Luke 12
1 Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod on one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them, “Be on your guard against the leaven – that is, the hypocrisy – of the Pharisees.
Sibꞌalaj e kꞌi winaq kꞌut xkimulij kibꞌ, xaq kakitakꞌaleꞌla chi kibꞌ, xpe kꞌu ri Jesús xuchapleꞌj kichꞌabꞌexik, nabꞌe xubꞌij chike ri utijoxelabꞌ: Chichajij iwibꞌ che ri chꞌam kech ri fariseos, pa nikꞌaj tzij chik, ri kikawachil.
2 There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.
Rumal chi maj jun jastaq ri man etaꞌmatal taj ri mat kilitaj na, xuqujeꞌ maj jun jastaq awatalik ri mat ketaꞌmataj na.
3 So all that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear, within closed doors, will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Rumal riꞌ ronojel ri ibꞌim pa ri qꞌequꞌmal katataj na cho ri utunal ri qꞌij, xuqujeꞌ ri ibꞌim chi awal are itzꞌapim ri uchiꞌ ja, karaqaqex na ubꞌixik puꞌwiꞌ taq ri ja.
4 To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.
Chiꞌwe ix wech chꞌabꞌeꞌn kinbꞌij man kixiꞌj ta iwibꞌ chike ri kekamisan ri ityoꞌjal, rumal xwi riꞌ kekwinik kakibꞌano.
5 I will show you of whom you should be afraid. Be afraid of him who, after killing you, has the power to fling you into Gehenna. Yes, I say, be afraid of him. (Geenna g1067)
Kinbꞌij chiꞌwe jachin choch rajawaxik kixiꞌj wi iwibꞌ, chixiꞌj iwibꞌ choch ri are kesataj ri kꞌaslemal rumal, kꞌo ukwinem kixutaq bꞌik pa ri tyoꞌnel qꞌaqꞌ, jeꞌ cho areꞌ rajawaxik kixiꞌj wi iwibꞌ. (Geenna g1067)
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.
¿La man kebꞌ saqa pwaq kajil ri jobꞌ chochiꞌ? Pune jeriꞌ man kesachan ta che ri Dios.
7 No, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Rumal cher ri Dios rajilam ronojel ri ukꞌiyal ri iwiꞌ ri kꞌo pa ijolom, xaq jeriꞌ man kixiꞌj ta iwibꞌ.
8 Everyone, I tell you, who publicly acknowledges me, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
Kinbꞌij kꞌu chiꞌwe xapachin ri kinuqꞌalajisaj chikiwach ri winaq, kaqꞌalajisax xuqujeꞌ na uwach chikiwach ri angelibꞌ rech ri Dios rumal ri uKꞌojol ri Achi.
9 but the person who publicly disowns me will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
Xapachin kꞌu ri karawaj nubꞌixik chkiwach ri winaq man kaqꞌalajisax ta ri ubꞌiꞌ chikiwach ri angelibꞌ rech ri Dios.
10 Everyone who will say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for the person who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
Xapachin ri kubꞌij jun itzel tzij che ri uKꞌojol ri Achi, kakuyutaj na. Are kꞌu ri winaq ri karetzelaj uwach ri Tyoxalaj Uxlabꞌixel rukꞌ taq tzij, man kakuyutaj taj.
11 Whenever they take you before the synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defense will be, or what you will say;
Are kixtakꞌatobꞌ pa ri Sinagoga xuqujeꞌ chikiwach ri qꞌatal taq tzij, xuqujeꞌ ri e taqanelabꞌ, man kakꞌaxkꞌobꞌ ta iwanimaꞌ chuchomaxik jas kibꞌan chutoꞌik iwibꞌ.
12 for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.”
Are ri Tyoxalaj Uxlabꞌixel kakꞌutuw chiꞌwach ri rajawaxik kibꞌij.
13 “Teacher,” a man in the crowd said to Jesus, “tell my brother to share the property with me.”
Kꞌo kꞌu jun achi chikixoꞌl ri winaq, xubꞌij che ri Jesús: Ajtij, bꞌij la che ri wachalal chujacha ri echabꞌal chiqawach.
14 But Jesus said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?”
Ri Jesús kꞌut xubꞌij che: Achi, ¿jachin xbꞌin chawe chi in in qꞌatal tzij pa iwiꞌ?
15 And then he added, “Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of their prosperity a person’s true life does not depend on what they have.”
Chichajij iwibꞌ che ri kꞌarkꞌatem rumal cher man are taj ri ukꞌiyal ri uqꞌinomal ri winaq ri kayoꞌw ukꞌaslemal.
