Marko 12
1 Kenaka Iye anayamba kuyankhula nawo mʼmafanizo: “Munthu wina analima munda wamphesa. Anamanga mpanda mozungulira, nakumba dzenje lofinyiramo mphesa ndipo anamanga nsanja. Anawubwereketsa munda wamphesawo kwa alimi ena napita ku dziko lina.
Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. "There was once a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad.
2 Pa nthawi yokolola anatumiza wantchito kwa alimiwo kuti akatenge kuchokera kwa iwo zina mwa zipatso za munda wamphesa.
At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes.
3 Koma iwo anamugwira, namumenya ndi kumupirikitsa wopanda kanthu.
But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.
4 Kenaka anatumizanso wantchito wina kwa iwo. Iwo anamumenya munthuyo pamutu ndipo anamuzunza mochititsa manyazi.
Again he sent to them another servant: and as for him, they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully.
5 Anatumizanso wina, ndipo iwo anamupha. Anatumizanso ena ambiri; ena a iwo anawamenya, ena anawapha.
Yet a third he sent, and him they killed. And he sent many besides, and them also they ill-treated, beating some and killing others.
6 “Munthu uja anatsala ndi mwana mmodzi, wamwamuna amene amamukonda. Pomaliza anamutumiza mwanayo nati, ‘Adzamuchitira ulemu mwana wanga.’
He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "'They will treat my son with respect.'
7 “Koma alimi aja anati kwa wina ndi mnzake, ‘Uyu ndi mlowamʼmalo. Tiyeni timuphe, ndipo cholowacho chidzakhala chathu.’
"But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.'
8 Ndipo anamutenga ndi kumupha, ndipo anamuponya kunja kwa munda wamphesa.
"So they took him and killed him, and flung his body outside the vineyard.
9 “Kodi nanga mwini munda wamphesa adzachita chiyani? Iye adzabwera ndi kupha alimiwo nadzapereka munda wamphesawo kwa ena.
What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do?" "He will come and put the vine-dressers to death," they said; "and will give the vineyard to others."
10 Kodi simunawerenge lemba lakuti: “‘Mwala umene amisiri omanga nyumba anawukana wakhala mwala wa pa ngodya.
"Have you not read even this passage," He added, "'The stone which the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone:
11 Ambuye achita zimenezi, ndipo ndi zodabwitsa mʼmaso mwathu?’”
this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our esteem?'"
12 Ndipo akulu a ansembe, aphunzitsi a malamulo ndi akuluakulu anafunafuna njira yoti amugwirire Iye chifukwa amadziwa kuti anayankhula fanizoli mowatsutsa iwo. Koma amaopa gulu la anthu; ndipo anamusiya napita.
And they kept looking out for an opportunity to seize Him, but were afraid of the people; for they saw that in this parable He had referred to them. So they left Him and went away.
13 Pambuyo pake anatuma ena a Afarisi ndi Aherode kwa Yesu kuti adzamukole mawu ake.
Their next step was to send to Him some of the Pharisees and of Herod's partisans to entrap Him in conversation.
14 Iwo anabwera kwa Iye nati, “Aphunzitsi, ife tikudziwa kuti Inu ndi munthu amene mumanena zoona. Inu simutengeka ndi anthu, chifukwa simusamala kuti ndi ndani; koma mumaphunzitsa njira ya Mulungu molingana ndi choonadi. Kodi ndi koyenera kupereka msonkho kwa Kaisara kapena ayi?
So they came to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you are a truthful man and you do not fear any one; for you do not recognize human distinctions, but teach God's way truly. Is it allowable to pay poll-tax to Caesar, or not?
15 Kodi ife tipereke msonkho kapena ayi?” Koma Yesu anadziwa chinyengo chawo. Iye anafunsa kuti, “Bwanji mukufuna kundipeza chifukwa? Bweretsani ndalama kuti ndiyione.”
