Luke 4
1 U Yesu he shu ni Ruhu tsatsar, a kma ye rji ni nne Urdu'a, Ruhu nji wu hi ni miji
As Jesus left the Jordan [River valley], the Holy Spirit was completely controlling him.
2 niki a tie vi wlon nkpu nza ka meme brji ka tsra wu. Ni nton ki ana rhi kpe na, u ni klekle'a iyon vu babran.
For 40 days the Spirit led him around in the desolate area. During that time Jesus was being tempted by the devil {the devil was tempting him}, and Jesus did not eat anything. When that time ended, he was [very] hungry.
3 Ibrji a to naki nda mye “wuta tre wu vren Irji, kma tita yi tie bredi.”
Then the devil said to Jesus, “Because you [claim that you] ([have a relationship with] God as a son [has with his father] [MET]/are the man who is both God and man), [prove it by] telling these stones to become bread [so that you can eat them]!”
4 Yesu a sa niwu ndi, “itre Irji a hla ndi, ndji na rhi bredi mba nda son na.”
Jesus replied, “[No, I will not change stones into bread, because it is written] {[Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures] that [eating] food sustains people physically, but it does not [sustain them spiritually. They also need food for their spirits].”
5 Ibrji toh naki nda nji Yesu hi ni tu ngblu nda tsro wu wawu ngbungblu'a nimi fime nton'a.
Then the devil took him on top of [a high mountain] and showed him in an instant all the nations in the world.
6 Wu brji hla ni wu ndi, “Mi nowu Chu ni konge bi ndindi, don ba ka ba ne, u mi ya ka no ndji wa mi son'a.
Then he said to [Jesus], “I will give you the authority [to rule] all these areas and will make you famous. [I can do this] because [God] has permitted me [to control these areas], and I can allow anyone I desire to rule them!
7 Wu ta kuqu mgbarju ndi gbre san mu, ba kma tie u me.”
So if you worship me, I will [let] you [rule] them all!”
8 U Yesu kpa sa'wu nda hla ndi, “Itre Irji hla ndi, 'Wu gbre san Bachi me kankrji ma, ndi hu wawu yi.'”
But Jesus replied, “[No, I] will not [worship you, because] it is written {[the Psalmist] wrote} [in the Scriptures], ‘It is the Lord, your God, whom you must worship, and you must serve only him!’”
9 Ibrji a nji Yesu hi nimi Wurishelima nda yo'wu ni tu nkan u koh Irji'a, nda hla niwu ndi, “Wuti hi vren Irji'a, za grji rji ni wayi'a.
Then the devil took [Jesus] to Jerusalem. He set him on the highest part of the Temple and said to him, “Because you [claim that you] ([have a relationship with God as a son has with his father] [MET]/are the man who is both God and man), [prove it by] jumping down from here.
10 Itre Irji hla ndi, 'Irji ni dun Maleku ma njiwu, na dun ba hra'wu,
[You will not be hurt], because it is written {the [Psalmist] wrote} [in the Scriptures], ‘God will command his angels to protect you [(sg)].
11 U, 'Ba nzu wu nji rji ni wo mba, don dun wu na wru za ni tita na.'”
They will lift you up with their hands [when you are falling], so that [you will not get hurt]. You will not [even] strike your foot on a stone.’”
12 Yesu a hla wu “Wuna tsra Irji Bachi me to na.”
But Jesus replied, “[No, I] will not [do that, because] it is written {[Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures]: ‘Do not try to test the Lord your God [to see if he will prevent something bad from happening to you when you do something foolish]’.”
13 Ibrji a tsra Yesu nda don wu me sai ton ri, nda hi kpama.
Then, after the devil had finished trying to tempt [Jesus] in many ways, he left him. He wanted to try to tempt him later at an appropriate time.
14 Naki, Yesu a kma hi ni Galili nizo 'Ruhu Maitsarki.' Itre ma a zren ni gbungblu kagon ni wre ki.
As the Spirit empowered him, Jesus returned to Galilee [district. People] throughout all that region heard about what he [was doing].
15 Nikglaki Yesu fara tsro ba terma. ni tra ma u ndi wawu mba ka gbre san.
He taught [people] in their (synagogues/meeting places). [As a result], he was praised by everyone {everyone praised him}.
16 A wru niki nda ye ni Nazarat, ni wrji wa ba raya ni wu yada Asaba ri ni tra u beri ni viwu wu bre, nda wlunde ni bla nvunvu u tre ma.
Then [Jesus] went to Nazareth, [the town] where he grew up. (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) he went (to the synagogue/to the Jewish meeting place), as he usually did. He stood up [to indicate that he wanted] to read [Scriptures] to them.
