Luke 4
1 As Jesus left the Jordan [River valley], the Holy Spirit was completely controlling him.
Jisọs, onye jupụtara na Mmụọ Nsọ, sitere na Jọdan lọta. Mmụọ nsọ duuru ya baa nʼọzara.
2 For 40 days the Spirit led him around in the desolate area. During that time Jesus was being tempted by the devil {the devil was tempting him}, and Jesus did not eat anything. When that time ended, he was [very] hungry.
Ebe ahụ ka ekwensu nwara ya ọnwụnwa iri ụbọchị anọ. Nʼụbọchị ndị ahụ niile o righị nri ọbụla. Nʼikpeazụ agụụ gụrụ ya.
3 Then the devil said to Jesus, “Because you [claim that you] ([have a relationship with] God as a son [has with his father] [MET]/are the man who is both God and man), [prove it by] telling these stones to become bread [so that you can eat them]!”
Ekwensu sịrị ya, “Ọ bụrụ na ị bụ Ọkpara Chineke, gwa nkume a ka ọ ghọọ achịcha.”
4 Jesus replied, “[No, I will not change stones into bread, because it is written] {[Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures] that [eating] food sustains people physically, but it does not [sustain them spiritually. They also need food for their spirits].”
Jisọs zara ya sị, “E dere ya, ‘Ọ bụghị naanị site na achịcha ka mmadụ ga-eji dị ndụ.’”
5 Then the devil took him on top of [a high mountain] and showed him in an instant all the nations in the world.
Ekwensu duuru ya rigoo nʼebe dị elu, gosi ya alaeze niile nke ụwa, nʼotu ntabi anya.
6 Then he said to [Jesus], “I will give you the authority [to rule] all these areas and will make you famous. [I can do this] because [God] has permitted me [to control these areas], and I can allow anyone I desire to rule them!
Ọ gwara ya sị, “M ga-enye gị ikike niile ndị a na ebube ha. Ọ bụ m ka e nyere ha, e nwere m ike inye ha onye ọbụla m chọrọ inye ha.
7 So if you worship me, I will [let] you [rule] them all!”
Ya mere, ọ bụrụ na ị kpọọ isiala nye m, ha ga-abụ nke gị.”
8 But Jesus replied, “[No, I] will not [worship you, because] it is written {[the Psalmist] wrote} [in the Scriptures], ‘It is the Lord, your God, whom you must worship, and you must serve only him!’”
Jisọs zara ya sị, “E deela ya: ‘Ị ga-akpọ isiala nye Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị, naanị ya ka ị ga-efekwa.’”
9 Then the devil took [Jesus] to Jerusalem. He set him on the highest part of the Temple and said to him, “Because you [claim that you] ([have a relationship with God as a son has with his father] [MET]/are the man who is both God and man), [prove it by] jumping down from here.
Ekwensu duuru ya gaa Jerusalem, mee ka o guzo nʼebe dịkarịsịrị elu nke ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ. Ọ sịrị ya, “Ọ bụrụ na ị bụ Ọkpara Chineke, si nʼebe a tụda onwe gị nʼala.
10 [You will not be hurt], because it is written {the [Psalmist] wrote} [in the Scriptures], ‘God will command his angels to protect you [(sg)].
Nʼihi na e dere ya, “‘Ọ ga-enye ndị mmụọ ozi ya iwu banyere gị, ichekwa gị nke ọma;
11 They will lift you up with their hands [when you are falling], so that [you will not get hurt]. You will not [even] strike your foot on a stone.’”
ha ga-ebuli gị elu nʼaka ha, ka ị ghara ịkpọbi ụkwụ gị na nkume.’”
12 But Jesus replied, “[No, I] will not [do that, because] it is written {[Moses] wrote} [in the Scriptures]: ‘Do not try to test the Lord your God [to see if he will prevent something bad from happening to you when you do something foolish]’.”
Jisọs zara ya sị, “E kwuola ya, Anwala Onyenwe anyị Chineke gị ọnwụnwa.”
