Luka 7
1 Esi Yesu wu eƒe mawunyagbɔgblɔ la nu la, etrɔ yi Kapernaum dua me.
When Jesus had brought to a conclusion all that he had then had to say to the people, he entered Capernaum.
2 Romatɔwo ƒe aʋafia gã si nɔ du ma me la ƒe dɔla si gbɔ melɔ̃a nu le o la dze dɔ vevie, eye wòɖo kudo nu.
A Captain in the Roman army had a slave whom he valued, and who was seriously ill — almost at the point of death.
3 Aʋafia la se Yesu ŋkɔ, eya ta edɔ Yudatɔ ŋkuta aɖewo ɖe egbɔ be woaɖe kuku nɛ be wòava da gbe le dɔla sia ŋu na ye.
And, hearing about Jesus, he sent some Jewish Councillors to him, with the request that he would come and save his slave’s life.
4 Ameawo yi Yesu gbɔ heɖe kuku nɛ vevie be wòava kpe ɖe aʋafia la ŋu. Wona wònya be aʋafia sia nye ame nyui aɖe ŋutɔ.
When they found Jesus, they earnestly implored him to do so. “He is a man who deserves that you should show him this favour,” they said,
5 Wogblɔ na Yesu be, “Ŋutsu sia ŋue wòle be nàkpe ɖo, elabena elɔ̃ míaƒe dukɔ la eye eya kee tu míaƒe ƒuƒoƒe na mí.”
“For he is devoted to our nation, and himself built our Synagogue for us.”
6 Yesu tso kpla kplɔ wo ɖo. Gake hafi wòaɖo aƒea me la, aʋafia la dɔ exɔlɔ̃ aɖewo ɖa be woagblɔ na Yesu be, “Aƒetɔ, mègaɖe fu na ɖokuiwò be nàva nye aƒe me o, elabena nyemedze na bubu sia tɔgbi o.
So Jesus went with them. But, when he was no great distance from the house, the Captain sent some friends with the message — “Do not trouble yourself, Sir; for I am unworthy to receive you under my roof.
7 Eye nyemedze be mava kpe wò ŋutɔ gɔ̃ hã o. Gblɔ nya si wòle be nàgblɔ la ɖo ɖa tso afi si nèle ekema nye dɔla ƒe lãme asẽ.
That was why I did not even venture to come to you myself; but speak, and let my manservant be cured.
8 Elabena nye ŋutɔ hã menye ame le ŋusẽ te, eye asrafowo le nye hã tenye. Meɖea gbe na tenyeviwo be, ‘Miyi afii’, eye woyina, ‘Miva afii’, eye wovana, megblɔna na nye dɔla be, ‘Wɔ esi kple ekemɛ’, eye wòwɔnɛ.”
For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and if I say to one of them ‘Go,’ he goes, and to another ‘Come,’ he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this,’ he does it.”
9 Esi Yesu se nya siawo la, nyawo wɔ nuku nɛ ŋutɔ. Etrɔ ɖe ameha si dze eyome la ŋu gblɔ be, “Le nyateƒe me la, nyemekpɔ xɔse sia tɔgbi le Israelnyigba dzi kpɔ o.”
Jesus was surprised to hear these words from him; and, turning to the crowd which was following him, he said: “I tell you, nowhere in Israel have I met with such faith as this!”
10 Esi aʋafia la xɔlɔ̃wo yi aƒe me la, wokpɔ dɔla si nɔ dɔ lém la wòhaya, eye eƒe lãme sẽ abe tsã ene.
And, when the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave recovered.
11 Le esia megbe la, Yesu yi du aɖe si woyɔna be Nain la me. Eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo kple ameha gã aɖe kplɔe ɖo heyi.
Shortly after, Jesus went to a town called Nain, his disciples and a great crowd going with him.
12 Esi wòsusɔ vie woaɖo dua ƒe agbo nu la, wokpɔ be wotsɔ ame kuku aɖe le go domi. Ame si ku woyina ɖiɖi ge la nye viŋutsu akogo si nɔ dadaa si nye ahosi la si. Esia wɔe be ame geɖewo ŋutɔ kplɔ ahosia ɖo henɔ konyi fam kplii.
