Luk 14
1 Otu ụbọchị izuike, mgbe ọ gara iri ihe nʼụlọ otu onyendu ndị Farisii, ha nọ na-ele ya anya nke ọma.
One (Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day), Jesus went to eat [SYN] at the house of an important Pharisee. Some [men who studied the Jewish] laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully [to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him].
2 Ma lee, otu nwoke ahụ ya zara aza nọkwa nʼihu ya ebe ahụ.
Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
3 Jisọs jụrụ ndị Farisii na ndị ozizi iwu sị, “O ziri ezi nʼiwu ịgwọ ọrịa nʼụbọchị izuike ka ọ bụ na o zighị?”
Jesus said to them, “Is it permitted in [our(inc)] Jewish laws to heal [someone] (on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath), or not?”
4 Ma ha e kwughị okwu ọbụla. Ya mere ọ kpọrọ ya, gwọọ ya ma sị ya laa.
[They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) (OR, [they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it]). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go [home].
5 Ọ sịrị ha, “Ọ bụrụ na otu nʼime unu nwere nwa nwoke maọbụ oke ehi nke dabara nʼime olulu mmiri nʼụbọchị izuike, ọ bụ na ọ gaghị eme ngwangwa dọpụta ya?”
Then he said to the rest of them, “If you had a son or an ox that fell into a well on a (Sabbath/our day of rest), would you immediately [work to] pull him out, [or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day]?”
6 Ma ha enweghị ike ịza ajụjụ a.
[They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So] they said nothing in reply to Jesus.
7 Mgbe ọ hụrụ otu ndị a kpọrọ oriri si họrọ naanị oche ndị a na-asọpụrụ, oche ndị a na-asọpụrụ, ọ tụrụ ha ilu sị,
Jesus noticed that those people who had been {whom [the Pharisee] had} invited [to the meal] chose [to sit in] the places where important [people usually sit]. Then he gave [this advice] to them:
8 “Mgbe mmadụ ọbụla kpọrọ gị oriri nʼọlụlụ di na nwunye, abatala nọdụ nʼoche ndị a na-asọpụrụ, nʼihi na eleghị anya, onye kpọrọ gị oriri kpọkwara onye ka gị nwe nsọpụrụ.
“When one of you [(sg)] is invited by someone {someone invites one of you [(sg)]} to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. Perhaps the man [giving the feast] has invited a man more important than you [(sg)].
9 Nʼihi na onye ahụ kpọrọ unu oriri nwere ike bịakwute gị sị gị, nye nwoke a ọnọdụ gị. Mgbe ahụ, ị ga-ebili nʼanya ihere gaa nọdụ nʼoche dịkarịsịrị ala.
[When that man comes], the man who invited both of you will come to you [(sg)] and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you [(sg)] will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.
10 Ma mgbe a kpọrọ gị, nọdụ nʼoche dị ala, ka ọ ga-abụ na onye kpọrọ gị oriri bịa, ọ ga-asị gị ‘Enyi m, rigota nʼebe a ka elu.’ Mgbe ahụ, ị ga-enwekwa ugwu nʼanya ndị niile a kpọrọ gị na ha oriri.
Instead, when you are invited {[someone] invites one of you} [to a feast], go and sit in the most undesirable seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you [(sg)], ‘Friend, sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you [(sg)] will see that he is honoring you.
11 Nʼihi na onye ọbụla ga-ebuli onwe ya elu ka a ga-eweda nʼala, ma onye ọbụla na-eweda onwe ya ala ka a ga-ebuli elu.”
Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
12 Ọ gwara onye ahụ kpọrọ ya oriri sị, “Mgbe ị na-akpọ oriri nke nri ehihie maọbụ nke nri anyasị, akpọla naanị ndị enyi gị maọbụ ụmụnne gị ndị nwoke maọbụ ndị ikwu na ibe gị, maọbụ ndị agbataobi gị bara ọgaranya, nʼihi ma eleghị anya, ha pụrụ ịkpọkwa gị na mgbe nke ha, sị otu a kwụghachi gị ụgwọ.
