Luka 14

1 Izuba limwi le Savata Jesu a vayendi muzuvo ya mukulwana wavafalisi kukalya inkonko, miva vaku mulolete.

And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, to eat bread, that they watched him.

2 Mubone, habusu vwa kwe kuvena mukwame yava kulwala butuku bwa chirunta.

And behold, there was a certain man before him that had the dropsy.

3 Jesu ava kumbili vene inzivo ya mulao ni vafalisi chati: Kana iswanelo kuti muntu yo lwala a olwe ku hozwa le Savata kapa ka ku oleki?

And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

4 Imi vava tuntwele. Jesu ava muondi, ava muhozi, ni ku mulwila kuti ayende.

But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him, and sent him away.

5 Cha wamba kuvali, njeni kwenu wina manaswisu kapa ipulu iwilile muchisima le Savata ya sati amu zwise muchisima?

And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day?

6 Kana vava oli kuha inkalabo kwezi zintu zonse.

And they could not answer him to these things.

7 Linu Jesu cha lemuha kuti ku vava memetwe vava liketeli kwi kala ku zipula zi sepahala, cha wamba che nguli, ku wamba nati kubali,

And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:

8 “Ha mu memwa ku mukiti weseso, kanzi mwi kali ku zipula zi sepahala, kuola kuva ni muntu yo memetwe wina mazimo ahita enu.

When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him:

9 Linu zuna muntu yava mi memi mu vonse ha sika, uwola ku milwila kuti muhe uzu mwi chi baka chenu; Linu che nsoni ka muhinde chipula cha hansi.

And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.

10 Linu ha mu memwa muyende ukekale ha chabaka cha hansi nji kuti zuna wa mi mema ha sika mwati kwenu mukwangu, zimane uzwe mu chaba cha hansi uke kale mu chabaka heulu.'

But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee, cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee.

11 Linu kamu kutekehe ha vusu vwa vantu vonse vekele hentafule nanwe. Yense muntu uli nuneka kabozwe mwi sule.”

Because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

12 Jesu chata ku mukweme ya va mumemi kuzilyo za musihali kapa za chitengu, sanzi mu memi va likani niva kwenu, kapa muntu muhumanehi imu vambene naye chinanga amimeme naye, cho kuti kamulihiwe.

And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.

13 Kono hova ni zilyo zi chitengu umeme vashebete, zihole, vasayendi ni vasaboni,

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind;

14 Imi mo fuyolwe, kakuti kavaoli kuku vozekeza chimwi kapa kukuliha. Mukuti, molihiwe kenako yoku vaka kuva shiyeme.”

And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.

15 Imi zumwi yabekele ni Jesu hentafule hazuwa zonse izi zintu abati kuti ufuyolwete yete nalya inkoko mu mubuso we Reeza!”

When one of them that sat at table with him, had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

16 Imi Jesu chata kuti zinwi mukwame, “Ava lukisi zilyo ze chitengu ni kumema bantu bangi.

But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.

17 Imi zilyo hazi lukiswa, avatumi zumwi kuvahikana vakwe kukasumpa bonse vamemetwe, 'Mwize, kakuli zonse zintu chiza shiama.

And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready.

18 Bonse chi vatanga kuha mavaka. Wentazi avati kwali, niva uli iwa, nisaka kuyenda nika libona, ni ondele.

And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, hold me excused.

19 Linu zumwi naye chata kuti niva uli mapulu atenda ikumi ni saka ku ka atapisa, ni ondele.

And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me excused.

20 Linu zumwi naye chata kuti, 'nji ni sesa hanu, kani oli kusiya va mwihetu, ni ondele kani oli kwiza.'

And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

21 Muhikana ava ka voli kwa nfumwe kwiza kumu wambila zintu zonse. Linu nfumwakwe cha venga ni ku wamba kuti azwe ayende mu ma kululu onse e tolopo ni kuka leta va shebete, zihole, va sayendi mane navana va saboni,

And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the lame.

22 Muhikana chati, nfumwangu, zova ni tumi zi petehele linu kusina chivaka cingi.'

And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

23 Nfumwakwe chati ku muhikana wakwe, 'Yende mu makulu makando onse uka sumpe vonse cho kuti inzuvo yangu izule.

And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 Linu niti kwako, kakwina kwavo vakwame vava memetwe yete na sole zilyo zangu zi chitengu.'”

But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.

25 Linu chisi chi va ku yenda naye, cha chevuka, chati ku vali,

And there went great multitudes with him. And turning, he said to them:

26 “Yense wiza kwangu yasa toyete vesi, vanyina, vamihyabwe, vana, vamukulwe ni va nchizye - initi, ni vu halo vwakwe, ka woli ku va mulutwana wangu.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27 Yense ya sa woli ku kulilka muziyo wakwe ni kwiza kwa ngu ka woli ku vuba mulutwana wangu.

And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 Njeni kwenu, yo lakaza ku zaka itawala, ya sa oli kwikala hansi ni ku hupula kapa, wina zi swanela ku mana ku mana muzako wa kwe.

For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:

29 Hamwi, chatanga kete a wole ku mana, vonse vete ni vavone kava tange kumu somoza, ni vati,

Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,

30 'Uzu mukwame ava tangite ku zaka linu kana ava woli ku mani.'

Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

31 Simwine nzi, yoya ku kulwa ni simwine zu mwi, ya sati ne kale hansi kapa ku kumbila intuso ku vamwi, ku vona kapa u wola kuya ku nkondo ni va kwame va likana zikiti zina ikumi, ni zumwi simwene yo keza ni mpi ina zikiti zina makumi ovele?

Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him?

32 Linu heva ka njo vulyo, linu impi imwi ni sina kule, ka tumine muzimani zumwi ku ka ziminzana zikozo.

Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.

33 Cho kuti, linu, yense kwenu ya siyi zonse za kwate kete na wole kuva mulutwana ngu.

So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.

34 Mwinyo mu lotu, linu heva mwinyo ha u sampuka, ka u lungwe vule?

Salt is good. But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

35 Linu ka kwina intuso kwi yevu nanga mu sutelo u lindikitwe. Ka u soiwa vulyo. Yense wina matwi aku zuwa, azuwe.”

It is neither profitable for the land nor for the dunghill, but shall be cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.