Mateyo 24
1 Yesu walapula mu Ng'anda ya Lesa, lino mpwalikuya beshikwiya bakendi balamulesha ncoyalebakwa mwabuya Ng'anda iyo.
As Jesus was leaving the Temple his disciples came to him, pointing proudly to the Temple buildings.
2 Nomba Yesu walabambileti, “Ee mulabono ibi byonse, nomba cakubinga ndamwambilingeti, paliya libwe lyeti likashale palibwe linendi, lyeti likabule kupwayaulwa.”
But Jesus replied, “You see all these buildings? I tell you the truth: there won't be one stone left upon another. Every last one will come crashing down!”
3 Lino Yesu mpwalekala panshi pa mulundu wa maolifi, beshikwiya bakendi balesa kulyendiye palubasu bonka ne kumwipusheti, “Kamutwambilako, inga ibi nibikenshike lilyoni? Kayi nicani ceshi cikenshikenga nceti tukaboneneko kwisa kwenu, kayi ne cakupwa kwacindici?” (aiōn g165)
As Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him in private, and asked, “Please tell us when this will happen. What will be the sign of your coming and the end of the world?” (aiōn g165)
4 Yesu walabakumbuleti, “Cenjelani, kamutakabepwa ne muntu uliyense sobwe.
“Make sure no one misleads you,” Jesus replied.
5 Bantu bangi nibakese mulina lyakame! Kabambeti, ‘Klistu usa njame,’ Nibakabepe bantu bangi.
“Many will come claiming to be me, saying, ‘I'm the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many people.
6 Nimukanyumfwe nkondo, kayi ne mbili shiyosha nkondo. Nomba amwe kamutaka yakamwa, Ee, ibi byela kwinshika, nsombi uku nteko kwambeti mapwililisho nawo alashiki kendi sobwe.”
You'll hear about wars, and rumors about wars, but don't be anxious. These things have to happen, but this isn't the end.
7 “Pakwinga mishobo ya bantu nikabukilane, nabo bwami nibikalwanenga ne bwami. Nikukabe nsala, ne bikunkumo bishikutenkanya inshi mu misena ingi,
Nations will attack other nations, and kingdoms will fight against other kingdoms. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places,
8 Nomba ibi byonse nicitatikowa ca mapensho.”
but all these things are just the beginnings of birth pains.
9 “Bantu nibakamusunge ne kumupensha kayi ne kumushina. Bantu bamishobo yonse nibakamupele pacebo ca Lina lyakame.
Then they will arrest you, they will persecute you, and they will kill you. All people will hate you because of me.
10 Bantu bangi pacindico nibakaleke kushoma, nibakatatike kupelana ne kulishana pamukowa wabo bene.
At that time many believers will give up believing. They will betray one another and hate one another.
11 Nikukaboneke bashinshimi bandemishibili beti bakabepe bantu bangi.
Many false prophets will come and deceive many people.
12 Pacebo cakufula kwabintu byaipa, lusuno lwabantu bangi nilukacepe.
The increasing evil will lead the love of many to grow cold,
13 Nsombi uyo eshakalimbikile mpaka kumapwililisho, endiyeti akapuluke.
but those who hold out to the end will be saved.
14 Nomba Mulumbe Waina uwu wa Bwami bwa Lesa nukakambaukwe pacishi capanshi conse, kwambeti, ube bukamboni kubantu ba mishobo yonse, popelapo mapwililisho nakashike.”
The good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed around the whole world so everyone will be able to hear it, and then the end will come.
15 “Mwakabona cintu cishikusesemya cishikononga, calambwa ne Danyele mushinshimi, balacimaniki pa musena waswepa.” Obe ulabelengenga unyumfwishishe cena.
So when you see the ‘idolatry that defiles’ standing in the holy place that the prophet Daniel spoke about (those who read this please consider carefully),
16 Abo bali mu Yudeya bela kufwambila kumilundu.
then the people living in Judea should run away to the mountains.
17 Uyo uli pelu pa ng'anda yakendi kataseluka kuya kwingila mu ng'anda eti amantemo bibya byakendi.
Anyone who is on the housetop must not go down and fetch what's in the house.