Shall we pay, or shall we refuse to pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, replied, "Why try to ensnare me? Bring me a shilling for me to look at."
16 Iwo anamubweretsera ndalama, ndipo anawafunsa kuti, “Kodi nkhope iyi ndi ya ndani? Nanga malembawa ndi a ndani?” Iwo anayankha kuti, “Za Kaisara.”
They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.
17 Ndipo Yesu anawawuza kuti, “Perekani kwa Kaisara zake za Kaisara ndi kwa Mulungu zake za Mulungu.” Ndipo anazizwa naye.
"What is Caesar's," replied Jesus, "pay to Caesar--and what is God's, pay to God." And they wondered exceedingly at Him.
18 Kenaka Asaduki, amene amati kulibe kuuka kwa akufa, anabwera kwa Iye ndi funso.
Then came to Him a party of Sadducees, a sect which denies that there is any Resurrection; and they proceeded to question Him.
19 Iwo anati, “Aphunzitsi, Mose anatilembera kuti munthu akamwalira ndi kusiya mkazi wopanda ana, mʼbale wa munthu womwalirayo akuyenera kukwatira mkaziyo kuti amuberekere ana mʼbale wakeyo.
"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: 'If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'
20 Tsopano panali abale asanu ndi awiri. Woyamba anakwatira namwalira wosabereka ana.
There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.
21 Wachiwiri anakwatira mkazi wamasiyeyo, koma iye anamwalira wosabereka mwana. Zinali chimodzimodzi ndi wachitatu.
The second married her, and died, leaving no family; and the third did the same.
22 Kunena zoona, palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe wa asanu ndi awiriwo anasiya ana. Pomaliza, mkaziyo anamwaliranso.
And so did the rest of the seven, all dying childless. Finally the woman also died.
23 Pa kuuka kwa akufa, adzakhala mkazi wa yani pakuti anakwatiwa ndi onse asanu ndi awiri?”
At the Resurrection whose wife will she be? For they all seven married her."
24 Yesu anawafunsa kuti, “Kodi si pamenepa nanga pomwe mumalakwira chifukwa simukudziwa malemba kapena mphamvu za Mulungu?
"Is not this the cause of your error," replied Jesus--"your ignorance alike of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
25 Pamene akufa auka, sadzakwatira kapena kukwatiwa; adzakhala ngati angelo kumwamba.
For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not given in marriage, but they are as angels are in Heaven.
26 Tsopano kunena zakuti akufa amauka, kodi simunawerenge mʼbuku la Mose, pa nkhani yachitsamba choyaka moto, mmene Mulungu anati kwa iye, ‘Ine ndine Mulungu wa Abrahamu, Mulungu wa Isake, ndi Mulungu wa Yakobo?’
But as to the dead, that they rise to life, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'
27 Iye si Mulungu wa anthu akufa, koma wa amoyo. Inu mwalakwitsa kwambiri!”
He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."
28 Mmodzi wa aphunzitsi amalamulo anabwera namva iwo akukambirana motsutsana. Poona kuti Yesu anawapatsa yankho labwino, anamufunsa Iye kuti, “Mwa malamulo onse, kodi lopambana koposa ndi liti?”
Then one of the Scribes, who had heard them disputing and well knew that Jesus had given them an answer to the point, and a forcible one, came forward and asked Him, "Which is the chief of all the Commandments?"
29 Yesu anayankha kuti, “Lamulo loposa onse ndi ili: ‘Tamvani inu Aisraeli! Yehova Mulungu wathu, Yehova ndi mmodzi!
"The chief Commandment," replied Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;
30 Uzikonda Yehova Mulungu wako ndi mtima wako wonse, ndi moyo wako wonse, ndi nzeru zako zonse ndi mphamvu zako zonse.’
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind, and thy whole strength.'
31 Lachiwiri ndi ili: ‘Konda mnansi wako monga iwe mwini.’ Palibe lamulo lina loposa amenewa.”
"The second is this: 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as thou lovest thyself.' "Other Commandment greater than these there is none."
