Luke 11
1 One day Jesus was somewhere praying. When he finished [praying], one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us [what to say when] we [(exc)] pray, as John [the Baptizer] taught his disciples!”
Eso afaega, Yesu da sogebi afae amoga sia: ne gadolalu. Sia: ne gadoi dagoloba, Ea ado ba: su dunu afadafa da Ema amane sia: i, “Yone Ba: bodaise da ea ado ba: su dunuma sia: ne gadosu hou olelei. Di amolawane, amo hou ninima olelema!”
2 He said to them, “When you pray, say [things like this]: ‘Father, we want you [(sg)] [MTY] to be honored/revered. [We want people to let you(sg)] [MTY, MET] rule over their lives.
Amalalu, Yesu da ilima amane sia: i, “Dilia da Godema sia: ne gadosea, agoane sia: ma, ‘Ada Gode! Dia hadigi Dio amoma dunu ilia nodone dawa: mu da defea. Dia Hinadafa Hou da osobo bagadega doaga: mu da defea.
3 Give us [(exc)] each day the food [SYN] that we need.
Ninia wali ha: i manu defele, ha: i manu ninima ima.
4 Forgive us [for] the wrong things that we have done, because we forgive people for the wrong things that they do to us. Do not let us do wrong things when we are tempted {[someone or something] tempts us}.’”
Ninia wadela: i hou hamoi amo Di gogolema: ne olofoma. Bai ninia da dunu huluane amo da ninima wadela: i hou hamosea, amo gogolema: ne olofosa. Amola gasa bagade dafama: ne ado ba: su hou, amoma nini mae oule masa!’”
5 Then he said to them, “Suppose that one of you goes to the house of a friend at midnight. Suppose that you [(sg) stand outside and] call out to him, ‘My friend, please lend me three buns!
Amola, Yesu da Ea fa: no bobogesu dunuma amane sia: i, “Dilia udigili fedege sia: dawa: ma. Ebeda! Dunu afadafa da gasimogoa ea sama ea diasuga doaga: sea, ema amane sia: sa, ‘Sama! Na da agi ga: gi udiana dima edegela misi.
6 Another friend of mine who is traveling has just arrived [at my house], but I have no food [ready] to give to him!’
Bai na na: iyado eno da sofe misini, na diasuga doaga: i. Be na da ha: i manu hame.’
7 Suppose that he answers you from inside [his house], ‘Do not bother me! The door has been locked {[We(exc)] have locked the door} and all my family are in bed. [So] I cannot get up and give you [(sg)] anything!’
Amasea, ea sama diasu ganodini esala da bu adole iaha amane, ‘Na golai mae didilisima! Logo da ga: si dagoi. Na amola na mano, ninia golasu ganodini hahawane diaha. Na wa: legadole imunu hihi gala.’
8 I will tell you that even if he does not [want to] get up and give you [any food], to avoid being ashamed [for not helping you] because you are his friend (OR, if without being ashamed you continue asking him to do that), he certainly will get up and give you whatever you need.
Amo sia: nababeba: le adi hamoma: bela: ? Na dima agoane sia: sa. Goe dunu da ea sama ema asigiwane dawa: beba: le, e da hame wa: legadole imunu. Be amo dunu da mae yolele, ema gebewane adole ba: beba: le, e da wa: legadole imunu.
9 So I tell you this: Keep asking [God for what you need]. If you do that, [he] will give it to you [(pl)]. Confidently keep expecting [God to give you the things that you need], and [he] will give them to you [MET]. [It will be like] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on [praying urgently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like] knocking [on a door] so that [God] will open [the way] for you [to get what you pray for].
Na da dilima sia: sa! Gebewane adole boba: lalea, dilia da lamu! Hogoi helesea, dilia da ba: mu! Mae yolele logoga lulufigisia, dilia da logo doasibi ba: mu!
10 Remember that [God] will give things to everyone who continues to ask [him for them]. [He] will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. [He] will open [the way] for people [to get the things that they keep urgently praying for].
Nowa da gebewane adole boba: lalea da lamu! Nowa da hogoi helesea da ba: mu! Nowa da mae yolele, logoga lulufigisia, e da logo doasibi ba: mu!
11 If one of you had a son who asked you [(sg)] for a fish [to eat], (you [(sg)] certainly would not give him a [poisonous] snake instead!/would you give him a [poisonous] snake instead?) [RHQ]
Osobo bagade eda da ea mano ema menabo manusa: adole ba: sea, e da medosu sania ima: bela: ? Hame mabu!
