Luka 7
1 Wan maadi ku niwulgu wan pia ya maama, Jesu kua Kapernaumi.
When Jesus had brought to a conclusion all that he had then had to say to the people, he entered Capernaum.
2 Sijenba canbáa bo pia o tuonsɔnlo, ke o yia, ki ji mi kuuma po.
A centurion in the Roman army had a slave whom he valued, and who was seriously ill – almost at the point of death.
3 Wan gbadi ke bi maadi Jesu maama, sije canbáa sɔni o kani nani Suifi yikodanba ŋa yeni, ke bi gedi ki fabni o kani ke wan cua ki paagi o tuonsɔnlo.
And, hearing about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, with the request that he would come and save his slave’s life.
4 Bi cua ki lá Jesu ki mia o sugli boncianla ... Bi maadi o, o ja ne dagdi yeni ŋan ŋanbi o po.
When they found Jesus, they earnestly implored him to do so. “He deserves the favor from you,” they said,
5 Kelima, o bua ti buolu. Wani n maa ti po ti jaanddiegu.
“For he is devoted to our nation, and himself built our synagogue for us.”
6 Lani, ke Jesu yegi leni ba ki caa. Li ji bo ki fagi leni deni, ke sijegbengli yeni sɔni o dɔnlinba ke ban maadi o. Ti Yonbdaano, da mabndi a bá, kelima n ki dagdi leni min gaa n denpo.
So Jesus went with them. But, when he was no great distance from the house, the centurion sent some friends with the message – “Do not trouble yourself, Sir; for I am unworthy to receive you under my roof.
7 Lan ya po n cedi, ke li bo ki dagdi yeni min cua n bá ki lá ŋa. Ama, maadi lanbonyenla ke n tuonsɔnlo n paagi.
That was why I did not even venture to come to you myself; but speak, and let my manservant be cured.
8 Kelima, min mɔno tie sije yua n juadi, ama n pia bi naacenba n yikodi po, leni min sɔni yendo: “Gedi”, o baa caa i, n maadi tɔo: “Cua”, o baa cuoni i. N ya n tuonsɔnlo: “Tieni ne”, o baa tie i.
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 Jesu n gbadi li maama, ke li lidi o, ama ki mangi o. Ke o gbagi ki maadi ya niwulgu n ŋua o: “Mɔmɔni po, Israyeeli nni ne kuli, n ki baa lá ya nulo ke o pia ya dudugdi ne.”
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 Sije yeni tondkaaba lebdi deni ki sua ke o tuonsɔnlo paagi o.
And, when the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave recovered.
11 Li kani ke Jesu kua Nayini dogu nni. O ŋɔdkaaba leni ku niwulgu boncianla ciandi o.
Shortly after, Jesus went to a town called Nain, his disciples and a great crowd going with him.
12 Wan cili ki kua u docamu nni, ki cendi ku niwulgu ke bi pii li pakuali biyendga. Bi dogtieba boncianla bo ŋua a kupiila.
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 T yonbdaano lá li pakuali ke mi ninñima cuo o, ke o maadi: ... Da buudi man!
When he saw her, the Master was moved with compassion for her, and he said to her, “Do not weep.”
14 Ke o nagni ki kulianga ki maani o nugu ki po, ke yaaba n tugi sedi.... Ke Jesu yedi, o naaciemo, n cabi a fii.
Then he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped; and Jesus said, “Young man, I am speaking to you – Rise!”
15 Ke mi kuuma fii ki kali ki maadi. Ke Jesu ŋmiani o o naá.
The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus restored him to his mother.
16 Ke bi niba kuli jie, ki ji dondi U Tienu ki maadi: U Tienu cua ki bua fie u niba. Ki gɔ pugni: U Tienu cua ki tebi o kpiemo!
Everyone was awe-struck and began praising God. “A great prophet has arisen among us,” they said. “God has visited his people.”
17 Ya lanbona ke bi maadi Jesu po ne bo yadi Suude leni li dogkuni kuli.
And this story about Jesus spread all through Judea, and in the neighboring countries as well.
18 Jan ŋɔdkaaba maadi o yaala n den tieni kuli, ke bi siiga, ke o yini bonbilie.
All these events were reported to John by his disciples.
19 ki sɔni ba ti Yonbdaano kan ke ban buali o: ... Fini n den cuoni bii, tin gɔ dá guudi tɔo i?
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 someone else?”
20 Ke li danba sedi o nungi nni ki maadi o: ... Jan-Baptisti n sɔni ti. Yaala ke bo bua buali a nne: “Fini n den cuoni bii, tin dá guudi Tondtɔo i?”
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 Ya yogu ke o pundi li kani Jesu bo paagi ni niba boncianla, i yianbuolbuoli kuli, ki paagi yaaba n den gbie leni mu cicibiadmu, ki nuali a juama boncianla.
At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight.
22 Ke Jesu maadi ba: Guani man Jan kani ki dugni o yin lá yaala: Bi juanba nɔnli, a waba cuoni, a gbaada paagi, a tubkpaana gbadi, ke bi kpienba yiedi, ke talginba gaa li pamanli.
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 Pamanli lenli yua luni o dudugdi kelima n ya po.
And blessed is the person who finds no hindrance in me.”
24 Jan tondkaaba den lebdi yo, ke Jesu ji maadi leni ku niwulgu Jan po. ... I gedi ki lá be mi tinfanma nni? U faalu n liebi ya ñinmuagu ne.
