Luk 12
1 Nʼoge ahụ, mgbe ọtụtụ puku ndị mmadụ gbakọtara, nke mere ka ha na-azọ ibe ha ụkwụ. O buuru ụzọ bido ịgwa ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sị, “Kpacharanụ anya unu banyere ihe na-eko achịcha ndị Farisii, nke bụ ihu abụọ ha.
At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread on one another, He began to say to His disciples, first, “Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;
2 Nʼihi na ọ dịghị ihe ọbụla zoro ezo nke na-agaghị apụta ìhè, ọ dịkwaghị ihe e kpuchiri ekpuchi nke a na-agaghị ekpughe.
and there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hid that will not be known;
3 Ihe ọbụla unu kwuru nʼọchịchịrị, a ga-anụ ya nʼihe, ihe ọbụla unu gbara nʼizu nʼime ụlọ ka a ga-ekwusa nʼelu ụlọ.
because whatever you said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you spoke to the ear in the inner-chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.
4 “Ana m agwa unu, ndị enyi m, unu atụla egwu maka ndị na-egbu anụ ahụ ma e mesịa, ha apụghị ime ihe ọzọ.
And I say to you, my friends, do not be afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything more to do;
5 Ma aga m ezi unu onye unu ga-atụ egwu. Tụọnụ egwu Onye ahụ nwere ikike igbu anụ ahụ ma tụbakwa ya nʼọkụ ala mmụọ. E, asị m unu tụọnụ ya egwu. (Geenna g1067)
but I will show to you whom you may fear: fear Him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast into Gehenna; yes, I say to you, fear Him. (Geenna g1067)
6 Ọ bụghị mkpụrụ ego abụọ ka a na-ere ụmụ nza ise? Ma o nweghị nke ọbụla nʼime ha Chineke chefuru.
Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? And one of them is not forgotten before God,
7 Nʼezie a gụrụ ọ bụladị agịrị isi dị nʼisi unu ọnụ. Unu atụla egwu, nʼihi na unu dị oke ọnụ karịa ọtụtụ ụmụ nza.
but even the hairs of your head have all been numbered; therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 “Ma asị m unu, na onye ọbụla kwupụtara m nʼihu ụmụ mmadụ, onye ahụ ka Nwa nke Mmadụ ga-ekwupụta nʼihu ndị mmụọ ozi nke Chineke.
And I say to you, everyone who may confess in Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess in him before the messengers of God,
9 Onye ọbụla na-agọnarị m nʼihu ndị mmadụ, a ga-agọnarịkwa ya nʼihu ndị mmụọ ozi nke Chineke.
and he who has denied Me before men, will be denied before the messengers of God,
10 Onye ọbụla nke ga-ekwu okwu megide Nwa nke Mmadụ, a ga-agbaghara ya, ma onye ọbụla na-ekwulu Mmụọ Nsọ, agaghị agbaghara ya.
and everyone who will say a word to the Son of Man, it will be forgiven to him, but the [one] having slandered to the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11 “Mgbe ha ga-akpọbata unu nʼihu ụlọ nzukọ, ndị ọchịchị na ndịisi, unu echegbula onwe unu otu unu ga-esi zaghachi, maọbụ ihe unu ga-aza, maọbụ ihe unu ga-ekwu.
And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, do not be anxious how or what you may reply, or what you may say,
12 Nʼihi na Mmụọ Nsọ ga-ezi unu nʼoge awa ahụ, ihe unu kwesiri ikwu.”
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that hour what [you] should say.”
13 Otu onye nʼime igwe mmadụ ahụ sịrị ya, “Onye ozizi, gwa nwanne m nwoke ka o kenye m oke nʼihe nketa anyị.”
And a certain one out of the multitude said to Him, “Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.”
14 Ọ sịrị ya, “Nwoke, onye mere m onye ikpe maọbụ onye ndozi okwu nʼetiti unu?”
And He said to him, “Man, who set Me a judge or a divider over you?”
15 Ma ọ sịrị ha, “Kpachapụnụ anya! Nọrọnụ na nche banyere oke ọchịchọ niile, nʼihi na ndụ mmadụ adabereghị nʼọtụtụ ihe o nwere.”
