Uluka 12
1 Inu daddakino cingilin, sa anu gbardang ya orno in nu pattla ace aweme, matunguno atize nan na ahana akatuma ka meme, wuzan seke ini imare ya Farisiya, ige be ine ini malim.
Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod on one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them, ‘Be on your guard against the leaven – that is, the hypocrisy – of the Pharisees.
2 Abanna me iremum izoni sa ada poko ini ba ire imum ikuri izo ni sa ada rusa ini ba.
There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.
3 Barki anime ire imum izoni sa idi boki ani hungi ige be sa ine ini ige be sa ada kunna ini a masaa. Imum be sa ya wuza bikum anyimo ani kira adi wuzi tize ti timi vat ti hi hira.
So all that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear, within closed doors, will be proclaimed on the housetops.
4 In boshi aroni am, kati ikunna biyyau ba ande sa wadi huu nipum, wazome in ire imum sa wadake wa wuzi ini.
To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.
5 Ceki in gbarka shi ahira de sa idi kunna biyyau bu me, kunnan biyyau bi de sa madake mahuu makuri mareki shi anyimo uraa. Ee in boshi kunnan biyyau bime. (Geenna g1067)
I will show you of whom you should be afraid. Be afraid of him who, after killing you, has the power to fling you into Gehenna. Yes, I say, be afraid of him. (Geenna g1067)
6 In gusa a siza ahana amu nyin muni cibi in ma nini mani mare ba? Vat anime, Asere mada parke me unu inde anyimo aweme ba.
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.
7 Aname ticce sa tira ani ce ni shi me marusa ugbardang utini, kati u kunna biyyau, shi itekin imum izenze unu gongo ahira ameme.
No, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 In boshi, vat de sa madi buki imum be sa mabuka aje anabu, van unubu madi bezi me ahira Asere.
Everyone, I tell you, who publicly acknowledges me, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
9 Abanna me vat de sa ma nyare me aje anabu, adi nyare me ahira Asere.
but the person who publicly disowns me will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
10 Vat de ma buka tize aje a vana Asere adi kpici madini me. Abanna me vat de sa macara bibe bilau ba Asere ada kpico me mame madini me ba.
Everyone who will say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for the person who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
11 Inki wa ayen shi aje ana tize nyani aje anu atize tini kobbo, nyani aje ana nikara, kati i kunna in ni mum be sa idi buki ine ini icukuno kadura kashi me, nyani imum be sa idi buki.
Whenever they take you before the synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defence will be, or what you will say;
12 Abanna me bibe birere bidi bezi imum be sa idi buki uginiya ugino me.
for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.’
13 Uye anyimo ani ori magun me unu bezizi buka uhenu tize ti hari imum be sa a cekin dura ni.
‘Teacher,’ a man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘tell my brother to share the property with me.’
14 Yeso magun me, “Hu, aveni adaki uwum in cukuno una tize tini kobbo nyani in cukuno a tii ashime?”
But Jesus said to him, ‘Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?’
15 Abini me, magun we “Hirani kati icukuno ana re ama roo, Abanna daki imum me im sa unu makem ini gbardang idi cukuno me ukanna uronta umeba.
And then he added, ‘Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of their prosperity a person’s true life does not depend on what they have.’
16 Uganiya me uni Yeso mabuki we ure ugunkuno, māgu ugunkuno, māgu, “Uruu ure unu wa nya bissana birere kang.
Then Jesus told them this parable – ‘There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;
17 Ma bassa imum iriba māgu, indi wuzi ane ni, barki inzom inahira sa indi in bissana ba re?
and he began to ask himself “What will I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
18 Madusa magu, in rusa imumbe sa indi wuu, indi pusi tikere tum in zui tire ti dadan-dang abine ani indi inki bisana bum nan vat tirononga tum.
This is what I will do,” he said; “I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them;
19 In gu ini vai im, ivai im, uzin ini imuni gbardang sa a inko barki hu, ayyene udi venke, urii, usi, uzi iruba irom.
and I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”
20 Abanna me, Asere magun me, unu udira unicce, anyimo aniye nige me anyara ivai iweme ahira aweme. Tironga sa wa oro wa barka nice niwemen, ya veni idi zi.
