< Luke 7 >

1 After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went [with his disciples] to Capernaum [town].
Nawamala onongwa zyakwe zyonti mmakutu gabhantu ahinjiye, hupapernaumu.
2 There was a Roman army officer there who had a slave whom he thought highly of. This slave was so sick that he was about to die.
Na obhambhambo wakwe oakida, omo ali bhinu tee alipapepe nefwa, wape alimntu yagene tee.
3 When the officer heard about Jesus, he [summoned] some Jewish elders. He told them to go to Jesus and ask him to come and heal his slave.
Nahovwezye enongwa ezye Yesu, asonte zyezye agosi abhayahudi, hwamwahale hulabhe aje aponie obhombambombo wakwe.
4 When they came to where Jesus was, they earnestly asked Jesus [to return with them]. They said, “This officer deserves that you [(sg)] do this [for him],
Bhope nabhafishile hwa Yesu, bhalabhile tee bhajile abhajiye, “Ono ombombele anongwa ezi,
5 because he loves us [Jewish] people, and he [paid the money to] build a synagogue for us.”
Afanaje aligene itaifa lyetu, wape atizenjeye isinagogi.”
6 So Jesus went with them. When he was near the [officer’s] house, the officer [decided that it was not necessary for Jesus to come to his house. So he] summoned some friends. He [told them to] go to Jesus and tell him this: “Lord/Sir, do not bother to come. [Because I am a non-Jew], I am not worthy for you [(sg)], [a Jew], to come into my house [MTY] [and associate with me].
Basi oYesu abhalile pandwemo. Nabho nasagalihutali nenyumba, eyola oakida asontezyezye orafiki hwamwahale wabhola. 'GOSI, ogaje ahwiluvye afwanaje ane sefaa aje ewe oyinjile pansi pigalo lyane.
7 I did not feel worthy to come to you, [either]. But [please] command [that] my servant [be healed], and he will become well!
Eshi ehwilolile aje sefaa nene ahwinze hwaho, lelo panga izu tu obhombambo wane abhapone.
8 [I believe this] because, as for me, there are people who have authority over me [and I obey them]. I also have soldiers under my [authority]. When I say to one of them, ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. [And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority].”
Afwanaje nane endi muntu nembehwelwe pansi eye ulongozi, endina sikari pansi yane, nkebholele ono bhala abhala na ono “enza” ahwenza, na obhomba mbombo, “Wane” bhomba eshi, abhomba.”
9 When [the officer’s friends arrived and] told that to Jesus, he marveled at what [the officer had said]. Then he turned and said to the crowd that was going with him, “I tell you, I have never before found anyone who trusted [in me like this non-Jewish man does]. No one from Israel, [where I would expect people to believe in me], has trusted in me like he has!”
OYesu namwovwa ego aswijire, wagugalushila, obngano gwagwabhinjelelaga wanyaga.” Embabhola, hata bha Israeli, sendilolile olyweteho ogosi neshe olu.
10 When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well.
Na bhala bhabhatumwilyu nabhahwela okhaya bhamwaga ola obhombambombo mwinza.
11 Soon after that, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd [of other people] went with him.
Napamande hashe, abhalile hwiboma limo lyakwiwaga Naini. Asambelezye wa bhakwe bhabhenjelezenye nalwo pandwemo no bongona ogosi.
12 As they approached the town gate, the corpse of a young man who had just died was being carried out [on a stretcher] {[people] were carrying out [on a stretcher] the corpse of a young man who had just died}. His mother was a widow, and he was her only son. A large group of people from the town were accompanying them.
Nawafiha apalamile nolwango ogwi boma eye, omntu yafyiye au anyetulwe, na mwana weka hwa nyina wakwe. Yali fwele, na mabungano wabhantu afume hwiboma bhali pandwemo nawo.
13 When the Lord saw her, he pitied her. He said to her, “Do not cry!”
GOSI nawalola aloleye husajile wabhala, “Laha lile.”
