Luke 14
1 One (Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day), Jesus went to eat [SYN] at the house of an important Pharisee. Some [men who studied the Jewish] laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully [to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him].
Lishaka limu lya kwoyera, Yesu kagenditi kuliya shiboga kwa yumu gwa walongoziya wa Mafalisayu, na wantu wawaweriti palii waweriti wankumlola handa hakatendi shishi.
2 Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
Muntu mweni magulu na mawoku gakuwi gatutuma, kamwiziliti Yesu,
3 Jesus said to them, “Is it permitted in [our(inc)] Jewish laws to heal [someone] (on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath), or not?”
na Yesu kawakosiyiti wafunda wa Malagaliru na Mafalisayu, “Hashi, Lilagaliru lya twenga lituruusu kuponiziya mulishaka lya kwoyera?”
4 [They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) (OR, [they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it]). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go [home].
Kumbiti womberi watakula ndiri shintu. Yesu kamshinkula muntu ulii na kumponiziya na kamleka kagendi zyakuwi.
5 Then he said to the rest of them, “If you had a son or an ox that fell into a well on a (Sabbath/our day of rest), would you immediately [work to] pull him out, [or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day]?”
Su kawagambira, “Kwana muntu yoseri pakati penu yakawera na mwana ama ng'ombi yakapatukiliti mulirindi mulishaka lya kwoyera su hapeni kamlaviyi toziya ya lishaka lya kwoyera?”
6 [They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So] they said nothing in reply to Jesus.
Woseri wasinda shakutakula, su wanyamalira jii.
7 Jesus noticed that those people who had been {whom [the Pharisee] had} invited [to the meal] chose [to sit in] the places where important [people usually sit]. Then he gave [this advice] to them:
Yesu kaloliti wahenga wamu ntambu yawasyagula pahala paherepa nentu, su kawagambira woseri mfanu agu,
8 “When one of you [(sg)] is invited by someone {someone invites one of you [(sg)]} to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. Perhaps the man [giving the feast] has invited a man more important than you [(sg)].
“Muntu yoseri pakakushemerani mumsambu gwa arusi, namlivaga pahala paherepa nentu. Mana pamonga kwana muntu yakawera mkulu kuliku gwenga wamshemera,
9 [When that man comes], the man who invited both of you will come to you [(sg)] and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you [(sg)] will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.
Na ulii mwenikaya kakugambili, ‘Gumlekeli shiti ayu.’ Su palii haguwoni soni na hagugendi kulivaga pahala pa upeleru.
10 Instead, when you are invited {[someone] invites one of you} [to a feast], go and sit in the most undesirable seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you [(sg)], ‘Friend, sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you [(sg)] will see that he is honoring you.
Ira pagushemelwa, gugendi na kulivaga pahala pa upeleru, su mweni kaya gwaku hakizi kwaku na kukugambira, ‘Ganja gwangu, gwizi uganu, pahala paherepa ng'anji.’ Palii hagupananwi ligoya palongolu pa wahenga wamonga woseri.
11 Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
Kwa woseri yawalikweniziya hawawasulusiyi, na woseri yawalisulusiya weni hawawakweniziyi.”
12 [Jesus] also said to [the Pharisee] who had invited him to the meal, “When you [(sg)] invite people to a midday or evening meal, do not invite your friends or your family or your other relatives or your rich neighbors. They can later invite you [(sg) for a meal]. In that way they will repay you.
Shakapanu Yesu kumgambira na ulii yakamshemera, “Handa pagutenda msambu paliwala ama pashiru naguwashemera waganja waku ama walongu waku ama wapakwegera waku, toziya hawakushemeri na gwenga vira, na kwanjira ayi hagupati shilii shagutenditi kwawu.
13 Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
Gwenga pagutenda msambu, guwashemeli wahushu, na wavibyeketu, na wana lwisi,
14 They will be unable to repay you. [But God will bless you! He] will repay you [at the time] when [he causes] righteous people to become alive again.”
na hagutekelelwi, toziya hapeni wakulipi shilii shagutenditi kwawu. Mlungu hakakulipi gwenga mulishaka lya wantu waheri pawazyuka.”
15 One of those who were eating with Jesus heard him say that. He said to Jesus, “God [has truly] blessed [us Jews] who will eat [with the Messiah] when he starts to rule!”
Yumu gwa wantu yawalivagiti kulongolu kwa meza kapikaniriti aga, kamgambiriti Yesu, “Mbaka woseri hawawalivagi mumsambu Muufalumi wa Mlungu!”
16 But [to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation] [MET], Jesus replied to him, “One time a man [decided] to prepare a large feast. He invited many people to come.
Yesu kamgambira, “Kwana muntu yumu yakatenditi msambu mkulu na kawashemiriti wantu wavuwa.
17 When it was the day for the feast, he sent his servant to tell those who had been {whom he had} invited, ‘Come [now] because everything is ready!’
Payiweriti shipindi sha msambu, kawatumiti wantumintumi wakuwi wagendi wakawagambiri walii yawashemiritwi, ‘Wizi, toziya kila shintu shiwera kala!’
18 But [when the servant did that], all of the people [whom he had invited] began to say why they did not want to come. The first [man the servant went to] said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
Kumbiti wantu woseri, yumu pa yumonga wanjiti kulonga toziya ya kuleka kwiza. Muntu gwa kwanja kamgambiriti ntumintumi, ‘Hemeriti lirambu su nfiruwa ng'endi nukaliloli, su nduwa hapeni nizi.’