17 Nvunvu wa bi tie ndu Irji wu Annebi Ishaya. Abwu nda bla nvunvu a nda to bubu ba nha tre'a,
A scroll containing [the words] that the prophet Isaiah [had written] was given to him {[Someone] gave to him a scroll containing [the words] that the prophet Isaiah [had written]}. He opened the scroll and found the place from which he [wanted to] read. [He read these words]:
18 “Ruhu Irji he niwu me, wawugblegben mu a ton me ndi me hi hla tre ndindi ni bi ya.”A ton me nda ne gbengble ma dun mi hi tre ni biwa ba hei ni lo ndi cu ba cuwo, di bwu shishi ni bi fei, ndi kpa bi wa ba myen ba,
The Spirit (of the Lord/of God) is upon me. He has appointed [MTY] me to declare God’s good news to the poor. He has sent me [here] to proclaim that God will deliver those whom [Satan] has captured, and he will [enable me to] enable those who are blind to see. He will enable me to free people who have been oppressed {whom [others] have oppressed}.
19 Dun mi hi hla 'nton' wa Bachi kpa ny'em nita.”
And he sent me to declare that now is the time when (the Lord/God) will [act] favorably [toward people].
20 A ka nvunvu ka no ndi wa ani gri ni wu'a nda kuson. Shishi ko nha ni tra Irji'a kma hi ni wu.
Then he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down [to teach the people]. Everyone in the synagogue was looking intently [MTY] at him.
21 A wlunde bubbu terniba wu, “Luwa itre Bachi, ri gregreme ni nton mbi.”
He said to them, “Today as you have been hearing [MTY] [me speak], [I am beginning] to fulfill this Scripture passage.”
22 Ko nha niki tretre wubi ma niwu nda tie sissri domin kikle tre wa to rju ni nu ma u ba mie. “Wayi ana viri Isuwu nan?”
[At first] everyone there spoke well about him, and they were amazed at the charming words that he spoke. [But then some of] them said, “(He is [only] Joseph’s son!/Isn’t he [only] Joseph’s son?) [RHQ] [So] ([it is useless for us(exc) to listen to what he says!/why should we(exc) listen to what he says]?) [RHQ]”
23 A tre ni bawu, “a njanji bi tre ni shap-shap nimu, 'bi no mwu, bana si no kpa mbi si ki. Kpe wa wu tie ni Kapanawun, tie naki ni gbume.'”
He said to them, “Surely [some of] you will quote to me the proverb that says, ‘Doctor, heal yourself!’ [What you will mean is], ‘People told us that you did miracles in Capernaum [town, but we(exc) do not know if those reports are true. So] do miracles here in your own hometown, too!’”
24 Ama a tre ni bawu, “Njanji mu me hla ni yiwu, ba ndji wa ani tie ndu Irji u baka kpa'wu ni gbuma.
Then he said, “It is certainly true that [people] do not accept [the message of] a prophet when he speaks in his hometown, [just like you(pl) are not accepting my message now].
25 Njanji mu mi hla ni yiwu, mba bi ya ba ba ni Israila ni nton Ilisha, ni nton wa shulu a kaka ni bwu, hra sei trani wha tanne, meme yon a ye ni gbu wawu.
But think about this: There were many widows in Israel during the time when [the prophet] Elijah [lived. During that time], because of there being no rain [MTY] for three years and six months, there was a great famine throughout the country.
26 Bana ton Elia hi ni gburi na Zarephat ni Sidon wa iwa ri wu kpla ni son ki.
But [God] did not send Elijah to [help] any of those [Jewish] widows. [God sent him] to Zarepath [town] near Sidon [city], to [help] a [non-Jewish] widow.
27 Wu bi chong-rju bahe ni Isrela suse ni me Elisha Annebi du ba wa kpari cuwo se Naaman wu he Syria.
There were also many [Jewish] lepers in Israel during the time when the prophet Elisha [lived]. But [Elisha] did not heal any of them. He healed only Naaman, a [non-Jewish] man from Syria.”
28 Du indji ba ni mi tra wu Irji ba tie nfu ni ba wo'a.
When all the people in the synagogue heard him say that, they were very angry, [because they realized that he was inferring that he similarly would help non-Jewish people instead of helping Jews] (OR, [that they also were not worthy of receiving God’s help]).
29 Ba wlu ni nfu nda gbi nda ni mi gbuu nda kji he ni tu ngblu ri wa ba meh Komba ni tu ma, ba son ba tru taga rhi ni tu ngblu'a.
So they all got up and shoved him out of the town. They took him to the top of the hill outside their town in order to throw him off the cliff [and kill him].
30 A ri zu ni tsutsu mba bana tona wa a hi ni buburi.
But he [simply] walked through their midst and went away.