14 Then, [ignoring the Jewish laws about not coming near a corpse], he came close and touched the stretcher [on which the body was lying]. So the men carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”
Wasojela walipalamasya ijeneza bhala bhabanyetuye bhahemeleye, wayanga sahala ehubhala “imelela”
15 The man sat up and began to talk! Jesus returned him to his mother [to care for her].
Ola ofwe wemelela. Wakhala wanda aje wapela onyina wakwe.
16 Then everyone [there] was amazed/awestruck. They praised God, saying, “A great prophet has come among us!” They also said, “God has come to help his people!”
Owoga wabhakhata wonti. Bhasomba ONGOLOBHE bhayanga okuwa “OGOSI afumiye hwilite” na “ONGOLOBHE abhenyizye abhantu bhakwe”
17 [Then they] reported what Jesus [had done] throughout all of Judea [district] and other nearby areas.
Enogwa zyakwe ezi zyazyambanile huyudea hwonti na ensi zyonti zyazili mshe mshe.
18 The disciples of John [the Baptizer went to the prison where John was and] told him about those things.
Asambelezyewa abha Yohana bhaletela enogwa zyego gonti.
19 So [one day] John summoned two [of his disciples] and [told them] to go to the Lord and ask him: “Are you [the Messiah who the prophets prophesied would come], or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
Esho oYohana wabhakwizya bhabhele asombeleziwa bhakwe wabhasondelezya hwa Yesu abhozye “Awe wewe ola yayenza, au timwenyelezyaje owenje?
20 When those two men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptizer sent us to ask you [(sg)] this: Are you [the Messiah that] we are expecting [God] to send, or shall we [(exc)] expect someone else?”
Wape nabhafiha hwamwahale bhayanjile, “oYohana ya hwozya atisondezyezye hwiliwe aganjile aje awe, 'Wewe ola yahwenza au timwenyelezyaje owenje?”
21 At that very time Jesus was healing many people of their diseases and [other] sicknesses, he was [casting out] evil spirits, and he was causing many blind people to be able to see.
Ne sala yeyo abhaponizye abhinji abhinu bhabho na efwa, eye mpepo embibhi, na avipofu abhinji bhalolile.
22 So he answered those two men, “Go back and report to John what you have seen [me doing] and what you have heard [me telling people. I am enabling] blind people to see. [I am enabling] lame people to walk. [I am] healing people who have leprosy. [I am enabling] deaf people to hear. [I am causing] dead people to become alive again, [and I am] telling [God’s] good message to poor people.
Eshi nkawagalula. Wabhabhola, bhalaji mubhale oYohana ega gamgalolilena govwe. avipofu bhalola alema bhajenda, abheukoma bhapona, adinda makutu bhahwovwa, bhabhafwiye bhazyoba, apena bhalombelelwa enongwa enyinza.
23 [Also tell John that God] is pleased with those who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expect the Messiah to do].”
Wape heri omntu yeyonti yasavisiwa nane.”
24 When the men whom John had sent left, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John] [RHQ]. [You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed the nature of his message] [MET], [like] a reed that is blown back and forth by the wind [RHQ].
Basi eshi asontelezewe bha Yohana na bhasogola, ahandile abhabhole amabongono enongwa ezya Yohana, “Mwafumile abhale mwipoli ahwenye yenu, isole wauyiziwa nehala?
25 Then what kind of man did you go there to see [RHQ]? Was he [RHQ] a man who wore expensive clothes? No! [You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ palaces, [not in the desolate areas]!
Eshi mwafumile abhale ahwenye yenu, omntu yakwatiziwe amenda aminza? mmanye abhantu bhabhali namwenda ageu tukufu bhabhalya raha bhali mnyumba ezye shimwene.
26 Then what [kind of person] did you go to see? [Did you] [RHQ] [go there to see John because he was] a prophet? Yes! But I will tell you that [John is] more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
Eshi mwafumile abhale ahwegegenu okuwa, Antele? Embabhole, na yali zaidi ya okuwa.
