Luke 13
1 Mu thangu yina ndambu yi batu bankaka baba vana, bankamba mambu momo mavioka momo matedi basi Ngalili bobo Pilatu kavondusu bu kasobikisamenga mawu ayi makaba mawu.
And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;
2 Yesu wuba vutudila: —Benu lumbanza ti basi Ngalili bobo bamueni ziphasi ziphila yoyo mu diambu babedi bankua masumu viokila basi Ngalili bankaka e?
and Jesus answering said to them, 'Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?
3 Buawu ko ndikulu kamba, vayi enati beno lukadi balula khadulubuna beno mamveno phila yimosi luela fuila.
No — I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.
4 Voti kumi dinana di batu bobo babuilu banga ki Silowe, bu kibavonda, beno lumbanza ti bawu baluta ba batu bambimbi viokilabatu bobo bamvuandanga ku Yelusalemi?
'Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?
5 Nana ndikilukamba, vayi enati lukadi balula khadulu buna beno mamveno phila yimosi luela fuila.
No — I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'
6 Buna, wuba kamba nongo yayi: —Mutu wumosi wuba ayi nti andi wu figi wukunu mu ndimꞌandiyi vinu. Wuyiza tomba muawu makundi vayi kasia baka ko.
And he spake this simile: 'A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;
7 Buna wukamba kisadi kiba nsalanga mu ndima beni: “Tala, wawu mvu wuntatu ndimeni tombila makundi ma figi mu nti wawu vayi kadidikundi ndibakanga ko. Kuanga kuandi wawu, bila mbi wulembu bungila kuandi buangu ki ntoto mu phamba e?”
and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?
8 Vayi kisadi beni kimvutudila: “A pfumu, bika wutadidila diaka wawu mvu wawu nate ndiela mana balula ntoto muyenda nti ayi ndiela mutula mbozi.
'And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;
9 Mananga wela buta makundi mu mvu wunkuiza. Enati buawu ko buna wela kuanga wawu.”
and if indeed it may bear fruit —; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.'
10 Yesu bu kaba longa, mu lumbu ki saba, mu nzo yimosi yi lukutukunu,
And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,
11 tala, nketo wumosi wuba muna wuba ayi yimbimbi yi kimbevo mu tezo ki kumi dinana di mimvu. Nketo beni wuba wukomvama; kadi baka bu luliminina.
and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all,
12 Yesu bu kammona, buna wuntela ayi wunkamba: —A nketo, kululu mu kimvevo kiaku!
and Jesus having seen her, did call [her] near, and said to her, 'Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;'
13 Buna wuntetika mioko ayi vana vawu wululama ayi wukembisa Nzambi.
and he laid on her [his] hands, and presently she was set upright, and was glorifying God.
14 Vayi pfumu yi nzo yi lukutukunu wufuema mu diambu di Yesukabelusa nketo beni mu lumbu ki saba; buna wubaluka kuidi nkangu ayi wutuba: —Bilumbu bi kisalu bidi bisambanu; luizanga mu belusu mu bilumbu bina vayi bika mu lumbu ki saba.
And the chief of the synagogue answering — much displeased that on the sabbath Jesus healed — said to the multitude, 'Six days there are in which it behoveth [us] to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.'
15 Vayi Pfumu wumvutudila: —Luidi bankua mayuya! Kadika mutu mu beno kaniangunanga ko ngombi andi voti mpundꞌandi, mu dikulu mu lumbu ki saba ayi kuzinatangamu kuzi nuikina e?
Then the Lord answered him and said, 'Hypocrite, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and having led away, doth water [it]?
16 Ayi nketo wawu widi muana wu nketo wu Abalahami. Tala kumi dinana di mimvu dimeni vioka tona Satana kankangila, buna disi fuana ko mu ku nnianguna mu lumbu ki saba e?
and this one, being a daughter of Abraham, whom the Adversary bound, lo, eighteen years, did it not behove to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?'
17 Bu kaba tuba mambu momo buna bambeni bandi zioso zifua tsonivayi nkangu woso wumona khini mu diambu di mambu momo ma nkembo momo mavangimina mu niandi.
