Luke 12
1 Ke tausin puspis mwet fahsreni ac elos asinukiyak ac longya sie sin sie, na Jesus el mutawauk in sramsram meet nu sin mwet tumal lutlut, “Kowos karinginkowosyang liki mwe pulol lun mwet Pharisee inge — nga kaskas ke wosounkas lalos uh.
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 Kutena ma afyufi ac fah ikakla, ac ma wikla nukewa ac fah eteyuk.
There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.
3 Ke ma inge, kutena ma kowos fahkla yen lohsr uh ac fah lohngyuk in acn kalem, ac kutena ma kowos mahmai in lukma, ac fah sulkakinyuk ke pusra lulap nu sin mwet nukewa.
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 “Nga fahk nu suwos, mwet kawuk luk, nik kowos sangeng sin mwet su ku in uniya mano, a wangin ma elos ku in oru toko.
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 Nga ac fahkak nu suwos lah su fal kowos in sangeng se uh: Sangeng sin God, su tukun El uniya, oasr ku lal in sisla nu in hell. Aok, El na pa kowos in sangeng se uh! (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 “Ya tia kukakinyukla won sparrow limekosr ke cent luo? Ne ouinge a God El tiana mulkunla siefanna selos.
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.
7 Finne aunsifowos, oaoala nukewa tari. Ke ma inge, nik kowos sangeng; kais sie suwos arulana saok liki sparrow puspis!
No, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 “Nga fahk nu suwos, kutena mwet su fahkyuyak ye mutun mwet uh, nga, Wen nutin Mwet, fah oayapa fahkulak ye mutun lipufan lun God.
Everyone, I tell you, who publicly acknowledges me, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
9 A kutena mwet su lafwekinyu ye mutun mwet uh, nga, Wen nutin Mwet, fah oayapa lafwekunul ye mutun lipufan lun God.
but the person who publicly disowns me will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
10 “Kutena mwet su kaskas lain Wen nutin Mwet, ac ku in nunak munas nu sel; a kutena mwet su fahk kas enum lain Ngun Mutal, ac fah tia nunak munas nu sel kac.
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 “Ke elos ac uskowosyak in nununkeyuk kowos in iwen lolngok uh, ku ye mutun governor ku mwet leum saya uh, nimet sensen lah mea kowos ac sang topkolos, ku lah mea kowos ac fahk in aksuwosye kowos.
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 Mweyen Ngun Mutal ac fah luti nu suwos in pacl sac ma kowos in fahk.”
for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.’
13 Sie sin mwet ke u lulap sac fahk nu sin Jesus, “Mwet Luti, fahk nu sin tamulel luk in kitalik in fal mwe usru lasr sin papa tumasr.”
‘Teacher,’ a man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘tell my brother to share the property with me.’
14 Jesus el topuk nu sel, “Mukul, su srisrngiyuwi in mwet nununku lomtal, ku in kitalik mwe usru inmasrlomtal uh?”
But Jesus said to him, ‘Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?’
15 Ac el sifilpa fahk nu selos nukewa, “Liyaung ac karingin kowos liki kain in rapku nukewa, mweyen moul na pwaye lun sie mwet tia ma ke ma su oasr lal, el finne arulana kasrup.”
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 Na Jesus el fahk nu selos pupulyuk se inge: “Oasr mwet kasrup se su acn lal uh oswe kain fokinsak na wowo.
Then Jesus told them this parable – ‘There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;
17 El mutawauk in sifacna nunku in el, ‘Wangin acn in nwanak fokin ima nukewa luk inge we. Mea nga ac oru uh?’
and he began to ask himself “What will I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
18 Na el sifacna nunku mu, ‘Pa inge ma nga ac oru: nga ac kunausya lohm in filma luk inge ac musaela pac kutu in yohk liki, yen nga ac filiya fokin ima ac ma luk nukewa we.
