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].
Zvino zvakaitika pakupinda kwake mumba meumwe wevakuru kuVaFarisi kuzodya chingwa nesabata, kuti ivo vakamucherekedza.
2 Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
Zvino tarira, kwakange kune umwe munhu pamberi pake waiva nerukandwe.
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?”
Jesu ndokupindura akataura kunyanzvi dzemutemo neVaFarisi, achiti: Zviri pamutemo here kuporesa nesabata?
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].
Asi vakanyarara. Zvino akamubata akamuporesa ndokurega achienda.
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]?”
Akavapindura achiti: Ndiani wenyu, ungati ane mbongoro kana nzombe ikawira mugomba, akasaisimudza pakarepo nezuva resabata?
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.
Vakasagona kumupindurazve pamusoro pezvinhu izvi.
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:
Zvino wakataura mufananidzo kune vakakokwa, achiona kuti vanosarudza sei zvigaro zvepamusoro, akati kwavari:
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)].
Kana wakokwa neumwe munhu kumuchato, usagara pachigaro chepamusoro; zvimwe umwe anokudzwa kupfuura iwe wakokwa naye,
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.
zvino wakakukoka iwe naiye asvike ati kwauri: Dziurira uyu; ipapo uchatanga kutora nzvimbo yepasisa nenyadzi.
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.
Asi kana wakokwa, enda ugare panzvimbo yepasisa, kuti kana uyo wakakukoka achisvika, angati kwauri: Shamwari, kwira kumusoro; zvino uchava nerukudzo pamberi pevagere pakudya newe.
11 Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
Nokuti ani nani anozvikwiridzira, achaninipiswa; neanozvininipisa achakwiridzirwa.
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.
Ipapo akatiwo kune wakamukoka: Kana waita chisvusvuro kana chirairo, usadana shamwari dzako, kana vanakomana vamai vako, kana hama dzako, kana vavakidzani vafumi, zvimwe ivowo vangazokukokazve, ugoripirwa.
13 Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
Asi kana waita mabiko, dana varombo, vanokamhina, mhetamakumbo, mapofu;
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.”
uye ucharopafadzwa, nokuti havana zvokukuripira nazvo, nokuti ucharipirwa pakumuka kwevakarurama.
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!”
Umwe wevakange vagere naye pakudya wakati achinzwa zvinhu izvi, akati kwaari: Wakaropafadzwa uyo achadya chingwa paushe hwaMwari.
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.
Asi akati kwaari: Umwe munhu wakaita chirairo chikuru, akakokera vazhinji.
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!’
Akatuma muranda wake nenguva yekuraira kuti ati kune vakange vakakokwa: Uyai, nokuti zvese zvagadzirwa zvino.
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!’
Zvino vese vakatanga umwe neumwe kuzvikumbirira ruregerero. Wekutanga akati kwaari: Ndatenga munda, ndinofanira kuenda ndinomuona; ndinokukumbira, ini undiregerere.
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!’
Uye umwe akati: Ndatenga zvipani zvishanu zvenzombe, ndinoenda kunodziidza; ndinokumbira, ini undiregerere.
20 Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
Uye umwe akati: Ndawana mukadzi, naizvozvo handigoni kuuya.
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]!’
Zvino muranda uyo wakauya akapira zvinhu izvi ishe wake. Ipapo mwene weimba akatsamwa, akati kumuranda wake: Buda nekukurumidza uende kumigwagwa nemunzira dzemuguta, upinze pano varombo, nevanokamhina, nemhetamakumbo, nemapofu.
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].’
Muranda ndokuti: Ishe, zvaitwa sezvamaraira, asi nzvimbo ichipo.
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]!’”
Ishe akati kumuranda: Buda kumigwagwa nekuuzhowa, ugombedzere vapinde, kuti imba yangu izadzwe.
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].”
Nokuti ndinoti kwamuri: Hakuna umwe kune varume avo vakakokwa acharavira chirairo changu.
25 Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
Zvino zvaunga zvikuru zvaifamba naye; akatendeuka akati kwavari:
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!
Kana ani nani achiuya kwandiri, akasavenga baba vake namai, nemukadzi, nevana, nevanin'ina nemadzikoma, nehanzvadzi, hongu, kunyange neupenyu hwake, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.
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.
Zvino ani nani asingatakuri muchinjikwa wake akanditevera, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.
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.
Nokuti ndiani wenyu, anoti achida kuvaka shongwe, asingatangi agara pasi, akaverenga madhuriro, kana ane zvekupedzesa?
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.
Kuti zvimwe ateya nheyo akasagona kupedza, vese vanoona vanotanga kumuseka,
30 They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
vachiti: Uyu munhu akatanga kuvaka, asi akakoniwa kupedzisa.
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].
Kana ndeupi mambo, kana achienda kuhondo akamirisana neumwe mambo, asingatangi agara pasi, akafungisisa kuti angagona here nezvuru gumi kusangana neanouya akapikisana naye nezvuru makumi maviri?
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?’
Asi kana zvisakadaro, iye achiri kure, anotuma nhume, akumbire zverugare.
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.”
Saka saizvozvo, ani nani kwamuri asingasii zvese zvaanazvo, haagoni kuva mudzidzi wangu.
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]
Munyu wakanaka; asi kana munyu warasa kuvava, ucharungwa nei?
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!”
Hauchina kufanira kunyange pamunda, kana padutu remupfudze; vanourasira kunze. Ane nzeve dzekunzwa, ngaanzwe.
