Malako 12
1 Bongo Yesu akomaki koloba na bango na masese: — Moto moko alonaki elanga ya vino, atongaki lopango zingazinga na yango, atimolaki ekamolelo bambuma ya vino mpe atongaki ndako molayi ya bakengeli. Sima, apesaki elanga yango na maboko ya basali mpo ete bakoma kofutela yango, mpe akendeki na mobembo.
Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. "There was once a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad.
2 Tango eleko ya kobuka bambuma ekokaki, atindaki mosali moko epai ya bafuteli elanga, mpo ete akende kokongola epai na bango ndambo ya bambuma kowuta na elanga ya vino.
At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes.
3 Kasi bafuteli elanga bakangaki ye, babetaki ye mpe bazongisaki ye maboko pamba.
But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.
4 Atindelaki bango mosali mosusu; babetaki-betaki ye na moto mpe basambwisaki ye.
Again he sent to them another servant: and as for him, they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully.
5 Atindaki lisusu mosali mosusu; oyo wana, babomaki ye. Bongo, na sima, atindaki lisusu bato ebele; kasi babetaki bamoko, mpe babomaki bamosusu.
Yet a third he sent, and him they killed. And he sent many besides, and them also they ill-treated, beating some and killing others.
6 Nkolo elanga atikalaki kaka na moto moko ya kotinda: mwana na ye ya bolingo. Atindaki ye na suka na bango nyonso mpe amilobelaki: « Solo, bakotosa mwana na ngai. »
He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "'They will treat my son with respect.'
7 Kasi bafuteli elanga balobanaki bango na bango: « Tala mokitani ya libula ya elanga! Boya, toboma ye mpo ete libula ya elanga ekoma ya biso! »
"But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.'
8 Bakangaki ye, babomaki ye mpe babwakaki ye na libanda ya elanga ya vino.
"So they took him and killed him, and flung his body outside the vineyard.
9 Boye, nkolo elanga ya vino akosala nini? Akoya ye moko, akoboma bafuteli elanga wana mpe akopesa elanga yango ya vino na maboko ya bafuteli mosusu.
What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do?" "He will come and put the vine-dressers to death," they said; "and will give the vineyard to others."
10 Nanu botanga Makomi oyo te: « Libanga oyo batongi ndako babwakaki ekomi libanga ya songe ya ndako, mpe esimbi ndako mobimba?
"Have you not read even this passage," He added, "'The stone which the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone:
11 Ezali Nkolo nde alingaki bongo, mpe ezali penza likambo ya kokamwa na miso na biso! »
this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our esteem?'"
12 Bakonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe bakambi ya bato bazalaki koluka nzela ya kokanga Yesu, pamba te basosolaki ete alobaki lisese wana mpo na bango. Kasi lokola babangaki bato, batikaki Ye; mpe moto na moto akendeki.
And they kept looking out for an opportunity to seize Him, but were afraid of the people; for they saw that in this parable He had referred to them. So they left Him and went away.
13 Sima, batindelaki Yesu ndambo ya Bafarizeo mpe ndambo ya bato ya lisanga ya Erode mpo na koluka kokanga Ye na motambo ya maloba na Ye moko.
Their next step was to send to Him some of the Pharisees and of Herod's partisans to entrap Him in conversation.
14 Tango bakomaki epai na Ye, balobaki: — Moteyi, toyebi ete ozali moto ya sembo mpe obangaka bato te, pamba te oponaka bilongi te, kasi oteyaka na bosolo nzela ya Nzambe. Boni, Mobeko na biso epesi solo nzela ya kofuta mpako ya Sezare to te? Tosengeli penza kofuta yango?
So they came to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you are a truthful man and you do not fear any one; for you do not recognize human distinctions, but teach God's way truly. Is it allowable to pay poll-tax to Caesar, or not?
15 Kasi lokola Yesu ayebaki ete bazali bato ya bilongi mibale, alobaki na bango: — Mpo na nini bozali kotiela Ngai motambo? Bomemela Ngai mbongo moko ya ebende, mpo ete namona yango.
