Ehombolo lomona wohamba
(Luk. 14:15-24)1 Ndele Jesus okwa hovela vali oku va lombwela omafaneko, ndele ta ti: 2 “Ouhamba wokeulu u nokufanekwa nohamba ya ningila omona ehombolo. 3 Ndele oya tuma ovamati vayo va ka tale ko ovashivwa ve uye koshivilo, ndele vo inava hala okuuya. 4 Ndele oya tumununa ko ovamati vamwe, tai ti: ‘Lombweleni ovashivwa: Tala, oshivilo shange osha pwa okutelekwa, eehove noimuna ya ondolwa oya tomwa, ashishe sha longekidwa. Ileni kehombolo.’ 5 Ndelenee vo va li inave shi yavala, ndele tava i, umwe okwa ya kepya laye, nomukwao a ka shingifa; 6 navakwao ova kwata ovamati vayo, ove va hepeka nove va dipaa. 7 Ndele ohamba oya handuka, ndele tai tumu ko ovakwaita vayo, ndele tava hanauna po ovadipai ovo, ndele tava xwike po oilando yavo. 8 Oya tya kovamati: ‘Oshivilo shehombolo osha pwa okulongekidwa, ndele ovashivwa ovo inave shi wapalela. 9 Indeni hano komashakeneno eendjila, aveshe ovo tamu mono, va shivileni kehombolo.’ 10 Ndele ovamati ova ya keendjila, ndele va eta mo aveshe ovo va mona ko, vai novawa; olupale loshivilo shehombolo ola yada ovaenda.
11 “Ndele opo nee ohamba eshi ye uya okutala ovaenda, oya mona mo omunhu umwe ehe na oshikutu shehombolo. 12 Ndele oya tya kuye: ‘Kaume, owe uya mo ngahelipi omu, uhe na oshikutu shehombolo?’ Oye okwa mwena. 13 Opo nee ohamba tai ti kovamati vaye: ‘Mu mangeni komaoko nokomaulu, nye mu mu ekele momilaulu dopondjelela. Omo hamu kala elilaano nelikweshelo lomayoo.’ 14 Osheshi vahapu ova ifanwa, ndele vanini ova hoololwa.”
Okuyandja efendelo
(Mark. 12:13-17Luk. 20:20-26)15 Opo nee Ovafarisai va ya ndele va kundafana nhumbi tave mu yulu meendjovo. 16 Ndele ova tuma kuye ovalongwa vavo pamwe nOvakwaherodes oku mu lombwela: “Omuhongi, otu shi shii, Oove omunashili, nondjila yaKalunga oto i longo shili, ndele ku na nande nomunhu, osheshi Ove iho tale olupe lomunhu. 17 Hano tu lombwela: oto ti ngahelipi? Osha wapala tuu okupa omukesari efendelo ile inashi wapala?” 18 Ndelenee Jesus okwa koneka oihelele yavo ndele ta ti: “Ovanaihelele nye, oshike tamu shindi nge? 19 Ulikilei nge oshimaliwa shefendelo.” Ovo ove mu pa odenari. 20 Ndele Ye okwa tya kuvo: “Efano eli neshangelo eli olalyelye?” 21 Ovo va nyamukula: “Olomukesari.” Opo nee Ye ta ti kuvo: “Hano osho shomukesari, shi peni omukesari, naasho shaKalunga, shi peni Kalunga.” 22 Ndele vo eshi ve shi uda, ova kumwa, ove mu fiya po, ndele tava i.
Enyumuko
(Mark. 12:18-27Luk. 20:27-40)23 Efiku olo vamwe vomOvasadukai ve uya kuye, ovo hava ti kaku nenyumuko, nove mu pula 24 ndele tava ti: “Omuhongi, Moses okwa tile: ‘Ngeenge ku na ou ta fi ehe na oludalo, omumwaina na hombole haukwe waye, oye na dalele omumwaina oludalo.’ 25 Pufye apa opa li ovanhu novamwaina vaheyali. Omukulunhu okwa hombola omukainhu waye ndele ta fi; naashi kwa li ehe na oludalo, okwa fiila omumwaina omukainhu waye. 26 Osho tuu omutivali nomutitatu, nafiyo tuu aveshe vaheyali. 27 Ndele hauxuuninwa omukainhu okwa fya. 28 Hano menyumuko ota ningi walyelye mwaava vaheyali? Osheshi vo aveshe va li ve mu kwete.”
29 Jesus okwe va nyamukula ta ti: “Nye omwa puka, osheshi inamu shiiva omishangwa neenghono daKalunga. 30 Osheshi menyumuko ihava hombola ngaashi ihava hombolwa; ndelenee, otava ka kala ngaashi ovaengeli vaKalunga meulu. 31 Ndele mokupopya enyumuko lovafi, hamba, inamu lesha odo mwe di lombwelwa kuKalunga eshi ta ti: 32 ‘Aame Kalunga kaAbraham naKalunga kaIsak naKalunga kaJakob?’ Kalunga Oye ke fi Kalunga koonakufya, 33 Opo nee ovanhu eshi ve di uda, ova kuminwa elongo laye.”
