Luke 14
1 Ni vi u chachu sati ri, wa a ri ni koh bi ninkon Farisawa ri du rhi biri, ndji ba sru shishi ni wu.
And it came to pass, that he went, on the sabbath-day, into the house of one of the chief men of the Pharisees, to eat bread; and they watched him.
2 se ga ndi “U” lilo huk kpa.
And behold, there was a man before him, who had the dropsy.
3 Yesu ya da mye bihan vuvu baba Farisawa, abi du ba chu lilo rju ni chachu sati ko an an?
And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath-day?
4 U ba sun ngbangbi, Yesu ka vu ni wo lunde da chu lilo rju niwu, da du hi kpama.
But they were silent. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go.
5 Yesu mye ba, ahi nha ni mi-mbi, inde vren ma, ko napron ma aku ni juju ni chachu sati, wa ana chu na?
And he answered and said to them: Which of you, if his son or his ox should fall into a pit, would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath-day?
6 Bana kasa niwu na.
And they were not able to give him an answer to these things.
7 Da Yesu si ya ba da toh bi wa ba you ba ye, ba wa bubu sun bi ni koh, watre kayiyi, nda tre.
And he spoke a parable to those who had been invited, when he observed how they were choosing the first places at table; and he said to them:
8 Inde ba you hi ni bubu gan u gran na kuson ni bubu bi ninkon na, ani yiwu ba you ndi wa a zawu.
When you are invited by any one to a wedding, do not recline in the first place, lest a more honorable man than you may have been invited by him;
9 Inde ndji wa a you yi ha bi, aye, a ni tre no bubu sun me, “u shan ni ti'u, u” wu kma hi ni bubu bi kalachu.
and he that invited you and him, come and say to you, Give place to this man; and then you shall begin with shame to take the last place.
10 Inde ndji wa a you, a tre kpamu hon ye ni wayi, nakima, u ndji ba, ba no ninkoh, bana kpa wu tsri na. biwa bi son baba ni tebru'a.
But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, that when he that invited you shall come, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher. Then you shall have honor in the presence of those who recline with you.
11 Indji wa a nzu tuma, baka ka tuma grji, wu wa u katu me grji, ba nzutu me hi shu.
For every one that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.
12 Yesu hla ni ndji wa you ye, inde wu ta ni yo ndji ye ri biri, ko ni gan, u ka na yo kpukpan me na, ko mri vary me na, ko malan me na, ko bi kutra kahlan mena bi nklen na, baba me ba you ngame, wandi ba njiye niwu.
Then he said also to him that had invited him: When you make a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor your rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and a recompense be made you.
13 Ba tie lulu yo don bana ban ni wu na,
But when you make a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind;
14 inde wu yo ndji ye ni gan me, u ka yo bi kalanchu, ni bi wa bana he ni gbengblen na, ni bi kple zah, ni bi fie, ba tie lulu you don bana he ni kpe wa ba han wu na. Don ba tie lulu yo ni chachu wu lunde bi kinklan suron.
and you shall be blessed; for they have no power to repay you; but you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.
15 Da indji ri wa a son ni tie bru ni Yesu awoh tre a, nda tre, ba tie lulu yo ni ndji wa ani rhi biri ni koh Irji.
And a certain one of those who reclined at table with him, after hearing these things, said to him: Blessed is he who shall cat bread in the kingdom of God.
16 Yesu woh da tre ndi ndji ri atie gan rigra ma nda yo ndji gbugbu-u.
And he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
17 Da inton wu gan a tie, wa a ton ivren koh ma du hi hla ni bawu du ba ye, biri a we ye.
And he sent his servant at the hour of supper, to say to those who had been invited, Come, for all things are now ready.
18 Wa wu bawu, bana yena, u mumla a tre ndi wawu le rju, wawu ni bi toh wru hle ni mu.
And they all, with one consent, began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a farm, and I must go and see it; I pray you, have me excused.
19 U na tre wawu le lando bi zran ton, mi yi tsra ba toh, mi bre wu, du wru hle ni mu.
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them; I pray you, have me excused.
20 U tra a tre ndi wawu gran wa, naki mina ye na.
And another said, I have married a wife, and, for this reason, I can not come.
21 Da vren koh aye hla ni ti-koh ma ikpe biyi, u ti koh ma ka tie nfu, nda hla ni vren koh ma du hi gbagbla ninkon bi gbu i, ni kosan gbu, nda yo biwa bana he ni gbengblen na, ni bi chiche, ni bi fie baba bi kple zah.
And that servant came and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house was angry, and said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and the maimed, the lame and the blind.
22 Vren koh a tre, iti koh, ikpie wa u tre a kle hra zizan bubu a na shu na.
And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you commanded, and yet there is room.
23 Se ndji u koh ka hla ni vre koh ma hi nikoh ni kosan gbu ndi yo gbugbu ndji du ba ye du koh mu shu.
And the lord said to his servant, Go out into the roads, and among the hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be full.
24 Mi hla ni yiwu, biwa mi you ba ni mumla ba na ye kpe ni iye u muna
For I say to you, that not one of those men who have been invited, shall taste of my supper.
25 Basi zren ndji gbugbu basi hu, wa hla ni bawu,
And many multitudes were journeying with him; and he turned and said to them:
26 Du ndji wa ani ye nime, ndana kama ni tima na, mba iyima, ni iwa ma na, ni mri ma, ni mri vayi ma, mri lon baba mri mba ba, hra ni dri ma na, ana ya zama vren koh muna.
If any one comes to me, and hates not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his own life also, he can not be my disciple.
27 Indji wa ana he ni suron u ban giciye nda ye hu me na, ana ya son u vren koh mu na.
And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple.
28 Ahi nha nimi mbi wa ani son be koh wu shu, nda na bla inklen wa ahe ni wu, ko ani tsra u, u me koh, ko ana tsra na.
For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down, and count the cost, whether he has the means to finish it?
29 Inde a zi nchi koh'a, kana kle meh na, u biwa ba meh baba ba ka nza'u,
Lest, when he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all that see it begin to deride him,
30 Ba ta tre toh ndji ani son meh koh, ana ya meh kle na.
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 A chu rime ani hi taku ni chu ri nda na son nda bla bi taku ma toh ni mumla, ko soja ma bi gbengblen ba kai dubu wulon wa ani ya kbu tu ni chu rima mu wa a he ni bi gbengblen dubu shirin.
Or, what king, going to make war against another king, does not first sit down, and deliberate whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him that is coming; against him with twenty thousand?
32 To inde an ya na, ka wa sun si ni chu rima.
And if not, while he is yet at a distance, he sends an embassy, and asks for conditions of peace.
33 Naki ba ndi wa ni mibi wandi ana ka kpe wa a he ni chu wo na, da ani ya k'ma tie vren koh mu.
So, then, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has, can not be my disciple.
34 Ima a kpie ndindima, inde imma a sa ba mla tie ni ni ngyen?
Salt is good; but if the salt become tasteless, by what means shall it become salt again?
35 Ana labi gana, sei baka ka hlega, ka kma tie toki ni meme, ndji wa ahe ni ton ka wo.
It is fit neither for earth, nor for manure; but they cast it out. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
