Luke 15
1 Many [HYP] tax collectors and [others whom people considered to be] habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.
Ugbu a, ndị ọna ụtụ na ndị mmehie na-abịa ya nso ịnụta ihe ọ na-ekwu.
2 The Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws [who were there] [SYN] began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also [defiles himself by eating] with them!”
Ndị Farisii na ndị ozizi iwu tamuru ntamu na-asị, “Nwoke a na-anabata ndị mmehie sorokwa ha na-eri nri.”
3 So Jesus told them this parable:
Ya mere, ọ tụrụ ha ilu a sị,
4 “Suppose that one of you had 100 sheep. If one of them were lost, (you [(sg)] would certainly leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it./would you not leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it?) [RHQ]
“Ọ bụrụ na otu onye nʼime unu enwee narị atụrụ ma otu nʼime ha akpafuo. Ọ bụ na ọ gaghị ahapụ iri atụrụ itoolu na itoolu ahụ fọdụrụ nʼọzara, pụọ ịchọgharị otu ahụ kpafuru ruo mgbe ọ chọtara ya?
5 When you [(sg)] found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy.
Mgbe ọ chọtara ya, ọ ga-eji ọṅụ tụkwasị ya nʼubu ya.
6 When you brought it home, you would call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’
Mgbe ọ lọtara nʼụlọ ya, ọ ga-akpọkọta ndị enyi ya na ndị agbataobi ya sị ha, ‘Soronụ m ṅụrịa ọṅụ nʼihi na achọtala m atụrụ m furu efu.’
7 I tell you [(pl)] that similarly [God] will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who [think that they] are [IRO] righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil.
Asị m unu, nʼụzọ dị otu a, ọṅụ dị ukwu ga-adị nʼeluigwe nʼihi otu onye mmehie nke chegharịrị, karịa iri itoolu na itoolu ndị ezi omume bụ ndị nchegharị na-adịghị mkpa.
8 Or, suppose that a woman has ten [very valuable] silver coins. If she loses one of them, (she will certainly light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it!/will she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it?) [RHQ]
“Maọbụ olee nwanyị nke nwere mkpụrụ ọlaọcha iri, ọ bụrụ nʼotu nʼime ha adafuo. Ọ gaghị amụnye oriọna, zaa ime ụlọ ya ịchọ otu mkpụrụ ego ahụ tutu ọ chọta ya?
9 When she finds it, she will call together her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me, [because] I have found the coin that I lost!’
Mgbe ọ chọtara otu mkpụrụ ego ahụ, ọ ga-akpọ ndị enyi ya na ndị agbataobi ya sị ha, ‘Soronụ m ṅụrịa ọṅụ nʼihi na achọtala m ego m furu efu.’
10 I tell you that similarly the angels will be happy about [even just] one sinner who turns from doing evil.”
Nʼụzọ dị otu a, asị m unu, ọṅụ ga-adị nʼihu ndị mmụọ ozi Chineke nʼihi otu onye mmehie nke chegharịrị.”
11 Then [Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people]. He said, “A certain man had two sons.
O kwukwaara sị, “Otu nwoke mụtara ụmụ nwoke abụọ.
12 One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, [I do not want to wait until you(sg) die]. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.
Nwa ya nke nta sịrị nna ya, ‘Nna, kenye m oke ruuru m nʼihe niile i nwere.’ Ya mere, o kenyere ya oke nke ya site nʼihe o nwere.
13 A few days later, the younger son [sold his share]. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.
“Mgbe ụbọchị ole na ole gasịrị, nwokorobịa ahụ kwakọtara ihe niile o nwere gaa biri nʼotu obodo dị anya. Nʼebe ahụ, o mefuchara ihe niile o nwere nʼibi ndụ ọjọọ.
14 After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough [food to] eat.
Mgbe o mefuchara ihe niile o nwere, oke ụnwụ dara nʼala ahụ. Ọ malitere ịnọ nʼụkọ.
15 So he went to one of the landowners in that area and asked for work. The man sent him to work taking care of the pigs in his field.
Nʼihi nke a, ọ gara binyere otu onye obodo ahụ nyere ya ọrụ ilekọta ezi ya na inye ha nri.
16 [Because he was very hungry], he would have been glad to eat the bean pods that the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything to eat.
Ma ọ na-agụ ya ka o site na nri ọ na-enye ezi rijuo afọ, ma ọ dịghị onye nyere ya ụdị nri ahụ.
17 Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!
“Mgbe ọ ghọtara onwe ya, ọ sịrị, ‘Mmadụ ole bụ ndị ọrụ e goro ego nna m nwere, ndị nri na-ezuru ma mapụtakwa, ma agụụ na-egbu m nʼebe a.
