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.

And he said unto the disciples, 'It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but woe [to 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 is more profitable to him if a weighty millstone is put round about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to stumble.

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

'Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, 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 the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'

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

And the apostles said to the Lord, 'Add to 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.

and the Lord said, 'If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would have said to this sycamine, Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed 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, who is he of you — having a servant ploughing or feeding — who, to him having come in out of the field, will say, Having come near, recline at meat?

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?

but will not [rather] say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?

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

Hath he favour to that servant because he did the things directed? I think not.

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 also ye, when ye may have done all the things directed you, say — We are unprofitable servants, because that which we owed to do — we have done.'

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

And it came to pass, in his going on to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee,

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

and he entering into a certain village, there met him ten leprous men, who stood afar off,

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

and they lifted up the voice, saying, 'Jesus, master, deal kindly with us;'

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

and having seen [them], he said to them, 'Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;' and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed,

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

and one of them having seen that he was healed did turn back, with a loud voice glorifying God,

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

and he fell upon [his] face at his feet, giving thanks to him, and he was a Samaritan.

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

And Jesus answering said, 'Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine — where?

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

There were not found who did turn back to give glory to God, except this alien;'

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

and he said to him, 'Having risen, be going on, thy faith hath saved thee.'

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

And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, 'The reign of God doth not come with observation;

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

nor shall they say, Lo, here; or lo, there; for lo, the reign 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.

And he said unto his disciples, 'Days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not behold [it];

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

and they shall say to you, Lo, here; or lo, there; ye may not go away, nor follow;

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 as the lightning that is lightening out of the one [part] under heaven, to the other part under heaven doth shine, so shall be also the Son of Man in his day;

25 A ni sha yah gbugbu kri gbugblu bakaba wu.

and first it behoveth him to suffer many things, and to be rejected by this generation.

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

'And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days 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.

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were given in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed all;

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

in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

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

and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.

30 Ani he na kiyi wa ba ton vren ndji.

'According to these things it shall be, in the day the Son of Man is revealed;

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.

in that day, he who shall be on the house top, and his vessels in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he in the field, in like manner, let him not turn backward;

32 Rhi mre iwa Lutu.

remember the wife of Lot.

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

Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

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

'I say to you, In that night, there shall be two men on one couch, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;

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

two women shall be grinding at the same place together, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;

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

two men shall be in the field, the one shall be taken, and the other left.'

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

And they answering say to him, 'Where, sir?' and he said to them, 'Where the body [is], there will the eagles be gathered together.'