And He said to them, “Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because his life is not in the abundance of one’s goods.”
16 Ọ tụụrụ ha ilu a sị, “Otu ọgaranya nwere ala mịrị nnọọ mkpụrụ dị ukwuu.
And He spoke an allegory to them, saying, “Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;
17 O chere nʼime onwe ya sị, ‘Gịnị ka m ga-eme nʼihi na enweghị m ebe m ga-echekwa mkpụrụ m?’
and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What will I do, because I have nowhere I will gather together my fruits?
18 “Ya mere ọ sịrị, ‘Ihe m ga-eme bụ nke a, aga m akwatu ọba m, wuo nke ka ya ukwuu, bụ ebe m ga-echekwa mkpụrụ m na ihe ndị ọzọ.
And he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and I will build greater ones, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,
19 Ya mere aga m agwa mkpụrụobi m, “I nwere ọtụtụ ezi ihe ga-ezuru gị ọtụtụ afọ, nʼihi ya zuru ike, rie, ṅụọ ma nweekwa obi ụtọ.”’
and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
20 “Ma Chineke gwara ya sị, ‘Onye nzuzu, nʼabalị a ka a ga-achọ mkpụrụobi gị nʼaka gị. Ihe niile ị kpakọtara nke onye ka ha ga-abụ?’
And God said to him, Unthinking [one]! This night your life is required of you, and what things you prepared—to whom will they be [given]?
21 “Otu a ka ọ ga-adịrị onye ọbụla na-akpadoro naanị onwe ya akụ, ma ọ baghị ụba nʼebe Chineke nọ.”
So [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.”
22 Ọ gwara ndị na-eso ụzọ ya, “Ya mere, asị m unu, unu echegbula onwe unu banyere ndụ unu, ihe unu ga-eri, maọbụ banyere ahụ unu, ihe unu ga-eyi.
And He said to His disciples, “Because of this, to you I say, do not be anxious for your life, what you may eat; nor for the body, what you may put on;
23 Nʼihi na ndụ dị mkpa karịa ihe oriri, anụ ahụ dịkwa mkpa karịa uwe.
life is more than nourishment, and the body than clothing.
24 Tuleenụ ugolọma. Ha adịghị akụ maọbụ ghọrọ mkpụrụ ọbụla. Ha enweghị ụlọakụ maọbụ ọba, ma Chineke na-azụ ha nri. Unu ọ dịghị oke ọnụahịa karịa anụ ufe ndị a.
Consider the ravens, that they do not sow, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God nourishes them; how much better are you than the birds?
25 Onye nʼime unu pụrụ itinye otu nkeji nʼogologo ụbọchị nke ndụ ya site nʼichegbu onwe ya?
And who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?
26 Ebe unu na-apụghị ime ihe nta dị otu a, gịnị mere unu ji echegbu onwe unu banyere ihe ndị ọzọ?
If, then, you are not able for the least—why are you anxious for the rest?
27 “Tuleenụ otu okoko ọhịa lili si eto. Ha adịghị arụ ọrụ ọbụla maọbụ tụọ ogho. Ma asị m unu, ọ bụladị Solomọn nʼebube nke ịbụ eze ya niile, eyighị uwe ọbụla mara mma dị ka otu nʼime okoko osisi nke ọhịa ndị a.
Consider the lilies, how do they grow? They do not labor, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these;
28 Ma ọ bụrụ na Chineke si otu a chọọ ahịhịa efu nke ubi mma, nke pụrụ ịdị ndụ taa ma echi atụba ha nʼite ọkụ, ọ bụ na ọ pụghị i si otu a chọọ unu mma karịa? Unu ndị okwukwe nta.
and if the herbage in the field, that today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, God so clothes, how much more you of little faith?
29 Ya mere, unu adọgbula onwe unu maka ihe unu ga-eri maọbụ ihe unu ga-aṅụ. Unu echegbukwala onwe unu.
And you—do not seek what you may eat, or what you may drink, and do not be in suspense,
30 Nʼihi na ọ bụ ihe ndị a ka ndị mba nke ụwa na-achụso, ma Nna unu makwara na ha dị unu mkpa.
for the nations of the world seek after all these things, and your Father has known that you have need of these things;
31 Kama chọọnụ alaeze ya, a ga-atụkwasịkwara unu ihe ndị a niile.
but seek the Kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you.