18 So I will leave here and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God [MTY, EUP] and against you [(sg)].
Aga m ebili lakwuru nna m, sị ya, Nna, emehiela m megide eluigwe na gị onwe gị.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son. Just hire me to be like one of the other hired servants.”’
Ekwesikwaghị m ka a kpọọ m nwa gị ọzọ, were m dị ka otu nʼime ndị i goro ọrụ.’
20 So he left there and went back to his father’s house. But while he was still some distance from the house, his father saw him. He pitied him. He ran to his son and embraced him and kissed him [on the cheek].
Ya mere, o biliri laghachikwuru nna ya. “Ma mgbe ọ nọrịị nʼebe dị anya, nna ya hụrụ ya, nwee ọmịiko nʼahụ ya, gbaara ọsọ ga makụọ ya, sutukwa ya ọnụ.
21 His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God [MTY/EUP] and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son.’
“Nwa ya nwoke ahụ sịrị ya, ‘Nna, emehiela m megide eluigwe na gị onwe gị. Ekwesighị m ka a kpọọ m nwa gị ọzọ.’
22 But his father said to his servants, ‘Go quickly and bring to me the best robe [in the house]! Then put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger [to show that I am honoring him again as my son]! Put sandals on his feet [to show that I do not consider him to be a slave]!
“Ma nna ya gwara ndị ohu ya sị, ‘Meenụ ngwangwa weta uwe kachasị mma yikwasị ya. Gbanye ya ọlaaka nʼaka, yinyekwanụ ya akpụkpọụkwụ nʼụkwụ.
23 Then bring the fat calf and kill it [and cook it]. We [(inc)] must eat and celebrate,
Gaanụ kpụpụta nwa ehi gbara abụba, gbuo ya, ka anyị rie ma ṅụrịakwa.
24 because my son has returned! [It is as though] [MET] he was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now has been found!’ So they did that, and they all began to celebrate.
Nʼihi na nwa m a, nwụrụ anwụ ma ọ dịla ndụ ọzọ. O fukwara efu ma a chọtala ya.’ Ha bidoro na-eri, na-aṅụ na-aṅụrịkwa ọṅụ.
25 While all that was happening, the man’s older son was out [working] in the field. When he came near to the house, he heard [people playing] music and dancing.
“Ọ dịghị anya, nwa ya nke okenye, onye jere ịrụ ọrụ nʼubi, mgbe ọ na-abịaru ụlọ nso, ọ nụrụ ụda egwu na ịgba egwu.
26 He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.
Ọ kpọrọ otu nʼime ndị ohu jụọ ya ihe na-eme.
27 The servant said to him, ‘Your [younger] brother has come [home] Your father has [told us to] kill the fat calf [to celebrate] because your brother has returned safe and healthy.’
Ọ sịrị ya, ‘Nwanne gị nwoke alọtala. Nna gị egbuola nwa ehi gbara abụba nʼihi na ọ lọtara nʼudo na ahụ ike.’
28 [But] the older brother was angry. He refused to enter [the house]. So his father came out and pleaded with him [to come in].
“Iwe were ya, ọ jụrụ ịbata nʼime ụlọ. Nna ya pụtara nʼezi rịọ ya arịrịọ.
29 But he replied to his father, ‘Listen to me! For many years I have worked for you like a slave. I always obeyed everything you told me to do. But you never even gave me a young goat, so that I could [kill it and cook it and] celebrate with my friends.
Ma ọ zara nna ya sị, ‘Lee ọtụtụ afọ niile ndị a ka m nọọ na-ejere gị ozi, enupukwaghị m isi nʼiwu gị nʼụzọ ọbụla. Ma o nweghị oge i nyere m ọ bụladị nwa ewu sị mụ na ndị enyi m jiri ya mee oriri.
30 But this son of yours spent all the [money he got from] what you gave him. He spent it [to pay for sleeping with] prostitutes! Yes, now he has returned home, [but it is not fair that] you have told your [servants] to kill the fat calf [and cook it] for him!’
Ma ugbu a, nwa gị a, onye ya na ndị akwụna mefuru akụ gị alọtala, ya ka i gburu nwa ehi gbara abụba.’
31 But his father said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all my property [that I did not give to your brother] has been yours.
“Ma ọ sịrị ya, ‘Nwa m, mụ na gị nọ mgbe niile, ihe niile m nwere bụkwa nke gị.
32 But [it is as though] [MET] your brother was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now he has been found! So it is appropriate for us to be happy and celebrate!’”
Ma anyị kwesiri ịṅụrị ọṅụ, kpọọkwa oriri, nʼihi na nwanne gị nwoke a nwụrụ anwụ ma ọ dịla ndụ ọzọ. O fukwara efu ma a chọtala ya.’”
