ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎷᎦ ᎤᏬᏪᎳᏅᎯ 14

1 ᎯᎠᏃ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏴᎸ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏣᎦᏁᎶᏗ ᎠᏆᎵᏏ ᎦᏁᎸ ᎤᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᎬ ᎢᎦ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎬᏩᎦᏌᏯᏍᏕᎢ.

When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees [Separated] on a Sabbath ·To cease· to eat bread, they were watching him.

2 ᎬᏂᏳᏉᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎢᎬᏱᏗᏢ ᏄᏛᏁ ᎤᏢᎩ ᎠᎹ ᎤᏓᏁᏁᎯ.

Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.

3 ᏥᏌᏃ ᎤᏁᏤ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎴ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏗᏃᏏᏏᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏆᎵᏏ; ᏚᏳᎪᏗᏍᎪ ᏗᏓᏅᏬᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᎬ ᎢᎦ?

Yeshua [Salvation], answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees [Separated], saying, “Does the Torah ·Teaching· allow healing on the Sabbath ·To cease· or not?”

4 ᎡᎳᏪᏱᏃ ᎤᏅᏁᎢ. ᎤᏂᏴᎲᏃ ᎤᏅᏩᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᏲᏎᎢ;

But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

5 ᏚᏁᏤᎴᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎴᎢ, ᎦᎪ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᏣᏛᏅ ᏐᏈᎵ-ᏗᎦᎵᎠᏅᎯᏛ ᎠᎴ ᏩᎦ ᏳᎸᏤᎸ ᎠᏔᎴᏒ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎳᏉ ᎢᏴᏛ ᏱᏮᎦᎳᎩ ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᎬ ᎢᎦ?

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 ·To cease· day?”

6 ᎥᏝᏃ ᏰᎵ ᏅᏓᎬᏩᏬᎯᎵᏴᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᏱᎨᏎ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ.

They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.

7 ᎠᎴ ᏚᏟᎶᏍᏔᏁᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏫᎨᏥᏯᏅᏛ, ᏚᎪᎲ ᏓᎾᏑᏰᏍᎬ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒ ᏗᏂᏢᏗᏱ, ᎯᎠ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎴᎢ,

He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

8 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᏕᎨᎦᏨᏍᏗᏍᎬ ᏤᏅᏍᏗᏱ ᏣᏯᏅᎲᎭ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒ ᏗᏂᏢᏗᏱ ᏣᏂᏏᏅᎩ; ᎤᏟᏰᏃ ᎢᏯᏥᎸᏉᏗ ᎡᏍᎦᏉ ᏂᎯ ᏩᏥᏯᏅᏛ ᏱᏂᎦᎩ;

“When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

9 ᏫᏍᏗᏯᏅᏛᏃ ᏱᎦᎷᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏱᏂᏣᏪᏏ, ᎯᏯᏜᏓᏅᏓᏗᏏ ᎯᎠ; ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᏣᏕᎰᏒᎯ ᏯᎴᏅ ᎡᎳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏗᏂᏢᏗᏱ ᏫᏱᎶᎯ.

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 ᎡᏣᏯᏂᏍᎨᏍᏗᏍᎩᏂ, ᎮᎨᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᏣᏂᏏᎲᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎡᎳᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏗᏂᏢᏗᏱ; ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏫᏣᏯᏅᏛ ᎦᎷᎨᏍᏗ, ᎯᎠ ᎢᏳᏣᏪᏎᏗ ᏱᎩ, ᎩᎾᎵᎢ, ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏢᏍᏙᏗ ᏫᎶᎯ; ᎿᎭᏉ ᎡᏣᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎲ ᎢᏧᎳᎭ ᎢᏥᏂᏜᏓᎢ [ ᏗᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏱ.]

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 ᎩᎶᏰᏃ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎠᏓᏌᎳᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎡᎳᏗ ᎢᏯᎬᏁᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ; ᎩᎶᏃ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎡᎳᏗ ᎾᏓᏛᏁᎮᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏥᏌᎳᏙᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

12 ᎯᎠᏃ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏄᏪᏎᎴ ᏭᏯᏅᏛ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᏕᎭᏕᎳᏍᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎢᎦ ᎡᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏒ ᎡᎯ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᏱᏫᏘᏯᏂᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᏗᏣᎵᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏣᎵᏅᏟ, ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏗᏨᏅ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏁᎾᎢ ᎾᎥ ᎢᏣᏓᎳ; ᎾᏍᏉᏰᏃ ᏂᎯ ᏱᏮᎨᏣᏯᏅ ᎠᎴ ᏴᎨᏣᎫᏴᏏ.