13 Then, after the devil had finished trying to tempt [Jesus] in many ways, he left him. He wanted to try to tempt him later at an appropriate time.
Mgbe ekwensu nwasịrị ya ọnwụnwa ndị a niile, ọ hapụrụ ya ruo mgbe ohere ọzọ dapụtara.
14 As the Spirit empowered him, Jesus returned to Galilee [district. People] throughout all that region heard about what he [was doing].
Jisọs lọghachiri na Galili nʼike nke Mmụọ Nsọ. Akụkọ banyere ya gbasara ruo akụkụ obodo niile.
15 He taught [people] in their (synagogues/meeting places). [As a result], he was praised by everyone {everyone praised him}.
O ziri ihe nʼọtụtụ ụlọ ekpere ha, mmadụ niile na-etokwa ya.
16 Then [Jesus] went to Nazareth, [the town] where he grew up. (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) he went (to the synagogue/to the Jewish meeting place), as he usually did. He stood up [to indicate that he wanted] to read [Scriptures] to them.
Mgbe o rutere Nazaret ebe ọ nọrọ too, nʼụbọchị izuike, ọ gara nʼụlọ ekpere dị ka ọ dị mbụ eme. O guzoro ọtọ ịgụ akwụkwọ nsọ.
17 A scroll containing [the words] that the prophet Isaiah [had written] was given to him {[Someone] gave to him a scroll containing [the words] that the prophet Isaiah [had written]}. He opened the scroll and found the place from which he [wanted to] read. [He read these words]:
E nyere ya akwụkwọ nke onye amụma Aịzaya dere. O meghere ya chọta ebe e dere sị,
18 The Spirit (of the Lord/of God) is upon me. He has appointed [MTY] me to declare God’s good news to the poor. He has sent me [here] to proclaim that God will deliver those whom [Satan] has captured, and he will [enable me to] enable those who are blind to see. He will enable me to free people who have been oppressed {whom [others] have oppressed}.
“Mmụọ nke Onyenwe anyị dị nʼahụ m, nʼihi na o teela m mmanụ ka m kwusaa oziọma nye ndị ogbenye. O zitela m ikwupụta inwere onwe nye ndị mkpọrọ, ya na ịhụ ụzọ nye ndị kpuru ìsì, ime ka ndị a na-emegbu emegbu nwere onwe ha.
19 And he sent me to declare that now is the time when (the Lord/God) will [act] favorably [toward people].
Ikwupụta afọ Onyenwe anyị ga-eme amara.”
20 Then he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down [to teach the people]. Everyone in the synagogue was looking intently [MTY] at him.
O mechiri akwụkwọ ahụ nyeghachi ya onye ahụ na-eje ozi, nọdụ ala. Ndị mmadụ niile nọ nʼụlọ nzukọ ahụ legidere ya nnọọ anya.
21 He said to them, “Today as you have been hearing [MTY] [me speak], [I am beginning] to fulfill this Scripture passage.”
Ma o bidoro ịgwa ha sị, “Taa ka ihe ndị a e dere nʼakwụkwọ nsọ a mezuru na ntị unu.”
22 [At first] everyone there spoke well about him, and they were amazed at the charming words that he spoke. [But then some of] them said, “(He is [only] Joseph’s son!/Isn’t he [only] Joseph’s son?) [RHQ] [So] ([it is useless for us(exc) to listen to what he says!/why should we(exc) listen to what he says]?) [RHQ]”
Mmadụ niile kwuru okwu ọma banyere ya nʼihi okwu amara niile si ya nʼọnụ pụta nke mere na ha jụrịtara onwe ha sị, “Onye a, ọ bụghị nwa nwoke Josef?”
23 He said to them, “Surely [some of] you will quote to me the proverb that says, ‘Doctor, heal yourself!’ [What you will mean is], ‘People told us that you did miracles in Capernaum [town, but we(exc) do not know if those reports are true. So] do miracles here in your own hometown, too!’”
