Luka 20
1 I wa diku nlon liri, na YEsu wadin dursuzu na nite nanya kutii nlira nin belu nani utiru Kutelle, adidya kutii nlire nang nanan niyerte daa kiti me nan na kukune ntardu nacara alau.
On one of these days, when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple Courts and telling the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, joined by the elders, confronted him,
2 I benle ulire, I woroghe, “Benle nari nin liyapin licarari udin su ka katwa we? Sa ghari ule na anafi lo likare?”
and addressing him, said, ‘Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who is it who has given you this authority?’
3 A kpana a woro nani, “Meng wang ba tirin minu imemong.
‘I, too,’ said Jesus in reply, ‘will ask you one question. Give me an answer to it.
4 Belenni ubelen inshintun Yohana, Uwa nuzu kiti Kutelle aria. Sa kiti na nit?”
It is about John’s baptism – was it of divine or of human origin?’
5 I kpilza nati mene, I benle, “Ti wa woro, 'kitene kani,' a ba benlu, 'too iyarin taa na iyina yina nin ghe ba?'
But they began arguing together, ‘If we say “divine,” he will say “Why didn’t you believe him?”
6 Tutung ti ma belin 'unuzu na nitari,' anite vat ma fil su nari nin natala bara na iyire Yohana wadi unam liru nin nuu Kutelleari.”
But, if we say “human,” the people will all stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.’
7 I kawa au na iyiru kite na a nuzuku ba.
So they answered that they did not know its origin.
8 Yesu woro nani, “Na meng ma belin minu nin liyapin likarari in din su ale adodwe.
‘Then I,’ said Jesus, ‘refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.’
9 A taa anite ntun tiwankare, “Umung wa bilisu kunem, anaa among ukewe, anya udu nkankipin a di dandaun ku.
But Jesus began to tell the people this parable – ‘A man once planted a vineyard, and then let it out to tenants, and went abroad for a long while.
10 Na kubi da atoo kucin me udu kitin nanan kye kunene, au inighe kumat kuce, bara nani anan kye kunene fooghe, inin kooghe nin na cara akone.
At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, so that they could give him a share of the produce of the vineyard. The tenants, however, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
11 A kuru a too nkun kucin me ikuru I fooghe, I naghe incin, inin kooghe nin na cara akone.
The owner afterwards sent another servant; but the tenants beat and insulted this man too, and sent him away empty-handed.
12 A kuru a too unan tat ikuru I lanzaghe ukul, inin fillinghe indas.
He sent a third; but they wounded this man also, and threw him outside.
13 Bara nani Cikilari kunene woro, 'I yanghari mba ti? Na ntoo gononsunighe. Mbuti ima yenu ngongonme.'
“What should I do?” said the owner of the vineyard. “I will send my son, who is very dear to me. Perhaps they will respect him.”
14 Bara nani naiyeneghe ncinu, I munu ati I woro, 'Ulelere unan nlin gadu kunen kune, dan ti molughe, ugadwe nan soo unbit.'
But, on seeing him, the tenants consulted with one another. “Here is the heir!” they said. “Let us kill him, and then the inheritance will become ours.”
15 I fillinghe mamal kunene, inin mologhe. Iyari unan kunene ma tii nani?
So they threw him outside the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 Ama dak ada mulsu nani, anin ni amon kunene.” Na I lanza, I woro, “Kutelle sauke.”
He will come and put those tenants to death, and will let the vineyard to others.’ ‘Heaven forbid!’ they exclaimed when they heard it.
17 Bara nani Yesu yene nani, anin woro, “Iyari ile I yerte din belu? 'Litala loo na anan kye kilare nari, linnere nda so lin tune kilare'?
But Jesus looked at them and said, ‘What then is the meaning of this passage? – “The stone which the builders despised has now itself become the cornerstone.”
18 Vat nle na a deu kitene litala lile ama putuzu agerager. Bara nani bat ne na litale ndeu liti me lima yarughe.”
Everyone who falls on that stone will be dashed to pieces, while anyone on whom it falls – it will scatter him as dust.’
19 Bara nani anan niyerte nin na didya kutii nlire wa piziru I kifoghe nanya kuni kube, bara na I yino a wasu too tiwankare nati menere. Bara nani I wa lanza feu nanite.
After this the teachers of the Law and the chief priest were eager to lay hands on Jesus then and there, but they were afraid of the people; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed this parable.
20 I yenjeghe mseen, I too anan gbizinu kipin ita nafo anit alau, inan se ufanu nliru me, bara inan kifoghe inakpa anan natet tigoo ngumna.
Having watched their opportunity, they afterwards sent some spies, who pretended to be good men, to catch Jesus in the course of conversation, and so enable them to give him up to the Governor’s jurisdiction and authority.
21 I tirighe, I benle, “Unan dursusu, ti yiru udin dursuzu ubele dert, na umon din rusuzu fiba, bara nani udin dursuzu kedegene udu libau Kutelle.
