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.
And he said also to [his] disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and he was accused to him as wasting his goods.
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.”
And having called him, he said to him, What [is] this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.
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
And the steward said within himself, What shall I do; for my lord is taking the stewardship from me? I am not able 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, that when I shall have been removed from the stewardship I may be received 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?
And having called to [him] each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou 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
And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing 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, And thou, how much dost thou owe? And he said, A hundred cors of wheat. And he says to him, Take thy writing 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)
And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light. (aiōn g165)
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)
And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails ye may be received into the eternal tabernacles. (aiōnios g166)
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 that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also 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 ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?
12 Bi ya ki dugi a po ŋan kubi nitɔba ligi, maama, ŋma ba teni a a ligceli?
and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you 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 will love the other, or he will cleave to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
14 Farisienba ń gbadi li maama yeni, ke bi ji ñuadi o.
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked 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.
And he said to them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before 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 glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces 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 that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.
18 Ya nilo n ñani o denpua ki kuani potiano conbi, yua n kuani ya pua n ñani o calo kani mo conbi.
Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away 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 rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour 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.
And [there was] a poor man, by name Lazarus, [who] was laid at his gateway 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 filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming 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,
And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And 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)
And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (Hadēs g86)
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.
And he crying out said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering 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, Child, recollect that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and thou art in suffering.
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.
And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who [desire to cross] from there pass over unto us.
27 O ŋalmandaano ń maadi “N Báa Abalahama, mia sugli ki sɔni o n báa diegu nni.
And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,
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, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.
29 Ama ke Abalahama maadi, “Bi pia Moyiisi leni bi sawalpuaba maama; ban cengi mani “
But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear 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”
But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, 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.”
And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among [the] dead will they be persuaded.
