Luka 14
1 Yapitike lochoba lya sabato, pabile kayenda kachake kwa yumo ywa kiongozi wa Mafarisayo lya nkate, nabo babile kabachunguza kwa karibu.
And as He went into the house of one of the chief of the pharisees to eat on the sabbath-day, and they were watching Him,
2 Linga palo nnongi yake pabile mundu ambaye asuliwae ni iumbe.
behold, there was a certain man before Him that had a dropsy.
3 Yesu aalokiye ataalamu ba saliya ya Ayahudi ni Mafarisayo, “Buli, ni alali kumponya lichuba lya sabato au bulii?
And Jesus spake to the expounders of the law and to the pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day?
4 Lakini bembe babi chichi kwa hiyo Yesu atikumkamwa, nikumponya ni kumruhusu ayende zake.
but they made no answer. And He took him and healed him, and sent him away:
5 Ni ywembe aabakiye, nyai kati yinu ambaye aii na mwana au ngombe atumbukii pa luchii lichuba lya sabato amuuta panja mara yimo?”
and said unto them, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out even on the sabbath-day?
6 Bembe babi ni uwezo kwaa wa pia jibu kewa mambo ago.
and they were not able to answer Him again to these things.
7 Yesu pakwipilwe kwamba bachawii itii ya heshima, abakiye mfano, Ngabakiya,
And He spake a parable to those that were invited, observing how they chose the chief seats, saying unto them,
8 Wakati pankokelwa ni mundu kundoa kana utume katika nafasi ya heshima kwasababu iwezekana akokilwe mundu ambaye mwene heshima muno kuliko wenga.
When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not sit down in the uppermost place, least one more honorable than thou be invited by him;
9 Wakati mundu ywa mkokite mwenga mwaabele paaicha akubakia wenga, “upiyee mundu yo nafasi yako” ni kwa oni watumbwa tola nafasi ya kumwisho.
and he who invited thee and him, should come and say to thee, Give place to this person, and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10 Lakini wenga mana ukokilwe, uyende ukatame nafasi ya mwisho, linga wakati yulo ywa kukokite manaaichile awecha kukubakiya wenga, “Mbwiga, uyende nnongi, zaidi,” apo wabaa utieshimika nnongi ya boti bautaminabo pameza.
But when thou art invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, that, when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then wilt thou have honor before them that sit at table with thee:
11 kwa maana kila ywa ikwiya bapakumuuluya ni nywaa iuluya bapa kunkwiya.'
for whosoever exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
12 Yesu kae aabakiye mundu ywankokite, papia chakulya cha mutwe kati au cha kitamwiyo, kana uakoke mabwigalyo au alongo au anunabo au majirani bako matajiri, linga kwamba bembe kana kukoke wenga kwa pata malipo.
He said also to him that had invited Him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, do not invite thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor thy rich neighbors; least they invite thee again, and so a return be made thee.
13 Badala yake, paunga sheree wakoke masikini, ilema, iwete ni ipofu.
But when thou makest a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind; and thou shalt be happy;
14 Ni wenga wabarikiwa, kwa sababu bawecha kwaa kukulipaa. Kwa maana walipilwa katika ufufuo wa bene haki.”
because they have not wherewith to requite thee: for a recompense shall be given thee at the resurrection of the just.
15 Wakati umo wa balo babatami mezani pamope ni Yesu, payowine ago, ni ywembe aamakiye, Atibarikiwa yolo ywa lyaa nkate katika ufalme wa Nnongo!”
And one of those; who sat at table with Him, hearing these things, said unto Him, Happy is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
16 Lakini Yesu aamakiye mundu yumo aandayite sheree ngolo akokite bandu baingi.
Upon which He said, A certain man made a great supper and invited many;
17 Wakati sheree paibile tayari, amtumite mmanda wake kuabakia balo babakokilwe, muiche, kwa sababu ile yoti ibekilwe tayari
and sent his servant at supper-time to say to them that were invited, Come, for all things are now ready.
