Luka 13
1 E kindeno ne nitie jomoko mane onyiso Yesu wach jo-Galili ma Pilato ne oriwo rembgi kod misengini.
Some people who were [listening to Jesus] at that time told him about some people from Galilee [district who had gone to Jerusalem]. Pilate, [the Roman governor], had [ordered soldiers to] kill them [MTY] while they were offering sacrifices [in the Temple there].
2 Yesu nodwoko niya, “Uparo ni jo-Galili-gi ne joricho moloyo jo-Galili mamoko nikech negisandore kamano?
Jesus replied to them, “Do you think [that this happened to those] people from Galilee [because] they were more sinful than all the other people from Galilee?
3 Awachonu ni ooyo! To ka ok ulokoru uweyo richou, un duto unutho kamano.
I assure you, [that was] not [so]! But instead of [being concerned about them, you need to remember that God] will similarly punish you [eternally] if you do not turn away from your sinful behavior.
4 Kata ji apar gaboro ka manotho kane ohinga man Siloam nopodho kuomgi, uparo ni ne gin joketho moloyo ji mamoko duto madak e Jerusalem?
Or, [consider] the 18 people who died when the tower at Siloam [outside Jerusalem] fell on them. Do you think [that this happened to them because] they were more sinful than all the other people who lived in Jerusalem?
5 Awachonu ni ooyo! To ka ok ulokoru uweyo richou un bende ubiro mana tho.”
I assure you, [that was] not so! But instead, you [need to realize that God] will similarly punish you [eternally] if you do not stop your sinful behavior!”
6 Eka nogoyo ngero kowacho niya, “Ngʼat moro ne nigi yadh ngʼowu mopidho e puothe, to nodhi mondo omany olemo kuome, to ok noyudo mora amora.
Then Jesus told them this illustration [to show what God would do to the Jews, whom he continually blessed, but who did not do things that please him]: “A man planted a fig tree on his farmland. ([Each year/Many times]) he came to it looking for figs, but there were no figs.
7 Omiyo nowacho ni ngʼat mane rito puodho ni, ‘Kuom higni adek asebedo kabiro kae ka dwaro olemo e ngʼowuni to ok aseyudo moro amora. Ngʼole igoye piny. Ere gima dimi ocham lowo?’
Then he said to the gardener, ‘Look [here]! I have been looking for fruit on this fig tree every year for the past three years, but there have been no figs. Cut it down! (It is just using up the nutrients in the soil for nothing!/Why should it continue using up the [nutrients in] the soil [for nothing]?) [RHQ]’
8 “Ngʼatno nodwoke ni, ‘Jaduongʼ, yie iweye higani kende bangʼe to abiro pure kendo medo ketone owuoyo.
But the gardener replied to the owner, ‘Sir, leave it here for another year. I will dig around it and put manure around it.
9 Ka onyago olemo higa mabiro, mano ber, to, ka ok onyago, to nongʼole oko.’”
If it bears fruit next year, we [(inc)] will allow it to keep growing. If it does not bear fruit next year, you [(sg)] can cut it down.’”
10 Chiengʼ Sabato moro Yesu ne puonjo e achiel kuom sinagoke,
One (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest), [Jesus] was teaching people in one of the Jewish meeting places.
11 to dhako moro ne ni kanyo mane jachien osemiyo obedo mongʼol kuom higni apar gaboro. Tuono nomiyo odolore ma ok nonyal riere tir kata matin.
There was a woman there whom an evil spirit [MTY] had crippled for 18 years. She was always bent over; she could not stand up straight.
12 Kane Yesu onene, noluonge mondo obi kendo nowachone niya, “Dhako ogonyi ibed thuolo ichangi e midekreni.”
When Jesus saw her, he called her over to him. He said to her, “Woman, [I am] freeing you [(sg)] from your illness!”
13 Eka noketo lwetene kuome, to gikanyono noriere tir kendo nopako Nyasaye.
He put his hands on her. Immediately she stood up straight, and she praised God!
14 Jaduongʼ sinagogi, mirima nomako nikech Yesu nochango dhakono chiengʼ Sabato, nowacho ni ji niya, “Nitie ndalo auchiel mitiyoe. Omiyo biuru mondo ochangu e ndalogo, to ok chiengʼ Sabato.”
