Luke 7
1 After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went [with his disciples] to Capernaum [town].
Bu kamana kamba batu mambu maba yandi, Yesu wuyenda ku Kafalinawumi.
2 There was a Roman army officer there who had a slave whom he thought highly of. This slave was so sick that he was about to die.
Pfumu yimosi yi masodi wuba ayi mvikꞌandi wuba mu kimbevo, wuba nduka mu fua. Pfumu beni wuba zolanga ngolo mvika beni.
3 When the officer heard about Jesus, he [summoned] some Jewish elders. He told them to go to Jesus and ask him to come and heal his slave.
Bu kawa tsangu yi Yesu, buna pfumu beni yi masodi wumfidisila bakulutu ba Bayuda muingi banleba kiza belusa mvikꞌandi.
4 When they came to where Jesus was, they earnestly asked Jesus [to return with them]. They said, “This officer deserves that you [(sg)] do this [for him],
Bu batula vaba Yesu mbadi banleba: —Niandi fueni wumvangila buawu.
5 because he loves us [Jewish] people, and he [paid the money to] build a synagogue for us.”
Bila wunzolanga tsi etu ayi niandi veka wututungila nzo yi lukutukunu.
6 So Jesus went with them. When he was near the [officer’s] house, the officer [decided that it was not necessary for Jesus to come to his house. So he] summoned some friends. He [told them to] go to Jesus and tell him this: “Lord/Sir, do not bother to come. [Because I am a non-Jew], I am not worthy for you [(sg)], [a Jew], to come into my house [MTY] [and associate with me].
Yesu wuyenda yawu. Buna weka nduka tula ku nzo, pfumu yi masodiwumfidisila bakundi bandi mu kunkamba: —A pfumu, bika kuaku kiyamisa bila ndisi wufuana ko muingi ngeyo wukota mu nzoꞌama.
7 I did not feel worthy to come to you, [either]. But [please] command [that] my servant [be healed], and he will become well!
Diawu ndisi kuiza kudenginina ko minu veka vayi tuba kaka diambu dimosi buna kisadi kiama ma kibeluka.
8 [I believe this] because, as for me, there are people who have authority over me [and I obey them]. I also have soldiers under my [authority]. When I say to one of them, ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. [And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority].”
Bila minu veka ndidi ku tsi luyalu lu bapfumu ayi mbeki masodi ma ndieta tumina. Minu kamba kuidi wumosi: “Yenda” makenda. Minu kamba kuidi wunkaka: “Yiza” makiea. Minu kamba kuidi mvikꞌama: “vanga diadi!”, balavanga diawu.
9 When [the officer’s friends arrived and] told that to Jesus, he marveled at what [the officer had said]. Then he turned and said to the crowd that was going with him, “I tell you, I have never before found anyone who trusted [in me like this non-Jewish man does]. No one from Israel, [where I would expect people to believe in me], has trusted in me like he has!”
Yesu wusimina buwombo bu kawa mamu ma pfumu yi masodi. Buna wubaluka kuidi nkangu wuba kunlandakana ayi wutuba: —Bukiedika ndikulukamba ndimueni ko, ka diambu ko mu Iseli, minu kinneni banga kiaki.
10 When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well.
Bamvuala mi pfumu masodi zivutuka kuawu kuna nzo, kuna yiyenda bata mvika beni mu buvini.
11 Soon after that, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd [of other people] went with him.
Mu lumbu kilanda, Yesu wuyenda ku divula dimosi diba bantedilanga Nayini. Minlonguki miandi minlandakana va kimosi ayi nkangu wuwombo.
12 As they approached the town gate, the corpse of a young man who had just died was being carried out [on a stretcher] {[people] were carrying out [on a stretcher] the corpse of a young man who had just died}. His mother was a widow, and he was her only son. A large group of people from the town were accompanying them.
Bu katula va difula di divula, wudengana batu banata mvumbi ku nganda yidivula. Wuba muana wumosi kaka wu difuola. Nkangu wu wombo wu divula wuba yandi va kimosi.
13 When the Lord saw her, he pitied her. He said to her, “Do not cry!”
Pfumu bu kamona difuola beni buna wummona kiadi ayi wunkamba: —Bika dila.