12 If he asked you for an egg, (you [(sg)] certainly would not give him a scorpion!/would you give him a scorpion?) [RHQ]
Ea mano da ema ha: i manusa: gagala oso adole ba: sea, eda da ema gamaloa ima: bela: ? Hame mabu!
13 Even though you people are evil, you know how to give good things to your children. So your Father in heaven will certainly [give good things] to those who ask him, [including] giving the Holy Spirit, [who is the best gift].”
Amaiba: le, dilia wadela: i hou hamosu dunu da dilia mano ilima liligi ida: iwane gala imunu dawa: beba: le, dilia Hebene Ada da dilima Gode Ea A: silibu Hadigidafa iasu liligi baligiliwane imunusa: dawa:”
14 [One day there was a man there who, because a demon controlled him] [MTY], was unable to speak. After [Jesus expelled] the demon, the man [began to] talk. [Most of] the people [there] were amazed.
Yesu da sia: hamedei hamosu Fio liligi dunu afae ea dogo ganodini aligila sa: i, amo fadegale fasi. Amalalu, amo dunu da bu sia: baoui. Dunu huluane da bagadewane fofogadigi.
15 But some of them said, “It is Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons, who enables [this man] to expel demons!”
Be mogili da amane sia: i, “E da Bilisibale, wadela: i a: silibu hina, amo ea gasaga Fio liligi fadegale fasisa.”
16 Other [people there] asked Jesus to perform a miracle [to prove (he was the Messiah/that he had come] from God) [MTY/EUP]. They wanted to trap him [into not being able to perform a miracle or into doing something ridiculous].
Eno dunu da Yesuma ado ba: ma: ne, muagadoganini gasa bagade dawa: digima: ne olelesu hamoma: ne Ema sia: i.
17 But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to them, “If [the people in] one nation fight against each other, their nation will be destroyed {[they] will destroy their nation}. If [the people in] [MTY] one house are divided, they will cease to remain as one [family].
Be Yesu da ilia asigi dawa: su dawa: beba: le, amane sia: i, “Dunu fi da afafasea, amo fi da wadela: lesi dagoi ba: mu. Diasu fi amola afafasea da dafamu.
18 [Similarly], if Satan [and his demons] were fighting against each other, (his rule over them would [certainly] not last!/how would his rule over them last?) [RHQ] [I say this] because you are saying that I am expelling demons by [the power of] the ruler of [his own demons]
Sa: ida: ne fi da mogili afafasea, ea fi da habodane leloma: bela: ? Na da Bilisibale ea gasa laiba: le, Na da Fio liligi fadegale fasisa, amo dilia da sia: sa.
19 Furthermore, if [it is true that] Satan enables me to expel demons, [is it also true that] your disciples [who] expel demons [do so] by [Satan’s] power [RHQ]? [No, that is not true]. So they will show that you [are not thinking logically].
Be Na da Bilisibale ea gasaga Fio liligi fadegale fasisia, dilima fa: no bobogesu dunu da nowa ea gasaga fadegale fasisala: ? Amaiba: le, ilia da dili ogogosu hou olelesa.
20 But because it is by the power [MTY] of God [that I expel demons], I am showing you [that the power of] God to [MET] rule [people’s lives] has come to you.”
Be Na da Gode Ea gasa amoga Fio liligi fadegasa galea, defea, Gode Ea Hinadafa Hou da dilima doaga: i dagoi dawa: ma.
21 Then, [to show that by expelling evil spirits he was making it clear that he was much more powerful than Satan, Jesus said] [MET], “When a strong man who has many weapons guards his own house, no one can steal the things in his house.
Gasa bagade dunu da gegesu liligi gaguli, ea diasu ouligisia, ea liligi enoga wadela: mu da hamedei.
22 But when someone else who is stronger attacks that man and subdues him, he is able to take away the weapons in which the man trusted. Then he can take from that man’s house anything he [wants to].
Be eno dunu amo ea gasa da musa: adoi dunu ea gasa baligi galea, amo da ema gegene, fane legesea, e da ea gegesu liligi amola liligi huluane gasawane samogene, gaguli asili, amo liligi momogili, ea fa: no bobogesu dunuma iaha.
23 [No one can be neutral]. Those who do not help me [are opposing] me, and those who do not gather [people to become] my [disciples] are causing [those people] to go away [from me].”
Nowa dunu da Namagale hame gegesea, e da Nama ha lai dunu esala. Nowa da Na fi ilima hame gilisisia, e da Na fi wadela: musa: afagogosa.
