< Luk 7 >

1 Mgbe o kwusiri okwu ndị a nye ndị na-ege ya ntị, ọ banyere na Kapanọm.
After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
2 Ma e nwere otu ọchịagha nke nwere otu ohu nwoke ọ hụrụ nʼanya. Onye nọ nʼọrịa na nʼọnụ ọnwụ.
A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
3 Mgbe ọ nụrụ ihe banyere Jisọs, o zipụrụ ụfọdụ ndị okenye ndị Juu ka ha gaa rịọrọ ya ka ọ bịa gwọọ ohu ya.
When he heard about Yeshua, he sent to him Jewish elders, asking him to come and save his servant.
4 Mgbe ha bịakwutere Jisọs, ha rịọsiri ya arịrịọ ike sị, “O kwesiri ka i mere ya ihe a.
When they came to Yeshua, they begged him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for you to do this for him,
5 Nʼihi na ọ hụrụ obodo anyị nʼanya. O wukwaara anyị ụlọ ekpere.”
for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”
6 Jisọs sooro ha gawa. Ma mgbe ọ nọ nso nʼụlọ ya, onye ọchịagha ahụ zipụrụ ndị enyi ya ka ha ga sị ya, “Onyenwe anyị, esogbukwala onwe gị, nʼihi na etorughị m ka ị bata nʼokpuru ụlọ m.
Yeshua went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.
7 Ọ bụ ya mere na-echeghị m na m toruru ịpụta bịa zute gị. Ma kwuo okwu, ọ ga-agwọkwa odibo m.
Therefore I didn’t even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.
8 Nʼihi na mụ onwe m bụkwa onye nọ nʼokpuru ikike ọchịchị, nwee ndị agha nọ nʼokpuru m. Ana m asị onye nke a ‘gaa,’ ọ gaa, sịkwa onye nke ọzọ ‘bịa,’ Ọ bịa. Ana m asị ohu m, ‘mee nke a,’ ọ na-emekwa ya.”
For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
9 Mgbe Jisọs nụrụ okwu niile a, o juru ya anya nke ukwuu. Ọ tụgharịrị gwa igwe mmadụ ndị na-eso ya sị, “Asị m unu, ahụbeghị m okwukwe dị otu a ọ bụladị nʼIzrel.”
When Yeshua heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.”
10 Mgbe ndị ozi ahụ laghachiri nʼụlọ, ha chọpụtara na ahụ adịla ohu ahụ mma.
Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.
11 O ruo mgbe nwa oge gasịrị, ọ gara nʼobodo a na-akpọ Nain. Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya na ọtụtụ igwe mmadụ ndị ọzọ sooro ya gaa.
Soon afterwards, he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him.
12 Mgbe ọ na-abịaru nso nʼọnụ ụzọ e si abata nʼobodo ahụ, o nwere otu nwoke nwụrụ anwụ nke a na-ebupụ, otu nwa nke nne ya mụrụ. Nne ya ahụ bụ nwanyị di ya nwụrụ, oke igwe mmadụ si nʼobodo ahụ sonyekwara ya.
Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only born son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.
13 Mgbe Onyenwe anyị hụrụ ya, o meere ya obi ebere ma sị ya, “Ebela akwa.”
When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Don’t cry.”
14 Mgbe ahụ ọ gara nso metụ igbe ozu ahụ aka, ndị bu ya kwụsịrị. Ọ sịrị, “Nwokorobịa, asị m gị bilie!”
He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”
15 Nwoke ahụ nwụrụ anwụ biliri, nọdụ ala, bido ikwu okwu, ọ kpọnyere ya nne ya.
He who was dead sat up and began to speak. Then he gave him to his mother.
16 Egwu tụrụ ha niile, ha tokwara Chineke sị, “Onye amụma dị ukwuu apụtala nʼetiti anyị, Chineke abịala inyere ndị ya aka!”
Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”
17 Akụkọ a banyere ya ruru Judịa niile na obodo nta niile gbara ya gburugburu.
This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region.
18 Ndị na-eso ụzọ Jọn kọọrọ ya maka ihe ndị a niile. Jọn kpọrọ mmadụ abụọ nʼime ndị na-eso ụzọ ya,
The disciples of Yochanan told him about all these things.