But the man in charge (of the synagogue/of the meeting place) was angry because Jesus had healed her (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day). [He considered that healing was doing work]. So he said to the people, “There are six days [each week] in which [our Jewish] laws permit people to work. [If you need healing], those are the days to come ([to the synagogue/to the meeting place]) and be healed. Do not come on our Jewish day of rest!”
15 Ruoth nodwoke niya, “Un joma wuondore! Donge ngʼato ka ngʼato kuomu gonyo rwadhe kata pundane e dipo kotere oko mondo omiye pi chiengʼ Sabato?
Then the Lord replied to him, “You [(sg) and your fellow religious leaders are] hypocrites! (On the Sabbath/On our Jewish day of rest), [just like on every other day], (each of you unties his ox or donkey, and then leads it from the food trough to where it can drink water./does not each of you untie his ox or donkey, and then lead it from the food trough to where it can drink water?) [RHQ] [That is work, too]!
16 Koro dhakoni, ma nyakwar Ibrahim, ma Satan oseketo kotweyo higni apar gaborogi duto kama donge ber kogonye obed thuolo chiengʼ Sabato oa e gima notweye?”
This woman [is more important than an animal; she is a Jew], descended from Abraham! But Satan has [kept her] [MET] [crippled] for 18 years, [as though] he had tied her up [and not let her escape]! So (it is certainly right that she be freed {that [I] free her}, [even if this] is a Sabbath day!/was it not right that she be freed {that [I] free her}, [even if this] is a Jewish rest day?) [RHQ]”
17 Kane owacho mani, jogo duto mane kwede wigi nokuot. To ji mamoko nomor kod gik moko duto miwuoro mane otimo.
After Jesus said that, all the people [there] who opposed him were ashamed. But all the [other] people [there] were happy about all the wonderful things he was doing.
18 Eka Yesu nopenjo niya, “Pinyruoth Nyasaye chalo nade? Angʼo ma dapimego?
Then Jesus said, “(I will tell you how [the number of people who let] God rule [MET] [their lives will increase]./Do you know how [the number of people who let] God rule [MET] [their lives will increase]?) [RHQ] I will tell you what I can compare it to.
19 Ochal gi koth karadali, ma ngʼato nokawo mopidho e puothe. Kodhino nodongo mobedo yien, to winy mafuyo e kor polo nopiyo e bedene.”
It is like a [tiny] mustard seed that a man planted in his field. It grew until it became [big, like] a tree. It was [so big that] birds built nests in its branches.”
20 Nopenjo kendo niya, “Angʼo ma dapimgo pinyruoth Nyasaye?
Then he said, “I will tell [RHQ] you something else, to illustrate how the people who let God rule [MET] [their lives can influence their society more and more].
21 Ochalo thowi mane dhako moro okawo kendo oruwo ei mogo mangʼeny, mi bangʼe okuodo mogono.”
It is like [a little bit of] yeast that a woman mixed with about 50 pounds of flour. [That small amount of yeast made] the whole batch of dough swell up.”
22 Eka Yesu nodhi e mier kod gwenge kopuonjo ji ka odhiyo Jerusalem.
[Jesus] continued traveling, along [with his disciples], through various towns and villages on the way to Jerusalem. As they went, he was teaching [the people].
23 Ngʼato moro nopenjo niya, “Ruoth, en mana ji manok ema biro kwo?” Nowachonigi niya,
Someone asked him, “Lord, will there be only a few people who are saved {whom [God] saves}?” He replied to them, “[There will not be many, because] the way [to heaven] [MET] is [like] a narrow door.
24 “Temuru matek mondo udonj e dhoot madiny, nikech awachonu ni, ji mangʼeny biro temo mondo odonj to ok gibi nyalo ngangʼ.
[Therefore, try hard] to enter that narrow doorway, because I tell you that many people will try to enter [heaven by some other way], but they will not be able to get in.
25 Ka wuon ot nochungʼ kendo lor dhoot ubiro chungo oko ka uduongʼo kendo sayo ni, ‘Ruoth, yawnwa dhoot.’ “To obiro dwokou ni, ‘Ok angʼeyou kata kuma uae akia!’
