Lukaj 12
1 ARAMAJ toto ap pokon pena lao kidalar, irail lao it pena, I ap kotin tapiada majani on japwilim a tounpadak kan: Komail kalaka kalep en Parijar akan, me malaun.
Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod upon one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them: “Be on your guard against the leaven — that is, the hypocrisy — of the Pharisees.
2 Pwe jota me rir kot, me jota pan janjalada. Pil jota me okiok kot, me jo pan kalok jili.
There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.
3 Ari, me komail pan indada ni waja rotorot, i me pan janjal nan marain. O me komail pan monininin nan pera kan, i me pan kalok jili pon im akan.
Hence all that you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear, within closed doors, will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 A I indai on komail, kompok pai kan, komail der majak irail, me kin kamela pali war, ap jolar kak wia meakot.
To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.
5 A I pan kaaja kin komail, me komail en majak: Majak i, me manaman on kamela aramaj ap kak kajela nan pweleko. Melel I indai on komail, i me komail en majak. (Geenna g1067)
I will show you of whom you should be afraid. Be afraid of him who, after killing you, has the power to fling you into the Pit. Yes, I say, be afraid of him. (Geenna g1067)
6 Jiok limen jota kin netila ni denar riau? Ari jo, jota amen irail me Kot kin maliela.
Are not five sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.
7 Ari, pil pit en mon omail karoj me wadawad penaer. Komail ari der majak, pwe komail me mau jan jiok toto.
No, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 A I indai on komail, meamen ponaja ia mon aramaj, i me Nain aramaj pan ponaja ren tounlan en Kot akan.
Every one, I tell you, who shall acknowledge me before his fellow men, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
9 A meamen kamam kin ia mon aramaj, i me pan kamamaki mon tounlan en Kot akan.
but he, who disowns me before his fellow men, will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
10 O meamen me pan lokaia jued duen Nain aramaj, a pan kak lapwada. A me lalaue Nen jaraui, a jota pan lapwada.
Every one who shall say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for him who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
11 A ma re pan wa komail la nan ar jinakoke kan mon kapun o ren me manaman akan, komail depa lamelame, da me komail pan japenki de me komail en inda.
Whenever they take you before the Synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defence will be, or what you will say;
12 Pwe Nen jaraui pan kapame kin komail ni klok ota, me komail en’lnda.
for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.”
13 A amen toun pokon potoan on i: Jaunpadak, kom kotin majani on ri ai ol o, en nek pajan at jojo.
“Teacher,” a man in the crowd said to Jesus, “tell my brother to share the property with me.”
14 A kotin majani on i: Aramaj o, ij me kajapwil ia da, en jaunkapunla o jaunnene re oma?
But Jesus said to him: “Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?”
15 O kotin majani on irail: Kalaka norok jued, pwe kaidin kapwa toto, me aramaj amen kin memaur kida
And then he added: “Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of his prosperity a man’s true Life does not depend on what he has.”
16 A kotin majani on irail kara jeraj eu: ol kapwapwa amen mia, me jap we kaparapar kaualap.
Then Jesus told them this parable — “There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;
17 I ari lamelame indada: Da me i en wiada? Pwe jolar waja en nekinek ia ai kapwa kan.
and he began to ask himself ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
18 I ari indada: Nan iet me i pan wiada: I pan palan pajan ai im en nak kan, ap kauada me laude jan kai; i waja me i pan nekidala me wojadan ia o ai dipijou karoj;
This is what I will do,’ he said; ‘I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them;
19 A i pan indan nen i: Nen i, dipijou toto on par toto, me nekineki on uk er. En moleilei, o mana, o nim o perenta!
and I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’
20 A Kot ap majani on i: Pweipwei men koe, pwe ponpon wet nen om pan ilakido. A ij me pan aneki kapwa pukat, me koe nanak penaer?
But God said to the man ‘Fool! This very night your life is being demanded; and as for all you have prepared — who will have it?’
21 Nan iduen me kin roporop pena dipijou on pein i, ap jota kapwapwa ren Kot.
So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God.”
22 A a kotin majani on japwilim a tounpadak kan: I me I indai on komail, eder lamelame maur omail, me komail pan tunole, pil iermen pali war, me komail pan likauki!
And Jesus said to his disciples: “That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here — what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body — what you can get to wear.
23 Maur me kajampwal jan mana, o war me mau jan likau.
For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.
24 Kalelapok on rape kan! Re jota kin kamorok, re pil jota kin nak pena, pil jota arail pera de im en nak, a Kot kin kotin katunole ir. A komail jo kajampwal jan manpir kaualap?
Think of the ravens — they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and yet God feeds them! And how much more precious are you than birds!
25 A ij nan pun omail, ni a nonki, me pan kak uje pajan pein i ki tipon en pa eu?
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong his life a moment?
26 Ari, ma komail jota kak on wiada me manai, a da me komail kin nonki okotme?
And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?
27 Kalelapok on kiop akan, me mi nan jap, duen ar kakairida! Re jota kin dodok, o re jota kin monkol pena. A I indai on komail, pil Jalomo ni a linan karoj jota a likau dueta apot irail.
