Luka 21
1 Jesu ha lola aba boni bafumi niba bika impo zabo mwi citanda.
Looking up, Jesus saw the rich people putting their gifts into the chests for the Temple offerings.
2 A ba boni mwanakazi yo fwililwe yo nyandite habika tuhafu twe pene.
He saw, too, a widow in poor circumstances putting two small coins into them.
3 Chawamba, Zeniti nami bona, Uzu mwanakazi yo fwililwe wa zwisa kumihita.
“I tell you”, he said “that this poor widow has put in more than all the others;
4 Mubonse mwa zwisa impo zenu, Kono uzu mwanakazi ya sena chakwe wa mihita ka kuli waleta zonse zakakwete mubu njebwe bwakwe.
for everyone else here put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, has put in all she had to live on.”
5 Bamwi ba bali ku wamba Inkeleke mwiba kabisezwe ka bukwala ni mavwe ni mpo, cawamba.
When some of them spoke about the Temple being decorated with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,
6 Kwezo zintu zimubwene, inako mwikeze kakwina ivwe lyete nilishale kulimwi nilisawi”.
“As for these things that you are looking at, a time is coming when not one stone will be left on another here. Every one will be thrown down.”
7 Chiba mubuza kuti muluti, Izo kazi tendahale lili? Hape chisupo chete chitondeze kuti kazi tendahale?
So the disciples questioned Jesus, “But, teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when this is near?”
8 ce taba; mumamele, kanzi muchengwa. Bangi kabeze che zina lyangu, Nokucho kuti; Njime kreste, inako chiya chuta, kono kanji mubechilili.
And Jesus said, “See that you are not led astray; for many will take my name, and come saying ‘I am He,’ and ‘The time is close at hand.’ Do not follow them.
9 Ha muzuwa inkondo ni kuli sandukila, Kanji mutiyi, Izo zintu kazi pangahali pili, kono kanji ma mani mani.
And, when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified, for these things must occur first; but the end will not be at once.”
10 Chawamba kubali; Masika kalwise masika amwi; Mushobo ni mushobo kabalwe.
Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom,
11 Izikinyebo ikando mwi kanda iboneke, Nilufu lungi muzibaka zingi, Ni zala, Nizitiza, Ni zikomosa zikando zizwa kwe lreeza kwi wulu.
and there will be great earthquakes, and plagues and famines in various places, and there will be terrible appearances and signs in the heavens.
12 Izi, ni ziseni kwiza, Bantu kaba milwise kamayaza, Bami sukulule niku mikwitila mu masinagoge, ni mwi tolongo, bami twale kuba simwine, niku ba atuli bezintu kebaka lyezina lyangu.
Before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you, and they will betray you to synagogues and put you in prison, when you will be brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name.
13 Izo kazi mizile kuti muwambe buniti.
Then will be your opportunity of witnessing for me.
14 Aho muli lemuhele mwi inkulo zenu, kuti kanji mulitukisezi pili zete muli tabilile kazo.
Make up your minds, therefore, not to prepare your defense;
15 Mukuti ime kanimihe mamzwi ni butali, kuti bami lwisa bakangwe kumi taba ni kumi kananisa.
for I will myself give you words, and a wisdom which all your opponents together will be unable to resist or defy.
16 Kamu betekwa niku bazazi benu, niba kwaluzubo benu, niba likani benu, kabe haye bamwi kwenu.
You will be betrayed even by your parents and brothers and sisters and relatives and friends, and they will cause some of you to be put to death,
17 Imi kamu toiwe bantu bonse ibaka lyezina lyangu.
and you will be hated by everyone because of me my name.
18 Imi ka kwina nanta lusuki lu mwina lwete nilu shale kumitwi yenu.
Yet not a single hair of your heads will be lost!
19 Kamu haze ihuho zenu kaku kola kwenu.
By your endurance you will win yourselves life.
20 Chimwa bona Jerusalema izimbukitwe masole mwizibe kuti kuza kunuka kwayo chiku chunine.
As soon, however, as you see Jerusalem surrounded by armed camps, then you may know that the hour of her desecration is at hand.