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 teshuvah ·completely return· the favor, and pay you back.

13 ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ᏕᎭᏕᎳᏍᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ, ᏫᏘᏯᏂᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᎿᎭᏕᎩ, ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎤᏍᏛ ᏗᏂᏰᎸ ᎤᏂᏲᎱᏎᎸᎯ, ᏗᏂᏲᏅᎵ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᏂᎨᏫ;

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

14 ᎣᏏᏳᏃ ᎢᏣᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ; ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᏴᎦᎨᏣᎫᏴᏏ; ᎡᏣᎫᏴᎡᏗᏰᏃ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏓᎾᎴᎯᏌᏅ ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏘ.

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 upright.”

15 ᎠᏏᏴᏫᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏧᎳᎭ ᎤᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏛᎦᏅ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎴᎢ, ᎣᏏᏳ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎨᏒ ᎾᎿᎭᎬᏩᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏓᏅᎭ.

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 ᎠᎴ [ ᏥᏌ ] ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎴᎢ, ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏣᏘ ᏚᏕᎳᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏣᏘ ᏫᏚᏯᏅᎮᎢ;

But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

17 ᎠᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗᏱᏃ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏍᏆᎸᎲᎤᏅᏎ ᎤᏅᏏᏓᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏫᏂᏚᏪᏎᏗᏱ ᏫᎨᏥᏯᏅᏛ; ᎡᏤᎾ, ᏂᎦᏗᏳᏰᏃ ᎿᎭᏉ ᎠᏛᏅᎢᏍᏗ.

He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’

18 ᏂᎦᏛᏃ ᎤᏠᏱ ᏧᎾᏢᏫᏍᏙᏗ ᎤᎾᎴᏅᎮ ᎤᏂᏲᎴᎢ. ᎢᎬᏱᏱ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎴᎢ, ᏠᎨᏏ ᎠᎩᏩᏒ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏎ ᎠᏇᏅᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏆᎦᏔᏅᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ; ᎬᏔᏲᏎ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᏍᏇᎵᏎᏗᏱ.

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 ᏅᏩᏓᎴᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᎯᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᎾᎩᎳᎾᎳ ᏩᎦ ᏓᎩᏩᏒ, ᎠᎴ ᏕᎦᏁᎶᏔᏂ; ᎬᏔᏲᏎ ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᏍᏇᎵᏎᏗᏱ.

“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’

20 ᏅᏩᏓᎴᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᎠᏆᏕᏒᏅ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎥᏝ ᏰᎵ ᏫᎬᎩᎷᎯᏍᏗ ᏱᎩ.

“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’

21 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ Ꮎ ᎠᏥᏅᏏᏓᏍᏗ ᎢᎤᎷᏨ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏫᏎᎴ ᎤᏅᏏᏙᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎸᎢ. ᎦᏁᎳᏃ ᎤᎾᎸᎯᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎴ ᎤᏅᏏᏓᏍᏗ, ᎮᎾ ᏄᎳ ᏫᏴᎲ ᎡᎾᎢᏓᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏍᏗ ᏕᎦᎳᏅᏛᎢ ᎦᏚᎲᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏕᎭᏘᏃᎸᎭ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᎿᎭᏕᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎤᏍᏛ ᏗᏂᏰᎸ ᎤᏂᏲᎱᏎᎸᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᏂᏲᎤᎵ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᏂᎨᏫ.

“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 ᎠᏥᏅᏏᏓᏍᏗᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᏍᎩᏅᏏᏙᎯ, ᏂᏣᏪᏒ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏂᎦᏛᎦ, ᎠᏏᏉᏃ ᎤᏜᏓᏅᏛ.

“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’

23 ᎤᏅᏏᏙᎯᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎴ ᎤᏅᏏᏓᏍᏗ, ᎯᏄᎪᎢ ᏕᎦᏅᎿᎭᏩᏗᏒ ᎠᎴ ᏓᏐᏴᎢ ᏫᎶᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏎ ᎤᏂᏴᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᎩᏴᏁᎸᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎧᎵᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᏥᏁᎸᎢ.

“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 ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᏂᏨᏪᏎᎭ, ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏫᎨᏥᏯᏅᏛ ᎨᏒ ᏴᏛᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᏔᏂ ᏓᏆᏕᎳᏍᏔᏅᎢ.

