Luke 11
1 Naki Yesu a si'a bre Irji ni bubu ri, ni-andi a kle bre'a, iri ni mri koh ma bi hu'a a tre ni wu ndi, “Bachi, tsro ta kini toh bre bib-andi Yohana a tsro mri koh bi hu'a.
And it came to pass, that as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
2 Yesu a hla bawu ndi, “Bita bre, bika tre ndi, 'Iti mbu, du ndeme ndu kpa ninkon. Du ikoh Irji ni shulu du ye.
And he said to them: When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
3 Nu ta biri mbu wu vi chachu.
Give us this day our daily bread.
4 Wru latre mbu hlega, toh-andi ki wru hle ni ko nha wandi a rhi ihla mbu. Na duta rjoku ni tsra na.'”
And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.
5 Yesu a hla ni bawu ndi, nnha mbi ani he ni kpan wandi ani hi niwu ni tsutsu chu ndahi bre ndi “Ikpanmu, nne ihla bredi tra,
And he said to them: Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and shall say to him: Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 nitu ikpanma ri a ye wru sru zizan rji ni zren, i mina he ni ikpe wandi minu ri na.
Because a friend of mine is come off his journey to me, and I have not what to set before him.
7 Wawu wandi a he ni miko ma a sa niwu nda tre ndi, na nne yratu na. Mi tronkon mu ye, i mri mu ni me ki ri kruna ye. Mina la lunde ni nu bredi na.”
And he from within should answer, and say: Trouble me not, the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
8 Mi hla ni yiwu, anita na lunde nda nu bredi nitu wu kpanma na, nitu kri nhatu myeme, ani lunde nda nhu gbugbu bredi wandi wu wa'a.
Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise, and give him as many as he needeth.
9 Mi la hla ni yiwu, mye ba nuhi, wa i bi to, wru nkon, i ba bwu ni yiwu.
And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.
10 Ndji wandi ani mye, ni waa anito, i ndji a wru ba bwu niwu.
For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
11 Iti nha ni mi mbi, vren ma nita mye ni du nu lambe ani ban iwan nu nitu lambe? Chiche nvunvu bi sen bari nha ba hi nkpurju, i bari wu mba gbron, toh ikpe wandi ba nha ni Matta 7:9. Iti rime ni mi mbi wa ivren nita mye bredi waka ban tita nu? Ka anita mye lambe ka ban iwan nu?
And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Ka anita mye inchen'ko waka ban illan nu?
Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion?
13 Ni kima, biyi bi meme dri bita toh nu mri mbi ikpi bi ndindi, nitu ngye Itimbi ni shulu na nuyi Ruhu Tsatsra ma ni ko nha wandi a mye na?”
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him?
14 Yesu asi'azu brji mamgbi ri ni rju brji ni kpa ma, Igu'a ani mamgbi a lu kri tre, i kpa ndji biwa ba he niki ba bwu nyu yo ra ni sissri.
And he was casting out a devil, and the same was dumb: and when he had cast out the devil, the dumb spoke: and the multitudes were in admiration at it:
15 I ndji bari nimi mba ba tre ndi Beelzebul, ninkon brji ba si zu brji mba ni rju
But some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.
16 Bari ba tsra ni du ba toh alama rji ni shulu.
And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven.
17 Yesu a toh kpe-andi a si zren ni suron mba nda tre ndi, “Khikle Koh andi a yra kpama ni kpama, ani yra kado, i ikoh wandi a yra tuma ni tuma ani zii rjoku.
But he seeing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided against itself, shall be brought to desolation, and house upon house shall fall.
18 Shetan nita ga kpama ni kpama, hikle koma tie he nda kri? Bita toh ndi mi zu brji rju ni Beelzebul.
And if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because you say, that through Beelzebub I cast out devils.
19 Mita zu brji rju ni Beelzebul, i bi wa ba huyi ba zu ba ni nha? Nitu wayi, baba yi ba ga tre ni yiwu.
Now if I cast out devils by Beelzebub; by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
20 Mita zu brji ni rju ni vren-wo Irji, nikima, kikle koh Irji ni grji ye ni yi.
But if I by the finger of God cast out devils; doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you.
21 Ndji wu gbengblen wandi a kri ni sro ni koh ma, ikpe koh ma ba nawo.
When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those things are in peace which he possesseth.
22 Ndji ri wandi a zan ni gbengbeln anita ye suu, wandi azan gbengble ani vu kpe wu sro ma wa ana yo suron niba nda vu kpi wu koh nda hi kpama.
But if a stronger than he come upon him, and overcome him; he will take away all his armour wherein he trusted, and will distribute his spoils.
23 Wandi ana he nime na ana nyime nime na. I wa'a ana vu shubi ni me na, ni vre hle.
He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
24 Meme ibrji nita wru ni kpa ndji, a ni zren zu ni kuklu bubu nda wa bubu kuson. Anita na toh na, ani hlandi “Mi k'ma hi ni ko wandi mina he'a.”
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through places without water, seeking rest; and not finding, he saith: I will return into my house whence I came out.
25 Aniti k'ma ye nda toh ba se ikoh pempeme nda mla wu tie.
And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.
26 Ani k'ma hi yo brji tangba bari du ba hu ye son ni ko'a. I isran gu ni zan wandi a he ni mumla'a.
Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and entering in they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.
27 A he me, niwa a tre kpi biyi, iwa ri a d'bu hla nimi kpa'a ndji ba nda hla wu ndi, “Lulu ku ni nne wandi a ngrji wu, mba sisan wandi wu ma.”
And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck.
28 Wa a sa ni wu ndi, “Ni kima du lulu son nitu bi wandi ba wo tre Irji nda tie ndu (ziwu) ni wu.”
But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.