[Jesus] also said to [the Pharisee] who had invited him to the meal, “When you [(sg)] invite people to a midday or evening meal, do not invite your friends or your family or your other relatives or your rich neighbors. They can later invite you [(sg) for a meal]. In that way they will repay you.
13 Kama mgbe ị na-akpọ oriri, kpọọ ndị ogbenye na ndị ọlụsị na ndị ngwụrọ na ndị ìsì.
Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
14 A ga-agọzikwa gị, nʼihi na ha enweghị ike ịkwụghachi gị, a ga-akwụghachikwa gị mgbe ndị ezi omume ga-ebili nʼọnwụ.”
They will be unable to repay you. [But God will bless you! He] will repay you [at the time] when [he causes] righteous people to become alive again.”
15 Mgbe otu nʼime ndị a kpọrọ oriri nụrụ nke a, ọ sịrị ya, “Ngọzị ga-adịrị onye ga-eso rie oriri nʼalaeze Chineke.”
One of those who were eating with Jesus heard him say that. He said to Jesus, “God [has truly] blessed [us Jews] who will eat [with the Messiah] when he starts to rule!”
16 Ma ọ sịrị ya, “Otu onye na-akwado oke oriri kpọkwa ọtụtụ mmadụ oku.
But [to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation] [MET], Jesus replied to him, “One time a man [decided] to prepare a large feast. He invited many people to come.
17 Mgbe oge oriri ahụ ruru, o zipụrụ ohu ya ka ọ ga gwa ndị ahụ ọ kpọrọ sị, ‘Bịanụ, nʼihi na e dozichaala ihe niile.’
When it was the day for the feast, he sent his servant to tell those who had been {whom he had} invited, ‘Come [now] because everything is ready!’
18 “Ma ha niile nʼotu nʼotu malitere inye ọsịsa. Onye nke mbụ sịrị, ‘Azụrụ m iberibe ala ọhụrụ, ọ dịkwa mkpa na m ga-eje hụ ya, biko gbaghara m, agaghị m abịa.’
But [when the servant did that], all of the people [whom he had invited] began to say why they did not want to come. The first [man the servant went to] said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
19 “Onye nke ọzọ sịrị, ‘Azụrụ m ehi e ji arụ ọrụ ubi, iri e jikọrọ abụọ abụọ. Ana m aga ugbu a ka m nwalee ha, biko gbaghara m, agaghị m abịa.’
Another person said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen, and I must go to examine them. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
20 “Ma onye ọzọ sịkwara, ‘Alụrụ m nwunye ọhụrụ, nʼihi nke a agaghị m abịa.’
Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
21 “Ohu ahụ lọtara, kọọrọ nna ya ukwu ihe ndị ahụ a kpọrọ oriri kwuru. Mgbe ahụ, iwe dị ukwuu were nna ya ukwu, nke a mere ka o zipụ ohu ya sị ya, ‘Gaa ngwangwa nʼokporoụzọ ukwu na nʼokporoụzọ nta dị nʼobodo a, kpọbata ndị ogbenye, na ndị ụkwụ rụrụ, na ndị ìsì na ndị ngwụrọ.’
So the servant returned to his master and reported what [everyone had said]. The owner of the house was angry [when he heard the reasons they gave for not] coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city [and find] poor and crippled and blind and lame [people, and bring] them here into [my house]!’
22 “Ohu ahụ sịrị, ‘Nna m ukwu, emeela m ihe i kwuru, ma ohere ka fọdụrụ.’
[After the servant went and did that], he [came back and] said, ‘Sir, I have done what you [(sg)] told me to do, but there is still room [for more people].’
23 “Nna ukwu ahụ sịrị ohu ahụ, ‘Gaakwa nʼokporoụzọ ukwu na okporoụzọ nta, mee ka ndị mmadụ bata nʼụlọ m, ka ụlọ m jupụta na mmadụ.
[So] his master said to him, ‘Then go [outside the city]. Search for people along the highways. Search also along the narrow roads with hedges beside them [where homeless people may be staying]. Strongly urge the people in those places to come to [my house]. I want it to be full of [people]!’”
