Ovalongi vepya lomiviinyu
(Mat. 21:33-46Luk. 20:9-19)1 Ndele Ye okwa hovela oku va lombwela momafaneko: “Omulumenhu umwe okwa tota epya lomiviinyu ndele okwe li umbila ongubu, ndele okwa fa mo elambo lokukamena eeviinyu, okwa tunga ongulu yokukelela, ndele okwa nangeka mo ovalongi vepya, ndele ye okwa ya koilongo. 2 Efimbo eshi la fika, okwa tuma ko omupiya kovalongi, a pewe oiimati yepya lomiviinyu. 3 Ndele vo ove mu kwata ndele tave mu denge ndele tave mu shunifa hamakasha. 4 Ndele okwa tumununa ko vali omupiya umwe, naau ove mu denga eembole momutwe, ndele tave mu tukaele ndele tave mu shunifa. 5 Ndele okwa tuma ko umwe, ndele ove mu dipaa, nosho tuu oovakwao vahapu, vamwe ve va denga navamwe ve va dipaa. 6 Ndele Ye okwa li e na umwe natango, omona omuholike. Ye okwe mu tuma kuvo hauxuuninwa, ndele ta ti: ‘Vo otave mu fi eenghoto.’ 7 Ndelenee ovalongi vepya lomiviinyu ova tongafana: ‘Ou omufyuululi, ileni, tu ke mu dipaeni, opo efyuululo li ninge letu.’ 8 Ndele ove mu kwata, ve mu dipaa, ndele tave mu ekele kondje yepya lomiviinyu. 9 Nena mwene wepya lomiviinyu ota ka ninga mbela ngahelipi?” Ote uya: “Ndele ta hanaununa po ovalongi vepya lomiviinyu, ndele ta yandje epya kuvamwe. 10 Hamba, inamu lesha nande eshangelo eli:
‘Emanya olo ovatungi ve li ekelashi,
ola ninga emanya lokolonela.
11 Eshi osha dja mOmwene,
noshikumwifa momesho etu’?”
12 Ndele ova diladila oku mu kwata, ndele ova tila ovanhu, shaashi ova koneka kutya, ovo e va popya mefaneko eli. Ove mu fiya po, ndele tava i.
Efendelo lepangelo
(Mat. 22:15-22Luk. 20:20-26)13 Ndele vo ova tuma kuye vamwe vomOvafarisai novomOvakwaherodes, ve mu kwate meendjovo. 14 Ndele ove uya ndele tava ti kuye: “Omuhongi, otu shi shii, Oove omunashili, ku na sha nomunhu, osheshi Ove iho tale oshipala shomunhu ndele to longo ovanhu ondjila yaKalunga pashili. Osha yuka tuu okupa omukesari oifendela, ile ahowe?” 15 Ndele Ye okwa shiiva oihelele yavo, ndele ta ti kuvo: “Oshike tamu yeleke nge ngaha? Eteleni nge odenari, ndi i tale.”Ye okwa shiiva oihelele yavo, ndele ta ti kuvo: …“Etele nge odenari, ndi i tale!” 16 Ndele vo ve i eta. Ndele Ye okwa tya kuvo: “Efano eli neshangelo olalyelye?” Vo ova tya kuye: “Olomukesari.” 17 Opo nee Jesus okwa tya kuvo: “Eshi shomukesari, shi peni omukesari, naasho shaKalunga, shi peni Kalunga.” Ndele vo ova kala ve mu kuminwa shili.
Enyumuko
(Mat. 22:23-33Luk. 20:27-40)18 Opo nee Ovasadukai ve uya kuye, ava hava ti, kaku nenyumuko, ndele tave mu pula tava ti: 19 “Omuhongi, Moses okwe tu shangela momhango kutya, ‘ngeenge oku na omunhu ta filwa omumwaina a fiya po omukainhu, ndele ye ine mu fiila nande oludalo, nena ye na hombole po omukainhu wamumwaina ye a dalele mumwaina oludalo.’ 20 Okwa li nee ku na ovamwainafana ovalumenhu vaheyali. Ou wotete okwa hombola omukainhu ndele mokufya ina fiya po oludalo. 21 Omutivali okwe mu hombola po, ndele okwa fya yo ina fiya po oludalo. Nosho tuu omutitatu. 22 Naaveshe vaheyali inava fiya po oludalo. Opo nee omukainhu okwa xuunina okufya. 23 Hano penyumuko eshi tava ka nyumuka, ota ka ninga omukainhu walyelye mwaava, osheshi ye okwa li omukainhu waaveshe ovo vaheyali.”
