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 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 A kilang, aramas amen mia wasa o, me lisongepo.
In front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.
3 Iesus ap kotin sapeng masani ong saunkawewe o Parisär akan: Me pung, en kakelada ni ran en sapat?
This led Jesus to ask the lawyers and Pharisees, "Is it allowable to cure people on the Sabbath?"
4 Irail nenenla. I ap kotin sair i, kakelada o kadara wei.
They gave Him no answer; so He took hold of the man, cured him, and sent him away.
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 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 A irail sota kak sapengki i meakot.
To this they could make no reply.
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:
Then, when He noticed that the invited guests chose the best seats, He used this as an illustration and said to them,
8 Koe lao pan luke dong kamadip en kapapaud ren meamen, ender mondi ong leppantam, pwe ele amen, me lapa sang koe lukedor.
"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 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.
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 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.
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 Pwe karos me kin kasapwilada pein i, pan kasapwilidi, o me kin kasapwilidi pein i, pan kasapwilada.
For whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted.
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.
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 A ma koe pan wia kamadip, en lukedo me samama o me pali duk kai, o me sikilikil, o me maskun akan.
But when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and 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, because they have no means of requiting you, but there will be requital for you at the Resurrection of the righteous."
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.
After listening to this teaching, one of His fellow guests said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall feast in God's Kingdom."
16 A a kotin masani ong i: Aramas amen mia, me wiadar kamadip lapalap o luke pena me toto.
"A man once gave a great dinner," replied Jesus, "to which he invited a large number of guests.
17 O kadarala na ladu o ni dokan kamadip, pwen kaire kin irail, me pan toun kapar: Komail ukedo, pwe meakaros onoper.
At dinner-time he sent his servant to announce to those who had been invited, "'Come, for things are now 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 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 A amen inda: I pwainda kau ol ek, a met i pan kola kilang ir; i poeki re om, koe en kadar ia la.
"A second pleaded, "'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am on my way to try them. Pray hold me excused.'
20 A amen inda: I paudeki li amen, i me i sota kak kokila.
"Another said, "'I am just married. It is impossible for me to 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.
"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 A ladu o indada: Maing, a wiauier duen omui masan, a deun akai pil mia.
"Soon the servant reported the result, saying, "'Sir, what you ordered is done, and there is room still.'
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!
"'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 A i indai ong komail, nan sota amen ren ol oko, me paluke, pan song ai kamadip.
For I tell you that not one of those who were invited shall taste my dinner.'"
25 A pokon kalaimun idauenla i. I ari saupei ong irail masani:
On His journey vast crowds attended Him, towards whom He turned 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 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 A meamen so kida a lopu o idauen ia do, a sota pan kak ai tounpadak.
No one who does not carry his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.
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?
"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 Pwe a de pasonedi, ap sota kak kanikiela; a karos, me udial, pan kaurureki i,
lest perhaps, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to finish, all who see it shall begin to jeer at him,
30 Indada: Aramas men et pikikidi kauada im, ap sota kak kanikiela.
saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'
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?
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 A ma so, a pan kadarala men kadar akai, poekipoeki muei mau ni ara non doo pasang.
If not, while the other is still a long way off, he sends messengers and sues for peace.
33 Nan iduen amen amen komail, me so muei sang meakaros, nan a sota pan kak ai tounpadak.
Just as no one of you who does not detach himself from all that belongs to him can be a disciple of mine.
34 Sol me mau, a ma sol sarasang, da me a pan kanomanom mau kida?
"Salt is good: but if even the salt has become tasteless, what will you use to season it?
35 A solar mau ong nan sap, pil so nan pwel, pwe aramas kin kasela. Me salong a mia men rong, i en rong!
Neither for land nor dunghill is it of any use; they throw it away. Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
