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].
Jhatokili ligono lya sabato, bho ilota kunyumba kwa mmonga ghwa bhalongosi bha Mafarisayo kulya n'kate, nabhene bhakajha bhakan'chunghuza kwa karibu.
2 Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
Langayi, palongo pa muene ajhele munu ambajhe isumbulibhwa ni uvimbe.
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?”
Yesu akakota bhataalamu mu sheria sya bhayahudi ni Mafarisayo, “Je, ni halali kumponya ligono lya sabato, au lepi?”
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].
Lakini bhene bhajhele kinunu, kwa hiyo Yesu akan'kamula, ni kumponya ni kundeka alotayi.
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]?”
Nimuene akabhajobhela, “Niani kati jha muenga ajhe ni muana au ng'ombi idumbukila mu ligono lya sabato akamfuta lepi kwibhala mara moja?”
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.
Bhene bhajhelepi ni uwezo bhwa kuhomesya lijibu kwa mambo agha.
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:
Wakati Yesu agunduili jinsi bhala bhabhaalikibhu kwamba bhachaguili fiti fya heshima, akabhajobhela mfano, akajobha,
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)].
“Wakati pa mwialikibhwa ni munu pa harusi, usitami mu nafasi sya heshima, kwandabha jhibhwesekana aalikibhu munu ambajhe ndo wakuheshimibhwa nesu kuliko bhebhe.
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.
Wakati munu jheabhaaliki muenga bhabhele akafikayi, ibeta kujobhela bhebhe, “mpishayi munu ojho nafasi jhe bhebhe,” ni kisha kwa soni wibetakutola nafasi jha mwishu.
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.
Lakini bhebhe ukaalikibhwayi, lotayi ukatamayi mahali pa mwishu, ili wakati jhola jhaakualiki akahidayi abhwesiajhi kukujobhela bhebhe, `Rafiki, lotayi palongolo nesu.” Ndipo wibeta kujha uheshimiki mbele jha bhoha bhabhatamili pamonga ni bhebhe pa meza.
11 Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
Kwandabha khila jhaikikweza iselesibhwa na haikiselesya ikwesibhwa.'
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.
Yesu kabhele akan'jobhela munu jhaamwaliki,'pawihomesya kyakulya kya pamusi au kimihi, usibihaaliki rafiki zako au bhalongobhu au jamaa bhajhobhi au majirani bha jhabhi matajiri, ili kwamba bhene bhasihidi kukualika ni bhebhe ukakabhe malipo.
13 Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
Badala jhieke, pawibhomba sherehe, bhaalikayi maskini, filema, fiwete ni fipofu,
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.”
ni bhebhe wibetakujha kubarikibhwa, kwandabha bhibhwesya lepi kulepa. kwandabha wibeta kulepibhwa mu ufufuo bhwa bhenye.”
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!”
Wakati mmonga ghwa bhale bhabhatamili pameza pamonga ni Yesu bho apeliki aghu, ni muene akanijobhela, “Abarikibhu jhola jhaibetekulya n'kate mu Ufalme bhwa k'yara!”
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.
Lakini Yesu akan'jobhela, “munu mmonga aandele sherehe mbaha, aaliki bhanu bhamehele.
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!’
Wakati sherehe bho ijhe tayari, akandaghisya mtumishi ghwa muene kubhajobhela bhela bhaalikwa, “Muhidayi, kwandabha fenu fyoha fimalili kubhekibhwa tayari.'
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!’
Bhoha, bhakajhanda kus'oma radhi. Wa kwanza akan'jobhela mtumishi, 'Nihemili n'gonda, lazima nilotayi kulilola. Tafadhali unisamee.'
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!’
Na jhongi akajobha, Nihemili Jozi sihanu sya ng'ombi, ni nene nilotakubhajaribu. Tafadhali uniwie radhi.'
20 Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
Ni munu jhongi akajobha, 'Nigegili n'dala, henu nibhwesya lepi kuhida.'
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]!’
Mtumishi akakerebhuka ni kun'jobhela mtumishi ghwa muene,'Lotayi manyata mitaani ni mufichochoro fya miji ukabhaletayi apa maskini, filema, fipofu ni bhalemavu.”
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].’
Mtumishi akajobha, Bwana, aghu gha ulaghisij ghaamali kukhomboka, hata henu nafasi khona.'
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]!’”
Bwana akan'jobhela mtumishi, 'Lotayi mu n'jhela mbaha ni fichochoro na ubhashunitushjajhi bhanu bhajhingilibhu, ili nyumba jha nene jhimemayi.
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].”
Kwandabha nikabhajobhela, kwabhala bhashaafikibhu kubhwandelu ajhelepi jhaibetakubhonja sherehe jhanene.'
25 Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
Henu umati mbaha bhajhele bhilota pamonga Ni muene, ni muene akageuka ni kubhajobhela,
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!
'Kama munu ihida kwa nene ni muene akan'dadila lepi dadi munu, n'dala munu, mwana munu, bhalongo munu bha n'gosi ni n'dala - ndio, ni hata maisha gha muene kabhele -ibhwesya lepi kujhe mwanafunzi ghwa nene.
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.
Munu akabelayi kuulota msalaba ghwa muene ni kuhida kunyumba jha nene ibhwesyalepi kujha mwanafunzi ghwa nene.
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.
Maana niani kati jhe muenga, ambajhe inoghela kujenga mnara ibeta lepi kutama hoti akadirirajhi gharama kwa mahesabu kama ajhe ni khela kyailonda ili kukamilisya e'lu?
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.
Vinginevyo, baada jha kubheka msingi ni kusindwa kumallisila, bhoha bhabhalolili bhibeta kujhanda kundhihaki.
30 They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
Bhijobha, Munu ojho ajhandi kujenga, ajhelepi ni nghofu sya kumalisya.'
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].
Au mfalme jholekhu, akalondajhi kulota kukomana ni mfalme jhongi mu vita, ambajhe ibetalepi kutama pasi hoti ni kutola ushauri kuhusu kama ibhwesya, pamonga ni bhanu elfu kumi kutobhana ni mfalme jhongi jha ihida panani pa muene ni bhanu ishirini elfu?
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?’
Na kama naha lepi, wakati jeshi lya bhangi bado lijhe patali, itume balozi kulonda masharti gha amani.
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.”
Kwa hiyo basi, jhejhioha kati jha muenga ambajhe ibetalepi kuleka fyoha fya ajhe nafu, ibhwesyalepi kujha mwanafunzi ghwa nene.
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]
Muinyu unofu, lakini ikajhelajhi jhijhasili ladha jhiake, jinsi jheleku jhibhwesya kujha muinyu kabhele?
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!”
Ijhelepi ni matumizi kwa udongo au hata kwa mbolea. jhitaghibhwa patali. Muene jha ajhele ni mb'olokoto na ap'elekayi gha kup'eleka.”