These spies asked Jesus a question. They said, ‘Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you do not take any account of a person’s position, but teach the way of God honestly;
22 Udukari kiti bite ti ni Kaisar ku uganu bite sa babu?”
are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?’
23 Bara nani Yesu yinno kujinjin mene, a woro nani,
Seeing through their deceitfulness, Jesus said to them,
24 “Dursuni fikubu, kuyeli nghari, nin lisa du kitene fin nin?” I woro “Un Kaisar.”
‘Show me a coin. Whose head and title are on it?’
25 A woro nani, “Naan Kaisar ku imun ile na idi un Kaisar, nin Kutelle imun ile na idi in Kutelle.”
‘The Emperor’s,’ they said; and Jesus replied, ‘Well then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God.’
26 Anan miyerte nan nadidya kutii nlire na iwa yinin unari ni mon ile na awa belen nbun nanite ba. I lanza umamaki nkawu me na ibenle uliru ba.
They could not object to this answer before the people; and, in their wonder at his reply, they held their tongues.
27 Na amon Asandukiyawa nda kiti me, ale na I wa woro na ufitun yii duku ba,
Presently there came up some Sadducees, who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this –
28 I tiringhe, I benle, “Ku mallami, Musa wa yertin nari a woro, gwana nmung wa kuu nin ulani, na I mara ba, unite yira uwanin gwana me, a maraghe gono ku.
‘Teacher, Moses laid down for us in his writings that – “Should a man’s married brother die, and should he be childless, the man should take the widow as his wife, and raise up a family for his brother.”
29 Nwana wa duku imun kuzur, unan burne yira urani, a kuu na imaraba,
Well, there were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest, after taking a wife, died childless.
30 unan mba me wang nanere.
The second and third brothers both took her as their wife;
31 Unan tate udu unan zurre nanere na imara ba,
and so, too, did all seven – dying without children.
32 na ikala ayeri uwane kuu wang.
The woman herself was the last to die.
33 Lirin fitun yii ama yitu uwani ngha nany mene? Bara na ma suzu ilugma min wane?”
About the woman, then – at the resurrection, whose wife is she to be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?’
‘The men and women of this world,’ said Jesus, ‘marry and are given in marriage; (aiōn g165)
35 Bara nani ale na idumna nani ise iduru useru nanan fitu unuzum kul inin piru ulai sa ligang na idin suzu ilugma sa i nakpa uwani ba. (aiōn g165)
but, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married, (aiōn g165)
36 Na I ba kuru I kuu tutung ba, bara na isoo nafo nono kadura Kutelle, inun nso nono Kutelle.
nor indeed can they die again, for they are like angels and, having shared in the resurrection, they are God’s children.
37 Bara nani iba feu abe, Musa wang I wa durughe, mbeleng kitene na a wadi kusho kikaa na awa yicila Ucef Kutellen Ibrahim, Kutellen Ishaku, nin Kutellen Yakub.
As to the fact that the dead rise, even Moses indicated that, in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord – “The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
38 Nene na ame Kutelle nanan nkulari ba ama kun nanan nlaiyari, bara na vat di nin nlai udu kiti me.”
Now he is not God of dead people, but of living. For in his sight all are alive.’
39 Among anan niyerte kpana iworo “Ku mallami ukpana caut.”
‘Well said, teacher!’ exclaimed some of the teachers of the Law,
40 Bara nani ikuru I tiringhe imemon turtung ba.
for they did not venture to question him any further.
41 Yesu woro nani, “I yizieri I din belu au Kristi gono Daudari?
But Jesus said to them, ‘How is it that people say that the Christ is to be David’s son?
42 Bara na Dauda litime wa belen nanya niyert in Zabura, Ucife wa woro Ucif nighe, 'Soo incara ulime ning,
For David, in the book of Psalms, says himself – “The Lord said to my lord: Sit at my right hand,
43 sai dai nta anan narife kitin cisu na bunu fe.'
until I put your enemies as a stool for your feet.”
44 Nanere Dauda yicila Kristiku 'Ucif' a suu usaun Dauda nene?”
David, then, calls him “lord,” so how is he David’s son?’
45 Natuf nanit vat a woro nono kadura me,
While all the people were listening, Jesus said to the disciples,
46 “Sun insen nin nanang niyert, ale na idinin su I cinu nanya nalutuk ajajangaran, nin su nilip icine nanya tikasau, nin niti lisosin nididya nanya natii nlira, nin niti nididya niti tibuki.
‘Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and like to be greeted in the streets with respect, and to have the best seats in the synagogues, and places of honour at dinner.
47 Ikuru idin nanzu ninari nawani ale na ales mene nakuzu, nin nlira mijakaka kirusuzo. Alele maseru ukul udindya.”
These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretence of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier.’
