Luka 11
1 Gbe ɖeka Yesu nɔ gbe dom ɖa le teƒe aɖe. Esi wòwu nu la, eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo dometɔ ɖeka te ɖe eŋu, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Aƒetɔ, fia gbedodoɖa mí abe ale si Yohanes fia eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo ene.”
One day Jesus was at a certain place praying, and, when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Master, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’
2 Yesu gblɔ na wo be, “Ale miado gbe ɖae nye esi: “‘Fofo, woade bubu wò ŋkɔ ŋuti, wò fiaɖuƒe neva.
‘When you pray,’ Jesus answered, ‘say – “Father, may your name be held holy, your kingdom come.
3 Na nuɖuɖu mí gbe sia gbe,
Give us each day the bread that we will need;
4 tsɔ mìaƒe nu vɔ̃wo ke mí le, esi míetsɔ ame siwo daa vo ɖe mía ŋuti la tɔwo ke wo ta, eye mègakplɔ mí yi tetekpɔ me o.’”
and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who wrongs us; and take us not into temptation.”’
5 Yesu yi edzi gagblɔ na wo be, “Mitsɔe be, xɔ̃ aɖe le mia dometɔ ɖeka si, eye woyi xɔ̃a gbɔ zãtitina hegblɔ nɛ be, ‘Xɔ̃nye do abolo etɔ̃ nam,
Jesus also said to them, ‘Suppose that one of you who has a friend were to go to him in the middle of the night and say “Friend, lend me three loaves,
6 elabena xɔ̃nye aɖe si le mɔ zɔm la va dzem, eye naneke meli matsɔ nɛ wòaɖu o.’
for a friend of mine has arrived at my house after a journey, and I have nothing to offer him;”
7 “Mitsɔe be ame si le xɔ me la ɖo eŋu be, ‘Mègaɖe fu nam o. Míedo ʋɔa xoxo, eye nye kple vinyewo míemlɔ anyi. Nyemate ŋu afɔ ava na naneke wò o.’
And suppose that the other should answer from inside “Do not trouble me; the door is already fastened, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything”;
8 “Mele egblɔm na mi be nenye be xɔ̃wòa mefɔ ʋu ʋɔa o, togbɔ be xɔ̃wò wònye hã la, ne èƒo ʋɔa atraɖii la, afɔ ava tsɔ nu sia nu si dim nèle la na wò, elabena èku kutri bia nu si dim nèle la atraɖii.
I tell you that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.
9 Alea tututue wònɔna le gbedodoɖa hã me. Mibia nu, eye woana mi; midi nu, eye miakpɔe; miƒo ʋɔa, eye woaʋui na mi.
‘And so I say to you – Ask, and your prayer will be granted, search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
10 Ame sia ame si biaa nu la, wonanɛ; ame sia ame si dia nu la, ekpɔnɛ, eya ta ne mieƒo ʋɔa ko la, woaʋui na mi.
For the person who asks receives, everyone who searches finds, and to the person who knocks the door will be opened.
11 “Mi ame siwo nye vi fofowo ɖe, nenye be viwò bia tɔmelã ɖe, dalãe nàtsɔ nɛa?
What father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will give him a snake instead,
12 Alo ne ebia koklozi ɖe, ahɔ̃e nàtsɔ nɛa? Gbeɖe miewɔa esia o!
or, if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
13 “Azɔ nenye be mi ame siwo nye nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo mienaa nu nyui mia viwo la, ɖe mienya be mia Fofo si le dziƒo la anyo dɔ me, ana Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la ame siwo biae la oa?”
If you, then, naturally wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!’
14 Gbe ɖeka Yesu nya gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃ do goe le tokunɔ aɖe me, eye amea de asi nuƒoƒo me enumake. Ame siwo nɔ afi ma la kpɔ dzidzɔ hetso aseye le nukunu sia ta.
Once Jesus was driving out a mute demon, and, when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke. The people were amazed at this;
15 Gake ame aɖewo nɔ ameawo dome siwo gblɔ be, “Mewɔ nuku be ame sia le gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo nyam le amewo me o, elabena exɔ ŋusẽ tso Belzebul, si nye gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo ƒe fia la gbɔ!”
but some of them said, ‘He drives out demons by the help of Beelzebul, the chief of the demons’;
16 Ame bubuwo di tso esi be wòana dzesi aɖewo nadze le yame si afia be eƒe ŋusẽ tso Mawu gbɔ vavã.
while others, to test him, asked him for some sign from the heavens.