Just as he approached the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out for burial — an only son, and his mother was a widow. A large number of the people of the town were with her.
13 Esi Aƒetɔ la kpɔ ahosia la, eƒe nu wɔ nublanui nɛ ŋutɔ, eya ta egblɔ nɛ be, “Mègafa avi o!”
When he saw her, the Master was moved with compassion for her, and he said to her: “Do not weep.”
14 Yesu te ɖe amekukuɖaka la ŋu, eye wotɔ asii, enumake ame siwo tsɔ aɖaka la tɔ ɖe tsitre. Azɔ egblɔ na ame kukua be, “Ɖekakpui, tsi tsitre.”
Then he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped; and Jesus said: “Young man, I am speaking to you — Rise!”
15 Enumake ɖekakpui la fɔ henɔ alinu, eye wòde asi nuƒoƒo me na ame siwo nɔ egbɔ la; ale Yesu kplɔe de asi na dadaa.
The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus restored him to his mother.
16 Vɔvɔ̃ gã aɖe ɖo ameawo, eye wodo ɣli kafu Mawu gblɔ be, “Nyagblɔɖila gã aɖe le mía dome vavã. Míekpɔ Mawu ŋutɔ ƒe asi wòwɔ dɔ le egbeŋkeke sia dzi.”
Every one was awe-struck and began praising God. “A great Prophet has arisen among us,” they said; “and God has visited his people.”
17 Nukunu si Yesu wɔ gbe ma gbe la kaka ɖe Yudea bliboa katã kple nuto siwo ƒo xlã Yudea la me.
And this story about Jesus spread all through Judea, and in the neighbouring countries as well.
18 Yohanes ƒe nusrɔ̃lawo se nu siwo katã wɔm Yesu nɔ, eye woyi ɖagblɔe na Yohanes. Ke Yohanes yɔ eƒe nusrɔ̃la eve,
All these events were reported to John by his disciples.
19 eye wòdɔ wo ɖo ɖe Aƒetɔ la gbɔ be woabiae be, “Wòe nye Mesia la vavã loo alo míganɔ mɔ kpɔm na ame bubua?”
So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask — “Are you ‘The Coming One,’ or are we to look for some one else?”
20 Esi nusrɔ̃la eveawo va egbɔ la, wogblɔ nɛ be, “Yohanes, Mawutsidetanamelae dɔ mí ɖo ɖe gbɔwò be míabia wò be, ‘Wòe nye ame si gbɔna loo alo ɖe míakpɔ mɔ na ame bubu aɖea?’”
When these men found Jesus, they said: “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask — ‘Are you ‘The Coming One,’ or are we to look for somebody else?’”
21 Le gaƒoƒo ma tututu dzi la, Yesu da gbe le dɔléla geɖewo kple fukpelawo kple ame siwo me gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo le la ŋu, eye wòʋu ŋku na ŋkuagbãtɔ geɖewo.
At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight.
22 Eya ta eɖo eŋu na ame dɔdɔawo be, “Miheyi ɖagblɔ nu si miekpɔ kple nu si miese la fia Yohanes be ŋkuagbãtɔwo le nu kpɔm, tekunɔwo le azɔli zɔm, eye kpodɔlélawo ŋuti le kɔkɔm, tokunɔwo le nu sem, ame kukuwo le tsitre tsim, eye wole nyanyui la gblɔm na ame dahewo.
So his answer to the question was: “Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard — the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the Good News is told to the poor.
23 Migblɔ kpe ɖe eŋu nɛ be, ‘Woayra ame siwo xɔa dzinye sena ɖikeke manɔmee.’”
And blessed is the man who finds no hindrance in me.”
24 Le ame dɔdɔwo ƒe dzodzo vɔ megbe la, Yesu ƒo nu na ameha la le Yohanes ŋuti. Ebia wo be, “Nu ka miedo go yi gbedzi be miakpɔ? Aƒla si ya le ƒoƒoma?
When John’s messengers had left, Jesus, speaking to the crowds, began to say with reference to John:
25 Ne menye nenema o la, ekema nu kae mieyi ɖakpɔ? Ame si do awu nyuiwoea? Ao, ame siwo doa awu xɔasiwo, eye wonɔa agbe kɔkɔ la, fiasãwo mee wokpɔa wo le.
