Luke 19
1 Yesu ari si zu ni Yeriko.
Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.
2 U ndji ri he ni ki ni nde Zakka. Ana ndji u kpa haraji nda he wo.
There was a man there, known by the name of Zacchaeus, who was a commissioner of taxes and a rich man.
3 A wa nkon wa ani to ka nha hi Yesu amma nda mha njima wokran don gbugbu ndji ba u don aku nkpurju.
He tried to see what Jesus was like; but, being short, he was unable to do so because of the crowd.
4 A tsutsu guchi ni ndji ba hi ko shishi nda ka hon kunkro (Sycamore - durumi) nda ka don towu; don Yesu a tie whiwhre u zu nkon kima.
So he ran on ahead and climbed into a mulberry tree, to see Jesus, for he knew that he must pass that way.
5 Da Yesu ye ni bubu'a, a nzuya shu nda hla wu, “Zakka, grji ue gbagbla, don luwa gbigbi me son koh me.”
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him: “Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I must stop at your house to-day.”
6 U wa grji nitsu me nda ye kpa ni ngyiri.
So Zacchaeus got down quickly, and joyfully welcomed him.
7 Da ko nha a toh, baka na son na wawu mbawu, nda tre, “A ye hi ziri ni koh ndji u lahtre.”
On seeing this, every one began to complain: “He has gone to stay with a man who is an outcast.”
8 Zakka kri nda hla ni Bachi, “Toh mba Bachi, nh'ma ha u kpie me he wu'a me nno bi ya, mba u mita mla ndrjo kpieri, me nno nkpu nza rjula.”
But Zacchaeus stood forward and said to the Master: “Listen, Master! I will give half my property to the poor, and, if I have defrauded any one of anything, I will give him back four times as much.”
9 Yesu hla niwu, “Luwa cheto aye ni koh yi don wawu me ahi Vren Ibrahim.
“Salvation has come to this house to-day,” answered Jesus, “for even this man is a son of Abraham.
10 E, Ivren Ndji a ye wah nda kpa bi wa ba kado'a chuwo.”
The Son of Man has come to ‘search for those who are lost’ and to save them.”
11 Da ba wo tre ba, a trenda hla misali ri ni bawu, ka ahe whiwhre ni Wurushelima, u ba ban koh mulki Irji tiewhre u ye.
As the people were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell them a parable. He did so because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the Kingdom of God was going to be proclaimed at once.
12 A tre towa, “Indji ri wa ani to tie a hi ni gburi gbugbanmu nda hi kpa chu nda kma ye.
He said: “A nobleman once went to a distant country to receive his appointment to a Kingdom and then return.
13 A yo mri koh ma wlon nda nno ba pa wlon, nda hla bawu, 'Hi kasran niwu gbien kma yemu.'
He called ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds each, and told them to trade with them during his absence.
14 Amma indji ma ba kranwu nda nton ndji mba bari hu gonma nda hla, 'Kie na kpanyime ndi ndu ndi yi ndu chu mbu na.'
But his subjects hated him and sent envoys after him to say ‘We will not have this man as our King.’
15 Ba he wa aka kpa chu nda kma ye, a ndu ba yo gran ma ba wa anno ba inklen nda to riba wa ba tie.
On his return, after having been appointed King, he directed that the servants to whom he had given his money should be summoned, so that he might learn what amount of trade they had done.
16 U mumla a ye niwu nda tre, 'Bachi mu, pa me'a wa une'a a nji pa wlon ye nha.'
The first came up, and said ‘Sir, your ten pounds have made a hundred.’
17 Ichu'a hla wu, u toh tie, u gran ndindi, Ni wa u toh tie ni kpie tsitsa ma, u he ni igbu zan wlon wa wu nji mba.'
‘Well done, good servant!’ exclaimed the master. ‘As you have proved trustworthy in a very small matter, I appoint you governor over ten towns.’
18 U ha ye nda tre, pa me Bachi, a nji pa ton bari ye.'
When the second came, he said ‘Your ten pounds, Sir, have produced fifty.’
19 Ichu'a hla wu, 'U kpa gbu ton wa wu nji'a.
So the master said to him ‘And you I appoint over five towns.’
20 Iri ye nda tre, Bachi, ngye pa me'a yi, mi ka ri mlazi ni mi kpi,
Another servant also came and said ‘Sir, here are your ten pounds; I have kept them put away in a handkerchief.
21 don mi klu sissri me, don u ndji u nno ya. U ban ni bubu wa una zi'a na.
For I was afraid of you, because you are a stern man. You take what you have not planted, and reap what you have not sown.’
22 U chu'a hla wu, 'Ni tre u nyu me ba me han tre'a nitu me, wu meme gran. Wu toh ndi mi ndji wa mi wa bran, ni ban ikpi wa mi na kazi'a na, u me hi vu ikpie'a mi na chuna.
The master answered ‘Out of your own mouth I judge you, you worthless servant. You knew that I am a stern man, that I take what I have not planted, and reap what I have not sown?
23 Don ngye una yo nklen ni banki toh mi na kma ye mika kpa nha ni a hon tuma (riba) na?
Then why did not you put my money into a bank? And I, on my return, could have claimed it with interest.
