Matayo 22
1 Yesu alobaki na bango lisusu na masese:
And Jesus answered again by similitudes, and said:
2 — Bokonzi ya Likolo ekokani na mokonzi moko oyo asalaki feti ya libala mpo na mwana na ye ya mobali.
The kingdom of heaven is like to a royal person, who made a feast for his son.
3 Atindaki basali na ye kokende koyebisa babengami na feti ete baya na feti, kasi babengami yango baboyaki.
And he sent his servants to call those that had been invited, to the feast: and they would not come.
4 Atindaki lisusu basali mosusu mpe alobaki na bango: « Bosengela ngai epai ya babengami na feti ete baya penza, mpe boyebisa bango ete nasili kobongisa bilei: nabomi bangombe na ngai ya mibali mpe banyama na ngai ya mafuta; mpe sik’oyo, nyonso esili kobongisama malamu. Boloba na bango ete bazanga te na feti. »
And again he sent other servants, and said: Tell those invited, Behold, my entertainment is prepared, my oxen and my fatlings are slain, and every thing is prepared; come ye to the feast.
5 Kasi babengami na feti bazwaki kobengama yango na pamba: bamoko bakendeki na bilanga na bango; bamosusu, na mombongo na bango;
But they showed contempt, and went away, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise;
6 mpe bamosusu bakangaki basali ya mokonzi, banyokolaki bango mpe babomaki bango.
and the rest seized his servants, and abused them, and slew them.
7 Mokonzi asilikaki makasi, atindaki basoda na ye koboma babomi wana mpe kotumba engumba na bango.
And when the king heard of it, he was angry; and he sent his military forces, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
8 Alobaki na basali na ye: « Bilei ya feti esili kobongisama malamu, kasi babengami mpo na kozala na feti yango babongaki na yango te.
Then said he to his servants, The feast is prepared, but they who were invited were unworthy.
9 Bokende na bisika oyo babalabala ekutana mpe bobenga bato nyonso oyo bokomona kuna, mpo ete baya na feti ya libala ya mwana na ngai. »
Go ye therefore to the terminations of the streets; and as many as ye find, bid to the feast.
10 Basali bakendeki na babalabala mpe babengaki bato nyonso oyo bamonaki kuna: bato mabe mpe bato malamu. Boye, ndako ya feti etondaki na babengami.
And those servants went out into the streets, and collected all they found, both bad and good; and the place of feasting was filled with guests.
11 Kasi tango mokonzi akotaki mpo na kotala bato oyo babengamaki na feti, amonaki moto moko oyo alataki te elamba ya feti ya libala.
And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who was not clad in the festal garments.
12 Atunaki ye: « Molingami na ngai, okoti awa ndenge nini awa olati te elamba oyo ebongi na feti ya libala? » Moto yango azangaki eyano ya kopesa.
And he said to him: My friend, how camest thou here without the festal robes? But he was silent.
13 Bongo mokonzi alobaki na basali na ye: « Bokanga ye makolo mpe maboko, bobwaka ye kati na molili ya libanda, epai wapi kolela mpe koswa minu ezali. »
Then said the king to the servitors: Bind his hands and his feet, and cast him into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 Pamba te babengami bazali ebele, kasi baponami bazali moke.
For the called are many, and the chosen are few.
15 Bongo Bafarizeo babendanaki pembeni mpo na kosala mabongisi ya kokanga Yesu na motambo na nzela ya maloba na Ye moko.
Then went the Pharisees and took counsel, how they might ensnare him in discourse.
16 Batindelaki Yesu bayekoli na bango elongo na bato ya lisanga ya Erode. Batindami yango balobaki na Yesu: — Moteyi, toyebi malamu ete ozali moto oyo azanga pamela mpe oteyaka na bosolo nzela ya Nzambe, otepaka-tepaka te liboso ya makanisi ya bato mpe oponaka bilongi te;
And they sent to him their disciples, with domestics of Herod, and said to him: Teacher, we know that thou art veracious, and teachest the way of God with truth, regardless of man, for thou hast no respect of persons.
17 yebisa biso makanisi na yo na tina na likambo oyo: Kolanda mobeko, ezali malamu to epekisami kofuta mpako ya mokonzi epai ya Sezare?
Tell us, therefore, how doth it appear to thee: is it lawful to pay capitation money to Caesar, or not?
18 Kasi lokola Yesu asosolaki mayele mabe na bango, alobaki: — Bato ya bilongi mibale! Mpo na nini bozali kotiela Ngai motambo?
But Jesus knew their wickedness, and said: Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
19 Bolakisa Ngai mbongo oyo bofutaka na yango mpako. Bamemelaki Ye mbongo moko ya ebende.
Show me a denarius of the capitation money. And they brought to him a denarius.
20 Atunaki bango: — Elilingi mpe makomi oyo ezali ya nani?
And Jesus said to them: Whose is this image and inscription?