“What did you go out into the Wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in rich clothing? Why, those who are accustomed to fine clothes and luxury live in royal palaces.
26 Ekema nu ka miedo go ɖakpɔ? Nyagblɔɖila aɖea? Ɛ̃, gake mele egblɔm na mi be ewu nyagblɔɖila gɔ̃ hã.
What then did you go to see? A Prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a Prophet.
27 Eyae nye ame si ŋu woƒo nu tsoe le mawunya me be, “‘Mele nye dɔla dɔ ge ɖa wòava do ŋgɔ na wò be, wòadzra wò mɔ la ɖo.’
This is the very man of whom Scripture says — ‘Behold, I am sending my Messenger before thy face, And he shall prepare thy way before thee.’
28 Le ame siwo nyɔnuwo dzi dome la, ɖeke mewu Yohanes o; gake ame suetɔ kekeake si le mawufiaɖuƒea me la kɔ wu eya amea!”
There is, I tell you, no one born of a woman who is greater than John; and yet the lowliest in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.”
29 (Ame siwo katã se Yohanes ƒe mawunyagbɔgblɔ kpɔ dometɔ aɖewo siwo nye nudzɔlawo la kpɔ ŋudzedze le Mawu ƒe ɖoɖowo ŋu, eye wona Yohanes de mawutsi ta na wo.
(All the people, when they heard this, and even the tax-gatherers, having accepted John’s baptism, acknowledged the justice of God.
30 Farisitɔwo kple sefialawo koe gbe be yewomaxɔ ɖoɖo si Mawu wɔ na yewo la o. Ale wogbe be Yohanes made mawutsi ta na yewo o.)
But the Pharisees and the Students of the Law, having rejected John’s baptism, frustrated God’s purpose in regard to them.)
31 Azɔ Yesu bia wo be, “Aleke magblɔ tso dzidzime sia tɔgbi ŋu? Nu ka ŋu matsɔ wo asɔ ɖo?
“To what then,” Jesus continued, “shall I compare the people of the present generation? What are they like?
32 Wole abe ɖevi siwo ƒo ƒu ɖe asi me nɔ fefem la ene. Ame siwo gblɔ na wo nɔewo be, “‘Míeku dzidzɔkpẽ na mi, ke mieɖu ɣe o; eye míedzi konyifahawo na mi, ke miefa avi hã o.’
They are like some little children who are sitting in the market-place and calling out to one another — ‘We have played the flute for you, but you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not wept!’
33 Yohanes Mawutsidetanamela tsia nu dɔna, eye menoa wain o, ke miegblɔ be, ‘Gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃ le eme.’
For now that John the Baptist has come, not eating bread or drinking wine, you are saying ‘He has a demon in him’;
34 Ke nye Amegbetɔ Vi la, meɖua nu, noa nu, eye miawo ke miegblɔ tso ŋunye be, nutsuɖula kple ahatsunolae wònye, eye wòdea ha kple nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo.
and now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, you are saying ‘Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and outcasts.’
35 Miebuna be miaƒe nuwɔnawo dze, ke Mawu ƒe nuwɔnawoe nye nyateƒe le ame siwo xɔa edzi sena la gbɔ.”
And yet Wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
36 Eva eme be Farisitɔ aɖe kpe Yesu be wòava ɖu nu kple ye. Esi wonɔ kplɔ̃a ŋu la,
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, so Jesus went to his house and took his place at table.
37 nyɔnu nu vɔ̃ wɔla aɖe si le dua me la se be Yesu nɔ nu ɖum le Farisitɔ la ƒe aƒe me. Eyi ɖatsɔ amiʋeʋĩ xɔasi aɖe ɖe asi.
Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having ascertained that Jesus was at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume,
38 Etsi tsitre ɖe Yesu ŋgɔ le eƒe afɔ nu, eye wòfa aɖatsi kɔ ɖe eƒe afɔwo dzi va se ɖe esime afɔawo ƒo tsi. Eya megbe la, etsɔ eƒe taɖa tutu Yesu ƒe afɔwoe. Azɔ egbugbɔ afɔawo, eye wòʋu nu le amiʋeʋĩ la nu hesi na wo.
and placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.
