Luke 12
1 Ó sì ṣe, nígbà tí àìníye ìjọ ènìyàn péjọpọ̀, tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí wọn ń tẹ ara wọn mọ́lẹ̀, ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ sísọ fún àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ pé, “Ẹ máa ṣọ́ra yín nítorí ìwúkàrà àwọn Farisi tí í ṣe àgàbàgebè.
Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 Kò sí ohun tí a bò, tí a kì yóò sì fihàn; tàbí tí ó pamọ́, tí a kì yóò mọ̀.
But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, nor hidden that will not be known.
3 Nítorí náà ohunkóhun tí ẹ̀yin sọ ní òkùnkùn, ní gbangba ni a ó ti gbọ́ ọ; àti ohun tí ẹ̀yin bá sọ sí etí ní iyàrá, lórí òrùlé ni a ó ti kéde rẹ̀.
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
4 “Èmi sì wí fún yín ẹ̀yin ọ̀rẹ́ mi, ẹ má ṣe bẹ̀rù àwọn tí ó ń pa ara ènìyàn kú, lẹ́yìn èyí, wọn kò sì ní èyí tí wọ́n lè ṣe mọ́.
“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 Ṣùgbọ́n èmi ó sì sọ ẹni tí ẹ̀yin ó bẹ̀rù fún yín: Ẹ bẹ̀rù ẹni tí ó lágbára lẹ́yìn tí ó bá pànìyàn tan, láti wọ́ ni lọ sí ọ̀run àpáàdì. Lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún yín òun ni kí ẹ bẹ̀rù. (Geenna g1067)
But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him. (Geenna g1067)
6 Ológoṣẹ́ márùn-ún sá à ni a ń tà ní owó idẹ wẹ́wẹ́ méjì? A kò sì gbàgbé ọ̀kan nínú wọn níwájú Ọlọ́run?
“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
7 Ṣùgbọ́n gbogbo irun orí yín ni a kà pé ṣánṣán. Nítorí náà kí ẹ má ṣe bẹ̀rù, ẹ̀yin ní iye lórí ju ológoṣẹ́ púpọ̀ lọ.
But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
8 “Mo sì wí fún yín pẹ̀lú, Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá jẹ́wọ́ mi níwájú àwọn ènìyàn. Ọmọ Ènìyàn yóò sì jẹ́wọ́ rẹ̀ níwájú àwọn angẹli Ọlọ́run.
“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;
9 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó bá sẹ́ mi níwájú ènìyàn, a ó sẹ́ ẹ níwájú àwọn angẹli Ọlọ́run.
but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels.
10 Àti ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá sọ̀rọ̀-òdì sí Ọmọ Ènìyàn, a ó dárí rẹ̀ jì í; ṣùgbọ́n ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá sọ̀rọ̀-òdì sí Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́, a kì yóò dárí rẹ̀ jì í.
Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11 “Nígbà tí wọ́n bá sì mú yin wá sí Sinagọgu, àti síwájú àwọn olórí, àti àwọn aláṣẹ, ẹ má ṣe ṣàníyàn pé, báwo tàbí ohun kín ni ẹ̀yin yóò fèsì rẹ̀ tàbí kín ni ẹ̀yin ó wí.
When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer or what you will say;
12 Nítorí Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́ yóò kọ́ yín ní wákàtí kan náà ní ohun tí ó yẹ kí ẹ sọ.”
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
13 Ọ̀kan nínú àwùjọ wí fún un pé, “Olùkọ́, sọ fún arákùnrin mi kí ó pín mi ní ogún.”
One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Ó sì wí fún un pé, “Ọkùnrin yìí, ta ni ó fi mí jẹ onídàájọ́ tàbí olùpíngún fún yín?”
But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”
15 Ó sì wí fún wọn pé, “Kíyèsára kí o sì máa ṣọ́ra nítorí ojúkòkòrò: nítorí ìgbésí ayé ènìyàn kò dúró lé ọ̀pọ̀ ohun tí ó ní.”
He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
16 Ó sì pa òwe kan fún wọn pé, “Ilẹ̀ ọkùnrin ọlọ́rọ̀ so ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ èso.
He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.
17 Ó sì rò nínú ara rẹ̀ pé, ‘Èmi ó ti ṣe, nítorí tí èmi kò ní ibi tí èmi ó gbé kó èso mi jọ sí.’
He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’
18 “Ó sì wí pé, ‘Èyí ni èmi ó ṣe: èmi ó wó àká mi palẹ̀, èmi ó sì kọ́ èyí tí ó tóbi; níbẹ̀ ni èmi ó gbé to gbogbo èso àti ọrọ̀ mi jọ sí.
He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19 Èmi ó sì wí fún ọkàn mi pé, ọkàn, ìwọ ní ọrọ̀ púpọ̀ tí a tò jọ fún ọ̀pọ̀ ọdún; sinmi, máa jẹ, máa mu, máa yọ̀.’
I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.”’
