Mateyo 21
1 Mpobalashika pepi ku Yelusalemu, balashika nanshi ku Betifage ku mulundu wa maolifi, Yesu walatuma beshikwiya bakendi babili,
When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 ne kubambileti, “Kamuyani mu munshi uwu ngomulabononga pantangu apa, mwaya mwengila, nimucane mbongolo wasungililwa pamo ne mwanendi, mu basungulule mubalete kuno.”
saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
3 Na muntu amwipushe, mumwambileti, “Mwami labayandanga, apwisha kubasebensesha nabalete.”
If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 “Ici calenshika kwambeti maswi alamba mushinshimi akwanilishiwe, akwambeti,
All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5 “Kamwambilani munshi wa Siyoni kwambeti Kobona Mwami wakobe lesanga kulinjobe, Walicepesha, kayi watanta pa mbongolo. Watanta pa mwana mbongolo, nyama ishikumanta mitolo.”
“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
6 Popelapo beshikwiya balensa mbuli Yesu ncalabambila.
The disciples went and did just as Jesus commanded them,
7 Balaleta mbongolo pamo ne mwanendi, balayansa bikwisa pamusana pa mwanambongolo, uyo ngwalatantapo Yesu.
and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
8 Bantu bangi balayansa bikwisa munshila, nabambi balakwakula misampi yabitondo ne kwiyansa munshila.
A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 Bantu bangi balikuba pantangu ne balikuba panyuma, balatatika kubilikisheti, “Hosana kuli Mwanendi Dafeti. Walelekwa uyo lesanga mu Lina lya Lesa, Hosana kuli Lesa wakwilu ku Mayoba.”
The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
10 Yesu mpwalengila mu Yelusalemu, bantu bonse balakankamana, nabambi balikabepusheti, “Anu uyu niyani?”
When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 Bantu bangi balakumbuleti, “Uyu emushinshimi, Yesu waku Nasaleti, mucishi ca Galileya.”
The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 Yesu walengila mu Ng'anda ya Lesa, ne kutandanyamo bantu bonse balikulisha ne kula. Walawishila panshi matebulu ngobalikulishilapo beshikushintanisha mali, ne bipuna bya beshikulisha nkulimba,
Jesus entered into the temple of God and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
13 Walabambileti, “Mabala alambangeti, ‘Ng'anda yakame nikabe yakupaililamo,’ Nomba amwe mulaisandulu kuba mwakuyubila bakabwalala.”
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
14 Popelapo balema ne bashipilwa balesa kuli Yesu mu Ng'anda ya Lesa mopelemo, nendi walabasengula.
The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
15 Bamakulene beshimilumbo ne beshikwiyisha milawo ya Mose, mpobalabona byeshikukondwelesha mbyalensa kayi ne kunyumfwa batwanike mu ng'anda ya Lesa kababilikisheti, “Hosana kuli Mwanendi Dafeti,” Calabepila mu moyo.
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,
16 Neco, Yesu balamwipusheti, “Sena mulanyumfunga mbyobalambanga batwanike aba?” Nendi Yesu walabakumbuleti, “Ee, kanshi nkamuna mubelengapo Maswi alambangeti Lesa walabambilalimo batwanike ne bakateta kwambeti nibakamutembaule kwakupwililila?”
and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children and nursing babies, you have perfected praise’?”
17 Popelapo Yesu walabashiya, ne kuya ku Betani nkwalakona.
He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
18 Mpobwalaca mumene mene, Yesu mpwalikubwelela ku Yelusalemu walanyumfwa nsala.
Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
19 Mpwalabona citondo ca mukuyu pepi ne nshila, walayapo, nomba walacana kacikutowa matewu. Popelapo walacambila citondo camukuyu, “citondobe, kufuma lelo nteti ukasemepo bisepo sobwe.” Cindi copeleco citondo camukuyu cisa calayuma nta. (aiōn g165)
Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away. (aiōn g165)
20 Beshikwiya mpobalaboneco balakankamana balamwipusha Yesu, “Inga citondo ca mukuyu ici cilafwambaneconi kuyuma?”
When the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
21 Yesu walakumbuleti, “Cakubinga ndamwambilishingeti na lushomo lwenu ntelo lwakutonshanya nimukacikonshenga kwinsa mbuli ncondenshili citondo ca mukuyu ici. Nteconkeco sobwe, nsombi na muwambila mulundu uwu, kwambeti, ‘Fuma apa, koya uliwale mu lwenje, mpaka nicikenshike.’
Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.
22 Na mupaila ne lushomo ciliconse nceti mukasenge nimukapewe.”
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
23 Cindi Yesu ncalengila mu Ng'anda ya Lesa, ne kutatika kwiyisha, bamakulene beshimilumbo, ne bamakulene Baciyuda, balesa kumwipusheti, “Mwalashifunya kupeyo ngofu shakwinsa cisa? Niyani walamupa ngofu ishi?”