14 Then, [ignoring the Jewish laws about not coming near a corpse], he came close and touched the stretcher [on which the body was lying]. So the men carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”
Bosi wufikama vaba kesi yi mvumbi ayi wutetika koko kuandi va mbata kesi beni. Bobo banata kesi batelama. Buna wukamba: —Ndikutumina, muana ditoko, telama kuaku!
15 The man sat up and began to talk! Jesus returned him to his mother [to care for her].
Zimbukila mutu wuba wufua wuvumbuka, wuvuanda ayi wutona yoluka. Yesu wumvana kuidi ngudi andi.
16 Then everyone [there] was amazed/awestruck. They praised God, saying, “A great prophet has come among us!” They also said, “God has come to help his people!”
Babo bamona tsisi, bakembisa Nzambi ayi batuba: —Mbikudi wunneni wututotukidi ayi Nzambi wizidi mu sadisa batu bandi.
17 [Then they] reported what Jesus [had done] throughout all of Judea [district] and other nearby areas.
Tsangu yi nsamu wawu yitembakana mu Yuda dioso ayi mu bizunga bizungidila.
18 The disciples of John [the Baptizer went to the prison where John was and] told him about those things.
Minlonguki mi Yowani mimana kamba Yowani mambu moso momo mavioka. Buna wutumisa minlonguki miandi miodi
19 So [one day] John summoned two [of his disciples] and [told them] to go to the Lord and ask him: “Are you [the Messiah who the prophets prophesied would come], or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
ayi wuba fidisa kuidi Pfumu mu diambu banyuvula: —Bukiedika kuandi ti ngeyo mutu wowo wufueti kuiza voti tufueti vingila wunkaka e?
20 When those two men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptizer sent us to ask you [(sg)] this: Are you [the Messiah that] we are expecting [God] to send, or shall we [(exc)] expect someone else?”
Batu beni bayenda kuidi Yesu ayi bankamba: —Yowani Mbotidi wututumini. Katu kembi tuyuvula: “ngeyo mutu wowo wufueti kuiza voti tufueti vingila wunkaka e?”
21 At that very time Jesus was healing many people of their diseases and [other] sicknesses, he was [casting out] evil spirits, and he was causing many blind people to be able to see.
Muna thangu yina, Yesu wubelusa batu bawombo baba mu bimbevo ayi mu minsongo. Wubelusa batu bayamusu kuidi ziphevi zimbimbi ayi wuzibula meso ma baphofo bawombo.
22 So he answered those two men, “Go back and report to John what you have seen [me doing] and what you have heard [me telling people. I am enabling] blind people to see. [I am enabling] lame people to walk. [I am] healing people who have leprosy. [I am enabling] deaf people to hear. [I am causing] dead people to become alive again, [and I am] telling [God’s] good message to poor people.
Buna wukamba kuidi bobo bafidudu: —Luvutuka kudi Yowani ayi lunkamba mambu momo lumueni ayi luwilu; baphofo zilembu moni; makoka malembu diati; batu ba buazi balembu vedusu, batu bafua matu balembu wi, bafua balembu fuluka; nsamu wumboti wulembu longu kuidi batu basukama.
23 [Also tell John that God] is pleased with those who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expect the Messiah to do].”
Khini kuidi mutu wela manga zimbisa minu kiandi mu diambu diama.
24 When the men whom John had sent left, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John] [RHQ]. [You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed the nature of his message] [MET], [like] a reed that is blown back and forth by the wind [RHQ].
Bamvuala zi Yowani bu zivutuka, Yesu wubaka diluaku di yolukila mambuma Yowani kudi nkangu wu batu: —Mbi biobi luyenda tala ku dikanga e? Nti wufioti wulembu vevumunu kuidi phemo e?
25 Then what kind of man did you go there to see [RHQ]? Was he [RHQ] a man who wore expensive clothes? No! [You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ palaces, [not in the desolate areas]!
Vayi buna nani luyenda tale e? Mutu wuvuata minledi mi kitoko e? Tala batu bobo bamvuatanga minledi mi kitoko ayi banzingilanga mu zikhini mu zinzo zi mintinu bankalanga.
