Malako 4
1 Yesu abandaki lisusu koteya pembeni ya ebale. Bato ebele basanganaki pembeni na Ye. Boye, amataki mpe avandaki kati na bwato, mpe bato nyonso batelemaki na mokili, pembeni ya ebale.
Again, he was teaching by the sea side, when so great a multitude gathered about him, that he was obliged to go aboard a bark, and sit there, while all the people remained on shore.
2 Azalaki koteya bango makambo ebele na masese. Na mateya na Ye, azalaki koloba:
Then he taught them many things by parables.
3 « Boyoka! Moloni moko abimaki mpo na kolona.
In teaching, he said to them, Attend, behold the sower went out to sow.
4 Wana azalaki kobwaka nkona na ye, ndambo ekweyaki pembeni ya nzela; bandeke eyaki mpe eliaki yango.
And as he sowed, part of the seed fell by the way-side, and the birds came and picked it up.
5 Ndambo mosusu ekweyaki na esika etonda na mabanga, esika oyo mabele ezalaki mingi te; ebimisaki mito noki mpo ete mabele yango ezalaki na bozindo te.
Part fell upon rocky ground, where it had little mold. This sprang sooner, because there was no depth of soil.
6 Kasi tango moyi ebimaki, mito yango ezikaki mpo ete ezalaki na misisa te.
But after the sun had beaten upon it, it was scorched, and having no root, it withered away.
7 Ndambo mosusu ekweyaki kati na banzube; banzube ekolaki mpe efinaki-finaki yango. Boye, ebotaki bambuma te.
Part fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and stifled it, so that it yielded nothing.
8 Ndambo mosusu ekweyaki na mabele ya malamu; ebimisaki mito, ekolaki mpe ebotaki bambuma: nkona moko ebotaki bambuma tuku misato; mosusu, bambuma tuku motoba; mpe mosusu, bambuma nkama moko. »
Part fell into good ground, and sprang up, and became so fruitful, that some grains produced thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.
9 Yesu azalaki lisusu koloba: « Tika ete moto oyo azali na matoyi mpo na koyoka ayoka! »
He added. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.
10 Tango atikalaki Ye moko, bantoma zomi na mibale elongo na bato oyo bazingelaki Ye batunaki Ye na tina na masese.
When he was in private, those who were about him with the twelve, asked him the meaning of the parable.
11 Yesu alobaki na bango: — Epesameli bino koyeba mabombami ya Bokonzi ya Nzambe; kasi mpo na ba-oyo bazali na libanda, makambo nyonso ezali kotalisama na masese;
He said to them, It is your privilege to know the secrets of the Reign of God, but to those without everything is vailed in parables;
12 mpo ete: atako bakoki kotala, bamona eloko te; mpe atako bakoki koyoka, basosola eloko te; noki te bakobongola mitema, mpe masumu na bango ekolimbisama.
that they may not perceive what they look at, or understand what they hear; lest they should be reclaimed, and obtain the forgiveness of their sins.
13 Bongo Yesu alobaki na bango: — Boni, bososoli lisese oyo te? Ndenge nini bokososola masese mosusu?
He said also to them, Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
14 Moloni alonaka Liloba.
The sower is he who disperses the word.
15 Bato mosusu bazali pembeni ya nzela epai wapi Liloba elonami. Tango kaka bayoki Liloba, Satana ayei mpe alongoli Liloba oyo elonami kati na mitema na bango.
The wayside on which some of the grain fell, denotes those who have no sooner heard the word, than Satan comes, and takes away that which was sown in their hearts.
16 Bamosusu bazali lokola nkona oyo ekweyi na mabele etonda na mabanga: bayoki na bango Liloba mpe bayambi yango mbala moko na esengo;
The rocky ground denotes those, who, hearing the word, receive it first with pleasure;
17 kasi lokola bazali na misisa te kati na bango, bakowumela na Liloba yango kaka mpo na tango moke. Soki kaka, likolo ya Liloba, pasi to minyoko eyei, basundoli mbala moko kondima na bango.
yet not having it rooted in their minds, retain it but a while; for when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they instantly relapse.
18 Bamosusu bazali lokola nkona oyo ekweyi kati na banzube: bayoki na bango Liloba;
The ground overrun with thorns, denotes those hearers
19 kasi mitungisi ya bomoi, lokoso ya bomengo mpe baposa ya makambo ya mokili efini-fini Liloba kati na bango, boye ekotikala kobota bambuma te kati na bango. (aiōn g165)
in whom worldly cares, and delusive riches, and the inordinate desire of other things, stifle the word, and render it unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
20 Bamosusu bazali lokola nkona oyo ekweyi na mabele ya malamu: bayoki malamu Liloba, bandimi yango mpe baboti bambuma; moko aboti bambuma tuku misato; mosusu, bambuma tuku motoba; mpe mosusu lisusu, bambuma nkama moko.
The good soil on which some grains yielded thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred, denotes those who hear the word, and retain it, and produce the fruits thereof.
