Luca 14
1 E avvenne che, essendo egli entrato in casa di uno de’ principali Farisei in giorno di sabato per prender cibo, essi lo stavano osservando.
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 Ed ecco, gli stava dinanzi un uomo idropico.
Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
3 E Gesù prese a dire ai dottori della legge ed ai Farisei: E’ egli lecito o no far guarigioni in giorno di sabato? Ma essi tacquero.
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 Allora egli, presolo, lo guarì e lo licenziò.
[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 Poi disse loro: Chi di voi, se un figliuolo od un bue cade in un pozzo, non lo trae subito fuori in giorno di sabato?
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 Ed essi non potevano risponder nulla in contrario.
[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 Notando poi come gl’invitati sceglievano i primi posti, disse loro questa parabola:
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 Quando sarai invitato a nozze da qualcuno, non ti mettere a tavola al primo posto, che talora non sia stato invitato da lui qualcuno più ragguardevole di te,
“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 e chi ha invitato te e lui non venga a dirti: Cedi il posto a questo! e tu debba con tua vergogna cominciare allora ad occupare l’ultimo posto.
[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 Ma quando sarai invitato, va a metterti all’ultimo posto, affinché quando colui che t’ha invitato verrà, ti dica: Amico, sali più in su. Allora ne avrai onore dinanzi a tutti quelli che saran teco a tavola.
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 Poiché chiunque s’innalza sarà abbassato, e chi si abbassa sarà innalzato.
Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
12 E diceva pure a colui che lo aveva invitato: Quando fai un desinare o una cena, non chiamare i tuoi amici, né i tuoi fratelli, né i tuoi parenti, né i vicini ricchi; che talora anch’essi non t’invitino, e ti sia reso il contraccambio;
[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 ma quando fai un convito, chiama i poveri, gli storpi, gli zoppi, i ciechi;
Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
14 e sarai beato, perché non hanno modo di rendertene il contraccambio; ma il contraccambio ti sarà reso alla risurrezione de’ giusti.
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 Or uno de’ commensali, udite queste cose, gli disse: Beato chi mangerà del pane nel regno di Dio!
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 Ma Gesù gli disse: Un uomo fece una gran cena e invitò molti;
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 e all’ora della cena mandò il suo servitore a dire agl’invitati: Venite, perché tutto è già pronto.
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 E tutti, ad una voce, cominciarono a scusarsi. Il primo gli disse: Ho comprato un campo e ho necessità d’andarlo a vedere; ti prego, abbimi per iscusato.
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 E un altro disse: Ho comprato cinque paia di buoi, e vado a provarli; ti prego, abbimi per iscusato.
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 E un altro disse: Ho preso moglie, e perciò non posso venire.
Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
21 E il servitore, tornato, riferì queste cose al suo signore. Allora il padron di casa, adiratosi, disse al suo servitore: Va’ presto per le piazze e per le vie della città, e mena qua i poveri, gli storpi, i ciechi e gli zoppi.
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 Poi il servitore disse: Signore, s’è fatto come hai comandato, e ancora c’è posto.
[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 E il signore disse al servitore: Va’ fuori per le strade e lungo le siepi, e costringili ad entrare, affinché la mia casa sia piena.
[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 Perché io vi dico che nessuno di quegli uomini ch’erano stati invitati assaggerà la mia cena.
[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 Or molte turbe andavano con lui; ed egli, rivoltosi, disse loro:
Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
26 Se uno viene a me e non odia suo padre, e sua madre, e la moglie, e i fratelli, e le sorelle, e finanche la sua propria vita, non può esser mio discepolo.
“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 E chi non porta la sua croce e non vien dietro a me, non può esser mio discepolo.
[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 Infatti chi è fra voi colui che, volendo edificare una torre, non si metta prima a sedere e calcoli la spesa per vedere se ha da poterla finire?
[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 Che talora, quando ne abbia posto il fondamento e non la possa finire, tutti quelli che la vedranno prendano a beffarsi di lui, dicendo:
[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 Quest’uomo ha cominciato a edificare e non ha potuto finire.
They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
31 Ovvero, qual è il re che, partendo per muover guerra ad un altro re, non si metta prima a sedere ed esamini se possa con diecimila uomini affrontare colui che gli vien contro con ventimila?
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 Se no, mentre quello è ancora lontano, gli manda un’ambasciata e chiede di trattar la pace.
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 Così dunque ognun di voi che non rinunzi a tutto quello che ha, non può esser mio discepolo.
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 Il sale, certo, è buono; ma se anche il sale diventa insipido, con che gli si darà sapore?
[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 Non serve né per terra, né per concime; lo si butta via. Chi ha orecchi da udire, oda.
[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!”