20 “Ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run wí fún un pé, ‘Ìwọ aṣiwèrè, lóru yìí ni a ó béèrè ọkàn rẹ lọ́wọ́ rẹ; ǹjẹ́ ti ta ni nǹkan wọ̀nyí yóò ha ṣe, tí ìwọ ti pèsè sílẹ̀?’
“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’
21 “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹni tí ó to ìṣúra jọ fún ara rẹ̀, tí kò sì ní ọrọ̀ lọ́dọ̀ Ọlọ́run.”
So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
22 Jesu sì wí fún àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ pé, “Nítorí náà mo wí fún yín pé, ẹ má ṣe ṣe àníyàn nítorí ẹ̀mí yín pé, kín ni ẹ̀yin yóò jẹ tàbí nípa ara yin pe kín ni ẹyin o fi bora.
He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
23 Ẹ̀mí sá à ju oúnjẹ lọ, ara sì ju aṣọ lọ.
Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.
24 Ẹ kíyèsi àwọn ẹyẹ ìwò: wọn kì í fúnrúgbìn, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọn kì í kórè: wọn kò ní àká, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni wọn kò ní abà, Ọlọ́run sá à ń bọ́ wọn: mélòó mélòó ni tí ẹ̀yin fi sàn ju ẹyẹ lọ!
Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
25 Ta ni nínú yín nípa àníyàn ṣíṣe tí ó lè fi ìgbọ̀nwọ́ kan kún ọjọ́ ayé rẹ̀?
Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?
26 Ǹjẹ́ bí ẹ̀yin kò ti lè ṣe èyí tí ó kéré bí eléyìí, èéṣe tí ẹ̀yin fi ń ṣàníyàn nítorí ìyókù?
If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?
27 “Ẹ kíyèsi àwọn lílì bí wọ́n ti ń dàgbà; wọn kì í ṣiṣẹ́, wọn kì í rànwú; ṣùgbọ́n kí èmi wí fún yín, a kò ṣe Solomoni pàápàá lọ́ṣọ̀ọ́ ní gbogbo ògo rẹ̀ tó ọ̀kan nínú ìwọ̀nyí.
Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28 Ǹjẹ́ bí Ọlọ́run bá wọ koríko igbó ní aṣọ tó bẹ́ẹ̀ èyí tí ó wà lónìí, tí a sì gbá a sínú iná lọ́la: mélòó mélòó ni yóò wọ̀ yín láṣọ, ẹ̀yin onígbàgbọ́ kékeré.
But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
29 Kí ẹ má sì ṣe lé ohun tí ẹ ó jẹ, tàbí ohun tí ẹ ó mu, kí ẹ má sì ṣe ṣe àníyàn nínú ọkàn.
“Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.
30 Nítorí gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè ayé ń wá kiri. Baba yín sì mọ̀ pé, ẹ̀yin ń fẹ́ nǹkan wọ̀nyí.
For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.
31 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ máa wá ìjọba Ọlọ́run, gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí ni a ó sì fi kún un fún yín.
But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.
32 “Má bẹ̀rù, agbo kékeré, nítorí dídùn inú Baba yín ni láti fi ìjọba fún yín.
“Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.
33 Ẹ ta ohun tí ẹ̀yin ní, kí ẹ sì tọrẹ àánú kí ẹ sì pèsè àpò fún ara yín, tí kì í gbó, ìṣúra ní ọ̀run tí kì í tán, ní ibi tí olè kò lè súnmọ́, àti ibi tí kòkòrò kì í bà á jẹ́.
Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
34 Nítorí ní ibi tí ìṣúra yín gbé wà, níbẹ̀ ni ọkàn yín yóò gbé wà pẹ̀lú.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 “Ẹ di àmùrè yín, kí fìtílà yín sì máa jó.
“Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.
36 Kí ẹ̀yin tìkára yín dàbí ẹni tí ń retí olúwa wọn, nígbà tí òun ó padà ti ibi ìgbéyàwó dé, pé nígbà tí ó bá dé, tí ó sì kànkùn, kí wọn lè ṣí i sílẹ̀ fún un lọ́gán.
Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
37 Ìbùkún ni fún àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ náà nígbà tí olúwa náà bá dé tí yóò bá wọn tí wọn ń ṣọ́nà; lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún yín, yóò di ara rẹ̀ ní àmùrè yóò sì mú wọn jókòó láti jẹun, yóò sì jáde wá láti ṣe ìránṣẹ́ fún wọn.
Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
38 Bí olúwa wọn bá sì dé nígbà ìṣọ́ kejì, tàbí tí ó sì dé nígbà ìṣọ́ kẹta, tí ó sì bá wọn bẹ́ẹ̀, ìbùkún ni fún àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ náà.