16 Then Jesus told them this parable – “There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;
Xutzijoj kꞌu chike we jun kꞌambꞌejabꞌal noꞌj riꞌ: Kꞌo jun qꞌinom achi, ri sibꞌalaj xwachin ri rulew.
17 and he began to ask himself ‘What will I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
Xuchomaj kꞌut: “¿Jas kinbꞌano? ¿Jawjeꞌ kinyak wi ronojel ri nutikoꞌn ri xwachinik?”
18 This is what I will do,’ he said; ‘I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them;
Kꞌisbꞌal rech xubꞌij: “Wetaꞌm jas kinbꞌano, kintukij na ri nukꞌolibꞌal jawjeꞌ ri kinyak wi ri uwach ri nutikoꞌn, kinyak chi na jun sibꞌalaj nim cho ri kꞌo kan nabꞌe, rech utz kinbꞌan chuyakik ronojel ri nutikoꞌn.
19 and I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’
Kinbꞌij kꞌu na, wanimaꞌ sibꞌalaj kꞌi ajastaq rech kꞌi junabꞌ yakalik. Xaq bꞌa chatuxlanoq, chatwoꞌq, chatqumunoq, chakiꞌkotebꞌej ri kꞌaslemal.”
20 But God said to the man ‘Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared – who will have it?’
Xubꞌij kꞌu ri Dios che: “¡Konalaj achi! Chaqꞌabꞌ kamik katkamik. ¿Jachin kꞌu pa uqꞌabꞌ kakanaj wi kan ri ajastaq ri amulim?”
21 So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God.”
Jewaꞌ kakꞌulmataj kukꞌ ri winaq ri kakimulij qꞌinomal xaq ke aꞌreꞌ, man are ta kakitzukuj kuꞌx qꞌinomabꞌ cho ri Dios.
22 And Jesus said to his disciples, “That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here – what you can get to eat; or about your body – what you can get to wear.
Kꞌa te riꞌ xubꞌij ri Jesús chike ri utijoxelabꞌ: Rumal riꞌ kinbꞌij chiꞌwe we are ri Dios yoꞌwinaq ri ikꞌaslemal, are xuqujeꞌ kayoꞌw na ri iwa, we are ri Dios yoꞌwinaq ri ityoꞌjal are xuqujeꞌ kayoꞌw na ri iwatzꞌyaq.
23 For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.
Are nim na rajil ri kꞌaslemal cho ri tijowik rij, je xuqujeꞌ are nim ubꞌanik ri ityoꞌjal cho ri iwatzꞌyaq.
24 Think of the ravens – they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!
¡Chiꞌwilampe ri joj! Man keꞌtikoꞌnij taj, xuqujeꞌ man kejachꞌan taj, xuqujeꞌ Man kꞌo ta kikaxon chuyakik ri kakijachꞌo. Pune jeriꞌ, ri Dios kuya kiwa. Ix kꞌut ix kꞌo na chikiwach ri aꞌwaj ri kerapinik.
25 But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong your life a moment?
¿Jachin ta kꞌu chiꞌwe rukꞌ ri kakꞌaxkꞌobꞌ ukꞌuꞌx kakwinik kuya jubꞌiqꞌ uwiꞌ ri ukꞌaslemal?
26 And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?
¿Jas che kakꞌaxkꞌobꞌ ikꞌuꞌx chike nikꞌaj winaq chik, la man kinaꞌo chi man kixkwin ta chubꞌanik xa ta ne jun nitzꞌ laj jastaq?
27 Think of the lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin; yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendor was not robed like one of these.
Chiwilampeꞌ ri kotzꞌiꞌj, man kechakun taj, man kakisol ta bꞌatzꞌ, pune jeriꞌ, ri Salomón rukꞌ ronojel ri ujuluwem man xkwin taj je xatzꞌyaqinik jetaq ri aꞌreꞌ.
28 If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you of little faith!
We jeriꞌ kubꞌan ri Dios kukꞌ ri qꞌayes, ri tikil kamik cho ri saq chweꞌq kꞌut kaporoxik, are kꞌu mat kuya iwatzꞌyaq ix, winaq ri xa nitzꞌ ikojobꞌal.
29 And you – do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.
Xaq jeriꞌ man kakꞌaxkꞌobꞌ ta ikꞌuꞌx che ri kitijo xuqujeꞌ ri kiqumuj, chixtanal che uchomaxik rij.
30 These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
Ri winaq aꞌjuwachulew are kitereneꞌm utzukuxik ronojel waꞌ we jastaq riꞌ, ri iTat kꞌut retaꞌm chi rajawaxik ronojel waꞌ we jastaq riꞌ chiꞌwe.
