Luka 14
1 Yapitike lochoba lya sabato, pabile kayenda kachake kwa yumo ywa kiongozi wa Mafarisayo lya nkate, nabo babile kabachunguza kwa karibu.
Then it happened, when He entered the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely.
2 Linga palo nnongi yake pabile mundu ambaye asuliwae ni iumbe.
And then, there in front of Him was a man who had dropsy!
3 Yesu aalokiye ataalamu ba saliya ya Ayahudi ni Mafarisayo, “Buli, ni alali kumponya lichuba lya sabato au bulii?
And Jesus reacted by saying to the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
4 Lakini bembe babi chichi kwa hiyo Yesu atikumkamwa, nikumponya ni kumruhusu ayende zake.
But they kept silent. So He took hold of him, 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?”
Then He addressed them saying, “Which of you, if a son or an ox falls into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”
6 Bembe babi ni uwezo kwaa wa pia jibu kewa mambo ago.
And they could not answer Him regarding these things.
7 Yesu pakwipilwe kwamba bachawii itii ya heshima, abakiye mfano, Ngabakiya,
Then He told a parable to those who were invited, having observed how they kept trying for the best places, saying to them:
8 Wakati pankokelwa ni mundu kundoa kana utume katika nafasi ya heshima kwasababu iwezekana akokilwe mundu ambaye mwene heshima muno kuliko wenga.
“Whenever you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline in the place of honor, in case someone more honorable than you has been 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.
then he who invited you both will come and say, ‘You, give this man place!’ and then, with shame, you start 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.
Rather, whenever you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will have honor in the presence of your fellow guests.
11 kwa maana kila ywa ikwiya bapakumuuluya ni nywaa iuluya bapa kunkwiya.'
Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who 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.
Then He said directly to His host: “Whenever you give a dinner or a supper, do not invite your friends, nor your brothers, nor your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.
13 Badala yake, paunga sheree wakoke masikini, ilema, iwete ni ipofu.
But whenever you make a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, 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 cannot repay you—you will be repaid at 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!”
Well when one of the fellow-recliners heard these things, he said to Him, “Blessed is he who will eat dinner in the Kingdom of God!”
16 Lakini Yesu aamakiye mundu yumo aandayite sheree ngolo akokite bandu baingi.
So He said to him: “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many.
17 Wakati sheree paibile tayari, amtumite mmanda wake kuabakia balo babakokilwe, muiche, kwa sababu ile yoti ibekilwe tayari
And at meal time he sent his slave to say to those who were invited, ‘Come, because everything is now ready.’
18 Boti batumbwi luba radhi, ywa kwanza aamakiye mpanga kachi, mbinike nng'unda, lazima niyende nikalibone tafadhali unisamee,'
But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him: ‘I bought a field, and I need to go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’
19 Ni ywenge abayite mbimike jozi tano ya ngombe ni nenga niyenda kuwapaya. Tafadhali uniwie radhi.'
Another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you to have me excused.’
20 Ni mundu ywenge kabaya, “nikobike nnwawa, kwa nyoo ngwecha kwaa icha.'
Yet another said, ‘I have married a wife, and so 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.”
So that slave came and reported these things to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’
22 Mmanda ngabaya, nwana hago gaulagya gapangilwe ni hata nambiambi balo kui na nafasi.
And the slave said, ‘Master, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
23 Ngwana ngamakiya mmanda, yenda katika ndela ngalu ni muichocholo bandu ni ubalazimishe bandu bajingii, linga nyumba yango itwetii.
Then the master said to the slave: ‘Go out to the roads and hedges and make people come in, so 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 get a taste of my banquet!’”
25 Nambeambe bandu banyansima babile kabayenda nakwe pamope agalambwike ni aabakiye,
Now large crowds were traveling with Him, and turning He 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 hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27 Mundu ywaapotwa kwaa msalaba wake ni icha ichungu yango hawecha kwaa panga mwanapunzi bango.
And whoever does not carry his 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?
“Further, which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
29 Vinginevyo baada ya bika nsingi ni chindwa yomolya, boti bababweni batumbwa kum'dhihaki.
This so he does not lay a foundation without being able to finish, and all who see it begin to ridicule 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, going to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
32 Ni mana nyoo kwaa, wakati jeshi lya bengi balo li kutalu utuma mjumbe pala masharti ga amani.
And if not, while the other is still far away he sends a delegation and asks for terms for peace.
33 Kwa nyoo basi yoyoti kati yinu ambaye haaleka kwaa yoti yabile nayo, hawecha kwaa, panga mwanapunzi bango.
“So likewise, any of you who does not renounce all his own possessions cannot be my disciple.
34 Mwinyo ni nzuri, lakini iobiye ladha yake, panga kitiwe panga kai mwinyo kae?
Salt is good; but should the salt become insipid, with what can it be seasoned?
35 Ntopo matumizi kwa bui au hata kwa mbolea undataikwa kutalu. Ywabile na makutu, ni ayowe.”
It is fit for neither soil nor fertilizer; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
