Lioka 14
1 Teo t’ie nizilik’ añ’anjomba’ ty mpiamo beim-Pariseoo hikama ami’ty Sabotse, le fonga nikirok’ aze.
One day--it was a Sabbath--He was taking a meal at the house of one of the Rulers of the Pharisee party, while they were closely watching Him.
2 Aa hehe te añatrefa’e eo t’indaty voa ty trinike.
In front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.
3 Le hoe ty ontane’ Iesoà amo mpahay Hàkeo naho amo Fariseoo: No’ i Hake hao ty mampijangañe ami’ty Sabotse?
This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"
4 Nianjiñe avao iereo, aa le rinambe’e naho jinanga’e, vaho nampiavote’e.
They gave Him no answer; so He took hold of the man, cured him, and sent him away.
5 Le hoe re tam’ iereo: Ia ama’ areo naho tafajoroboñ’ an-kadaha ao ty birì’e ndra ty añombe’e, ro tsy hañakatse aze aniany ami’ty andro Sabata?
Then He turned to them and said, "Which of you shall have a child or an ox fall into a well on the Sabbath day, and will not immediately lift him out?"
6 Aa le tampets’ eñoeño iereo amy hoe zay.
To this they could make no reply.
7 Ie nirendre’e o nambarañe nifatrifatry hitsotsèfotse aolo eio, le nirazañe’e ty hoe:
Then, when He noticed that the invited guests chose the best seats, He used this as an illustration and said to them,
8 Naho eo ty mañambara azo homb’ añ’enga vao añe, ko mitsoretak’ aolo ey, ke ampihovae’e ty aman-kasy mandikoatse azo;
"When any one invites you to a wedding banquet, do not take the best seat, lest perhaps some more honoured guest than you may have been asked,
9 ie amy zay, ho saontsie’ i nampihova anahareo roey ty hoe: Ampiambesaro t’indaty toy, le an-tsalatse ty hinankanankaña’o mb’ am-boho ao.
and the man who invited you both will come and will say to you, 'Make room for this guest,' and then you, ashamed, will move to the lowest place.
10 Aa naho ambaràñe, miambesara amo èpakeo, ie avy i nitaoñe azoy, le hanoa’e ty hoe: O rañetse, mionjona mb’aolo ey; le hanan-kasin-drehe añatrefa’ o miharo fiambesatse mikama ama’oo.
On the contrary, when you are invited go and take the lowest place, that when your host comes round he may say to you, 'My friend, come up higher.' This will be doing you honour in the presence of all the other guests.
11 Harèke ty mitrotroaboke, vaho haonjoñe ty mirèke.
For whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted.
12 Hoe ka re amy nañambara azey: Ie mañalankañe fikama antoandro ndra hariva, ko mikanjy o rañe’oo, ndra o roahalahi’oo, ndra o longo’oo, ndra o mpañaleale marine azoo, tsy mone hambara’ iereo ka, le ho vinale i azoy.
Also to His host, who had invited Him, He said, "When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbours, lest perhaps they should invite you in return and a requital be made you.
13 F’ ihe manao takataka, koiho o rarakeo, o komboo, o kepekeo vaho o goao.
But when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind;
14 Le ho soatata rehe amy t’ie tsy hahavale. Hondroheñe ami’ty fivañon-ko velo’ o vantañeo i azoy.
and you will be blessed, because they have no means of requiting you, but there will be requital for you at the Resurrection of the righteous."
15 Ie nahajanjiñe zay ty niambesatse nitrao-pikama ama’e le hoe ty asa’e ama’e: Soatata ze hikama amy Fifehean’ Añaharey.
After listening to this teaching, one of His fellow guests said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall feast in God's Kingdom."
16 Le hoe ty natoi’e: Teo t’indaty nañalankañe sabadidake naho nikoike maro,
"A man once gave a great dinner," replied Jesus, "to which he invited a large number of guests.
17 ie tendreke i sabadidakey le nampihitrife’e mpitoroñe hanao ty hoe amo nañambarà’eo: Antao fa hene hinalankañe.
At dinner-time he sent his servant to announce to those who had been invited, "'Come, for things are now ready.'
