Luka 16
1 Yesu walabambila beshikwiya bakendi eti, Kwalikuba muntu mubile walikukute kapitawo weshi kubona buboni. Bantu balamwamba muntu uyo eti lonongonga buboni bwa mwami wakendi.
He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
2 Lino walakuwa kapitawo wabuboni nekumwipusheti, “Nomba nicani ncondanyufunga pali njobe? Mpandulwile sha bukapitawo bwakobe pakwinga nkowelela kuba kapitawo sobwe.”
He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
3 Lino kapitawo walatatika kuyeya mumoyo mwakendi eti, “Ninjiseconi mwami wakame layandanga kumfunya incito? Ndiya ngofu shakulima kayi kusenga kukutekumpa insoni.
“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I do not have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
4 Lino nceti njinse nici, kwambeti bantu bakantambule mumandabo, ndakafuma incito.”
I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
5 Lino walatika kukuwa bonse balikukute nkongole ku mwami wakendi umo ne umo nekwipusha mutanshi eti, “Walakweleta shingaye kumwami wakame?”
Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’
6 Neye walakumbuleti, “Ndalakweleta mingomo mwanda ya mafuta”. Neco kapitawo uyo walamwambileti, “Manta lipepa apo palembwa nkongole yakobe, ufwambane wikale panshi ulembepo eti, mingomo yakwana makumi asanu.”
He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
7 Lino walepusha umbi eti, “Nomba obe walakweleta shingaye?” Walakumbuleti, “Ndalakweleta masaka ali mwanda a maila.” Lino neye walamwambileti, “Manta Lipepa palembwa nkongole yakobe, Ulembepo masaka makumi asanu ne atatu.”
Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
8 Mwami wakendi uyo walalumbaisha kapitawo wa buboni wabula kushomeka pakucenjela kwakendi. Pakwinga bantu ba mucishi ca panshi pano nibasongo pa kubamba makani abo kupita bantu bali mu mumuni wa Lesa. (aiōn g165)
"His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this age (aiōn g165) are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
9 Yesu walapitilisha kubambileti, “Ndamwambilinga kamulicanina banenu babuboni bwa mucishi cino kwambeti, buboni bwakapwa nibakamutambule mumanda amuyayaya. (aiōnios g166)
I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into consummate (aiōnios g166) tents.
10 Muntu uliyense washomeka pabintu bing'ana, nakashomeke pa bintu bingi. Uyo wabula kushomeka pabintu bing'ana, nteshi akashomeke pabintu bingi.
He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
11 Lino na nkamwashomeka pabuboni bwa pacishi cino, nomba niyani eti akamushome nekumupani buboni bwancincine?
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 Na kamulimwabula kushomeka pabuboni bwa bantu bambi, nomba niyani eti akamupeni buboni bwelela kuba bwenu?”
If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
13 “Kuliya musebenshi wela kusebensela bami babili, pakwinga ukute kupatapo umbi nekusuna umbi, nambi kunyumfwila umbi nekusula umbi. Anu ekwambeti nkamwela kusebensela Lesa ne buboni.”
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and Mammon.”
14 Bafalisi mpolabanyumfwa makani aya balatatika kushibuluka Yesu pakwinga balo balikusunisha mali.
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
15 Nsombi Yesu walabambileti, “Amwe mukute kulibonesha kubantu eti mwalulama, necikabeco Lesa winshi myoyo yenu. Pakwinga bintu byonse bantu mbyobakute kwambeti byaina, nsombi kuli Lesa kuliya mobibelele.”
He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
16 Milawo Lesa njalapa Mose ne Maswi alalemba bashinshimi byali kusebensa cindi ca Yohane mubatishi. Kufuma pacindico Mulumbe Waina wa Bwami bwa Lesa ukute kukambaukwa, kayi ne bantu bangi baleleshenga ne ngofu kwambeti bengile mu Bwami ubu.
“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
17 Nsombi capuba kwambeti kwilu necishi kupwa, kupita liswi limo lya Milawo kupwa ngofu.
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
18 “Muntu uliyense laleke mukashendi nekweba mukashi naumbi, lenshi bupombo. Neye uyo lebe mutukashi ngwalaleka munendi lenshinga bupombo”.
“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
19 Kwalikuba muntu mubile walikufwala byadula uyo walikulya cena lyonse.
“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20 Lino kwalikuba muntu wapenga lina lyakendi walikuba Lazalo. Walikukute bilonda mubili wonse, walikusuna kona pa cishinga ca ng'anda ya muntu mubile uyo.
A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
21 Lazalo walikaminina mate uto twakulya twalikulaka panshi pa tebulu ya muntu mubile uyo, naboyo bakabwa bali kabesa akumyanguta pabilonda byakendi.
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 Muntu wapenga uyo walafwa, bangelo balamutwala kwilu mumakasa a Abulahamu. Muntu mubile uyo neye walafwa nekumufukila mumanda.
The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 Lino mubile uyo mpwalikupenga mumusena wa bafu, walalanga kwilu nekubona Lazalo kulubasu lwa Abulahamu nkali patali. (Hadēs g86)
In Hades (Hadēs g86), he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
24 Lino walolobesha eti, “Ta Abulahamu kamunyumfwilako inkumbo. Kamutumani Lazalo kwambeti abike cikumo cakendi mumenshi kwambeti atontoshe lulemi lwakame pakwinga ndashupiki mumulilo muno.”
He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’
25 Lino Abulahamu walambeti, “Mwaname kwanuka mpowalikuba muyumi walatambula bintu byonse byaina, neye Lazalo walatambula bintu byeshikubaba. Lino neye kuno wakondwa, obe uli mumapensho anene.
“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.
26 Kayi pakati petu nenjobe pali cisengu, cakwambeti kuliya muntu ulikuno wela kucikonsha kusabuka kwisa uko, nambi uli uko kwisa kuno.”
Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’
27 Kufumapo mubile uyo walambeti, “Anu ndasengenga Ta, mutume Lazalo kung'anda ya bata.
“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—
28 Pakwinga nkute bakwetu basanu. Enga abacenjeshe kwambeti naboyo batakesa kumusena wa mapensho kuno.”
for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they will not also come into this place of torment.’
29 Nsombi Abulahamu walambeti, “abo bakute mabuku alalembwa ne Mose ne bashinshimi, kabanyumfwani byalembwamo.”
“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
30 Nendi walakumbuleti, sobwe ta Abulahamu, na umbi ufuma kubafu nekuyako, mpobela kusanduka kubwipishi bwabo.
“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
31 Abulahamu walamwambileti, “na nkabanyumfwilinga Mabala alalembwa ne Mose ne bashinshimi nteshi bakanyumfwepo nambi umbi akapunduke kubafu.”
“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”