Oshipango shinene
(Mark. 12:28-34Luk. 10:25-28)34 Ndele Ovafarisai eshi va uda, Oye a tomha Ovasadukai, ova ongala; 35 naumwe womuvo omunongomhango, okwe mu yeleka ndele te mu pula: 36 “Omuhongi, oshipango shinene shomomhango oshilipipo?” 37 Ndele Ye okwa tya kuye: “ ‘Hola Omwene Kalunga koye nomutima woye aushe nomwenyo woye aushe neendunge doye adishe.’ 38 Oshipango shinene noshotete osho tuu eshi. 39 Noshitivali shi fike pusho, osheshi, ‘Hola mukweni ngaashi ove u lihole mwene.’ 40 Moipango ei ivali omhango aishe novaxunganeki ova kwatelelwa mo.”
Kristus omona walyelye?
(Mark. 12:35-37Luk. 20:41-44)41 Ndele Ovafarisai eshi va hangika va ongala, Jesus okwe va pula: 42 “Kristus, otamu mu tile ngahelipi? Oye omona walyelye?” Vo ova tya kuye: “OwaDavid.” 43 Oye okwa tya kuvo: “David okwe mu ifana hano ngahelipi momhepo Omwene, eshi ta ti:
44 ‘Omwene okwa lombwela Omwene wange:
Kala omutumba kolulyo lange,
fiyo handi tula ovatondi voye koshi yeemhadi doye.’
45 Hano David eshi e mu ifana Omwene, hano oye omona waye ngahelipi?” 46 Ndele kakwa li ou a dula oku mu nyamukula nande ondjovo imwe; ndele kakwa li ou a shiiva oku mu pula nande osha, okefiku tuu olo.
The Great Banquet
(Luke 14.15-24)1 Once again Jesus used stories to teach the people:
2 The kingdom of heaven is like what happened when a king gave a wedding banquet for his son. 3 The king sent some servants to tell the invited guests to come to the banquet, but the guests refused. 4 He sent other servants to say to the guests, “The banquet is ready! My cattle and prize calves have all been prepared. Everything is ready. Come to the banquet!”
5 But the guests did not pay any attention. Some of them left for their farms, and some went to their places of business. 6 Others grabbed the servants, then beat them up and killed them.
7 This made the king so furious that he sent an army to kill those murderers and burn down their city. 8 Then he said to the servants, “It is time for the wedding banquet, and the invited guests don't deserve to come. 9 Go out to the street corners and tell everyone you meet to come to the banquet.” 10 They went out on the streets and brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike. And the banquet room was filled with guests.
11 When the king went in to meet the guests, he found that one of them wasn't wearing the right kind of clothes for the wedding. 12 The king asked, “Friend, why didn't you wear proper clothes for the wedding?” But the guest had no excuse. 13 So the king gave orders for this person to be tied hand and foot and to be thrown outside into the dark. That's where people will cry and grit their teeth in pain. 14 Many are invited, but only a few are chosen.
Paying Taxes
(Mark 12.13-17Luke 20.20-26)15 The Pharisees got together and planned how they could trick Jesus into saying something wrong. 16 They sent some of their followers and some of Herod's followers to say to him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest. You teach the truth about what God wants people to do. And you treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are. 17 Tell us what you think! Should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”
18 Jesus knew their evil thoughts and said, “Why are you trying to test me? You show-offs! 19 Let me see one of the coins used for paying taxes.” They brought him a silver coin, 20 and he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?”
21 “The Emperor's,” they answered.
Then Jesus told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.” 22 His answer surprised them so much that they walked away.
Life in the Future World
(Mark 12.18-27Luke 20.27-40)23 The Sadducees did not believe people would rise to life after death. So that same day some of the Sadducees came to Jesus and said:
24 Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.
25 Once there were seven brothers who lived here. The first one married, but died without having any children. So his wife was left to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second and third brothers and finally to all seven of them. 27 At last the woman died. 28 When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? She had been married to all seven brothers.
29 Jesus answered:
You are completely wrong! You don't know what the Scriptures teach. And you don't know anything about the power of God. 30 When God raises people to life, they won't marry. They will be like the angels in heaven. 31 And as for people being raised to life, God was speaking to you when he said, 32 “I am the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” He isn't the God of the dead, but of the living.
33 The crowds were surprised to hear what Jesus was teaching.
The Most Important Commandment
(Mark 12.28-34Luke 10.25-28)34 After Jesus had made the Sadducees look foolish, the Pharisees heard about it and got together. 35 One of them was an expert in the Jewish Law. So he tried to test Jesus by asking, 36 “Teacher, what is the most important commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus answered:
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. 38 This is the first and most important commandment. 39 The second most important commandment is like this one. And it is, “Love others as much as you love yourself.” 40 All the Law of Moses and the Books of the Prophets are based on these two commandments.
About David's Son
(Mark 12.35-37Luke 20.41-44)41 While the Pharisees were still there, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose family will he come from?”
They answered, “He will be a son of King David.”
43 Jesus replied, “How then could the Spirit lead David to call the Messiah his Lord? David said,
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit at my right side
until I make your enemies
into a footstool for you.’
45 If David called the Messiah his Lord, how can the Messiah be a son of King David?” 46 No one was able to give Jesus an answer, and from that day on, no one dared ask him any more questions.
