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].
Teo t’ie nizilik’ añ’anjomba’ ty mpiamo beim-Pariseoo hikama ami’ty Sabotse, le fonga nikirok’ aze.
2 Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
Aa hehe te añatrefa’e eo t’indaty voa ty trinike.
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?”
Le hoe ty ontane’ Iesoà amo mpahay Hàkeo naho amo Fariseoo: No’ i Hake hao ty mampijangañe ami’ty Sabotse?
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].
Nianjiñe avao iereo, aa le rinambe’e naho jinanga’e, vaho nampiavote’e.
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]?”
Le hoe re tam’ iereo: Ia ama’ areo naho tafajoroboñ’ an-kadaha ao ty birì’e ndra ty añombe’e, ro tsy hañakatse aze aniany ami’ty andro Sabata?
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.
Aa le tampets’ eñoeño iereo amy hoe zay.
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:
Ie nirendre’e o nambarañe nifatrifatry hitsotsèfotse aolo eio, le nirazañe’e ty hoe:
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)].
Naho eo ty mañambara azo homb’ añ’enga vao añe, ko mitsoretak’ aolo ey, ke ampihovae’e ty aman-kasy mandikoatse azo;
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.
ie amy zay, ho saontsie’ i nampihova anahareo roey ty hoe: Ampiambesaro t’indaty toy, le an-tsalatse ty hinankanankaña’o mb’ am-boho ao.
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.
Aa naho ambaràñe, miambesara amo èpakeo, ie avy i nitaoñe azoy, le hanoa’e ty hoe: O rañetse, mionjona mb’aolo ey; le hanan-kasin-drehe añatrefa’ o miharo fiambesatse mikama ama’oo.
11 Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
Harèke ty mitrotroaboke, vaho haonjoñe ty mirèke.
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.
Hoe ka re amy nañambara azey: Ie mañalankañe fikama antoandro ndra hariva, ko mikanjy o rañe’oo, ndra o roahalahi’oo, ndra o longo’oo, ndra o mpañaleale marine azoo, tsy mone hambara’ iereo ka, le ho vinale i azoy.
13 Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
F’ ihe manao takataka, koiho o rarakeo, o komboo, o kepekeo vaho o goao.
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.”
Le ho soatata rehe amy t’ie tsy hahavale. Hondroheñe ami’ty fivañon-ko velo’ o vantañeo i azoy.
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!”
Ie nahajanjiñe zay ty niambesatse nitrao-pikama ama’e le hoe ty asa’e ama’e: Soatata ze hikama amy Fifehean’ Añaharey.
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.
Le hoe ty natoi’e: Teo t’indaty nañalankañe sabadidake naho nikoike maro,
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!’
ie tendreke i sabadidakey le nampihitrife’e mpitoroñe hanao ty hoe amo nañambarà’eo: Antao fa hene hinalankañe.
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!’
Fe, songa nihalaly fihankañañe. Hoe ty valoha’e: Fa nivily tane raho le tsi-mete tsy homb’eo hañente aze, aa le mihalaly t’ie hitotse ama’o hey.
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!’
Hoe ka ty raike: Nikalo katràka folo raho le hihitrike hibiribiry iareo. Iantofo koahe o halalikoo.
20 Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
Hoe ka ty raike: Nañenga-vao raho, le tsy eo ty hombako mb’eo.
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]!’
Aa le nimpoly i mpitoroñey vaho hene natalili’e amy talè’ey. Viñetse amy zao i talen’ anjombay le hoe ty asa’e amy mpitoroñey: Masikà, akia mb’an-damoke mb’eo naho mb’ añ’ oloñolo’ o tanàñeo mb’eo le ampihovao mb’etoa o rarakeo, o kepekeo, o feio vaho o komboo.
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].’
Le hoe i mpitoroñey: O Rañandria, kila heneke i nandilia’oy, fa mbe malalake.
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]!’”
Le hoe i beiy amy mpitoro’ey: Akia mb’an-dalañe mb’eo, naho mb’amo lalan-tsilekeo vaho fonga aziro himoake hahàtseke ty trañoko.
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].”
Taroñeko te ndra raik’ am’ ondaty nikoihekoo tsy hitsòpek’ o ahandrokoo.
25 Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
Havorontsan-dahialeñe ty nindre fañavelo am’ Iesoà. Ie nitolike, le nanoa’e ty hoe:
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!
Naho eo ty miheo amako fa tsy mahafary rae naho rene naho valy naho anake naho rahalahy naho rahavave, eka, toe ty fiai’e, le tsy mete ho mpiamako.
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.
Tsy noko ho mpiamako ka ze tsy mitarazo ty hatae ajale’e naho manonjohy ahy.
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.
Aa vaho ia ama’ areo, naho mañoreñe fitalakesañ’ abo, ro tsy hitoboke hey hañereñere ty ho vili’e, hahaoniñe ke ho fonitse,
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.
ke, ie napeta’e o mananta’eo naho tsy nahafonitse, le ho kizahe’ ze hisamba,
30 They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
ami’ty hoe: Namototse nañoreñe indatiy fe tsy nahafonitse.
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].
Ia ka ty mpanjaka, hialy ami’ty mpanjaka hafa, ro tsy hitoboke hey hisafiry, hera, ami’ty rai-ale re ro haharebake ty aman-droe-ale?
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?’
Aa naho tsie, ie mbe añe ro hañitrifeñe ty hipay filongoañe ama’e.
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.”
Aa le tsy lefe ho mpiamako ka t’ie tsy songa mahafoe ze hene fanaña’e.
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]
Soa o sirao; f’ie nàmoñe, inon-ka ty hahareizan-tave aze?
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!”
Tsy mañeva o taneo ndra i zolokey zay, fa hariañe avao. Ze aman-dravembia hijanjiñe, Mijanjiña.