24 Jesus okwe va nyamukula: “Inamu puka mbela, shaashi muhe shii omishangwa neenghono daKalunga? 25 Osheshi mokunyumuka kwavo koufi ihava hombola ngaashi ihava hombolwa, ohava kala ngaashi ovaengeli meulu. 26 Ndele mokupopya ovafi nenyumuko lavo koufi, inamu lesha hamba momushangwa waMoses, mehepaululo olo tali popi oshixwa sheno, Kalunga nhumbi e mu popifa ta ti: ‘Aame Kalunga kaAbraham naKalunga kaIsak naKalunga kaJakob.’ 27 Ye ke fi Kalunga kovafi, ndelenee okovanamwenyo. Nye omwa puka unene.”
Oshipango shotete
(Mat. 22:34-40Luk. 20:39-40)28 Opo nee okwe uya umwe womovanongo vomishangwa ou a uda okukundafana kwavo nokwa koneka kutya, okwe va nyamukula nawa. Ye okwe uya kuye ndele te mu pula ta ti: “Oshipango shotete shi dule oipango aishe, oshilipipo?” 29 Jesus okwa nyamukula: “Shotete osho eshi: ‘Israel, pwilikina, Omwene Kalunga ketu, Oye aeke Omwene. 30 Ove hola Omwene Kalunga koye nomutima woye aushe nomwenyo woye aushe neenghono doye adishe.’ 31 Oshitivali osheshi: ‘Hola mukweni ngaashi u lihole mwene.’ Kaku na oshipango shinene shi dule ei.” 32 Omunongo womishangwa okwa tya kuye: “Heeno, omuhongi, owa popya doshili, nokutya, Oye umwe aeke, nokaku na mukwao, Oye tuu aeke. 33 Noku mu hola komutima aushe nokeendunge adishe nokeenghono adishe, nokuhola mukweni ngaashi u lihole mwene, okwo oku dule oiyandjiwa aishe yexwikilo nomayambo makwao.” 34 Hano Jesus eshi a mona ye a nyamukula nawa, okwa tya kuye: “Ove ku li kokule nouhamba waKalunga.” Ndele kakwa li vali ou e nouladi oku mu pula sha.
Omwene, Omona waDavid
(Mat. 22:41-46Luk. 20:41-44)35 Ndele mokulonga ovanhu motembeli, Jesus okwa popya vali ndele ta ti: “Ovanongo vomishangwa otava ti ngahelipi, Kristus Oye Omona waDavid? 36 Osheshi David mwene okwa tile kOmhepo Iyapuki:
‘Omwene okwa lombwela Omwene wange:
Kala omutumba kolulyo lange,
fiyo handi tula ovatondi voye koshi yeemhadi doye.’
37 David ye mwene ote mu ifana ngaha Omwene, openi nee hano omona waye?” Ndele ovanhu vahapu ova kala ve mu pwilikina nehafo.
Oihelele neyambo lomufiyekadi
(Mat. 23:1-36Luk. 20:45-47Luk. 21:1-4)38 Ndele mokulonga ovanhu Ye okwa tya: “Lungameni ovanongo vomishangwa, ovo va hokwa okweenda va djala oikutu ile, nove hole okukundilwa poilandelo, 39 noipundi yokomesho meeshinagoga neenhele dopombada moivilo, 40 ovo tava mane po omaumbo ovafiyekadi, nohava ningi omailikano malemale okulimonikifa kwongaho. Vo otava ka pewa etokolo lidjuu.”
41 Ye okwa li omutumba a taalela koshikefa shoiyandjiwa ndele okwa tala ovanhu nhumbi tava umbile oimaliwa moshikefa. Oipuna ihapu oya umbila mo ihapu. 42 Ndele ope ke uya omufiyekadi wohepele, ndele ta umbile mo oumaliwa vavali, kumwe okapeni kamwe ngeno. 43 Opo Ye okwa ifana ovalongwa vaye kuye ndele okwa tya kuvo: “Oshili handi mu lombwele: omufiyekadi ou wohepele okwa tula mo shihapu, e dule aveshe ovo va umbila mo moshikefa. 44 Osheshi aveshe ova umbila mo eshi inava pumbwa, ndelenee ye moluhepo laye okwa tula mo ashishe eshi e kwete, emona laye alishe.”