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 Na nga fah fahk nu sik sifacna, Wo nu sum! Ma puspis ma lom ilusyukyak oan, yolyak in akfalye enenu lom nu ke yac puspis fahsru uh. Inge kom mongla na, mongo, nim ac akinsewowoye kom sifacna!’
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 A God El fahk nu sel, ‘Kom mwet lalfon! Ofong moul lom ac fah itukla liki kom; na ac lun su ma inge nukewa ma kom elosak?’”
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 Na Jesus el fahk nu selos, “Pa inge ma ac sikyak nu sin mwet su elosak mwe kasrup nu selos sifacna, ac tia kasrup ye mutun God uh.”
So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God.’
22 Na Jesus el fahk nu sin mwet tumal lutlut, “Pa inge sripa se oru nga fahk nu suwos kowos in tia fosrnga ke mwe mongo ma kowos enenu nu ke moul lowos, ku ke nuknuk nu ke monuwos.
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 Tuh moul lowos arulana saok liki mwe mongo, ac monuwos saok liki na nuknuk.
For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.
24 Nunku ke won yen engyeng uh: elos tia taknelik ku kosrani, ac wangin nien filma lalos ku iwen mongo nalos, a God El kitalos. Ya kowos tia arulana saok liki won uh?
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 Su suwos ac ku in akloesye moul lal el fin fosrnga kac?
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong your life a moment?
26 Na kowos fin kofla orala ma na srisrik ouinge, efu kowos ku fosrnga ke ma saya uh?
And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?
27 Liye luman kapak lun kiuf inima uh. Elos tia orekma ku tuta nuknuk lalos. Ac nga fahk nu suwos lah finne Tokosra Solomon su arulana yohk kasrup lal, nuknuk lal uh tia kato oana sie sin ros kiuf inge.
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 God pa yunela mah inima inge uh, su oan misenge, na lutu isisyak ac wanginla. Ya El ac fah tia yunikowosla in arulana wo liki? Arulana srikla lulalfongi lowos uh!
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 “Ke ma inge, nik kowos sisla pacl lowos in suk ac arulana fosrnga ke ma kowos ac kang ku nim.
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 (Tuh mwet pegan fin faclu elos suk ma inge in pacl nukewa.) Papa tomowos El etu lah kowos enenu ma inge.
These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 A kowos in suk Tokosrai lal, ac El ac fah asot pac ma inge nu suwos.
No, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added for you.
32 Nikmet sangeng, kowos finne u srisrik se, tuh Papa tomowos El insewowo in asot Tokosrai nu suwos.
So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
33 Kukakunla ma lowos nukewa ac sang mani an nu sin mwet sukasrup uh. Akoela nu suwos mwe neinyuk mani ma ac tia kulawi, ac elosak mwe kasrup lowos inkusrao, yen ma ac fah tiana srikeni we, mweyen wangin mwet pisrapasr ac fah utyak nu we, ac wangin watil ac fah kunausla.
‘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 Tuh yen ma saok lowos oasr we, insiowos ac fah oan pac we.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
35 “Loseni infulwowos in ku, ac akosak lam lowos an, tuh kowos in akola nu ke kutena ma ac sikyak,
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
36 oana mwet kulansap su tupan foloko lun mwet kacto lalos liki kufwen marut uh. Ke pacl se leum lalos el tuku ac towol srungul uh, elos ac sa na ikasla nu sel.
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 Insewowo mwet kulansap inge su ke leum lalos tuku el konalosyak tuh elos na ngetnget ac akola! Nga fahk nu suwos, el ac sarukla coat lal, sap elos in muta ke tepu in mongo, na el ac sang ma nalos.
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 Ac fuka lupan engan lalos el fin konauk tuh elos na akola, el finne tuku ke infulwen fong ku paht liki!
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 Kowos arulana etu lah mwet se la lohm se fin etu ke pacl sie mwet pisrapasr ac tuku, el tia ku in lela elan utyak nu in lohm uh.