17 Yesu dze si nu si nɔ ame siawo katã ƒe susu me, eya ta egblɔ be, “Ne dukɔ aɖe me tɔwo ma ɖe wo nɔewo ŋu hele aʋa wɔm la, dukɔa agbã, nenema ke nenye be aƒe aɖe me yɔ fũu kple dzre la, mate ŋu anɔ te o.”
Jesus himself, however, was aware of what they were thinking, and said to them, ‘Any kingdom wholly divided against itself becomes a desolation; and a divided house falls.
18 Nenye be enye nyateƒe abe ale si miegblɔe be Belzebul ye le dɔ wɔm le menye be manya eƒe gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo ɖa la, aleke Satana ƒe fiaɖuƒe anɔ tee, nenye be ema ɖe eya ŋutɔ ŋuti?
So, too, if Satan is wholly divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I drive out demons by the help of Beelzebul.
19 Eye nenye be miele gbɔgblɔm be mele gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo nyam kple Belzebul ƒe ŋusẽ ɖe, ŋusẽ ka miaƒe amewo ya zãna ne wole gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo nyam? Miaƒe amewo boŋ neɖo nya si mietsɔ ɖe ŋutinye la ŋu na mi.
But, if it is by Beelzebul’s help that I drive out demons, by whose help is it that your own sons drive them out? Therefore they will themselves be your judges.
20 Azɔ ne mele gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo nyam kple Mawu ƒe ŋusẽ la, ekema efia be mawufiaɖuƒe la va ɖo mia dome.
But, if it is by the hand of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God must already be upon you.
21 Nenye be ŋusẽtɔ aɖe kpla eƒe aʋawɔnuwo, eye wòle eƒe fiasã ŋu dzɔm la, eƒe nuwo anɔ dedie.
When a strong man is keeping guard, fully armed, over his own mansion, his property is in safety;
22 Gake ne ame si sẽ ŋu wui va dze edzi, eye woxɔ ŋusẽ le esi la, axɔ eƒe aʋawɔnu siwo ŋu wòle ŋu ɖom ɖo la le esi, eye wòama eƒe nunɔamesiwo.
but, when one still stronger has attacked and overpowered him, he takes away all the weapons on which the other had relied, and divides his spoil.
23 “Ame si mele dzinye o la, etsi tsitre ɖe ŋunye, eye ame si meƒoa ƒu nuwo kplim o la eyae kanɛ hlẽna.”
Whoever is not with me is against me, and the person who does not help me to gather is scattering.
24 “Ne gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃ aɖe do go le ame aɖe me la, eyia gbedzi, afi si wòtsana le ɣeyiɣi aɖe sinu nɔa sitsoƒe dim, ke ne mekpɔ ɖeke o la, etrɔna yina ɖe ame si me wòdo go le la me.
No sooner does a foul spirit leave someone, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest; and finding none, it says “I will go back to the home which I left”;
25 Ne wòkpɔ be wokplɔ yeƒe nɔƒe xoxo la wòle dzadzɛe, eye nu sia nu le ɖoɖo nu.
but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
26 Eyina ɖayɔa gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃ adre bubu siwo vɔ̃ɖi wui la wogena ɖe amea me. Esia wɔnɛ be ame sia ƒe nɔnɔme gblẽna ɖe edzi wu tsã.”
Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that person proves to be worse than the first.’
27 Esi Yesu nɔ nya siawo gblɔm la, nyɔnu aɖe si nɔ ameawo dome la do ɣli be, “Mawu neyra dawò, ƒodo si me nèmlɔ kple no si nèno.”
As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd, raising her voice, exclaimed, ‘Happy was the mother who bore you and nursed you!’
28 Yesu ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Enyo, gake woayra ame siwo sea mawunya la, eye wowɔa edzi pɛpɛpɛ.”
But Jesus replied, ‘Rather, happy are those who listen to God’s message and keep it.’
