Luka 14
1 Jedne subote dođe on u kuću nekoga prvaka farizejskog na objed. A oni ga vrebahu.
It happened on the Sabbath Day when he went into the house of a certain ruler among Pharisees to take a meal, that they were watching him.
2 Kad evo: pred njim neki čovjek koji je imao vodenu bolest.
And lo! there was in front of him a man who had dropsy.
3 Nato Isus upita zakonoznance i farizeje: “Je li dopušteno subotom liječiti ili nije?”
So Jesus questioned the lawyers and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath Day or not?"
4 A oni mukom ponikoše. On ga dotaknu, izliječi i otpusti.
They kept silent. Then Jesus took him and healed him and let him go.
5 A njima reče: “Ako komu od vas sin ili vol padne u bunar, neće li ga brže bolje izvući i u dan subotni?”
And to them he said, "Which of you when an ox or ass has fallen into a well, will at once pull him out on the Sabbath Day?"
6 I ne mogoše mu na to odgovoriti.
They could not answer this.
7 Promatrajući kako uzvanici biraju prva mjesta, kaza im prispodobu:
He told a parable to the guests when he noticed how they began choosing the best seats. He said to them.
8 “Kada te tko pozove na svadbu, ne sjedaj na prvo mjesto da ne bi možda bio pozvan koji časniji od tebe,
"When you are invited by any one to a marriage-feast, do not sit down in the best seat, lest a guest more distinguished than yourself has been invited, and your host come to you and say,
9 te ne dođe onaj koji je pozvao tebe i njega i ne rekne ti: 'Ustupi mjesto ovome.' Tada ćeš, postiđen, morati zauzeti posljednje mjesto.
"‘Give place to this man,’ and then with mortification you proceed to take the lowest place.
10 Nego kad budeš pozvan, idi i sjedni na posljednje mjesto pa, kada dođe onaj koji te pozvao, da ti rekne: 'Prijatelju, pomakni se naviše!' Bit će ti to tada na čast pred svim sustolnicima,
"But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when your host arrives he may say to you, ‘My friend, come up higher.’ Then you will be honored before the other guest.
11 jer - svaki koji se uzvisuje, bit će ponižen, a koji se ponizuje, bit će uzvišen.”
"For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."
12 A i onome koji ga pozva, kaza: “Kad priređuješ objed ili večeru, ne pozivaj svojih prijatelja, ni braće, ni rodbine, ni bogatih susjeda, da ne bi možda i oni tebe pozvali i tako ti uzvratili.
Also to his host who had invited him, he continued, saying. "When you are making a dinner-party or a supper, do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, lest it chance that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made by you.
13 Nego kad priređuješ gozbu, pozovi siromahe, sakate, hrome, slijepe.
"But when you make a reception, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.
14 Blago tebi jer oni ti nemaju čime uzvratiti. Uzvratit će ti se doista o uskrsnuću pravednih.”
"Then you will be blessed, because they have no means to repay you, but you shall be paid in the Resurrection of the Just."
15 Kad je to čuo jedan od sustolnika, reče mu: “Blago onome koji bude blagovao u kraljevstvu Božjem!”
One of his fellow guest who was listening to him, said to him, "Blessed are those who eat bread in the kingdom of God."
16 A on mu reče: “Čovjek neki priredi veliku večeru i pozva mnoge.
Jesus answered. "A certain man was making a great feast to which he invited many guests.
17 I posla slugu u vrijeme večere da rekne uzvanicima: 'Dođite! Već je pripravljeno!'
"At dinnertime he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’
18 A oni se odreda počeli ispričavati. Prvi mu reče: 'Njivu sam kupio i valja mi poći pogledati je. Molim te, ispričaj me.'
"And they all, without exception, proceeded to excuse themselves. The first told him. ‘I have bought a field, and must needs go and see it. Pray have me excused.’
19 Drugi reče: 'Kupio sam pet jarmova volova pa idem okušati ih. Molim te, ispričaj me.'
"The second said. ‘I have bought five yolk of oxen and am on my way to try them. I pray that you will have me excused.’
20 Treći reče: 'Oženio sam se i zato ne mogu doći.'”
"‘I have taken a wife,’ said the another, ‘and for that reason I am unable to come.’
21 “Sluga se vrati i javi to domaćinu. Tada domaćin, gnjevan, reče sluzi: 'Iziđi brzo na trgove gradske i ulice pa dovedi ovamo prosjake, sakate, slijepe i hrome.'
"So the slave came and presented all these answers to his master. Then the master of the house was indignant, and said to his slave. ‘Go out, quickly, into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the blind, the lame.’
22 I sluga reče: 'Gospodaru, učinjeno je što si naredio i još ima mjesta.'
"And the slave said, ‘My master, your orders have been carried out, but yet there is room.’
23 Reče gospodar sluzi: 'Iziđi na putove i među ograde i prisili neka uđu da mi se napuni kuća.'
"Said the master to his slave. ‘Go out into the roads and the hedges, and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.
24 A kažem vam: nijedan od onih pozvanih neće okusiti moje večere.”
"‘For I tell you that not one of those invited guests shall taste my supper.’"
25 S njim je zajedno putovalo silno mnoštvo. On se okrene i reče im:
Great crowds were along with him, and he turned to them and said.
26 “Dođe li tko k meni, a ne mrzi svog oca i majku, ženu i djecu, braću i sestre, pa i sam svoj život, ne može biti moj učenik!
"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
27 I tko ne nosi svoga križa i ne ide za mnom, ne može biti moj učenik!”
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.
28 “Tko od vas, nakan graditi kulu, neće prije sjesti i proračunati troškove ima li čime dovršiti:
"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?
29 da ga ne bi - pošto već postavi temelj, a ne mogne dovršiti - počeli ismjehivati svi koji to vide:
"Lest it happen that after he has laid the foundations and is unable to complete it, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him saying,
30 'Ovaj čovjek poče graditi, a ne može dovršiti!'
"‘This fellow began to build and could not finish.’
31 Ili koji kralj kad polazi da se zarati s drugim kraljem, neće prije sjesti i promisliti da li s deset tisuća može presresti onoga koji na nj dolazi s dvadeset tisuća?
"Or what king as he goes forth to join battle with another king in war does not sit down first and deliberate whether he can meet with ten thousand men the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?
32 Ako ne može, dok je onaj još daleko, poslat će poslanstvo da zaište mir.”
"If he cannot, while the other king is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy to ask conditions of peace.
33 “Tako dakle nijedan od vas koji se ne odrekne svega što posjeduje, ne može biti moj učenik.”
"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
34 “Dobra je sol. Ali ako i sol obljutavi, čime će se ona začiniti?
"Salt is good, but if even the salt have lost its flavor, with what shall it be seasoned?
35 Nije prikladna ni za zemlju ni za gnojište. Van se baca. Tko ima uši da čuje, neka čuje!”
"It is fit neither for the land nor the dung-hill; men cast it out. He who has ears to hear let him listen to this!"
