Luka 14
1 Gbe ɖeka le Dzudzɔgbe dzi, Yesu yi nuɖuƒe le Farisitɔwo ƒe amegã aɖe ƒe aƒe me, eye wonɔ ŋku lém ɖe eŋu vevie.
And it came to pass, on His going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a Sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching Him,
2 Afi ma ŋutsu aɖe si nɔ tetedɔ lém la dze ŋgɔe.
and behold, there was a certain dropsical man before Him;
3 Ke Yesu bia Farisitɔ kple senyala siwo nɔ tsitre ɖe afi ma be, “Ele se nu be woada gbe le ame ŋu le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkekea dzia?”
and Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
4 Womeɖo biabia la ŋu nɛ o, ale Yesu lé dɔnɔa ƒe alɔnu, eye wòda gbe le eŋu. Emegbe la, eɖe mɔ nɛ wòdzo.
And they were silent, and having taken hold of [him], He healed him, and let [him] go;
5 Yesu gatrɔ ɖe ameawo ŋu bia wo be, “Mia dometɔ kae mewɔa dɔ le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke dzi o. Nenye be via alo eƒe nyi ge dze do me le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkekea dzi ɖe, meɖenɛ enumake oa?”
and answering them He said, “Of which of you will a donkey or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the Sabbath day?”
6 Ameawo mete ŋu ɖo biabia sia hã ŋu nɛ o.
And they were not able to answer Him again to these things.
7 Yesu kpɔ be ame siwo katã wokpe be woava ɖu nua la tia kplɔ̃a ta. Le esia ta edo lo na wo gblɔ be,
And He spoke an allegory to those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying to them,
8 “Nenye be wokpe wò ɖe srɔ̃ɖekplɔ̃ ŋu la, mègaʋli be yeanɔ kplɔ̃ ta o, elabena ne ame ŋkuta aɖe si ŋu bubu le wu wò la va la,
“When you may be called by anyone to wedding feasts, you may not recline on the first couch, lest [one] more honorable than you may have been called by him,
9 ne edzɔ nenema la, ame si kpe wò la akplɔe va afi si nènɔ eye wòagblɔ na wò be, ‘Tso nàtsɔ wò nɔƒe na ame sia.’ Esia ana be ŋu akpe wò, eye nàyi aɖanɔ zikpui sia zikpui si le kplɔ̃a ƒe nuwuwu lɔƒo la dzi.
and he who called you and him having come will say to you, Give to this one [your] place, and then you may begin to occupy the last place with shame.
10 “Nu si boŋ wòle be nàwɔe nye esi, yi ɖanɔ teƒe aɖe le kplɔ̃a ƒe nuwuwu, eye ne ame si kpe wò la ŋutɔ kpɔ wò la, ava gblɔ na wò be, ‘Nɔvi, míegblẽ nɔƒe nyui aɖe ɖi na wò!’ Ale wòade bubu ŋuwò le ame siwo katã wòkpe la ŋkume.
But when you may be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called you may come, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; then you will have glory before those dining with you;
11 Ame sia ame si dina be ye ŋutɔ yeade bubu ye ɖokui ŋu la, woabɔbɔe ɖe anyi, eye ame si abɔbɔ eɖokui la, woade bubu eŋu.”
because everyone who is exalting himself will be humbled, and he who is humbling himself will be exalted.”
12 Azɔ etrɔ ɖe ame si kpee ɖe kplɔ̃ ŋu la gbɔ gblɔ nɛ be, “Ne èɖo kplɔ̃ la, mègakpe xɔ̃wòwo, nɔviwòwo kple wò ƒometɔwo kple kesinɔtɔwo o. Elabena woawo hã ava kpe wò ɖe kplɔ̃ ŋu emegbe.
And He also said to him who called Him, “When you may make an early meal or a dinner, do not be calling your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they may also call you again, and a repayment may come to you;
13 Boŋ la, kpe ame dahewo, tekunɔwo, lãmetututɔwo kple ŋkunɔwo.
but when you may make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,
14 Ekema le ame dzɔdzɔewo ƒe tsitretsitsiŋkekea dzi la, Mawu ŋutɔ axe fe na wò be èwɔ dɔmenyo na ame siwo mate ŋu aɖo eteƒe na wò o.”
and you will be blessed, because they have nothing to repay you, for it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the righteous.”
15 Esi ŋutsu aɖe si nɔ kplɔ̃a ŋu kple Yesu la se nya siawo la, egblɔ na Yesu be, “Woayra ame siwo aɖu abolo le mawufiaɖuƒe la me!”
And one of those dining with Him, having heard these things, said to Him, “Blessed [is] he who will eat bread in the Kingdom of God”;
16 Yesu ɖo eƒe nya la ŋu nɛ be, “Ŋutsu aɖe ɖo kplɔ̃ gã aɖe, eye wòkpe ame geɖewo.
and He said to him, “A certain man made a great dinner, and called many,
17 Esi nu sia nu sɔ gbe vɔ be wɔnawo nadze egɔme la, edɔ eƒe subɔvi ɖe ame siwo wòkpe la gbɔ be wòaɖayɔ wo vɛ.
and he sent his servant at the hour of the dinner to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now all things are ready.
