Luka 20
1 Mokolo moko, wana Yesu azalaki koteya bato kati na lopango ya Tempelo mpe kosakola Sango Malamu, bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe bakambi ya bato babimelaki Ye;
Once when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple, telling them the good news, some of the chief priests and religious teachers came with the elders.
2 balobaki na Ye: — Yebisa biso, na kombo ya bokonzi nini ozali kosala biloko oyo? Nani apesi yo bokonzi yango?
They asked him, “Tell us: by whose authority are you doing what you do? Who gave you the right to do this?”
3 Yesu azongisaki: — Ngai mpe, nazali kotuna bino motuna moko. Boyebisa Ngai:
“Let me ask you a question too,” Jesus replied. “Tell me:
4 Libatisi ya Yoane ewutaki na Nzambe to ewutaki na bato?
the baptism of John—was it from heaven, or was it just human?”
5 Bakomaki kokabola makanisi bango na bango: « Soki tolobi: ‹ Ewutaki na Nzambe, › akotuna biso lisusu: ‹ Bongo mpo na nini bondimaki Ye te? ›
They talked about it among themselves: “If we say it was from heaven, he'll ask, ‘Then why didn't you believe him?’
6 Soki mpe tolobi: ‹ Ewutaki na bato, › bato nyonso bakobamba biso mabanga, pamba te bandimaka ete Yoane azalaki mosakoli. »
And if we say it was just human, everybody will stone us for they're sure John was a prophet.”
7 Boye, bazongisaki: — Toyebi te epai wapi ewutaki.
So they answered, “We don't know where it came from.”
8 Yesu alobaki: — Ngai mpe, nakoyebisa bino te soki na kombo ya bokonzi nini nazali kosala makambo yango.
Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you by whose authority I do what I do.”
9 Sima, Yesu alobaki na bato lisese oyo: — Moto moko alonaki elanga ya vino, apesaki yango epai ya basali bilanga mpo ete bafutelaka yango, mpe akendeki mobembo ya tango molayi.
Then he began to tell the people a story: “Once there was a man who planted a vineyard, leased it to some farmers, and went to live in another country for a long while.
10 Tango eleko ya kobuka bambuma ekokaki, atindaki mosali moko epai ya bafuteli elanga mpo ete bapesa ye ndambo ya bambuma kowuta na elanga ya vino. Kasi bafuteli elanga babetaki ye mpe bazongisaki ye maboko pamba.
At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenant farmers to collect his share of the crop, but the farmers beat the servant and sent him away with nothing.
11 Atindaki mosali mosusu; kasi ye mpe, babetaki ye, bafingaki ye mpe bazongisaki ye maboko pamba.
So the owner sent another servant, but they beat him too and treated him shamefully, and sent him away with nothing.
12 Atindaki lisusu mosali ya misato; ye mpe, bazokisaki ye mpe babwakaki ye libanda ya elanga.
So he sent a third servant, but they wounded him and threw him out.
13 Bongo nkolo elanga ya vino amilobelaki: « Nasala nini? Nakotinda kaka mwana na ngai ya mobali, oyo nalingaka mingi; tango mosusu, bakotosa ye. »
The owner of the vineyard asked himself, ‘What shall I do? I know, I'll send my son whom I love. Perhaps they will respect him.’
14 Kasi tango bafuteli elanga bamonaki ye, balobanaki bango na bango: « Tala mokitani ya libula! Toboma ye mpo ete libula ekoma ya biso! »
But when they saw him coming, the farmers said to themselves, ‘This is the owner's heir. Let's kill him! That way we can take his inheritance.’
15 Boye babwakaki ye na libanda ya elanga ya vino mpe babomaki ye. Nkolo elanga ya vino akosala bango nini?
They threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 Akoya ye moko, akoboma bafuteli elanga mpe akopesa elanga yango ya vino epai ya bato mosusu. Tango bato bayokaki bongo, balobaki: — Te, ekoki kosalema te!
He will come and kill these farmers and let others have the vineyard.” When they heard the story, they said, “May this never happen!”
17 Kasi Yesu atalaki bango mpe alobaki: — Bongo makambo oyo ekomama elakisi nini: « Libanga oyo batongi ndako babwakaki ekomi libanga ya songe ya ndako? »
But Jesus looked at them and said, “Then why is it written in the Scriptures, ‘The stone the builders rejected has now become the chief cornerstone’?
18 Moto nyonso oyo akokweya na likolo ya libanga yango akobukana ndambo na ndambo; moto oyo libanga yango ekokweyela, ekopanza ye.
Anyone who falls on that stone will be broken in pieces; anyone it falls upon will be crushed.”
19 Kaka na tango yango, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe balukaki nzela ya kokanga Yesu, pamba te bayebaki ete alobi lisese yango mpo na bango; kasi babangaki bato.
Immediately the religious teachers and the chief priests wanted to arrest him because they realized that the story Jesus told was aimed at them, but they were afraid of what the people would do.
20 Kobanda na tango wana, bakomaki kolandela Yesu, mpe batindaki banongi oyo bazalaki komilakisa lokola bato ya sembo, mpo na kokanga Ye na maloba na Ye mpe kokaba Ye na maboko ya basambisi mpe ya moyangeli.
Watching for an opportunity they sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They tried to catch Jesus out in something he said so they could hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.
21 Banongi yango batunaki Yesu: — Moteyi, toyebi ete olobaka mpe oteyaka makambo ya sembo, mpe oponaka bilongi te, kasi oteyaka na bosolo nzela ya Nzambe.
They said, “Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is good and right, and that you're not swayed by the opinions of others. You truly teach the way of God.
