Luka 5
1 Gbe ɖeka esi Yesu le tsitre nɔ nu fiam le Genesaret ƒuta la, ameha gã aɖe va ƒo zi ɖe eŋu be yewoase Mawu ƒe nya la.
One day, as Jesus was standing beside the Sea of Galilee, people crowded around him to hear the word of God.
2 Yesu kpɔ ʋu eve siwo me ame aɖeke menɔ o la le ta la to. Ɖɔkplɔlawo nɔ woƒe ɖɔwo kpalam le tsia me.
Jesus noticed two boats lying on the shore, left there by fishermen who were washing their nets.
3 Yesu yi ɖage ɖe ʋua ɖeka me, eye wògblɔ na Simɔn ame si tɔ nye ʋua be wòakui tso go ŋu ayi tsia dzi vie. Esi wòbɔbɔ nɔ eme la, efia nu ameha la tso afi ma.
Jesus got into a boat, the one that belonged to Simon, and asked him to push it out into the water, just offshore. Then Jesus sat down in the boat and taught the people from there.
4 Esi wòwu nuƒoa nu la, egblɔ na Simɔn be, “Azɔ miyi tsia ƒe gogloa ƒe ke ne miada ɖɔ ɖe afi ma ekema miaɖe lã fũu.”
After he'd finished speaking, he told Simon, “Go out into deeper water, and let down your nets for a catch.”
5 Simɔn ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Amegã, egbe zã bliboa katã míeda ɖɔ ʋuu, gake míeɖe naneke o, gake esi nègblɔe ko la, míagada ɖɔ la.”
“Lord, we worked hard all night, and didn't catch anything. But if you say so, I'll let down the nets,” Simon replied.
6 Wogada ɖɔ la ake ke azɔ la, woɖe lã ale gbegbe be woƒe ɖɔwo koe de asi vuvu me!
Having done this, a large shoal of fish filled the nets full to breaking point.
7 Ale Simɔn kple nɔvia wodo ɣli yɔ wo nɔvi siwo nɔ ʋu bubu me le tsia dzi la be woava kpe ɖe yewo ŋu. Woɖe lã fũu wòyɔ ʋu eveawo ale gbegbe be ʋuawo di be yewoanyrɔ gɔ̃ hã.
They waved to their partners in the other boat, asking them to come over and help. The others came over and together they filled both of the boats with fish. The boats were so full that they began to sink.
8 Simɔn Petro kpɔ nu si va dzɔ la, eya ta wòdze klo ɖe Yesu kɔme hegblɔ be, “O, Aƒetɔ, meɖe kuku dzo le mía gbɔ, elabena nye nu vɔ̃wo sɔ gbɔ ŋutɔ, eye nyemedze be mate ɖe ŋuwò o.”
When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he dropped to his knees before Jesus. “Lord, please stay away from me, for I am a sinful man!” he exclaimed.
9 Elabena lã geɖe si woɖe la wɔ nuku na Petro kple eƒe dɔwɔhatiwo.
For he and everybody with him were completely amazed by the catch of fish that they had landed.
10 Nenema kee nye Yakobo kple Yohanes ame siwo nye Zebedeo viwo, eye woganye Simɔn ƒe dɔwɔhatiwo hã. Yesu gblɔ na wo be, “Migavɔ̃ o. Tso azɔ dzi heyina la, miazu amewo ɖelawo!”
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners, felt the same way. “Don't be afraid,” Jesus told Simon. “From now on you'll be fishing for people!”
11 Esi wova ɖi go teti ko la, wogblẽ woƒe nuwo katã ɖe afi ma hedze Yesu yome.
So they dragged the boats onto the shore, left everything, and followed Jesus.
12 Gbe ɖeka la, Yesu kpɔ kpodɔléla aɖe le kɔƒe aɖe si me wòɖi tsa de la me. Esi kpodɔléla la kpɔ Yesu ko la, edze klo tsyɔ̃ mo anyi heɖe kuku nɛ vevie be wòada gbe le ye ŋu. Egblɔ be, “Aƒetɔ, ne èlɔ̃ la, na be ŋutinye nakɔ.”
Once when Jesus was visiting one of the towns, he met a man there who had a very bad case of leprosy. The man fell with his face to the ground and begged Jesus, “Please Lord, if you're willing, you can make me clean.”
13 Yesu ka asi ŋutsua hegblɔ be, “Mèlɔ̃, ŋutiwò nekɔ!” Ŋutsua ŋuti kɔ enumake, eye dɔ la vɔ le eŋu.
Jesus reached out and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately the leprosy disappeared.