For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’”

25 ᎤᏂᏣᏘᏃ ᏴᏫ ᎬᏩᏍᏓᏩᏛᏎᎢ; ᎤᎦᏔᎲᏒᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎴᎢ,

Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

26 ᎩᎶ ᎠᏴ ᎠᎩᎷᏤᎮᏍᏗ ᏂᏗᎦᏂᏆᏘᎲᎾᏃ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎤᏙᏓ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏥ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏓᎵᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏪᏥ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏙ, ᎥᎥ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎬᏅᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᏰᎵ ᎠᎩᏍᏓᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᏱᏅᎦᎵᏍᏓ.

“If anyone comes to me, and does not disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

27 ᎠᎴ ᎩᎶ ᎤᏤᎵ ᏧᏓᎿᎭᏩᏛ ᎾᏱᏍᎬᎾ ᎠᎴ ᎾᎩᏍᏓᏩᏕᎬᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᎥᏝ ᏰᎵ ᎠᎩᏍᏓᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᏱᏅᎦᎵᏍᏓ.

Whoever does not bear his own execution-stake, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.

28 ᎦᎪᏰᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᏣᏛᏅ, ᏯᏓᏅᏖ ᎢᏅ ᎢᎦᏘ ᎤᏁᏍᎨᏗᏱ, ᎥᏝ ᎢᎬᏱ ᏱᎦᎲᏍᎪ ᏯᏎᎯᎰ ᎢᎦᎢ ᏧᎬᏩᏔᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎤᏙᎴᎰᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᏰᎵ ᎬᏩᏍᏆᏗᏍᏙᏗ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎤᎲᎢ.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

29 ᎢᏳᏰᏃ ᎦᎫᏍᏛᏗ ᏧᏛᎯ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎬᏩᏍᏆᏗᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏱᎩ, ᏂᎦᏛ ᎠᏂᎪᏩᏘᏍᎩ ᏯᎾᎴᏅ ᏱᎬᏩᏕᎰᏛ,

Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

30 ᎯᎠ ᏱᎾᏂᏫ, ᎯᎠ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᎴᏅᎲᎩ ᎠᏁᏍᎨᏍᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᏰᎵ ᎬᏩᏍᏆᏗᏍᏗ ᏱᎨᏎᎢ.

saying, ‘This man began to build, and was not able to finish.’

31 ᎠᎴ ᎦᎪ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᏓᎿᎭᏩ ᏱᏅᏛᏅᏁᎵ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᎥᏝ ᎢᎬᏱ ᏱᎦᎲᏍᎪ ᎠᎴ ᏯᏓᏅᏖᏍᎪ ᏰᎵᏉ ᎠᏍᎪᎯ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᏓᏘᏁᎲ ᏗᎬᏩᎾᏟᏴᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏧᎦᏘᎴᎩ ᏔᎳᏍᎪᎯ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᏓᏘᏁᎲᎢ.

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 ᎢᏳᏃ ᏰᎵ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏱᎩ, ᎠᏏ ᏐᎢ ᎢᏅᎯᏳ ᏨᏣᎢᏐᎢ, ᏕᎦᏅᏍᎪ ᏧᏅᏏᏛ ᎠᏔᏲᎯᎰ ᏙᎯᏱ ᎢᏳᏅᏁᏗᏱ.

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

33 ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏂᎯ, ᎢᏳᏃ ᎩᎶ ᏂᏚᏲᏐᎲᏍᎬᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᏰᎵ ᎠᎩᏍᏓᏩᏕᎩ ᏱᏅᎦᎵᏍᏓ.

So therefore whoever of you who does not renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.

34 ¯ ᎠᎹ ᎣᏏᏳ; ᎢᏳᏍᎩᏂ ¯ ᎠᎹ ᏳᏥᏍᎪᎸ, ᎦᏙ ᏘᎦᎵᏍᏙᏓ ¯ ᎠᎹ ᏯᏙᏢᎾ.

Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?

35 ᎥᏝ ᎿᎭᏉ ᏠᎨᏏ ᎦᎳᎨᏯᏛᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎣᏍᏛ ᎦᏓ ᎦᏡᎬ ᎬᏗ ᏱᎨᏐᎢ; ᏭᎾᏕᎪᏉ. ᎩᎶ ᏕᎦᎵᎷᎨᏍᏗ ᎤᏛᎪᏗᏱ ᏩᏛᎬᎦ.

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him sh'ma ·hear obey·.”