22 Boni, ezali sembo mpo na biso kofuta mpako epai ya Sezare to te?
So should we pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 Kasi Yesu asosolaki mayele mabe na bango mpe alobaki na bango:
But Jesus saw through their trickery, and said to them,
24 — Bolakisa Ngai mbongo moko ya ebende. Elilingi mpe makomi oyo batobola na mbongo oyo, ezali ya nani? Bazongisaki: — Ya Sezare!
“Show me a coin—a denarius. Whose image and inscription is on it?” “Caesar's,” they answered.
25 Yesu alobaki na bango: — Boye bopesa na Sezare, oyo ezali ya Sezare; mpe na Nzambe, oyo ezali ya Nzambe!
“Then give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give back to God what belongs to God,” he told them.
26 Balongaki te kokanga Ye na nzela ya makambo oyo alobaki liboso ya bato; mpe lokola bakamwaki eyano na Ye, bavandaki nye.
They weren't able to trap him by what he told the people. They were stunned at his reply, and fell silent.
27 Ndambo ya Basaduseo, oyo balobaka ete lisekwa ezali te, bayaki epai ya Yesu mpo na kotuna Ye motuna oyo:
Then some of the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, came to Jesus with this question:
28 — Moteyi, Moyize atikela biso mobeko oyo kati na makomi: « Soki mobali moko akufi, atiki mwasi kasi bana te, ndeko na ye ya mobali asengeli kobala mwasi oyo akufisi mobali mpo ete abotela ndeko oyo asili kokufa bana. »
“Teacher,” they began, “Moses gave us a law that if a married man dies leaving a wife without children, then his brother should marry the widow and have children for his dead brother.
29 Nzokande, azalaki na bandeko mibali sambo. Ndeko ya liboso abalaki mwasi yango mpe akufaki, kasi abotaki bana te.
Once there were seven brothers. The first had a wife, and died without having children.
30 Ndeko ya mibale abalaki mwasi yango kaka;
The second
31 sima na ye, ndeko ya misato. Esalemaki kaka bongo kino na ndeko oyo ya sambo: bandeko nyonso sambo bakufaki, batikalaki kobota bana te.
and then the third brother also married her. In the end all seven brothers married her, and then died without having children.
32 Sima na bango nyonso, mwasi yango mpe akufaki.
Finally the wife died too.
33 Sik’oyo, na mokolo oyo bato bakosekwa kati na bakufi, mwasi yango akozala mwasi ya nani, pamba te bandeko mibali nyonso sambo babalaki ye?
Now whose wife will she be in the resurrection, since all seven brothers had married her?”
“Here in this age people marry and are given in marriage,” Jesus explained. (aiōn g165)
35 kasi bato oyo bakomonana ete bakoki mpo na kosekwa kati na bakufi mpe kobika bomoi kati na mokili oyo ezali koya, bakobala te (aiōn g165)
“But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and the resurrection from the dead don't marry or are given in marriage. (aiōn g165)
36 mpe bakokufa lisusu te, pamba te bazali lokola ba-anjelu. Bazali bana na Nzambe mpo ete basekwi kati na bakufi.
They can't die any longer; they're like the angels and are children of God since they're children of the resurrection.
37 Moyize atalisaki polele ete bakufi bakosekwa; pamba te, kati na eteni oyo ezali kolobela nzete oyo ezalaki kopela moto kasi ezalaki kozika te, abengaki Nkolo « Nzambe ya Abrayami, Nzambe ya Izaki, mpe Nzambe ya Jakobi. »
But on the question of whether the dead are raised, even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush, when he calls the Lord, ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 Nzokande, Nzambe azali Nzambe ya bakufi te, kasi Nzambe ya bato ya bomoi; pamba te, mpo na Ye, bango nyonso misato bazali na bomoi.
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him they all are alive.”
39 Ndambo ya balakisi ya Mobeko bazongisaki: — Moteyi, olobi malamu!
Some of the religious teachers responded, “That was a good answer, Teacher.”
40 Mpe moko te amekaki lisusu kotuna Ye mituna.
After this no one dared to ask him any more questions.
41 Yesu mpe atunaki bango: — Mpo na nini balobaka ete Klisto azali mwana ya Davidi?
Then Jesus asked them, “Why is it said that Christ is the son of David?
42 Davidi, ye moko, alobaki boye kati na buku ya banzembo: « Nkolo alobaki na Nkolo na ngai: ‹ Vanda na ngambo ya loboko na Ngai ya mobali
For David himself says in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand
43 kino nakomisa banguna na Yo enyatelo makolo na Yo. › »
until I make all your enemies a footstool for your feet.’
44 Davidi azali kobenga Klisto « Nkolo, » bongo ndenge nini akoki lisusu kozala mwana na ye?
David calls him ‘Lord,’ so how can he be David's son?”
45 Wana ebele ya bato bazalaki koyoka, Yesu alobaki na bayekoli na Ye:
While everyone was paying attention, he said to his disciples,
46 — Bosala keba na balakisi ya Mobeko! Balingaka kotambola na banzambala ya milayi; balingaka ete bato bapesa bango mbote, na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka; balingaka kovanda na bakiti ya liboso, kati na bandako ya mayangani; mpe na bisika ya lokumu, kati na bafeti;
“Watch out for religious leaders who like to go around in long robes, and love to be greeted with respect in the markets, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.
47 bayibaka biloko ya basi oyo bakufisa mibali mpe basalaka mabondeli ya milayi-milayi mpo na kokosa bato. Bakozwa etumbu oyo eleki makasi.
They cheat widows out of what they own, and cover up the kind of people they really are with long-winded prayers. They will receive severe condemnation in the judgment.”