31 Ziza'a ni gbuyi a grji hi ni Kapanawum ni gburi, ni Galili ndani tsro ba ni vi wu cacu wa (asabat) bana tindu na.
[One day] Jesus went [with his disciples] down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee [district]. On the next (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) (OR, Each (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest)), he taught the people ([in the synagogue/in the Jewish meeting place]).
32 Ba tie nfu niwu ni tre wani tre nibawu, u yi sa.
They were continually amazed at what he was teaching, because [he spoke] ([with authority/as people speak who have] the right to command others what to do).
33 Nimi tra wu bre Irji indiri he ni meme ruhu ibrji, ayi gbangban me,
[That day], (OR, On one of those Jewish days of rest, ) there was a man in the synagogue who was controlled by an evil spirit. That man shouted very loudly,
34 “A nge hada wu ni ta Yesu u Nazarat wu ye wuta mu? Me to kowu nha, vren Irji wu tie zren geger.”
“Hey! Jesus, from Nazareth! [We(exc) evil spirits] have nothing in common with you, so ([do not interfere with us now!/why should you interfere with us now]?) [RHQ] (Do not destroy us [now!]/Have you come to destroy us [now]?) [RHQ] I know who you are. You are the Holy One [who has come] from God!”
35 Yesu bwu shishi ni meme ruhu nda tre, “Na bu nyu ndi tre na! rju ni kpama” Meme brji a riga da ban taga ni memeye ndatsutsu ndi ba meme ruhu brji a rju ni kpama, dana tie kpe na.
Jesus rebuked [the evil spirit], saying, “Be quiet! And come out [of the man]!” The demon threw the man down on the ground in the midst of the people. But without harming the man, the demon left him.
36 Naki indi batoh kpe wu mamaki nda kamba nda ni tre nituma, ko nha ni kpama, “Nda tre a wani iri tre mu naki? A gbi ton ni meme ruhu'a dun rju nda kagu'a cuwo, wa he toki.
The people were all amazed. They said to each other, “(What he says to the demons [has great power!/] [kind of] teaching is this?) [RHQ] He speaks to them like he knows that they must obey him, and as a result they leave people!”
37 Itre ma atsra ni ko ni ntseyi ni klamba.
The people were telling everyone in [every village] in the surrounding region what Jesus [had done].
38 NambaYesu a bri tra wu bre niki nda hi nikoh Bitrus, ni nton ki iyi wama ana he ni sikpa nadon zazabi a vu, indi ba bre dun zoba ni nde mako ani wlunde.
Jesus [and his disciples] left (the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place) and entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick and had a high fever. So [others in Simon’s family] (OR, [the disciples]) asked Jesus to [heal] her.
39 Yesu aki ni kotuma nda gboshishi ni meme brji nda zu zazabi du bri niwu; ba wu ton wa he naki niwu ana wu nton a dalu fara sru biri ni wuh.
So he bent over her and commanded the fever to leave her. At once she became well! She got up and served them [some food].
40 Inton wa Irji nihe qu, indi gbugbu wu ba mmri vayi mba niye ni Yesu dun noba sikpa ni lulo iri-iri. Bari a sawo ni kpamba megyen baka fe sikpamba.
When the sun was setting [that day, and the restriction about not traveling] (on [the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day]) [was ended], many people [HYP] whose [friends or relatives] were sick or who had various diseases brought them to Jesus. He put his hands on them and healed [all of] them.
41 Meme ruhu gbugbuu ba rju ni kpamba, bari bayi nda tre “Wu vren Irji” Yesu a gbonshishi ni meme ruhu ba nda zu ba dubana tre na don ba to ndi wawuyi Kristi
He also was [expelling demons] from many people. As the demons left those people, they shouted to Jesus, “You are (the Son of God/the one who is God and man)!” But he rebuked those demons and would not allow them to tell [people about him], because they knew that he was the Messiah, and [for various reasons he did not want everyone to know that yet].
42 Ka mble kpan, waa rju hi bubu wa ba indji gbugbuu ba wawuyi nda to ni bubuki. Bana kpa nhime du kaba don na.
[Early] the next morning [Jesus] left that house and went to an uninhabited place [to pray]. Many people searched for him, and when they found him they kept urging him not to leave them.
43 An hla ni bawu ndi wawu nison da cigaba ni bla tre Irji ni gbu bari, domin a hi kpa wa ba ton me ye ni wayi'a.
But he said to them, “I must tell [people] in other towns also the good message about how God wants to rule [MET] their lives, because that is what I was sent {[God] sent me} to do.”
44 Naki nda cigaba ni noba tre Irji ni du Irji koni ntseyi ni kla Judia.
So he kept preaching in (the synagogues/Jewish worship places) [in various towns] in Judea [province].
