Omutokoli mwii nomufiyekadi
1 Ndelenee Ye okwe va lombwela efaneko nhumbi ve nokwiilikana vaha loloke, 2 ndele ta ti: “Moshilando shimwe omwa li mu na omutokoli weendjovo ina tila Kalunga noina fya ohoni ovanhu. 3 Ndele moshilando osho mwa li omufiyekadi e uya luhapu kuye ndele okwa tya: ‘Yukifa eendjovo detu nomutamaneki wange.’ 4 Ndelenee ye okwa ninga omafiku mahapu ina hala; konima okwe lipopila ta ti: ‘Nande ihandi tila Kalunga noihandi fi ohoni ovanhu 5 onda hala oku mu yukifila oshinima shaye, osheshi omufiyekadi ou ta kenyeneke nge, opo aha twe nge momesho nokuli.’ ” 6 Ndele Omwene okwa tya: “Pwilikineni omutokoli ou mwii eshi ta ti. 7 Hano Kalunga ita yukifile mbela ovahoololwa vaye oshinima shavo ava have mu ifana pombada omutenya noufiku ye a fye ounye ngeno oku va kwafa? 8 Ohandi mu lombwele: ote shi va yukifile divadiva. Ndelenee Omona wOmunhu ngeenge te uya, ota hange ko tuu eitavelo kombada yedu?”
Omufarisai nomufutifi motembeli
9 Ndelenee Ye okwa lombwela vamwe ve lineekela ovo ovayuki vati, ndele ova dina vamwe, efaneko eli: 10 “Ovalumenhu vavali ova ya motembeli okwiilikana, umwe Omufarisai namukwao omufendelifi. 11 Ndele Omufarisai okwa kala ofika e likalela ndele okwa ilikana ngaha: ‘Kalunga, ohandi ku pandula, osheshi ame inandi fa ovanhu vamwe, ovakolokoshi, eembudi novanyoni vohombo ile ongaashi omufendelifi ou, 12 eendja ohandi di lidilike luvali moshivike keshe ndele handi yandje oitimulongo moilikolwa yange aishe.’ 13 Ndele omufendelifi okwa kala ofika kokule, ye ina hala okuyelula omesho keulu, okwe lidenga ponhulo yaye ndele ta ti: ‘Kalunga, file nge onghenda, aame omulunde.’ 14 Ohandi mu lombwele: ou a shuna keumbo omuyuki, e dule winya, osheshi ou te linenepeke ota ninipikwa, ndele ou te lininipike ota nenepekwa.”
Jesus nounona
15 Ndele ova eta ounona vanini kuye e va kume, ndele ovalongwa eshi ve shi mona, ova hanyena ovo ve va eta. 16 Ndelenee Jesus okwe va ifana ve uye kuye ndele ta ti: “Efeni ounona ve uye kwaame, nye inamu va kelela ko, osheshi ouhamba waKalunga owaava ve va fa. 17 Oshili handi mu lombwele: ou ita tambula ouhamba waKalunga ngaashi okahanana, oye ita i mo muwo.”
Elenga oshipuna
18 Ndele elenga limwe le mu pula tali ti: “Omuhongi muwa, ondi nokulonga shike, ndi fyuulule omwenyo waalushe?” 19 Ndele Jesus okwa tya kuye: “Oshike wa ifana nge muwa? Kape na nande umwe muwa, Kalunga Oye aeke. 20 Oipango ou i shii: ‘Ino nyona ohombo, Ino dipaa, Ino vaka, Ino lundila, Fimaneka xo nanyoko.’ ” 21 Ndele ye okwa tya: “Oyo aishe onde i wanifa okounyashele wange.” 22 Ndele Jesus eshi e di uda okwa tya kuye: “Shimwe she ku pumba natango: landifa po aishe u i kwete, ove u i tukulile eehepele, ndele to kala u na emona meulu, ndele ila ove u shikule nge.” 23 Ndele ye eshi e di uda, okwa nyika unene oluhodi, osheshi ye okwa li oshipuna unene.
24 Ndele Jesus eshi e mu mona a nyika oluhodi okwa ti: “Oipuna oi noudjuu u fike peni okuya mouhamba waKalunga. 25 Okupitila kwongamelo mombululu yongwiya hixwe, ku dule okuya kwoshipuna mouhamba waKalunga.” 26 Hano ovo ve di uda, ova tya: “Olyelye hano ta dulu okuxupifwa?” 27 Ndelenee Ye okwa tya: “Eshi tashi nyenge ovanhu, itashi nyenge Kalunga.”
Ondjabi yovashikuli vaJesus
28 Opo Petrus okwa tya: “Tala, ofye otwa fiya ko aishe, ndele otwe ku shikula.” 29 Ndele Ye okwa tya kuvo: “Oshili handi mu lombwele, kape na ou a fiya po eumbo ile omukainhu ile ovamwaxe ile xe ile ina ile ovana omolwouhamba waKalunga, 30 ndele ita alulilwa ngeno oinima i dule inya unenenene mefimbo eli lopaife, nomounyuni tau ke uya omwenyo waalushe.”
Jesus ta popi okuhepekwa kwaye
31 Ndelenee Ye okwa kufa ko ovo omulongo navavali ndele okwe va lombwela: “Tala, ohatu yeni kuJerusalem, oko aishe ya shangwa kovaxunganeki tai hepaulula Omona wOmunhu, otai ka wanifwa. 32 Osheshi Oye ta yandjwa momake ovapaani, ndele ta yolwa, ta shekwa ndele ta fiilwa omate, 33 ndele tave mu denge neeshokoto ndele tave mu dipaa, nefiku etitatu ota nyumuka koufi.” 34 Ndele vo ova li vehe udite ko nande kanini eendjovo odo, eendjovo odo ode va holekwa, inava uda ko osho sha tiwa.