Shall we pay, or shall we refuse to pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, replied, "Why try to ensnare me? Bring me a shilling for me to look at."
16 Bamemelaki Ye yango, mpe atunaki bango: — Elilingi ya nani mpe makomi ya nani bozali komona awa? Bazongisaki: — Ya Sezare.
They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.
17 Yesu alobaki na bango: — Bopesa na Sezare, oyo ezali ya Sezare; mpe bopesa na Nzambe, oyo ezali ya Nzambe! Bakamwaki mingi eyano ya Yesu.
"What is Caesar's," replied Jesus, "pay to Caesar--and what is God's, pay to God." And they wondered exceedingly at Him.
18 Bongo Basaduseo, ba-oyo balobaka ete lisekwa ezali te, bayaki epai na Yesu mpe batunaki Ye:
Then came to Him a party of Sadducees, a sect which denies that there is any Resurrection; and they proceeded to question Him.
19 — Moteyi, Moyize akomaki mpo na biso ete soki ndeko mobali ya moto moko akufi mpe atiki mwasi, kasi aboti na ye bana te, moto wana asengeli kobala mwasi oyo ndeko na ye atiki mpo ete abotela ndeko yango bana.
"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: 'If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'
20 Nzokande, ezalaki na bandeko mibali sambo. Ndeko mobali ya liboso abalaki mwasi mpe akufaki, kasi abotaki bana te.
There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.
21 Ndeko ya mibale abalaki mwasi yango kaka; kasi ye mpe akufaki, atikalaki kobota bana te. Esalemaki kaka bongo na ndeko ya misato kino na oyo ya sambo:
The second married her, and died, leaving no family; and the third did the same.
22 bandeko nyonso sambo batikalaki kobota bana te. Sima na bango nyonso, mwasi yango mpe akufaki.
And so did the rest of the seven, all dying childless. Finally the woman also died.
23 Na mokolo oyo bato bakosekwa kati na bakufi, mwasi yango akozala mwasi ya nani kati na bandeko nyonso sambo, pamba te bango nyonso sambo babalaki ye?
At the Resurrection whose wife will she be? For they all seven married her."
24 Yesu azongiselaki bango: — Bozali kati na libunga, pamba te boyebi Makomi te, mpe boyebi nguya ya Nzambe te.
"Is not this the cause of your error," replied Jesus--"your ignorance alike of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
25 Na mokolo oyo bato bakosekwa kati na bakufi, bakobala lisusu te; kasi bakozala lokola ba-anjelu kati na Likolo.
For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not given in marriage, but they are as angels are in Heaven.
26 Mpo na oyo etali lisekwa ya bakufi, botikala nanu kotanga te kati na buku ya Moyize, makambo oyo Nzambe alobaki na ye na tina na nzete oyo ezalaki kopela moto kasi ezalaki kozika te: « Nazali Nzambe ya Abrayami, Nzambe ya Izaki, mpe Nzambe ya Jakobi? »
But as to the dead, that they rise to life, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'
27 Nzambe azali Nzambe ya bakufi te, kasi azali Nzambe ya bato ya bomoi. Bozali penza kati na libunga monene.
He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."
28 Moko kati na balakisi ya Mobeko, oyo ayokaki bango kotiana tembe mpe amonaki ete Yesu azongiselaki bango biyano ya malamu, apusanaki pene na Yesu mpe atunaki: — Mobeko nini eleki monene kati ya mibeko nyonso?
Then one of the Scribes, who had heard them disputing and well knew that Jesus had given them an answer to the point, and a forcible one, came forward and asked Him, "Which is the chief of all the Commandments?"
29 Yesu azongisaki: — Tala Mobeko oyo eleki monene: « Isalaele, yoka malamu! Yawe azali Nzambe na biso, Yawe azali kaka moko.
"The chief Commandment," replied Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;
30 Okolinga Yawe, Nzambe na yo, na motema na yo mobimba, na molimo na yo mobimba, na makanisi na yo nyonso mpe na makasi na yo nyonso. »
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind, and thy whole strength.'
31 Tala mobeko oyo elandi: « Okolinga moninga na yo ndenge yo moko omilingaka. » Mobeko ya motuya koleka mibeko wana mibale ezali te.