When John’s messengers had left, Jesus, speaking to the crowds, began to say with reference to John,
25 I gedi ki lá ŋma i? Yua bobi ti tiadŋandi? Yaaba n bibi ti tiadgbengdi ki ye u manu nni kua bi badcianba diedi nni.
“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 Ama i ji gedi ki lá ŋma i? U Tienu tondo? N maadi yi, o cie U Tienu tondo mɔno.
What then did you go to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
27 Kelima, o ya po i ke li diani: N ba sɔni n Tondo a nunga nni, wan bobni a sanu.
This is the man of whom scripture says – ‘I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’
28 N maadi pua n mali yua kuli, ama yua n yabi ki cie Jan ki ye, yua n wa U Tienu diema nni n yabi ki cie o.
There is, I tell you, no one born of a woman who is greater than John; and yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
29 ... Ya niba n den cengi o kuli leni a lonpogaala den dugi U Tienu po mɔmɔni, ki tuo ki Jan n wulbi a U Tienu ñima.
(All the people, when they heard this, and even the tax collectors, having accepted John’s baptism, acknowledged the justice of God.
30 Ama Farisieninba leni U Tienu bali maama tundkaaba yie ke o kan wulbi ba U Tienu ñima, bi luni U Tienu buama.
But the Pharisees and the students of the Law, having rejected John’s baptism, frustrated God’s purpose in regard to them.)
31 N ba nangi mɔlane niba leni be i? Bi naani leni be?
“To what then,” Jesus continued, “should I compare the people of the present generation? What are they like?
32 Bi tie nani ya bila n kaa ki daaga nni, ki yii bi lieba ki tua: «Ti piebi yipo mu yelmu, ke yii jeli ki ciaga! Ya yogu ke ti gɔ yiini mi kuuma yani, yi gɔ ki buudi!
They are like some little children who are sitting in the marketplace 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 Lani, Jan-Baptisti cua, kaa ŋmani kpanu, kaa ñuni ku daamɔngu. Yi maadi be i? “O pia cicibiigu o niinni.
For now that John the Baptist has come, not eating bread or drinking wine, you are saying ‘He has a demon in him’;
34 O nulo bijua cua ki di ki ñu, ki i yigni: “O ja ne maalma tie wan di ki ñu i, o tie a lonpogaala leni ti tuonsɔnbiaddanba dɔnlinba.”
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 collectors and outcasts.’
35 Ama, U Tienu yanfuoma cua yaaba n tua ma po i.
And yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
36 Farisieni den yini Jesu ke wan je. Ke Jesu gedi ki kali ki di.
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, so Jesus went to his house and took his place at the table.
37 Ke puoconconli bá cua, ke yua kuli o u dogu nni, ke o ye ku yenyebiigu nni. Nani, wan bo gbandi ke Jesu cua Farisieni deni ki di yeni, ke o taa o tulaali konkonga.
Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume,
38 Ki cua ki sedi o puoli po, kpiani o taana. Ki buudi ke o ninsiidi pan milgi Jesu taana; ke o taa o yudi ki fiadi fiadi, ki balgi Jesu taana po, ki tiendi tulaali.
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 Farisieni yua bo yini o yeni n lá lani, ke o maadi: O ja ne ya bo tie U Tienu tondo yeni mɔni, o bo ba bandi o pua yua siigi o ne n ye ya yenyienbiigu nni.
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 Jesu doni o nialu ki maadi: ... Simɔn n pia maama bá ki bua maadi ŋa. ... Ke Farisieni ŋmiani o: Nn, Canbá́a, maadi.
But, addressing him, Jesus said, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Pray do so, teacher,” Simon answered; and Jesus began,
41 ... Niblie n bo dini li panli bi pandaano kani. Nuyendo den ba pa dibala kobiimu, yua tua mɔ n pa dibala piimu.
“There were two people who were in debt to a moneylender; one owed five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.
42 Nani ban bonblie kuli, obá n bo ki pia ki ba pa li panli yeni, ke o pandaano cabi ba ke ban da pa. A ya po, ban boblie siiga ŋma n ba ŋanbi ki bua o pandaano?
As they were unable to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, do you think, will love him the more?”
43 Simɔn ŋmiani: ... N maali ke yua ya panli n ŋanbi ki yabi. ... Jesu maadi o ke o jiini li po n yeni.
“I suppose,” answered Simon, “it will be the man to whom he forgave the greater debt.” “You are right,” said Jesus,
44 Ki gbagi ki diidi o pua yeni ki gɔ maadi: ... A lá o pua ne i? To, min cua a deni, ŋaa teni nni mi ñima ke n ba ŋuudi n taana; ama, wan taa o ninsiidi ki ŋuudi n taana, ki fiadi a leni o yudi.
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 A ki lɔni nni ki waani nni a buama, ama, wani, hali min kua ne, o li lɔngi n taana i.
You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 A ki sɔgi n yuli po tulaali, ama wani, o wuli n taana po tulaali.
You did not anoint even my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.
47 Lan ya po, n maadi a: O tuonbiadi kuli piini, li po n cedi ke o waani nni o buama kuli. Yua ke bi dini sugli o po waama nne, wangi o buama waama nne i!
So I tell you, her great love shows that her sins, many as they are, have been pardoned. One who is pardoned little loves little.”
48 Ki ji maadi o pua: ... A tuonbiadi kuli piini.
Then he said to the woman, “Your sins have been pardoned.”
49 Wan n den yini yaaba ki pugni o po ji maadi bi bá nni: “O ja ne tie ŋma i ki piindi bi niba tuonbiadi?”
The other guests began to say to one another, “Who is this man who even pardons sins?”
50 Ama, ke Jesu maadi o pua: ... Kelima, a dugi n po, a baa mi faabma; ya caa leni li pamanli.
But Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has delivered you; go, and peace be with you.”