29 Esi amehawo le ƒu ƒom ɖe edzi la, Yesu gblɔ be, “Esia nye dzidzime vɔ̃ɖi si le dzesi dim, gake womana dzesi aɖeke tsɔ wu Yona ƒe dzesi o.
As the crowds increased, Jesus began to speak, ‘This generation is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
30 Elabena ale si Yona nye dzesi na Ninivetɔwoe la, nenema ke Amegbetɔ Vi la anye dzesi na dzidzime siae.
For, as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
31 Le ʋɔnudrɔ̃ŋkekea dzi la, Nyɔnufia si tso Seba la atsi tsitre afia asi dzidzime sia, eye wòabu fɔ wo, elabena ezɔ mɔ tso anyigba ƒe seƒe ke va be yease Solomo ƒe nufiamenyawo, ke azɔ ame aɖe si kɔ wu Solomo la le mia dome.
At the judgment the Queen of the South will rise up with the people of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon; and here is more than a Solomon!
32 Ninivetɔwo kura gɔ̃ hã atsi tsitre le ʋɔnudɔdrɔ̃ la me ɖe dzidzime sia ŋu, eye woabu fɔe, elabena woawo la, wotrɔ dzime esime Yona va gblɔ mawunya na wo. Ke ame si kɔ wu Yona boo la le afii, gake dukɔ sia gbe be yewomaɖo toe o.”
At the judgment the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!
33 “Ame aɖeke mesia akaɖi tsɔnɛ ɣlana ɖe nu te o, ke boŋ etsɔnɛ dana ɖe akaɖiti dzi be wòaklẽ na ame siwo katã le xɔa me.
No one lights a lamp, and then puts it in the cellar or under a basket, but he puts it on the lamp-stand, so that anyone who comes in may see the light.
34 Wò ŋkue nye akaɖi na wò ŋutilã. Ne wò ŋku dzi kɔ la, wò ame blibo la àyɔ fũu kple kekeli. Ke ne ŋku vɔ̃ɖi le asiwò la, màte ŋu akpɔ kekeli la o, elabena àtsi viviti me.
The lamp of the body is your eye. When your eye is unclouded, your whole body, also, is lit up; but, as soon as your eye is diseased, your body, also, is darkened.
35 Eya ta kpɔ nyuie be kekeli si le mewò la naganye viviti o.
Take care, therefore, that the inner light is not darkness.
36 Nenye be èkɔ le ɖokuiwò me, eye viviti aɖeke mele mewò o la, ekema wò gotagome hã aklẽ abe akaɖi keklẽ gã aɖee wosi ɖe mewò ene.”
If, then, your whole body is lit up, and no corner of it darkened, the whole will be lit up, just as when a lamp gives you light by its brilliance.’
37 Esi Yesu wu nya siawo gbɔgblɔ nu la, Farisitɔ aɖe kpee be wòava ɖu nu le ye gbɔ, ale wòyi ɖe egbɔ henɔ anyi ɖe kplɔ̃a ŋu.
As Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee asked him to breakfast with him, and Jesus went in and took his place at the table.
38 Ke esi Farisitɔ la kpɔ be Yesu meklɔ ŋui gbã hafi be yeaɖu nu o la, eƒe mo wɔ yaa.
The Pharisee noticed, to his astonishment, that Jesus omitted the ceremonial washing before breakfast.
39 Aƒetɔ la gblɔ nɛ be, “Mi Farisitɔwo la, mieɖoa ŋu ɖo tsɔa dzigbɔɖi klɔa kplu kple agbawo ŋuti, gake miaƒe agbe me yɔ fũu kple ɖiƒoƒo, ŋubiabiã kple tamesesẽ.
But the Master said to him, ‘You Pharisees do, it is true, clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside you yourselves are filled with greed and wickedness.
40 Mi movitɔwo! Menye Mawue wɔ nu sia nu godo kple eme oa?
Fools! Did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?
41 Eya ta miklɔ nuawo me to dɔmenyowɔwɔ na ame dahewo me, eye mia ŋuti katã hã akɔ.
Only give away what is in them in charity, and at once you have the whole clean.