18 Fe, songa nihalaly fihankañañe. Hoe ty valoha’e: Fa nivily tane raho le tsi-mete tsy homb’eo hañente aze, aa le mihalaly t’ie hitotse ama’o hey.
"But they all without exception began to excuse themselves. The first told him, "'I have purchased a piece of land, and must of necessity go and look at it. Pray hold me excused.'
19 Hoe ka ty raike: Nikalo katràka folo raho le hihitrike hibiribiry iareo. Iantofo koahe o halalikoo.
"A second pleaded, "'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am on my way to try them. Pray hold me excused.'
20 Hoe ka ty raike: Nañenga-vao raho, le tsy eo ty hombako mb’eo.
"Another said, "'I am just married. It is impossible for me to come.'
21 Aa le nimpoly i mpitoroñey vaho hene natalili’e amy talè’ey. Viñetse amy zao i talen’ anjombay le hoe ty asa’e amy mpitoroñey: Masikà, akia mb’an-damoke mb’eo naho mb’ añ’ oloñolo’ o tanàñeo mb’eo le ampihovao mb’etoa o rarakeo, o kepekeo, o feio vaho o komboo.
"So the servant came and brought these answers to his master, and they stirred his anger. "'Go out quickly,' he said, 'into the streets of the city--the wide ones and the narrow. You will see poor men, and crippled, blind, lame: fetch them all in here.'
22 Le hoe i mpitoroñey: O Rañandria, kila heneke i nandilia’oy, fa mbe malalake.
"Soon the servant reported the result, saying, "'Sir, what you ordered is done, and there is room still.'
23 Le hoe i beiy amy mpitoro’ey: Akia mb’an-dalañe mb’eo, naho mb’amo lalan-tsilekeo vaho fonga aziro himoake hahàtseke ty trañoko.
"'Go out,' replied the master, 'to the high roads and hedge-rows, and compel the people to come in, so that my house may be filled.
24 Taroñeko te ndra raik’ am’ ondaty nikoihekoo tsy hitsòpek’ o ahandrokoo.
For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my dinner.'"
25 Havorontsan-dahialeñe ty nindre fañavelo am’ Iesoà. Ie nitolike, le nanoa’e ty hoe:
On His journey vast crowds attended Him, towards whom He turned and said,
26 Naho eo ty miheo amako fa tsy mahafary rae naho rene naho valy naho anake naho rahalahy naho rahavave, eka, toe ty fiai’e, le tsy mete ho mpiamako.
"If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
27 Tsy noko ho mpiamako ka ze tsy mitarazo ty hatae ajale’e naho manonjohy ahy.
No one who does not carry his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.
28 Aa vaho ia ama’ areo, naho mañoreñe fitalakesañ’ abo, ro tsy hitoboke hey hañereñere ty ho vili’e, hahaoniñe ke ho fonitse,
"Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, asking if he has the means to finish it? --
29 ke, ie napeta’e o mananta’eo naho tsy nahafonitse, le ho kizahe’ ze hisamba,
lest perhaps, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to finish, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him,
30 ami’ty hoe: Namototse nañoreñe indatiy fe tsy nahafonitse.
saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'
31 Ia ka ty mpanjaka, hialy ami’ty mpanjaka hafa, ro tsy hitoboke hey hisafiry, hera, ami’ty rai-ale re ro haharebake ty aman-droe-ale?
Or what king, marching to encounter another king in war, does not first sit down and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand men to meet the one who is advancing against him with twenty thousand?
32 Aa naho tsie, ie mbe añe ro hañitrifeñe ty hipay filongoañe ama’e.
If not, while the other is still a long way off, he sends messengers and sues for peace.
33 Aa le tsy lefe ho mpiamako ka t’ie tsy songa mahafoe ze hene fanaña’e.
Just as no one of you who does not detach himself from all that belongs to him can be a disciple of mine.
34 Soa o sirao; f’ie nàmoñe, inon-ka ty hahareizan-tave aze?
"Salt is good: but if even the salt has become tasteless, what will you use to season it?
35 Tsy mañeva o taneo ndra i zolokey zay, fa hariañe avao. Ze aman-dravembia hijanjiñe, Mijanjiña.
Neither for land nor dunghill is it of any use; they throw it away. Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
