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!
At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, 'Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
2 Eloko moko te ebombama ekozanga komonisama, mpe eloko moko te ya sekele ekozanga koyebana.
and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and 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.
because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.
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 to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to 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 show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye 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 assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,
7 Ayebi kutu ata motango ya suki na bino. Bobanga te; boleki bandeke mike ebele na motuya.
but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.
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;
'And I say to you, Every one — whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,
9 kasi ye oyo akowangana Ngai na miso ya bato, Ngai mpe nakowangana ye liboso ya ba-anjelu ya Nzambe.
and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,
10 Moto nyonso oyo akoloba mabe na tina na Mwana na Moto akolimbisama, kasi ye oyo akofinga Molimo Mosantu akolimbisama te.
and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, 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 before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,
12 pamba te Molimo Mosantu akolakisa bino, na tango yango, makambo oyo bosengeli koloba.
for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth [you] 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 a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, 'Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'
14 Yesu azongiselaki ye: — Molingami na Ngai, nani atie Ngai Mosambisi to Mokati makambo na bino ya libula?
And he said to him, 'Man, who set 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, 'Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'
16 Mpe alobaki na bango lisese oyo: — Bilanga ya mozwi moko ebotaki bambuma ebele penza.
And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
17 Akomaki kokanisa mpe komituna: « Nasala nini? Nazali lisusu na esika te mpo na kobomba bambuma na ngai ya bilanga. »
and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together 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 I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,
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 many good things laid up for many years, be resting, 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? »
'And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare — to whom shall 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 is treasuring up to 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, 'Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;
23 Pamba te bomoi eleki bilei na tina, mpe nzoto eleki bilamba na tina.
the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the 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, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye 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 who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
26 Soki bokoki kosala te makambo oyo ya mike-mike, bongo mpo na nini komitungisa na tina na makambo mosusu?
If, then, ye are not able for the least — why for the rest are ye anxious?
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 do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as 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?
and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you — ye of little faith?
29 Bomitungisaka te na tina na biloko ya kolia to ya komela, bolongola yango na makanisi na bino.
'And ye — seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,
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 hath known that ye have need of these things;
31 Bolukaka nde liboso Bokonzi ya Nzambe, bongo bakobakisela bino biloko wana nyonso.
but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.
32 Oh etonga moke, bobanga te! Pamba te Tata na bino asepelaki kopesa bino Bokonzi!
'Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;
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 your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;
34 pamba te epai bomengo na bino ezali, kuna mpe motema na bino ekozala.
for where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.
35 Bomilengela mpo na mosala mpe bobatela minda na bino ya kopela.
'Let your loins be girded, and the 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.
and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may 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.
'Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to 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 may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find [it] so, happy 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 master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would 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.
and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'
41 Petelo atunaki Yesu: — Nkolo, ozali koloba lisese oyo mpo na biso to mpo na bato nyonso?
And Peter said to him, 'Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto 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 the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?
43 Esengo na mosali oyo nkolo na ye, tango akozonga, akokuta azali kosala bongo!
Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;
44 Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: nkolo na ye akopesa ye mokumba ya kobatela biloko na ye nyonso.
truly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him.
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,
'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to 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 in which he doth not look for [him], and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.
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, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone 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.
and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.
49 Nayei kotia moto na mokili, nazali na posa makasi ete moto yango emipelela.
'Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was 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 pressed till it may be completed!
51 Boni, bokanisi ete nayaki mpo na komema kimia na mokili? Kimia te, bokabwani nde.
'Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;
52 Pamba te, kobanda sik’oyo, bato mitano kati na libota moko bakokabwana: misato bakoyina mibale, mpe mibale bakoyina misato.
for there shall be henceforth 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.
a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a 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 multitudes, 'When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;
55 Tango mopepe ya sude efulaka, bolobaka: « Molunge ekozala makasi penza, » mpe esalemaka bongo.
and when — a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;
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! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time — how do ye not make proof of [it]?
57 Mpo na nini bososolaka te, mpo na bino moko, makambo oyo ezali sembo?
'And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?
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, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may 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 say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'
