| 12:1 |
And he began to speak to them in parables: “A man dug a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and dug a pit, and built a tower, and he loaned it out to farmers, and he set out on a long journey. |
| 12:2 |
And in time, anatumiza kapolo kwa alimiwo, in order to receive some of the fruit of the vineyard from the farmers. |
| 12:3 |
Koma iwo, having apprehended him, beat him and sent him away empty. |
| 12:4 |
Ndipo kachiwiri, he sent another servant to them. And they wounded him on the head, and they treated him with contempt. |
| 12:5 |
Ndipo kachiwiri, he sent another, and him they killed, and many others: some they beat, but others they killed. |
| 12:6 |
Choncho, having still one son, most dear to him, he sent him also to them, kumapeto kwenikweni, kunena, ‘For they will reverence my son.’ |
| 12:7 |
But the settlers said one to another: ‘This is the heir. Bwerani, let us kill him. And then the inheritance will be ours.’ |
| 12:8 |
Ndi kumugwira iye, anamupha iye. And they cast him out of the vineyard. |
| 12:9 |
Choncho, what will the lord of the vineyard do?” “He will come and destroy the settlers. And he will give the vineyard to others.” |
| 12:10 |
"Ndipo kenako, have you not read this scripture?: ‘Mwala umene omanga anaukana, the same has been made the head of the corner. |
| 12:11 |
By the Lord has this been done, and it is wondrous in our eyes.’ ” |
| 12:12 |
And they sought to take hold of him, but they feared the crowd. For they knew that he had spoken this parable about them. And leaving him behind, iwo anapita. |
| 12:13 |
And they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to him, so that they might trap him with words. |
| 12:14 |
Ndipo izi, kufika, adati kwa iye: “Mphunzitsi, we know that you are truthful and that you do not favor anyone; for you do not consider the appearance of men, Koma inu mukuphunzitsa njira ya Mulungu moona. Is it lawful to give the tribute to Caesar, or should we not give it?” |
| 12:15 |
And knowing their skill in deception, adati kwa iwo: “N’chifukwa chiyani mukundiyesa? Bring me a denarius, so that I may see it.” |
| 12:16 |
And they brought it to him. Ndipo adati kwa iwo, “Whose image and inscription is this?” Iwo adati kwa iye, "Za Kaisara." |
| 12:17 |
So in response, Yesu adati kwa iwo, “Then render to Caesar, the things that are of Caesar; and to God, the things that are of God.” And they wondered over him. |
| 12:18 |
And the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, anayandikira kwa iye. Ndipo adamfunsa Iye, kunena: |
| 12:19 |
“Mphunzitsi, Moses wrote for us that if any man’s brother will have died and left behind a wife, and not have left behind sons, his brother should take his wife to himself and should raise up offspring for his brother. |
| 12:20 |
Ndiye ndiye, there were seven brothers. Ndipo woyamba anatenga mkazi, and he died without leaving behind offspring. |
| 12:21 |
And the second took her, ndipo anafa. And neither did he leave behind offspring. And the third acted similarly. |
| 12:22 |
And in like manner, each of the seven received her and did not leave behind offspring. Pomaliza, mkaziyonso adafa. |
| 12:23 |
Choncho, in the resurrection, when they will rise again, to which of them will she be a wife? For each of the seven had her as wife.” |
| 12:24 |
And Jesus responded by saying to them: “But have you not gone astray, by knowing neither the scriptures, nor the power of God? |
| 12:25 |
For when they will be resurrected from the dead, they shall neither marry, nor be given in marriage, but they are like the Angels in heaven. |
| 12:26 |
But concerning the dead who rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him from the bush, kunena: ‘I am the God of Abraham, ndi Mulungu wa Isake, ndi Mulungu wa Yakobo?' |
| 12:27 |
He is not the God of the dead, koma wa amoyo. Choncho, you have gone far astray.” |
| 12:28 |
And one of the scribes, who had heard them arguing, drew near to him. And seeing that he had answered them well, he questioned him as to which was the first commandment of all. |
| 12:29 |
Ndipo Yesu adayankha iye: “For the first commandment of all is this: ‘Listen, Israeli. The Lord your God is one God. |
| 12:30 |
And you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart, ndi moyo wako wonse, and from your whole mind, and from your whole strength. This is the first commandment.’ |
| 12:31 |
But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” |
| 12:32 |
And the scribe said to him: Well said, Mphunzitsi. You have spoken the truth that there is one God, and there is no other beside him; |
| 12:33 |
and that he should be loved from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength. And to love one’s neighbor as one’s self is greater than all holocausts and sacrifices.” |
| 12:34 |
Ndipo Yesu, seeing that he had responded wisely, adati kwa iye, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that, no one dared to question him. |
| 12:35 |
And while teaching in the temple, Jesus said in answer: “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? |
| 12:36 |
For David himself said in the Holy Spirit: ‘Yehova anati kwa Ambuye wanga: Sit at my right hand, mpaka nditaika adani ako chopondapo mapazi ako. |
| 12:37 |
Choncho, David himself calls him Lord, and so how can he be his son?” And a great multitude listened to him willingly. |
| 12:38 |
And he said to them in his doctrine: “Beware of the scribes, who prefer to walk in long robes and to be greeted in the marketplace, |
| 12:39 |
and to sit in the first chairs in the synagogues, and to have the first seats at feasts, |
| 12:40 |
who devour the houses of widows under the pretense of long prayers. These shall receive the more extensive judgment.” |
| 12:41 |
Ndipo Yesu, sitting opposite the offertory box, considered the way in which the crowd cast coins into the offertory, and that many of the wealthy cast in a great deal. |
| 12:42 |
But when one poor widow had arrived, she put in two small coins, which is a quarter. |
| 12:43 |
And calling together his disciples, adati kwa iwo: “Ameni ndinena kwa inu, that this poor widow has put in more than all those who contributed to the offertory. |
| 12:44 |
For they all gave from their abundance, komabe moona, she gave from her scarcity, even all that she had, her entire living.” |
