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!
Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 Eloko moko te ebombama ekozanga komonisama, mpe eloko moko te ya sekele ekozanga koyebana.
But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will 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 whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on 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.
"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who 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 warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gihana. Yes, I tell 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 assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
7 Ayebi kutu ata motango ya suki na bino. Bobanga te; boleki bandeke mike ebele na motuya.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not be afraid. You 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;
"I tell you, everyone who confesses me before people, him will 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 the one who denies me in the presence of people will be denied in the presence of 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.
Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Rukha d'Qudsha will 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;
When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;
12 pamba te Molimo Mosantu akolakisa bino, na tango yango, makambo oyo bosengeli koloba.
for the Rukha d'Qudsha will teach you in that same hour what you must 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 someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
14 Yesu azongiselaki ye: — Molingami na Ngai, nani atie Ngai Mosambisi to Mokati makambo na bino ya libula?
But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator 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.
He said to them, "Beware. Keep yourselves from all covetousness, for a man's life does not consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
16 Mpe alobaki na bango lisese oyo: — Bilanga ya mozwi moko ebotaki bambuma ebele penza.
He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
17 Akomaki kokanisa mpe komituna: « Nasala nini? Nazali lisusu na esika te mpo na kobomba bambuma na ngai ya bilanga. »
He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I do not have room to store my crops?'
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.
He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain 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! › »
I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, 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 to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?'
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 who lays 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?
He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
23 Pamba te bomoi eleki bilei na tina, mpe nzoto eleki bilamba na tina.
Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
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: they do not sow, they do not reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds.
25 Nani kati na bino, na nzela ya mitungisi na ye, akoki kobakisa ata ngonga moko na molayi ya bomoi na ye?
Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
26 Soki bokoki kosala te makambo oyo ya mike-mike, bongo mpo na nini komitungisa na tina na makambo mosusu?
If then you are not able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about 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 do not toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Shelemun 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?
But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
29 Bomitungisaka te na tina na biloko ya kolia to ya komela, bolongola yango na makanisi na bino.
Do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
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 the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.
31 Bolukaka nde liboso Bokonzi ya Nzambe, bongo bakobakisela bino biloko wana nyonso.
But seek his Kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
32 Oh etonga moke, bobanga te! Pamba te Tata na bino asepelaki kopesa bino Bokonzi!
Do not be afraid, 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 which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
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 waist be girded and your lamps 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.
Be like people watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
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 will find watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come 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 comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are they.
39 Kasi bososola malamu likambo oyo: soki nkolo ndako ayebaki ngonga oyo moyibi akoya, alingaki kopekisa ye kokota kati na ndako na ye.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not have allowed his house to be broken into.
40 Bino mpe bomilengela, pamba te Mwana na Moto akoya na ngonga oyo bozali kokanisa kutu te kozela Ye.
Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you do not expect him."
41 Petelo atunaki Yesu: — Nkolo, ozali koloba lisese oyo mpo na biso to mpo na bato nyonso?
And Kipha said, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everyone?"
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?
The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right time?
43 Esengo na mosali oyo nkolo na ye, tango akozonga, akokuta azali kosala bongo!
Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
44 Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: nkolo na ye akopesa ye mokumba ya kobatela biloko na ye nyonso.
Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.
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 if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunk,
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.
then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not expecting him, and in an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
47 Mosali oyo ayebi posa ya nkolo na ye, kasi amilengeli te to asali te kolanda posa ya nkolo na ye, akobetama fimbu ebele.
That servant, who knew his lord's will, and did not prepare, nor do what he wanted, will 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 who did not know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
49 Nayei kotia moto na mokili, nazali na posa makasi ete moto yango emipelela.
"I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were 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 distressed I am until it is accomplished.
51 Boni, bokanisi ete nayaki mpo na komema kimia na mokili? Kimia te, bokabwani nde.
Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, 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 now on, there will 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.
They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and 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.
He said to the crowds also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.
55 Tango mopepe ya sude efulaka, bolobaka: « Molunge ekozala makasi penza, » mpe esalemaka bongo.
When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.
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?
Hypocrites. You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not know how to interpret this time?
57 Mpo na nini bososolaka te, mpo na bino moko, makambo oyo ezali sembo?
Why do you not judge for yourselves 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.
For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you 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 you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny."
