Luke 10
1 Tukun ma inge Jesus el sifilpa sulela mwet itngoul ac supwaloselik kais luo in fahsr meet lukel nu in acn nukewa ma el akola in som nu we.
After that, the Lord Jesus appointed 72 other [people]. He [prepared to] send them out, two-by-two, to every town and village where he [SYN] intended to go.
2 El fahk nu selos, “Oasr sie kosrani na yohk, a puelac mwet in kosrani. Pre nu sin Leum lun kosrani uh Elan supwala mwet orekma in oru orekma in kosrani lal uh.
He said to them, “The [people who are ready to receive my message] are like a field [of] [MET] [grain] that is ready for [people] to harvest {to be harvested}. But there are not many people [to bring them to God]. So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his fields [to gather the] harvest.
3 Kowos som! Nga supwekowosla oana sheep fusr nu inmasrlon kosro wolf uh.
Start going; but [remember that] I am sending you [(pl)] out [to tell my message to people who will try to get rid of you. You will be] like lambs among wolves.
4 Nimet kowos us mwe neinyuk mani, ku mwe ap, ku fahluk. Nimet tui in paing mwet inkanek uh.
Do not take along [any money in] a purse. Do not take a traveler’s bag. Do not take [extra] sandals. Do not [spend a lot of time] greeting people along the way.
5 Kutena pacl kowos ac ilyak nu in sie lohm, ma se meet kowos ac fahk pa, “Misla nu sin mwet in lohm uh.”
Whenever you enter a house [to lodge there], first say to those people, ‘May [God give inner] peace to [you people] [MTY] [in] this house!’
6 Fin oasr mwet se in lohm sacn su lungse ipeis ke misla, na kas in misla lowos fah ma nu sel; ac fin wangin, na ac fah foloko nu yuruwos.
If people who [live] there [are (desiring to have]/worthy of receiving) [God’s] peace, they will experience the [inner] peace that you are [offering them]. If people who [live] there [are not desiring to have God’s] peace, you [will experience God’s inner] peace, [but they will not].
7 Nimet kowos uti-utyak nu in lohm pukanten, a kowos mutana in lohm sefanna, ac mongo ac nim ke ma elos ac sot nu suwos an; tuh fal sie mwet orekma in eis molin orekma lal.
[If they welcome you], stay in that same house [until you leave that village]. Do not move around from one house to another. Eat and drink whatever they provide for you. A worker deserves to get pay [MET] [from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go].
8 Pacl nukewa kowos som nu in sie siti ac mwet we uh paing kowos, kowos in eis ac mongo ke ma elos ac sot nu suwos,
Whenever you enter a town and the people [there] welcome you, eat what is provided {what [they] provide} for you.
9 ac akkeyala mwet mas in acn sacn, ac fahk nu sin mwet in acn sac, ‘Tokosrai lun God tuku apkuran nu suwos.’
Heal the people there who are sick. Tell them, ‘It is almost [time for] God to send his king to rule [MET] [your lives].’
10 Tusruktu, pacl nukewa ma kowos utyak nu in sie siti ac mwet we uh tia paing kowos, na kowos illa nu inkanek uh ac fahk,
But if you enter a town whose [people] do not welcome you, go into its [main] streets and say,
11 ‘Finne kutkut ke inkanek lowos ma sremla ye niasr uh, kut eela in lain kowos. Tusruktu, esam lah Tokosrai lun God tuku apkuran!’
‘[Because you have refused to hear our message, we(exc) will not only leave], we will also shake off the dust of your town that clings to our sandals, to warn you [that God will reject/punish you]. But [we want you to know that] it is almost [the time when] God will start to rule!’
12 Nga fahk pwayena nu suwos lah ke Len in Nununku, God El ac akkalemye pakomuta lal nu sin Sodom liki na siti se ingan!
I will tell you this: On the [MTY] [final] day when [God judges everyone], he will punish the wicked people [MTY] who long ago lived in Sodom, [the city that he destroyed because its people were so wicked]. But he will punish [even] more severely the people [MTY] of any town [whose people refused to hear your message]!”
13 “We nu suwos, mwet Chorazin! Ac we nu suwos pac, mwet Bethsaida! Orekma usrnguk ma orek yuruwos uh funu orek in acn Tyre ac Sidon, mwet we lukun pituki na oengi, ac nokomang nuknuk yohk eoa ac muta fin apat in akkalemye lah elos auliyak liki ma koluk lalos!
“There will be terrible [punishment] for [you people who live in] [MTY] Chorazin and Bethsaida [cities]. I did great miracles in your cities [to show God’s power, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in Tyre and Sidon [cities], the wicked people who lived there would have long ago [shown that they were sorry for their sins by] sitting on the ground wearing coarse cloth and putting ashes on their heads.
14 God El ac fah akkalemye pakoten lal nu sin acn Tyre ac Sidon ke Len in Nununku, liki kowos.
[But they did not have the opportunity that you have, so when God punishes people, he will punish the wicked people who lived in] Tyre and Sidon, but he will punish you more severely [because you did not pay attention to my message].