14 Azɔ Yesu de se nɛ be, “Mègagblɔ nu sia na ame aɖeke o, ke boŋ yi nàtsɔ ɖokuiwò fia nunɔla la, eye nàna vɔsanu siwo Mose ɖo ɖi na ameŋukɔkɔ abe ɖaseɖiɖi na wo ene.”
“Say nothing to anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “Go and show yourself to the priest and make the ceremonial offerings as required by the law of Moses as proof that you've been healed.”
15 Nya sia kaka ɖe teƒe geɖewo xoxo, eye ame geɖewo ŋutɔ ƒo zi ɖe eŋu be yewoase eƒe mawunya, eye wòada gbe hã le yewo ŋu.
Yet the news about Jesus spread more and more. Large crowds came to hear Jesus and to be healed from their diseases.
16 Gake zi geɖe la, edia ɣeyiɣi aɖe dona le wo dome dzaa yia gbedzi afi aɖe ɖadoa gbe ɖa.
But Jesus often used to retreat to quiet places and pray.
17 Gbe ɖeka esi Yesu nɔ nu fiam la, Farisitɔwo kple sefialawo va teƒea va nɔ to ɖomii. Ame siawo tso du siwo katã le Galilea, Yudea kple Yerusalem la me. Aƒetɔ la ƒe dɔyɔŋusẽ va edzi be wòada gbe le wo ŋu.
One day when Jesus was teaching, the Pharisees and religious teachers who had come from all over Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem were sitting there. The power of the Lord to heal was with him so he could heal.
18 Kasia, ame aɖewoe nye esiwo kɔ lãmetututɔ aɖe ɖe aba dzi va doe. Wodze agbagba ɖe sia ɖe be yewoato ameha la dome akɔe yi Yesu gbɔe,
Some men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to take him in and lay him in front of Jesus.
19 gake womete ŋui o le amewo ƒe agbɔsɔsɔ ta. Le esia ta wolia xɔa, eye woɖe do ɖe etame, heɖiɖi lãmetututɔ la kple eƒe aba ɖe Yesu kɔme tututu.
But they couldn't find any way through the crowd, so they went up on the roof and made a hole in the roof tiles. Then they lowered the man down on the mat, right into the crowd in front of Jesus.
20 Esi Yesu kpɔ woƒe xɔse la, egblɔ na dɔnɔa be, “Ŋutsu, wotsɔ wò nu vɔ̃wo ke wò.”
When Jesus saw the trust they had in him, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven.”
21 Farisitɔwo kple agbalẽfiala siwo nɔ ameawo dome la bia wo nɔewo be, “Ame ka ƒomevi tututu ame sia buna be yenye? Egblɔ busunya! Elabena ame kae ate ŋu atsɔ nu vɔ̃ ake tsɔ wu Mawu?”
The religious teachers and the Pharisees began to argue with that. “Who is this who's speaking blasphemies?” they asked. “Who can forgive sins? Only God can do that!”
22 Yesu nya nu si ŋu bum wonɔ, eya ta eɖo ŋu na wo be, “Aleke wɔ nuwɔna sia ɖe fu na miaƒe susuwo alea?
Jesus knew what they were arguing about, so he asked them, “Why are you thinking to question this?
23 Kae bɔbɔ wu, be woagblɔ na ame sia be, ‘Wotsɔ wò nu vɔ̃wo ke wò’ alo woagblɔ nɛ be, ‘Tso, nàzɔ azɔli mahã’?
What is easier? To say your sins are forgiven, or to say get up and walk?
24 Ke ne mianyae bena ŋusẽ le Amegbetɔ Vi la si be wòatsɔ nu vɔ̃ ake le anyigba dzi.” Ale wògblɔ na lãmetututɔ la be, “Tsi tsitre nàŋlɔ wò aba nàyi aƒe me.”
However, I will prove to you that the Son of man has the authority here on earth to forgive sins.” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “I tell you: Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
25 Ame sia ame ke ŋku ɖi be yeakpɔ nu, kasia, ŋutsua tsi tsitre ɖe eƒe afɔ eveawo dzi, ŋlɔ eƒe aba, eye wòɖo ta aƒe me henɔ Mawu kafum bobobo.
Immediately the man stood up in front of them. He picked up the mat he'd been lying on, and went home, praising God as he went.