24 Ichu'a hla bawu wa ba kri wu'a, 'kpa pa wa ahe ni wu'a, ndi ka nno u pa wlon'a.'
Take away from him the ten pounds,’ he said to those standing by, ‘and give them to the one who has the hundred.’
25 Ba hla wu, Bachi, a he ni pa wlon.'
‘But, Sir,’ they interposed, ‘he has a hundred pounds already!’
26 Mi hla yiwu, indji wa a he wu'a, ba nno tia, amma uwa a hama wu'a, ba kpa mbru wa ahe niwu.
‘I tell you,’ he answered, ‘that, to him who has, more will be given, but, from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.
27 Amma biyi, bi yo shishi nime, bi wa bana nyime ndu me chu mba na, nji ba ye wayi ndi wu ba ni shishi mu.'”
But as for my enemies, these men who would not have me as their King, bring them here and put them to death in my presence.’”
28 Da a hla tre bi yi, a vu gon ma hi Wurushelima
After saying this, Jesus went on in front, going up to Jerusalem.
29 Ba he me wa a ye whiwhre ni Baitfaji mba Baitanya, nitu ngblu wa ba yo ndi Zaitun, wa ka ton mri koh ma harhi,
It was when Jesus had almost reached Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, that he sent on two of the disciples.
30 ndi, “Hi nimi vi gbu wa ahe ni ko shishi mbi'a. Bita ta ri, bi toh vren nakpron wa bana honwu to na. Siwu ndi njiwu yemu.
“Go to the village facing us,” he said, “and, when you get there, you will find a foal tethered, which no one has yet ridden; untie it and lead it here.
31 Indrjo nita mye yi, 'Bi siwu ni ngye?' Bika hla, Bachi mba ni son.'”
And, if anybody asks you ‘Why are you untying it?,’ you are to say this — ‘The Master wants it.’”
32 Biwa ba ton ba, bahi nda kato vren na pron'a towa Yesu a hla bawu'a.
So the two who were sent went and found it as Jesus had told them.
33 Baka ki si vren nagro, kikima baka mye ba, “Bi si vren nakpron ni ngye?”
While they were untying the foal, the owners asked them — “Why are you untying the foal?”
34 U ba tre, “Bachi ni son.”
And the two disciples answered — “The Master wants it.”
35 Ba nji ye ni Yesu, nda lba ba kpi mba ni tu vren nakpron nda ban Yesu sa tuma.
Then they led it back to Jesus, and threw their cloaks on the foal and put Jesus upon it.
36 Da si zren, baka lba ikpi bi sru kpa mba ni tu nkon.
As he went along, the people kept spreading their cloaks in the road.
37 A tie whiwhre ni blaba ngblu Zaitun, u gbuj'bu mri koh ma baka ku'u ngyiri nda ni gbre Irji san ni ngyiri kpukpo me nitu wa ba toh ikpie wa atie'a wa nno ba sissri,
When he had almost reached the place where the road led down the Mount of Olives, every one of the many disciples began in their joy to praise God loudly for all the miracles that they had seen:
38 nda tre, “Lulu a hi'u chu wa asi ye nimi nde TieTie! Salama ni shulu daraja wa a zan dauka!”
“Blessed is He who comes — Our King — in the name of the Lord! Peace in Heaven, And glory on high.”
39 Farisawa bari nimi jbu hla wu, “Ticha yra nha ba”
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him: “Teacher, reprove your disciples.”
40 Yesu a sa bawu, Mi hla yiwu njanjimu, biyi bata ki ngbangbi, tita ba yra gro.”
But Jesus answered: “I tell you that if these men are silent, the very stones will call out.”
41 Wa Yesu tie whiwhre ni gbu'a, ayi nitu ma,
When he drew near, on seeing the city, he wept over it, and said:
42 nda tre, Bina toh wiyi, ko bina toh ikpi wa ba nji salama ye yiwu! Amma zizan ba riba ni shishi mbi.
“Would that you had known, while yet there was time — even you — the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.
43 Ivi ni ye niwu wa bi kamba niwu ba me gle kagon me, nda mau krju tie.
For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will surround you with earthworks, and encircle you, and hem you in on all sides;
44 Ba tsenu hlega meme ni mri me. Ba don tita ri nitu ri na, don una toh inton wa Irji sison zo nda kpa'u chuwo.”
they will trample you down and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know ‘the time of your visitation.’”
45 Yesu a ri ni tra Irji nda tsihi ka zu bi le
Jesus went into the Temple Courts and began to drive out those who were selling,
46 nda hla bawu, “Ba nha zi, Ikoh yi ani koh u aduwa amma u bi ka tie iwru bi y'bi.”
saying as he did so: “Scripture says — ‘My House shall be a House of Prayer’; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
47 Yesu ahe nda zi tsun ni tra Irji cacuwu, Amma, Firist bi ninkon ba ni nha ni bi ninkon u nda ba, ba wa nkon u wu-u,
Jesus continued to teach each day in the Temple Courts; but the Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law were eager to take his life, and so also were the leading men.
48 amma bana toh nkon na, don indji ba siya wowu.
Yet they could not see what to do, for the people all hung upon his words.