24 [Then Jesus said this]: “[Sometimes when] an evil spirit leaves someone, it wanders around in desolate areas seeking [someone in whom it can] rest. If it does not find anyone, it says [to itself], ‘I will return to the person in whom I used to live!’
Wadela: i a: silibu da dunu ea dogoga fadegale fasisia, e da dunu hame esalebe sogega udigili golasu hogola ahoa. Be hame ba: beba: le, hi asigi dawa: su ganodini e da amane dawa: sa, “Na da na diasu fisi amoga buhagimu.”
25 So it goes back and finds that [the Spirit of God is not in control of that person’s life. The person’s life is like] a house that has been {that someone has} swept clean and everything put {put everything} in order, [but a house that is empty].
Amasea, e da buhagili, ea diasu da noga: le doga: le dagoi ba: sa.
26 Then [this evil spirit] goes and gets seven other spirits that are [even] more evil than it is. They [all] enter [that person] and [begin] living there. [So], [although] that person’s condition [was bad] before, it became much worse.”
Amasea, e da bu ahoasea, a:silibu eno lobofaseleyale gala, ilia hou da ea wadela: i hou baligisa, amo lidili, misini, ilia da ganodini aligila sa: imu. Amaiba: le, amo dunu ea fa: no mabe hou da ea musa: wadela: i hou bagadewane baligimu.”
27 When Jesus said that, a woman who was listening called out [to him], “[God is] pleased with the woman who gave birth to you [(sg)] and let you nurse [at her breasts]!”
Amo sia: Yesu E sia: i dagoiba: le, dunu gilisisu ganodini uda afadafa da ha: giwane sia: i, “Uda da ea hagomo ganodini, Di e da laiba: le amola ea dodo maga: me Dima iabeba: le, amo uda da hahawane bagade ba: sa.”
28 But he replied, “God [is] much more pleased with those who hear his message and obey it!”
Be Yesu E bu adole i, “Dafawane! Be nowa da Gode Ea sia: nabawane hamosea, amo dunu da baligiliwane hahawane ba: sa.”
29 When the group of people around [Jesus] got larger, he said, “[Many of] you people who have been observing my ministry are evil. You want [me to perform] a miracle [to prove that I have come from God], but the only miracle that [I] will perform for you is one [like happened to] Jonah.
Yesu da dunu bagohame E guba: le aliligi, amo ilima amane sia: i, “Waha fi diala da wadela: i fi. Ilia da gasa bagade dawa: digima: ne olelesu hogosa. Be dawa: digima: ne olelesu eno Na da hame olelemu. Youna ea dawa: digima: ne olelesu fawane olelemu.
30 [After Jonah was inside a huge fish for three days, God performed] a miracle [to restore] Jonah. [Jonah then went and testified about that] to the people in Nineveh [city. God will perform] a similar miracle [for me], the one who came from heaven. [When you people have seen that miracle, you will believe my message].
Youna ea hou da Ninefe dunuma dawa: digima: ne olelesu hamoi. Amaiwane, Dunu Egefe da waha fi diala ilima dawa: digima: ne olelesu agoane ba: mu.
31 [Long ago the] queen from [Sheba], [far] south [of Israel, traveled a long distance to hear Solomon speak many] wise things. But now [I, a man] who [is much] greater [and wiser] than Solomon, am here, [but you have not listened to what I have told you]. Therefore, at the time when [God] judges [all people], the queen from [Sheba] will stand there, [along] with you people, and will condemn you.
Gode Ea Fofada: su Eso doaga: sea, Siba gagoe (south) uda hina bagade da wa: legadole, dilima diliwaneya udidimu. Bai e da Soloumane ea bagade dawa: su sia: nabimusa: , soge badilia amodili misi. Be Soloumane ea mimogo hou baligisu dunu da waha esala.
32 The people who lived in Nineveh [city] turned from their sinful ways when Jonah preached to them. But now I, who am greater than Jonah, have come [and preached to you], [but you have not turned from your sinful ways]. Therefore, at the time when God judges [all people], the people who lived in Nineveh will stand there with you and condemn you.”
Gode Ea Fofada: su Eso doaga: sea, Ninefe dunu da wa: legadole, dilima diliwaneya udidimu. Bai ilia da Youna ea sia: nababeba: le, gogosiane, Godema sinidigi. Be Dunu waha esala, Ea hou da Youna ea hou baligi dagoi.
33 [Then, to show them that they did not need more miracles, but that they needed only to understand better what he had already told them, he said to them] [MET], “People who light a lamp do not then hide it, or put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on a lampstand so that those who enter [their house] can see [things from] its light. [Similarly, I have not concealed God’s truth. I have revealed it to you].
