Luka 17
1 Yesu alobaki na bayekoli na Ye: — Makambo oyo ebetisaka bato mabaku ekoki kozanga te; kasi mawa na moto oyo, na nzela na ye, makambo yango eyaka!
Then Jesus said to his disciples, It is impossible to exclude snares entirely; but, alas, for him who ensnares!
2 Ekoleka malamu mpo na ye kokanga ye libanga monene ya enikelo, na kingo mpe kobwaka ye na ebale, na esika ya kotika ye kokweyisa na masumu moko kati na bana mike oyo.
It would be more eligible for him to have an upper millstone fastened to his neck, and to be cast into the sea, than to ensnare one of these little ones.
3 Bosala penza keba mpo na bolamu na bino! Soki ndeko na yo asali yo mabe, pamela ye; mpe soki ayoki mawa mpo na mabe yango, limbisa ye.
Take heed yourselves: if your brother trespass against you, rebuke him; and if he reforms, forgive him;
4 Mpe soki, na mokolo moko, asali yo mabe mbala sambo, mpe ayei epai na yo mbala sambo koloba na yo: « Nayoki mawa mpo na mabe na ngai, » limbisa ye!
and if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day return, saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.
5 Bantoma balobaki na Nkolo: — Bakisa kondima na biso!
Then the Apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith.
6 Nkolo azongisaki: — Soki bozali na kondima oyo ezali moke lokola mbuma ya mutarde, bokoki koloba na nzete oyo: « Pikolama na esika oyo mpe kende komilona kati na ebale, » mpe ekotosa bino.
He answered, If you had faith, though it were but as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this sycamine, Be extirpated, and planted in the sea, and it would obey you.
7 Nani kati na bino, soki azali na mosali bilanga to na mobateli bibwele, akoloba na ye tango azongi wuta na bilanga: « Yaka noki, vanda na mesa mpo ete olia? »
Would any of you, who has a servant plowing or feeding cattle, say to him on his return from the field, Come, immediately, and place yourself at table;
8 Boni, akoloba na ye te: « Lambela ngai bilei, lata bilamba na yo ya mosala mpo na kotiela ngai biloko na mesa, kino nasilisa kolia mpe komela; sima na yango nde yo mpe okoki kolia mpe komela? »
and not rather, Make ready my supper; gird yourself and serve me, until I have eat and drunk; afterward you may eat and drink?
9 Boni, akozongisela mosali wana matondi mpo ete asali mosala oyo atindaki ye?
Is he obliged to that servant for obeying his orders? I suppose not.
10 Ndenge moko mpe mpo na bino: soki bosali nyonso oyo batindi bino, boloba: « Tozali basali ya pamba, tokokisi kaka mokumba na biso. »
In like manner say you, when you have done all that is commanded of you, We, your servants, have conferred no favor; we have done only what we were bound to do.
11 Wana Yesu azalaki kokende na Yelusalemi, alekaki na mondelo kati na Samari mpe na Galile.
Now, in traveling to Jerusalem, he pass through the confines of Samaria and Galilee;
12 Lokola azalaki kokota na mboka moko, bato na maba zomi bayaki kokutana na Ye; batelemaki na mosika
and being about to enter a certain village, there met him ten lepers, who stood at a distance,
13 mpe babandaki kobelela Ye na mongongo makasi: — Mokonzi, Yesu, yokela biso mawa!
and cried out, Jesus, Master, take pity upon us.
14 Tango Yesu amonaki bango, alobaki: — Bokende komilakisa epai ya Banganga-Nzambe! Wana bazalaki kokende kuna, bakomaki peto.
When he saw them, he said to them, Go, show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were cleansed.
15 Tango moko kati na bango amonaki ete abiki na bokono na ye, azongaki na kokumisa Nzambe na mongongo makasi.
And one of them, perceiving that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God aloud.
16 Afukamaki na makolo ya Yesu, elongi kino na se, mpe azongiselaki Ye matondi. Moto yango azalaki moto ya Samari.
Then throwing himself prostrate at the feet of Jesus, he returned him thanks. Now this man was a Samaritan.
17 Bongo Yesu atunaki: — Boni, bango nyonso zomi bakomi peto te? Wapi bato mosusu libwa?
Jesus said, Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine?