26 Ame siwo katã nɔ afi ma la ƒe mo wɔ yaa eye vɔvɔ̃ ɖo wo, wokafu Mawu nɔ gbɔgblɔm be, “Míekpɔ nu madzɔkpɔ aɖe egbe.”
Everyone was completely astonished at what had happened, and in great awe they praised God, saying, “What we saw today was amazing!”
27 Esi Yesu dzo le du sia me yina la, ekpɔ dugadzɔla aɖe si ame sia ame nya nyuie le eƒe amebaba ta. Dugadzɔla sia ŋkɔe nye Levi eye wònɔ anyi ɖe dugadzɔƒe. Yesu gblɔ nɛ be, “Va dze yonyeme ne nàzu nye nusrɔ̃lawo dometɔ ɖeka.”
Later, as Jesus was leaving the town, he saw a tax collector called Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him.
28 Ale Levi gblẽ nu sia nu ɖi, eye wòtso enumake hedze eyome.
Levi stood up, left everything, and followed Jesus.
29 Eteƒe medidi o, Levi ɖo kplɔ̃ na Yesu, eye wòkpe etɔ nudzɔla bubuwo hã ɖe kplɔ̃ sia ŋu le eƒe aƒe me.
Levi organized a large banquet at his home in Jesus' honor. Many tax collectors and others were in the crowd that sat down to eat with them. But the Pharisees and the religious teachers complained to Jesus' disciples, asking,
30 Farisitɔwo kple agbalẽfialawo kpɔ kpɔtsotso le Yesu ƒe nuwɔna sia ŋu, eye wohe nya kple eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo vevie be Yesu ɖua nu henoa nu kple dugadzɔlawo kple nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo.
“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31 Yesu ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Menye lãmesesẽtɔwoe hiã gbedala o, ke boŋ dɔnɔwoe.
“Healthy people don't need a doctor—but sick people do,” Jesus replied.
32 Menye ame dzɔdzɔewo ta meva ɖo o, ke boŋ nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo ko, hena dzimetɔtrɔ.”
“I didn't come to call those who are living right to repentance—I came to call sinners.”
33 Ameawo gayi edzi bia Yesu be nu ka tae eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo metsia nu dɔna hedoa gbe ɖa abe ale si Yohanes ƒe nusrɔ̃lawo kple Farisitɔwo wɔnɛ ene o, ke boŋ eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo ya la nuɖuɖu kple nunono dzi ko wonɔna gbe sia gbe hã.
“Well, John's disciples often fast and pray, and the Pharisees' disciples do so as well. But your disciples don't—they go on eating and drinking,” they told him.
34 Ke Yesu bia wo be, “Ne wokpe amewo be woava do dzidzɔ ɖe srɔ̃ɖelawo ŋu ɖe, ɖe amekpekpe siawo agbe nuɖuɖu le esime srɔ̃tɔ la ŋutɔ li kpli wo mahã?
“Should the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them?” Jesus asked.
35 Gake ɣeyiɣi li gbɔna esi woava kplɔ srɔ̃tɔ la adzoe le ameawo gbɔ, eye ne edzɔ alea la, woatsi nu dɔ le ɣeyiɣi ma me.”
“No—but the time is coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they can fast.”
36 Azɔ Yesu do lo sia na wo be, “Ame aɖeke metsɔa avɔnuɖeɖi yeye kaa avɔ xoxo si vuvu lae o. Ne wotsɔ avɔnuɖeɖi yeye ka avɔ xoxo si vuvu la, menya kpɔna o; gawu la, enana be avɔa ƒe teƒe si woka la gavuvuna ɖe edzi wu tsã.
Then he gave them an illustration: “You don't tear out a patch from new clothes to mend old clothes. Otherwise you'd ruin new clothes, and the patch from the new wouldn't match the old.
37 Nenema ke womekɔa aha yeye ɖe lãgbalẽgolo xoxo me o; ne wowɔ esia la, aha yeye la ƒe ŋusẽ ana be lãgbalẽgolo xoxo la awo, eye aha la katã akɔ ɖe anyigba.
You don't put new wine into old wineskins, because if you did the new wine would burst the wineskins. Then both wine and wineskins would be wasted.
38 Ke boŋ lãgbalẽgolo yeye mee wòdze be woakɔ aha yeye ɖo.
You put new wine in new wineskins.
39 Nenema kee ame aɖeke menoa aha tsitsi vɔ teti ko ganoa yeyetɔ tɔtɔnɛ o, elabena wogblɔna godoo be, ‘Mɔ xoxotɔwo nyo wu.’”
And nobody after drinking old wine wants new wine, for they say, ‘the old tastes good.’”