18 Uyo uli kumabala, kataya kumunshi kuya kumanta cakufwala cakunsa.
Anyone who is out in the fields must not go back to get a coat.
19 “Malele ku batukashi beti bakabenga ne mabunda, kayi ne batukashi beti bakayamwishenga bana mumasubayo.
How awful it will be for those who are pregnant, and those who are nursing babies at that time!
20 Pailani kwambeti cindi cakufwamba kacitakaba cindi camupewo, nambi pa busuba bwa Sabata sobwe.
Pray that you don't have to run away in winter, or on the Sabbath day.
21 Pakwinga mapensho ayosha eti akaboneke mu masubayo, nkanabonekapo kufuma mpocalalengelwa cishi capanshi mpaka lelo, kayi nteti akabonekepo sobwe.
For at that time there will be terrible persecution—more terrible than anything that has happened from the beginning of the world up till now, and won't ever happen again.
22 Nomba masubayo nalabula kufumfwipishiwa, nshinga ne palakabulu muntu nabaumo shikupuluka. Nsombi Lesa nakafumfwipishiwe masubayo pacebo cabantu mbwalasala.”
Unless those days are cut short, nobody will be saved, but for the sake of the chosen those days will be cut short.
23 “Cindico na muntu akamwambileti, ‘Klistu ulikuno!’ Nambi ‘uli uko!’ Kamutakamushoma sobwe.
So if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here's the Messiah,’ or, ‘There he is,’ don't believe it.
24 Pakwinga nikukaboneke baklistu ne bashinshimi bangi bandemishibili, beti bakambengeti, Kamubonani ‘Njame Klistu,’ Nambi kwambeti ‘njame mushinshimi,’ Abo bantu nibakensenga bintu byangofu, bishikukankamanisha, kwambeti babepe uliyense na kacikonsheka nambi basalwa ba Lesa.”
For false messiahs will appear, and false prophets too, and they will perform incredible signs and miracles in order to deceive the chosen, if that were possible.
25 Kamunyumfwani, ame ndamwambilili limo.
Notice that I've told you this before it even happens.
26 “Ecebo cakendi, bantu bakamwambilangeti, ‘Kamubonani Klistu ulikucinyika,’ Kamutakayako sobwe, nambi bakambeti, ‘uli mu ng'anda,’ Kamutakashoma sobwe.
So if they tell you, ‘Look, he's out in the desert,’ don't go looking there; or if they say, ‘Look, he's secretly here,’ don't believe it.
27 Kwisa kwa Mwana Muntu nikukabeti kubyasha kwa lulabo ulo lukute kubyasha kufuma kucwe mpaka ku mbonshi.”
For the coming of the Son of man will be like the lightning that flashes brightly from east to west.
28 Walambeti, “kulikonse kuli mutunta wanyama yafwa, makubi nkwakute kubungana.”
‘Vultures gather where the carcass is.’
29 “Panyuma pakendi mapensho akapwa mu masubayo, lisuba nilikashipe mbi, nawo mwenshi nukacileke kubala, nyenyenshi nishikalake kufuma ku makumbi, kayi ngofu sha mu mulengalenga nishikatenkane.
But right after those days of persecution the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shine, the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
30 Popelapo citondesho cakwisa kwa Mwana Muntu, nicikaboneke kwilu. Bantu bapacishi capanshi pano, ni bakatatike kulila, nibakabone Mwana Muntu kesa mu makumbi akwilu ne ngofu ne bulemeneno buyosha.
Then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all the peoples of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and in brilliant glory.
31 Tolompita yangofu nikalile, popelapo nendi nakatume bangelo bakendi ku mbasu shonse shapacishi capanshi, kuya kubunganya basalwa bakendi. Kufuma kumapwililisho acishi, kushika kumapwililisho acishi.”
With a blast from a trumpet he will send his angels to gather his chosen ones from every place, from one end of heaven and earth to the other.
32 “Kamulangani kucitondo ca mukuyu kwambeti mwiyeko ciyo. Mwabona misampi yakendi ne matewu atatika kusonsa, mukute kwinshibeti, mainsa alipepi.
Learn an illustration from the fig tree. When its shoots become tender and leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is coming.