18 Boti batumbwi luba radhi, ywa kwanza aamakiye mpanga kachi, mbinike nng'unda, lazima niyende nikalibone tafadhali unisamee,'
And they all with one consent began to make excuses; the first said, I have bought a field, and I must go and see it, pray have me excused.
19 Ni ywenge abayite mbimike jozi tano ya ngombe ni nenga niyenda kuwapaya. Tafadhali uniwie radhi.'
And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am going to try them, pray have me excused.
20 Ni mundu ywenge kabaya, “nikobike nnwawa, kwa nyoo ngwecha kwaa icha.'
And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21 Mmanda kabuya ni kummakiya ngwana wake makowe ago, ngwana mwene nyumba atikasirika atikummakiya mmanda wake, Yenda uoesi mumitaa uichochoro ya mji ukabatole kwango maskini, ilema, ipofu ni babalemile.”
So the servant came and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go directly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the lame, and the blind.
22 Mmanda ngabaya, nwana hago gaulagya gapangilwe ni hata nambiambi balo kui na nafasi.
And the servant said, Sir, it is done according to thine order, and still there is room.
23 Ngwana ngamakiya mmanda, yenda katika ndela ngalu ni muichocholo bandu ni ubalazimishe bandu bajingii, linga nyumba yango itwetii.
And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the high-ways and hedges, and press them to come in, that my house may be filled:
24 Kwa maana nenda kuwa bakiya, katika balo babakokilwe ba kwanza ntopo ywapaya sheree yango.'
for I tell you, that none of those men who were invited, shall taste of my supper.
25 Nambeambe bandu banyansima babile kabayenda nakwe pamope agalambwike ni aabakiye,
Now there were great multitudes going along with Him:
26 Mana mundu kaicha kwango ni amchukya kwaa tate bake, mao bake, nnyumbo we, bana bake, anunabe, alalome ni alwawa ndio, ni hata maisha gake awecha kwaa panga mwanapunzi bango.
so he turned and said to them, If any man come to me, and does not comparatively hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple.
27 Mundu ywaapotwa kwaa msalaba wake ni icha ichungu yango hawecha kwaa panga mwanapunzi bango.
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and follow me, cannot be my disciple.
28 Maana nyai nkati yinu, ambaye atamaniya chenga nnara hatamaa kwa akadilii galamaa kwa mahesabu kati ai na chilo chakipala linga alikamilishe lyo?
For who of you that hath a mind to build a tower does not first sit down and calculate the expence, whether he hath wherewithal to perfect it?
29 Vinginevyo baada ya bika nsingi ni chindwa yomolya, boti bababweni batumbwa kum'dhihaki.
least having laid a foundation and not being able to finish,
30 Kabaya, mundu yu alumbwi chenga wakati ntopo ngupu ya yomolya.
all that see it, should deride him, saying, this man began to build and was not able to finish.
31 Au mfalme ywako mana kaapala yenda, kumbwana ni mfalme ywenge katika vita ambae hatama kwaa pae kwanza ni tola ushauli usu mana awecha, pamope ni bandu elfu komii kumbwana ni mfalme ywenge kaicha usu ywembe ni bandu elfu ishirini?
Or what king, going to engage with another king in battle, doth not sit down first and consult, whether he be able with ten thousand men to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
32 Ni mana nyoo kwaa, wakati jeshi lya bengi balo li kutalu utuma mjumbe pala masharti ga amani.
and if not, while he is yet far off, he sendeth an embassy, and desireth conditions of peace.
33 Kwa nyoo basi yoyoti kati yinu ambaye haaleka kwaa yoti yabile nayo, hawecha kwaa, panga mwanapunzi bango.
So, every one of you, that doth not give up all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.
34 Mwinyo ni nzuri, lakini iobiye ladha yake, panga kitiwe panga kai mwinyo kae?
Salt is good; but if the salt have lost it's savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35 Ntopo matumizi kwa bui au hata kwa mbolea undataikwa kutalu. Ywabile na makutu, ni ayowe.”
it is neither fit for the land, nor for the dunghil; but they throw it away. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
