Matayo 22
1 U Yesu autambue neenso mulengasiilyo nukulunga.
Then Jesus told [the Jewish leaders] other parables [in order to illustrate what will happen to the people who do not accept him as the King God promised to send]. [This is one of those parables: ]
2 '''Utemi wa kilunde wumpyani numutemi naoneneeye wiloelinua winga wang'waakwe.
“[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
3 Wikaatuma eitumi akwe husila awa neaalehikweize muwiloeli nua winga, huite sengaikapika.
[When] the feast [was ready], the king sent his servants to tell the people who had been {whom he had} invited that it was time for them to come to the wedding feast. [The servants did that]. But the people who had been invited did not want to come.
4 Umutemi wikaatuma hange eitumi angizawikalunga. ''Aeli ehe neanilwe, Gozi, nanonelyaindya. Nakwa neamudama neaginu asinzwaa, ne makani ehi ahondilile, Nzii hiloelye muwinga''.
So he sent other servants [to] again [tell the people whom he had invited that they should come to the feast]. He said [to those servants], ‘Say to the people whom I invited [to come to the feast], “The king says that he has prepared the food. The oxen and the fattened calves have been butchered [and cooked]. Everything is ready. It is time [now for you to] come to the wedding feast!’”’
5 Kuite iantu awa singaai akee lukulu uamwi wakwe. Neang'wi ikalongola kumigunda ao, nawa niangiza ikalongola mumaanza ao nabiashala.
[But when the servants told them that, they] disregarded [what the servants said]. Some of them went to their own fields. Others went to their places of business.
6 Niangiza ikaaja eitumi amukulu nukuabulaga.
The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
7 Kuite umutemi wikataka. Wikatuma ikua mbiteakwe akabulangwa eabulagi nukulimansiilya ikisalekao kumoto.
[When the king heard what had happened], he became furious. He commanded his soldiers to go and kill those murderers and burn their cities.
8 Hange wikaaila eitumi akwe, ''Uwinga ukondile, kuite ianwi shangaaza.
[After his soldiers had done that], the king said to his other servants, ‘I have prepared the [wedding] feast, but the people who were {whom I} invited do not deserve to [come to it because they did not consider it an honor to have been invited].
9 Kuitelongoli muninsambwa nzile nemehulu, muane iantu needu anga uu neukuhuma aze muwiloeli nua winga.''
So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
10 Eitumi akena munzila ninkulu nukuakalibisha iantu ehi nae aine, aza kuabi, Uu itando nila winga ieizula iageni.
So the servants went there, and they gathered everyone they saw [who wanted to come to the feast]. They gathered [both people that were considered] to be evil and [those that were considered to be] good. They brought them into the hall where the wedding [feast took place]. The hall was filled with people.
11 Kuite umutemi nae wingie nukuagoza iaiziila, wikamuona muntu ung'wi akeze mugila ung'wenda nua winga.
But when the king went [into the hall] to see the guests who were there, he saw someone who was not wearing clothes [that had been provided for the guests to wear] at a wedding [feast].
12 Umutemi akamukolya, Muhumba miane, azaupikile ule apakunu umugila ung'we nua winga? Numuntu nuanso shanga wikasushaketi.
The king said to him, ‘Friend, (you should never have entered this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that guests wear] at wedding [feasts]!/how did you enter this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that are appropriate for guests to wear] at a wedding [feast]?) [RHQ]’ The man did not say anything, [because he did not know what to say].
13 Uu gwa umutemi akaaila eitumi akwe, Mutungi umuintu uyu imekono nemegulu mugumi kunzi kuhiti, kung'wanso nuuhole uleli nukusia muno.
Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie this person’s feet and hands and throw him outside where there is total darkness. People who are there cry out [because they are suffering] and they gnash their teeth [because of their severe pain].’”