32 Munthuyo anayankha kuti, “Mwanena bwino Aphunzitsi. Mwalondola ponena kuti Mulungu ndi mmodzi ndipo palibe wina wofanana naye koma Iye yekha.
So the Scribe said to Him, "Rightly, in very truth, Rabbi, have you said that He stands alone, and there is none but He;
33 Kumukonda Iye; ndi mtima wako wonse, ndi nzeru zako zonse, ndi mphamvu zako zonse, ndi kukonda mnansi wako monga iwe mwini, ndi zopambana kuposa zopereka ndi nsembe zopsereza.”
and To love Him with all one's heart, with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength, and to love one's fellow man no less than oneself, is far better than all our whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices."
34 Yesu ataona kuti wayankha mwanzeru, anati kwa iye, “Iwe suli kutali ndi ufumu wa Mulungu.” Ndipo kuyambira pamenepo panalibe ndi mmodzi yemwe anayesa kumufunsanso.
Perceiving that the Scribe had answered wisely Jesus said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one from that time forward ventured to put any question to Him.
35 Yesu akuphunzitsa mʼmabwalo a Nyumba ya Mulungu, anafunsa kuti, “Nʼchifukwa chiyani aphunzitsi amalamulo amanena kuti, ‘Khristu ndi Mwana wa Davide?’
But, while teaching in the Temple, Jesus asked, "How is it the Scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?
36 Pajatu Davide mwini wake, poyankhula mwa Mzimu Woyera, ananena kuti, “Ambuye anati kwa Ambuye anga: ‘Khalani pa dzanja langa lamanja kufikira nditayika adani anu pansi pa mapazi anu.’
David himself said, taught by the Holy Spirit, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I have made thy foes a footstool under thy feet.'
37 Davide mwini wake amutchula Iye, ‘Ambuye.’ Nanga angakhale bwanji mwana wake?” Gulu lalikulu la anthu linamvetsera ndi chisangalalo.
"David himself calls Him 'Lord:' how then can He be his son?" And the mass of people found pleasure in listening to Jesus.
38 Pamene ankaphunzitsa, Yesu anati, “Samalani ndi aphunzitsi a malamulo. Amakonda kuyendayenda atavala mikanjo ikuluikulu ndi kumalonjeredwa mʼmisika.
Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,
39 Ndipo amakhala pa mipando yofunika kwambiri mʼmasunagoge ndi malo aulemu pa maphwando.
and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues and at dinner parties,
40 Amawononga chuma cha akazi amasiye ndiponso amapemphera mapemphero aatali odzionetsera. Anthu oterewa adzalangidwa kwambiri.”
and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment."
41 Yesu anakhala pansi moyangʼanana ndi pamene amaperekera zopereka ndipo amaona anthu akupereka ndalama zawo mʼthumba la Nyumba ya Mulungu. Anthu ambiri olemera anaponya ndalama zambiri.
Having taken a seat opposite the Treasury, He observed how the people were dropping money into the Treasury, and that many of the wealthy threw in large sums.
42 Koma mkazi wamasiye, wosauka anabwera ndi kuyikamo tindalama tiwiri ta kopala, tongokwanira theka la ndalama.
But there came one poor widow and dropped in two farthings, equal in value to a halfpenny.
43 Yesu anayitana ophunzira ake nati, “Zoonadi, ndikuwuzani kuti mayi wosauka wamasiyeyu waponya zambiri mʼthumbali kuposa ena onsewa.
So He called His disciples to Him and said, "In solemn truth I tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more than all the other contributors to the Treasury;
44 Iwo apereka molingana ndi chuma chawo; koma iye, mwaumphawi wake, wapereka zonse anali nazo ngakhale zoti akanagulira chakudya.”
for they have all contributed out of what they could well spare, but she out of her need has thrown in all she possessed--all she had to live on."