26 Then what [kind of person] did you go to see? [Did you] [RHQ] [go there to see John because he was] a prophet? Yes! But I will tell you that [John is] more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
Vayi buna mbi luyenda tala e? Mbikudi luyenda tala e? Nyinga buawu kuandi vayi ndikulukamba ti niandi viokidi mbikudi.
27 He is the one about whom [these words] that God said to the Messiah have been written {[the prophet Malachi] wrote [these words]} [in the Scriptures]: ‘Listen! I am going to send my messenger ahead of you [(sg)] [SYN]. He will prepare [people] for your coming.’
Bila niandi wuyolukulu mu minkanda ti: Tala mfidisidi mvualꞌala ku ntualꞌaku, niandi wela kubika nzilꞌaku ku ntualꞌaku.
28 I tell you that from among all the people who have ever lived, [God considers that] no one is greater than John. However, [God considers] everyone who has let God rule their [lives] [MET] to be greater than [John], [even if they are] insignificant [people].”
Bukiedika ndikulukamba: mu batu boso bobo babutu kuidi baketo, kuidiko mutu wowo viokidi Yowani. Vayi wulutidi kefa mu kipfumu ki Diyilu wunlutidi.
29 When they heard [what Jesus said] (OR, [what John preached]), all the people, including tax collectors, [whom many people despised], agreed that God’s way was right. By being baptized by John {By [letting] John baptize them}, [they had agreed that what God required people to do in order to be saved was right].
—Batu boso bawa mambu momo ayi mimfutisi mi ziphaku, bazababusonga bu Nzambi bu babotoko kuidi Yowani.
30 But the Pharisees and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws were not baptized by John {did not [let] John baptize them} because they rejected what God wanted them to do.
Vayi Bafalisi ayi minlongi mi mina, bobo bamanga botoko kuidi niandi, va meso mawu baloza luzolo lu Nzambi.
31 [Then Jesus also said], “[Many of] you people have heard what [John and I] have taught. (I will illustrate what you are like./Do you know what [many of] you people who have heard what [John and I] have taught are like?) [RHQ]
Banga banani ndenda dedikisa tsungi yayi e? Yidedikini banga babani e?
32 You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of them] are calling to [the others], saying, ‘We [(exc)] played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry!’
Yidedikini banga bana bafioti bavuedi va zandu ayi balembu kambasana bawu na bawu: Beto tulusikidi nsioni vayi lusia kina ko. Tuyimbila minkunga mi mafua vayi lusia dila ko.
33 [Similarly, you people are dissatisfied with both John the Baptizer and me]! When John came and [preached to you], he did not eat [ordinary] food [SYN] or drink wine, [like most people do]. But you [rejected him], saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
Bila Yowani wuyiza, kasia dia mampa ko ayi kasia nua vinu ko. Vayi lukamba: “Pheve yibmimbi yidi yandi.”
34 In [contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same food] and drink [wine as others do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’
Muana mutu wuyiza; wundia, wunua ayi luntuba: “Niandi nzuna kadi ayi kolu mbungu; nkundi mimfutisi mi ziphaku ayi bankua masumu.”
35 But those who are [truly God’s] children [PRS] realize that [what John and I do is truly] wise.”
Vayi nduenga yimmonikanga yisonga mu nzila yi bana bandi.
36 [One day] one of the Pharisees [named Simon] invited Jesus to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to the man’s house and reclined [to eat].
Mfalisi wumosi wuleba Yesu mu dia yandi va meza. Yesu wuyenda ku nzoꞌandi ayi wuvuanda va meza.
37 There was a woman in that city [who many people knew had been] a prostitute [EUP]. She heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house. So she went there, taking a stone jar that contained perfume.
Zimbukila va totuka nketo wumosi wu divula, wuba nsumuki. Wuzaba ti Yesu vuendi va meza ku nzo yi Mfalisi buna wunata bungu ki wala malasi, bungu beni kivangulu mu ditadi di alabatele.
38 [As the people there were reclining to eat], the woman stood behind [Jesus, at his] feet. As she was crying [because she was sorry for her sins, her tears fell on Jesus’ feet]. Then she wiped his feet with her hair, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.