But God said to the man “Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared – who will have it?”
21 Ani mani desa ma oro nicce nime imum unee mazi, in mazo me in ni imum une ahira Asere.
So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God.’
22 Aleso magu ina kadura kameme, “Barki anime in gusa shi, kati i kunna zenze iruba ishime abanna me, imum besa idi re, nyani imum be sa idi soki apum ashime.
And Jesus said to his disciples, ‘That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here – what you can get to eat; or about your body – what you can get to wear.
23 Abanna me ivai iteki imare, nipum ni ti ronga.
For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.
24 Irani magoron sa mada wuza ti bira, wada orso bisana. Wada zome intigere nyani ti denge tu inzo imummu, abanna Asere ma nyinza imare. Shine iteki inyim unu ira!
Think of the ravens – they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!
25 Aveni anyimo ashime madaki umāyi unice me madaki makinki nice ni me tiye?
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong your life a moment?
26 Inki daki ya rusa uwuza acee ashime imum be sa izi cingilin ba, nyanini ya wuna idi cari mu ruba mu shi me ahira ukasu utiro ronga?
And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?
27 Irani iburi matiti ani jaa sa i uza azo agi i wuza katuma kaniba, i da rizizo me ba, in boshi, nyani Sulaimanu, anyimo ani nonzo mime me, daki ma soki tironga tige besa ta teki tiwume unu re ba.
Think of the lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin; yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendour was not robed like one of these.
28 Inki Asere asoki makpe tironga tirere anime, kani me sati zi, nisizo akuri a wutini uraā, adi wu aneni madiri acce ma soki shi tironga, shi anu ukadura ka cin!
If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you of little faith!
29 Kati apum ashi me awu barki imum besa idi re, nyani imumbe sa idi sii, ane ani kati i in tari atipo.
And you – do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.
30 Abanna me vat anu nee wa nyara usasana uti mummu tigino, ane ani Aco ashi me marusa inyara tiroronga tigino me.
These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 Abanna me, nyaran nikara nu meme, tiroronga tige idi kinki shi tini.
No, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added for you.
32 Kati i kunna iyyau ba, shi ana a cin-ci, ina aburu arom ani Aco ushi madi nya shi tigomo.
So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
33 Zizan imum be sa izini inya anu udira. Barkan ace-ce ashi mabadau magebe sa mada cornoba, inko ni imummu ishi me anyimo azezsere abba sa ida mara ba, ahira be sa akari wadaki wahaa ba. Ijiji idaki i cari ni ba.
‘Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out – an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.
34 Barki ani me aba sa utamani uweme urani abine ani i ruba i weme irani.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
35 Kaskanin ujoko utironga tishi me, ihiri itonno, i cukuno upitila ushi iciki unu raa kodi uya uwui.
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
36 Ikuri icukuno kasi ande sa wazin ini nyariga ni una kura sa mazeze usuro akura ubuki, uganiya sa māze magbotiko udenge me a wa hiri debe-wa poki me ni.
and be like servants who are waiting for their Master’s return from his wedding, so that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door for him at once.
37 Anu kem uni lem ni huma arere agino me, anige besa Aco uweme madi Ee ma kem we waciki wazin in ni nyarga nu ze umeme. Kadura kani in zinu buka ushi, ma hiri ma tonno mawu we wa cuku suno ma nya we imare in nice nu meme.
Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and have them take their places at the table, and will come and serve them.
38 Inka sa akura uweme ma aye in niye nyani ina te niye, ma ken we wa ciki unu be. Ume ana nilem ni huma arere agino.
Whether it is late at night, or in the early morning that he comes, if he finds all as it should be, then happy are they.
39 Kini irusi agino me, da una akura maka rusi uganiya sa ukari ma Ee, mada ceki meakura a meme ukari maribe ba.
This you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.
40 Cukuno ni ini nyarga barki i tashi uganiya sa vana unu madi ze ba.
You must also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come.’
41 Bitrus magun me, “Ugomo-Asere haruwani uzi nu ubo uru tigege tize me, nyani vat uru ini?
‘Master,’ said Peter, ‘are you telling this parable with reference to us or to everyone?’
