Luke 21
1 Bu katala, buna wumona bamvuama batula makaba mawu mu bipani.
Looking around, Jesus watched rich people putting their gifts into the collection box.
2 Buna wumona diaka nsukami wu difuola wuyiza tibula bisengo biodi bi zimbongo.
He also saw a very poor widow put in two small coins.
3 Buna wutuba: —Bukiedika ndikulukamba nsukami wu difuola diadi niandi lutidi vana viokila batu boso bankaka.
“I tell you the truth,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the rest together.
4 Bila batu boso baba batambikidi bitsiadisila. Vayi difuola diadi diveni zizioso zibedi yandi mu zingila.
All of them gave from their wealth what they had, but she gave from her poverty all she had to live on.”
5 Sumbu bankaka bayolukila nzo Nzambi bu batuba ti yawu yitungulu mu matadi ma kitoko ayi mu bima bitambuku banga makaba
Some of those there were talking about the Temple, its fine stonework and the beautiful gifts that had been donated. But Jesus said,
6 buna Yesu wuba kamba: —Mu diambu di bima biobi lulembo tadi, bilumbu biela kuiza, biobi biela ba ti; kadi ditadi dimosi diela siala va mbata ditadidinkaka ko dinkambutiolumuka.
“Regarding these things you're looking at… The time is coming when not one stone will be left on another; everything will be destroyed!”
7 Buna bawu banyuvula: —A nlongi, thangu mbi mambu beni mela vangiminina ayi mu bidimbu mbi bela zabila ti mambu momo mafueti vangama e?
“Teacher, when will this happen?” they asked him. “What will be the sign that these things are about to happen?”
8 Yesu wuba vutudila: —Lulubuka tala luedi vukumunu bila bawombo bela kuizila mu dizinadiama, bela tuba ti: “Minu kuandi” ayi “thangu yifikimini”. Buna kadi ku balandakana!
“Make sure you're not deceived,” Jesus warned them. “Many people will come claiming to be me, saying, ‘Here I am!’ and, ‘The time has come!’ but don't follow them.
9 Mu thangu luela wa zimvita ayi zikhindu buna lubika ba mona tsisibila mambu moso momo mafueti tuama ba. Vayi kadi sia ti buna tsukusunuyi ntoto yeka nduka.
When you hear of wars and revolutions, don't be frightened, because these things have to happen first, but the end won't come immediately.
10 Buna wubuela diaka: —Luela mona tsi yela nuanisa tsi yinkaka; kipfumu kiela nuanisa kipfumu kinaka.
Nation will fight nation, and kingdom will fight kingdom,” he told them.
11 Kuela ba zindikunu zinneni zi ntoto mu bibuangu biwombo; kuela ba bikanda ayi minsongo; kuela ba mambu ma tsisi ayi bidimbu bitsisi bi diyilu.
“There will be severe earthquakes, famines, and epidemic diseases in many lands, and extraordinary signs in the sky that are terrifying.
12 —Vayi tuamina mambu moso momo, bela tuama ku lubuila bela kuluyamisa, bela ku lunata mu zinzo zi zikhutukunu; bela ku lukotisa mu nloko. Bela ku lunata va ntuala mintinu ayi minyadi mu diambudi dizina diama.
But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will drag you before synagogues and throw you into prison, and put you on trial before kings and governors on account of me.
13 Mambu momo mela lukuizila mu diambu ma luvana diluakudi kuthelimina kimbangi.
But this will provide you an opportunity to speak on my behalf before them.
14 Bika lusudika mu mintima mieno ti: lubika ba mayindu mu diambu mambu luela vutula mu kukikakila.
So make up your mind beforehand not to worry about how to defend yourselves,
15 Bila minu ndiela luvana munu wutubila ayi diela ayi bambeni beno zilendi baka bu nuanisina ko ayi bu sudikila ko.
for I will give you words of wisdom that your enemies won't be able to dispute or contradict.
16 Zimbuta beno, bakhomba zieno, bibutu bieno ayi bakundi beno bela ku luyekula ayi bela vondisa bankaka mu beno.
You will be betrayed even by your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will kill some of you.
17 Batu boso bela ku lulenda mu diambu di dizina diama.
Everyone will hate you because of me.
18 Vayi kadi lusuki lumosi lu mintu mieno lulendi zimbala ko.
But not a single hair of your head will be lost.