[God is like] the owner of a house. [Some day] he will lock his door. Then [some of] you will begin to stand outside that door and knock. You will say, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘[No, I will not open it, because] I do not know you, and I do not know where you are from!’
26 “Eka ubiro wacho ni, ‘Ne wachiemo kendo metho kodi, bende ne ipuonjoe yorewa mag dala.’
Then you will say, ‘([You must have forgotten!/Surely you know us, because]) [RHQ] we [(exc)] ate [meals] with you [(sg)], and you taught [people] in the streets of our [towns]’!
27 “To obiro dwoko ni, ‘Ok angʼeyou, kata kuma uae akia. Ayiuru kuoma un jorichogi!’
But he will say, ‘[I tell you again], I do not know you, and I do not know where you are from. You [are] wicked people! Get away from here!’”
28 “Ywagruok biro bedo kanyono, kod mwodo lak, ka uneno Ibrahim, Isaka gi Jakobo gi jonabi duto manie pinyruoth Nyasaye to un uwegi nowitu oko.
Then Jesus continued, saying, “[From where God will send you], you will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the distance. All the prophets [who lived long ago will also be there], in the kingdom where God [is ruling]. But you will be outside, crying and grinding your teeth [because you will have severe pain]!
29 Ji biro biro koa yo wuok chiengʼ gi yo podho chiengʼ, gi yo nyandwat kod yo milambo, kendo ginibed keregi e kar nyasi mar chiemo manobed e pinyruoth Nyasaye.
Furthermore, many [non-Jewish] people will [be inside]. There will be ones who have come from [lands to] the north, east, south, and west. They will be feasting in (that place where God is ruling/God’s kingdom).
30 Adiera chutho nitie joma ni chien mogik ma nobed mokwongo, to joma okwongo nobed chien mogik.”
Think about this: Some people whom others do not [consider] important [now, God will make] them very important [then], and some people whom [others consider] very important [now, God will make] to be not important [then].”
31 E kindeno jo-Farisai moko nobiro ir Yesu kendo nowachone niya, “Ai ka kendo dhiyo kamachielo nikech Herode dwaro negi.”
At that very time, some Pharisees came and said to Jesus, “Leave this area, because [the ruler] Herod [Antipas] wants to kill you [(sg)]!”
32 Nodwoko ni, “Dhiuru uwach ne kibweno niya, ‘Abiro golo jochiende kendo chango ji kawuononi gi kiny, to chiengʼ mar adek abiro chopo dwarona.’
He replied to them, “Herod is [MET] [as cruel as] a fox, [but also as insignificant as a fox]. [So I do not worry about him]. But [to show him that no one can harm me until it is the time and place God has determined], go tell him this [message from me]: ‘Listen! I am expelling demons and performing miracles today, and [I will continue doing] it for a short time. After that, I will finish my work.
33 To kata kamano nyaka adhi nyime kawuononi, gi kiny kod orucha nikech adiera, onge janabi manyalo tho oko mar Jerusalem!
But I must continue my trip [to Jerusalem] during the coming days, because [they killed many other] prophets there, and [since I am also a prophet], no other place is appropriate for people to kill [me].’”
34 “Yaye, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, in ma inego jonabi kendo ichielo joma oorni gi kite! Mano kaka asegombo amingʼa mondo achok nyithindi kaachiel, kaka gweno choko nyithinde e bwo bwombene, to ok useyie.
[Then Jesus said], “O [people of] [MTY] Jerusalem [APO]! You killed the prophets [who lived long ago, and you killed others], whom [God] sent to you, [by throwing] stones [at them]. Many times I wanted to gather you together [to protect you] [SIM] like a hen gathers her young chicks under her wings. But you did not want [me to do that].
35 To koro, ne odi oweni kodongʼ gunda. Awachoni ni, ok ininena kendo nyaka chop chiengʼ ma iniwach ni, ‘Ogwedh ngʼat mabiro e nying Jehova Nyasaye.’”
So listen to this: Your city [MTY] (OR, your temple) is going to be abandoned (OR, God will no longer protect it). I will [MTY] also tell you this: I [will enter your city only once more. After that], you will not see me until the time when [I return and] you say [about me], ‘God is truly pleased with this man who comes with God’s authority [MTY]!’”
