Luka 14
1 Yapitike lochoba lya sabato, pabile kayenda kachake kwa yumo ywa kiongozi wa Mafarisayo lya nkate, nabo babile kabachunguza kwa karibu.
When he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
2 Linga palo nnongi yake pabile mundu ambaye asuliwae ni iumbe.
Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.
3 Yesu aalokiye ataalamu ba saliya ya Ayahudi ni Mafarisayo, “Buli, ni alali kumponya lichuba lya sabato au bulii?
Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
4 Lakini bembe babi chichi kwa hiyo Yesu atikumkamwa, nikumponya ni kumruhusu ayende zake.
But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.
5 Ni ywembe aabakiye, nyai kati yinu ambaye aii na mwana au ngombe atumbukii pa luchii lichuba lya sabato amuuta panja mara yimo?”
He answered them, “Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, would not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”
6 Bembe babi ni uwezo kwaa wa pia jibu kewa mambo ago.
They could not answer him regarding these things.
7 Yesu pakwipilwe kwamba bachawii itii ya heshima, abakiye mfano, Ngabakiya,
He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
8 Wakati pankokelwa ni mundu kundoa kana utume katika nafasi ya heshima kwasababu iwezekana akokilwe mundu ambaye mwene heshima muno kuliko wenga.
“When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
9 Wakati mundu ywa mkokite mwenga mwaabele paaicha akubakia wenga, “upiyee mundu yo nafasi yako” ni kwa oni watumbwa tola nafasi ya kumwisho.
and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
10 Lakini wenga mana ukokilwe, uyende ukatame nafasi ya mwisho, linga wakati yulo ywa kukokite manaaichile awecha kukubakiya wenga, “Mbwiga, uyende nnongi, zaidi,” apo wabaa utieshimika nnongi ya boti bautaminabo pameza.
But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
11 kwa maana kila ywa ikwiya bapakumuuluya ni nywaa iuluya bapa kunkwiya.'
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
12 Yesu kae aabakiye mundu ywankokite, papia chakulya cha mutwe kati au cha kitamwiyo, kana uakoke mabwigalyo au alongo au anunabo au majirani bako matajiri, linga kwamba bembe kana kukoke wenga kwa pata malipo.
He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, do not call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
13 Badala yake, paunga sheree wakoke masikini, ilema, iwete ni ipofu.
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
14 Ni wenga wabarikiwa, kwa sababu bawecha kwaa kukulipaa. Kwa maana walipilwa katika ufufuo wa bene haki.”
and you will be blessed, because they do not have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
15 Wakati umo wa balo babatami mezani pamope ni Yesu, payowine ago, ni ywembe aamakiye, Atibarikiwa yolo ywa lyaa nkate katika ufalme wa Nnongo!”
When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
16 Lakini Yesu aamakiye mundu yumo aandayite sheree ngolo akokite bandu baingi.
But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
17 Wakati sheree paibile tayari, amtumite mmanda wake kuabakia balo babakokilwe, muiche, kwa sababu ile yoti ibekilwe tayari
He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’
18 Boti batumbwi luba radhi, ywa kwanza aamakiye mpanga kachi, mbinike nng'unda, lazima niyende nikalibone tafadhali unisamee,'
They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’
19 Ni ywenge abayite mbimike jozi tano ya ngombe ni nenga niyenda kuwapaya. Tafadhali uniwie radhi.'
“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’
20 Ni mundu ywenge kabaya, “nikobike nnwawa, kwa nyoo ngwecha kwaa icha.'
“Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’
21 Mmanda kabuya ni kummakiya ngwana wake makowe ago, ngwana mwene nyumba atikasirika atikummakiya mmanda wake, Yenda uoesi mumitaa uichochoro ya mji ukabatole kwango maskini, ilema, ipofu ni babalemile.”
“That servant came, and told his lord these things. 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
22 Mmanda ngabaya, nwana hago gaulagya gapangilwe ni hata nambiambi balo kui na nafasi.
“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
23 Ngwana ngamakiya mmanda, yenda katika ndela ngalu ni muichocholo bandu ni ubalazimishe bandu bajingii, linga nyumba yango itwetii.
“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 Kwa maana nenda kuwa bakiya, katika balo babakokilwe ba kwanza ntopo ywapaya sheree yango.'
For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few are chosen.’”
25 Nambeambe bandu banyansima babile kabayenda nakwe pamope agalambwike ni aabakiye,
Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
26 Mana mundu kaicha kwango ni amchukya kwaa tate bake, mao bake, nnyumbo we, bana bake, anunabe, alalome ni alwawa ndio, ni hata maisha gake awecha kwaa panga mwanapunzi bango.
“If anyone comes to me, and does not disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27 Mundu ywaapotwa kwaa msalaba wake ni icha ichungu yango hawecha kwaa panga mwanapunzi bango.
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28 Maana nyai nkati yinu, ambaye atamaniya chenga nnara hatamaa kwa akadilii galamaa kwa mahesabu kati ai na chilo chakipala linga alikamilishe lyo?
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
29 Vinginevyo baada ya bika nsingi ni chindwa yomolya, boti bababweni batumbwa kum'dhihaki.
Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,
30 Kabaya, mundu yu alumbwi chenga wakati ntopo ngupu ya yomolya.
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’
31 Au mfalme ywako mana kaapala yenda, kumbwana ni mfalme ywenge katika vita ambae hatama kwaa pae kwanza ni tola ushauli usu mana awecha, pamope ni bandu elfu komii kumbwana ni mfalme ywenge kaicha usu ywembe ni bandu elfu ishirini?
Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
32 Ni mana nyoo kwaa, wakati jeshi lya bengi balo li kutalu utuma mjumbe pala masharti ga amani.
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.
33 Kwa nyoo basi yoyoti kati yinu ambaye haaleka kwaa yoti yabile nayo, hawecha kwaa, panga mwanapunzi bango.
So therefore, whoever of you who does not renounce all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.
34 Mwinyo ni nzuri, lakini iobiye ladha yake, panga kitiwe panga kai mwinyo kae?
“Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?
35 Ntopo matumizi kwa bui au hata kwa mbolea undataikwa kutalu. Ywabile na makutu, ni ayowe.”
It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