Ọ sịrị ha, “Nʼezie, amaara m na unu ga-atụrụ m ilu a: ‘Dibịa, gwọọ onwe gị!’ Sikwa m, ‘Ihe ndị ahụ niile anyị nụrụ ị na-eme na Kapanọm mee ha nʼebe a bụ obodo gị.’”
24 Then he said, “It is certainly true that [people] do not accept [the message of] a prophet when he speaks in his hometown, [just like you(pl) are not accepting my message now].
Ọ gara nʼihu sị, “Ma ị gwa unu eziokwu, o nweghị onye amụma ọbụla a na-anabata nke ọma nʼobodo a mụrụ ya.
25 But think about this: There were many widows in Israel during the time when [the prophet] Elijah [lived. During that time], because of there being no rain [MTY] for three years and six months, there was a great famine throughout the country.
Nʼezie, chetakwanụ na e nwere ọtụtụ ụmụ nwanyị di ha nwụrụ anwụ nʼoge Ịlaịja onye amụma. Nʼoge oke ụnwụ dara nʼala ahụ dum, mgbe e mechiri eluigwe na mmiri ezoghị nʼala Izrel afọ atọ na ọnwa isii.
26 But [God] did not send Elijah to [help] any of those [Jewish] widows. [God sent him] to Zarepath [town] near Sidon [city], to [help] a [non-Jewish] widow.
Ma e zigaghị Ịlaịja ka o jekwuru onye ọbụla nʼime ha karịakwa nwanyị di ya nwụrụ anwụ nʼobodo Zarefat nʼakụkụ Saịdọn.
27 There were also many [Jewish] lepers in Israel during the time when the prophet Elisha [lived]. But [Elisha] did not heal any of them. He healed only Naaman, a [non-Jewish] man from Syria.”
Nʼoge Ịlaisha onye amụma, e nwere ọtụtụ ndị ekpenta nʼala Izrel, ma o nweghị onye e mere ka ọ dị ọcha nʼetiti ha karịakwa Neeman onye Siria.”
28 When all the people in the synagogue heard him say that, they were very angry, [because they realized that he was inferring that he similarly would help non-Jewish people instead of helping Jews] (OR, [that they also were not worthy of receiving God’s help]).
Mgbe ndị nọ nʼụlọ ekpere ahụ nụrụ nke a, iwe were ha nke ukwuu.
29 So they all got up and shoved him out of the town. They took him to the top of the hill outside their town in order to throw him off the cliff [and kill him].
Ha biliri, kwapụ ya site nʼobodo ahụ, dọkpụrụ ya gaa nʼelu ugwu nke e wukwasịrị obodo ahụ ka ha nwee ike tụpụ ya site nʼugwu ahụ.
30 But he [simply] walked through their midst and went away.
Ma o sitere nʼetiti igwe mmadụ ahụ pụọ, gawara onwe ya.
31 [One day] Jesus went [with his disciples] down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee [district]. On the next (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) (OR, Each (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest)), he taught the people ([in the synagogue/in the Jewish meeting place]).
O sitere nʼebe ahụ gaa Kapanọm, obodo dịkwa na Galili. Nʼụbọchị izuike, o bidoro izi ha ihe.
32 They were continually amazed at what he was teaching, because [he spoke] ([with authority/as people speak who have] the right to command others what to do).
Ozizi ya juru ha anya, nʼihi na okwu ya nwere ikike.
33 [That day], (OR, On one of those Jewish days of rest, ) there was a man in the synagogue who was controlled by an evil spirit. That man shouted very loudly,
Otu nwoke nọ nʼime ụlọ ekpere ahụ, onye mmụọ na-adịghị ọcha bi nʼime ya. O tiri mkpu nʼoke olu,
34 “Hey! Jesus, from Nazareth! [We(exc) evil spirits] have nothing in common with you, so ([do not interfere with us now!/why should you interfere with us now]?) [RHQ] (Do not destroy us [now!]/Have you come to destroy us [now]?) [RHQ] I know who you are. You are the Holy One [who has come] from God!”
