Luka 12
1 Na tango yango, lokola bankoto ebele ya bato basanganaki, kino bakomaki konyatana bango na bango, Yesu abandaki na koyebisa bayekoli na Ye: — Bosala keba na levire ya Bafarizeo, oyo ezali lokuta!
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 Eloko moko te ebombama ekozanga komonisama, mpe eloko moko te ya sekele ekozanga koyebana.
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
3 Nyonso oyo bokoloba kati na molili ekoyokana kati na pole ya mokolo, mpe nyonso oyo bokolobana na matoyi kati na bashambre ekosakolama wuta na likolo ya bandako.
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 Balingami na Ngai, nazali koloba na bino: bobanga te bato oyo bakoki koboma nzoto mpe, na sima, bakoki kosala likambo mosusu te.
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 Nakolakisa bino nani oyo bosengeli kobanga: bobanga Ye oyo, sima na kufa, azali na bokonzi ya kobwaka kati na lifelo. Solo, nazali koloba na bino: Ye nde bosengeli kobanga. (Geenna g1067)
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath authority to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. (Geenna g1067)
6 Boni, batekaka te bandeke mike mitano na motuya ya mbongo ya bibende mibale? Nzokande, Nzambe abosanaka ata ndeke moko te kati na yango.
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7 Ayebi kutu ata motango ya suki na bino. Bobanga te; boleki bandeke mike ebele na motuya.
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
8 Nazali koloba na bino: moto nyonso oyo, na miso ya bato, akotatola ete azali moto na Ngai, Mwana na Moto mpe akotatola liboso ya ba-anjelu ya Nzambe ete azali moto na Ye;
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
9 kasi ye oyo akowangana Ngai na miso ya bato, Ngai mpe nakowangana ye liboso ya ba-anjelu ya Nzambe.
But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 Moto nyonso oyo akoloba mabe na tina na Mwana na Moto akolimbisama, kasi ye oyo akofinga Molimo Mosantu akolimbisama te.
And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
11 Tango bakokumba bino kati na bandako ya mayangani, liboso ya bakambi mpe bakonzi, bomitungisa te na koluka koyeba ndenge nini bokosamba mpe maloba nini bokoloba;
And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and authorities, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
12 pamba te Molimo Mosantu akolakisa bino, na tango yango, makambo oyo bosengeli koloba.
For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
13 Moto moko kati na ebele ya bato alobaki na Yesu: — Moteyi, loba na ndeko na ngai ete akabola na ngai libula oyo tata atikelaki biso.
And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 Yesu azongiselaki ye: — Molingami na Ngai, nani atie Ngai Mosambisi to Mokati makambo na bino ya libula?
And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 Bongo alobaki na bato nyonso: — Bosala keba! Bomibatela malamu ete bokweya te na lokoso ya konduka bomengo; pamba te, ezala kati na bofuluki, ezali bomengo te nde esalaka bomoi ya moto.
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
16 Mpe alobaki na bango lisese oyo: — Bilanga ya mozwi moko ebotaki bambuma ebele penza.
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 Akomaki kokanisa mpe komituna: « Nasala nini? Nazali lisusu na esika te mpo na kobomba bambuma na ngai ya bilanga. »
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 Bongo amilobelaki lisusu: « Nakosala boye: nakobuka bibombelo na ngai mpo na kotonga bibombelo oyo eleki minene, nakobomba kuna ble na ngai nyonso mpe biloko na ngai mosusu.
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 Sima na yango, nakomilobela: ‹ Oh bomoi na ngai, otondi na biloko oyo ebombami mpo na mibu ebele; pema na yo, lia, mela mpe sepela! › »
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 Kasi Nzambe alobaki na ye: « Zoba! Na butu ya lelo kaka, okokufa. Bongo nani akokoma nkolo biloko nyonso oyo ondukaki mpo na yo moko? »
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 Ekozala bongo mpo na moto nyonso oyo andukaka bomengo mpo na ye moko, kasi alukaka te kozala mozwi na miso ya Nzambe.
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 Bongo Yesu alobaki na bayekoli na Ye: — Yango wana, nazali koloba na bino: bomitungisaka te na tina na bomoi na bino, na komituna: tokolia nini? To na tina na banzoto na bino, na komituna: Tokolata nini?
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 Pamba te bomoi eleki bilei na tina, mpe nzoto eleki bilamba na tina.
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24 Botala bayanganga: elonaka nkona te, ebukaka bambuma te, ezali te na ebombelo bambuma to na ebombelo bilei; kasi Nzambe aleisaka yango. Nzokande bino, boleki bandeke na motuya.
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
25 Nani kati na bino, na nzela ya mitungisi na ye, akoki kobakisa ata ngonga moko na molayi ya bomoi na ye?
And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26 Soki bokoki kosala te makambo oyo ya mike-mike, bongo mpo na nini komitungisa na tina na makambo mosusu?
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
27 Botala ndenge bafololo ya lisi ekolaka! Esalaka te, etongaka bilamba te; nzokande, nazali koloba na bino, ezala ye moko mokonzi Salomo, kati na nkembo na ye nyonso, atikalaki kolata te lokola moko kati na yango.
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28 Soki Nzambe alatisaka bongo matiti oyo, lelo, ezali kati na bilanga, mpe, lobi, ekobwakama na moto, akozanga te kolatisa bino, bato ya kondima moke?
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29 Bomitungisaka te na tina na biloko ya kolia to ya komela, bolongola yango na makanisi na bino.
