Luka 10
1 Nene, nkon kubi Cikilari fere annit akut kuzor, ato nani nababa ido ubun mye nigbire nin niti nanga na amye dinin su nduwe.
After that, the Lord Jesus appointed 72 other [people]. He [prepared to] send them out, two-by-two, to every town and village where he [SYN] intended to go.
2 A woro nani, “Ugirbe karin, anan katuwa yita cing. Bara nani nta munu sun nlirang, Cikilaringirbi nan kpina anan ngirbe ku.
He said to them, “The [people who are ready to receive my message] are like a field [of] [MET] [grain] that is ready for [people] to harvest {to be harvested}. But there are not many people [to bring them to God]. So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his fields [to gather the] harvest.
3 Caan munu ntomunu nafo akam nanya ninyonyo,
Start going; but [remember that] I am sending you [(pl)] out [to tell my message to people who will try to get rid of you. You will be] like lambs among wolves.
4 Na iwa yaun nkka nikurfun ba, sa nkkan ncin ba, sa akwatak, na iwa su ilip libau ba.
Do not take along [any money in] a purse. Do not take a traveler’s bag. Do not take [extra] sandals. Do not [spend a lot of time] greeting people along the way.
5 Nanya vat kilari ka na ipira, nin cizine woro, 'Nsheu so nanya kilari kane.'
Whenever you enter a house [to lodge there], first say to those people, ‘May [God give inner] peace to [you people] [MTY] [in] this house!’
6 Asa unan kibinai kisheu duku, nsheu mine ba so nanghe, andi na aduku ba, nshew mine ba kpilu kiti mine.
If people who [live] there [are (desiring to have]/worthy of receiving) [God’s] peace, they will experience the [inner] peace that you are [offering them]. If people who [live] there [are not desiring to have God’s] peace, you [will experience God’s inner] peace, [but they will not].
7 Soon nanya kilari kani, ilii iso ile imon na ina mune, bara unan kauwa nbatina aseru uduk mine na iwa dortu niliri ba.
[If they welcome you], stay in that same house [until you leave that village]. Do not move around from one house to another. Eat and drink whatever they provide for you. A worker deserves to get pay [MET] [from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go].
8 Vat kagbir ka na ipira, asa isere munu leo vat nile imon na inna munu,
Whenever you enter a town and the people [there] welcome you, eat what is provided {what [they] provide} for you.
9 shinon nin na tikonu, iworo nani, 'kipin tigo Kutelle di susut nanghinu.
Heal the people there who are sick. Tell them, ‘It is almost [time for] God to send his king to rule [MET] [your lives].’
10 Bara vat nanya kagbir ka na ipira asa na isere munu ba, nuzun nanya tibau mine iworo,
But if you enter a town whose [people] do not welcome you, go into its [main] streets and say,
11 'Vat lidau kagbir mine na litafina nabunu bite, ti wese kiti mine, bara yinnon kipin tigo Kutelle nda susut nanghinu.'
‘[Because you have refused to hear our message, we(exc) will not only leave], we will also shake off the dust of your town that clings to our sandals, to warn you [that God will reject/punish you]. But [we want you to know that] it is almost [the time when] God will start to rule!’
12 Meng nworo munu, uwui nwucu kidegen, nbati ayi asheu nin Sodom nanin kipin kane.
I will tell you this: On the [MTY] [final] day when [God judges everyone], he will punish the wicked people [MTY] who long ago lived in Sodom, [the city that he destroyed because its people were so wicked]. But he will punish [even] more severely the people [MTY] of any town [whose people refused to hear your message]!”
13 Kash Korasinu! Kash Batsaida! Dafo umon izikiki ile na ina su kiti mine nda innere inasu ntaya nin Sidon iwa su udiu kutyin, iwa shonu imon tiyom iso nanya ntong.
“There will be terrible [punishment] for [you people who live in] [MTY] Chorazin and Bethsaida [cities]. I did great miracles in your cities [to show God’s power, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in Tyre and Sidon [cities], the wicked people who lived there would have long ago [shown that they were sorry for their sins by] sitting on the ground wearing coarse cloth and putting ashes on their heads.
14 Bara nbati ayi asheu nin ntaya nin Sidon au na anug ba.
[But they did not have the opportunity that you have, so when God punishes people, he will punish the wicked people who lived in] Tyre and Sidon, but he will punish you more severely [because you did not pay attention to my message].
