Luke 16
1 [Jesus] also said to his disciples, “Once there was a rich man who had a household manager. [One day] he was told {[someone] told him} that [the manager] was managing the rich man’s money badly.
Yeecu yi nobbwankecebo tak, “nii cuwekako kangeni ki ni toman'nye, Lacin kwa kiyan nye ki nii toman nyewo kang cineut cuwekacokob.
2 So he summoned [his manager] and said to him, ‘(It is terrible what they are saying about you [(sg)]!/Is it true what they are saying about you [(sg)] [RHQ]?) Give me a written account of [the funds] you have been managing, because you can no longer be my [household] manager!’
La nii cuweka wuco yico, “fulan yer minuwa dor mwere? bowki kiyeka tomange mweke, wori mari mwa yila nii tomange mititak.
3 Then the manager thought to himself, ‘My master is going to fire me, so (I do not know what to do./what shall I do [RHQ]?) I am not strong enough to [work by] digging ditches, and I am ashamed to beg [for money].’
Lamitomange toki neren, ma mangi, nilomi anyam tomanyewo kangmik? Wo, mimanki bikwantonet lami cwa kwenduwe meka cekoti.
4 [Suddenly he had an idea]. ‘I know what I will do, so that people will take me into their houses [and provide for me] after I am dismissed {after my master dismisses me} from my work!’
Minnyumwom dike ma matiyeu noci cukumye mor tomanye nindi, nubo ayoye lonici.
5 So [one by one] he summoned the people who owed his master money. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you [(sg)] owe my master?’
Dila nitomannye cwuningangum nubo teluwece bwanteng centiyeu, yi nii kaba, Nyi nii lomi bwangmwenten tiye?
6 The man replied, ‘Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and sit down and quickly change it to 400 [gallons]!’
yiki, 'nuwannye kwini kwob' Isryico, Bifumer mwerowo, canakowo yikenyiye, mulangum kwini nung.
7 He said to another man, ‘How much do you owe?’ The man replied, ‘A thousand bushels of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and change it to 800 [bushels]!’ [He did similar things for the others who owed his master money].
Yilan yikannye, ciki bwangmwentuniyi? Yiki, cwayi bikate kwini kwob, 'bifumerwo mulangum kwini narub'.
8 When his master [heard what the manager had done], he admired the dishonest manager for the clever thing he had done. [The truth] is that the ungodly people in this world act more wisely toward other people than godly people [MET] act. (aiōn g165)
Dila niwo caklang nii bwini bilengewo ki yulancero. Bibeyo kaleweu nyimem maka nyinong nubo ko kaleweu la bibei filange yulang. (aiōn g165)
9 [So] I tell you [(pl)] this: Use the money that you have [here] on earth to help others so that they will become your friends. Then when [you die and] you cannot [take] any money with you, [God and his angels] will welcome you into a home [in heaven] that will last forever. (aiōnios g166)
Miyi komti komma bifarak kannge cuweraka kannge buni bilinke, cawo cin dimri, naci yokom lonici wuro manki diks. (aiōnios g166)
10 People who faithfully manage small [matters] will also faithfully manage important [matters]. People who are dishonest in [the way they handle] small [matters] will be dishonest [in the way they handle] important [matters].
Wo madikerti dongdong dor dikero biduwareri, cin nii dongdonge dor dikero dur, wo kebo nii bilinke don dikero bidurure, kebo ni bilinke dor dikero dur.
11 So if you have not faithfully handled the money that [God has given you here] on earth, (he will certainly not allow you to possess the true [spiritual] riches [in heaven!]/would he allow you to possess the true [spiritual] riches [in heaven]?) [RHQ]
Tano kommabo dike dongdonge di cuwekako kebo wucakeri, we aciya kumenti kicuweka wabilinkece?
12 And if you have not faithfully managed things that belong to other people, ([God] will certainly not allow you to receive [treasures in heaven that] would belong to you!/would God allow you to receive [treasures in heaven that] would belong to you?) [RHQ]
No komma dike dongdonge ki kemer niidir we anekom kemer kumer tiye?
13 No servant is able to serve two [different] bosses [at the same time. If he tried to do that], he would prefer one of them more than the other one; he would be loyal to one of them and despise the other one. [Similarly], you cannot [devote your life] to worshipping God and [worshipping] money and material goods [at the same time].”
Kange mami wo a wob nii luweti yobe, catin kowini, ci cui win kakka ci ciya winening, ci cuwe kangum wineu. mani ka wab kwaamatiri kom wab cuwekati.
14 There were some Pharisees [there]. They loved [to acquire] money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him.
Kambo faricawabo wuro cui cuwekatiyeu nuwa dikero biombori, cin macinen cuwelangka.
15 But he said to them, “You try to make other people think that you are righteous, but God knows your (inner beings/hearts). [So he will reject you. Keep in mind that many] things that people think are important, God thinks are detestable.
Inyici, “Kom ko tiki dor kumero kabum nubem, dila kwaama nyumuom nerkumero. Dikero nubo nedurketiye nyeu diker yeika fiye kwaama wiye.