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30 Pamba te ezali bapagano ya mokili oyo nde balukaka-lukaka biloko wana nyonso. Tata na bino ayebi malamu ete bozali na bosenga na yango.
For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 Bolukaka nde liboso Bokonzi ya Nzambe, bongo bakobakisela bino biloko wana nyonso.
But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
32 Oh etonga moke, bobanga te! Pamba te Tata na bino asepelaki kopesa bino Bokonzi!
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 Boteka biloko na bino mpe bokaba epai ya babola mbongo oyo bokozwa. Bosala mpo na bolamu na bino mabenga oyo etobokaka te; bonduka bomengo kati na Likolo epai wapi ekoki kobeba te, moyibi akoki kopusana te mpe nselele ekoki kobebisa te;
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
34 pamba te epai bomengo na bino ezali, kuna mpe motema na bino ekozala.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Bomilengela mpo na mosala mpe bobatela minda na bino ya kopela.
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36 Bozala lokola bato oyo bazali kozela bozongi ya nkolo na bango wuta na feti ya libala, mpo ete bafungolela ye ekuke tango kaka akoya mpe akobeta ekuke.
And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Esengo na basali oyo nkolo, tango akoya, akokuta bazali kosenzela! Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: nkolo mpe akolata elamba na ye ya mosala, akovandisa bango na mesa, mpe akoya kopesa bango bilei.
Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38 Ekozala penza esengo mpo na basali oyo nkolo akokuta bazali kosenzela, ezala ayei na ngonga ya midi ya butu to liboso ete tongo etana.
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 Kasi bososola malamu likambo oyo: soki nkolo ndako ayebaki ngonga oyo moyibi akoya, alingaki kopekisa ye kokota kati na ndako na ye.
And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
40 Bino mpe bomilengela, pamba te Mwana na Moto akoya na ngonga oyo bozali kokanisa kutu te kozela Ye.
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41 Petelo atunaki Yesu: — Nkolo, ozali koloba lisese oyo mpo na biso to mpo na bato nyonso?
Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
42 Nkolo azongisaki: — Nani mobateli bomengo ya sembo mpe ya mayele epai ya nani nkolo akopesa mokumba ya kokamba basali na ye mpo na kopesaka bango bilei na bango na tango oyo ekoki?
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Esengo na mosali oyo nkolo na ye, tango akozonga, akokuta azali kosala bongo!
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44 Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: nkolo na ye akopesa ye mokumba ya kobatela biloko na ye nyonso.
Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45 Kasi soki mosali yango amilobeli: « Nkolo na ngai awumeli mpo na kozonga, » mpe akomi kobeta basali mpe basi basali; kolia, komela masanga mpe kolangwa,
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 nkolo ya mosali yango akozonga na mokolo oyo ye, mosali, azali kozela ye te, mpe na ngonga oyo ayebi te. Boye akokata-kata ye na biteni mpe akotia ye esika moko na basali oyo bazangi bosembo.
The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 Mosali oyo ayebi posa ya nkolo na ye, kasi amilengeli te to asali te kolanda posa ya nkolo na ye, akobetama fimbu ebele.
And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 Kasi mosali oyo ayebi te posa ya nkolo na ye mpe asali makambo oyo ebongi na etumbu, akobetama fimbu moke. Na moto oyo bapesi mingi, bakosenga ye mpe mingi; mpe bakotuna na moto na moto kolanda mokumba oyo bapesi ye: na moto oyo bapesi mingi, bakotuna ye mpe mingi; mpe na moto oyo bapesi moke, bakotuna ye moke.
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
49 Nayei kotia moto na mokili, nazali na posa makasi ete moto yango emipelela.
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50 Kasi ezali na libatisi moko oyo nasengeli kozwa, mpe tala ndenge nini nakomi motema moto-moto mpo na kozela kokokisama na yango!
But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Boni, bokanisi ete nayaki mpo na komema kimia na mokili? Kimia te, bokabwani nde.
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52 Pamba te, kobanda sik’oyo, bato mitano kati na libota moko bakokabwana: misato bakoyina mibale, mpe mibale bakoyina misato.
For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 Tata akoyina mwana na ye ya mobali, mpe mwana mobali akoyina tata na ye; mama akoyina mwana na ye ya mwasi, mpe mwana mwasi akoyina mama na ye; mama-bokilo akoyina mwasi ya mwana na ye ya mobali, mpe mwasi ya mwana mobali akoyina mama-bokilo na ye.
The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 Bongo alobaki lisusu na ebele ya bato: — Tango bomonaka mapata kobima na weste, bolobaka mbala moko: « Mvula elingi konoka, » mpe ekokisamaka bongo.
And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 Tango mopepe ya sude efulaka, bolobaka: « Molunge ekozala makasi penza, » mpe esalemaka bongo.
And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 Bato ya bilongi mibale! Boyebi malamu kolimbola bilembo oyo bomonaka na mokili mpe na likolo, bongo mpo na nini bozali koyeba te kososola tango oyo?
Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57 Mpo na nini bososolaka te, mpo na bino moko, makambo oyo ezali sembo?
Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 Soki ozali kokende na esambiselo elongo na moto oyo afundi yo, sala nyonso mpo ete oyokana na ye, wana bozali nanu na nzela. Soki te, akokumba yo epai ya mosambisi, mosambisi akokaba yo na maboko ya bakengeli, mpe bakengeli bakobwaka yo kati na boloko.
When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59 Nazali koloba na yo: okobima na boloko soki kaka ofuti niongo na yo kino na mbongo ya suka ya bibende.
I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