18 “Gake ame sia ame de asi taflatsedodo me esi subɔvi la yi. Ame ɖeka do taflatse be yeƒle anyigba aɖe eye yedi be yeayi aɖalé ŋku ɖe eme, eya ta yemate ŋu ava o.
And all began with one [voice] to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I bought a field, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of you, have me excused.
19 “Bubu hã do taflatse be yeƒle nyitsu ewo be woawɔ dɔ le yeƒe agble me, eya ta yeyina wo do ge akpɔ.
And another said, I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go on to prove them; I beg of you, have me excused.
20 “Ame bubu hã gado taflatse be nyitsɔ laa ko yeɖe srɔ̃, eya ta yemate ŋu agblẽ nyɔnu la ɖi ava o.
And another said, I married a wife, and because of this I am not able to come.
21 “Subɔvi la trɔ va gblɔ nya siwo ameawo gblɔ la na eƒe aƒetɔ. Dɔ me ve aƒetɔa ŋutɔ, eya ta edɔ eƒe subɔvi la wòyi dua ƒe ablɔwo dzi kple kpɔdomewo ɖayɔ nubialawo, tekunɔwo, lãmetututɔwo kple ŋkunɔwo va kplɔ̃a ŋui.
And that servant having come, told these things to his lord, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly into the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in here.
22 “Togbɔ be dɔla la wɔ esia hã la, egblɔ be, ‘Aƒetɔ wowɔ se si nède la dzi, gake nɔƒe gali.’
And the servant said, Lord, it has been done as you commanded, and still there is room.
23 “Aƒetɔ la gagblɔ na subɔvia be, ‘Enyo, yi dua ƒe mɔ gãwo dzi kple kpɔwo godo, eye nàƒoe ɖe ame siwo katã nàkpɔ la nu be woava, be aƒea me nayɔ.
And the lord said to the servant, Go forth into the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;
24 Elabena mele egblɔm na mi be ame siwo katã mekpe gbã la ƒe ɖeke maɖɔ nu siwo meɖa na wo la ƒe ɖeke kpɔ o.’”
for I say to you that none of those men who have been called will taste of my dinner.”
25 Ame geɖe ŋutɔ nɔ Yesu yome nɔ yiyim. Ale wòtrɔ ɖe wo ŋu hegblɔ na wo be.
And there were going on with Him great multitudes, and having turned, He said to them,
26 “Ame si di be yeanɔ yonyeme la, ele nɛ be wòalɔ̃m wu fofoa, dadaa, srɔ̃a, viawo, nɔvia ŋutsu alo nɔvia nyɔnu. Ɛ̃, le nyateƒe me, ele nɛ be wòalɔ̃m wu eya ŋutɔ ƒe agbe gɔ̃ hã. Ne menye nenema o la, mate ŋu anye nye nusrɔ̃la o.
“If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be My disciple;
27 Ame si matsɔ eƒe atitsoga akplɔm ɖo o la mate ŋu anye nye nusrɔ̃la o.
and whoever does not carry his cross, and come after Me, is not able to be My disciple.
28 “Ne ame aɖe be yeanɔ yonyeme la, ele be wòabu eŋuti kpɔ nyuie hafi. Ame kae aɖo be yeatu xɔ ke mawɔ akɔnta tso ga home si wòagblẽ la ŋu, eye wòakpɔe ɖa be ga si le ye si la ade xɔa tutu nu o mahã?
For who of you, willing to build a tower, does not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he has the things for completing?
29 Ne mewɔ nenema o, wòɖo xɔa ƒe gɔmeɖokpewo anyi, eye mete ŋu tui wu enu o la, ame siwo katã kpɔe la ade asi fewuɖuɖu le eŋu me.
Lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,
30 Woaɖu fewu hã le eŋu be, ‘Mikpɔ ame ma ɖa! Eyae dze xɔ ma tutu gɔme, gake mete ŋu wu enu hafi ga vɔ le esi o.’
saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 “Alo fia kae atso kpla ko ayi aʋa, ke mayɔ eƒe aɖaŋudelawo be woawɔ akɔnta le futɔwo ƒe agbɔsɔsɔ ŋu, akpɔe ɖa be yeƒe asrafo akpe ewo ate ŋu aɖu futɔwo tɔ akpe blaeve dzi hã o?
Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, does not, having sat down, first consult if he with ten thousand is able to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
32 Nenye be wòkpɔe be yeƒe asrafowo mate ŋu aɖu dzi o la, adɔ ame ɖo ɖe futɔwo gbɔ be yeawɔ ŋutifafa kple wo hafi woava ɖo eƒe du gbɔ.
And if not so—he being yet a long way off—having sent a delegation, he asks the things for peace.
33 Ale ame aɖeke mate ŋu anye nye nusrɔ̃la o, negbe ɖe wònɔ anyi gbã, bu eƒe kesinɔnuwo katã ŋu, eye wògbe nu le wo gbɔ ɖe tanye hafi!
So, then, everyone of you who does not take leave of all that he himself has, is not able to be My disciple.
34 “Dze la, nu vevi ye, ke ne dze bu eƒe vivi la, ŋudɔwɔnu kae wòganye?
The salt [is] good, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?
35 Menyo na anyigba alo na aɖukpo dzi hã o; ɖeko woatsɔe aƒu gbe. “Ame si to senu li na la nesee.”
It is neither fit for land nor for manure—they cast it outside. He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”
