Luka 14
1 U Tienu fuodma daali, ke Farisieninba yudanba siiga yendo den yini Jesu o denpo, ke ban je:
On one occasion, as Jesus was going, on a Sabbath into the house of one of the leading Pharisees to dine, they were watching him closely.
2 Yaaba n den cua ki ba je, den kpaagi Jesu. Yiamo bá mɔ den kaa o nintuali po, ke o gbanu kuli tie a mɔla bábá.
There he saw before him a man who was suffering from dropsy.
3 Jesu den maadi yeni U Tienu bali maama tundkaaba yeni yikodanba tundkaaba yeni Farisieninba. Ki buali ba: Li cabi ke ban paagi o yiamo saaba daali bii laa cabi i?
“Is it allowable,” said Jesus, addressing the students of the Law and the Pharisees, “to work a cure on the Sabbath, or is it not?”
4 Bi ki ŋmiani o lbá. Lan wn ii, ke Jesu cuo o yimo, ki paagi o, ki maadi o, ke wan ya kuni o denpo.
They remained silent. Jesus took hold of the man and cured him, and sent him away.
5 Lani ke o gɔ buali ba: ... I siiga ŋma i ke li ya tie o biga lan yaa ka o nua n baa li caali nni ke o kan tuodi ki ñani o?
And he said to them, “Which of you, finding that your son or your ox has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull them out on the Sabbath day?”
6 Baa den fidi ki ŋmiani o lala maama po lbá.
And they could not make any answer to that.
7 Wan den bandi ke yaaba n cua mi jaanma kuli den lingi ke ban kali liiga kankaani po, ke o pua ba mi makpanjama ne:
Observing that the guests were choosing the best places for themselves, Jesus told them this parable –
8 Li ya tie ke o nulo yini u puokuanu jaanma, da gedi ki kali liiga. Li ba fidi tuu ke o yini o nulo ke cie ŋa,
“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding banquet, do not seat yourself in the best place. Someone of higher rank might have been invited by your host;
9 ke wan yua yini yi kuli ba cua ki maadi ŋa: “Fii ki teni o ne u kankaanu, a ji fii yeni i fee i ki gedi ki pan kali puoli.
and the host who invited you both will come and say to you ‘Make room for this person,’ and then you will begin in confusion to take the lowest place.
10 Ama, bi ya yini a mi jaanma, ŋan gedi ki kali puoli po. Yua yini a yeni ya ti cua, o ba maadi: “N dɔnli, ti bobni u kankaanŋanu a po, cua ki kali liiga!” Li baa tie a po ti yudandi i yaaba ke bi yini ba yeni kuli nunga nni.
No, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that, when the host who has invited you comes, he may say to you ‘Friend, come higher up’; and then you will be honored in the eyes of all your fellow guests.
11 Lan wan ii, yua doni o bá bi ba jiini o, ke yua jiini o bá bi ba doni o.
For everyone who exalts themselves will be humbled, and everyone who humbles themselves will be exalted.”
12 Ke Jesu maadi yua n yini o: A ya bobni mi jaanma u yensiinu lan yaa ka ku yen yenjuogu, ŋan da yini a dɔnlinba, a ninjanba, a naataani lan yaa ka a kuantaalieba yaaba n tie bi ŋalmandanba, kelima, bi mɔ ti ba yini a ki ŋmiani ŋa li ŋanma.
Then Jesus went on to say to the man who had invited him, “When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not ask your friends, or your brothers or sisters, or your relatives, or rich neighbors, because they might invite you in return, and so you should be repaid.
13 Ama, a ya bobni mi jaanma, ŋan yini a luoda, a juama, a tuoma, talginba.
No, when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
14 Lan wan ii U Tienu ba ŋanbi a po kelima ban wan kan fifi ki ŋmiani a ŋanma. U Tienu ba guani ki ŋmiani a ŋanma ya yogu ke o ba fiini bi kpienŋanba.
and then you will be happy indeed, since they cannot reward you; for you will be rewarded at the resurrection of the just.”
15 Yaaba n den ye mi jaanma kani siiga yendo n den gbadi laa maama, ke o maadi Jesu: Li pamanli ye yeni yua n ba baa ki je U Tienu diema nni.
One of the guests heard what he said and exclaimed, “Happy will be the person who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
16 Jesu den gɔ maadi o: O nulo den jagi ke o tieni mi jaancianma, ki yini bi niba boncianla.
But Jesus said to him, “A man was once giving a great dinner. He invited many people,
17 Mi jiema yogu n n pundi, o den sɔni o naaciemo ke wan gedi ki maadi wan yini yaaba: Cua man na kelima li bonla kuli ŋanbi ki gbeni o.
and sent his servant, when it was time for the dinner, to say to those who had been invited ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
18 Ama bikuli yendo yendo den mia sugli nani bi taani ñɔbu yeni. O nikpialo den yedi o naaciemo: N daa u kuanu, kali min gedi ki pan lá u, ŋan pan mia n po sugli.