24 Nʼihi na agwa m unu, ọ dịghị otu onye nʼime ndị ahụ a kpọrọ oriri ga-edetụ nri m ọnụ.’”
[Then Jesus said], “I tell you [(pl)] this: Very few of you [Jewish] people will enjoy my feast, even though [I] invited you [first to eat it with me when I become king].”
25 Ugbu a, oke igwe mmadụ na-eso ya ma ọ tụgharịrị sị ha:
Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
26 “Onye ọbụla chọrọ iso m, ma o bụghị ụzọ kpọ nne na nna ya, na nwunye ya, na ụmụ ya, na ụmụnne ya ndị nwoke na ndị nwanyị tinyekwara ndụ nke ya onwe ya asị, apụghị ịbụ onye na-eso ụzọ m.
“If anyone comes to me who loves his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters [more than] [HYP] [he loves me], he cannot be my disciple. He must even love me more than he loves his own life!
27 Onye ọbụla na-eburughị obe ya soro m, enweghị ike ịbụ onye na-eso ụzọ m.
[People who are ready to execute a prisoner make] him carry his cross [MET] [to the place where others will nail him] on it. Only those who are willing [to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them] like that because of being my disciples, and who are willing to obey what I teach, can be my disciples.
28 “Ọ dị onye ọbụla nʼime unu chọrọ iwu ụlọ elu, na-agaghị ebu ụzọ nọdụ ala, gbakọọ ihe ọ ga-efu ya, iji chọpụta ma o nwekwara ego ga-ezu iwucha ya?
[I will illustrate] [MET]. If one of you desired to build a (tower/big house), (you would surely first sit down and determine how much it would cost!/would you not first sit down and determine how much it would cost?) [RHQ] Then you would determine whether you had enough money to complete it.
29 Nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na ọ tọọ ntọala ma o nwekwaghị ike wuchaa ya, onye ọbụla hụrụ ya ga-achị ya ọchị,
[If you did not do that], if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish [the rest of the tower], everyone who saw it would make fun of you.
30 na-asị, ‘Nwoke a malitere iwu ụlọ, ma o nweghị ike wuchaa ya.’
They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
31 “Maọbụ olee eze chọrọ ịlụso eze ibe ya ọgụ, ọ gaghị ebu ụzọ nọdụ ala tulee ma puku ndị agha iri ya ọ ga-ezuru ya iji lụso onye ji iri puku ndị agha abụọ abịakwute ya ọgụ?
Or, if a king decided to [send his army to] war against another king, (he would surely first sit down [with those who] advised [him]./would he not first sit down [with those who] advised [him]?) [RHQ] They would determine whether [his army], which had only 10,000 soldiers, could defeat the [other army], which had 20,000 soldiers, and was about to attack his [army].
32 Ọ bụrụ na o nweghị ike, ọ ga-ezipụ ozi rịọ ka e kpee udo mgbe onye nke ọzọ ka nọ nʼebe dị anya.
If he [decided] that his army could not [defeat that army], he would send messengers to [the other king] while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’
33 Nʼụzọ dị otu a, onye ọbụla na-ajụghị ihe niile o nwere, apụghị ịbụ onye na-eso ụzọ m.
So, similarly, if any one of you does not first decide that you [(sg)] are [willing to] give up all that you have, you cannot be my disciple.”
34 “Nnu dị mma, ma ọ bụrụ na ọ dịghị atọkwa ụtọ, a ga-eji gịnị mee ka ọ tọọ ụtọ ọzọ?
[Jesus also said, “You are like] [MET] salt, which is useful [to put on food]. But (salt certainly cannot be made {[you] certainly cannot make salt} to taste salty again if it stops tasting salty!/can salt be made {can [you] make salt} to taste salty again if it quits tasting salty?) [RHQ]
35 Ọ bakwaghị uru nye ala maọbụ iji mee nri ala. Kama ọ bụ itufu ya. “Onye ọbụla nwere ntị ịnụ ihe, ya nụrụ.”
[If salt does not taste salty any more], it is not good for the soil or even for the manure heap. [People] throw it away. [The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God]. If you want to understand what I just said [IDM], you must consider [carefully] what you have heard!”
