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;
And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon [him],
2 balobaki na Ye: — Yebisa biso, na kombo ya bokonzi nini ozali kosala biloko oyo? Nani apesi yo bokonzi yango?
and spake unto him, saying, 'Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?'
3 Yesu azongisaki: — Ngai mpe, nazali kotuna bino motuna moko. Boyebisa Ngai:
And he answering said unto them, 'I will question you — I also — one thing, and tell me:
4 Libatisi ya Yoane ewutaki na Nzambe to ewutaki na bato?
the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?'
5 Bakomaki kokabola makanisi bango na bango: « Soki tolobi: ‹ Ewutaki na Nzambe, › akotuna biso lisusu: ‹ Bongo mpo na nini bondimaki Ye te? ›
And they reasoned with themselves, saying — 'If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?
6 Soki mpe tolobi: ‹ Ewutaki na bato, › bato nyonso bakobamba biso mabanga, pamba te bandimaka ete Yoane azalaki mosakoli. »
and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'
7 Boye, bazongisaki: — Toyebi te epai wapi ewutaki.
And they answered, that they knew not whence [it was],
8 Yesu alobaki: — Ngai mpe, nakoyebisa bino te soki na kombo ya bokonzi nini nazali kosala makambo yango.
and Jesus said to them, 'Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.'
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.
And he began to speak unto the people this simile: 'A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,
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.
and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send [him] away empty.
11 Atindaki mosali mosusu; kasi ye mpe, babetaki ye, bafingaki ye mpe bazongisaki ye maboko pamba.
'And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;
12 Atindaki lisusu mosali ya misato; ye mpe, bazokisaki ye mpe babwakaki ye libanda ya elanga.
and he added to send a third, and this one also, having wounded, they did cast out.
13 Bongo nkolo elanga ya vino amilobelaki: « Nasala nini? Nakotinda kaka mwana na ngai ya mobali, oyo nalingaka mingi; tango mosusu, bakotosa ye. »
'And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son — the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;
14 Kasi tango bafuteli elanga bamonaki ye, balobanaki bango na bango: « Tala mokitani ya libula! Toboma ye mpo ete libula ekoma ya biso! »
and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;
15 Boye babwakaki ye na libanda ya elanga ya vino mpe babomaki ye. Nkolo elanga ya vino akosala bango nini?
and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed [him]; what, then, shall 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 destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, 'Let it not be!'
17 Kasi Yesu atalaki bango mpe alobaki: — Bongo makambo oyo ekomama elakisi nini: « Libanga oyo batongi ndako babwakaki ekomi libanga ya songe ya ndako? »
and he, having looked upon them, said, 'What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected — this became head of a corner?
18 Moto nyonso oyo akokweya na likolo ya libanga yango akobukana ndambo na ndambo; moto oyo libanga yango ekokweyela, ekopanza ye.
every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.'
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.
And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.
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.
And, having watched [him], they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the 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.
and they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;
22 Boni, ezali sembo mpo na biso kofuta mpako epai ya Sezare to te?
Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?'
23 Kasi Yesu asosolaki mayele mabe na bango mpe alobaki na bango:
And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, 'Why me do ye tempt?
24 — Bolakisa Ngai mbongo moko ya ebende. Elilingi mpe makomi oyo batobola na mbongo oyo, ezali ya nani? Bazongisaki: — Ya Sezare!
shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, 'Of Caesar:'
25 Yesu alobaki na bango: — Boye bopesa na Sezare, oyo ezali ya Sezare; mpe na Nzambe, oyo ezali ya Nzambe!
and he said to them, 'Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'
26 Balongaki te kokanga Ye na nzela ya makambo oyo alobaki liboso ya bato; mpe lokola bakamwaki eyano na Ye, bavandaki nye.
and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.
27 Ndambo ya Basaduseo, oyo balobaka ete lisekwa ezali te, bayaki epai ya Yesu mpo na kotuna Ye motuna oyo:
And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,
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. »
saying, 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless — that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.
29 Nzokande, azalaki na bandeko mibali sambo. Ndeko ya liboso abalaki mwasi yango mpe akufaki, kasi abotaki bana te.
'There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,
30 Ndeko ya mibale abalaki mwasi yango kaka;
and the second took the wife, and he died childless,
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 the third took her, and in like manner also the seven — they left not children, and they died;
32 Sima na bango nyonso, mwasi yango mpe akufaki.
and last of all died also the woman:
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?
in the rising again, then, of which of them doth she become wife? — for the seven had her as wife.'
And Jesus answering said to them, 'The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage, (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 accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they 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.
for neither are they able to die any more — for they are like messengers — and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.
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. »
'And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and 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.
and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.'
39 Ndambo ya balakisi ya Mobeko bazongisaki: — Moteyi, olobi malamu!
And certain of the scribes answering said, 'Teacher, thou didst say well;'
40 Mpe moko te amekaki lisusu kotuna Ye mituna.
and no more durst they question him anything.
41 Yesu mpe atunaki bango: — Mpo na nini balobaka ete Klisto azali mwana ya Davidi?
And he said unto them, 'How do they say the Christ to be 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
and David himself saith in the Book of Psalms, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
43 kino nakomisa banguna na Yo enyatelo makolo na Yo. › »
till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool;
44 Davidi azali kobenga Klisto « Nkolo, » bongo ndenge nini akoki lisusu kozala mwana na ye?
David, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?'
45 Wana ebele ya bato bazalaki koyoka, Yesu alobaki na bayekoli na Ye:
And, all the people hearing, 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;
'Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,
47 bayibaka biloko ya basi oyo bakufisa mibali mpe basalaka mabondeli ya milayi-milayi mpo na kokosa bato. Bakozwa etumbu oyo eleki makasi.
who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.'