Dunu da gamali wa: sea, e da hame wamolegesa, e da ofodo amoga hame dedebosa. Be e da gamali amo gamali bugisu da: iya bugibiba: le, dunu da diasu ganodini golili dasea, hadigi ba: sa.
34 Your eyes [MET] are like a lamp for your body, because they enable you to see things. If your eyes are healthy, you are able to see everything well [MET]. [Similarly, if you(sg) accept my teaching, you will be able to know all that God wants you to know]. But if your eyes are bad, you are not able to see anything. It is like being in darkness [MET]. [And similarly, if you(pl) do not accept what I teach, you will not be able to know all the things that God wants you to know].
Dia si da dia da: i hodo gamali agoane. Dia si da noga: iwane galea, hadigi da dia da: i hodo nabamu. Be dia si da wadela: i galea, gasi da dia da: i hodo nabamu.
35 Therefore, [you(pl) do not need to see more miracles. You need to think carefully about what I have already] told you, so that the things that you have heard from others do not cause you to remain in spiritual darkness [MET].
Amaiba: le dawa: ma! Dia hadigi da gasiwane ba: sa: besa: le, dawa: ma!
36 If you [live completely according to God’s truth, you will be able to know everything that God wants you to know. It will be like] being in a room with a lamp shining brightly, enabling you to see everything clearly.”
Dia da: i hodo da mae gasili hadigi amoga nabai galea, di da gamali ea hadigi agoane amo ganodini esalumu.”
37 While Jesus finished saying those things, a Pharisee invited him to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to [his house] and ate with him.
Yesu da sia: dagoloba, Fa: lisi dunu afadafa da Ema ha: i manusa: misa: ne sia: i. Amaiba: le, Yesu da ea diasu ganodini golili sa: ili, ha: i manusa: fi.
38 The Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Jesus did not follow the Pharisees’ ritual by washing his hands before eating. [The Pharisees washed their hands in a certain way to be cleansed from anything that might have contaminated them. They were afraid that God might reject them if they] had [touched something unacceptable to God].
Yesu da ha: i manusa: , Ea lobo hame dodofeiba: le, Fa: lisi dunu da bagadewane fofogadigi.
39 The Lord [Jesus] said to him, “You Pharisees are [concerned about things that are outside your bodies, not with what is in your] ([inner beings/hearts]) [MET]. You wash the outside of cups and dishes [before you eat because you think that doing that will make you acceptable to God], but within yourselves you are very greedy and wicked.
Amaiba: le, Hina Yesu da ema amane sia: i, “Dilia Fa: lisi dunu da hano nasu faigelei amola ofodo dabuagado fawane dodofesa. Be ganodini dilia da gegesu amola wadela: i hou amoga nabai gala.
40 You foolish people! [God] is concerned about things that are outside [our bodies], but (he is certainly also concerned about our inner [beings]!/isn’t he also concerned about our hearts?) [RHQ]
Dilia gagaoui dunu! Adi dawa: bela: ? Gode da dabuagado da: i hamoiba: le, E da ganodini hame hamoi dilia dawa: bela: ?
41 Give [money] to those who are poor. [Give according to what you know within] your (inner [/heart]) [that you should give]. Then you [will be surprised to realize that] you will be acceptable [to God without having to perform all those rituals about washing].
Be dilia hano nasu faigelei amola ofodo amo ganodini liligi huluane hame gagui dunuma imunu da defea. Amasea, liligi huluane da ledo hamedei dilia da ba: mu.
42 But there will be terrible punishment for you Pharisees! You give to God a tenth of [all you produce, even] the various herbs that you grow, but you do not [remember that you must act] justly [toward others] and love God! It is good to [give a tenth of your income to God], but you ought to do these other things also!
Dilia Fa: lisi dunu da se bagade nabimu! Dilia da ha: i manu liligi fonobahadi nabuane agoane fifili, afadafa Godema iaha. Be Gode Ea moloidafa hou amola Gode Ea asigi hou, dilia hame hamosa. Musa sia: i liligi mae fisili, fa: no sia: i liligi amola gilisili hamomu da defea galu.
43 There will be terrible punishment for you Pharisees, because you like [to sit in] the best seats in our worship places [so that people will think highly of you], and you like people to greet you [respectfully] in the marketplaces.
Dilia Fa: lisi dunu da se bagade nabimu! Dilia da sinagoge diasu ganodini, fisu ida: iwane amoga fimu hanai gala. Bidiga lama: ne diasuga ahoasea, dilia da eno dunu dilima nodone sia: mu hanai gala.
