Lioka 14
1 Teo t’ie nizilik’ añ’anjomba’ ty mpiamo beim-Pariseoo hikama ami’ty Sabotse, le fonga nikirok’ aze.
When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
2 Aa hehe te añatrefa’e eo t’indaty voa ty trinike.
Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
3 Le hoe ty ontane’ Iesoà amo mpahay Hàkeo naho amo Fariseoo: No’ i Hake hao ty mampijangañe ami’ty Sabotse?
Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
4 Nianjiñe avao iereo, aa le rinambe’e naho jinanga’e, vaho nampiavote’e.
But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
5 Le hoe re tam’ iereo: Ia ama’ areo naho tafajoroboñ’ an-kadaha ao ty birì’e ndra ty añombe’e, ro tsy hañakatse aze aniany ami’ty andro Sabata?
He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
6 Aa le tampets’ eñoeño iereo amy hoe zay.
They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
7 Ie nirendre’e o nambarañe nifatrifatry hitsotsèfotse aolo eio, le nirazañe’e ty hoe:
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
8 Naho eo ty mañambara azo homb’ añ’enga vao añe, ko mitsoretak’ aolo ey, ke ampihovae’e ty aman-kasy mandikoatse azo;
“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
9 ie amy zay, ho saontsie’ i nampihova anahareo roey ty hoe: Ampiambesaro t’indaty toy, le an-tsalatse ty hinankanankaña’o mb’ am-boho ao.
and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
10 Aa naho ambaràñe, miambesara amo èpakeo, ie avy i nitaoñe azoy, le hanoa’e ty hoe: O rañetse, mionjona mb’aolo ey; le hanan-kasin-drehe añatrefa’ o miharo fiambesatse mikama ama’oo.
But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
11 Harèke ty mitrotroaboke, vaho haonjoñe ty mirèke.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
12 Hoe ka re amy nañambara azey: Ie mañalankañe fikama antoandro ndra hariva, ko mikanjy o rañe’oo, ndra o roahalahi’oo, ndra o longo’oo, ndra o mpañaleale marine azoo, tsy mone hambara’ iereo ka, le ho vinale i azoy.
He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
13 F’ ihe manao takataka, koiho o rarakeo, o komboo, o kepekeo vaho o goao.
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
14 Le ho soatata irehe amy t’ie tsy hahavale. Hondroheñe ami’ty fivañon-ko velo’ o vantañeo i azoy.
and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
15 Ie nahajanjiñe izay ty niambesatse nitrao-pikama ama’e le hoe ty asa’e ama’e: Soatata ze hikama amy Fifehean’ Añaharey.
When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
16 Le hoe ty natoi’e: Teo t’indaty nañalankañe sabadidake naho nikoike maro,
But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
17 ie tendreke i sabadidakey le nampihitrife’e mpitoroñe hanao ty hoe amo nañambarà’eo: Antao fa hene hinalankañe.
He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
18 Fe, songa nihalaly fihankañañe. Hoe ty valoha’e: Fa nivily tane iraho le tsi-mete tsy homb’eo hañente aze, aa le mihalaly t’ie hitotse ama’o hey.
They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
19 Hoe ka ty raike: Nikalo katràka folo iraho le hihitrike hibiribiry iareo. Iantofo koahe o halalikoo.
“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
20 Hoe ka ty raike: Nañenga-vao iraho, le tsy eo ty hombako mb’eo.
“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’
21 Aa le nimpoly i mpitoroñey vaho hene natalili’e amy talè’ey. Viñetse amy zao i talen’ anjombay le hoe ty asa’e amy mpitoroñey: Masikà, akia mb’an-damoke mb’eo naho mb’ añ’ oloñolo’ o tanàñeo mb’eo le ampihovao mb’etoa o rarakeo, o kepekeo, o feio vaho o komboo.
“That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
22 Le hoe i mpitoroñey: O Rañandria, kila heneke i nandilia’oy, fa mbe malalake.
“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
23 Le hoe i beiy amy mpitoro’ey: Akia mb’an-dalañe mb’eo, naho mb’amo lalan-tsilekeo vaho fonga aziro himoake hahàtseke ty trañoko.
“The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24 Taroñeko te ndra raik’ am’ ondaty nikoihekoo tsy hitsòpek’ amo ahandrokoo.
For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”
25 Havorontsan-dahialeñe ty nindre fañavelo am’ Iesoà. Ie nitolike, le nanoa’e ty hoe:
Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
26 Naho eo ty miheo amako fa tsy mahafary rae naho rene naho valy naho anake naho rahalahy naho rahavave, eka, toe ty fiai’e, le tsy mete ho mpiamako.
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
27 Tsy noko ho mpiamako ka ze tsy mitarazo ty hatae ajale’e naho manonjohy ahy.
Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
28 Aa vaho ia ama’ areo, naho mañoreñe fitalakesañ’ abo, ro tsy hitoboke hey hañereñere ty ho vili’e, hahaoniñe ke ho fonitse,
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
29 ke, ie napeta’e o mananta’eo naho tsy nahafonitse, le ho kizahe’ ze hisamba,
Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and isn’t able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
30 ami’ty hoe: Namototse nañoreñe indatiy fe tsy nahafonitse.
saying, ‘This man began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
31 Ia ka ty mpanjaka, hialy ami’ty mpanjaka hafa, ro tsy hitoboke hey hisafiry, hera, ami’ty rai-ale re ro haharebake ty aman-droe-ale?
Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 Aa naho tsie, ie mbe añe ro hañitrifeñe ty hipay filongoañe ama’e.
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
33 Aa le tsy lefe ho mpiamako ka t’ie tsy songa mahafoe ze hene fanaña’e.
So therefore, whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
34 Soa o sirao; f’ie nàmoñe, inon-ka ty hahareizan-tave aze?
“Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
35 Tsy mañeva o taneo ndra i zolokey izay, fa hariañe avao. Ze aman-dravembia hijanjiñe, Mijanjiña.
It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