19 Lukindama buna luela tambula luvulusu.
By standing firm you will gain your lives.
20 —Bu luela mona masodi mazungididi Yelusalemi buna luzaba ti dieka nduka bungu.
However, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you know that its destruction is near.
21 Buna bika batu bobo badi mu Yuda batinina ku miongo. Bika bobo badi mu Yelusalemi baba tomba butinina. Bika bobo badi mu zitsola babika buela kota ku divula!
Those who are in Judea should run away to the mountains, and those who are in Jerusalem should leave, and those who are the countryside shouldn't enter the city.
22 Bukiedika bilumbu bina biela ba bilumbu bi vutudila landi muingi mambu moso masonama madedakana.
For these are days of punishment, fulfilling all that's written.
23 Vayi mabienga kuidi baketo bobo badi mu buemba ayi kuidi bobo bela yemika mu bilumbu bina. Bila ziphasi zingolo ziela ba mu tsi ayi nganzi yingolo yela fuemunu batu baba.
How hard it will be for those who are pregnant or nursing babies at that time! For terrible trouble is coming on the land and punishment against this people.
24 Batu beni bela vondulu mu mbedi voti bela natu mu kivika mu zitsizioso ayi bapakanu bela diatila Yelusalemi nate thangu yi fuana.
They will be killed by the sword and taken away as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trodden down by the foreign nations until their time is fulfilled.
25 —Bidimbu bi tsisi biela monika mu thangu, mu ngonda ayi mu zimbuetete. Va ntoto, batu bela mona tsisi yingolo mu diambu di biyoko bi mbuayi bi mayo mandi.
There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars, and on the earth the nations will be in distress, confused by the sea's rolling and crashing.
26 Batu bela fuila mu tsisi mudiambu di boma bu mambu mela bua va ntotowumvimba bila lulendo lu diyilu luela nikunu.
People will be faint from fear, terrified about what is happening to the world, for the powers of heaven will be shaken.
27 Buna bela mona Muana Mutu wela kuizila mu matuti mu lulendo ayi mu nkembo wunneni.
Then they'll see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 Mambu mama bu mela tona buna luvumbuka ayi luba vumbula mintu mienobila buna khudulu eno yifikimini.
But when these things happen, stand up and look up, because you will soon be saved.”
29 Wubuela tuba diaka nongo yayi: —Lutala nti wu figi ayi minti mioso.
Then he told them this story as an illustration. “Look at the fig tree, or any other kind of tree.
30 Muthangu mieti tona mena buna beno veka, mu ku mitala, luzebi ti thangu yi luanga yifikimini.
When you see new leaves appear, you don't need to be told that summer is near.
31 Bobuawu, beno mamveno buna luela mona ti mambu momo mavangiminibuna luzaba ti kipfumu ki Nzambi kifikimini.
In the same way, when you see these things happening, you don't need to be told that God's kingdom is near.
32 Bukiedika ndikulukamba ti tsungi yayi yilendi vioka ko tuaminamambu moso mama mavangama.
I tell you the truth, this generation won't come to an end before all this happens.
33 Diyilu ayi ntoto biela vioka vayi mambu mama malendi vioka ko.
Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my word will not.
34 Lukikeba beno veka mu diambu di mintima mieno mibika ba zitumu diambudi phulu yi dia ayi yi kolo malavu; ayi mu diambu di mayinduma luzingu lualu muingi lumbu kina kibika lukuizila mu kinzimbukila.
Watch out that you don't become distracted by partying or getting drunk or by the worries of this life, so that this day catches you by surprise.
35 Bila kiela kuizila banga dikondi dibuididi batu boso bamvuandanga va ntoto.
For this day will come upon everyone who lives on the face of the earth.
36 Luzibula meso ayi lusambila mu zithangu zioso mu diambu luba monikabatubafuana mu tina mambu moso mama mafueti kuiza ayi mu diambu lubakabu telumina va ntuala Muana Mutu.
Always keep watch and pray, so that you may be able to escape all that will happen and stand before the Son of man.”
37 Mu muini Yesu wuba longanga mu nzo Nzambi. Wuba totukanga kadika builu ayi wuba vuandanga ku mongo wu minti mi olive.
Every day Jesus taught in the Temple, and every evening he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives.
38 Muna nsuka-nsuka batu boso baba kuizanga ku nzo Nzambi mu diambu banwa.
All the people came early in the morning to listen to him in the Temple.
