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, on His going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a Sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching Him,
2 se ga ndi “U” lilo huk kpa.
and behold, there was a certain dropsical man before Him;
3 Yesu ya da mye bihan vuvu baba Farisawa, abi du ba chu lilo rju ni chachu sati ko an an?
and Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
4 U ba sun ngbangbi, Yesu ka vu ni wo lunde da chu lilo rju niwu, da du hi kpama.
And they were silent, and having taken hold of [him], He 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 answering them He said, “Of which of you will a donkey or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the Sabbath day?”
6 Bana kasa niwu na.
And they were not able to answer Him again 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 an allegory to those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying 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 may be called by anyone to wedding feasts, you may not recline on the first couch, lest [one] more honorable than you may have been called 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 who called you and him having come will say to you, Give to this one [your] place, and then you may begin to occupy the last place with shame.
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 may be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called you may come, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; then you will have glory before those dining with you;
11 Indji wa a nzu tuma, baka ka tuma grji, wu wa u katu me grji, ba nzutu me hi shu.
because everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself 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.
And He also said to him who called Him, “When you may make an early meal or a dinner, do not be calling your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they may also call you again, and a repayment may come to you;
13 Ba tie lulu yo don bana ban ni wu na,
but when you may make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, 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, because they have nothing to repay you, for it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the righteous.”
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 one of those dining with Him, having heard these things, said to Him, “Blessed [is] he who will eat 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 dinner, and called 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 the dinner to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now all things are ready.
18 Wa wu bawu, bana yena, u mumla a tre ndi wawu le rju, wawu ni bi toh wru hle ni mu.
And all began with one [voice] to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I bought a field, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of 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 bought five yoke of oxen, and I go on to prove them; I beg of you, have me excused.
20 U tra a tre ndi wawu gran wa, naki mina ye na.
And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I am not able to 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 having come, told these things to his lord, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly into the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in here.
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 has been done as you commanded, and still 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 the servant, Go forth into the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;
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 none of those men who have been called will taste of my dinner.”
25 Basi zren ndji gbugbu basi hu, wa hla ni bawu,
And there were going on with Him great multitudes, and having turned, He 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 anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to 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 carry his cross, and come after Me, is not able to 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 who of you, willing to build a tower, does not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he has the things for completing?
29 Inde a zi nchi koh'a, kana kle meh na, u biwa ba meh baba ba ka nza'u,
Lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock 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 on to engage with another king in war, does not, having sat down, first consult if he with ten thousand is able to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
32 To inde an ya na, ka wa sun si ni chu rima.
And if not so—he being yet a long way off—having sent a delegation, he asks the things for 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, everyone of you who does not take leave of all that he himself has, is not able to be My disciple.
34 Ima a kpie ndindima, inde imma a sa ba mla tie ni ni ngyen?
The salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
35 Ana labi gana, sei baka ka hlega, ka kma tie toki ni meme, ndji wa ahe ni ton ka wo.
It is neither fit for land nor for manure—they cast it outside. He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”
