Matayo 17
1 Sima na mikolo motoba, Yesu azwaki Petelo, Jake mpe Yoane, ndeko mobali ya Jake; amemaki bango na pembeni, na likolo ya ngomba moko ya molayi.
And after six days Jesus took Cephas, and James, and John his brother, and conducted them alone to a high mountain.
2 Yesu abongolamaki na miso na bango: elongi na Ye ekomaki kongenga lokola moyi, bilamba na Ye ekomaki pembe makasi lokola pole.
And Jesus was changed before them: and his face shone like the sun; and his vestments became white like the light.
3 Mbala moko, bamonaki Moyize mpe Eliya bazali kosolola na Yesu.
And there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, in conversation with him.
4 Petelo alobaki na Yesu: — Nkolo, eleki malamu mpo na biso kotikala awa! Soki ondimi, nakotonga bandako misato ya kapo: moko mpo na Yo, moko mpo na Moyize, mpe moko mpo na Eliya!
Then Cephas answered and said to Jesus: My Lord, it is good for us to be here: and, if it please thee, we will make here three booths; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
5 Wana azalaki nanu koloba, lipata moko ezalaki kongenga lokola moyi, ezipaki bango, mpe mongongo moko eyokanaki wuta kati na lipata yango: « Oyo azali Mwana na Ngai ya bolingo, nasepelaka na Ye mingi; boyoka Ye! »
And while he was yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and there was a voice from the cloud which said: This is my beloved Son, in whom I have pleasure; hear ye him.
6 Tango bayekoli bayokaki mongongo yango, bakweyaki bilongi kino na mabele mpo ete somo makasi ekangaki bango.
And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were much afraid.
7 Kasi Yesu apusanaki pene na bango, asimbaki bango mpe alobaki: — Botelema, bobanga te!
And Jesus came to them and touched them, and said: Arise, and be not afraid.
8 Batombolaki miso mpe bamonaki moto mosusu te, kaka Yesu.
And they raised their eyes, and they saw no person, except Jesus only.
9 Wana bazalaki kokita na ngomba, Yesu apesaki bango mitindo oyo: — Makambo oyo bowuti komona, boyebisa yango na moto moko te kino tango Mwana na Moto akosekwa kati na bakufi.
And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, and said to them: Speak of this vision before no person, until the Son of man shall have arisen from the dead.
10 Bayekoli batunaki Yesu: — Mpo na nini balakisi ya Mobeko balobaka ete Eliya asengeli koya moto ya liboso?
And his disciples asked him, and said to him: Why then do the Scribes say, that Elijah must first come?
11 Yesu azongisaki: — Solo, Eliya asengeli koya mpe akozongisa makambo nyonso na molongo.
Jesus answered, and said to them: Elijah doth first come, to fulfill every thing.
12 Kasi Ngai, nazali koloba na bino ete Eliya asilaki koya; kasi na esika ya koyeba ye, basalaki ye ndenge balingaki. Ezali mpe ndenge wana nde bakonyokola Mwana na Moto.
And I say to you. That, behold, Elijah hath come, and they did not know him; and they have done to him whatever they pleased: and, in like manner, also the Son of man is to suffer from them.
13 Bayekoli basosolaki ete azalaki kolobela bango na tina na Yoane Mobatisi.
Then the disciples understood, that he spake to them of John the Baptizer.
14 Tango bakomaki pene ya esika oyo ebele ya bato bazalaki, moto moko apusanaki pene na Yesu, afukamaki liboso na Ye mpe alobaki:
And when they came to the multitude, a man approached him, and bowed himself on his knees,
15 — Nkolo, yokela mwana na ngai ya mobali mawa! Azali na maladi ya ndeke mpe azali penza komona pasi: akweyaka mbala mingi na moto to na mayi.
and said to him: My Lord, compassionate me. I have a son who is a lunatic, and grievously afflicted; for often he falleth into the fire, and often into the water.
16 Namemaki ye epai ya bayekoli na Yo, kasi bakoki te kobikisa ye.
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him.
17 Yesu alobaki: — Ekeke ya bato mabe mpe bazanga kondima! Kino tango nini nakozala na bino elongo? Kino tango nini nakokanga motema mpo na bino? Bomemela Ngai mwana yango.
Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you? and how long bear with you? Bring him here to me.
18 Yesu abenganaki molimo mabe, mpe molimo mabe yango ebimaki kati na mwana. Kaka na tango yango, mwana abikaki.
And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it departed from him: and from that hour the child was healed.
19 Bongo bayekoli bakendeki na nkuku epai ya Yesu mpe batunaki: — Mpo na nini, biso, tolongaki te kobengana molimo yango?
Then came the disciples to Jesus, apart, and said to him: Why could not we heal him?
20 Yesu azongiselaki bango: — Ezali mpo ete bozali na kondima moke. Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: soki kondima na bino ezalaki lokola mbuma ya mutarde, bokokaki koloba na ngomba oyo: « Longwa awa, kende kuna; » mpe ekokende penza. Eloko moko te ekoki kozanga kosalemela bino. [
Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, That if there be in you faith like a grain of mustard seed, ye may say to this mountain, Remove hence, and it will remove: and nothing will be too hard for you.
21 Kasi lolenge oyo ya milimo mabe ebimaka kaka na nzela ya mabondeli mpe ya kokila bilei.]
But this kind goeth not out, except by fasting and prayer.
22 Mokolo moko, bayekoli basanganaki bango nyonso kati na Galile; Yesu alobaki na bango: — Bakokaba Mwana na Moto na maboko ya bato,
And while they were resident in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men;
23 bakoboma Ye, mpe, na mokolo ya misato, akosekwa. Bayekoli bayokaki mawa mingi.
and they will kill him; and the third day he will arise. And it saddened them much.
24 Tango Yesu mpe bayekoli na Ye bakomaki na Kapernawumi, bafutisi mpako ya Ndako ya Nzambe bayaki epai ya Petelo mpe batunaki: — Boni, moteyi na bino afutaka mpako ya Ndako ya Nzambe te?
And when they came to Capernaum, those who receive the two drachmas of capitation money came to Cephas, and said to him: Doth not your rabbi pay his two drachmas?
25 Petelo azongisaki: — Afutaka! Tango Petelo akotaki na ndako, Yesu azwaki maloba moto ya liboso mpe atunaki ye: — Simona, okanisi nini? Banani bafutaka mpako epai ya bakonzi ya mokili: bana na bango to bapaya?
He said to them, Yes. And when Cephas had entered the house, Jesus anticipated him and said to him: How doth it appear to thee, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute and capitation money? of their children, or of aliens?
26 Petelo azongisaki: — Bapaya. Yesu alobaki na ye: — Lokola ezali bongo, bana mboka basengeli kofuta te.
Simon said to him: Of aliens. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free.
27 Nzokande, mpo ete totia mobulu te kati na makanisi na bango, kende na ebale, bwaka ndobo na mayi mpe kamata mbisi oyo okozwa ya liboso; fungola monoko na yango mpe okomona mbongo moko ya bibende kati na yango; kamata mbongo yango mpe futa mpako na Ngai mpe mpako na yo, na maboko na bango.
But still, lest they be stumbled with us, go thou to the sea and cast in a fish-hook, and the fish that shall first come up, open its mouth, and thou wilt find a stater: that take, and give for me and for thyself.