39 Farisitɔ si kpe Yesu la kpɔ nu si nɔ edzi yim, eye esi wòdze si ame si ƒomevi nyɔnu sia nye ta la, egblɔ le eɖokui me be, “Esia fia be Yesu menye nyagblɔɖila aɖeke o, elabena nenye be Mawue dɔe vavã la, anya ame si ƒomevi nyɔnu sia nye; elabena nu vɔ̃ wɔla wònye.”
When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself: “Had this man been ‘The Prophet,’ he would have known who, and what sort of woman, this is who is touching him, and that she is an outcast.”
40 Yesu nya nu si bum Farisitɔ la nɔ, eya ta eyɔe be, “Simɔn, nya aɖe le asinye medi be magblɔ na wò.” Simɔn gblɔ nɛ be, “Enyo, Nufiala, gblɔe mase.”
But, addressing him, Jesus said: “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Pray do so, Teacher,” Simon answered; and Jesus began:
41 Yesu gblɔ ŋutinya sia nɛ be, “Ŋutsu aɖe do ga sidi akpe ewo na ame aɖe, eye wòdo sidi akpe ɖeka na ame bubu.
“There were two people who were in debt to a money-lender; one owed fifty pounds, and the other five.
42 Wo dometɔ aɖeke mete ŋu xe fea o, ale wòtsɔ ga la ke wo ame evea. Ame kae nèbu be alɔ̃ gadola sia ƒe nya gbɔ wu?”
As they were unable to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, do you think, will love him the more?”
43 Simɔn ɖo eŋu be, “Mebu be ame si wòtsɔ ga home gãtɔ kee lae alɔ̃e wu.” Yesu gblɔ nɛ be, “Pɛ, èɖo nyaa ŋu nyuie ŋutɔ.”
“I suppose,” answered Simon, “it will be the man to whom he forgave the greater debt.” “You are right,” said Jesus,
44 Azɔ Yesu trɔ ɖe nyɔnu la ŋu, eye wògblɔ na Simɔn be, “Èle nyɔnu sia kpɔma? Esi meva aƒewò me la, mèna tsim be maklɔ ɖi le nye afɔwo ŋu o, ke nyɔnu sia klɔ wo kple eƒe aɖatsiwo, eye wòtsɔ eƒe taɖa tutu woe.
and then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon: “Do you see this woman? I came into your house — you gave me no water for my feet, but she has made my feet wet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
45 Le mía dekɔnu nu la, ne míebe míado gbe na ame aɖe la, míegbugbɔa nu nɛ. Wò la, mèwɔe nam o, gake nyɔnu sia gbugbɔ nye afɔwo zi geɖe tso esi meva afi sia.
You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 Mèsi ami ɖe ta nam o; ke eya tsɔ ami si ɖe nye afɔwo ŋuti.
You did not anoint even my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.
47 Le esia ta la, see be lɔlɔ̃ gã si wòɖe fia la fia be wotsɔ eƒe nu vɔ̃ geɖe siwo wòwɔ la kee. Ke ame si wotsɔ nu vɔ̃ ʋɛ aɖe ko kee la ɖea lɔlɔ̃ ʋɛ aɖe ko fiana.”
And for this, I tell you, her sins, many as they are, have been pardoned, because she has loved greatly; but one who has little pardoned him, loves but little.”
48 Yesu gblɔ na nyɔnu la azɔ be, “Wotsɔ wò nu vɔ̃wo ke wò.”
Then he said to the woman: “Your sins have been pardoned.”
49 Ame siwo nɔ kplɔ̃a ŋu kplii la gblɔ na wo nɔewo be, “Ame kae nye esia, si tsɔa nu vɔ̃wo hã kena mahã?”
On this, those at table began to say to one another: “Who is this man who even pardons sins?”
50 Yesu gagblɔ na nyɔnu la be, “Wò xɔse ɖe wò, heyi le ŋutifafa me.”
But Jesus said to the woman: “Your faith has delivered you; go, and peace be with you.”