33 Ne njamwe mwakatatika kubona bintu ibi mbyondambanga, mukenshibeti Mwana Muntu ulipepi, cakubinga uli pa cishinga.
In the same way when you see all these things happening, you know that his coming is near, in fact it's right at the door!
34 Kamwinshibani kwambeti bintu ibi nibikenshike bantu bamusemano uno kabata bapwa bonse.
I tell you the truth: this generation won't pass away until all these things have happened.
35 Kwilu ne cishi capanshi nibikapwe, nomba maswi akame nteti akapwe.”
Heaven and earth may pass away, but my words won't pass away.
36 “Nambi kubeconi, paliya ubwishi busuba ne cindi, nambi bangelo bakwilu nkabacishipo, ne njame Ndemwana nkandicishipo sowe, nsombi Bata bonka ebaci shi.
But no one knows the day or hour when this will take place, not the angels in heaven, nor the Son. Only the Father knows.
37 Kwisa kwa Mwana Muntu nikukabeti ncokwalikuba mucindi ca Nowa.
When the Son of man comes it will be like it was during the time of Noah.
38 Mu masubayo, muyoba wa mfula ya cilobe kautana ushika, bantu balikulya ne kunwa, bali kweba ne kwebwa, mpaka busuba mbwalengila Nowa mubwato.
It will be as in the days before the flood, when they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, right up until the day that Noah went into the ark.
39 Paliya ncobalikwinshiba sobwe, mpaka muyoba wamfula yacilobe yalesa kubashina bonse. Encoti cikabe pakwisa kwa Mwana Muntu.
They didn't realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That's how the coming of the Son of man will be.
40 Pacindi copeleco bantu babili nibakacanike mulibala, umo nakamantwe, naumbi nakashale.
Two men will be working in the fields. One will be taken, the other left.
41 Batukashi babili nibakacanike kabapela bunga ne mwampelo, umo nakamantwe, naumbi nakashale.”
Two women will be grinding grain with a mill. One will be taken, the other left.
42 “Ne njamwe kamubani mwalibambila cindi conse, pakwinga nkamubwinshipo busuba mboti akese Mwami wenu.
So stay alert, because you don't know what day your Lord is coming.
43 Nomba kamwishibaneti, mwine ng'anda nakute kwinshiba kwambeti nicindi cini camashiku ncalesanga kabwalala, nshinga nakute kalebe, kwambeti kabwalala katesa aibe mung'anda.
But consider this: if the house-owner knew what time a thief was coming, he would keep watch. He would not allow his house to be broken into and robbed.
44 Neco, kamubani balibambila, pakwinga Mwana Muntu nakese pacindi ncomwabula kwingashila.”
You also need to be ready, because the Son of man is coming at a time when you're not expecting him.
45 “Inga niyani, musebenshi washomwa, kayi ukute mano? Uyo ngwalapa ncito Mwami wakendi yakwendelesha cena, ne kubapa cakulya basebenshi banendi pacindi celela?
For who is the trustworthy and thoughtful servant? It's the one his master puts in charge of his household to provide them with food at the proper time.
46 Walelekwa musebeshuyo, na kamucane Mwami wakendi kasebensa cena.
How good it will be for that servant to be found doing that when his master returns!
47 Cakubinga ndamwambilishingeti, Mwami wakendi nakamupe ncito yakwendelesha byonse bintu mbyakute.”
I tell you the truth: the master will put that servant in charge over everything he has.
48 “Nsombi na ni musebenshi waipa, nendi nakayeyeti, ‘Mwami wakame lacelwa cindi citali’
But if he was evil, the servant would say to himself, ‘My master is taking a long time,’
49 Neco nakatatike kubauma basebenshi banendi, kulya ne kunwa pamo ne bacakolwa.
and would start beating the other servants, feasting and drinking with the drunks.
50 Pabusuba ne cindi ncabula kwingashila, Mwami wakendi nakashike sokoloku!
Then that servant's master will return when the man doesn't expect him, at a time he doesn't know.
51 Neco Mwami wakendi na kamutimbaule, ne kumuwala uko kuli bantu bandemi shibili. Kopeloko eti kubenga kulila ne kukokota meno.”
He'll cut him to pieces, and treat him in the same way as the hypocrites, sending him to a place where there's crying and gnashing of teeth.
