Lukas 14
1 KADEKADEO ni a kotilong ong nan im en kaun pan Parisär amen, pwen konot ni ran en sapat; a irail masamasan i.
One Sabbath Jesus went to have a meal at the home of one of the leaders of the Pharisees where they watched him closely.
2 A kilang, aramas amen mia wasa o, me lisongepo.
A man was there whose arms and legs were swollen.
3 Iesus ap kotin sapeng masani ong saunkawewe o Parisär akan: Me pung, en kakelada ni ran en sapat?
So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees, “Does the law allow healing on the Sabbath, or not?”
4 Irail nenenla. I ap kotin sair i, kakelada o kadara wei.
But they kept quiet. Jesus touched the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.
5 Ap kotin sapeng masani ong irail: Is re omail, me na as de kau pupedi ong nan por o, me so pan madang apiada sang ni ran en sapat?
Then Jesus said to them, “If your son or your ox happened to fall into a well on the Sabbath, wouldn't you go and pull him out immediately?”
6 A irail sota kak sapengki i meakot.
They weren't able to give an answer.
7 A kotin masani ong toun kapar karaseras eu, ni a kotin mangi, me re inong iong en mondi ni tapin tepel, masani ong irail:
So he told a story to the guests, noticing how they'd chosen to sit in places of honor.
8 Koe lao pan luke dong kamadip en kapapaud ren meamen, ender mondi ong leppantam, pwe ele amen, me lapa sang koe lukedor.
“When you're invited to a wedding reception, don't take the place of honor, because someone more important than you may have been invited,” he began.
9 O me luk uk edo o pil i, pan kodo indai ong uk: Ki ong ol men et deu om! A koe pan namenok kodido ong nan roulap.
“Your host who invited you both will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your place.’ Then in embarrassment you'll have to move to whatever place is left.
10 A koe lao paluke, kola mondi ong nan roulap, pwe me luke uk lao pwarado, en indai ong uk: Kompoke pai, kotidato! Koe ari pan kaindand nan pung en ir, me iang uk ni tepel.
Instead, when you're invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he'll tell you, ‘My friend, please move to a better seat.’ Then you'll be honored before all the guests sitting with you.
11 Pwe karos me kin kasapwilada pein i, pan kasapwilidi, o me kin kasapwilidi pein i, pan kasapwilada.
For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
12 Ap pil kotin masani ong me lukedo i: Kom lao wiada konot en ni sauas de nin sautik, eder lukedo kompokepa om ko, de ri om akan, de sau om, de men imp om kapwapwa kan, pwe re de pil luke uk, o depuk ong uk.
Then he said to the man who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don't invite your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your rich neighbors, for they may invite you back, and then you'd be repaid.
13 A ma koe pan wia kamadip, en lukedo me samama o me pali duk kai, o me sikilikil, o me maskun akan.
Instead, when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
14 Koe ari pan meid pai, pwe irail sota pan kak depuk ong uk, a a pan depuk ong uk ni ran o, me pung kan pan maureda.
and you will be blessed, for they have nothing to repay you with, and you'll be rewarded at the resurrection of the good.”
15 A amen ir, me iang ni tepel o lao rongadar mepukat, ap potoan ong i: Meid pai, me pan sak prot nan wein Kot.
When one of them eating at the table with Jesus heard this, he said to Jesus, “How wonderful it will be for those who feast in the kingdom of God!”
16 A a kotin masani ong i: Aramas amen mia, me wiadar kamadip lapalap o luke pena me toto.
“Once there was a man who prepared a great banquet, and invited many guests,” Jesus replied.
17 O kadarala na ladu o ni dokan kamadip, pwen kaire kin irail, me pan toun kapar: Komail ukedo, pwe meakaros onoper.
“When it was time to eat he sent his servant out to tell everyone who had been invited, ‘Come, because the banquet's ready.’
18 Irail ap wiaki eu ikidiki okotme. Men mas indai ong i: I netiada sap eu, i pan kola kilang; i poeki re om, koe en kadar ia la.
But they all started to make excuses. The first said, ‘I've just bought a field and I have to go and see it. Please excuse me.’
19 A amen inda: I pwainda kau ol ek, a met i pan kola kilang ir; i poeki re om, koe en kadar ia la.
Another said, ‘I've just bought five pairs of oxen and have to go and try them out. Please excuse me.’ Still another said,
20 A amen inda: I paudeki li amen, i me i sota kak kokila.
‘I've just got married, so I can't come.’
21 Ladu o ari purodo, kaireki a monsap meakan. Monsap o ap makara kidar indai ong a ladu: Tange wei nani al laud o al tikitik en kanim o wado me samama kan, o me pali duk, o me sikilikil, o me maskun akan.
The servant returned and told his master what they'd said. The home-owner became angry and told his servant, ‘Quickly, go out into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’
22 A ladu o indada: Maing, a wiauier duen omui masan, a deun akai pil mia.
Then the servant said, ‘Master, I did what you told me, but there are still empty places.’
23 Monsap o ap indai ong a ladu: Kakan sili nani al o ni kailan kel akan, papain ir do, pwe im ai en tounla!
So the master told the servant, ‘Go out on the country roads and lanes, and make people come—I want my house to be full.
24 A i indai ong komail, nan sota amen ren ol oko, me paluke, pan song ai kamadip.
I tell you, not a single one of those people I invited will get a taste of my banquet.’”
25 A pokon kalaimun idauenla i. I ari saupei ong irail masani:
A large crowd was accompanying Jesus. He turned to them and said,
26 Meamen kodo re i, ap so maliela sam a, o in a, o a paud, o na seri kan, o ri a ol, o li akan, o pil pein maur a, nan a sota pan kak ai tounpadak.
“If you want to follow me but you don't hate your father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters—even your own life—you can't be my disciple.
27 A meamen so kida a lopu o idauen ia do, a sota pan kak ai tounpadak.
If you don't carry your cross and follow me, you can't be my disciple.
28 Pwe is re omail, me pan kauada im en taulik eu, me sota pan mondi mas ap lamelame duen pwain a, ma a pan kak ong de so?
If you planned to build a tower, wouldn't you first work out how much it would cost, and see if you had enough money to complete it?
29 Pwe a de pasonedi, ap sota kak kanikiela; a karos, me udial, pan kaurureki i,
Otherwise, if after laying the foundation you weren't able to finish it, everyone who saw it would laugh at you, saying,
30 Indada: Aramas men et pikikidi kauada im, ap sota kak kanikiela.
‘Look at him: he started building but he couldn't finish it.’
31 De is nanmarki o, me pan mauin ong amen nanmarki, me sota pan mondi mas ap lamelame, ma a pan kak kaloekidi aramas nen aramas rianen?
What king goes to war with another king without first sitting down with his advisors to work out whether he and his ten thousand can defeat the one marching against him with twenty thousand?
32 A ma so, a pan kadarala men kadar akai, poekipoeki muei mau ni ara non doo pasang.
If he can't, he'll send representatives to ask for peace while the other king is still a long way off.
33 Nan iduen amen amen komail, me so muei sang meakaros, nan a sota pan kak ai tounpadak.
In the same way every one of you who doesn't give up everything can't be my disciple.
34 Sol me mau, a ma sol sarasang, da me a pan kanomanom mau kida?
Salt is good, but if it loses its taste, how can you make it salty again?
35 A solar mau ong nan sap, pil so nan pwel, pwe aramas kin kasela. Me salong a mia men rong, i en rong!
It's no good for the soil or for fertilizer—you just toss it out. Whoever has ears, then listen!”