Wutelama ku mbusa malu mandi. Wuba dila ayi matsuela mandi mabua mu malu ma Yesu. Buna wufiona mawu mu zitsuki ziandi. Wufifa malu mandi besi ayi wufukudila mawu malasi.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited [Jesus] saw that, he thought, “[Prophets know about other people’s lives], [so] if Jesus were a prophet, he would have known who this woman is who is touching him, and what kind of a person she is. He would have known that she is a prostitute! [EUP]”
Bu kamona bobo, Mfalisi wowo wutumisa Yesu wuniunguta: enati bukiedika mutu wawu mbikudi nginu bakudingi nani nketowowo wulembu nsimbi nani ayi buevi kadidi; bila nkento nkua masumu.
40 Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you [(sg)].” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?”
Yesu wunkamba mu mbembo yingolo: —A Simoni, diambu didi yama di kukamba. Buna Mfalisi wumvutudila ti: —A nlongi, tuba kuaku!
41 Jesus replied, “Two people owed some money to a man who [earned money by] lending [it to others]. One owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed him 50 silver coins.
Buna Yesu wunkamba ti: —Vaba mutu wumosi wudevisa zimbongo kuidi batu buadi. Wutheti wudeva zikhama zitanu zi denali bosi wummuandi wudeva makumatanu.
42 Neither of them was able to pay back [what he owed], so the man [very kindly] said that they did not have to pay back anything. So, which of those two men will love that man more?”
Sumbu bawu buadi basia ba ko zimbongo zikumvutudila, buna wubalemvukila. Mu mpila yaku, mu bawu buadi; nani wela luta kunzola e?
43 Simon replied, “I think that the one who owed the most money and did not have to pay it back [will love him more].” Jesus said to him, “That is correct.”
Simoni wuvutula: —Minu mbueni Mutu wowo wuba pholo yinneni. Buna Yesu wunkamba: —Bukiedika kuaku tubidi.
44 Then he turned toward the woman, and said to Simon, “(Think about [what] this woman [has done]!/Do you [(sg)] see [what] this woman [has done]?) [RHQ] When I entered your house, you [did not follow our custom of welcoming guests by] giving me any water [to wash] my feet, but this woman has wet my feet with her tears and then wiped them with her hair!
Bosi wubaluka kuidi nketo ayi wukamba kuidi Simoni: —Mueni nketo wawu e? Mu thangu khotidingi mu nzoꞌaku, wusia kundatinanga ko nlangu mu diambu ndisukula malu. Vayi niandi bodisidingi malu mama mu matsuela mandi ayi fioniningi mawu mu zitsuki ziandi.
45 You did not [follow our custom of greeting by] kissing me, but since I came in, this woman has not stopped kissing my feet!
Wusia ku mfifanga besi ko vayi tona buna khotidingi, niandi kakadi vonga mu lembu kafifanga malu mama bibesi.
46 You did not [follow our custom of welcoming guests by] anointing my head with [olive] oil, but she has anointed my feet with fragrant perfume.
Wusia dukulanga ko mafuta ku ntu ama vayi niandi dukudingimalasi mu malu mama.
47 So I will tell you that even though this woman has sinned very much, she has been forgiven {[I] have forgiven her}. [By what she has done she has shown that] she loves [me] very much. But a person who has [sinned] just a little bit, but whom [I] have forgiven, will love [me just a little bit].”
Diawu ndikukambila ti masumu mawombo momo mabedi yandi malemvokolobila wumonisina luzolo luwombo. Vayi mutu wowo beta lemvukila fioti, niandi mamvandi fioti kaka keti zodila.
48 Then he said to the woman, “You have been forgiven {[I have] forgiven [you]} [for] your sins.”
Bosi wukamba nketo: —Masumu maku malemvukulu.
49 Then those who were eating with him said among themselves, “(This man must [think that he is God]!/Who does this man [think that he] is [RHQ]), saying that he can forgive [people for] their sins?”
Batu bobo baba yandi va meza bakambasana bawu na bawu ti: “Buna nani mutu wawu wulemvukila masumu?”
50 But Jesus said to the woman, “Because you have trusted [PRS] [in me, God] has saved you [from the guilt of your sins]. May [God] give you inner peace as you go!”
Vayi Yesu wukamba nketo: —Minu kiaku kivukisidi; yenda mu ndembama!