27 He is the one about whom [these words] that God said to the Messiah have been written {[the prophet Malachi] wrote [these words]} [in the Scriptures]: ‘Listen! I am going to send my messenger ahead of you [(sg)] [SYN]. He will prepare [people] for your coming.’
Oyo yayo asimbiliwa, “Ega, enya ehusontelezya ojumbe wane hwitagalila elye maso gaho, yabhalenganya idala lyaho hwitagalila lyaho,
28 I tell you that from among all the people who have ever lived, [God considers that] no one is greater than John. However, [God considers] everyone who has let God rule their [lives] [MET] to be greater than [John], [even if they are] insignificant [people].”
Nane embabhola, neshi bhala bhapepwe na bhashe, nomo yaligosi neshe oYohana, lelo yalidodo humwene owa NGOLOBHE GOSI ashile omwene.”
29 When they heard [what Jesus said] (OR, [what John preached]), all the people, including tax collectors, [whom many people despised], agreed that God’s way was right. By being baptized by John {By [letting] John baptize them}, [they had agreed that what God required people to do in order to be saved was right].
Abhantu bhonti bhabhasonjezya esonga nabhahovwezye ego bhaheteshe, elyoli ya NGOLOBHE afwanaje bhoziwe. Huwoziwa uYohana.
30 But the Pharisees and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws were not baptized by John {did not [let] John baptize them} because they rejected what God wanted them to do.
Lelo abhafarisayo na bhana sheria bhali khene isunde elya NGOLOBHEhwabhene afwanaje sebhohoziwe nomwene.
31 [Then Jesus also said], “[Many of] you people have heard what [John and I] have taught. (I will illustrate what you are like./Do you know what [many of] you people who have heard what [John and I] have taught are like?) [RHQ]
OGOSI wayanga embalenganisye neye abhantu abheshikho eshi? bhape bhalengene neyenu?
32 You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of them] are calling to [the others], saying, ‘We [(exc)] played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry!’
Bhalengene nabhana bhakheye pasokoni, na kwizanye nabhayanga, 'tabhakhomeye efilimbi antele semwahanjile, tazondile antele semwalilile.'
33 [Similarly, you people are dissatisfied with both John the Baptizer and me]! When John came and [preached to you], he did not eat [ordinary] food [SYN] or drink wine, [like most people do]. But you [rejected him], saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
Afwanaje oYohana owahozye ahenzele salya ibumnda wala samwela divai, namwa myanga myiga “Ano pepo obhibhi.
34 In [contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same food] and drink [wine as others do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’
Omwana owa Adamu ayenzile alya na mwele, namwe myanga, enye, lyavi ono, na mwezi owe divai, rafiki wabho asonjezya!
35 But those who are [truly God’s] children [PRS] realize that [what John and I do is truly] wise.”
Neshinshi ebhoneshe aje elinelyoli hwabhana bhakwe bhonti.”
36 [One day] one of the Pharisees [named Simon] invited Jesus to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to the man’s house and reclined [to eat].
Omntu omo owa mafarisayo amwanile alye eshalye hwamwene. Winjila mnyumba yakwe ofarisayo, wakhala pashalye.
37 There was a woman in that city [who many people knew had been] a prostitute [EUP]. She heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house. So she went there, taking a stone jar that contained perfume.
Enya oshe omo owiboma lila wali wemabhibhi. Nazyoyile enongwa aje akheye pashalye panyumba eyola ofarisayo, aletile insupa marimari yeli nemaruhamu.
38 [As the people there were reclining to eat], the woman stood behind [Jesus, at his] feet. As she was crying [because she was sorry for her sins, her tears fell on Jesus’ feet]. Then she wiped his feet with her hair, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume.