14 Kunsoko antu edu itangilwe, kuite awa niasaguwe ashenyu.
[Then Jesus said, “The point of this story is that God] has invited many [to come to him], but only a few people are the ones whom he has chosen [to be there].”
15 Uu iatalisayu ikahega nukuzipeilya amurambe uyehu munkani yakwe ung'wenso.
After Jesus said that, the Pharisees met together in order to plan how they could cause him to say something that would enable them to accuse him.
16 Uuikaatuma iamanyisigwa ao palung'wi Helode Hange ikamuila uYesu, ''Mumanyisi, kulengile kenauewe wimuntu watai, hange kena ukumanyisa ita ang'wi Tunda etai shanga ukee mkani ningiza hange umugila anga ukweli nua antu.
They sent to him some of their disciples, [who thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Jewish authorities required them to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod. [The members of that party thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Roman government required them to pay]. [Those who were sent came and] said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the truth about what God wants [us to do]. We also know that you do not change what you teach because of what someone says about you, even if it is an important person who does not like what you [IDM] teach.
17 Kuite kuile, usegile ntuni? Itee? taine kilago kapunya ehodi nshenyu ang'wi alii?
So tell us what you think [RHQ] [about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
18 U Yesu aulengile uubi wao wikalunga, Kuneki nemungema unye nemiamasue?
But Jesus knew that what they really wanted to do was evil. [They were wanting him to say something that would get him in trouble with either the Jewish authorities or the Roman authorities. So he said to them], “You are (hypocrites/pretending to ask a legitimate question), but you are just wanting [RHQ] me to say something for which you can accuse me.
19 Ndangiili empia netumeka mukodi.''Uu ikamutetela edinali.
Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
20 U Yesu akakolya ''Ikelu ne lina ele lang'wi nyanyu?
He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
21 Ikasusha,''Yang'wa kaisari.'' Uu Yesu akabila,''Mupiukaisari nakwe nang'wi Tunda mupi Itunda.''
They answered, “[It has the picture and name of] Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].” Then he said to them, “Okay, give to the government what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
22 Naeigule ile ikakuilwa. Hange ikamuleka nukulongola yao.
When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
23 Iluhiku nulanso ang'wi ao amasadukayo akiza kung'wa Yesu, awa neelunga kutile anga uiukiwaashi. Ekamukulya,
During that same day, some Sadducees came to Jesus. [They are a Jewish sect who do not] believe that people will become alive again after they die. They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question.
24 akalunga,''Mumanyisi, Umusa aulugile, Angeze umuntu ukule singa utugile ung'wana, umuluna ukumusala umusungu nuanso nukumuligelya ung'wana nsoko amuluna wakwe.
[In order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again], they said [to him], “Teacher, Moses wrote [in the Scriptures], ‘If a man dies who did not have any children, his brother must marry the [dead man’s] widow in order that she can have a child by him. The child [will be considered] the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].’
25 Aeahote atuna mupungate. Nua ng'wandyo autenile wikasha shuutungile ung'wana. Aka mutekela umulune umusungu.
Well, there were seven boys in a family [living] near us. The oldest one married someone. He [and his wife] did not have any children, and he died. So the second brother married the widow. [But he also died without having a child].
26 Hange umulune wakwe wikalenda uu, hange nuyu nuaka taatu, yekatenda uu sunga yuyu nua mupungate.
The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
27 Nae ituma ite ehi, numusungu nuanso wikasha.
Last of all, the widow also died.
28 Inge muuiuki umusungu nuanso ukutula wang'wanyenyu mualuna neanso nemupungate? kunsoko ehi ae amutenile.''
So, at the time when people are raised from the dead, which of the seven [brothers do you think] will be her husband? Keep in mind that they had all been married to her.”
29 Kuite u Yesu ausuhilye nukulunga, Mukakoseela, Kunsoko shamumanyile Imaandeko sunga ningulu niang'wi Tunda.
Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [in what you are thinking]. You do not know [what is written in] the Scriptures. [You] also do not know [that] God has [the] power [to make people alive again].