“Hapụ anyị! Gịnị ka ị na-achọ nʼebe anyị nọ, gị, Jisọs onye Nazaret? Ị bịara ka ị laa anyị nʼiyi? Ama m onye ị bụ, Onye Nsọ nke Chineke!”
35 Jesus rebuked [the evil spirit], saying, “Be quiet! And come out [of the man]!” The demon threw the man down on the ground in the midst of the people. But without harming the man, the demon left him.
Jisọs baara ya mba sị, “Nọrọ jii! Si nʼime ya pụta.” Mgbe ahụ mmụọ ọjọọ ahụ tụdara ya nʼala nʼihu ha niile, o sikwa nʼime ya pụọ ma o merụghị ya ahụ.
36 The people were all amazed. They said to each other, “(What he says to the demons [has great power!/] [kind of] teaching is this?) [RHQ] He speaks to them like he knows that they must obey him, and as a result they leave people!”
Ihe ndị a juru ha niile anya, ha jụrịtara ibe ha sị, “Gịnị bụ ozizi nke a? O ji ịchị isi na ike na-enye mmụọ na-adịghị ọcha ndị a iwu, ha na-apụtakwa!”
37 The people were telling everyone in [every village] in the surrounding region what Jesus [had done].
Akụkọ banyere ya gbasara jeruo obodo niile dị ebe ahụ gburugburu.
38 Jesus [and his disciples] left (the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place) and entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick and had a high fever. So [others in Simon’s family] (OR, [the disciples]) asked Jesus to [heal] her.
Mgbe ọ hapụrụ ụlọ ekpere ahụ gaa nʼụlọ Saimọn. Nne nwunye Saimọn nwere ahụ ọkụ, ha rịọrọ ya ka o nyere ya aka.
39 So he bent over her and commanded the fever to leave her. At once she became well! She got up and served them [some food].
O guzoro nʼihu ya, ma baara ahụ ọkụ ahụ mba, ọ hapụrụ ya nʼotu ntabi anya ahụ. O bilikwara lee ha ọbịa.
40 When the sun was setting [that day, and the restriction about not traveling] (on [the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day]) [was ended], many people [HYP] whose [friends or relatives] were sick or who had various diseases brought them to Jesus. He put his hands on them and healed [all of] them.
Mgbe anyanwụ na-ada, ọtụtụ ndị nwere ndị na-arịa ọrịa dị iche iche kpọọrọ ha bịakwute Jisọs. O bikwasịrị ha niile aka nʼotu nʼotu, gwọọ ha.
41 He also was [expelling demons] from many people. As the demons left those people, they shouted to Jesus, “You are (the Son of God/the one who is God and man)!” But he rebuked those demons and would not allow them to tell [people about him], because they knew that he was the Messiah, and [for various reasons he did not want everyone to know that yet].
Mmụọ ọjọọ dị iche iche si nʼime ọtụtụ mmadụ pụta na-eti mkpu na-asị, “Ị bụ Ọkpara Chineke.” Ma ọ baara ha mba, o kweghị ka ha kwuo okwu, nʼihi na ha matara na ọ bụ Kraịst.
42 [Early] the next morning [Jesus] left that house and went to an uninhabited place [to pray]. Many people searched for him, and when they found him they kept urging him not to leave them.
Mgbe chi bọrọ, ọ pụrụ gaa ebe naanị ya nọ. Ndị mmadụ nọ na-achọgharị ya; mgbe ha bịaruru ebe ọ nọ, ha gbalịsịrị ike ime ka ọ ghara ịhapụ ha.
43 But he said to them, “I must tell [people] in other towns also the good message about how God wants to rule [MET] their lives, because that is what I was sent {[God] sent me} to do.”
Ma ọ sịrị ha, “Aghaghị m ikwusa oziọma alaeze Chineke nʼobodo ndị ọzọ, nʼihi na ọ bụ nʼihi ya ka e zitere m.”
44 So he kept preaching in (the synagogues/Jewish worship places) [in various towns] in Judea [province].
Ọ gara nʼihu na-ekwusa oziọma nʼụlọ ekpere niile dị na Judịa.