15 Anung anan Kafarnahum idin kpilizu iba ghantin munu kitene kane? Nani ba iba da nin ghinu udu kuwu nlah sa ligan. (Hadēs g86)
[I also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city]. (Do not [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary], [after you die, God] will send you down to the place where [sinful people] will be punished [forever]!” (Hadēs g86)
16 Ule na alanza munu, alanza menku, ule na anari munu anari menku, anari ule na ana tiiyi.
[Jesus also said to the disciples, “God will consider that] those who listen to your [message] are listening to me, and that those who reject your [message] are rejecting me. And [he will consider that] those who reject me are rejecting [God], the one who sent me.”
17 Anit akut kuzor ane saa nin liburi libo, agbergenu nna nari atimine nanya lisafe.
The 72 [people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to]. When they returned, they were very joyful. They said, “Lord, [people did what we(exc) told them to do]! Demons also obeyed us when by your [(sg)] authority [MTY] [we commanded them to leave people]!”
18 Yesu woro nani, “Nwandi nyenju sheitan wa diu kitene kani nafo ummali nu kiti.
Jesus replied, “[When those demons were obeying you, because God had enabled you to defeat them, it was as though] [MET] I saw Satan fall from heaven [as suddenly and quickly] as lightning [strikes].
19 Yenen, ina na munu likara, ipatilu iyii nan ninang, nan vat nakarra na nan nivira mine, na imomon ba lanzu munu ukul ba.
Listen! I have given you authority so that if you oppose evil spirits [MET] [they will not hurt you]. I have given you authority to defeat our enemy, [Satan]. Nothing shall hurt you.
20 Vat nani na iwa su, liburi liboo bara nani cas ba, nworu tiruhu nna atimine kiti mine ba, suun liburi libo inyertinee ti sa mine kitene kani.”
But [although] you can rejoice that evil spirits obey you, you should rejoice [more] that your names have been written {that [God] has written your names} in heaven, [because you will be with God forever].”
21 Nanya kubi kurum, asu liburu libo nanya Nruhu Ulau, “Nzazin fi Ucif nigh, Cikilarikitene nin kutyin bara unyeshe ile imone kiti ni najinjin anan yiru, umini npuno kiti nalenge na ina dursuzo nani ba, ni nono nibebene, nanere Ucif nigh, ucaun nanya nyenu fe.”
At that time the Holy Spirit caused [Jesus] to be very happy. He said, “Father, you [(sg)] rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth! Some [people think that they are] wise [because] they are well-educated. But I thank you that you have prevented them from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily] [MET] [as] little children [do]. Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
22 “Vat nimon Ucif nighe na niy, na umon yiru gone ba, Ucife, na umon yiru Ucife ba se gone, vat nle na gone nyinna aba dursu ghe liti mye.”
[Jesus also said to the 72 disciples], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all [I need to know and the power I need for my work]. Only my Father knows who I [really] am. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know what [God] my Father is [like].”
23 Na agitirno kiti nono katuwa mye a woro kusari, “Anan nmariari alenge na idin yenju ile imon na anug nyene.
Then when Jesus’ disciples were alone with him, he turned toward them and said, “[God] is pleased with you [SYN] who have seen [the things that I have done]!
24 Meng woro munu gbardang na nan nliru nin nnu Kutelle nan nago din piziru iyene ile imon na anung na yene na iyene inin ba, Ukuru ilanza ile imon na anung na lanza, na ilanza ba.”
I want you to know that many prophets and kings [who lived long ago] desired to see the things that you are seeing [me do], but these things did not [happen] then. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing [me say], but these things were not [revealed to them] then.”
25 Nani umon unan ndursuzu nduka na Yahuduwa, dumunghe a woro, “Unan nyiru iyaghari nba su inan se ulai sa ligan?” (aiōnios g166)
[One day as Jesus was teaching people], a man was there who had studied carefully the laws that [God gave Moses]. He wanted to ask Jesus a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do in order to live [with God] forever?” (aiōnios g166)
26 Yesu woroghe, “Iyaghari di nanya ninyerte nduke?”
Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] have read [RHQ] what [Moses] has written in the laws that [God gave him]. What did Moses write about living forever?”
27 Akawa awooro, “Ubati usu Ncikilari Kutelle fe, nin vat nlaife inin vat likara fen nin kibinai fe, nin ndindin lisosin kupofe nafo liti fe.”
