< Luke 13 >

1 And there were present, at that very time, some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, ame aɖewo ka ale si Pilato na be wowu Galileatɔwo hetɔtɔ woƒe ʋu kple woƒe numemewo la ta nɛ.
2 And he answering, said to them: Think you that these Galileans were sinners above all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such things?
Yesu trɔ bia ameawo be, “Ɖe miebu be ame siwo wowu la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo sɔ gbɔ wu Galileatɔ bubuwo tɔ tae wowu wo ɖoa?
3 No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish.
Gbeɖe, mele eme nenema o! Miawo hã minya be yewoatsrɔ̃ alea ke nenye be miegbe be yewomatrɔ dzi me o.
4 Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, and slew them: think you, that they also were debtors above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
“Aleke miebu tso ame wuienyi siwo dzi Siloam gbetakpɔxɔ la mu dze woku la ŋu? Woawoe nye nu vɔ̃ wɔla gãtɔwo wu le Yerusalem mahã?
5 No, I say to you; but except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish.
Gbeɖe, menye woawoe o. Miawo hã miatsrɔ̃ nenye be miegbe be yewomatrɔ dzi me o.”
6 He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
Azɔ Yesu yi dzi do lo sia be, “Ŋutsu aɖe do kutsetseti aɖe ɖe eƒe abɔ me, eye wòvaa atia te edziedzi be yeakpɔ be etse ku aɖe mahã, gake mekpɔa kutsetse aɖeke le edzi o.
7 And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it done therefore: why cumbereth it the ground?
Mlɔeba la, egblɔ na abɔdzikpɔla be nelã atia ƒu anyi. Egblɔ kpe ɖe eŋu dzikutɔe be, ‘Melala ʋuu ƒe etɔ̃ sɔŋ, gake ati sia metse ku ɖeka pɛ hã kpɔ o! Lãe ƒu anyi. Nu ka ta magana wòanɔ te? Ele mɔ xem na anyigba la.’
8 But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it.
“Abɔdzikpɔla la ɖo eŋu nɛ be, ‘Aƒetɔ, na wòaganɔ anyi ƒe ɖeka kpɔ. Matrɔ asi le eŋu nyuie agbugbɔ aɖu ado ɖe ete.
9 And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Nenye be etse ku la, enyo, ke ne metse ku o la, malãe ƒu anyi.’”
10 And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath.
Gbe ɖeka esi Yesu nɔ nu fiam le Yudatɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒe le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkekea dzi la,
11 And behold there was a woman, who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years: and she was bowed together, neither could she look upwards at all.
ekpɔ nyɔnu aɖe si dɔléamegbɔgbɔ na wònɔ dɔ lém vevie ƒe wuienyi sɔŋ. Dɔléle la na be wòxa gobaa, ale be mate ŋu adzɔ ɖe tsitrenu o.
12 Whom when Jesus saw, he called her unto him, and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity.
Yesu yɔe va eɖokui gbɔe eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Nyɔnu, èvo tso wò dɔléle la si me!”
13 And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
Azɔ eka asi eŋu, eye enumake nyɔnu la ƒe dɔa vɔ nɛ, eye wòdzɔ ɖe tsitre kã hekafu Mawu.
14 And the ruler of the synagogue (being angry that Jesus had healed on the sabbath) answering, said to the multitude: Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come, and be healed; and not on the sabbath day.
Yudatɔwo ƒe kplɔla si nɔ ƒuƒoƒe ma dzi kpɔm la do dziku vevie le nu si Yesu wɔ la ta, elabena eyɔ dɔ na nyɔnu la le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkekea dzi. Edo ɣli gblɔ na ameha la be, “Ŋkeke ade sɔŋ le kɔsiɖa ɖeka me esiwo dzi woawɔ dɔ le, esiae nye ŋkeke siwo dzi wòle be nàva woayɔ dɔ wò, ke menye le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke dzi o!”
15 And the Lord answering him, said: Ye hypocrites, doth not every one of you, on the sabbath day, loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead them to water?
Aƒetɔ la ɖo eŋu be, “Mi alakpanuwɔlawo! Ɖe mieɖea ka miaƒe tedziwo alo nyiwo le woƒe kpowo me le Dzudzɔgbe dzi, eye miekplɔa wo yina ɖanaa tsi wo wonona oa? Esia hã nye dɔwɔwɔ le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkekea dzi.
16 And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
Ke nu vɔ̃ wònye nye ya mewɔ be meɖe ga Yuda nyɔnu, Abraham ƒe dzidzimevi sia, le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke dzia? Ame si Satana bla kple dɔléle ƒe wuienyi sɔŋ la?”
17 And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done by him.
Eƒe nya siawo na be ŋu kpe eƒe futɔwo katã, eye ame sia ame kpɔ dzidzɔ le nukunu gã siwo katã wòwɔ la ta.
