Luke 17

1 Yesu hla ni imri koh ma, A lele ndi ba kbu za ni tita iya mbi wa wu sa ahe ni krigin.

Jesus said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that causes of stumbling should come; but alas for him through whom they come!

2 Ana bi bana klo tita wu ni toh ma nda kayo nimi nne fi niwa ni tsa iri ni mi imri bi tsitsa yi diba kbu za.

It would be well for him if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of the sea, rather than that he should cause even one of these little ones to fall.

3 Ya kpambi, wa vayi ma lahtre, bwu shishi niwu, nda a kpa nuyime wruhle niwu.

Be on your guard. "If your brother acts wrongly, reprove him; and if he is sorry, forgive him;

4 Nda kpalla niwu inkpu tangban ni vi ri, nda k'ma ye niwu inkpu tangban nda tre, mi brewu, abi du wruhle niwu.

and if seven times in a day he acts wrongly towards you, and seven times turns again to you and says, 'I am sorry,' you must forgive him."

5 Bi ninkon ba hla ni tie kon mba, nzu yo suron buu.

And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."

6 Irji hla ndu bi he ni bangaskiya kama wlo mustard, bi iya hla niku kro du rumin chu di tsen nimi nei, A kpa nyime niwu.

"If your faith," replied the Lord, "is like a mustard seed, you might command this black-mulberry-tree, 'Tear up your roots and plant yourself in the sea,' and instantly it would obey you.

7 A nha nimi mbi, ahe ni vren koh wa ni rho ko krju int'ma rhi rji mi ji ye, ani lla niwu tsima ye ndi ri lah.

But which of you who has a servant ploughing, or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the farm, 'Come at once and take your place at table,'

8 Ana hla ni wuna, wa kpe mi ri, ndi khi di tie ndu bar mi ri ndi tso. U me wru ndi tsro na?

and will not rather say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, make yourself tidy, and wait upon me till I have finished my dinner, and then you shall have yours'?

9 Ana gir ni wer kon du a tie ikpa wawu la una a tie?

Does he thank the servant for obeying his orders?

10 Iwu me naki yi nda u tie kpe wa ba hla niwu, u ya tre, kbi na khai mri koh ..... ma. Kbi tie ikpe wa kbi na tie.

So you also, when you have obeyed all the orders given you, must say, "'There is no merit in our service: what we have done is only what we were in duty bound to do.'"

11 A bi fin ri atsi tie ni Wurishelima, abu kusa nei gbu Samariya ni Galili.

As they pursued their journey to Jerusalem, He passed through Samaria and Galilee.

12 Wa ari ni gbu ri, ndji wlon bi lilon gben ba izun ni wu. Ba klir gbugbanmu niwu.

And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him who were lepers and stood at a distance.

13 Ba bwu ba ni fu ba, nda tre, Yesu nikon wo iyi mbu.

In loud voices they cried out, "Jesus, Rabbi, take pity on us."

14 Wa ato ba, ahla ni bawu, hi ndi tsro tumbi ni Firistoci. Wa ba tsi bi, ba kpa sikpa.

Perceiving this, He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the Priests." And while on their way to do this they were made clean.

15 Iri nimi ba wa a to wawu samu sikpa, a kmaye, nda ngyiri ni Ijri ni la ndindima.

One of them, seeing that he was cured, came back, adoring and praising God in a loud voice,

16 A joku ni kbu Yesu, nda ngyiri niwu gbugbome wawu a ndji igbu Samariya.

and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.

17 Yesu la bana ndji wlo na wa samu sikpa na, itiya ba bahe ni ntsen?

"Were not all ten made clean?" Jesus asked; "but where are the nine?

18 Ba bari wa ba kmaye nda ngyiri ni Irji, tse ndji tsri yi?

Have none been found to come back and give glory to God except this foreigner?"

19 A hla niwu, lunde ndi he ni suron ndindime anu sikpa ma.

And He said to him, "Rise and go: your faith has cured you."

20 Farisawa ba mye Irji ni ye ni ntan, Yesu hlani bawu ndi Irji ana ye iri iya ndi na.

Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God was coming, He answered, "The Kingdom of God does not so come that you can stealthily watch for it.

21 Ko ba la yah, ahe iyi koh ahe wamu. Bi ka yah iye Irji ahe aniwu.

Nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' --for the Kingdom of God is within you."

22 A hla ni imri koh ma, i vin tse ye wa bi son toh ivi wa ivren ndji niye, bi na tona.

Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.

23 Ba hla niwu, yah, ni wamu, yah niwa hi na rju na, na bu ba na.

And they will say to you, 'See there!' 'See here!' Do not start off and go in pursuit.

24 Ya nda izren ni whri nda kma tsutsa wa ni whri gbagbla shu yi ni gbagblamu, ani he nikiyi ivren ndji ni vin ma.

For just as the lightning, when it flashes, shines from one part of the horizon to the opposite part, so will the Son of Man be on His day.

25 A ni sha yah gbugbu kri gbugblu bakaba wu.

But first He must endure much suffering, and be rejected by the present generation.

26 A ni he nawa ahe ni nton Nuhu, ani he nakiyi ivi u ivren ndji.

"And as it was in the time of Noah, so will it also be in the time of the Son of Man.

27 Ba nri, ba tso ba grah nde ninu grah har hi tub wa Nuhu anri ni Jirgi imah tubana ayeh, nda wu ba penpeme.

Men were eating and drinking, taking wives and giving wives, up to the very day on which Noah entered the Ark, and the Deluge came and destroyed them all.

28 A he na kiyi ni tan lutu bata nri, bata tso bata lbe nda lebie bata shu bata meh ba koh.

The same was true in the time of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;

29 Ivin wa lutu rju ni Saduma, ba tsra lu kwekwema rji ni shu bawu ba u ahuwu.

but on the day that Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and brimstone from the sky and destroyed them all.

30 Ani he na kiyi wa ba ton vren ndji.

Exactly so will it be on the day that the veil is lifted from the Son of Man.

31 Ni vi khi yi, indji he ni tun khan du ma ngrji da ni vu kpima ni kon na, wa ahi ni rju du na kma ye na.

"On that day, if a man is on the roof and his property indoors, let him not go down to fetch it; and, in the same way, he who is in the field, let him not turn back.

32 Rhi mre iwa Lutu.

Remember Lot's wife.

33 Wa ni son tuma, ani rasa niwu, wa k tuma nu, ani tsira niwu.

Any man who makes it his object to keep his own life safe, will lose it; but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

34 Mi hla niwu, ni chu kiyi ndi ha ni tub blah riri, baba ri nda ton ri.

On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in one bed: one will be taken away and the other left behind.

35 Imba ha ba si kon kpu ba ka ban ri, nda bri rima.

There will be two women turning the mill together: one will be taken away and the other left behind."

36 Ndji lulo bari ba hi ni rju, ba ban ri nda bri ri.

37 Ba mye, ni ntsen Tie koh? A hla bawu iwirji igbokpa ahe, ni kiyi bi ton ugulu.

"Where, Master?" they inquired. "Where the dead body is," He replied, "there also will the vultures flock together."