Luka 14
1 U Tienu fuodma daali, ke Farisieninba yudanba siiga yendo den yini Jesu o denpo, ke ban je:
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].
2 Yaaba n den cua ki ba je, den kpaagi Jesu. Yiamo bá mɔ den kaa o nintuali po, ke o gbanu kuli tie a mɔla bábá.
Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
3 Jesu den maadi yeni U Tienu bali maama tundkaaba yeni yikodanba tundkaaba yeni Farisieninba. Ki buali ba: Li cabi ke ban paagi o yiamo saaba daali bii laa cabi i?
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?”
4 Bi ki ŋmiani o lbá. Lan wn ii, ke Jesu cuo o yimo, ki paagi o, ki maadi o, ke wan ya kuni o denpo.
[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].
5 Lani ke o gɔ buali ba: ... I siiga ŋma i ke li ya tie o biga lan yaa ka o nua n baa li caali nni ke o kan tuodi ki ñani o?
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]?”
6 Baa den fidi ki ŋmiani o lala maama po lbá.
[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.
7 Wan den bandi ke yaaba n cua mi jaanma kuli den lingi ke ban kali liiga kankaani po, ke o pua ba mi makpanjama ne:
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:
8 Li ya tie ke o nulo yini u puokuanu jaanma, da gedi ki kali liiga. Li ba fidi tuu ke o yini o nulo ke cie ŋa,
“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)].
9 ke wan yua yini yi kuli ba cua ki maadi ŋa: “Fii ki teni o ne u kankaanu, a ji fii yeni i fee i ki gedi ki pan kali puoli.
[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.
10 Ama, bi ya yini a mi jaanma, ŋan gedi ki kali puoli po. Yua yini a yeni ya ti cua, o ba maadi: “N dɔnli, ti bobni u kankaanŋanu a po, cua ki kali liiga!” Li baa tie a po ti yudandi i yaaba ke bi yini ba yeni kuli nunga nni.
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.
11 Lan wan ii, yua doni o bá bi ba jiini o, ke yua jiini o bá bi ba doni o.
Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
12 Ke Jesu maadi yua n yini o: A ya bobni mi jaanma u yensiinu lan yaa ka ku yen yenjuogu, ŋan da yini a dɔnlinba, a ninjanba, a naataani lan yaa ka a kuantaalieba yaaba n tie bi ŋalmandanba, kelima, bi mɔ ti ba yini a ki ŋmiani ŋa li ŋanma.
[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.
13 Ama, a ya bobni mi jaanma, ŋan yini a luoda, a juama, a tuoma, talginba.
Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
14 Lan wan ii U Tienu ba ŋanbi a po kelima ban wan kan fifi ki ŋmiani a ŋanma. U Tienu ba guani ki ŋmiani a ŋanma ya yogu ke o ba fiini bi kpienŋanba.
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.”
15 Yaaba n den ye mi jaanma kani siiga yendo n den gbadi laa maama, ke o maadi Jesu: Li pamanli ye yeni yua n ba baa ki je U Tienu diema nni.
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!”
16 Jesu den gɔ maadi o: O nulo den jagi ke o tieni mi jaancianma, ki yini bi niba boncianla.
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.
17 Mi jiema yogu n n pundi, o den sɔni o naaciemo ke wan gedi ki maadi wan yini yaaba: Cua man na kelima li bonla kuli ŋanbi ki gbeni o.
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!’
18 Ama bikuli yendo yendo den mia sugli nani bi taani ñɔbu yeni. O nikpialo den yedi o naaciemo: N daa u kuanu, kali min gedi ki pan lá u, ŋan pan mia n po sugli.
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!’
19 One mɔ den yedi: N daa naakpakuoda piiga, n caa ki bua pan biigi a, ŋan pan mia o sugli n po.
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!’
20 Tɔa momko den yedi: N dá kuani o pocaano mɔlane, lan ya po n kan fidi ki gedi.
Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
21 O naaciemo den lebdi ki guani o canbáa kani, ki waani o li kuli. Lani, o diedaano yeni pali den beni, ke o yedi o naaciemo: Kua u dogu siiga nni yeni i sani nni tontoni ki cua yeni a luoda, a tadma, a juama yeni a waba na.
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]!’
22 Lan tien waamu, o naaciemo den guani ki yedi: Canbáa n tieni ŋan bo puogi nni yaala, u kaanu gɔ sieni.
[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].’
23 Lani ke Canbáa den gɔ yedi o, ke wan ña u dogu nni ki diidi a sanbila nni yeni a naga balinma ki tigdi bi niba, ke ban cua na n diegu n gbie.
[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]!’”
24 N yedi ke min den kpia ki yini yaaba yeni, bi siia bá yendo kan leni n jaanjiema.
[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].”
25 Ku niwulgu den yegi yeni Jesu u sanciamu nni. O jigdi ki yedi ba.
Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
26 Yua cua n kani ki bua ki ŋɔdi nni yaa yie o báa, yeni o naá, yeni o pua, yeni o bila, o kpeliba, yeni o waamu, bá o yuceli mɔ, o kan tua n ŋɔdka.
“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!
27 Yua n ki bugi o dapɔnpɔnli ki ŋua nni kan fidi ki ya tie n ŋɔdka.
[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.
28 Yi siiga nni ŋma baa bua maa li diecianli ki dá kan kali ki bandi wan ba biani yaala, ki lia o ya pia ya ligi n ba dagdi wan gbeni.
[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.
29 O ya ki tieni yeni, ki pu li tanpuuli ki naa fidi ki juodi, yaaba n ba pendi li kani kuli baa ñuadi o, ki yedi.
[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.
30 O ja ne cili li diemaali ki naa fidi ki juodi.
They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
31 Bii o laa badciamo n baa ye ki bua ki tuogi bu tɔbu yeni o badciantɔo, ki nan pia bi tɔtieba tuda piiga, nani o dá kan kali ki biigi o ya ba fidi ki tuogi bu tɔbu yeni yua n cuoni o kani ki pia tɔtieba tuda piilie?
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].
32 O ya sua ke o kan fidi, o ba sɔni o tondiba hali ke o yibali dá ye fagma, ki mia o wan waani o wan bua yaala ban mangi yeni bi lieba.
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?’
33 Li tie yeni i siiga, yua n ki luni wan pia yaala kuli, kan tua n ŋɔdka.
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.”
34 Mi yaama mani, ama mi ya ti luo mi manu, bi ba taa be ki gɔ mangi ma?
[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]
35 Maa pia mayuli ban pagi ma u kuanu nni, maa pia ban taa ma ki kali leni ti baadi man ti tua dulma, hali ban lu ma bábá. yua n pia a tuba ki ba gbadi wan gbadi.
[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!”