19 zie ha ka ha jekwuru Onyenwe anyị jụọ ya ajụjụ sị, “Ọ bụ gị bụ onye ahụ ga-abịa. Ka anyị ga-ele anya ọbịbịa onye ọzọ?”
Yochanan, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Yeshua, saying, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?”
20 Mgbe ụmụ nwoke ahụ bịakwutere ya, ha sịrị, “Jọn omee baptizim ziri anyị ka anyị jụọ gị sị, ‘Ọ bụ gị bụ onye ahụ ga-abịa ka anyị ga-ele anya ọbịbịa onye ọzọ?’”
When the men had come to him, they said, “Yochanan the Immerser has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?’”
21 Mgbe ahụ ọ gwọrọ ọtụtụ ndị nwere ọrịa, na nrịa nrịa dị iche iche, na mmụọ ọjọọ. O mekwara ka ọtụtụ ndị kpuru ìsì hụ ụzọ ọzọ.
In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.
22 Ọ zaghachiri ndị ozi ahụ sị, “Laghachinụ azụ gaa kọrọ Jọn ihe unu hụrụ na nke unu nụrụ; ndị kpuru ìsì na-ahụ ụzọ, ndị ngwụrọ na-aga ije, ndị ekpenta ka a na-eme ka ha dị ọcha, ndị ntị chiri na-anụ ihe, a na-eme ka ndị nwụrụ anwụ si nʼọnwụ bilie, a na-ezisara ndị ogbenye oziọma.
Yeshua answered them, “Go and tell Yochanan the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
23 Ngọzị na-adịrị onye ahụ na-enweghị ihe mkpasu iwe nʼihi m.”
Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
24 Mgbe ndị na-eso ụzọ Jọn pụrụ, Jisọs bidoro ịgwa igwe mmadụ ahụ okwu banyere Jọn sị, “Gịnị ka unu gara nʼọzara ịhụ? Ọ bụ ahịhịa achara nke ikuku na-ebugharị?
When Yochanan’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about Yochanan, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
25 Ma gịnị ka unu pụrụ ịga ịhụ? Ọ bụ nwoke yi uwe mara mma? E e, ndị na-eyi uwe dị oke ọnụahịa, ndị na-ebikwa nʼoke oriri na oke ọṅụṅụ bi nʼụlọeze.
But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed and live delicately are in kings’ courts.
26 Ma gịnị ka unu pụrụ ka unu ga-ahụ? Ọ bụ onye amụma? E, ana m a gwa unu, unu hụrụ onye karịrị onye amụma.
But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
27 Ọ bụ onye a bụ onye ahụ e dere ihe banyere ya sị, “‘Aga m ezipu onyeozi m nʼihu gị, onye ga-edozi ụzọ gị nʼihu gị.’
This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
28 Agwa m unu, nʼetiti ndị nwanyị mụrụ, ọ dịghị onye dị ukwuu karịa Jọn, ma onye dịkarịsịrị nta nʼalaeze Chineke dị ukwuu karịa ya.”
“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than Yochanan the Immerser; yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.”
29 (Ndị mmadụ niile nụrụ nke a, tinyekwara ndị ọna ụtụ, nabatara nʼụzọ Chineke bụ nke ziri ezi, nʼihi na Jọn emela ha baptizim.
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been immersed with Yochanan’s immersion.
30 Ma ndị Farisii na ndị ozizi iwu jụrụ imezu ebumnobi Chineke nye ha onwe ha, nʼihi na ha anabataghị ka Jọn mee ha baptizim.)
But the Pharisees and the Torah scholars rejected the counsel of God, not being immersed by him themselves.
31 Ọ gara nʼihu sị ha, “Ma gịnị ka m ga-eji tụnyere ndị bi nʼọgbọ a? Gịnị ka ha yiri?
“To what then should I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
32 Ha dị ka ụmụntakịrị nọ nʼọma ahịa na-akpọ ibe ha oku na-asị, “‘Anyị gburu unu ọja, ma unu adịghị ete egwu. Anyị bụrụ abụ ịkwa ozu, ma unu ebeghị akwa.’
They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another, saying, ‘We piped to you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned, and you didn’t weep.’