They all with one accord began to ask to be excused. The first said to the servant ‘I have bought a field and am obliged to go and look at it. I must ask you to consider me excused.’
19 One mɔ den yedi: N daa naakpakuoda piiga, n caa ki bua pan biigi a, ŋan pan mia o sugli n po.
The next said ‘I have bought five pairs of bullocks, and I am on my way to try them. I must ask you to consider me excused’;
20 Tɔa momko den yedi: N dá kuani o pocaano mɔlane, lan ya po n kan fidi ki gedi.
while the next said ‘I am just married, and for that reason I am unable to come.’
21 O naaciemo den lebdi ki guani o canbáa kani, ki waani o li kuli. Lani, o diedaano yeni pali den beni, ke o yedi o naaciemo: Kua u dogu siiga nni yeni i sani nni tontoni ki cua yeni a luoda, a tadma, a juama yeni a waba na.
On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant ‘Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.’
22 Lan tien waamu, o naaciemo den guani ki yedi: Canbáa n tieni ŋan bo puogi nni yaala, u kaanu gɔ sieni.
Presently the servant said ‘Sir, your order has been carried out, and still there is room.’
23 Lani ke Canbáa den gɔ yedi o, ke wan ña u dogu nni ki diidi a sanbila nni yeni a naga balinma ki tigdi bi niba, ke ban cua na n diegu n gbie.
‘Go out,’ the master said, ‘into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled;
24 N yedi ke min den kpia ki yini yaaba yeni, bi siia bá yendo kan leni n jaanjiema.
for I tell you all that not one of those people who were invited will taste my dinner.’”
25 Ku niwulgu den yegi yeni Jesu u sanciamu nni. O jigdi ki yedi ba.
One day, when great crowds of people were walking with Jesus, he turned and said to them,
26 Yua cua n kani ki bua ki ŋɔdi nni yaa yie o báa, yeni o naá, yeni o pua, yeni o bila, o kpeliba, yeni o waamu, bá o yuceli mɔ, o kan tua n ŋɔdka.
“If any one comes to me and does not hate their father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and even their life, he can be no disciple of mine.
27 Yua n ki bugi o dapɔnpɔnli ki ŋua nni kan fidi ki ya tie n ŋɔdka.
Whoever does not carry their own cross, and walk in my steps, can be no disciple of mine.
28 Yi siiga nni ŋma baa bua maa li diecianli ki dá kan kali ki bandi wan ba biani yaala, ki lia o ya pia ya ligi n ba dagdi wan gbeni.
Why, which of you, when you want to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if you have enough to complete it? –
29 O ya ki tieni yeni, ki pu li tanpuuli ki naa fidi ki juodi, yaaba n ba pendi li kani kuli baa ñuadi o, ki yedi.
Otherwise, if you have laid the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will laugh at you,
30 O ja ne cili li diemaali ki naa fidi ki juodi.
and say ‘Here is a person who began to build and was not able to finish!’
31 Bii o laa badciamo n baa ye ki bua ki tuogi bu tɔbu yeni o badciantɔo, ki nan pia bi tɔtieba tuda piiga, nani o dá kan kali ki biigi o ya ba fidi ki tuogi bu tɔbu yeni yua n cuoni o kani ki pia tɔtieba tuda piilie?
Or what king, when he is setting out to fight another king, does not first sit down and consider if with ten thousand men he is able to meet one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
32 O ya sua ke o kan fidi, o ba sɔni o tondiba hali ke o yibali dá ye fagma, ki mia o wan waani o wan bua yaala ban mangi yeni bi lieba.
And if he cannot, then, while the other is still at a distance, he sends envoys and asks for terms of peace.
33 Li tie yeni i siiga, yua n ki luni wan pia yaala kuli, kan tua n ŋɔdka.
And so with everyone of you who does not bid farewell to all you have – you cannot be a disciple of mine.
34 Mi yaama mani, ama mi ya ti luo mi manu, bi ba taa be ki gɔ mangi ma?
Yes, salt is good; but, if the salt itself should lose its strength, what will be used to season it?
35 Maa pia mayuli ban pagi ma u kuanu nni, maa pia ban taa ma ki kali leni ti baadi man ti tua dulma, hali ban lu ma bábá. yua n pia a tuba ki ba gbadi wan gbadi.
It is not fit either for the land or for the manure heap. People throw it away. Let those who have ears to hear with hear!”