15 Ac funu kowos, mwet Capernaum! Ya kowos lungse akfulatye kowos sifacna nwe inkusrao? Ac fah sisila kowos nu in hell!” (Hadēs g86)
[I also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city]. (Do not [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you [think that you will be honored] {[that God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary], [after you die, God] will send you down to the place where [sinful people] will be punished [forever]!” (Hadēs g86)
16 Jesus el fahk nu sin mwet tumal lutlut, “Kutena mwet su porongekowos, el porongeyu; ac kutena mwet su pilesrekowos, el pilesreyu; ac kutena mwet su pilesreyu, el pilesru El su supweyume.”
[Jesus also said to the disciples, “God will consider that] those who listen to your [message] are listening to me, and that those who reject your [message] are rejecting me. And [he will consider that] those who reject me are rejecting [God], the one who sent me.”
17 Mwet itngoul elos foloko arulana engan. Elos fahk, “Leum, ngun fohkfok uh wi pac akos kut ke kut sapsap nu selos ke inem!”
The 72 [people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to]. When they returned, they were very joyful. They said, “Lord, [people did what we(exc) told them to do]! Demons also obeyed us when by your [(sg)] authority [MTY] [we commanded them to leave people]!”
18 Ac Jesus el topkolos ac fahk, “Nga liyal Satan ke el putatla lucng me oana sarom uh.
Jesus replied, “[When those demons were obeying you, because God had enabled you to defeat them, it was as though] [MET] I saw Satan fall from heaven [as suddenly and quickly] as lightning [strikes].
19 Lohng akwoya! Nga sot tari ku nu suwos kowos in ku in longya wet pwasin ac scorpion, ac kowos fah kutangla ku nukewa lun Mwet Lokoalok sac, ac wangin ma ac ku in aklokoalokye kowos.
Listen! I have given you authority so that if you oppose evil spirits [MET] [they will not hurt you]. I have given you authority to defeat our enemy, [Satan]. Nothing shall hurt you.
20 Tusruktu nik kowos engankin lah ngun fohkfok uh akos kowos, a kowos in engan lah inewos simla inkusrao.”
But [although] you can rejoice that evil spirits obey you, you should rejoice [more] that your names have been written {that [God] has written your names} in heaven, [because you will be with God forever].”
21 In pacl sacna, Ngun Mutal oru tuh Jesus elan sessesla ke engan, ac el fahk, “Papa su Leum lun Kusrao ac faclu! Nga kulo nu sum tuh kom ikasla nu sin mwet nikin ma su kom okanla liki mwet lalmwetmet ac mwet etu. Aok, Papa, ma inge orek fal nu ke lungse lom.
At that time the Holy Spirit caused [Jesus] to be very happy. He said, “Father, you [(sg)] rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth! Some [people think that they are] wise [because] they are well-educated. But I thank you that you have prevented them from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily] [MET] [as] little children [do]. Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
22 “Papa tumuk El ase ma nukewa nu sik. Wangin mwet etu lah su Wen sayen Papa, ac wangin pac mwet etu lah su Papa, sayen Wen ac elos su Wen El sulela in fahkulak nu se.”
[Jesus also said to the 72 disciples], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all [I need to know and the power I need for my work]. Only my Father knows who I [really] am. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know what [God] my Father is [like].”
23 Na Jesus El forang nu sin mwet tumal lutlut ke elos mukena muta ac fahk nu selos, “Kowos arulana insewowo lah motowos liye ma kowos liye inge!
Then when Jesus’ disciples were alone with him, he turned toward them and said, “[God] is pleased with you [SYN] who have seen [the things that I have done]!
24 Nga fahk nu suwos lah mwet palu puspis ac tokosra puspis kena liye ma kowos liye inge, a elos tia ku in liye, ac in lohng ma kowos lohng, a elos tiana.”
I want you to know that many prophets and kings [who lived long ago] desired to see the things that you are seeing [me do], but these things did not [happen] then. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing [me say], but these things were not [revealed to them] then.”
25 Sie mwet luti Ma Sap el tuku in srikal Jesus. El fahk, “Mwet Luti, mea nga ac oru tuh nga in eis moul ma pahtpat?” (aiōnios g166)
[One day as Jesus was teaching people], a man was there who had studied carefully the laws that [God gave Moses]. He wanted to ask Jesus a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do in order to live [with God] forever?” (aiōnios g166)
26 Jesus El topuk ac fahk, “Mea simla in Ma Sap uh? Kom ac aketeya fuka?”
Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] have read [RHQ] what [Moses] has written in the laws that [God gave him]. What did Moses write about living forever?”
27 Na mwet sac fahk, “‘Kom fah lungse Leum God lom ke insiom kewa, ke ngunum kewa, ke ku lom kewa, ac ke nunkom kewa’, ac ‘Lungse mwet tulan lom oana ke kom lungse kom sifacna.’”
The man replied, “[He wrote that] we [(inc)] must love the Lord our God. [We must show that] by what we feel and by what we do and by what we think. [He] also [wrote that we must love] people that we come in contact with as much as [we love] ourselves.”
