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.
When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
2 se ga ndi “U” lilo huk kpa.
Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
3 Yesu ya da mye bihan vuvu baba Farisawa, abi du ba chu lilo rju ni chachu sati ko an an?
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.
But they were silent. 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?
He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
6 Bana kasa niwu na.
They couldn’t answer him regarding 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.
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and 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 anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honourable than you might be 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 who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest 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 sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honoured in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
11 Indji wa a nzu tuma, baka ka tuma grji, wu wa u katu me grji, ba nzutu me hi shu.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles 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.
He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbours, or perhaps they might also return the favour, and pay you back.
13 Ba tie lulu yo don bana ban ni wu na,
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or 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, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid 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.
When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
16 Yesu woh da tre ndi ndji ri atie gan rigra ma nda yo ndji gbugbu-u.
But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
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.
He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
18 Wa wu bawu, bana yena, u mumla a tre ndi wawu le rju, wawu ni bi toh wru hle ni mu.
They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please 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.
“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
20 U tra a tre ndi wawu gran wa, naki mina ye na.
“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore 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.
“That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
22 Vren koh a tre, iti koh, ikpie wa u tre a kle hra zizan bubu a na shu na.
“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still 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.
“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them 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 tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”
25 Basi zren ndji gbugbu basi hu, wa hla ni bawu,
Now great multitudes were going with him. 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 anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he 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.
Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, 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.
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
29 Inde a zi nchi koh'a, kana kle meh na, u biwa ba meh baba ba ka nza'u,
Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins 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 wasn’t 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, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 To inde an ya na, ka wa sun si ni chu rima.
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy 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 therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he 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 the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
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 the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