32 “Unu atụla egwu, igwe atụrụ nta, nʼihi na ọ tọrọ Nna unu ụtọ inye unu alaeze ahụ.
Do not fear, little flock, because your Father delighted to give you the kingdom;
33 Reenụ ihe unu nwere nyekwanụ ndị ogbenye. Meerenụ onwe unu akpa na-agaghị aka nka, nʼọba akụ nʼeluigwe, ebe onye ohi na-adịghị abịa nso, nla adịghị erichapụkwa ya.
sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that do not become old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief does not come near, nor moth destroy;
34 Nʼihi na ebe ọbụla akụ unu dị ka obi unu ga-adịkwa.”
for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35 “Keenụ ajị nʼume, meenụ ka oriọna unu na-enwu enwu.
Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,
36 Dịnụ ka ndị ohu na-echere nlọghachi nke nna ha ukwu, onye gara oriri agbamakwụkwọ, bụ onye ha ga-emeghere ụzọ ngwangwa mgbe ọ lọtara kụọ aka.
and you [be] like to men waiting for their lord when he will return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.
37 Ndị ohu ahụ ga-abụ ndị a gọziri agọzi, bụ ndị onyenwe ha ga-ahụ na ha nọ na nche mgbe ọ ga-alọghachi. Nʼezie asị m unu na ọ ga-eke belịt ya nʼukwu ya, mekwa ka ha nọdụ ala na tebul iri ihe, ọ ga-abịakwa jere ha ozi.
Blessed those servants, whom the lord, having come, will find watching; truly I say to you that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline, and having come near, will minister to them;
38 Ngọzị ga-adịrị ndị ohu ahụ onye nwe ha ga-ahụ ka ha nọ na njikere, ọ bụladị ma ọ lọghachiri nʼetiti abalị, maọbụ nʼezigbo isi ụtụtụ.
and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find [it] so, blessed are those servants.
39 Maranụ nke a: ọ bụrụ na onyenwe ụlọ maara oge awa onye ohi ga-eji abịa nʼụlọ ya, ọ gaghị ekwe ka onye ohi ahụ tiwaa ụlọ ya.
And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have permitted his house to be broken through;
40 Unu kwesiri ịnọ na njikere nʼihi na Nwa nke Mmadụ ga-abịa nʼoge awa unu na-atụghị anya ya.”
and you, then, become ready, because at the hour you do not think, the Son of Man comes.”
41 Pita sịrị ya, “Onyenwe anyị, ị tụrụ ilu a nʼihi anyị, ka ọ bụ maka onye ọbụla?”
And Peter said to Him, “Lord, do You speak this allegory to us, or also to all?”
42 Ma Onyenwe anyị sịrị, “Onye bụ ohu ahụ nke kwesiri ntụkwasị obi ma nwekwa uche, nke onyenwe ya mere onyeisi ụmụodibo ya niile, ka ọ na-enye ha nri mgbe o kwesiri?
And the LORD said, “Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord will set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?
43 Ngọzị na-adịrị ohu ahụ nke onyenwe ya ga-ahụ ka ọ na-arụ ọrụ ahụ mgbe ọ ga-alọghachi.
Blessed that servant, whom his lord, having come, will find doing so;
44 Nʼezie asị m unu, ọ ga-eme onye nke ahụ onyeisi nke ihe niile o nwere.
truly I say to you that he will set him over all his goods.
45 Ma ọ bụrụ na ohu ahụ asị nʼobi ya, ‘Onyenwe m na-anọ ọdụ ịlọta,’ ọ bụrụkwa na ọ malite itigbu ụmụodibo ndị ọzọ, bụ ndị ikom na ndị inyom na-eje ozi, na iri ihe oriri, na ịṅụkwa ihe ọṅụṅụ na ịṅụbiga mmanya oke.
And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and may begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken,
46 Nna ukwu ohu ahụ ga-alọta nʼụbọchị ọ na-atụghị anya, nʼoge awa ọ na-amakwaghị. Ọ ga-egburisikwa ya, nye ya ọnọdụ nʼetiti ndị na-ekweghị ekwe.
the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he does not look for [him], and in an hour that he does not know, and will cut him off, and he will appoint his portion with the unfaithful.
