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.

One Sabbath Jesus went to have a meal at the home of one of the leaders of the Pharisees where they watched him closely.

2 se ga ndi “U” lilo huk kpa.

A man was there whose arms and legs were swollen.

3 Yesu ya da mye bihan vuvu baba Farisawa, abi du ba chu lilo rju ni chachu sati ko an an?

So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees, “Does the law allow healing on the Sabbath, or not?”

4 U ba sun ngbangbi, Yesu ka vu ni wo lunde da chu lilo rju niwu, da du hi kpama.

But they kept quiet. Jesus touched the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.

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?

Then Jesus said to them, “If your son or your ox happened to fall into a well on the Sabbath, wouldn't you go and pull him out immediately?”

6 Bana kasa niwu na.

They weren't able to give an answer.

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.

So he told a story to the guests, noticing how they'd chosen to sit in places of honor.

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're invited to a wedding reception, don't take the place of honor, because someone more important than you may have been invited,” he began.

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.

“Your host who invited you both will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then in embarrassment you'll have to move to whatever place is left.

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.

Instead, when you're invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he'll tell you, ‘My friend, please move to a better seat.’ Then you'll be honored before all the guests sitting with you.

11 Indji wa a nzu tuma, baka ka tuma grji, wu wa u katu me grji, ba nzutu me hi shu.

For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will 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 to the man who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don't invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, for they may invite you back, and then you'd be repaid.

13 Ba tie lulu yo don bana ban ni wu na,

Instead, when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and 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 will be blessed, for they have nothing to repay you with, and you'll be rewarded at the resurrection of the good.”

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.

When one of them eating at the table with Jesus heard this, he said to Jesus, “How wonderful it will be for those who feast in the kingdom of God!”

16 Yesu woh da tre ndi ndji ri atie gan rigra ma nda yo ndji gbugbu-u.

“Once there was a man who prepared a great banquet, and invited many guests,” Jesus replied.

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.

“When it was time to eat he sent his servant out to tell everyone who had been invited, ‘Come, because the banquet's ready.’

18 Wa wu bawu, bana yena, u mumla a tre ndi wawu le rju, wawu ni bi toh wru hle ni mu.

But they all started to make excuses. The first said, ‘I've just bought a field and I have to go and see it. Please excuse me.’

19 U na tre wawu le lando bi zran ton, mi yi tsra ba toh, mi bre wu, du wru hle ni mu.

Another said, ‘I've just bought five pairs of oxen and have to go and try them out. Please excuse me.’ Still another said,

20 U tra a tre ndi wawu gran wa, naki mina ye na.

‘I've just got married, so I can't 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.

The servant returned and told his master what they'd said. The home-owner became angry and told his servant, ‘Quickly, go out into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

22 Vren koh a tre, iti koh, ikpie wa u tre a kle hra zizan bubu a na shu na.

Then the servant said, ‘Master, I did what you told me, but there are still empty places.’

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.

So the master told the servant, ‘Go out on the country roads and lanes, and make people come—I want my house to be full.

24 Mi hla ni yiwu, biwa mi you ba ni mumla ba na ye kpe ni iye u muna

I tell you, not a single one of those people I invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”

25 Basi zren ndji gbugbu basi hu, wa hla ni bawu,

A large crowd was accompanying Jesus. He turned to them and said,

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 you want to follow me but you don't hate your father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters—even your own life—you can't 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.

If you don't carry your cross and follow me, you can't 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.

If you planned to build a tower, wouldn't you first work out how much it would cost, and see if you had enough money to complete it?

29 Inde a zi nchi koh'a, kana kle meh na, u biwa ba meh baba ba ka nza'u,

Otherwise, if after laying the foundation you weren't able to finish it, everyone who saw it would laugh at you, saying,

30 Ba ta tre toh ndji ani son meh koh, ana ya meh kle na.

‘Look at him: he started building but he couldn't 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.

What king goes to war with another king without first sitting down with his advisors to work out whether he and his ten thousand can defeat the one marching against him with twenty thousand?

32 To inde an ya na, ka wa sun si ni chu rima.

If he can't, he'll send representatives to ask for peace while the other king is still a long way off.

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.

In the same way every one of you who doesn't give up everything can't be my disciple.

34 Ima a kpie ndindima, inde imma a sa ba mla tie ni ni ngyen?

Salt is good, but if it loses its taste, how can you make it salty again?

35 Ana labi gana, sei baka ka hlega, ka kma tie toki ni meme, ndji wa ahe ni ton ka wo.

It's no good for the soil or for fertilizer—you just toss it out. Whoever has ears, then listen!”