Luke 14
1 One (Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day), Jesus went to eat [SYN] at the house of an important Pharisee. Some [men who studied the Jewish] laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully [to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him].
Un sabato era entrato in casa di uno dei capi dei farisei per pranzare e la gente stava ad osservarlo.
2 Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
Davanti a lui stava un idropico.
3 Jesus said to them, “Is it permitted in [our(inc)] Jewish laws to heal [someone] (on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath), or not?”
Rivolgendosi ai dottori della legge e ai farisei, Gesù disse: «E' lecito o no curare di sabato?».
4 [They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) (OR, [they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it]). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go [home].
Ma essi tacquero. Egli lo prese per mano, lo guarì e lo congedò.
5 Then he said to the rest of them, “If you had a son or an ox that fell into a well on a (Sabbath/our day of rest), would you immediately [work to] pull him out, [or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day]?”
Poi disse: «Chi di voi, se un asino o un bue gli cade nel pozzo, non lo tirerà subito fuori in giorno di sabato?».
6 [They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So] they said nothing in reply to Jesus.
E non potevano rispondere nulla a queste parole.
7 Jesus noticed that those people who had been {whom [the Pharisee] had} invited [to the meal] chose [to sit in] the places where important [people usually sit]. Then he gave [this advice] to them:
Osservando poi come gli invitati sceglievano i primi posti, disse loro una parabola:
8 “When one of you [(sg)] is invited by someone {someone invites one of you [(sg)]} to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. Perhaps the man [giving the feast] has invited a man more important than you [(sg)].
«Quando sei invitato a nozze da qualcuno, non metterti al primo posto, perché non ci sia un altro invitato più ragguardevole di te
9 [When that man comes], the man who invited both of you will come to you [(sg)] and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you [(sg)] will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.
e colui che ha invitato te e lui venga a dirti: Cedigli il posto! Allora dovrai con vergogna occupare l'ultimo posto.
10 Instead, when you are invited {[someone] invites one of you} [to a feast], go and sit in the most undesirable seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you [(sg)], ‘Friend, sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you [(sg)] will see that he is honoring you.
Invece quando sei invitato, và a metterti all'ultimo posto, perché venendo colui che ti ha invitato ti dica: Amico, passa più avanti. Allora ne avrai onore davanti a tutti i commensali.
11 Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
Perché chiunque si esalta sarà umiliato, e chi si umilia sarà esaltato».
12 [Jesus] also said to [the Pharisee] who had invited him to the meal, “When you [(sg)] invite people to a midday or evening meal, do not invite your friends or your family or your other relatives or your rich neighbors. They can later invite you [(sg) for a meal]. In that way they will repay you.
Disse poi a colui che l'aveva invitato: «Quando offri un pranzo o una cena, non invitare i tuoi amici, né i tuoi fratelli, né i tuoi parenti, né i ricchi vicini, perché anch'essi non ti invitino a loro volta e tu abbia il contraccambio.
13 Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
Al contrario, quando dài un banchetto, invita poveri, storpi, zoppi, ciechi;
14 They will be unable to repay you. [But God will bless you! He] will repay you [at the time] when [he causes] righteous people to become alive again.”
e sarai beato perché non hanno da ricambiarti. Riceverai infatti la tua ricompensa alla risurrezione dei giusti».
15 One of those who were eating with Jesus heard him say that. He said to Jesus, “God [has truly] blessed [us Jews] who will eat [with the Messiah] when he starts to rule!”
Uno dei commensali, avendo udito ciò, gli disse: «Beato chi mangerà il pane nel regno di Dio!».
16 But [to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation] [MET], Jesus replied to him, “One time a man [decided] to prepare a large feast. He invited many people to come.
Gesù rispose: «Un uomo diede una grande cena e fece molti inviti.
17 When it was the day for the feast, he sent his servant to tell those who had been {whom he had} invited, ‘Come [now] because everything is ready!’
All'ora della cena, mandò il suo servo a dire agli invitati: Venite, è pronto.
18 But [when the servant did that], all of the people [whom he had invited] began to say why they did not want to come. The first [man the servant went to] said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
Ma tutti, all'unanimità, cominciarono a scusarsi. Il primo disse: Ho comprato un campo e devo andare a vederlo; ti prego, considerami giustificato.
19 Another person said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen, and I must go to examine them. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
Un altro disse: Ho comprato cinque paia di buoi e vado a provarli; ti prego, considerami giustificato.
