Luke 12
1 Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod on 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.
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”
2 There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.
na piliva nu sino sifisime sino nasilikagulika, nambe ilisio lino lifisime lino nalilikagulika.
3 So 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 on the housetops.
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.
4 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.
nikuvavula vamanyani vango, namungavoghopaghe vala vano vibuda um'bili neke vasila kimonga ikinge ikyakuvomba,
5 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 Gehenna. Yes, I say, be afraid of him. (Geenna g1067)
neke nikuvavula juno munoghile kukumwoghopa, mumwoghopaghe jula juno kyale abudile ali nuvutavulua vwa kuvatagha kulina lya mwoto. Ena nikuvavula umue, mumwoghopaghe ujuo. (Geenna g1067)
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.
asi! utujuni tuhaano natughusivua ku ndalama ivili? nambe ndikio nakwale nambe jumo mu veene juno ili shemulua pa vulongo pa Nguluve,
7 No, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
neke mukagule kuuti, ilinyele lya matu ghinu silivavilua, namungoghopaghe. umue muli va lutalama lukome kukila utujuni twinga.
8 Everyone, I tell you, who publicly acknowledges me, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
nikuvavula ghweni juno ikunyupila pavulongolo pa vaanhu, umwana ghwa muunhu ikumwupila pavullongolo pa vanyaMhola vw Nguluve.
9 but the person who publicly disowns me will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
neke ghweni juno ikung'ana une pa vulongola pa vaanhu ghwope ikanwa pa vulongolo pa vanyaMhola va Nguluve.
10 Everyone who will say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for the person who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
ghweni juno ijovela imbivi mwa mwana ghwa muunhu, ilisaghilua, neke ghweni juno ikumuligha uMhepo uMwimike nalisaghilua.
11 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;
kyande vikuvatwala kuvulongolo pa vavaha va nyumba inyimike ja kufunyila, avatemi na vanya vutavulua, namungoghopaghe mulakujivavila nambe ndavule kino kyalnde mujova,
12 for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.’
ulwakuva uMhepo uMwimike ikuvavulanisia vule kya mujova ku nsiki ughuo”
13 ‘Teacher,’ a man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘tell my brother to share the property with me.’
umuunhu jumonga mulipugha akam'bula akati, “m'bulanisi, m'bule unyalukolo ghwango anighavile ulubale lwa vuhaasi vwango.
14 But Jesus said to him, ‘Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?’
uYesu akamwamula akati, “ghweveni juno am'bikile kuva mulamusi na kusambania mu lyumue?”
15 And then he added, ‘Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of their prosperity a person’s true life does not depend on what they have.’
pe pano akavavula, mujilolelelaghe ni fyoni ifya vunoghelua, ulwakuva uvwumi vwa muunhu na vuli muvwinga vwa finu fino alinafyo.
16 Then Jesus told them this parable – ‘There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;
uYesu akavavula ikihwani akati, umughunda hwa mofu jumonga ghulyaholile fiijo,
17 and he began to ask himself “What will I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
akiposia jujuo mu mwoojo ghwake akati, nivomba ndani ulwakuva nilinsila apakuvika imeto jango?
18 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;
akati, nivomba ndiki. nidenya ifihenge fyango ifidebe nijenga ikikome. nivika imeto jango joni ni finu ifinge.
19 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.”
nikujivula inumbula jango, Numbula ghujivikile ifinu finga ku maka minga. puma ulie, unyue na kuhovokela”
20 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?”
neke uNguluve akavavula akati, ghwe muunhu mpumbafu, ikilo ja musyughu vilonda inumbula kuhuma kulyuve. ni finu fyoni finoghuling'anisie fiiva fyani?
21 So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God.’
fye luliiva kwa muunhu ghweni juno ikujivikila ikyuma kisila kukuling'ania vwimila Mutwa.
22 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; or about your body – what you can get to wear.
uYesu akavavula avavulanisivua vaake, pe lino nikuvavula namungasaghaghe mu vwumi vwinu - kuva mulisagha kiki mumavili ghinu - kuva mufwalagha kiki.
23 For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.
ulwakuva uvwumi vwe kukila ikyakulia, nu m'bili ghwe kukila amenda
24 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!
lolagha injuni isa kukyanya, nasilima nambe nasipeta. sisila nyumba nambe ifihenge ifya kuvikila. neke ubaba ghwinu ikusilisia. umue namuli kukila injuni!
25 But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong your life a moment?
ghwe veni kulyumue juno ikujipumusia kukwongelesia idhiraa jimo mu vwumi vwake?
26 And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?
pe namuwesia kuvomba ikinu ikidbe ikio kino kuhugu, pe kiki lino kuhangajikila isinge isio?