31 No, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added for you.
Are chitzukuj ix ri rawajarem ri Dios, xaq kꞌu katerebꞌax na uyaꞌik ronojel waꞌ we jastaq riꞌ chiꞌwe.
32 So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
Ri utz laj urayibꞌal ukꞌuꞌx ri Tataxel are chi kuya na ri ajawarem chiꞌwe, man kixiꞌj ta bꞌa iwibꞌ alaj taq nuchij.
33 “Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out – an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.
Chikꞌayij ri ijastaq rech kiya kirajil ri kajawataj chike. Chiloqꞌo yakbꞌal irajil ri man kajar taj, chimulij ri iqꞌinomal chilaꞌ chikaj, jawjeꞌ e maj wi eleqꞌomabꞌ, xuqujeꞌ maj iꞌxjut kok che.
34 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
Rumal ri iwanimaꞌ kakꞌojiꞌ na jawjeꞌ ri kꞌo wi ri iqꞌinomal.
35 Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
Chitzija bꞌa ri qꞌaqꞌ tunabꞌal, chisukꞌumaj iwibꞌ, chikojo ri iwatzꞌyaq ri jas xaqareꞌ chiꞌwe.
36 and be like servants who are waiting for their Master’s return from his wedding, so that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door for him at once.
Je chixnoꞌjinoq jetaq ri kakibꞌan ri ajchakibꞌ aninaq kakijaq ri uchiꞌ ja cho ri kipatrón ri upetik pa ri nimaqꞌij rech jun kꞌulanem.
37 Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and have them take their places at the table, and will come and serve them.
Utz ke ri patanijelabꞌ ri kuleꞌriqitajoq kayeꞌm apanoq ri kajaw. Qas kinbꞌij chiꞌwe, are kul ri kajaw kukꞌex riꞌ ri ratzꞌyaq, kuꞌtaq pa tꞌuyulem ri e rajchakibꞌ, xuqujeꞌ kok chikipatanixik.
38 Whether it is late at night, or in the early morning that he comes, if he finds all as it should be, then happy are they.
Jeꞌ, utz ke ri ajchakibꞌ ri pune nikꞌaj aqꞌabꞌ, o sibꞌalaj aqꞌabꞌ kisukꞌumam apanoq kibꞌ are kuleꞌriqitajoq.
39 This you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.
Chichꞌobꞌo kꞌu rij we riꞌ, we kꞌo jun ajchoqꞌe jun ja ri retaꞌm jas qꞌotaj kok ri elaqꞌom pa ri rachoch, kakꞌasiꞌ riꞌ chuchajixik rech man kok ta ri elaqꞌom pa ri ja.
40 You must also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come.”
Rajawaxik je kibꞌan apanoq ix, rumal chi ri uKꞌojol ri Achi kapetik are man ichomanik ta apanoq.
41 “Master,” said Peter, “are you telling this parable with reference to us or to everyone?”
Are kꞌu ri Pedro xubꞌij che ri Jesús: Ajawxel ¿la chike konojel le winaq katzijoj wi la we kꞌambꞌejabꞌal noꞌj riꞌ o xaq chaqe uj?
42 “Who, then,” replied the Master, “is that trustworthy steward, the careful man, who will be placed by his master over his establishment, to give them their rations at the proper time?
Xubꞌij ri Jesús: ¿La kariqitaj jun utz laj patanijel ri kꞌo retaꞌmabꞌal, kachilibꞌex kan che kuya kiwa ri ajchakibꞌ pa ri kꞌyaqalik qꞌotaj?
43 Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
Utz rech ri ajchak ri are katzalij loq ri rajaw tajin kubꞌan apanoq ri upatan.
44 His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
Qas kinbꞌij chiꞌwe, riꞌ ri winaq riꞌ kukoj che chajil rech ronojel ri ujastaq.
45 But should that servant say to himself ‘My master is a long time coming,’ and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
Jas kꞌu kakꞌulmataj riꞌ we kuchomaj ri ajchak chi kabꞌeyetaj riꞌ ri wajaw, kuchapleꞌj kꞌut kichꞌayik ri ajchakibꞌ achyabꞌ xuqujeꞌ ixoqibꞌ, kuchapleꞌj waꞌim xuqujeꞌ qꞌabꞌarik.
46 that servant’s master will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour of which he is unaware, and will flog him severely and assign him his place among the untrustworthy.
Katzalij kꞌu loq ri rajaw we ajchak riꞌ, pa ri qꞌij xuqujeꞌ pa ri qꞌotaj ri man ayeꞌtal ta apanoq rumal ri rajchak, kaqꞌat kꞌu na tzij puꞌwiꞌ jetaq ri kabꞌan chike ri man e kojonelabꞌ taj.