They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
39 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ mọ èyí pé, baálé ilé ìbá mọ wákàtí tí olè yóò wá, òun ìbá máa ṣọ́nà, kì bá tí jẹ́ kí a já wọ inú ilé òun.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
40 Nítorí náà, kí ẹ̀yin múra pẹ̀lú, nítorí Ọmọ Ènìyàn ń bọ̀ ní wákàtí tí ẹ̀yin kò nírètí.”
Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
41 Peteru sì wí pé, “Olúwa, ìwọ pa òwe yìí fún wa, tàbí fún gbogbo ènìyàn?”
Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”
42 Olúwa sì dáhùn wí pé, “Ta ni olóòtítọ́ àti ọlọ́gbọ́n ìríjú náà, tí olúwa rẹ̀ fi jẹ olórí agbo ilé rẹ̀, láti máa fi ìwọ̀n oúnjẹ wọ́n fún wọn ní àkókò?
The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
43 Ìbùkún ni fún ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ náà, nígbà tí olúwa rẹ̀ bá dé, tí yóò bá a kí ó máa ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀.
Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
44 Lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún yín yóò fi jẹ olórí ohun gbogbo tí ó ní.
Truly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
45 Ṣùgbọ́n bí ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ náà bá wí ní ọkàn rẹ̀, pé, ‘Olúwa mi fi ìgbà bíbọ̀ rẹ̀ falẹ̀!’ Tí ó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í lu àwọn ìránṣẹ́kùnrin àti ìránṣẹ́bìnrin tí ó sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í jẹ àti sí mu àmupara:
But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and to be drunken,
46 Olúwa ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ náà yóò dé ní ọjọ́ tí kò retí rẹ̀, àti ní wákàtí tí kò dábàá, yóò sì jẹ ẹ́ ní yà gidigidi, yóò sì yan ipò rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn aláìgbàgbọ́.
then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
47 “Àti ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ náà, tí ó mọ ìfẹ́ olúwa rẹ̀, tí kò sì múra sílẹ̀, tí kò sì ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìfẹ́ rẹ̀, òun ni a ó nà púpọ̀.
That servant who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
48 Ṣùgbọ́n èyí tí kò mọ̀, tí ó ṣe ohun tí ó yẹ sí lílù, òun ni a ó lù níwọ̀n. Nítorí ẹnikẹ́ni tí a fún ní púpọ̀, lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ ni a ó gbé béèrè púpọ̀: lọ́dọ̀ ẹni tí a bá gbé fi púpọ̀ sí, lọ́dọ̀ rẹ ni a ó gbé béèrè sí i.
but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
49 “Iná ni èmi wá láti sọ sí ayé; kín ni èmi sì ń fẹ́ bí kò ṣe kí iná náà ti jo!
“I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.
50 Ṣùgbọ́n èmi ní bamitiisi kan tí a ó fi bamitiisi mi; ara ti ń ni mí tó títí yóò fi parí!
But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
51 Ẹ̀yin ṣe bí àlàáfíà ni èmi fi sí ayé? Mo wí fún yín, bẹ́ẹ̀ kọ́; ṣùgbọ́n bí kò ṣe ìyapa.
Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
52 Nítorí láti ìsinsin yìí lọ, ènìyàn márùn-ún yóò wà ní ilé kan náà tí a ó yà ní ipa, mẹ́ta sí méjì, àti méjì sí mẹ́ta.
For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 A ó ya baba nípa sí ọmọ rẹ̀ ọkùnrin, àti ọmọ ọkùnrin sí baba; ìyá sí ọmọbìnrin, àti ọmọbìnrin sí ìyá rẹ̀, ìyá ọkọ sí ìyàwó ọmọ, àti ìyàwó ọmọ sí ìyá ọkọ rẹ̀.”
They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
54 Ó sì wí fún ìjọ ènìyàn pẹ̀lú pé, “Nígbà tí ẹ̀yin bá rí àwọsánmọ̀ tí ó ṣú ní ìhà ìwọ̀-oòrùn, lọ́gán ni ẹ̀yin yóò sọ pé, ‘Ọ̀wààrà òjò ń bọ̀,’ a sì rí bẹ́ẹ̀.
He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.
55 Nígbà tí afẹ́fẹ́ gúúsù bá ń fẹ́, ẹ̀yin á ní, ‘Oòrùn yóò mú,’ yóò sì ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀.
When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.
56 Ẹ̀yin àgàbàgebè! Ẹ̀yin le mòye ojú ọ̀run àti ti ayé. Èéha ti ṣe tí ẹ̀yin kò mọ àkókò yìí?
You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?
57 “Èéha ti ṣe tí ẹ̀yin tìkára yín kò fi ro ohun tí ó tọ́?
“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
58 Nígbà tí ìwọ bá bá ọ̀tá rẹ lọ sọ́dọ̀ onídàájọ́, rí i pé o bá a parí ọ̀rọ̀ ní ọ̀nà kí ó má ba à fà ọ́ fún adájọ́, adájọ́ a fi ọ́ lé ẹ̀ṣọ́ lọ́wọ́, òun a sì tì ọ́ sínú túbú.
For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
59 Kí èmi wí fún ọ, ìwọ kì yóò jáde kúrò níbẹ̀, títí ìwọ ó fi san ẹyọ owó kan tí ó kù!”
I tell you, you will by no means get out of there until you have paid the very last penny.”