19 Another person said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen, and I must go to examine them. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
Muntu gwingi katakula, ‘Hemeriti wang'ombi lilongu limu na nankugolokera kugenda kuwajera mulirambu, su nduwa hapeni nizi!’
20 Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
Na yumonga katakula, ‘Neni nyuga mdala, su hapeni nizi.’
21 So the servant returned to his master and reported what [everyone had said]. The owner of the house was angry [when he heard the reasons they gave for not] coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city [and find] poor and crippled and blind and lame [people, and bring] them here into [my house]!’
“Su ntumintumi kawuya na kumgambira goseri mtuwa gwakuwi. Mtuwa ulii kakalaliti nentu na kumgambira ntumintumi gwakuwi, ‘kanongola gugendi munjira na muvipenyu vya muisi, gwakawajegi wahushu, na wavibyeketu na wanalwisi wavibyeketu wamonga.’
22 [After the servant went and did that], he [came back and] said, ‘Sir, I have done what you [(sg)] told me to do, but there is still room [for more people].’
Pamberi ntumintumi kalonga, ‘Mtuwa, vitwatira vitendeka ntambu yagutakuliti, kumbiti mwana fasi mnumba.’
23 [So] his master said to him, ‘Then go [outside the city]. Search for people along the highways. Search also along the narrow roads with hedges beside them [where homeless people may be staying]. Strongly urge the people in those places to come to [my house]. I want it to be full of [people]!’”
Su mtuwa kamgambiriti ntumintumi, ‘Gugendi munjira na muvipenyu, guwagambiri wantu mpaka wizi, su numba yangu hayimemi.
24 [Then Jesus said], “I tell you [(pl)] this: Very few of you [Jewish] people will enjoy my feast, even though [I] invited you [first to eat it with me when I become king].”
Nukugambira nakaka kwahera muntu ata yumu pakati pa walii yawawashemeriti hakalambiti ata tyee shiboga shaneni!’”
25 Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
Palii lipinga likulu paliweriti lyankugenda pamuwera na Yesu, yomberi kagalambuka na kuwagambira,
26 “If anyone comes to me who loves his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters [more than] [HYP] [he loves me], he cannot be my disciple. He must even love me more than he loves his own life!
“Woseri yawiza kwa neni uganu wawafira tati na mawu wawu, wadala na wana, walongu na wadada wawu, ama womberi, hapeni waweri wafundwa waneni.
27 [People who are ready to execute a prisoner make] him carry his cross [MET] [to the place where others will nail him] on it. Only those who are willing [to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them] like that because of being my disciples, and who are willing to obey what I teach, can be my disciples.
Woseri yawatola ndiri lupingika lwawu weni na kunfata hapeni waweri wafundwa wangu.”
28 [I will illustrate] [MET]. If one of you desired to build a (tower/big house), (you would surely first sit down and determine how much it would cost!/would you not first sit down and determine how much it would cost?) [RHQ] Then you would determine whether you had enough money to complete it.
“Handa yumu pakati pa mwenga yakafira kunyawa mnara, kwanja kalivaga huti pasi na kulihola galama zakuwi, pakalola handa kana mpiya zitosha za kumalira lihengu.
29 [If you did not do that], if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish [the rest of the tower], everyone who saw it would make fun of you.
Handa gwahera mpiya, pagunyawiti liyanjiru hapeni guwezi kumalira kunyawa mnara, na woseri pawalola galii gagalawiriti hawakuseki.
30 They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
Womberi hawalongi, ‘Muntu ayu yakanjiti kunyawa mnara kasinda kumalira lihengu!’
31 Or, if a king decided to [send his army to] war against another king, (he would surely first sit down [with those who] advised [him]./would he not first sit down [with those who] advised [him]?) [RHQ] They would determine whether [his army], which had only 10,000 soldiers, could defeat the [other army], which had 20,000 soldiers, and was about to attack his [army].
“Mfalumi yakawera na wantu elufu lilongu limu pakagenda kumkoma mfalumi yumonga yakawera na wantu elufu malongu mawili, mpaka huti yomberi kalivagi kulihola handa kana makakala ga kuukoma ufalumi umonga.
32 If he [decided] that his army could not [defeat that army], he would send messengers to [the other king] while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’
Handa pakahera makakala, hakawatumi wajumbi waliwoni na mfalumi yumonga, kumkosiya mashaliti ga ponga uganu yomberi kankali ka kutali.”
33 So, similarly, if any one of you does not first decide that you [(sg)] are [willing to] give up all that you have, you cannot be my disciple.”
Yesu kamaliriti kwa kutakula, “Ntambu ira ayi kwahera ata yumu pakati penu hakaweri mfundwa wangu mpaka huti guleki kila shintu shakaweriti nashi.
34 [Jesus also said, “You are like] [MET] salt, which is useful [to put on food]. But (salt certainly cannot be made {[you] certainly cannot make salt} to taste salty again if it stops tasting salty!/can salt be made {can [you] make salt} to taste salty again if it quits tasting salty?) [RHQ]
“Munu guherepa, kumbiti munu pagukola ndiri kwahera njira ya kugutenda gukoli kayi.
35 [If salt does not taste salty any more], it is not good for the soil or even for the manure heap. [People] throw it away. [The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God]. If you want to understand what I just said [IDM], you must consider [carefully] what you have heard!”
Su gufaa ndiri ata pawitira mulitapaka ama kuwera mbotu, hawagwasi kutali. Yakana makutu kapikaniri!”