29 Wa ndji ba basi bran nha, Yesu a lu si wa ndji, “Ik'ba biyi ba meme ik'ba. Ba wa ingba, i bana nuba ingba na - se ingba wu Jonah.
And the multitudes running together, he began to say: This generation is a wicked generation: it asketh a sign, and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
30 Ni-andi Jonah ana ingba ni mi bi Ninevit, toki me, vren Ndji ani ingba ni k'ba yi.
For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninivites; so shall the Son of man also be to this generation.
31 Ichu-mba wu kogon ani lunde ni bla tre ni lilon wu k'ba yi nda lo ba, nitu a ye rhi ni gbagban meme, du ye wo wrji nyu Solomon, nda toh ndji wa a zan Solomon he niayi.
The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold more than Solomon here.
32 Ndji bi Nineve ba kri ni bla han tre ni k'ba ndji biyi, nda lo ba, nitu ba kpa tre Irji nda tan ntsan niwa ba wo tre Irji ni nyu Jonah, bi ka toh Ndji wa azan Jonah he ni yi.
The men of Ninive shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; because they did penance at the preaching of Jonas; and behold more than Jonas here.
33 A nha ni yo lu ni glogo nda ban ri ni sisen ndana ka sa ni tu kpe tsame na ni du bi ri miko du ba toh kpan lu.
No man lighteth a candle, and putteth it in a hidden place, nor under a bushel; but upon a candlestick, that they that come in, may see the light.
34 Shishi meyi hi glogo wu kpa me wawu. Shishi me nita bi, wawu kpame ni shu ni kpan-lu. U Shishi me nita na bi na, ikpa me wawu ni tie bwu.
The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body will be lightsome: but if it be evil, thy body also will be darksome.
35 Nikima, bi ka mla zren ni du ikpan mbi du na k'ma tie bwu na.
Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee, be not darkness.
36 Ikpa mbi wawu niti na shu ni kpan-lu, ni hamma ngbala ri ni bwu, niki, kpa mbi wawu ani kpan toh glogo ni kpan-lu ma niwu.
If then thy whole body be lightsome, having no part of darkness; the whole shall be lightsome; and as a bright lamp, shall enlighten thee.
37 Ni wa a kle tre'a, Farasi ri a mye'u du hu hi rhi biri ni koma, Yesu a kpa nyime nda hu'u.
And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee prayed him, that he would dine with him. And he going in, sat down to eat.
38 Farasi a yi mamaki ni toh ndi Yesu ana ngla kpama ri nda son ni ba ni bubu rhi biri'a na.
And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, why he was not washed before dinner.
39 I Bachi a hla ni wu ndi, “Zizan, biyi Farasi bi ngla kogon vuvanho mba gbugba'a (kungo) nda don mima shu ni sontu ba meme kpi.
And the Lord said to him: Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inside is full of rapine and iniquity.
40 Biyi ndji bi kha toh, Ana wandi a tie kogon a tie mima ngame na?
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without, make also that which is within?
41 Nu kpi wandi ba he ni mi tu beko, i kpiba wawu ba rju pyempyen me niwu.
But yet that which remaineth, give alms; and behold, all things are clean unto you.
42 Iya mbi biyi Farasi, nitu bi nu zaka wlon mint mba rue, i mri vunvu bi koh p'ma, nina k'magon nu ti bi mba son Irji. Ani bi du yi zren bi ni son Irji, hamma ni mbru kpi ba ngame.
But woe to you, Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and every herb; and pass over judgment, and the charity of God. Now these things you ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
43 Iya mbi Farisawa, bi son bubu u son bi ko shishi ni sinagog mba kpa ichi bi nzu lu ni chuchu.
Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the marketplace.
44 Iya mbi, bi he toh ibe wandi bana chu tsro nkana, ndji ba hon zu ndana toh na.
Woe to you, because you are as sepulchres that appear not, and men that walk over are not aware.
45 Iri nimi bi ninkon ni tre doka'a hla wu ndi, “Ticha, ikpi wandi wu tre a kpata tsri ngame.”
And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him: Master, in saying these things, thou reproachest us also.
46 Yesu a tre ndi, “Iya-mbi, Tichas bi doka! Bi yo kikle kpi ni ndji wandi ani tiba ya nji, ama ni na yo wo kpre ni vren wo mbi riri na.
But he said: Woe to you lawyers also, because you load men with burdens which they cannot bear, and you yourselves touch not the packs with one of your fingers.
47 Iya-mbi, bi meh ibe ni anabawa, wa ba bachi-mbi ba wuba.
Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets: and your fathers killed them.
48 Niki biti shaida ni kpanyime ni ndu ba bachi-mbi'a, Baba yi ba wuba i biyi bi meh ibe mba.
Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres.
49 Ni tu kima'a, wri Irji a tre ndi, 'Mi ton anabawa mba manzani ye ni ba, i ba tiba ya nda wu bari mba.
For this cause also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute.
50 Ik'ba biyi ye mi vu ba nitu iyi ba anabawa wandi ba ka hle rji ni mumla,
That the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
51 rji ni iyi Habila, ye ni iyi Zakariya, wandi ba wu ba ni kpa bubu ton ba koh Irji. E, mi hla niwu, mi vu ik'ba yi ni tumba.
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who was slain between the alter and the temple: Yea I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.
52 Iya-mbi bi zan toh tre Irji, bi ban ih'ra wu toh, nina ri ngame na, ni zu bi wandi bason ri'a.
Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you yourselves have not entered in, and those that were entering in, you have hindered.
53 Ni wandi Yesu a bri bubu kima, marubuchi, baba Farisawa ba kri nda sen nyu ni wu nitu kpi gbugbuwu, nda son,
And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him, and to oppress his mouth about many things,
54 si gben'u du ba vu ni tre nyu ma.
Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