27 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.
lolagha amaluva - finoghikula. naghivomba imbombo nambe kuhona amenda ghake agha kufwala. neke nikuvavula, nambe uSolomoni mu vwimike vwake vwoni nakafwalile ndavule jumonga mu agha,
28 If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you of little faith!
nave uNguluve ikughafwasia vunono amatundu gha mufivonde, ghano kweghale umusyungu nu lwakilavo ghitaghua ku mwoto. pe nakukila ikuvafwasia umue? umue mwe vanya lwitiko ludebe!
29 And you – do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.
namungajihangajisiaghe kwiti mulia kiki nambe munyua kiki, nambe namungavisaghe nu vwoghofi.
30 These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
ulwakuva iisi sooni sihangajikila aghuo. nu Nhaata ghwinu ikagula sino munoghile isio.
31 No, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added for you.
neke mulondaghe uvutwa vwake taasi, na ghange aghuo mukwongelesevua,
32 So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
namungoghopaghe, mwe lipugha lidebe, ulwakuva uNhaata ghwinu ihovokela kukuvapela umue uvutwa uvuo.
33 ‘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.
musghusiaghe ifyuma fiinu na kukuvapela avakotofu, mujivikile amafuko ghano naghisila - uvutile vwa kukyanya vuno navusila, ulubale luno avalyasi navangavele nambe inondo nasingawesie kunangania.
34 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
ulwakuva pano pwevule uvutile vwako, pepene najinumbula jako pwejiliva.
35 Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
amenda ghinu amatali ghavisaghe ghapinyilue na makanda, ni taala sinu sighendelelaghe kuuva siviika,
36 and be like servants 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.
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.
37 Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and have them take their places at the table, and will come and serve them.
vafunyilue avavombi vala vano uMutwa ukuvagha vali maaso. kyang'haani ilipinya umwenda ghwake untali nu nkanda, pepano ikuvakalisia paasi ku kyakulia, kange kukuvavombela inofu.
38 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.
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.
39 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.
kukila aghuo, mukagule ili, nave untwa unya nyumba asakagula unsiki ghuno umulyasi ale ikwisa, naale ikwitika inyumba jaake jidenyue.
40 You must also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come.’
muvisaghe muling'anisie ulwakuva namukagula ghwe nsiki muuki umwana ghwa muunhu igomoka.
41 ‘Master,’ said Peter, ‘are you telling this parable with reference to us or to everyone?’
uPeteli akati, “Mutwa ghukutuvula jusue isi ku kihwanikisio au ghukum'bula umuunhu ghweni?
42 ‘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?
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?
43 Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
afunyilue um'bombi jula, juno untwa ghwake angiise ikumwagha ivomba sila sino alaghisivue.
44 His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
kyang'haani nikuvavula umue kuuti ikum'biika pakyanya pa kyuma kyake kyoni.
45 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,
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,
46 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.
untwa ghwa m'bombi jula ikwisa ku kighono kino naakagwile nisala jino naikujikaguala, ghwope ilikun'dumulania na kukum'bika palikimo na vano navagholofu.
47 The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
um'bombi juno ikagula ulughano lwa ntwa ghwake, ghwope naikuling'hania nambe kuvomba sino sinoghiile mu lungano lwa ntwa ghwake ikopua ing'wegho nyinga.
48 while one who does not know his master’s wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone 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.
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.
49 I came to cast fire on the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?
nisile kukunga umwoto pa iisi, kange ninoghelua kuuti ghuve ghuvikiile,
50 There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!
neke nili nu lwofugho luno nikuvofua, kange nili nulusukualo kuhanga pano luva luvombike!
51 Do you think that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
pe musagha kuuti nisile nu lutengano mu iisi? Ndali, nikuvavula, pepano nisile kuleta uvusulani.
52 For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
kutengula lino na kughendelela kuliiva na vaanhu vahaano vasuline mu nyumba jimo, na vatatu
53 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.’
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.
54 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.
uYesu akava ikulivula kange ilipugha, kyande muvona amafunde ghikong'ana, mwiti amasiki gha fula ghalipipi; fye luuva,
55 And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say “It will be burning hot,” and so it proves.
kange mungavone imhepo jipula kuhuma kumavemba mwiti litapiiva lifuke lweli fye luuva.
56 Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
umue mwe vakedusi, mukagwile kuluvulania amasiki! lino! kiki mukunua kukughutang'ania umuluvo ghwa sino sivombeka ifighono ifi?
57 Why don’t you yourselves decide what is right?
kiki umuunhu ghweni mu lyumue naikagula lino linono kuvomba kwa mwene unsiki ghuno ndeali ni nafasi ija kuvomba isio?
58 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; otherwise he might 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.
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.
59 You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last cent.’
nikukuvula nulahuma ukuo kuhanga uhombile nambe i ndalama ja vusililo.