21 linu, bena kwa Judea batilile ku malundu; Bena mu munzi bazwe mo'imi bena mwi kanda kanji bazwimo, ku bolela ku munzi.
Then those of you who are in Judea must take refuge in the mountains, those who are in Jerusalem must leave at once, and those who are in the country places must not go into it.
22 Mukuti inako yaku bozekeza bantu bubi bwabo, kuti ziñoletwe zi boneke zose.
For these are to be the days of vengeance, when all that scripture says will be fulfilled.
23 Bukabo kabwizile banakazi ba lihindite niba nyosa mwao mazuba; ka kuti bukabo bukando ka bube kwa nteni mwi kanda; imi bukali kabu sukile abo bantu.
Alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great suffering in the land, and anger against this people.
24 Mubawe kabu kali bwe sumo, kaba hapwe batwalwe kubantu bonse, imi jelusalema ka lyatolwe kube kanda mane ba maninine.
They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be taken prisoners to every land, and Jerusalem will be under the heel of the Gentiles, until their day is over – as it will be.
25 Zisupo kazi boneke hezuba ni mwezi ni nkani; imi mwi kanda mahasi kahwilwe niku njanja kebaka lya mawate ni masunda.
There will be signs, too, in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth despair among the nations, in their dismay at the roar of the sea and the surge.
26 Bantu kaba zumininine kebaka lyo kutiya niku lindila zete zize mwi kanda; ka kuti zina ziho zo kwi wulu muzi nyanganye.
People’s hearts will fail them through dread of what is coming upon the world; for the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.
27 Imi kaba bone Mwana wo Muntu heti chokeza mu makope ke ziho ni kanya ikando.
Then will be seen the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 Izo chizatanga kwiza; mu loleze menso kwi wulu, Imi muinuke; ka kuli kulukululwa kwenu chi kwina hafwihi.
And, when these things begin to occur, look upwards and lift your heads, for your deliverance will be at hand.”
29 Cha ba wambila inguli, Chati' mubone i samu lye feiga ni zisamu zimwi.
Then he taught them a lesson, saying – “Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.
30 Hali tumpa makoba, Imi mwi ziba ni kulemuha kuti imbumbi chiina hafuhi.
As soon as they shoot, you know, as you look at them, without being told, that summer is near.
31 Ka mukwa wina bulyo, ne nwe, hamu bona izo chizi keza, mwina no kwi ziba kuti mubuso we Ireeza chi wina hafuhi.
And so may you, as soon as you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.
32 Kabuniti ni wamba kwenu, ulu luzubo kete lumane, zonse zi seni ku tendahala.
I tell you that even the present generation will not pass away until all has taken place.
33 Iwulu kali mane ni kanda bulyo; mi manzwi angu kete ni a mane.
The heavens and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
34 Imi mu mamele inkulo zenu kanji zi lyanganiswa kulya kwenu, niku kolwa mutoho, niku bilela zo buhalo.
Be on your guard or your minds will become dulled by debauches or drunkenness or the anxieties of life, and ‘that day’ will close on you suddenly like a trap.
35 mane ilyo izuba kali miwane kamu litukise; MU kuti kachiwile bonse bazakite mwi kanda yonse.
For it will come on all who are living upon the face of the whole earth.
36 Mi he, mutonde mulapele inako yonse, ili kuti mukole ni kubanduka kwezo zonse zete nizi boneke, ni kwa kwe habusu bwa Mwana Muntu.
Be on the watch at all times, and pray that you may have strength to escape all that is destined to happen, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.”
37 Jesu abali kulutanga musihali mwi nkeleke imi masiku aba kuzwanga niku ka lindila hachi wulu chisumpwa ze samu lya olive.
During the days, Jesus continued to teach in the Temple Courts, but he went out and spent the nights on the hill called the ‘Mount of Olives.’
38 Imi chichaba chonse chibali kwiza kakusasani mwi nkeleke kuku mutekeleza.
And all the people would get up early in the morning and come to listen to him in the Temple Courts.