47 The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
Kul chꞌaya kꞌu na ri patanijel ri man ubꞌanom ta apanoq jas ri karaj ri patrón.
48 while one who does not know his master’s wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone to whom much has been given much will be expected, and from the man to whom much has been entrusted the more will be demanded.
Ri patanijel kꞌut ri man retaꞌm taj jas ri rayibꞌal ukꞌuꞌx ri rajaw, kubꞌan kꞌu apanoq jun jastaq ri man utz taj, kaqꞌat tzij riꞌ puꞌwiꞌ xa kꞌu man sibꞌalaj kꞌax taj kabꞌan che. Ri nim yaꞌtal che, nim na katoqꞌix che, xuqujeꞌ ri nim kuꞌlibꞌal kuꞌx yaꞌtal che, sibꞌalaj nim na kata che.
49 I came to cast fire on the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?
Nukꞌamom la in qꞌaqꞌ cho ri uwachulew, kꞌo ta bꞌa ne wi kajinin chik.
50 There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!
Xa kꞌu kinikꞌow na pa ri jun kꞌax laj etabꞌal jetaq ri kabꞌan che ri qasanaꞌ, kꞌaxkꞌobꞌinaq kꞌu ri wanimaꞌ, kꞌa pa ri qꞌij ri kakꞌulmataj na we jastaq riꞌ.
51 Do you think that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
¿Teꞌq pa ikꞌuꞌx ix chi jaꞌmaril nukꞌamom la cho ri uwachulew? Man je ta kꞌu riꞌ, tukinem nukꞌamom loq.
52 For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
Kamik kꞌut kachapleꞌtaj bꞌik ri paꞌin ibꞌ pa ri ja kꞌolibꞌal, jawjeꞌ ri e kꞌo wi jobꞌ winaq, oꞌxibꞌ kakibꞌan na kikꞌulel chike ri e kebꞌ, xuqujeꞌ ri e kebꞌ winaq kuꞌx na kikꞌulel ri oxibꞌ.
53 Father will be opposed to son and son to father, mother to daughter and daughter to mother, mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law.”
Kechꞌoꞌjin na ri tat rukꞌ ri ukꞌojol, ri kꞌojolaxel kachꞌoꞌjin na rukꞌ ri utat, ri nan kachꞌoꞌjin na rukꞌ ri ral ali, xuqujeꞌ ri ali kachꞌoꞌjin na rukꞌ ri unan. Ri alibꞌ chuchuꞌ kachꞌoꞌjin na rukꞌ ri ralibꞌ ali, xuqujeꞌ ri alibꞌatz kachꞌoꞌjin na rukꞌ ri ralibꞌ ixoq.
54 And to the people Jesus said, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once ‘There is a storm coming,’ and come it does.
Xuqujeꞌ xubꞌij ri Jesús chike ri sibꞌalaj e kꞌi winaq: Kibꞌij ix chi kubꞌan jabꞌ are xaq kꞌa teꞌ kiwilo kapaqiꞌ la jun sutzꞌ, qas je kꞌu wi riꞌ kakꞌulmatajik.
55 And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say ‘It will be burning hot,’ and so it proves.
Are kape ri kyaqiqꞌ chuxukut ulew ri kajichꞌichꞌik kubꞌan qꞌaqꞌ waꞌ kixcha ix, qas je kꞌu wi riꞌ kakꞌulmatajik.
56 Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
Kawach taq winaq, iwetaꞌm kichꞌobꞌ rij ri kakꞌulmataj cho ri kaj xuqujeꞌ cho ri uwachulew. ¿Jas kꞌu che man kixkwin taj kisol rij ri qꞌotaj ri uj kꞌo wi kamik?
57 Why don’t you yourselves decide what is right?
¿Jas che man kichomaj taj ri qas sukꞌ ubꞌanik?
58 When, for instance, you are going with your opponent before a magistrate, on your way to the court do your best to be quit of him; otherwise he might drag you before the judge, then the judge will hand you over to the bailiff of the court, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
We kꞌo ne jun akꞌulel, ri rumal re kꞌa te cho ri qꞌatbꞌal tzij, chatzukuj jas kabꞌan che utayik toqꞌobꞌ che pa ri bꞌe, rech man katukꞌam ta bꞌik cho ri qꞌatal tzij, riꞌ ri qꞌatal tzij katuya bꞌik puꞌqꞌabꞌ ri katkꞌamow bꞌik pa cheꞌ rech katok kanoq pa cheꞌ.
59 You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last cent.”
Kinbꞌij kꞌu chawe chi we man katoj kan ri kꞌisbꞌal centaw akꞌas, man katel ta la riꞌ chilaꞌ.