21 Bazongisaki: — Ezali ya Sezare. Yesu alobaki na bango: — Bopesa na Sezare, oyo ezali ya Sezare; mpe bopesa na Nzambe, oyo ezali ya Nzambe!
They say, Caesar's. He saith to them: Give then Caesar's things to Caesar, and God's things to God.
22 Tango bayokaki eyano ya Yesu, bakamwaki; batikaki Ye mpe bakendeki.
And when they heard it they were surprised: and they left him, and went away.
23 Kaka na mokolo yango, Basaduseo oyo balobaka ete lisekwa ezali te, bayaki epai na Yesu mpe batunaki Ye:
The same day came Sadducees, and said to him: There is no life of the dead. And they questioned him,
24 — Moteyi, Moyize alobaki: « Soki mobali akufi mpe atiki mwana te, ndeko na ye ya mobali asengeli kobala mwasi oyo mokufi atiki mpo ete abotisa ye bana oyo bakozala bakitani ya mokufi. »
and said to him: Teacher; Moses commanded us, that if a man should die childless, his brother must take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.
25 Nzokande, kati na biso, ezalaki na bandeko mibali sambo. Ndeko mobali ya liboso abalaki mwasi mpe akufaki; kasi lokola abotaki te bana oyo basengelaki kokitana na ye, atikelaki ndeko na ye ya mobali mwasi na ye.
Now there were with us seven brothers. The first took a wife, and deceased; and, as he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.
26 Esalemaki mpe bongo na ndeko ya mibale, na ndeko ya misato kino na ndeko ya sambo.
In like manner also the second, and the third, and up to the whole seven.
27 Sima na bango nyonso, mwasi yango mpe akufaki.
And after them all, the woman also herself died.
28 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?
In the resurrection, therefore, to which of those seven will she be the wife? For they all had taken her?
29 Yesu azongiselaki bango: — Bozali kati na libunga, pamba te boyebi Makomi te, mpe boyebi nguya ya Nzambe te.
Jesus answered, and said to them: Ye do err, from not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 Na mokolo oyo bato bakosekwa kati na bakufi, bakobala lisusu te; kasi bakozala lokola ba-anjelu kati na Likolo.
For in the resurrection of the dead, they do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands; but they are as the angels of God in heaven.
31 Mpo na oyo etali lisekwa ya bakufi, botikala nanu kotanga te makambo oyo Nzambe ayebisa bino:
But as to the resurrection of the dead: have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, who said:
32 « Nazali Nzambe ya Abrayami, Nzambe ya Izaki, mpe Nzambe ya Jakobi? » Nzambe azali Nzambe ya bakufi te, kasi azali Nzambe ya bato ya bomoi.
I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob? Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
33 Tango ebele ya bato bayokaki bongo, bakamwaki mingi mateya ya Yesu.
And when the multitude heard it they were astonished at his doctrine.
34 Tango Bafarizeo bayokaki ete Yesu asukisi Basaduseo, bango mpe basanganaki;
And when the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they assembled together;
35 mpe moko kati na bango, molakisi ya Mobeko, alukaki kotiela Yesu motambo, atunaki Ye:
and one of them, who was expert in the law, to tempt him, inquired:
36 — Moteyi, mobeko nini eleki monene kati na mibeko nyonso?
Teacher, which is the great command in the law?
37 Yesu azongiselaki ye: — Linga Nkolo, Nzambe na yo, na motema na yo mobimba, na molimo na yo mobimba mpe na makanisi na yo nyonso.
Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and with all thy mind.
38 Yango nde mobeko ya liboso mpe eleki monene.
This is the great and first command.
39 Mobeko ya mibale oyo ekokani na yango: « Linga moninga na yo ndenge yo moko omilingaka. »
And the second, which is like it, is, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
40 Mibeko nyonso mpe mateya ya basakoli evandi kati na mibeko oyo mibale.
On these two commands hang the law and the prophets.
41 Wana Bafarizeo basanganaki esika moko, Yesu atunaki bango:
And while the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them,
42 — Bozali kokanisa nini na tina na Klisto? Azali Mwana ya nani? Bazongiselaki Ye: — Azali mwana ya Davidi!
and said: What say ye respecting, the Messiah? Whose son is he? They say to him; The son of David.
43 Alobaki na bango: — Bongo ndenge nini Davidi, na botindikami ya Molimo ya Nzambe, abengaki Ye Nkolo? Pamba te alobaki:
He saith to them: How then doth David, by the Spirit, call him Lord? for he said:
44 « Nkolo 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. › »
The Lord said to my Lord, Seat thyself at my right hand, until I place thy enemies under thy feet.
45 Soki Davidi azali kobenga Ye « Nkolo, » bongo ndenge nini akoki lisusu kozala mwana na ye?
If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
46 Moto moko te akokaki kozongisela Ye ata liloba moko. Mpe, banda mokolo wana, moko te amekaki lisusu kotuna Ye mituna.
And no one was able to give him an answer? And from that day, no one dared to question him.