Omupofi kuJeriko
35 Ndele fimbo ta ehene ko kuJeriko, omupofi okwa li omutumba pondjila ndele okwa ehela. 36 Ndele eshi a uda ongudu yovanhu tai ende po, okwa pula: “Oshike osho?” 37 Ndele vo ove mu lombwela: “Jesus Omunasareti ta ende po.” 38 Opo ye a ingida, ta ti: “Jesus, Omona waDavid, file nge onghenda!” 39 Ndele venya va tetekela, ove mu hanyena a mwene, ndele ye okwa ingida pombada a diinina: “Omona waDavid, file nge onghenda!” 40 Ndele Jesus okwa kanghama ndele okwe va lombwela, ve mu ete kuye. Hano eshi e uya popepi, Jesus okwe mu pula: 41 “Owa hala ndi ku ningile shike?” Ye okwa tya: “Omwene, ndi shiive okumona ko vali.” 42 Jesus okwa tya kuye: “Mona ko! Eitavelo loye ole ku velula.” 43 Opo tuu opo ye a mona ko, ndele okwe mu shikula nokufimaneka Kalunga, novanhu aveshe ava ve shi mona, ova hambelela Kalunga.
A Widow and a Judge
1 Jesus told his disciples a story about how they should keep on praying and never give up:
2 In a town there was once a judge who didn't fear God or care about people. 3 In that same town there was a widow who kept going to the judge and saying, “Make sure that I get fair treatment in court.”
4 For a while the judge refused to do anything. Finally, he said to himself, “Even though I don't fear God or care about people, 5 I will help this widow because she keeps on bothering me. If I don't help her, she will wear me out.”
6 The Lord said:
Think about what that crooked judge said. 7 Won't God protect his chosen ones who pray to him day and night? Won't he be concerned for them? 8 He will surely hurry and help them. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find on this earth anyone with faith?
A Pharisee and a Tax Collector
9 Jesus told a story to some people who thought they were better than others and who looked down on everyone else:
10 Two men went into the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood over by himself and prayed, “God, I thank you that I am not greedy, dishonest, and unfaithful in marriage like other people. And I am really glad that I am not like that tax collector over there. 12 I go without eating for two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all I earn.”
13 The tax collector stood off at a distance and did not think he was good enough even to look up toward heaven. He was so sorry for what he had done that he pounded his chest and prayed, “God, have pity on me! I am such a sinner.”
14 Then Jesus said, “When the two men went home, it was the tax collector and not the Pharisee who was pleasing to God. If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honored.”
Jesus Blesses Little Children
(Matthew 19.13-15Mark 10.13-16)15 Some people brought their little children for Jesus to bless. But when his disciples saw them doing this, they told the people to stop bothering him. 16 So Jesus called the children over to him and said, “Let the children come to me! Don't try to stop them. People who are like these children belong to God's kingdom. 17 You will never get into God's kingdom unless you enter it like a child!”
A Rich and Important Man
(Matthew 19.16-30Mark 10.17-31)18 An important man asked Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to have eternal life?”
19 Jesus said, “Why do you call me good? Only God is good. 20 You know the commandments: ‘Be faithful in marriage. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not tell lies about others. Respect your father and mother.’ ”
21 He told Jesus, “I have obeyed all these commandments since I was a young man.”
22 When Jesus heard this, he said, “There is one thing you still need to do. Go and sell everything you own! Give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come and be my follower.” 23 When the man heard this, he was sad, because he was very rich.
24 Jesus saw how sad the man was. So he said, “It's terribly hard for rich people to get into God's kingdom! 25 In fact, it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God's kingdom.”
26 When the crowd heard this, they asked, “How can anyone ever be saved?”
27 Jesus replied, “There are some things that people cannot do, but God can do anything.”
28 Peter said, “Remember, we left everything to be your followers!”
29 Jesus answered, “You can be sure that anyone who gives up home or wife or brothers or family or children because of God's kingdom 30 will be given much more in this life. And in the future world they will have eternal life.”
Jesus Again Tells about His Death
(Matthew 20.17-19Mark 10.32-34)31 Jesus took the twelve apostles aside and said:
We are now on our way to Jerusalem. Everything that the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will happen there. 32 He will be handed over to foreigners, who will make fun of him, mistreat him, and spit on him. 33 They will beat him and kill him, but three days later he will rise to life.
34 The apostles did not understand what Jesus was talking about. They could not understand, because the meaning of what he said was hidden from them.
Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar
(Matthew 20.29-34Mark 10.46-52)35 When Jesus was coming close to Jericho, a blind man sat begging beside the road. 36 The man heard the crowd walking by and asked what was happening. 37 Some people told him that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by. 38 So the blind man shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!” 39 The people who were going along with Jesus told the man to be quiet. But he shouted even louder, “Son of David, have pity on me!”
40 Jesus stopped and told some people to bring the blind man over to him. When the blind man was getting near, Jesus asked, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see!” he answered.
42 Jesus replied, “Look and you will see! Your eyes are healed because of your faith.” 43 At once the man could see, and he went with Jesus and started thanking God. When the crowds saw what happened, they praised God.
