell you, who shall acknowledge me before his fellow men, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
9 neke ghweni juno ikung'ana une pa vulongola pa vaanhu ghwope ikanwa pa vulongolo pa vanyaMhola va Nguluve.
but he, who disowns me before his fellow men, will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
10 ghweni juno ijovela imbivi mwa mwana ghwa muunhu, ilisaghilua, neke ghweni juno ikumuligha uMhepo uMwimike nalisaghilua.
Every one who shall say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for him who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
11 kyande vikuvatwala kuvulongolo pa vavaha va nyumba inyimike ja kufunyila, avatemi na vanya vutavulua, namungoghopaghe mulakujivavila nambe ndavule kino kyalnde mujova,
Whenever they take you before the Synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defence will be, or what you will say;
12 ulwakuva uMhepo uMwimike ikuvavulanisia vule kya mujova ku nsiki ughuo”
for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.”
13 umuunhu jumonga mulipugha akam'bula akati, “m'bulanisi, m'bule unyalukolo ghwango anighavile ulubale lwa vuhaasi vwango.
“Teacher,” a man in the crowd said to Jesus, “tell my brother to share the property with me.”
14 uYesu akamwamula akati, “ghweveni juno am'bikile kuva mulamusi na kusambania mu lyumue?”
But Jesus said to him: “Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?”
15 pe pano akavavula, mujilolelelaghe ni fyoni ifya vunoghelua, ulwakuva uvwumi vwa muunhu na vuli muvwinga vwa finu fino alinafyo.
And then he added: “Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man’s true Life does not depend on what he has.”
16 uYesu akavavula ikihwani akati, umughunda hwa mofu jumonga ghulyaholile fiijo,
Then Jesus told them this parable — “There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;
17 akiposia jujuo mu mwoojo ghwake akati, nivomba ndani ulwakuva nilinsila apakuvika imeto jango?
and he began to ask himself ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
18 akati, nivomba ndiki. nidenya ifihenge fyango ifidebe nijenga ikikome. nivika imeto jango joni ni finu ifinge.
This is what I will do,’ he said; ‘I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them;
19 nikujivula inumbula jango, Numbula ghujivikile ifinu finga ku maka minga. puma ulie, unyue na kuhovokela”
and I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’
20 neke uNguluve akavavula akati, ghwe muunhu mpumbafu, ikilo ja musyughu vilonda inumbula kuhuma kulyuve. ni finu fyoni finoghuling'anisie fiiva fyani?
But God said to the man ‘Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared — who will have it?’
21 fye luliiva kwa muunhu ghweni juno ikujivikila ikyuma kisila kukuling'ania vwimila Mutwa.
So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God.”
22 uYesu akavavula avavulanisivua vaake, pe lino nikuvavula namungasaghaghe mu vwumi vwinu - kuva mulisagha kiki mumavili ghinu - kuva mufwalagha kiki.
And Jesus said to his disciples: “That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here — what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body — what you can get to wear.
23 ulwakuva uvwumi vwe kukila ikyakulia, nu m'bili ghwe kukila amenda
For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.
24 lolagha injuni isa kukyanya, nasilima nambe nasipeta. sisila nyumba nambe ifihenge ifya kuvikila. neke ubaba ghwinu ikusilisia. umue namuli kukila injuni!
Think of the ravens — they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!
25 ghwe veni kulyumue juno ikujipumusia kukwongelesia idhiraa jimo mu vwumi vwake?
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a moment?
26 pe namuwesia kuvomba ikinu ikidbe ikio kino kuhugu, pe kiki lino kuhangajikila isinge isio?
And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?
27 lolagha amaluva - finoghikula. naghivomba imbombo nambe kuhona amenda ghake agha kufwala. neke nikuvavula, nambe uSolomoni mu vwimike vwake vwoni nakafwalile ndavule jumonga mu agha,
Think of the lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin; yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendour was not robed like one of these.
28 nave uNguluve ikughafwasia vunono amatundu gha mufivonde, ghano kweghale umusyungu nu lwakilavo ghitaghua ku mwoto. pe nakukila ikuvafwasia umue? umue mwe vanya lwitiko ludebe!
If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith!
29 namungajihangajisiaghe kwiti mulia kiki nambe munyua kiki, nambe namungavisaghe nu vwoghofi.
And you — do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.
30 ulwakuva iisi sooni sihangajikila aghuo. nu Nhaata ghwinu ikagula sino munoghile isio.
These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 neke mulondaghe uvutwa vwake taasi, na ghange aghuo mukwongelesevua,
No, seek his Kingdom, and these things shall be added for you.
32 namungoghopaghe, mwe lipugha lidebe, ulwakuva uNhaata ghwinu ihovokela kukuvapela umue uvutwa uvuo.
So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.
33 musghusiaghe ifyuma fiinu na kukuvapela avakotofu, mujivikile amafuko ghano naghisila - uvutile vwa kukyanya vuno navusila, ulubale luno avalyasi navangavele nambe inondo nasingawesie kunangania.
Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out — an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.
34 ulwakuva pano pwevule uvutile vwako, pepene najinumbula jako pwejiliva.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
35 amenda ghinu amatali ghavisaghe ghapinyilue na makanda, ni taala sinu sighendelelaghe kuuva siviika,
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
36 kange muvisaghe hwene vaanhu vano vikumuhuvila uMutwa ghuvanave kuhuma ku kikulukulu kya vutolani, neke kuuti angise na kuhodesia, van'dindulile umulyango ng'ani ng'ani.
and be like men who are waiting for their Master’s return from his wedding, so that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door for him at once.