16 The laws that [God gave Moses] and what the prophets [MTY] [wrote] were ([in effect/what you needed to obey]) until John [the Baptizer] came. Since then [I] have been preaching about how God wants to [rule people’s lives in a new way], and many people are [accepting that message and] very eagerly asking God to control [their lives. But that does not mean that God has abolished the laws that he established previously].
Biwerer bifumer nob tomangebo inwi yakenciko Yahaya nin. Kwama wuro cin bwanten ker liyar kwaaranarotiye, kwarub kutannyi kwamacuo ci bwangten ker liyar kwaamarotiye, kwanrub ci ma bwi dokka dorekti morece.
17 [All of God’s] laws, [even those that seem] insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth.
Gwamm kangero, atin yilam bwaibo diko kange bitineu nabecum, na diker win nabi weretro na dim.
18 [For example, because God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, he considers that] any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery. He also [considers that] any man who marries a woman who has been divorced by her husband {whose husband has divorced her} is [also] committing adultery.”
Niwo nyankan wucenin naukangeri inma buroka, ken niwo nau nawiyewo cinyam kanngeri inma buroka.
19 [Jesus also said] [MET], “Once there was a rich man who wore [expensive] purple linen [garments]. He ate luxuriously every day.
Nii cuwakakko kanngenwi, wo dukulen kemero yoryoreu nuwa luma kalecokoti.
20 And every day a poor man whose name was Lazarus was laid {[some people also] laid a poor man whose name was Lazarus} at the gate of the rich man’s [house]. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores.
Cin yoken nii kini kannge nyiloco, dencero Liazaru, wo bwiceu ka deti.
21 He [was so hungry that he] wanted to eat the scraps [of food] that fell from the table where the rich man [ate]. Furthermore, [to make things worse], dogs came and licked his sores.
Ceu ci cuiti naci bwam fwercero ki fiti cari yarangum ti fiye caka carik nii cuweka nyo kibi cuwetincer bom biyablam bwiceti.
22 [Eventually] the poor man died. Then he was taken by the angels {the angels took him} to [start feasting] next to his [ancestor] Abraham. The rich man also died, and his body was buried {[some people] buried his body}.
Laniwo bwiyamri, nobtomangeb kwaamabo tu co yakenciko Ibrayim nin. Ni cuweks buyam, cin fwerumco,
23 In the place where dead people wait [for God to judge them], he was suffering great pain. He looked up and saw Abraham far away, and he saw Lazarus sitting close to Abraham. (Hadēs g86)
ci mor Adece ci nuwa dotange ti, la cin kun doro cinto Ibrayim kutan, kan'nge Liazaru cantangcek. (Hadēs g86)
24 So he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, I am suffering very much in this fire! So [please] pity me, and send Lazarus [here] so that he can dip his finger in water [and touch] my tongue to cool it!’
Lacin cobicoro ciki, Tee Ibrayim, ci bwinni mito, twomun Liazaru adokti biwurece mwem abelti menti biyenmin, wori indotange minuwati mor kirewe.
25 But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that while you [(sg)] were alive [on earth] you enjoyed [many] good things. But Lazarus was miserable. Now [it is fair that] he is happy here, and you are suffering.
Dila Ibrayim yico, Bwe, kwabi ki kwamawo mu kalemweu munuwa luma cuweka mwekobi, munyo kulentinimbo ken, La Liazaru nuwati ka dotange. Dila naweu luma cinecotide, mwe munuwa dotangeti.
26 Besides that, there is a huge ravine between you [(sg)] and us. So those who want to go from here to where you [(sg)] are, are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we [(exc)] are.’
Nobo nyori dila buwako cuwa cuwau inwi, wori birombi coi yabkati kumeneu nadolde, tak kannge na yabuurefo nyinnen.
27 Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father [Abraham], I ask you [(sg)] to send [Lazarus] to my father’s house.
Lamicuweks yiki, Lami kennenti Tee Ibrayim, twornco lo Tee ni-
28 I have five brothers [who live there]. Tell him to warn them [to turn away from their sinful behavior so that] they do not also come to this place, where [we(exc)] suffer great pain!’
wori minweki keb mib bi beibayilobe nyo nung, amincinen biweret kayilo cibuo fiye dotangewo.
29 But Abraham replied, ‘[No, I will not do that, because your brothers] are able to [go to the Jewish meeting places where the priests] read what Moses and the prophets [wrote]. They should listen to what Moses and the prophets [MTY] [wrote]!’
Dila Ibrayim yiki, cin wiki Musa kannge kannge nob toman'ngebi nyori ciya nuwaci,
30 But the rich man replied, ‘No, father Abraham, [that will not be enough] But if someone from those who have died goes back to them [and warns them], they will turn from their sinful behavior.’
Dilla nii cuweka ciyaki, 'O, on, Tee Ibrayim, cano kan'nge mor birombo biyam biya yacinendi, ciyam yiloten.
31 [Abraham] said to him, ‘No! If they do not listen to [what] [MTY] Moses and the prophets [MTY] [wrote], even if someone would become alive again [and go and warn them], they would not be convinced {he could not convince them} [that they should turn from their sinful behavior].’”
Dilla Ibrayim yico, cono ci Musa kan'ge nobtoman'gebo ri, cabunano kan'nge fulou duwendi maciya nuwacoti”