44 There will be terrible punishment for you, because you are like ground where there is no marker [to indicate that there is a] grave [underneath]. People walk there, but they cannot see [what is rotten down below] [MET]! [Similarly, people who see you do not realize how polluted you are within yourselves].”
Dilia da se bagade nabimu. Dilia da bogoi ilia uli dogoi agoane. Amo liligi dunu ilia hame ba: beba: le, amo da: iya udigili ososa: lala.”
45 One of those who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, by saying this you [(sg)] are criticizing us [also]!”
Sema olelesu dunu afadafa da Yesuma amane sia: i, “Olelesu! Amo sia: sia: beba: le, Di da ninima amolawane gadesa!”
46 Jesus said, “It will be terrible also for you who teach the [Jewish] laws! You require people [to obey many rules that are difficult to obey] [MET]. [That is like making them] carry heavy burdens on their backs. But you yourselves do not obey the laws [that you require others to obey]. (OR, you do not do anything to help [others to obey the laws].)
Be Yesu E bu adole i, “Dilia sema olelesu dunu amola da se bagade nabimu! Dunu eno hamoma: ne, dilia da ga: nasidafa liligi ilima olelesa. Be amo dioi liligi gaguia gadomusa: , dilia da ili fidima: ne, lobo sogo afadafa fawane hame gaguia gadosa.
47 There will be terrible punishment for you! You decorate the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed, [but you do not live according to what the prophets taught].
Dilia da se bagade nabimu! Dilia da balofede dunu ilia bogoi uli dogoi hahawane hamosa. Be dilia aowalalia da amo balofede dunu medole legei dagoi.
48 So you are declaring that you approve of what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you [are not honoring the prophets! You just] decorate their tombs!
Amaiba: le, dilia aowalalia da balofede dunu medole legeiba: le, dilia hahawane ba: sa. Ilia da medole legei dagoi, be dilia da ilia bogoi salasu hahamosa.
49 So God, who is very wise [PRS], said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles [to you Jews]. [You] will kill some of them and cause some of them to suffer greatly.
Amaiba: le, Gode da Ea bagade dawa: su amoga amane sia: i, ‘Na da ba: la: lusu dunu amola adola ahoasu dunu ilima asunasimu. Mogili ilia da medole legemu, mogili ilima ilia da se bagade imunu.’
50 [As a result, I] will consider that many of you people [who have observed my Son’s ministry] will be guilty [MTY] [of murder, as if you had] killed all the prophets that other people have killed, from the time I created the world,
Amaiba: le, osobo bagade hahamosu eso amogainini wali eso, amo esoga balofede dunu huluanedafa medole legeiba: le, waha fi esala da se dabe iasu lamu. Waha fi esala ilisu da balofede dunu huluanedafa medole legei dagoi, amo defelewane Gode da ilima fofada: mu.
51 starting from [Adam’s son Cain] killing [his brother] Abel and continuing until they killed the prophet Zechariah [in the holy place] between the altar and the temple.’ Yes, what I am saying [is true] [MTY]. [God] will punish you people who have observed my ministry, you people whom [he] considers to be guilty [MTY] for [killing] all those prophets!
A: ibele da musa: medole legei ba: i, amalu dunu bagohame medole lelegele asili, Segalaia ilia da oloda amola Hadigi Malei Sesei amo dogoa sogebi amogai medole legele, amogainini wali eso. Amo wadela: i medole legesu hou huluane waha fi esala da hamoi dagoi, amo defelewane Gode da ba: mu amola ilima se dabe imunu.
52 There will be terrible punishment for you men who teach the [Jewish] laws, because you have [not let people] know [God’s truth] [MET]! [It is as though you are] taking away a key [to a house]. You are not going into [the house] yourselves, and you are not letting other people enter it, either.”
Dilia Sema Olelesu dunu da se bagade nabimu! Dilia da fedege agoane dawa: su diasu doasima: ne gi eno dunuma mae iawane gasawane gagusa. Dilia da amo diasu ganodini mae golili sa: ili, amola eno dunu ilia ganodini masu logo hedofasa.”
53 After Jesus finished saying those things, he left there. Then the men who taught the [Jewish] laws and the Pharisees began to act in a very hostile way toward him. They tried to make him say what he thought about many things.
Yesu da amo sogebi fisili ahoanoba, sema olelesu dunu amola Fa: lisi dunu da Yesuma gadele ha: giwane adole ba: su.
54 They kept waiting for him to say something [wrong] for which they could accuse him.
Yesu dafama: ne, ilia da sia: ga bagadewane fedegele boba: su.