And he saying these things, all who were opposed to him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by him.
18 Buna Yesu wukamba: —Mu mbi mu dedikini kipfumu ki Nzambi ayi mu mbi ndenda ku kidedikisila e?
And he said, 'To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?
19 Kidedikini banga dikundi di mutalide di loza mutu mu tsolꞌandi. Dikundi beni diyunduka, dikituka nti. Zinuni ziyiza tungila madianza mawu mu bitafi biandi.
It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.'
20 Buna wubuela diaka: —Mu mbi ndenda dedikisila Kipfumu ki Nzambi e?
And again he said, 'To what shall I liken the reign of God?
21 Kidedikini banga luvi lubonga nketo, wusobikisa luawu mu bitezo bitatu bi falina nate yimana funa.
It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'
22 Yesu wuviokila mu mavula ayi mu mala; wulonga muawu bu kalandakana nzilꞌandi mu kuenda ku Yelusalemi.
And he was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem;
23 Buna mutu wumosiwunyuvula: —A pfumu, bati buna batu bafioti kuandi bela vuka e?
and a certain one said to him, 'Sir, are those saved few?' and he said unto them,
24 Buna wuba vutudila: —Bika lunuana mu kotila mu luelo wufioti bila ndikulukambabawombo bela tomba mu kota vayi bela nunga ko.
'Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;
25 —Pfumu yi nzo bu kela telama ayi bu kela zibika muelo, enati ku nganda luela batakana, luela kokuta ayi luela leba: “A Pfumu, wutuzibudila”. Buna niandi wela ku luvutudila: “Ndisi zaba ko kuevi lubedi e?”
from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,
26 —Buna luela tuba: “Keti beto tudia ayi tunua yaku va kimosi. Keti ngeyo wulonga mu zinzila zietu…”
then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;
27 Buna wela vutula: “Bukiedika ndikulukamba ndisi zaba ko kuevi lubedi. Luthatukila beno boso bisadi bi mambimbi.”
and he shall say, I say to you, I have not known you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of the unrighteousness.
28 Kuna kuela ba bidilu ayi nkuetosolo wu meno mu thangu luela mona Abalahami, Isaki ayi Yakobi ayi mimbikudi mioso mu Kipfumu ki Nzambi, vayi, benu luela lozo ku nganda.
'There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when ye may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without;
29 Batu bela ba ku Esite ayi ku Wesite, ku Node ayi ku Sude bela vuanda mu Kipfumu ki Nzambi.
and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,
30 Buna tala vadi batsuka bela ba batheti ayi batheti bela ba batsuka.
and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.'
31 Mu lumbu kina, Bafalisi bayiza ayi bankamba: —Katuka vava ayi yenda kuaku bila Elode tidi kuvonda.
On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, 'Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;'
32 Vayi Yesu wuba vutudila: —Yendanu lukamba mbaku wuna ti: “Tala ndilembo totula ziphevi zimbimbi ayi buabu ndilembu belusa bambevo. Vayi mbazi ayi lumbu kintatu mbanisini kuama.
and he said to them, 'Having gone, say to this fox, Lo, I cast forth demons, and perfect cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third [day] I am being perfected;
33 Vayi mfueti diata buabu mbazi ayi lumbu kina bila buisi fuana kombikudi kafuila ku nganda yi Yelusalemi.”
but it behoveth me to-day, and to-morrow, and the [day] following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem.
34 —A Yelusalemi! A Yelusalemi, divula dimvondanga mimbikudi ayi minlozilanga matadi bobo bakufidisilanga. Zikhumbu zikua ndizola kutikisilabana baku banga tsusu bu kankutikisilanga bana bandi ku tsi mavavi mandi vayi lumanga kuenu!
'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.
35 Vayi tala beka kuluyekudila nzo eno. Ndikulukamba ti lulendi buela kumbona ko nate luela tuba: Bika kasakumunu mutu wowo wunkuizila mu dizina di Pfumu.
'Lo, your house is being left to you desolate, and verily I say to you — ye may not see me, till it may come, when ye may say, Blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'