21 Yesu alobaki na bango lisusu: — Boni, bamemaka solo mwinda mpo na kotia yango na se ya katini to na se ya mbeto? Ezali te mpo na kotia yango na likolo ya etelemiselo ya minda?
He said further, Is a lamp brought to be put under a vessel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a stand?
22 Pamba te eloko moko te ebombama ekozanga komonisama, mpe eloko moko te ya sekele ekozanga kobima na pole.
For there is no secret, that is not discovered; nor has anything been concealed, which is not to be divulged.
23 Tika ete moto azali na matoyi mpo na koyoka ayoka!
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
24 Alobaki lisusu: — Bosala keba na makambo oyo bozali koyoka! Bakomeka bino na emekelo kaka oyo bino bosalelaka mpo na komeka bato mosusu, mpe bakobakisa kutu lisusu koleka;
He said, moreover, Consider what you hear: with the measure with which you give, you shall receive.
25 pamba te na moto oyo azali na eloko, bakopesa ye lisusu; kasi na moto oyo azangi, bakobotola ye ata oyo azali na yango.
For to him who has, more shall be given; but from him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken.
26 Yesu alobaki lisusu: — Bokonzi ya Nzambe ekokani na moto oyo abwaki nkona na mabele:
He said also, The kingdom of God is like seed, which a man sowed in his field.
27 butu mpe moyi, alala to alamuka, nkona ebimisaka moto, ekolaka yango moko mpe ayebaka te ndenge nini yango ezali kokola;
While he slept by night, and waked by day, the seed shot up, and grew without his minding it.
28 pamba te yango moko mabele nde ebimisaka mbuma: liboso, moto ya nzete; sima, matiti; mpe na suka, bambuma ya ble etondaka na nzete.
For the earth produces of itself first the blade, then the ear; afterward the full corn.
29 Bongo soki bambuma ekomeli, azwaka mbala moko mbeli oyo bakataka na yango matiti ya ble, pamba te eleko ya kobuka bambuma ekoki.
But as soon as the grain was ripe, he applied the sickle, because it was time to reap it.
30 Yesu alobaki lisusu: — Bokonzi ya Nzambe ekokani na nini? Tokoki kosalela lisese nini mpo na kokokanisa yango?
He said also, To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or by what similitude shall we represent it?
31 Bokonzi ya Likolo ekokani na nkona ya mutarde: tango balonaka yango, ezalaka nkona oyo eleki moke kati na bankona nyonso ya mokili.
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds that are there.
32 Kasi sima na kolona yango, ekokola mpe ekomaka molayi koleka ndunda nyonso ya elanga, ebimisaka bitape minene oyo esalaka ete bandeke ya likolo etonga zala na se ya pio na yango.
But after it is sown, it springs up, and becomes greater than any herb, and shoots out branches so large, that under their shades, the birds of the air may find shelter.
33 Yesu azalaki kosalela masese ya ndenge na ndenge mpo na koteya bango Liloba na Nzambe, kolanda bososoli na bango;
And in many such similitudes, he conveyed instruction to the people, as he found them disposed to hear:
34 azangaki te kosalela masese mpo na koloba na bango. Kasi soki atikali Ye moko elongo na bayekoli na Ye, azalaki kolimbola makambo nyonso.
and without a similitude he told them nothing; but he solved all to his disciples in private.
35 Kaka na mokolo yango wana, wana pokwa ekomaki, Yesu alobaki na bayekoli na Ye: — Tokatisa na ngambo mosusu ya ebale.
That day, in the evening, he said to them, Let us pass to the other side.
36 Batikaki bato, bamemaki Ye na bwato mpe bakatisaki na ngambo mosusu. Babwato mosusu mpe ezalaki elongo na bango.
And they, leaving the people, but having him in the bark, set sail in company with other small barks.
37 Mopepe moko ya makasi ekomaki kopepa, mbonge ekomaki kobeta na bwato, mpe bwato ekomaki kotonda na mayi.
Then there arose a great storm of wind which drove the billows into the bark, which was now full.
38 Yesu azalaki na sima, alalaki pongi mpe atiaki moto na likolo ya kuse. Bayekoli balamusaki Ye mpe bayebisaki Ye na koganga: — Moteyi, tozali kokufa; mpe ozali komitungisa na Yo te?
Jesus being in the stern, asleep on a pillow, they awake him, saying, Rabbi, do you not care that we perish?
39 Yesu alamukaki, agangelaki mopepe, mpe apesaki mitindo na ebale: — Tika makelele! Vanda nye! Mopepe esilaki, mpe kimia monene ezongaki.
And he arose, and commanded the wind, saying to the sea, Peace! be still! Immediately the wind ceased, and great calm ensued.
40 Bongo alobaki na bayekoli na Ye: — Mpo na nini bozali kobanga? Bozali nanu na kondima te?
And he said to them, Why are you so timorous? How is it that you have no faith?
41 Somo monene ekotaki kati na bango mpe bakomaki kolobana bango na bango: « Moto oyo azali penza nani mpo ete mopepe mpe ebale etosa ye? »
And they were exceedingly terrified, and said one to another, Who is this, whom even the wind and the sea obey?