Wemelela hwisalo papepe na manama gakwe nawalila. Wanda hulagazizye mmagaga gakwe amansozi gakwe, na syomwole ni sisi elyamwitwe lyakwe, na humyante myante mmagaya gwakwe, na pashe gala amaruhamu.
39 When the Pharisee who had invited [Jesus] saw that, he thought, “[Prophets know about other people’s lives], [so] if Jesus were a prophet, he would have known who this woman is who is touching him, and what kind of a person she is. He would have known that she is a prostitute! [EUP]”
Basi ola ofarisayo yamwanile nawolola shila wanyanga humwoyo gwakwe, omntu ono khashile alikuwe, “Handamenye oshe ono yahupalamasyasya, wenu wape aliwelewele yaje wemabhibhi.
40 Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you [(sg)].” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?”
OYesu wagamla wabhozya, “Simoni endine nongwa mbahubhole. “Wayanga” “sambilizi yanga!”
41 Jesus replied, “Two people owed some money to a man who [earned money by] lending [it to others]. One owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed him 50 silver coins.
Wayanga “Omntu omo yakhopezya alinabhe madeni bhabhele, omo adagaya ehela miatano nowabhele amsini.
42 Neither of them was able to pay back [what he owed], so the man [very kindly] said that they did not have to pay back anything. So, which of those two men will love that man more?”
Bhape nabhali sebhalinahahuripe, abhasajiye wonti. bhabhele neshe bhabhele yo nanu yayihugana tee?
43 Simon replied, “I think that the one who owed the most money and did not have to pay it back [will love him more].” Jesus said to him, “That is correct.”
Simoni wagalula wayanga, “Amenyeje yayola yasajiye enyinji.” Wabhola oyamliye lyoli.”
44 Then he turned toward the woman, and said to Simon, “(Think about [what] this woman [has done]!/Do you [(sg)] see [what] this woman [has done]?) [RHQ] When I entered your house, you [did not follow our custom of welcoming guests by] giving me any water [to wash] my feet, but this woman has wet my feet with her tears and then wiped them with her hair!
Wagarushila ola oshe wabhola Simoni, “Walota oshe. Ono nahinjiye mnyumba yaho. Sohampiye amenze mmagagagane, eshi ono andayazyezye amansozi mmagagagane, na syomwole nisisi elya mwitwe lyakwe.
45 You did not [follow our custom of greeting by] kissing me, but since I came in, this woman has not stopped kissing my feet!
Awe sohanjayiye, lelo ono, awande pana hinjiye sagaleshile njayile tee mmagaga gane.
46 You did not [follow our custom of welcoming guests by] anointing my head with [olive] oil, but she has anointed my feet with fragrant perfume.
Sagapashile mwitwe lyane amafuta, eshi ono ampeshe amagaga gane amaruhamu.
47 So I will tell you that even though this woman has sinned very much, she has been forgiven {[I] have forgiven her}. [By what she has done she has shown that] she loves [me] very much. But a person who has [sinned] just a little bit, but whom [I] have forgiven, will love [me just a little bit].”
Afwanaje nago, ehubhozya asajiye embibhi zyekwe zyazyalinjili, afwanaje asongwezye tee. Lelo yasajilya hasheoyo asongwelye hashe.”
48 Then he said to the woman, “You have been forgiven {[I have] forgiven [you]} [for] your sins.”
Eshi abholele oshe, “Osajilye embibhi zyaho zyonti”
49 Then those who were eating with him said among themselves, “(This man must [think that he is God]!/Who does this man [think that he] is [RHQ]), saying that he can forgive [people for] their sins?”
Esho bhala bhabhakheye pandwemo nawo bhahandile ayanje humoyo gabho wenu ono yasajilo embibhi?”
50 But Jesus said to the woman, “Because you have trusted [PRS] [in me, God] has saved you [from the guilt of your sins]. May [God] give you inner peace as you go!”
Wabhola ola oshe, “Olweteho lyaho lumwauye. Bhalaga hulweteho lwaho”

< Luke 7 >