Luke 18
1 Yesu wukamba minlonguki miandi nongo yayi mu diambu di kuba sudikisa ti bafueti sambilanga mu zithangu zioso mu kambu vonga.
And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
2 —Kuba zuzi dimosi diba mu divula dimosi, zuzi beni kaba monanga Nzambi tsisi ko ayi kaba kinzikanga ko kadi mutu wumosi.
Saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, neither regarded man:
3 Mu divula beni muba diaka difuola dimosi. Difuola beni diba kuizanga kuidi niandi ayi diba kunkambanga: “Bika wundungisa va ntuala mbeni ama”.
And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary.
4 Thangu yiwombo zuzi beni kasia zola ko. Vayi niandi wukamba mu ntimꞌandi ti: “ka diambu ko ndimonanga Nzambi tsisi ayi ndikinzikanga batu ko,
And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5 vayi difuola diandi dilembu thatisa buna ndieka kunnungisa muingi kabika buela kuiza ku thatisanga.”
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
6 Buna Pfumu wela tuba diaka: —Lunwa bumboti mambu matuba zuzi diodi di mbimbi.
And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
7 Buna lumbanza ti Nzambi kalendi nungisa ko batu bandi bobo kasobula ayi bobo baku nsambilanga builu ayi muini? Beno lumbanzila ti niandi wela zingila mu kuba sadisa e?
And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night to him, though he beareth long with them?
8 Bukiedika ndikulukamba, mu nsualu kela kuba nungisa. Vayi muana mutubu kela kuiza, buna wela kuiza bata kuandi batu badi minu va ntoto e?
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
9 Wubuela tuba diaka nongo yayi mu diambu di batu bobobakukimonanga ti badi batu basonga vayi banlenzanga bankaka.
And he spoke this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
10 —Babakala buadi bayenda ku nzo Nzambi mu diambu di sambila. Mfalisi wumosi ayi mfutisi wu ziphaku wumosi.
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax collector.
11 Mfalisi wutelama va lutengo ayi wusambila lusambulu lualu: “A Nzambi, ndikuvutudila matondo bu khambulu dedakana bangabatu bankaka, bobo banzionanga bima bingana, bobo bakambulu basonga, bobo bavanganga kitsuza voti bobo badi kuandi banga mfutisi wu ziphaku wowo.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
12 Minu mu kadika sabala bilumbu biodi ndieta kukifuisila nzala mu diambu di lusambulu ayi ndieta vana kuku ki kumi mu bima bioso biobi bidi yama.”
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13 Mfutisi wu ziphaku thama kayenda telimina ayi kasia zolavumbula meso mandi ku diyilu ko. Vayi thulu andi yawu kaba bundanga bu katuba: “A Nzambi, bika wumbona kiadi bila ndidi nkua masumu!”
And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14 Bukiedika ndikulukamba, mfutisi wu ziphaku wowo sumbu kavutuka ku nzo andi, wumonika wusonga va meso ma Nzambi vayi bika mutu wowo wunkaka bila woso wukukikululanga wela nanguku ayi woso wukukinangikanga wela kululu.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
15 Bannatisa bana bafioti muingi kaba simba vayi minlonguki bu mimonabobo mitubidila batu bobo babanata.
And they brought to him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16 Yesu wuba tumisa ayi wuba kamba: —Bika bana bafioti biza kuidi minu ayi kadi kuba kandika bila kipfumu ki Nzambi kivuiwulu kuidi batu badi banga bobo.
But Jesus called them to him, and said, Permit the little children to come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
17 Bukiedika ndikulukamba ti woso wunkambu tambula Kipfumu ki Nzambi banga muana wu fioti kalendi mu kota ko.
Verily I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall by no means enter into it.
18 Buna pfumu yimosi yinyuvula: —A nlongi wumboti, diambu mbi mvanga muingi ndibaka luzingu lukalumani e? (aiōnios g166)
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (aiōnios g166)
19 Buna Yesu wumvutudila: —Bila mbi wukuthedila wumboti? Kuisi ko mutu wumboti botula kaka, Nzambi.
And Jesus said to him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, except one, that is, God.
