Luka 14
1 Mokolo moko ya Saba, Yesu akendeki kolia kati na ndako ya moko kati na bakambi ya Bafarizeo, mpe Bafarizeo bazalaki kotala Ye malamu.
It happened on the Sabbath Day when he went into the house of a certain ruler among Pharisees to take a meal, that they were watching him.
2 Liboso na Ye, ezalaki na moto moko oyo azalaki kobela bokono ya kovimba nzoto.
And lo! there was in front of him a man who had dropsy.
3 Yesu atunaki Bafarizeo mpe balakisi ya Mobeko: — Boni, mobeko na biso epesaka nzela ya kobikisa moto na mokolo ya Saba to te?
So Jesus questioned the lawyers and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath Day or not?"
4 Kasi bavandaki kimia. Yesu asimbaki mobeli yango, abikisaki ye na bokono na ye mpe azongisaki ye.
They kept silent. Then Jesus took him and healed him and let him go.
5 Bongo atunaki bango: — Soki moko kati na bino azali na mwana to ngombe; bongo, na mokolo ya Saba, akweyi to ekweyi kati na libulu, boni, bokobimisa te na lombangu mwana yango to ngombe yango?
And to them he said, "Which of you when an ox or ass has fallen into a well, will at once pull him out on the Sabbath Day?"
6 Bakokaki te kopesa Ye eyano.
They could not answer this.
7 Tango Yesu amonaki ndenge nini bato oyo babengamaki na feti bazalaki kopona bisika ya lokumu, alobaki na bango lisese oyo:
He told a parable to the guests when he noticed how they began choosing the best seats. He said to them.
8 « Soki moto abengisi yo na feti ya libala, kokende komivandisa te na esika ya lokumu, pamba te, kati na bato oyo babengami na feti yango, ekoki kozala na moto oyo aleki yo na lokumu.
"When you are invited by any one to a marriage-feast, do not sit down in the best seat, lest a guest more distinguished than yourself has been invited, and your host come to you and say,
9 Soki esalemi bongo, moto oyo abengisi bino mibale akoya koloba na yo: ‹ Tikela moto oyo kiti na yo! › Bongo, na soni nyonso, okokende kozwa esika ya suka.
"‘Give place to this man,’ and then with mortification you proceed to take the lowest place.
10 Kasi soki babengisi yo na feti, kende na yo kovanda na esika ya suka, mpo ete, tango moto oyo abengisi yo akoya, aloba na yo: ‹ Molingami na ngai, yaka kovanda na esika oyo eleki malamu! › Boye, okopesamela lokumu na miso ya bato nyonso oyo babengami na feti.
"But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when your host arrives he may say to you, ‘My friend, come up higher.’ Then you will be honored before the other guest.
11 Solo, moto nyonso oyo amitombolaka, bakokitisa ye; mpe moto oyo amikitisaka, bakotombola ye. »
"For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."
12 Bongo Yesu alobaki na moto oyo abengisaki Ye: — Soki osali feti mpo ete bato baya kolia, kobengisa te balingami na yo, bandeko na yo, baboti na yo to bazwi oyo bazalaka pene na yo; noki te bango mpe bakobengisa yo mpo na kozongisela yo, na nzela wana, bolamu oyo osalaki mpo na bango.
Also to his host who had invited him, he continued, saying. "When you are making a dinner-party or a supper, do not invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, lest it chance that they invite you in return, and a recompense be made by you.
13 Kasi Soki osali feti, bengisa babola, bakufi miso, bakakatani mpe ba-ebosono;
"But when you make a reception, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind.
14 mpe Nzambe akopambola yo. Atako bakoki te kozongisela yo bolamu oyo osali mpo na bango, kasi Nzambe akofuta niongo na mokolo oyo bato ya sembo bakosekwa.
"Then you will be blessed, because they have no means to repay you, but you shall be paid in the Resurrection of the Just."
15 Tango moko kati na babengami ayokaki bongo, alobaki na Yesu: — Esengo na moto oyo akolia na feti kati na Bokonzi ya Nzambe!
One of his fellow guest who was listening to him, said to him, "Blessed are those who eat bread in the kingdom of God."
16 Yesu azongiselaki ye: — Moto moko asalaki feti monene mpe abengisaki bato ebele.
Jesus answered. "A certain man was making a great feast to which he invited many guests.
17 Tango ngonga ya kolia ekokaki, atindaki mosali na ye kokende koloba na bato oyo babengamaki: « Boya, pamba te nyonso esili kobongisama sik’oyo. »
"At dinnertime he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for all things are now ready.’
18 Kasi bango nyonso bakomaki kosenga bolimbisi ndenge moko. Moto ya liboso alobaki: « Nawuti kosomba elanga, nasengeli kokende kotala yango; nabondeli yo, limbisa ngai! »
"And they all, without exception, proceeded to excuse themselves. The first told him. ‘I have bought a field, and must needs go and see it. Pray have me excused.’