18 He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Azɔ egade asi nufiafia amewo me le mawufiaɖuƒe la ŋuti. Ebia wo be, “Aleke mawufiaɖuƒe la le? Nu ka ŋue miate ŋu atsɔe asɔ ɖo?
19 It is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof.
Ele abe atiku sue aɖe si wodo ɖe agble me ene. Atiku sia tsi kabakaba va zu ati kɔkɔ aɖe, eye wòɖe alɔwo fũu, eye xeviwo va wɔ atɔ ɖe alɔawo me.”
20 And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?
Egabia ake be, “Nu ka ŋu matsɔ mawufiaɖuƒe asɔ ɖo?
21 It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Eɖi nuʋãnu si nyɔnu aɖe tsɔ de abolomɔ me, eye wòwɔ dɔ to abolomɔ blibo la me va se ɖe esime wòʋã nyuie.”
22 And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and making his journey to Jerusalem.
Azɔ Yesu nɔ tsatsam le du kple kɔƒewo me nɔ nu fiam amewo, ke ekpɔ egbɔ be yenɔ tetem ɖe Yerusalem ŋu.
23 And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them:
Ame aɖe va egbɔ va biae be, “Aƒetɔ, ame ʋɛ aɖewo koe le ɖeɖe kpɔ gea?” Eɖo eŋu na wo be,
24 Strive to enter by the narrow gate; for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.
“Miʋli be miage ɖe eme to agbo xaxɛ la me, elabena ame geɖewo adi be yewoage ɖe eme, ke mele egblɔm be womate ŋui o.
25 But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are.
Nenye be Aƒetɔ la tsi tsitre hetu ʋɔa la, ekema mietsi megbe. Mianɔ tsitre ɖe ʋɔa godo anɔ eƒom be, ‘Aƒetɔ, ʋu ʋɔa na mi.’ “Ke aɖo eŋu na mi be, ‘Nyemenya mi kple afi si mietso o.’
26 Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
“Miawo miaɖo eŋu nɛ be, ‘Mí kpli wò míede asi agba ɖeka me ɖu nu kpɔ, eye nèfia nu le míaƒe ablɔwo dzi hã kpɔ.’
27 And he shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
“Ke agaɖo eŋu na mi be, ‘Megblɔe na mi be nyemenya mi o. Miate ŋu ava eme o, elabena nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo mienye. Midzo le afi ma.’
28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
“Miafa avi aɖu aɖukli le esime miele tsitre ɖe xexe le Abraham, Isak, Yakob kple nyagblɔɖila siwo katã le mawufiaɖuƒea me la kpɔm ɖo ɖa.
29 And there shall come from the east and the west, and the north and the south; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Amewo atso ɣedzeƒe kple ɣetoɖoƒe kple anyiehe kple dziehe ava eye woanɔ kplɔ̃ ŋu le mawufiaɖuƒe la me.
30 And behold, they are last that shall be first; and they are first that shall be last.
Mina nya sia nanɔ susu me na mi be ame siwo womebuna ɖe naneke me fifia o la axɔ bubu gã aɖe le dziƒo, eye ame siwo nye ame ŋkutawo le afi sia la, womabu wo ɖe naneke me le afi ma o.”
31 The same day, there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind to kill thee.
Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, Farisitɔ aɖewo va gblɔ nɛ be, “Ne èdi be yeatsi agbe la, ekema dzo le afi sia, elabena Fia Herod le diwòm be yeawu.”
32 And he said to them: Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am consummated.
Yesu ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Miyi ɖagblɔ na ayetɔ ma be manɔ gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo nyanya dzi, eye mawɔ nukunu geɖewo, ayɔ dɔ amewo egbea kple etsɔ. Ke le ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, mawu nye dɔ nu, eye maɖo afi si yim mele.
33 Nevertheless I must walk today and tomorrow, and the day following, because it cannot be that a prophet perish, out of Jerusalem.
Ɛ̃, egbea, etsɔ kple ŋkeke si akplɔe ɖo la, mawu nye dɔ nu! Elabena menyo be Mawu ƒe nyagblɔɖila aɖeke naku ɖe afi aɖeke tsɔ wu Yerusalem o.
34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest not?
“O, Yerusalem, Yerusalem! Du si me tɔwo wua nyagblɔɖilawo, eye woƒua kpe ame siwo woɖo ɖa be woakpe ɖe wo ŋu la. Zi geɖe la, medina vevie bena maƒo mia viwo nu ƒu abe ale si koklonɔ ƒoa viawo nu ƒui ɖe eƒe aʋala te ene, gake mieɖe mɔ nam o.
35 Behold your house shall be left to you desolate. And I say to you, that you shall not see me till the time come, when you shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Fifia miaƒe aƒee ma zu aƒedo. Mele egblɔm na mi be, miegale kpɔ nye ge o, va se ɖe esime miagblɔ be, ‘Woayra ame si gbɔna le Aƒetɔ la ƒe ŋkɔ me.’”

< Luke 13 >