When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
24 Nendi Yesu walabakumbuleti, “ne njame nindimwipushe mwipusho umo, mwankumbula, bacu, nindimwambile nkondalafunya ngofu shakwinsa cisa.
Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 Kwambeti Yohane abatishenga, ngofu walashifunya kupeyo, kuli Lesa nambi kubantu?” Balo balatatika kutotekeshana pa lwabo bene, “Natukumbuleti walashifunya kuli Lesa, nendi nambeti, inga mwalabulila cani kumushoma?
The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
26 Nomba kayi natukumbuleti walashifunya kubantu, bantu nteti batulekepo sobwe, pakwinga balambangeti, Yohane nimushinshimi.”
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
27 Neco balamukumbuleti, “Afwe nkatucishipo sobwe.” Nendi walambeti, “Anu ne njame nteti ndimwambilepo sobwe nkondalashicana ngofu shakwinsa cisa.”
They answered Jesus, and said, “We don’t know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
28 “Amwe ngamuyeyapo aconi? Muntu naumbi walikukute bana batuloba babili. Walaya kumwanendi mukulene ne kumwambileti, ‘Mwaname, koya lelo usebense kumabala.’
But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
29 Walakumbuleti ‘Sobwe nkasuni,’ Nsombi panyuma pakendi walalitibuka, walaya ku mabala kuya kusebensa.
He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
30 Baishi balaya kumwanabo kanike ne kumwambila maswi amo amo ngobalambila mwanabo mukulene. Nendi walambeti, ‘Ndanyumfu ta, ndenga kusebensa.’ Nsombi uliya kuyako.
He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
31 Pa bana babili aba walensa ncobalikuyanda baishi nupeyo?” Balo balambeti, “wakutanguna usa.” Yesu walabambileti, “Cakubinga ndamwambilishingeti, beshikusonkesha misonko ne batukashi bapombo balengilinga mu Bwami bwa Lesa, amwe kamutana.
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.
32 Yohane Mubatishi walesa kumulesha nshila yabululami, amwe muliya kushoma sobwe, kakuli beshikusonkesha misonko, ne batukashi bapombo balo balamushoma, Amwe nambi mwalabibona, muliya kulitibuka kwambeti mumushome.”
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
33 Yesu walambeti, “Kamunyumfwani mukoshanyo naumbi, Muntu naumbi walikukute libala. Mulibalo'mo walabyalamo minyansa, walebaka luba kushinguluka libala lyonse, walaimba cisengu mwakutyanina minyansa, walaibaka lupingwe lwa kupembelelapo libala. Panyuma pakendi walalibwelekesha libala lisa ku balimi, nendi walaya bulwendo kucishi cimbi.
“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
34 Cindi cakutebula mpocalashika, muntu usa walatuma basebenshi bakendi ku balimi basa, kwambeti bamupeko bisepo bya mulibala lisa.
When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
35 Nomba balimi basa balabekata basebenshi basa, umo balamuma, naumbi balamushina, naumbi balamupwaya mabwe.
The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36 Muntu usa walatumako basebenshi nabambi bangi kupita basa bakutanguna. Kayi balimi basa balabensa cimo cimo.
Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.
37 Kumapwililisho balimi basa walabatumina Mwanendi, ne kwambeti, ‘Mwaname uyu enka nibenga bamupe bulemu.’
But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 Nomba balimi basa mpobalamubona Mwanendi usa, balatatika kumufwiya, kabambeti, ‘uyu eshakapyane buboni bonse. Tiyeni tumushine kwambeti buboni ubu bukabe bwetu.’
But the farmers, when they saw the son, said amongst themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’
39 Neco balamwikata, nekumuwala kunsa kwa libala ne kumushina.”
So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
40 “Inga mwine libala lisa lya minyansa akesa nakabenseconi balimi basa?”
When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
41 Balo balakumbuleti, “Nakabashine balimi baipa basa, ne kulibwelekesha libala lisa kubalimi nabambi belela kumupako bisepo pacindi cakendi celela.”
They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit in its season.”
42 Yesu walabepusheti, “Sena muliya kubelengapo Mabala alambangeti, ‘Libwe lyacandanshi ndyobalakana beshikwibaka,’ Elilaba libwe lya nkokola ya ng'anda lilayandikinga? Lesa mwine ewalacinseci, kayi cilatukankamanishi kucibona.”
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvellous in our eyes’?
43 Encondamwambililingeti, “Bwami bwa Lesa, nibukalamunwe kulinjamwe ne kubupa bantu bambi abo belela kusema bisepo.”
“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.
44 Uliyense eshakawile palibwe ili, nakapasauke pasauke. Uyo ngoshi likamuwile, nendi nakashanyaukilelimo.
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
45 Bamakulene beshimilumbo, ne Bafalisi mpobalanyumfwa mikoshanyo njalikwamba Yesu, balenshibeti wambangendibo.
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
46 Neco balayanda kumwikata nsombi balatina bantu, pakwinga bantu bangi balikuba bashometi, Yesu nimushinshimi.
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