19 Moto ya mibale alobaki: « Nawuti kosomba bangombe zomi, nasengeli komeka yango; nabondeli yo, limbisa ngai! »
"The second said. ‘I have bought five yolk of oxen and am on my way to try them. I pray that you will have me excused.’
20 Moto mosusu alobaki: « Nawuti kobala mwasi; nakoki koya te. »
"‘I have taken a wife,’ said the another, ‘and for that reason I am unable to come.’
21 Mosali azongaki mpe ayebisaki makambo nyonso epai ya nkolo na ye. Nkolo ndako asilikaki makasi mpe atindaki mosali na ye: « Kende noki na banzela, na babalabala ya engumba, mpe memela ngai babola, ba-ebosono, bakakatani mpe bakufi miso. »
"So the slave came and presented all these answers to his master. Then the master of the house was indignant, and said to his slave. ‘Go out, quickly, into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in hither the poor, the maimed, the blind, the lame.’
22 Sima na mwa tango, mosali ayaki mpe alobaki: « Nkolo na ngai, nasali ndenge otindaki ngai; kasi bisika ezali nanu. »
"And the slave said, ‘My master, your orders have been carried out, but yet there is room.’
23 Nkolo alobaki na mosali na ye: « Kende lisusu na banzela mpe na babalabala ya engumba, tinda bango na makasi mpo ete bakota, mpe ndako na ngai etonda na bato.
"Said the master to his slave. ‘Go out into the roads and the hedges, and make them come in, so that my house may be filled.
24 Pamba te, nazali koloba na yo: moko te kati na bato oyo babengamaki akolia biloko ya feti na ngai. »
"‘For I tell you that not one of those invited guests shall taste my supper.’"
25 Ebele ya bato bazalaki kokende elongo na Yesu. Yesu abalukaki mpo na kotala bango mpe alobaki:
Great crowds were along with him, and he turned to them and said.
26 — Soki moto ayei epai na Ngai, kasi alingi Ngai te koleka tata na ye, mama na ye, mwasi na ye, bana na ye, bandeko na ye ya mibali, bandeko na ye ya basi, mpe ezala ata bomoi na ye moko, moto ya ndenge wana akoki te kozala moyekoli na Ngai.
"If any one comes to me and does not hate father and his mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, yes, and his own very life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
27 Mpe moto nyonso oyo amemaka ekulusu na ye te mpe alandaka Ngai te akoki te kozala moyekoli na Ngai.
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me, cannot be a disciple of mine.
28 Soki moko kati na bino alingi kotonga ndako molayi, boni, bokovanda nanu te mpe bokoluka nanu te koyeba motuya mpo na kotala soki bozali na mbongo ya kokoka mpo na kosilisa misala ya kotonga ndako yango?
"Which of you who is desirous of building a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, to see if he has the means to complete it?
29 Pamba te, soki sima na bino kotia moboko, bokoki lisusu te kosilisa kotonga ndako yango, bato nyonso oyo bakobanda komona yango bakobanda koseka bino mpe koloba:
"Lest it happen that after he has laid the foundations and is unable to complete it, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him saying,
30 « Botala moto oyo! Abandaki mosala ya kotonga ndako, kasi azangaki makoki ya kosilisa yango. »
"‘This fellow began to build and could not finish.’
31 Ndenge moko, soki mokonzi moko alingi kokende kobundisa mokonzi mosusu, boni, akovanda nanu te mpe akotala nanu te soki, elongo na basoda na ye nkoto zomi, akoki kobundisa mokonzi oyo, elongo na basoda nkoto tuku mibale, azali koya kobundisa ye?
"Or what king as he goes forth to join battle with another king in war does not sit down first and deliberate whether he can meet with ten thousand men the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?
32 Soki amoni ete akokoka te, wana monguna na ye azali nanu mosika, akotindela ye bato mpo na kosenga kimia.
"If he cannot, while the other king is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy to ask conditions of peace.
33 Boye, kati na bino, moto nyonso oyo akoki kokabwana te na biloko na ye nyonso akoki te kozala moyekoli na Ngai.
"Just so any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
34 Mungwa ezali malamu; kasi soki mungwa ebungisi elengi na yango, ndenge nini bakozongisa lisusu elengi na yango?
"Salt is good, but if even the salt have lost its flavor, with what shall it be seasoned?
35 Ekozala lisusu na tina moko te, ezala mpo na mabele to mpo na kobongisa bilanga; kasi bakobwaka yango. Tika ete moto oyo azali na matoyi mpo na koyoka ayoka!
"It is fit neither for the land nor the dung-hill; men cast it out. He who has ears to hear let him listen to this!"
