Luka 16
1 Ke Jesu go maadi o ŋɔdkaaba, “piado bá den ye, ki pia o ŋanlmankublo, ke bi ti cua ki tuali o ke o ŋalmankublo yeni biandi o piama.
He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
2 ke o piado yini o ki maadi o “Be n teni ke min gbia apo ya maama ki ŋani? Tieni nni a ŋalmankubli cɔli, kelima a ji kan ya tie n ŋalmankublo.”
He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’
3 K o ŋalmankublo maadi o pali nni “N ji ba tie ni ledi i, n cab áa ń ji bua beli nni li tuonli ne? N ji ki pia paalu ki ko, ke n ya miadi mo, li pia i fee
“The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I do not have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
4 N bani min ba tieni yaala ke bi ya beli nni n ligkubli tuonli mi ba cani ya niba ń tuo ki ga n cangu”
I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’
5 Yeni, ke o yini o canbaa pandanba yendo yendo, ki buali yua n kpia ki cua “A pia n canbaa panli yiŋa i?
Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’
6 Ke o maadi, mi kpama golindi kobga.” K o maadi o, “Ga a pantili ki kali tonma ki diani golindi piimu
He said, ‘A hundred batos of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’
7 Ke o ŋalmankublo buali tiano, “ke fini mo, a pia n canbaa panli yiŋa i? Ke o mo maadi “Mi ŋalkaama kpalpiadi kobga” Ke o maadi o “Ga a pantili ki diani kpapiadi piiniin
Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’
8 Canbaa den pagi ya ŋalmankublo n den ki tiegi yeni kelima o den tieni bu nunfanbu. Kelima ŋanduna ne bila fani yeni bi lieba ki cie mi yenyenma nni ya bila (aiōn g165)
"His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this age (aiōn g165) are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
9 N maadi yi, Taa mani i ŋanduna janbi ŋalmani ki kpaani danlinba, li ya ti gben, yin baa yaaba n ba ga i cangu naani ke li ki pia gbenma. (aiōnios g166)
I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when it fails, they may receive you into consummate (aiōnios g166) tents.
10 Yua n tiegi yaala n wa nni, ba ya tiegi yaala n yabi nni mo. Ke yua n ki tiegi yaala n wa nni kan ya tiegi yaala n yabi nni mo.
He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.
11 A ya ki fidi ki kubi i janbi ŋalmani, ŋma ba dugi apo, ki piani a o ŋalmani yaali n mɔni i?
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
12 Bi ya ki dugi a po ŋan kubi nitɔba ligi, maama, ŋma ba teni a a ligceli?
If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
13 Naaciemo bá kan fidi ki ya pia canbaanba bilie. Kelima, o ba fidi ki ya nani yendo ki nan bua o lielo, lan yaa ka wan cɔlni canbaa kpialo ki nan fali canbaalielo. A kan fidi ki ya ŋua U Tienu leni ŋalmani
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and Mammon.”
14 Farisienba ń gbadi li maama yeni, ke bi ji ñuadi o.
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.
15 Ke o maadi ba. “I ba maadi ki baa i mɔni, bi niba kani, ama U Tienu bani i pala. Bi niba ń nua yaali ke li tie kpiagdi yeni, U Tienu wani ya nunga nni ke li tie cancagndi i.
He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
16 Yikodi maama yeni bi sawalpuaba n den kubi, ki ŋmagdi u dogu yo hali ke Janbatisi ti cua. Lan cili lanyogu, bi wangi U Tienu diema laabaalŋamo, nilo kuli tiendi ania ki kpaani wan kua lien nni
“The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of God’s Kingdom is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
17 Ama tanpoli leni ki tinga pendima ki paa ki cie li bali maama nni lanbyenli ń bodi ki kan tieni.
But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.
18 Ya nilo n ñani o denpua ki kuani potiano conbi, yua n kuani ya pua n ñani o calo kani mo conbi.
“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.
19 Cengi mani, ŋalmandaano bá den ye ki la ti tiakpiagdi, ki di ti jiemandi, ki ye u yenyienŋamu nni daali kuli, ke o pali mani boncianla o piama po.
“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
20 O luodo mo den ye, ke bi yi o Lasari, ke o dua o piado bulñɔjabu kani, ki pia a nala o gbanu po kuli.
A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was taken to his gate, full of sores,
21 O den suni ke wan baa ya jiejɔgdi n baali o piado jedikaanu, bá i sangbanli den lagdi o nala i.
and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22 Ke o luodo tikpe, ke malekinba tugi o, ki duoni o Abalahama kani. O piado mo ń kpe, ban pii o,
The beggar died, and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.
23 Wan den ye o mubuogu nni ki laadi fala, ki ti yaadi ki diidi, ki la Abalahama hali fagma ke o wobi Lasari ki tabni o pali. (Hadēs g86)
In Hades (Hadēs g86), he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.
24 Ke o yigni paama ki maadi, “Ti Báa Abalahama, diidi nni leni mi niñima, ki sɔni Lasari wan tuu mi ñima leni o nubili, ki maani n lanbu po, bun sɔngi, kelima n ye leni mi cacagma i ku mubuogu nni.
He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’
25 Ama ke Abalahama maadi “N biga ya tiani ke a yenyienu nni, a den baa yaala n ŋani boncianla a po ke Lasari mo den laadi fala boncianla. Ama mɔlane, o ji ye ne, u yenyienŋamu nni, ke a mo falaciamu nni
“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.
26 Li ya ñani lankani i, buociangu ye siiga nni, ki paadi tinba yen yinba, ke nilo kan fidi ki ña ti kani ki gedi i kani, obá mo kan fidi ki ña i kani ki cua ti kani.
Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that no one may cross over from there to us.’
27 O ŋalmandaano ń maadi “N Báa Abalahama, mia sugli ki sɔni o n báa diegu nni.
“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house—
28 Kelima n pia naataanjaba mu, wan tuodi ki tiadi ba. N jie ke bi mo ń da ti pundi ya falacimu nni ke n ye ne.
for I have five brothers—that he may testify to them, so they will not also come into this place of torment.’
29 Ama ke Abalahama maadi, “Bi pia Moyiisi leni bi sawalpuaba maama; ban cengi mani “
“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’
30 O piado ń guani ki maadi, “li kan tuo, ti Báa Abalahama, ama nilo ya ñani bi kpienba kani, ki gedi ki maadi ba, bi ba lebdi bi yama”
“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
31 Ama ke Abalahama maadi, “Bi ya ki cengi Moyiisi leni bi sawalpuaba maama, bá nilo ya yiedi bi tinkpiba siiga, bi kan cengi o.”
“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”