37 vafunyilue avavombi vala vano uMutwa ukuvagha vali maaso. kyang'haani ilipinya umwenda ghwake untali nu nkanda, pepano ikuvakalisia paasi ku kyakulia, kange kukuvavombela inofu.
Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and bid them take their places at table, and will come and wait upon them.
38 nave uMutwa ikwisa ku lwa vuvili vwa vulolelesi vwa pakilo, nambe uvulolelesi uvwa kilo ja vutatu, na kukuvagha viling'inie jiiva je kiiva ku vavombi avuo.
Whether it is late at night, or in the early morning that he comes, if he finds all as it should be, then happy are they.
39 kukila aghuo, mukagule ili, nave untwa unya nyumba asakagula unsiki ghuno umulyasi ale ikwisa, naale ikwitika inyumba jaake jidenyue.
This you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.
40 muvisaghe muling'anisie ulwakuva namukagula ghwe nsiki muuki umwana ghwa muunhu igomoka.
Do you also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come.”
41 uPeteli akati, “Mutwa ghukutuvula jusue isi ku kihwanikisio au ghukum'bula umuunhu ghweni?
“Master,” said Peter, “are you telling this parable with reference to us or to every one?”
42 uMutwa akavavula, “ghwe nsung'ua veni umugholofu nambe unya vukoola juno untwa ghwake ikum'bika pa kyanya pa vavombombi avange, neke avaghavile ikyakulia kyave ku nsiki ghuno ghunoghiile?
“Who, then,” replied the Master, “is that trustworthy steward, the careful man, who will be placed by his master over his establishment, to give them their rations at the proper time?
43 afunyilue um'bombi jula, juno untwa ghwake angiise ikumwagha ivomba sila sino alaghisivue.
Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, shall find doing this.
44 kyang'haani nikuvavula umue kuuti ikum'biika pakyanya pa kyuma kyake kyoni.
His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
45 neke um'bombi jula akatisagha mu mwoojo ghwake, untwa ghwango idila kugomoka, pe akatengula kukuvatova avavombi avakinhaata vala na vakijuuva, pe baho akatengula kulia, kunyua na kughala,
But should that servant say to himself ‘My master is a long time coming,’ and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
46 untwa ghwa m'bombi jula ikwisa ku kighono kino naakagwile nisala jino naikujikaguala, ghwope ilikun'dumulania na kukum'bika palikimo na vano navagholofu.
that servant’s master will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour of which he is unaware, and will flog him severely and assign him his place among the untrustworthy.
47 um'bombi juno ikagula ulughano lwa ntwa ghwake, ghwope naikuling'hania nambe kuvomba sino sinoghiile mu lungano lwa ntwa ghwake ikopua ing'wegho nyinga.
The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
48 neke um'bombi juno naasikagwile sino sinoghile ku lughano lwa ntwa ghwake, neke ivomba sino sinoghile ujuo ipelua finga, finga idajivua kuhuma kwa mwene, ghwope juno akeelilue ku finga, kwa mwene fidajivua finga kukila.
while one who does not know his master’s wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From every one to whom much has been given much will be expected, and from the man to whom much has been entrusted the more will be demanded.
49 nisile kukunga umwoto pa iisi, kange ninoghelua kuuti ghuve ghuvikiile,
I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?
50 neke nili nu lwofugho luno nikuvofua, kange nili nulusukualo kuhanga pano luva luvombike!
There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!
51 pe musagha kuuti nisile nu lutengano mu iisi? Ndali, nikuvavula, pepano nisile kuleta uvusulani.
Do you think that I am here to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
52 kutengula lino na kughendelela kuliiva na vaanhu vahaano vasuline mu nyumba jimo, na vatatu
For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 visulanagha na vavili, vope vavili visulanagha na vatatu. visulana ubaba nu, nswambe, umwana nu viise, umama nu mwalive, umwalive nu ng'iina, unkamwana naipulig'hanagha nu nkwamwana n'jake.
‘Father will be opposed to son and son to father, mother to daughter and daughter to mother, mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law.’”
54 uYesu akava ikulivula kange ilipugha, kyande muvona amafunde ghikong'ana, mwiti amasiki gha fula ghalipipi; fye luuva,
And to the people Jesus said: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once ‘There is a storm coming,’ and come it does.
55 kange mungavone imhepo jipula kuhuma kumavemba mwiti litapiiva lifuke lweli fye luuva.
And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say ‘It will be burning hot,’ and so it proves.
56 umue mwe vakedusi, mukagwile kuluvulania amasiki! lino! kiki mukunua kukughutang'ania umuluvo ghwa sino sivombeka ifighono ifi?
Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
57 kiki umuunhu ghweni mu lyumue naikagula lino linono kuvomba kwa mwene unsiki ghuno ndeali ni nafasi ija kuvomba isio?
Why do not you yourselves decide what is right?
58 ulwakuva mungalute nu muhigi ghwako pavulongolo pa muhighi, jitange kusambana na juno ikukuhigha nambe pano muli musila alwakutwala kwa muhighi, nu muhighi alakutwala kwa m'baha, nu m'baha alakutagha kundinde.
When, for instance, you are going with your opponent before a magistrate, on your way to the court do your best to be quit of him; for fear that he should drag you before the judge, then the judge will hand you over to the bailiff of the court, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
59 nikukuvula nulahuma ukuo kuhanga uhombile nambe i ndalama ja vusililo.
You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last farthing.”