The man replied, “[He wrote that] we [(inc)] must love the Lord our God. [We must show that] by what we feel and by what we do and by what we think. [He] also [wrote that we must love] people that we come in contact with as much as [we love] ourselves.”
28 Yesu kawa a woroghe, “Ubelle dert, su nani unan so.”
Jesus replied, “You [(sg)] have answered [your question] correctly. If you do all that [continually], you will live [with God forever].”
29 Ame unan yiru ninyerte dinin su a durso liti mye, a woro Yesu ku, “Ghari udondon kupo nighe?”
But the man wanted to defend [the way] he [acted toward people that he came in contact with] (OR, to defend why he [had asked a question that Jesus answered so simply]). So he said to Jesus, “Which people that I come in contact with [should I love]?”
30 Nkawe Yesu woroghe, “Umon unit wa nuzu Nurushelima udu Ujariko apira nacara nakiri, ifoghe icinghe fal.
Jesus replied [by telling him this illustration]: “A [Jewish] man was once going down along the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Bandits attacked him. They took away [most of] the man’s clothes [and everything else that he had], and they beat him until he was almost dead. Then they left him.
31 Nanya kube umon upirist dofino libau we, n ayene a raffa likot akata nkon kusari.
It happened that a [Jewish] priest was going along that road. When he saw that man, [instead of helping him], he passed by on the other side [of the road].
32 Nani tutung nkon kuliviyawa da kitene ayene ghe, akuru ayira nkon kusari akata.
Similarly, a man who worked in the temple [in Jerusalem] came to that place and saw the man. But he also passed by on the other side [of the road].
33 Nkon ku Samariyawa di ncin mye ada kiti nkunekune mye.
Then a man from Samaria [province] came along that road to where the man was lying. [People from Samaria despise Jews. But] when he saw that man, he pitied him.
34 Ada kupo mye atece ghe annute, atintio ghe nnufu ku, a tarda ghe kitene kajaki mye, ada ninghe kilari namara, amin ghe gegeme.
He went over to him and put some [olive] oil and wine on his wounds [to help heal them]. He wound strips of cloth [around the wounds]. He placed the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn and took care of him.
35 Ukurtunu nkuiye, ayira isule iba anah unan kitene aworoghe, 'Mini ame gegeme, ndo ndak, vat nile imon na Uwutuno mba biufi.'
The next morning he gave two silver coins to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of this man. If you [(sg)] spend more than this amount [to care for him], I will pay you back when I return.’”
36 Uyemeri nanya na watat ale udin yenju adi udondon lisosin kiti nle na awa piru a cara nakire?”
Then Jesus said, “Three people [saw] the man whom bandits attacked. Which one of them [acted in a loving way toward] that man?”
37 Unan yure woro, “Ulange na awa lanza ukunekune.” Yesu woroghe, “Can udi su nani.”
The man who studied the Scriptures replied, “The one who acted mercifully toward him.” Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] go and act like that [toward] everyone whom [you can help]!”
38 Nene ikiffo ucin, ipira nkan kagbir umon uwani lisa mye Marta taa ghe mahabi, ada ninghe kilari mye.
As Jesus and his disciples continued to travel, they entered a village [near Jerusalem]. A woman whose name was Martha invited them to come to her house.
39 Ayita nin gwana kishono lisa mye Maryamu, aso nabunu Ncikilari adin nlanzu nliru mye.
Her [younger] sister, whose name was Mary, sat near Jesus. She was listening to what he was teaching.
40 Ame Marta yita nijasi likanju nimoli ado aworo Yesu ku, “Cikilari na fe nyene gwana ninghe ncini likanje usanin ba? Bara nani belinghe ada buuni.”
But Martha was very much concerned about preparing [a meal]. She went to Jesus and said, “Lord, (you do not seem to care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself!/do you not care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself?) [RHQ] Tell her that she should help me!”
41 Ame Cikilari kawa a woro ghe, “Marta, Marta, fe ndama nin nimon gbardang.
But the Lord replied, “Martha, Martha, you [(sg)] are very worried about many things.
42 Imon irumari cas icine. Maryamu nfere imon icine ile na umon ba bollu kiti mye ba.”
But only one thing is truly necessary, and that is, [to listen to what I am teaching]. Mary has decided to [do that], and that is better [than worrying]. [The blessing that she is receiving from listening to me] will not be taken away from her {No one will take away from her [the blessing that she is receiving from listening to me]}.”