30 Kunsoko muuniuhi, iantu shaitena ang'wi hulenwa, kuleka ite iantu etula anga iamakika hilunde.
The fact is that [the woman will not be the wife of any of them, because] after [God causes all dead] people [to] live again, no one will be married. Instead, [people] will be like the angels in heaven. [They do not marry].
31 Kuite uiuki waashi mukele musomene niTunda auketambue kitalanyu, nukulunga.
But as for dead people becoming alive again, God said something about that. (I’m sure you have read it./Have you not read it?) [RHQ] [Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses],
32 Unene ni Tunda nuang'wa Iblahimu, Itunda wang'wa Isaki, ni Tunda nuang'waYakobo? Itunda singa Itundawaashi, inge Itunda nua panga.''
‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob worships.’ It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive]!”
33 Imatungo umulundo nuahija ile, ikakuilwa umanyisi wakwe.
When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
34 Kuite emafalisayo niakija kena Uyesu wakilaja ea masadukayo, ekiiligeila ienso palug'wi.
But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had answered the Sadducees in such a way that the Sadducees could not [think of anything that they might say to] respond to him, the Pharisees gathered together to [plan what they would say to him]. [Then they approached him].
35 Ung'wiao, akeze munyilago, wika mukolya ikolyokumugema.
One of them was a man who had studied well the laws [that God gave Moses]. He wanted to see if Jesus [could answer] his question well [or if he would say something wrong]. He asked him,
36 Mumanyisi, ilago neleuke ni kulu kukele imalago ehi.
“Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
37 U Yesu akasusha,''kusinja umulowe umukulu kunholo ako ehi, nemahala ako ehi.
Jesus [quoted the Scriptures as he replied], “‘You must love the Lord your God with all [IDM] your (inner being/heart). [Show that you love him] in all that you desire, in all that you feel, and in all that you think.’
38 Ili lilo ilagilyo ikulu hangi nilang'wandyo.
That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
39 Hange na akabiili impyani ni yiyo. Kusinja kumulowa u munya kisali anga nuiloilwe u ewe.
The next most important commandment [that everyone must surely obey] is: ‘You must love the people you come in contact with as much as [you love] yourself.’
40 Imalago ehi neanya kidagu imeiwe nemalago yaya nabiili.
These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
41 Ne mafalisayo naekili ilingile paluug'wi, U Yesu akaakulya ikolyo.
While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
42 Akalunga,''Itee? Musegile ntuni kung'wa Kristo? Nuanso ng'wa nyenyu? Neenso ekasusha,'' Ng'wana wang'wa Daudi.
“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
43 U Yesu wikaasukeelya.''Kuuhuni kea udaudi ike ni nkolo ukumitanga mukulu, nukulunga.
Jesus said to them, “[If the Messiah is King David’s descendant], then (David should not have called him ‘Lord’ when David was saying [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say./Why did David call the Messiah ‘Lord’ when David was speaking [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say?) [RHQ]
44 Mukulu auumuie Umukulu wane,'' Ikieumohono wanenuakegohe, sunga nekuatenda ialugu aho aikwepihe amegulu aho?''
[David wrote this in the Scriptures about the Messiah]: ‘God said to my Lord, “Sit [here beside me] on my right, [the place of greatest honor you] [MTY]. [Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies [MTY].”’
45 Ang'wi Udaudi ukumitanga ukristo,''Mukulu''Ukutulang'waakwe ule?
So, since [King] David called [the Messiah] ‘my Lord’, ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from David!/how can he be [only] the descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]!”
46 Kutile nae usuhilye ulukani hanga, hange hutile naugemile kumukolya imakolyo nendu kupuma uluhiku lulo nukulongoleka.
No one [who heard what Jesus said] was able to think of even one word to say to him [in response]. And after that, no one else ever dared to ask him another question [to try to trap him].