28 Ac Jesus el fahk, “Pwaye sum. Oru ma inge, ac kom fah moul.”
Jesus replied, “You [(sg)] have answered [your question] correctly. If you do all that [continually], you will live [with God forever].”
29 A mwet luti Ma Sap sac kena akkalemye suwohs lal sifacna, na el siyuk sin Jesus, “Su mwet tulan luk uh?”
But the man wanted to defend [the way] he [acted toward people that he came in contact with] (OR, to defend why he [had asked a question that Jesus answered so simply]). So he said to Jesus, “Which people that I come in contact with [should I love]?”
30 Ac Jesus el topuk, “Sie pacl ah mwet se oatui liki acn Jerusalem nu Jericho ke mwet pisrapasr elos sruokilya, onel nwe sarukla nuknuk lal ac sisella el oan apkuran in misa.
Jesus replied [by telling him this illustration]: “A [Jewish] man was once going down along the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Bandits attacked him. They took away [most of] the man’s clothes [and everything else that he had], and they beat him until he was almost dead. Then they left him.
31 Na in pacl sacna, sie mwet tol el tufoki ke innek soko ah, tusruk ke el liyauk mwet sac, el kuhfla lukel ac ut lac inkanek ngia, ac som na.
It happened that a [Jewish] priest was going along that road. When he saw that man, [instead of helping him], he passed by on the other side [of the road].
32 In ouiya sac pacna, oasr pac mwet Levi se fahsryak. Ke el liye mwet sac, el kuhfla nu lac inkanek ngia ac fahla na som.
Similarly, a man who worked in the temple [in Jerusalem] came to that place and saw the man. But he also passed by on the other side [of the road].
33 Na sie mwet Samaria oayapa fahsryak ke inkanek sac. Ke el liye mwet sac, el arulana pakomutal.
Then a man from Samaria [province] came along that road to where the man was lying. [People from Samaria despise Jews. But] when he saw that man, he pitied him.
34 El kalukyang nu yorol, okoaung oil in olive ac wain nu ke kinet kacl, ac losya kinet kacl uh, ac srakulang nu fin kosro natul uh, ac usalla nu in lohm sin mwet fahsr, ac karinganulang we.
He went over to him and put some [olive] oil and wine on his wounds [to help heal them]. He wound strips of cloth [around the wounds]. He placed the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn and took care of him.
35 Ke len tok ah el eis ipin silver luo, sang nu sin mwet se ma liyaung lohm sac, ac fahk, “Liyalang nwe ke nga foloko, na nga ac fah akfalye nu sum kutena ma kom sisla kacl.’”
The next morning he gave two silver coins to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of this man. If you [(sg)] spend more than this amount [to care for him], I will pay you back when I return.’”
36 Na Jesus el siyuk, “Su kac sin mwet tolu ah kom nunku mu el mwet tulan nu sin mwet se ma mwet pisrapasr ah uni uh?”
Then Jesus said, “Three people [saw] the man whom bandits attacked. Which one of them [acted in a loving way toward] that man?”
37 Na mwet luti Ma Sap sac fahk, “Mwet se ma kulang nu sel ah.” Jesus el fahk, “Kom som, ac oru oapana.”
The man who studied the Scriptures replied, “The one who acted mercifully toward him.” Jesus said to him, “You [(sg)] go and act like that [toward] everyone whom [you can help]!”
38 Ke Jesus ac mwet tumal lutlut elos sifil som, el utyak nu in sie siti srisrik, na sie mutan pangpang Martha el solalak nu in lohm sel.
As Jesus and his disciples continued to travel, they entered a village [near Jerusalem]. A woman whose name was Martha invited them to come to her house.
39 Oasr tamtael se lal pangpang Mary, su tuku muta sisken nien Leum ac lohng kas in luti lal.
Her [younger] sister, whose name was Mary, sat near Jesus. She was listening to what he was teaching.
40 Martha el arulana inse toasrla ke sripen el kafofo in oru ma puspis, na el tuku ac fahk, “Leum, ya pilasr sum ke tamtael se luk inge fuhlela ngan mukena oru orekma uh? Sap elan tuku kasreyu!”
But Martha was very much concerned about preparing [a meal]. She went to Jesus and said, “Lord, (you do not seem to care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself!/do you not care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself?) [RHQ] Tell her that she should help me!”
41 Leum el topuk ac fahk nu sel, “Martha, Martha! Kom fosrnga ac lokoalok ke ma puspis,
But the Lord replied, “Martha, Martha, you [(sg)] are very worried about many things.
42 a ma sefanna pa eneneyuk uh. Mary el sulela ma se ma wo uh, su ac fah tiana itukla lukel.”
But only one thing is truly necessary, and that is, [to listen to what I am teaching]. Mary has decided to [do that], and that is better [than worrying]. [The blessing that she is receiving from listening to me] will not be taken away from her {No one will take away from her [the blessing that she is receiving from listening to me]}.”