Renters of a Vineyard
(Matthew 21.33-46Luke 20.9-19)1 Jesus then told them this story:
A farmer once planted a vineyard. He built a wall around it and dug a pit to crush the grapes in. He also built a lookout tower. Then he rented out his vineyard and left the country.
2 When it was harvest time, he sent a servant to get his share of the grapes. 3 The renters grabbed the servant, beat him up, and sent him away without a thing.
4 The owner sent another servant, but the renters beat him on the head and insulted him terribly. 5 Then the man sent another servant, and they killed him. He kept sending servant after servant. They beat some of them and killed some.
6 The owner had a son he loved very much. Finally, he sent his son to the renters because he thought they would respect him. 7 But they said to themselves, “Someday he will own this vineyard. Let's kill him! That way we can have it all for ourselves.” 8 So they grabbed the owner's son, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard.
9 Jesus asked, “What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do? He will come and kill those renters and let someone else have his vineyard. 10 You surely know that the Scriptures say,
‘The stone the builders
tossed aside
is now the most important
stone of all.
11 This is something
the Lord has done,
and it is amazing to us.’ ”
12 The leaders knew that Jesus was really talking about them, and they wanted to arrest him. But because they were afraid of the crowd, they let him alone and left.
Paying Taxes
(Matthew 22.15-22Luke 20.20-26)13 The Pharisees got together with Herod's followers. Then they sent some men to trick Jesus into saying something wrong. 14 They went to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are honest. You treat everyone with the same respect, no matter who they are. And you teach the truth about what God wants people to do. Tell us, should we pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”
15 Jesus knew what they were up to, and he said, “Why are you trying to test me? Show me a coin!”
16 They brought him a silver coin, and he asked, “Whose picture and name are on it?”
“The Emperor's,” they answered.
17 Then Jesus told them, “Give the Emperor what belongs to him and give God what belongs to God.” The men were amazed at Jesus.
Life in the Future World
(Matthew 22.23-33Luke 20.27-40)18 The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus and said:
19 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. 20 There were once seven brothers. The first one married, but died without having any children. 21 The second brother married his brother's widow, and he also died without having children. The same thing happened to the third brother, 22 and finally to all seven brothers. At last the woman died. 23 When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? After all, she had been married to all seven brothers.
24 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. 25 When God raises people to life, they won't marry. They will be like the angels in heaven. 26 You surely know about people being raised to life. You know that in the story about Moses and the burning bush, God said, “I am the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” 27 He isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. You Sadducees are all wrong.
The Most Important Commandment
(Matthew 22.34-40Luke 10.25-28)28 One of the teachers of the Law of Moses came up while Jesus and the Sadducees were arguing. When he heard Jesus give a good answer, he asked him, “What is the most important commandment?”
29 Jesus answered, “The most important one says: ‘People of Israel, you have only one Lord and God. 30 You must love him with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.’ 31 The second most important commandment says: ‘Love others as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these.”
32 The man replied, “Teacher, you are certainly right to say there is only one God. 33 It is also true that we must love God with all our heart, mind, and strength, and that we must love others as much as we love ourselves. These commandments are more important than all the sacrifices and offerings that we could possibly make.”
34 When Jesus saw that the man had given a sensible answer, he told him, “You are not far from God's kingdom.” After this, no one dared ask Jesus any more questions.
About David's Son
(Matthew 22.41-46Luke 20.41-44)35 As Jesus was teaching in the temple, he said, “How can the teachers of the Law of Moses say the Messiah will come from the family of King David? 36 The Holy Spirit led David to say,
‘The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit at my right side
until I make your enemies
into a footstool for you.’
37 If David called the Messiah his Lord, how can the Messiah be his son?”
The large crowd enjoyed listening to Jesus teach.
Jesus Condemns the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law of Moses
(Matthew 23.1-36Luke 20.45-47)38 As Jesus was teaching, he said:
Guard against the teachers of the Law of Moses! They love to walk around in long robes and be greeted in the market. 39 They like the front seats in the synagogues and the best seats at banquets. 40 But they cheat widows out of their homes and pray long prayers just to show off. They will be punished most of all.
A Widow's Offering
(Luke 21.1-4)41 Jesus was sitting in the temple near the offering box and watching people put in their gifts. He noticed that many rich people were giving a lot of money. 42 Finally, a poor widow came up and put in two coins worth only a few pennies. 43 Jesus told his disciples to gather around him. Then he said:
I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 44 Everyone else gave what they didn't need. But she is very poor and gave everything she had. Now she doesn't have a cent to live on.