20 Keti zebi zithumunu: Kadi vanga kitsuza, kadi vonda, kadi yiba, kadi telama kimbangi ki luvunu, kinzika siaku ayi ngudi aku.
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
21 Buna niandi wuvutula: —Ndinkebanga mambu moso momo tona bumuana buama.
And he said, All these have I kept from my youth.
22 Yesu bu kawa bobo, buna wunkamba: —Diambu dimosi dinkamba kuidi ngeyo: Yenda sumbisa bima bioso biobi bidi yaku ayi kabudila minsukami bioso wumbaka buna wela bakakiuka ku diyilu. Buna bosi wiza ayi wundandakana.
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
23 Bu kawa bobo, kiadi kingolo kimbuila bila kimvuama kiwombo kiba yandi.
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
24 Yesu bu kamona ti mutu beni weka kiadi-kiadi buna wutuba: —Didi diambu di phasi kuidi batu badi kimvuama mu kota mu kipfumu ki Nzambi.
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hard it is for them that have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
25 Bila kadi kuandi phasi kuidi kamela mu viokila va divudu di tsoma vayi phasi kuidi nkua kimvuama mu kota mu kipfumu ki Nzambi.
For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 Buna batu bobo bawa bobo, batuba: —Buna nani wulenda vuka e?
And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
27 Yesu wuba vutudila: —Mambu momo batu beti lembakana, Nzambi lenda ku mavanga.
But he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
28 Buna Piela wunyuvula: —Tata, tumana yekula bibioso ayi tulandakana.
Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
29 Yesu wuba vutudila: —Bukiedika ndikulukamba, kuisi ko mutu wusia bika mu diambu di Kipfumu ki Nzambi, nzo andi, bambuta bandi bakhomba bandi, nketo andi voti bana bandi,
And he said to them, Verily I say to you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
31 Yesu wunata kumi ayi mimvuala miodi ayi wuba kamba: —Tala, tueka kuenda ku Yelusalemi ayi mambu moso masonika mimbikudi mu diambu di Muana Mutu meka sunduka.
Then he took the twelve, and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
32 Bila bela kunyekula mu mioko mi bapakanu, bela kunsekinina, bela kumfinga, bela kunlobudila madita;
For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully treated, and spitted on:
33 ayi bela kunzuba bikoti, bela kumvonda. Bosi wela fuluka mu lumbu kintatu.
And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
34 Minlonguki misia sudika kadi diambu dimosi ko mu mambu moso mana bila tsundu yi mambu momo yiba yisuama kuidi bawu; ayi misia bakula ko mambu mbi Yesu kaba yolukilanga.
And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
35 Yesu bu kafikama ayi Yeliko, phofo yimosi yivuanda mu yenda nzila, wuba lombanga zimbongo.
And it came to pass, that as he had come near to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
36 Bu kawa biyoko bi nkangu wu batu wuba vioka, buna wuyuvula kani mbi biobi.
And hearing the multitude passing by, he asked what it meant.
37 Buna bamvutudila ti Yesu muisi Nazaleti wulembu vioki.
And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
38 Buna wuyamikina mu ndinga yingolo ti: —Yesu, Muana Davidi, wumboni kiadi!
And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
39 Btu bobo baba ku ntuala nkangu bantemina muingi kabika biyoko vayiniandiwuluta buela yamikina: —A muana Davidi, wumboni kiadi!
And they who went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.
40 Yesu bu katelama, buna wuvana lutumu ti bannatina niandi. Bu kafikama, Yesu wunyuvula:
And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought to him: and when he had come near, he asked him,
41 —A diambu mbi tidi ndivangila e? Wumvutudila: —A pfumu, ntidi buela mona.
Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
42 Buna Yesu wunkamba: —Mona kuaku bila minu kiaku kibelusidi.
And Jesus said to him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
43 Vana vawu niandi wumona ayi wunlandakana. Wunkembisa Nzambi. Batu boso bu bamona bobo bakembisa Nzambi.
And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