18 Moko te azongi mpo na kopesa Nzambe nkembo, longola kaka mopaya oyo?
Have none returned glory to God except this alien?
19 Bongo alobaki na moto yango ya Samari: — Telema mpe kende; kondima na yo ebikisi yo!
And he said to him, Arise, go your way; your faith has cured you.
20 Mokolo moko, Bafarizeo batunaki Yesu: — Bokonzi ya Nzambe ekoya tango nini? Yesu azongiselaki bango: — Bokonzi ya Nzambe ekoya te na lolenge ete bato bamona yango.
Being questioned by the Pharisees, when the Reign of God should commence, he answered, The Reign of God is not ushered in with parade;
21 Bakoloba te: « Ezali awa » to « Ezali kuna, » pamba te Bokonzi ya Nzambe ezali kati na bino.
nor shall people say, Lo, here! or Lo, yonder! for behold, the Reign of God is within you.
22 Bongo alobaki na bayekoli na Ye: — Tango ezali koya, tango oyo bokozala na posa makasi ya komona ata mokolo moko kati na mikolo ya Mwana na Moto, kasi bokomona yango te.
Then he said to his disciples, The time will come, when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and shall not see it.
23 Bakoloba na bino: « Azali awa! » to « Azali kuna! » Bolanda bango te!
But when they say to you, Lo, here! or Lo, yonder! go not out to follow them.
24 Pamba te, na mokolo na Ye, Mwana na Moto akozala lokola mokalikali oyo epeli mpe engengisi likolo longwa na este kino na weste.
For as the lightning flashes in an instant from one extremity of the sky to the other, so will the appearance of the Son of Man be, in his day.
25 Kasi liboso ete mokolo yango ekoma, asengeli komona pasi mingi, mpe bato ya ekeke oyo basengeli koboya Ye.
But first he must suffer much, and be rejected of this generation.
26 Ndenge esalemaki na tango ya Noa, ndenge wana mpe ekosalema na tango ya Mwana na Moto:
And, as it happened in Noah's days, it will also happen in the days of the Son of Man.
27 bato bazalaki kolia, komela, kobala mpe kobalisa, kino na mokolo oyo Noa akotaki na masuwa; bongo mpela eyaki mpe ebomaki bango nyonso.
They eat, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, when the deluge came, and destroyed them all.
28 Ezalaki mpe bongo na tango ya Loti: bato bazalaki kolia, komela, kosomba, koteka, kolona mpe kotonga.
In like manner as it was in the days of Lot, they eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
29 Kasi na mokolo oyo Loti abimaki wuta na Sodome, mvula ya moto mpe ya fofolo ekitaki wuta na likolo mpe ebomaki bango nyonso.
but on the day that Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, which destroyed them all;
30 Ekozala mpe bongo, na mokolo oyo Mwana na Moto akomonana.
so it will be on the day when the Son of Man shall appear.
31 Na mokolo yango, moto oyo akozala na likolo ya ndako na ye asengeli te kokita mpo na kozwa biloko kati na ndako na ye, mpe moto oyo akozala kati na bilanga na ye asengeli te kozonga na ndako mpo na likambo songolo.
On that day, let not him who shall be on the house-top, having his furniture in the house, come down to take it away. Let not him who shall be in the field, return home.
32 Bokanisa makambo oyo ekomelaki mwasi ya Loti!
Remember Lot's wife.
33 Moto oyo akoluka kobatela bomoi na ye akobungisa yango, mpe moto oyo akobungisa bomoi na ye akobatela yango.
Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it.
34 Nazali koloba na bino: na butu wana, bato mibale bakozala na likolo ya mbeto moko: moko akokamatama, mpe mosusu akotikala;
I tell you, there will be two men, that night, in one bed; one will be seized, and the other will be left.
35 basi mibale bakozala konika bambuma elongo: moko akokamatama, mpe mosusu akotikala; [
Two women will be grinding together; one will be seized, and the other will be left.
36 mibali mibale bakozala kati na elanga moko: moko akokamatama, mpe mosusu akotikala.]
37 Bayekoli batunaki Yesu: — Nkolo, makambo yango ekosalema wapi? Yesu azongiselaki bango: — Epai ebembe ezali, kuna nde bandeke oyo eliaka bibembe ekosangana.
Then they asked him, Where, Master? He answered, Where the body is, the eagles will be assembled.