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 Ke ma inge, kowos pac, kowos in akola, tuh Wen nutin Mwet el ac fah sikme ke ao se su kowos tia etu kac.”
You must also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come.’
41 Peter el fahk, “Leum, ku pupulyuk se inge ma na nu sesr, ku kom fahk nu ke mwet nukewa?”
‘Master,’ said Peter, ‘are you telling this parable with reference to us or to everyone?’
42 Ac Leum el topuk, “Su sie mwet kulansap oaru ac lalmwetmet? El pa mwet se ma leum lal ac filiya in kol mwet kulansap wial, ac sang mwe mongo nalos in pacl fal uh.
‘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 Fuka lupan insewowo lun mwet kulansap se inge leum lal fin foloko nu lohm sel ac konauk lah el oru ma inge!
Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
44 Pwayena nga fahk nu suwos, leum sac el ac sang tuh mwet kulansap se inge in liyaung ma lal nukewa.
His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
45 Tusruk, mwet kulansap sac fin sifacna nunku sel mu leum se lal inge ac tia sa in foloko, ac el fin mutawauk in uni mwet kulansap wial — kewana mukul ac mutan — ac el mongo, nimnim ac sruhila,
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 na leum lal el ac foloko ke sie len ma mwet kulansap sac tia nunku mu el ac tuku, ac el tiana akola. Leum sac ac fah sang kai na upa nu sel, ac eisalang tuh elan keok yurin mwet sululalfongi ac seakos.
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 “Sie mwet kulansap su etu ma leum lal lungse elan oru, a el tiana akola in oru, ac fah sringsring el upa na.
The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
48 A sie mwet kulansap su tia etu ma leum lal lungse elan oru, a el orala sie ouiya ma fal in sringsring el kac, ac fah sringsring el fisrasr na. Mwet se ma itukyang ma pus nu se, ac fah siyukyuk ma pus sel; ac el su eis arulana yohk, arulana yohk pac ma enenu in ituk sel.
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 “Nga tuku in akosak sie e fin faclu, ac nga kena in tari tayak!
I came to cast fire on the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?
50 Oasr baptais se nga enenu in baptais kac, ac nga ac arulana toasr nwe ke na orekla!
There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!
51 Ya kowos nunku mu nga tuku in ase misla nu faclu? Mo, tia misla, a sraclik.
Do you think that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
52 In pacl se ingela, sou ma oasr mwet limekosr kac ac fah srisrielik, tolu lain luo, ac luo lain tolu.
For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 Papa ac fah lain wen natulos, ac wen ac fah lain papa tumalos; nina ac fah lain acn natulos ac acn ac fah lain nina kialos; nina ac fah lain mutan kien mukul natulos, ac mutan payuk fah lain nina kien mukul tumalos.”
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 Jesus el fahk pac nu sin mwet uh, “Ke kowos liye sie pukunyeng sikyak roto, pacl sacn na kowos ac fahk mu ac afi — na mu afi.
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 Ac ke kowos ac pula ke eng eir ac tuhme uh, na kowos fahk mu ac arulana fol — na mu fol na.
And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say “It will be burning hot,” and so it proves.
56 Kowos mwet wosounkas! Kowos ku in liye faclu ac kusrao, ac aketeya pulan pacl uh, na efu kowos ku tia etu kalmen pacl se inge?”
Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
57 “Efu ku kowos tia sifacna nunku lah mea fal kowos in oru?
Why don’t you yourselves decide what is right?
58 Fin oasr mwet se akola in us kom nu ke nununku, srike na in akmisye inmasrlomtal meet liki komtal sun acn in nununku. Kom fin tia, na el ac amakin kom nu ye mutun mwet nununku, su ac eiskomyang nu sin mwet liyaung presin, na ac fah sisiyang kom nu in presin.
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 Nga fahk nu sum, kom ac fah muta we nwe ke na kom akfalyela ma nukewa pakpuki kom in moli uh.”
You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last cent.’