"The second is this: 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as thou lovest thyself.' "Other Commandment greater than these there is none."
32 Bongo molakisi ya Mobeko alobaki na ye: — Moteyi, olobi malamu; olobi solo ete Nzambe azali kaka moko, mosusu azali te.
So the Scribe said to Him, "Rightly, in very truth, Rabbi, have you said that He stands alone, and there is none but He;
33 Kolinga Ye na motema na yo mobimba, na mayele na yo nyonso mpe na makasi na yo nyonso, mpe kolinga moninga na yo ndenge yo moko omilingaka, yango nde ezali na tina mingi koleka bambeka ya kotumba mpe makabo nyonso.
and To love Him with all one's heart, with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength, and to love one's fellow man no less than oneself, is far better than all our whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices."
34 Tango Yesu amonaki ete molakisi ya Mobeko azongisi eyano na ndenge ya mayele, alobaki na ye: — Ozali mosika te ya Bokonzi ya Nzambe. Mpe moto ata moko te amekaki lisusu kotuna Ye mituna.
Perceiving that the Scribe had answered wisely Jesus said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one from that time forward ventured to put any question to Him.
35 Wana Yesu azalaki koteya kati na lopango ya Tempelo, atunaki: — Ndenge nini balakisi ya Mobeko balobaka ete Klisto azali Mwana ya Davidi?
But, while teaching in the Temple, Jesus asked, "How is it the Scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?
36 Pamba te Davidi, ye moko, alobaki boye na nzela ya Molimo Mosantu: « Yawe alobaki na Nkolo na ngai: ‹ Vanda na ngambo ya loboko na Ngai ya mobali kino natia banguna na Yo na se ya matambe na Yo. › »
David himself said, taught by the Holy Spirit, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I have made thy foes a footstool under thy feet.'
37 Soki ye moko Davidi azali kobenga Ye « Nkolo, » bongo ndenge nini akoki lisusu kozala mwana na ye? Ebele ya bato bazalaki koyoka Ye na esengo.
"David himself calls Him 'Lord:' how then can He be his son?" And the mass of people found pleasure in listening to Jesus.
38 Wana azalaki koteya, Yesu alobaki: — Bosala keba na balakisi ya Mobeko! Balingaka kotambola na banzambala ya milayi; balingaka ete bato bapesa bango mbote, na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka;
Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,
39 balingaka kovanda na bakiti ya liboso, kati na bandako ya mayangani; mpe na bisika ya lokumu, kati na bafeti;
and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues and at dinner parties,
40 bayibaka biloko ya basi oyo bakufisa mibali, mpe basalaka mabondeli ya milayi-milayi mpo na kokosa bato. Bakozwa etumbu oyo eleki makasi.
and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment."
41 Yesu avandaki liboso ya kitunga ya makabo mpe azalaki kotala ndenge bato bazalaki kotia mbongo kati na kitunga ya makabo. Bazwi ebele bazalaki kotia mbongo ebele.
Having taken a seat opposite the Treasury, He observed how the people were dropping money into the Treasury, and that many of the wealthy threw in large sums.
42 Mwasi mobola moko akufisa mobali ayaki mpe atiaki mbongo mibale ya bibende, oyo ezalaki na motuya moke penza.
But there came one poor widow and dropped in two farthings, equal in value to a halfpenny.
43 Yesu abengaki bayekoli na Ye mpe alobaki na bango: — Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: mwasi mobola oyo akufisa mobali apesi koleka bato nyonso oyo bawuti kotia mbongo kati na kitunga ya makabo.
So He called His disciples to Him and said, "In solemn truth I tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more than all the other contributors to the Treasury;
44 Pamba te bato nyonso bazwi kati na mbongo oyo bazali na yango na tina te, mpo na kotia kati na kitunga ya makabo; kasi ye, kati na kokelela na ye, atie bozwi na ye nyonso, nyonso oyo azalaki na yango mpo na kobika na yango.
for they have all contributed out of what they could well spare, but she out of her need has thrown in all she possessed--all she had to live on."