42 “Ke babaa na mi Farisitɔwo! Togbɔ be mieɖoa ŋku edzi tsɔa ahamɛ kple ƒãglo kpakple ama bubu ƒomeviwo katã ƒe ewolia naa Mawu hã la, miedrɔ̃a ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe o, eye mieŋlɔna be be Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃ li gɔ̃ hã. Enyo be miatsɔ miaƒe nukpɔkpɔwo ƒe ewolia aɖo Mawu ŋkume, gake mele be miaŋlɔ nu vevi siawo be o.
But alas for you Pharisees! You pay tithes on mint, rue, and herbs of all kinds, and pass over justice and love to God. These last you ought to have put into practice without neglecting the first.
43 “Baba na mi Farisitɔwo! Elabena mielɔ̃a bubuteƒenɔnɔ le miaƒe ƒuƒoƒewo, eye miedina be amewo nado gbe na yewo kple bubu tɔxɛ nenye be miezɔ to ablɔ dzi va yina.
Alas for you Pharisees! You delight to have the front seat in the synagogues, and to be greeted in the markets with respect.
44 “Babaa na mi. Ɖeko miele abe yɔdo siwo dzi gbe vu tsyɔ̃ ene. Amewo va toa mia dzi, eye womenyaa nu dziŋɔ si dzi zɔm wole o.”
Alas for you! You are like unsuspected graves, over which men walk unawares.’
45 Sefialawo dometɔ ɖeka si hã nɔ ameawo dome la yɔe, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Aƒetɔ, le nya si nègblɔ fifi laa me la, èdo vlo miawo hã.”
Here one of the students of the Law interrupted him by saying, ‘Teacher, when you say this, you are insulting us also.’
46 Yesu ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Babaa na mi sefialawo hã. Elabena mietsɔa agba kpekpe, siwo wu tsɔtsɔ la ɖoa amewo dzi, eye miawo ŋutɔ mietsɔa miaƒe asibidɛ ɖeka kaa agbawo ŋu o.
But Jesus went on, ‘Alas for you, too, you students of the Law! You load people with loads that are too heavy to carry, but do not, yourselves, touch them with one of your fingers.
47 “Babaa na mi! Elabena ɖeko miele abe mia tɔgbui siwo wu nyagblɔɖila siwo nɔ anyi tsã va yi la ene.
Alas for you! You build the monuments of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.
48 Mieɖi ɖase, eye mieda asi ɖe nu si mia fofowo wɔ la dzi be enyo. Wowu nyagblɔɖilawo, eye miawo hã mieɖɔa woƒe yɔdowo ɖo.
You are actually witnesses to your ancestors’ acts and show your approval of them, because, while they killed the prophets, you build tombs for them.
49 Nu si Mawu gblɔ tso mia ŋu lae nye be, ‘Maɖo nyagblɔɖilawo kple apostolowo ɖe mi. Ke miawu ɖewo, eye mianya ɖewo de gbe.’
That is why the wisdom of God said – “I will send to them prophets and apostles,
50 Woatsɔ nya ɖe mi dzidzime sia ŋu ɖe Mawu ƒe nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe ʋukɔkɔɖi tso keke xexe sia me ƒe gɔmedzedze ke ta.
some of whom they will persecute and kill, in order that the blood of all the prophets that has been spilt since the creation of the world may be exacted from this generation –
51 Le nyateƒe me, woabu fɔ mi tso Abel ƒe ʋu dzi va se ɖe Zekaria, ame si wowu le vɔsamlekpui kple kɔkɔeƒe la dome la dzi. Le nyateƒe me la, woatsɔ fɔbubu sia ada ɖe dzidzime sia dzi.
from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the house of God.” Yes, I tell you, it will be exacted from this generation.
52 “Baba na mi senyalawo, elabena mietsɔ nunya la ƒe safui dzoe. Esi miawo ŋutɔ miegbe nu le egbɔ ta la, miexea mɔ na ame bubuwo bena womakpɔ mɔ axɔ nyateƒe la dzi ase o.”
Alas for you students of the Law! You have taken away the key of the door of knowledge. You have not gone in yourselves and you have hindered those who try to go in.’
53 Esi wòdo go tso afi ma la, Farisitɔwo kple agbalẽfialawo tsi tsitre ɖe eŋu vevie, eye wole biabia vovovowo biam
When Jesus left the house, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to press him hard and question him closely on many subjects,
54 be woalée le eƒe nuƒoƒo me.
laying traps for him, so as to seize on anything that he might say.