33 Nʼihi na Jọn omee baptizim bịara na-erighị achịcha maọbụ ṅụọ ihe ọṅụṅụ ma unu sịrị, ‘Mmụọ ọjọọ bi nʼime ya.’
For Yochanan the Immerser came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
34 Nwa nke Mmadụ bịara na-eri ihe oriri na-aṅụkwa ihe ọṅụṅụ, ma unu sịrị, ‘Lee, onye oke oriri na onye oke aṅụmaṅụ, enyi ndị ọna ụtụ na ndị mmehie.’
The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
35 Ma e sitela nʼụmụ ya niile nwapụta amamihe nʼonye ziri ezi.”
Wisdom is justified by all her children.”
36 Otu onye nʼime ndị Farisii kpọrọ ya oriri. Ọ gara nʼụlọ onye Farisii ahụ, ma nọdụ ala nʼoche nri.
One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee’s house and sat at the table.
37 Ma otu nwanyị nke bi nʼobodo ahụ, onye birila ndụ mmehie, mgbe ọ matara na ọ nọ nʼụlọ onye Farisii ahụ na-eri nri, o jiri otu karama alabasta mmanụ otite bata nʼụlọ ahụ.
Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
38 Ka o guzoro nʼazụ ụkwụ ya na-ebe akwa, ọ malitere iji anya mmiri ya na-awụsa nʼụkwụ ya. O jiri agịrị isi ya hichaa anya mmiri ahụ, sutu ụkwụ ya ọnụ, ma wụsa mmanụ otite isi ụtọ ahụ na ha.
Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
39 Mgbe onye Farisii ahụ kpọrọ ya oriri hụrụ ihe nke a, o kwuru nʼobi ya sị, “A sị na nwoke a bụ onye amụma, ọ gaara amata ụdị mmadụ nwanyị a na-emetụ ya aka bụ, na ọ bụ onye mmehie.”
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
40 Jisọs zara ya sị, “Saimọn, e nwere m ihe m chọrọ ịgwa gị.” Ọ sịrị ya, “Onye ozizi gwa m ya.”
Yeshua answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” He said, “Rabbi, say on.”
41 “Ndị ikom abụọ ji onye na-ebinye ndị mmadụ ego nʼọmụrụnwa ụgwọ. Otu onye ji ya narị ego ise, onye nke ọzọ ji ya iri ego ise.
“A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
42 Mgbe ha na-enweghị ike ịkwụghachi ụgwọ ha ji ya, ọ gbaghara ha ụgwọ ahụ. Ugbu a, onye nʼime ha ga-ahụ ya nʼanya karịa?”
When they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?”
43 Saimọn zara sị, “Ọ dị m ka ọ bụ onye nke ọ gbaghara ụgwọ dị ukwuu.” Ọ sịrị ya, “Ị kpeziri.”
Simon answered, “He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most.” He said to him, “You have judged correctly.”
44 Mgbe ahụ ọ tụgharịrị nʼebe nwanyị ahụ nọ gwa Saimọn sị, “Ị hụrụ nwanyị a? A batara nʼụlọ gị, i kunyeghị m mmiri ka m saa ụkwụ m, ma nwanyị a ejirila anya mmiri ya sachaa ụkwụ m, jirikwa agịrị isi ya hichaa ha.
Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
45 Ị sutughị m ọnụ, ma kemgbe m batara nʼụlọ a, o zubeghị ike isutu ụkwụ m ọnụ.
You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 Ị teghị m mmanụ ọbụla nʼisi, ma lee, o werela mmanụ otite isi ụtọ wụkwasị m nʼụkwụ.
You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
47 Ya mere, ana m agwa gị sị, a gbagharala ya mmehie ya niile o mehiere, nʼihi na ọ nwere ịhụnanya dị ukwuu. Ma onye nwetara mgbaghara dị nta, na-enwe ịhụnanya dị nta.”
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”
48 Mgbe ahụ ọ gwara ya sị, “A gbagharala gị mmehie gị.”
He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 Ma ndị ọzọ soro ya nọdụ na-eri nri bidoro ikwu nʼetiti onwe ha na-asị, “Onye bụ onye a nwere ike ọ bụladị ịgbaghara mmehie?”
Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
50 Ọ sịrị nwanyị ahụ, “Okwukwe gị azọpụtala gị, laa nʼudo.”
He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

< Luk 7 >