15 Lyena abaFarise balile kabili baumfwene ukuti bamwikatile mu milandile yakwe.+ 16 E ico batumine abasambi babo pamo na ba mu kabungwe ka kwa Herode+ kuli Yesu, babebele ukuyamwipusha abati: “Mwe Kasambilisha, twalishiba ukuti mulanda icishinka kabili musambilisha inshila ya kwa Lesa mu cine, tamutiina umuntu nangu umo, pantu tamulolesha pa fyo abantu bamoneka. 17 Nomba twebeni, muletipo shani? Bushe amafunde yalisuminisha* ukusonka umusonko kuli Kaisare nelyo iyo?” 18 Nomba apo alishibe ukuti bali ni mbifi, abepwishe ati: “Cinshi mulenjesesha, mwe ba bumbimunda mwe? 19 Nangeni indalama musonkela umusonko.” Lyena bamutwaliile denari* imo. 20 E lyo abepusha ati: “Bushe uyu mutwe uuli apa ne fi balembapo fya kwa nani?” 21 Batile: “Fya kwa Kaisare.” E lyo abeba ati: “Kanshi ifya kwa Kaisare mulepeela Kaisare, e lyo ifya kwa Lesa mulepeela Lesa.”+ 22 Ilyo baumfwile ifi, balipapile, kabili balimushiile baya no kuya.

20 Kabili balemulolekesha. Lyena batumine abaume abo balipiile mu bumfisolo ukuti baifungushanye kwati bantu abalungama, pa kuti bamwikatile mu milandile yakwe+ e lyo bamutwale ku buteko na ku mulashi. 21 Kabili bamwipwishe abati: “Mwe Kasambilisha, twalishiba ukuti ifyo mulanda ne fyo musambilisha fya cine, kabili tamwaba na kapaatulula, lelo musambilisha inshila ya kwa Lesa mu cine: 22 Bushe amafunde yalisuminisha ukuti tulesonka umusonko kuli Kaisare nelyo iyo?” 23 Lelo alishibe ubucenjeshi bwabo kabili abebele ati: 24 “Nangeni denari.* Bushe uyu mutwe uuli apa ne fi balembapo fya kwa nani?” Nabo batile: “Fya kwa Kaisare.” 25 E lyo abebele ati: “E ico kanshi ifya kwa Kaisare mulepeela Kaisare,+ e lyo ifya kwa Lesa mulepeela Lesa.”+ 26 Lyena balifililwe ukumwikatila mu mashiwi alandile pa menso ya bantu, lelo balipapile pa fyo abaswike, ica kuti baikele fye tondolo.