42 Ugomo-Asere magu, “Uye una je mani unu inta utize, unu urusa abanga unu uge sa unakura umeme madi nyame arere a tari timeme, barki hiri we, manyawe imare iweme uganiya sa wuna?
‘Who, then,’ replied the Master, ‘is that trustworthy steward, the careful man, who will be placed by his master over his establishment, to give them their rations at the proper time?
43 Unu kaba unu lem ni rere mani ure-re ugino, unuge sa unakura me madi kem unu wuza imumbe maguna ma wuzi.
Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
44 Kadura kani, mabuka shi inda nya me vat ana kadura ka Asere tari tumeme.
His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
45 Abanna me, inki maguna anyimo iruba imeme, sa kura un da ma ze debe ba; monno ma tubi ucira are-re me, ahana wa ruma nan na eh aroni ani re-re, mari masi, i huu me,
But should that servant say to himself “My master is a long time coming,” and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
46 Una akura ure-re ugino madi ze uganiya sa ure-re ma inko iriba ba, abanna me uganiya sa ma tame ba, ma kuzi me magitu magitu, makuri patti me nande sa wazo me in biyyau ba Asere.
that servant’s master will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour of which he is unaware, and will flog him severely and assign him his place among the untrustworthy.
47 Ure-re ugin marusa uzina una akura ameme, abanna me daki ina barka imum be sa una akura ame mema nyara ini ba. Masi u tira nan nu cobo gbardang.
The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
48 Abanna me, me sa marusa ba ma wuza imum be sa izi re ba, mada saa ti si sari gbardang ba, vat de be sa anya me imum gbardang, adi kuri anyere imum gbardang atari ti meme. Ane ani desa nyame imum gbardang i inpp uni rubu, adi nyari imum igardang ahira ameme.
while one who does not know his master’s wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone to whom much has been given much will be expected, and from the man to whom much has been entrusted the more will be demanded.
49 Ma aye barki in wu ura unee, manyara uda zina ma wa maki.
I came to cast fire on the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?
50 Abanna me, mi izi nu zoro uge sa inzin une uni adi zorom in uni, abanna me magam ini ada zina a wuzam.
There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!
51 Ibassa agi ma aye unee unu ronta? Ma guna a'a, abanna ma aye nu harzina.
Do you think that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
52 Ana me adi anu cibi anyimo akure a inde, wadi harzina, ana taru wadi wuzi ishine nan an ware, ware me wazin nishena nan ana wa taru.
For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 Vana nan kaco wadi wuzi ishine, nan na cee-ce, vana madi wuzi nan kaco, A ino madi wuzi ishina nan nu uca me, uca madi wuzi ishina nan ka ino, a ino uruma madi wuzi ishina nan nu ugiri me, ugiri me madi wuzi ishiine nan ka” Ino uruma me.
Father will be opposed to son and son to father, mother to daughter and daughter to mother, mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law.’
54 “Yeso mabuki ahira ani ori” inka ya ira azezsere abee ina dizii, a'ana me idi ki igu adi rubu ureh, ani mani idiki cukuno.
And to the people Jesus said, ‘When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once “There is a storm coming,” and come it does.
55 Inki updebu wa huburko u hana ukudu, idiki igu ahira azi buu, ani mani idi ke cukuno.
And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say “It will be burning hot,” and so it proves.
56 Ana muruba mu bit, ya rusa imum be sa inbo, adizii nan na zezsere, abanna me, daki ya rusa ubezi imum besa izinu harsa harsa ba?
Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
57 Nyanini ya karti urasa imum be sa idi benki shi?
Why don’t you yourselves decide what is right?
58 Inki ihaza ani kobo nan nu uroni utize ti weme, nyara me ibarka una barki kati ma haa hu ahira unu baru utize kati ma wa anu mensi anu wa mekuwe wa haa hu udenge unu re-re, unu inta unu me mada be hu urusa ba.
When, for instance, you are going with your opponent before a magistrate, on your way to the court do your best to be quit of him; otherwise he might drag you before the judge, then the judge will hand you over to the bailiff of the court, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
59 mabuka we uhira kasi u wa kana a birko uda kurzo we ikirfi unu gino me ba?
You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last cent.’