47 “Ohu ahụ maara ihe nna ya ukwu chọrọ ma hapụ ịnọ na njikere, maọbụ ime ya, ka a ga-apịasi ụtarị ike.
And that servant, who having known his lord’s will, and having not prepared, nor having gone according to his will, will be beaten with many stripes,
48 Ma onye na-amaghị ama ma mee ihe kwesiri ka a pịa ya ụtarị, a ga-apịa ya ụtarị ole na ole. Nʼihi na ọ bụ onye e nyere ihe hiri nne ka a ga-ele anya ịnata ihe hiri nne nʼaka. Onye e nyekwara ihe ukwu nʼaka idebe, nʼaka ya ka a ga-achọ ihe nke kachasịnụ.
and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few; and to everyone to whom much was given, much will be required from him; and to whom they committed much, more abundantly they will ask of him.
49 “A bịara m iwebata ọkụ nʼelu ụwa, ọ gaara adịrị m nọ mma ma ọ bụrụ na ọ malitelarị inwu!
I came to cast fire to the earth, and what I wish [is] if it were already kindled!
50 Enwere m baptizim nke m na-aghaghị ime, ma aga m anọgide nʼoke ihe mgbu tutu e mezuo ya
But I have an immersion to be immersed with, and how I am pressed until it may be accomplished!
51 Unu chere na m bịara iweta udo nʼụwa? Asị m unu mbaa, kama nkewa.
Do you think that I came to give peace in the earth? No, I say to you, but rather division;
52 Site ugbu a gawa, mmadụ ise si nʼotu ezinaụlọ ga-ekewa megide onwe ha, atọ megide abụọ, abụọ megide atọ.
for there will be from now on five in one house divided—three against two, and two against three;
53 Ha ga-ekewa; nna megide nwa ya nwoke, nwa nwoke ga-emegidekwa nna ya, nne megide nwa ya nwanyị, nwa nwanyị megidekwa nne ya, nne di megide nwunye nwa ya, nwunye nwa megide nne di ya.”
a father will be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
54 Ọ gwakwara igwe mmadụ ahụ sị, “Mgbe unu hụrụ urukpu ojii ka ọ na-ebili nʼọdịda anyanwụ, unu na-eme ngwangwa sị, ‘Mmiri ga-ezo,’ ọ na-ezokwa.
And He also said to the multitudes, “When you may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, A shower comes, and it is so;
55 Mgbe unu hụrụ na ifufe na-esite na ndịda na-efe, unu na-asị, Oke okpomọkụ ga-adị, ọ na-emekwa otu ahụ.
and when a south wind is blowing, you say that there will be heat, and it is;
56 Ndị ihu abụọ! Unu matara ịkọwa ihu ala na mbara eluigwe. Gịnị mere unu apụghị ịkọwa oge dị ugbu a?
hypocrites! You have known to discern the face of the earth and of the sky, but how do you not discern this time?
57 “Gịnị mere unu adịghị ekpebiri onwe unu ihe ziri ezi?
And why, also, of yourselves, do you not judge what is righteous?
58 Ọ bụrụ na gị na onye na-ebo gị ebubo esoro na-aga nʼihu ọkaikpe, gbalịsie ike ka gị na ya kpezie nʼụzọ, ma ọ bụghị otu a, ọ ga-akpọpụ gị nʼihu onye ọkaikpe, ma eleghị anya ọkaikpe ahụ ga-arara gị nye nʼaka ọkaikpe ukwu, ọkaikpe ukwu ga-ararakwa gị nye nʼaka onye na-eje ozi nʼụlọikpe, bụ onye ga-etinye gị nʼụlọ mkpọrọ.
For as you are going away with your opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag you to the judge, and the judge may deliver you to the officer, and the officer may cast you into prison;
59 Asị m gị, ị gaghị e si nʼebe ahụ pụta ruo mgbe ị kwụghachiri ọ bụladị otu kobo nke ikpeazụ.”
I say to you, you may not come forth from there until even the last mite you may give back.”
