Luka 16
1 Yesu alobaki na bayekoli na Ye: — Mozwi moko azalaki na mobateli bomengo; bongo bafundaki ye epai ya mozwi ete azali kosakana na biloko na ye.
And he said also unto his disciples, 'A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;
2 Mozwi abengaki ye mpo na kotuna ye: « Makambo nini nazali koyoka na tina na yo? Yebisa ngai ndenge nini obateli bomengo na ngai; pamba te, kobanda lelo, okozala lisusu mobateli bomengo na ngai te. »
and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.
3 Mobateli bomengo amilobelaki: « Nasala nini sik’oyo? Mokonzi na ngai azali kolongola ngai na mosala? Nazali na makasi te ya kotimola mabele, mpe nakoyoka soni mpo na kokoma kosenga-senga.
'And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: —
4 Ah! Nasosoli sik’oyo likambo oyo nakoki kosala mpo ete, tango nakozala lisusu na mosala te, bato bayamba ngai kati na bandako na bango. »
I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.
5 Boye, abengaki bato nyonso oyo bazalaki na niongo ya mokonzi na ye; atunaki na moto ya liboso: « Osengeli kofuta boni lokola niongo epai ya mokonzi na ngai? »
'And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?
6 Moto yango azongisaki: « Batono tuku mibale ya mafuta. » Mobateli bomengo alobaki na ye: « Zwa mokanda na yo ya niongo, vanda noki, mpe koma mokanda mosusu ya nyonso ya bangungulu zomi. »
and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.
7 Atunaki na moto mosusu: « Osengeli kofuta boni lokola niongo epai ya mokonzi na ngai? » Azongisaki: « Basaki nkama moko ya ble. » Mobateli bomengo alobaki na ye: « Zwa mokanda na yo ya niongo, mpe koma mokanda mosusu ya nyonso ya basaki tuku mwambe. »
'Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.
8 Mokonzi akumisaki mobateli mabe wana ya bomengo mpo na mayele oyo asalaki na yango. Pamba te bato ya mokili oyo, bazali na mayele koleka bana ya pole. (aiōn g165)
'And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation. (aiōn g165)
9 Nalobi na bino: bosalela bomengo ya mabe mpo na kotonga bondeko na bato mosusu; mpo ete tango ekosila, bayamba bino kati na bivandelo ya seko. (aiōnios g166)
and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles. (aiōnios g166)
10 Moto oyo azali sembo na makambo mike, akoki mpe kozala sembo na makambo minene; mpe moto oyo azali sembo te na makambo mike, akozala mpe sembo te na makambo minene.
'He who is faithful in the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;
11 Boye soki bozali sembo te na bobateli bomengo oyo ezwami na banzela ya lokuta, nani akopesa bino bomengo ya solo?
if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful — the true who will entrust to you?
12 Mpe soki bozali sembo te na bobateli biloko ya moto mosusu, nani akopesa bino biloko oyo esengeli kozala ya bino moko?
and if in the other's ye became not faithful — your own, who shall give to you?
13 Mosali moko te akoki kosalela bankolo mibale, pamba te akoyina moko mpe akolinga mosusu to akokangama na moko mpe akoboya mosusu. Bokoki te kosalela mbala moko Nzambe mpe mbongo.
'No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'
14 Wana Bafarizeo bazalaki koyoka Yesu koloba makambo wana nyonso, bazalaki koseka Ye, pamba te bazalaki na lokoso ya mbongo.
And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,
15 Kasi Yesu alobaki na bango: — Bino, bozali penza bato oyo bomilakisaka na miso ya bato mosusu lokola nde bozali bato ya sembo, nzokande Nzambe ayebi mitema na bino; pamba te oyo bato bamonaka motuya makasi, Nzambe ayokaka yango nkele.
and he said to them, 'Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, [is] abomination before God;
16 Tango ya Mibeko mpe ya Basakoli ewumelaki kino na Yoane Mobatisi; kasi wuta Yoane Mobatisi ayaki, Sango Malamu ya Bokonzi ya Nzambe ezali koteyama, mpe moto nyonso azali kobunda na kondima mpo na kokota kuna.
the law and the prophets [are] till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;
17 Ezali penza pete mpo na Likolo mpe mabele kolimwa; kasi mpo na Mibeko, ezali penza pasi mpo na nkoma na yango oyo eleki moke kolongwa.
and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.
18 Mobali nyonso oyo alongoli mwasi na ye na libala mpe abali mwasi mosusu asali ekobo, mpe mobali oyo abali mwasi oyo balongoli na libala asali mpe ekobo.
'Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.
19 Ezalaki na mozwi moko oyo azalaki kolata bilamba ya motane makasi mpe ya lino ya kitoko, bongo azalaki kobika bomoi ya bisengo mikolo nyonso.
'And — a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
20 Na liboso ya ekuke ya ndako na ye, mobola moko atandamaki wana, kombo na ye ezalaki Lazare, nzoto na ye mobimba etonda na bapota;
and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,
21 azalaki koluka ata kolia biloko oyo ezalaki kokweya longwa na mesa ya mozwi, kasi ezalaki bambwa nde ezalaki koya kolembola bapota na ye.
and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.
22 Mokolo moko, mobola yango akufaki, mpe ba-anjelu bamemaki ye epai ya Abrayami. Mozwi mpe akufaki, mpe bakundaki ye.
'And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham — and the rich man also died, and was buried;
23 Kati na mboka ya bakufi, mozwi azalaki konyokwama na pasi makasi; boye atombolaki miso mpe amonaki, na mosika, Abrayami elongo na Lazare avanda pembeni na ye. (Hadēs g86)
and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom, (Hadēs g86)
24 Mozwi akomaki koganga: « Tata Abrayami, yokela ngai mawa! Tinda Lazare ete atia songe ya mosapi na ye kati na mayi mpo ete atangisela ngai mayi na lolemo, pamba te nazali koyoka pasi makasi kati na moto oyo. »
and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.
25 Kasi Abrayami azongisaki: « Mwana na ngai, kanisa ete, wana ozalaki na bomoi, ozwaki bolamu ebele, kasi Lazare azwaki nde pasi ebele. Sik’oyo awa, azali kozwa kobondisama na ye; kasi yo, okomi na pasi.
'And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive — thou — thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;
26 Lisusu, libulu moko monene ekaboli biso mpe bino, mpo ete moto nyonso oyo alingi kolongwa awa epai biso tozali mpo na kokende epai na bino, akoka te; mpe ete moto nyonso oyo alingi kokatisa libulu yango longwa kuna epai bino bozali mpo na koya awa epai na biso, akoka mpe te. »
and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.
27 Mozwi alobaki: « Tata, nasengi na yo, tinda Lazare epai ya libota na ngai,
'And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,
28 pamba te nazali na bandeko mitano. Tika ete akende kokebisa bango mpo ete, bango mpe, bakoma awa te, kati na esika oyo ya pasi! »
for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
29 Abrayami azongisaki: « Bandeko na yo bazali na Moyize mpe basakoli; tika ete bayoka bango! »
'Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;
30 Mozwi alobaki lisusu: « Te, tata Abrayami! Kasi soki moto moko awuti na mboka ya bakufi mpe akei epai na bango, bakobongola mitema! »
and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.
31 Abrayami alobaki na ye: « Soki baboyi koyoka Moyize mpe basakoli, bakondima mpe kaka te ata soki moto moko alamuki kati na bakufi. »
And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.'
