Luke 20
1 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,
Dayenli, ke jesu den tundi bi niba ku jaanddiegu cancanli ki muandi ba li laabamanli, ke ku jaanddiegu liiga yaaba cua yeni bi yikodanba yeni u dogu yudanba,
2 and addressing him, said, “Tell us what authority you have to do these things. Who is it who has given you this authority?”
ke bi buali Jesu ya buali ne: ... Maadi ti, a kubi ŋmaa yiko ki tuuni, lan yaa ka, ŋma n teni li yiko?
3 “I, too,” said Jesus in reply, “will ask you one question. Give me an answer to it.
Jesu maadi: ... N mɔ pia i buali ke bi buali yi, ŋmiani man nni:
4 It is about John’s baptism – was it of divine or of human origin?”
Jan den kubi ŋmaa yiko i, ki wuu bi niba U Tienu ñima? Li den tie U Tienu yiko bii bi niba yiko i?
5 But they began arguing together, “If we say ‘divine,’ he will say ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’
Ke bi ji buni bulni bi siiga: Ti ya maadi: “Ke U Tienu yiko” o ba buali ti: “Be cedi ke i den ki dugi o po”?
6 But, if we say ‘human,’ the people will all stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”
Ama ti ya ŋmiani: “Ke bi niba”, ku niwulgu ne ba luudi ti a tana ki kpa ti, kelima bi niba ne kuli dugi ke Jan bo tie U Tienu tondo i.
7 So they answered that they did not know its origin.
Ke bi maadi ke bi ki bani Jan n bo kubi yua yiko ki tuuni.
8 “Then I,” said Jesus, “refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.”
... Jesu ŋmiani ba, ke o mɔ ki bani wan kubi yua ya yiko ki tuuni.
9 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.
Ke o pua bi niba ya makpanjama ne: ... Ja bá den ŋuu ku damɔngu diidi, ki ggni bi niba ki gedi naani n fagi ki ba waagi.
10 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.
Mi cuama yogu ke o sɔni o tuonsɔnlo, ke wan gedi ki gaa bu kpaabu ligi, ke kpaguula pua ki beli o, baa teni o lbá.
11 The owner afterward sent another servant; but the tenants beat and insulted this man too, and sent him away empty-handed.
Ke o bondaano gɔ sɔni tuonsɔntɔlo. Ke bi gɔ pua o, ki beli o, baa teni o lbá.
12 He sent a third; but they wounded this man also, and threw him outside.
Canbáa gɔ sɔni tuonsɔntɔlo bonbta po. Ke bi pua ki duoli o mɔ ki beli o.
13 ‘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.’
Ke o kpadaano maadi: N tieni ledi? N ba sɔni n biga yaaga ke n ŋanbi ki bua ga. Bi ba fidi ki cɔlni wani.
14 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.’
A tuonsɔnla n lá ga ya yogu, ke bi juogi bi ŋmiali nni, ki maadi: “Yua n ti ba di li faali n yeni. Tin kpa o man, ki diedi li faali.”
15 So they threw him outside the vineyard and killed him. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
Ke bi cuo o ki fili o, ki ñani o bu kpaabu nni, ki kpa o. O kpadaano ba tieni a tuonsɔnla yeni ledi?
16 He will come and put those tenants to death, and will let the vineyard to others.” “Heaven forbid!” they exclaimed when they heard it.
O ba gedi ki biani a tuonsɔnla yeni, ki taa bu kpaabu ki guuni nitɔba. Li maama po ke bi maadi: “U Tieni n wuoni mani”.
17 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.’
Ke Jesu nɔnli ba suoo ki maadi: “I gbia U Tienu lanbona yia diani li tili nni ne ledi? Ya tanli ke a tanmaala bo yie ki luni yeni, laa tanli n ti guani ki tua ku diegu fiagli tanjali.
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be dashed to pieces, while anyone on whom it falls – it will scatter him as dust.”
Yua n li baa li tanli po, o ba kɔni kɔni. Li tanli ya baa yua ya po mɔ, li nandi o i yomi yomi.
19 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.
Ke U Tienu maama tundkaaba yeni bi salyidkacianba bandi ke li makpanjama nua bani, ke bi ji lingi ke ban cuo Jesu li yogu mɔno, ki jie bi niba.
20 Having watched their opportunity, they afterward 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.
Li po ke bi kpaagi Jesu, ki sɔni bi niba ke bi yini bi bá nimɔnba. Bi bo ba lá i jalgi Jesu maama nni. Yeni, bi bo ba fidi ki cuo o, ki kubni o Romi bado yiko yiko yeni o yudandi nni.
21 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;
Lani ke bi niba yeni ji nagni o: ... Canbáa, ti bani ke a maadi i mɔmɔni, ki gɔ tundi bi niba lan buali maama. A ki jie bi yikodanba, ama a wangi bi niba U Tienu sanu yeni mɔni.
22 are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?”
To, maadi ti, li buali ke tin ya pa Sesari ti patendi (lonpo) bii laa cabi i?