20 Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
Un altro disse: Ho preso moglie e perciò non posso venire.
21 So the servant returned to his master and reported what [everyone had said]. The owner of the house was angry [when he heard the reasons they gave for not] coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city [and find] poor and crippled and blind and lame [people, and bring] them here into [my house]!’
Al suo ritorno il servo riferì tutto questo al padrone. Allora il padrone di casa, irritato, disse al servo: Esci subito per le piazze e per le vie della città e conduci qui poveri, storpi, ciechi e zoppi.
22 [After the servant went and did that], he [came back and] said, ‘Sir, I have done what you [(sg)] told me to do, but there is still room [for more people].’
Il servo disse: Signore, è stato fatto come hai ordinato, ma c'è ancora posto.
23 [So] his master said to him, ‘Then go [outside the city]. Search for people along the highways. Search also along the narrow roads with hedges beside them [where homeless people may be staying]. Strongly urge the people in those places to come to [my house]. I want it to be full of [people]!’”
Il padrone allora disse al servo: Esci per le strade e lungo le siepi, spingili a entrare, perché la mia casa si riempia.
24 [Then Jesus said], “I tell you [(pl)] this: Very few of you [Jewish] people will enjoy my feast, even though [I] invited you [first to eat it with me when I become king].”
Perché vi dico: Nessuno di quegli uomini che erano stati invitati assaggerà la mia cena».
25 Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
Siccome molta gente andava con lui, egli si voltò e disse:
26 “If anyone comes to me who loves his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters [more than] [HYP] [he loves me], he cannot be my disciple. He must even love me more than he loves his own life!
«Se uno viene a me e non odia suo padre, sua madre, la moglie, i figli, i fratelli, le sorelle e perfino la propria vita, non può essere mio discepolo.
27 [People who are ready to execute a prisoner make] him carry his cross [MET] [to the place where others will nail him] on it. Only those who are willing [to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them] like that because of being my disciples, and who are willing to obey what I teach, can be my disciples.
Chi non porta la propria croce e non viene dietro di me, non può essere mio discepolo.
28 [I will illustrate] [MET]. If one of you desired to build a (tower/big house), (you would surely first sit down and determine how much it would cost!/would you not first sit down and determine how much it would cost?) [RHQ] Then you would determine whether you had enough money to complete it.
Chi di voi, volendo costruire una torre, non si siede prima a calcolarne la spesa, se ha i mezzi per portarla a compimento?
29 [If you did not do that], if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish [the rest of the tower], everyone who saw it would make fun of you.
Per evitare che, se getta le fondamenta e non può finire il lavoro, tutti coloro che vedono comincino a deriderlo, dicendo:
30 They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
Costui ha iniziato a costruire, ma non è stato capace di finire il lavoro.
31 Or, if a king decided to [send his army to] war against another king, (he would surely first sit down [with those who] advised [him]./would he not first sit down [with those who] advised [him]?) [RHQ] They would determine whether [his army], which had only 10,000 soldiers, could defeat the [other army], which had 20,000 soldiers, and was about to attack his [army].
Oppure quale re, partendo in guerra contro un altro re, non siede prima a esaminare se può affrontare con diecimila uomini chi gli viene incontro con ventimila?
32 If he [decided] that his army could not [defeat that army], he would send messengers to [the other king] while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’
Se no, mentre l'altro è ancora lontano, gli manda un'ambasceria per la pace.
33 So, similarly, if any one of you does not first decide that you [(sg)] are [willing to] give up all that you have, you cannot be my disciple.”
Così chiunque di voi non rinunzia a tutti i suoi averi, non può essere mio discepolo.
34 [Jesus also said, “You are like] [MET] salt, which is useful [to put on food]. But (salt certainly cannot be made {[you] certainly cannot make salt} to taste salty again if it stops tasting salty!/can salt be made {can [you] make salt} to taste salty again if it quits tasting salty?) [RHQ]
Il sale è buono, ma se anche il sale perdesse il sapore, con che cosa lo si salerà?
35 [If salt does not taste salty any more], it is not good for the soil or even for the manure heap. [People] throw it away. [The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God]. If you want to understand what I just said [IDM], you must consider [carefully] what you have heard!”
Non serve né per la terra né per il concime e così lo buttano via. Chi ha orecchi per intendere, intenda».