23 Seeing through their deceitfulness, Jesus said to them,
Jesu bani bi janbi maama, ki ŋmiani ba:
24 “Show me a coin. Whose head and title are on it?”
... Waani nni man bu lugbu dibayenli! ŋma ya nannangu yeni ŋma ya yeli n ye li po? ... Ke bi niba jiini ke Sesari.
25 “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.”
... To! ke o maadi ba, teni man Sesari yaala n tie Sesari yaali, ki teni U Tienu yaala n tie U Tienu yaala.
26 They could not object to this answer before the people; and, in their wonder at his reply, they held their tongues.
Bi bo ki fidi ki jalgi Jesu o maama nni bi niba siiga. Ke o ŋmiani bo lidi ba, ke bi bo luo ban ba maadi yaala.
27 Presently there came up some Sadducees, who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this –
Sadusehannba, ban yaaba n bo ki tuo ke bi kpienba ti ba fii ku kaagu nni, bi siiga ke bi tɔba nagni Jesu, ki buali o ya buali ne:
28 “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.’
... Canbáa, Moyisi diani nni o bo diani yiko ne ki teni ti: Li ya tie ke o nulo kuani o pua, ki kpe ki ki pia biga, o ninjua ń taa o pakuali ki mali o a bila.
29 Well, there were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest, after taking a wife, died childless.
To, jablile n den ye ki tie kpiiba, o ciamo po kuani o pua, ki kpe kaa pia biga.
30 The second and third brothers both took her as their wife;
Bilie po yua yeni bita po yua yeni yaaba n sieni taa li pua,
31 and so, too, did all seven – dying without children.
Ke bi kuli kpe kaa pia biga”
32 The woman herself was the last to die.
O pua yeni mɔ ti yuandi ki kpe.
33 About the woman, then – at the resurrection, whose wife is she to be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?”
To, bi kpienba n ba fii ya daali ku kaagu nni, ŋma n ji ba diedi o pua i? kelima bi kuli kuani o.
Jesu ŋmiani ba: ... Tin dá ye ya ŋanduna ne nni, bi jaba kuandi bi puoba ki bi puoba kuni bi jaba. (aiōn g165)
35 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)
Ama yaaba ke U Tienu diidi ki sua ke bi ŋani ki dagdi yeni ban fii ku kaagu nni ki kua li ŋandunpanli nni wan kan kuani bi puoba ki gɔ kan kuni bi jaba. (aiōn g165)
36 nor indeed can they die again, for they are like angels and, having shared in the resurrection, they are God’s children.
Bi kan fidi ki kpe, kelima bi baa tie nani Menekinba yeni, ki tie U Tienu bila, kelima bi ba fii bi kpienba siiga.
37 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.’
Ke bi kpinba n fii ku kaagu nni, Moyisi mɔno, bo diani li ya yogu ke o lá ku tuntuugu co u muu: Lan wan ii, o yeli n tie yonbdaano Abrahami Tienu, Isaaki Tienu yeni Jakɔbi Tienu.
38 Now he is not God of dead people, but of living. For in his sight all are alive.”
Ama, U Tienu ki tie bi kpienba Tienu ka, ama fuodba Tienu; lan wan ii, o ya po, li tie mɔmɔni ke yaajanba ta yeni fo.
39 “Well said, teacher!” exclaimed some of the teachers of the Law,
Li po, a yikobanda gaa mi maama ki maadi: ... Canbáa, a ŋanbi ki ŋmiani li po.
40 for they did not venture to question him any further.
Kelima, bi ji bo jie yeni ban buali i buali.
41 But Jesus said to them, “How is it that people say that the Christ is to be David’s son?
Ke Jesu mɔ ji buali ba: ... Li tieni ledi ke bi maadi ke O Tondo ba ña Dafiidi yaabila siiga?
42 For David, in the book of Psalms, says himself – ‘The Lord said to my lord: Sit at my right hand,
Kelima Dafiidi mɔno maadi I Yani tili nni: Yonbdaano maadi n Yonbdaano: Cua ki kali n jienu,
43 until I put your enemies as a stool for your feet.’
Ya caa yeni ya yogu ke n ba cedi a yibalinba ń tua a taaŋmaakaanu.
44 David, then, calls him ‘lord,’ so how is he David’s son?”
Dafiidi yini U Tienu Tondo ke o Yonbdaano: Li ba tieni ledi i o tondo yeni n ya tie o yaabili.
45 While all the people were listening, Jesus said to the disciples,
Ke ku niwulgu den cengi o, ke omaadi o ŋɔdkaaba:
46 “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 honor at dinner.
... Diidi U Tienu yikobanda yaaba n bua a bogda tiadi lama, ki ŋanbi ki bua ku niwulgu nni, ti jaanddiedi nni yeni ti wondi nni ban ya kaa liiga.
47 These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretense of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier.”
Bi fiedi a pakuana ligi i, ki nan yen sedi ki jaandi lan waagi nani bi tie bi nimɔnba yeni. Bi ya tubŋmaglu n ti baa bia.