Think of the lilies, and how they grow. They neither toil nor spin; yet, I tell you, even Solomon in all his splendour was not robed like one of these.
28 Ari, ma iduen Kot kotin kapwataki dip, me mi nan jap ran wet, a lakap pan lokidokila nan jtop, iaduen a jota pan madan kalikauwiada komail, me pojon tikitik?
If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living to-day and to-morrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O men of little faith!
29 A komail, ender nonki, me komail pan mana o nim, o komail der injenjued!
And you — do not be always seeking what you can get to eat or what you can get to drink; and do not waver.
30 Pwe mepukat men liki kan kin nononki. Pwe Jam omail, me kotikot nanlan, mani, me mepukat karoj mau on komail.
These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 A rapaki japwilim a wei, a mepukat pan poujalan komail.
No, seek his Kingdom, and these things shall be added for you.
32 Der majak pwin tikitik koe, pwe iet kupur en Jam omail: En ki on komail wei o.
So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the Kingdom.
33 Netikila omail kapwa kan, ap kijakija wei, wiai on komail ed ko, me jota pan marinala, o pai nanlan, me jo pan ola, waja me lipirap men jo kak on, o man en mot jo kak kawela ia.
Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out — an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.
34 Pwe waja omail pai mi ia, iei waja monion omail pil kin mia,
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
35 Nan luke pamail en katenten pena o omail jer en ijij
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
36 O komail en dueta aramaj akan, me auiaui ar monjap ni a pan kodo jan kamadip en papaud, pwe i lao kodo letelet, re en madan ritinada mo a.
and be like men who are waiting for their Master’s return from his wedding, so that, when he comes and knocks, they may open the door for him at once.
37 Ladu ko meid pai, me monjap o ni a pan pwarado, diar ar majamajan. Melel I indai on komail, a pan kaiada a likau o kamod irail edi on mana, ap pan apapwali irail.
Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and bid them take their places at table, and will come and wait upon them.
38 O ma a pwarado ni auer kariau, de kajilu, ap diar ir majamajan, nan meid pai ladu pukat.
Whether it is late at night, or in the early morning that he comes, if he finds all as it should be, then happy are they.
39 A komail en aja, ma kaun pan im o ajaer anjaun lolap o pan pwarado, a pan majamajan o jo pan mueid on, im a en kulia jan.
This you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have let his house be broken into.
40 Komail ari pil ononop, pwe Nain aramaj pan pwarado ni anjau me komail jaja.
Do you also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come.”
41 Petruj ap potoan on i: Main, re kotin majani don kit karajeraj wet, de on irail karoj?
“Master,” said Peter, “are you telling this parable with reference to us or to every one?”
42 A Kaun o kotin majani: Ari ij jaunkoa lelapok o lolekon, me a mon jap kajapwilada, en kaunda a ladu kan, pwen nek on irail kan ar mana ni anjau me kon on?
“Who, then,” replied the Master, “is that trustworthy steward, the careful man, who will be placed by his master over his establishment, to give them their rations at the proper time?
43 Meid pai ladu o, me a monjap pan diarada wiawia duen met ni a pan pwarado!
Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, shall find doing this.
44 Melel I indai on komail, a pan kajapwiladan i pon a dipijou karoj.
His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
45 A ma ladu o pan lamelame nan monion i: Ai monjap pwapwand, o a pan tapiada kame ladu o lidu kan, o mana o nim, o kamom jakau,
But should that servant say to himself ‘My master is a long time coming,’ and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
46 Monjap en ladu o ap pan pwara do ni ran o, me a jo auiaui i, o ni auer, me a jaja, o a pan lepuk pajan i, o kajapokalan nan pun en me jopojon akan.
that servant’s master will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour of which he is unaware, and will flog him severely and assign him his place among the untrustworthy.
47 A ladu o, me aja kupur en a monjap, a jota kaonopada pein i, pil jota wiada kupur a, nan i me pan kamekam kaualap.
The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
48 A me jaja, ap wiadar me mau on kalokolok, nan i me pan kalokolok tikitik. Pwe me aleer me toto, i me pan kida me toto; o me koaki me toto, pan purokido me toto.
while one who does not know his master’s wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From every one to whom much has been given much will be expected, and from the man to whom much has been entrusted the more will be demanded.
49 I kodon jaundi kij iniai j appa, a da me I en wiada, ma a jaundier?
I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?
50 A maj I pan paptaije kila paptaij eu; I ap patau kila melel, a lao daulier.
There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!
51 Komail lamelame, me I kodon ki on jappa popol? I indai on komail: Jo! a pwen kumuei juedala.
Do you think that I am here to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
52 Pwe jan met kokola limen toun im eu pan liak toror pajan; jilimen pan palian riamen, o riamen pan palian jilimen.
For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 Jam pan palian na putak, a putak o pan palian jam a; in pan palian na jeripein, a jeripein pan palian in a; a li amen pan palian na ol a paud, o en na ol a paud pan palian li o.
‘Father will be opposed to son and son to father, mother to daughter and daughter to mother, mother-in-law to her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to her mother-in-law.’”
54 A kotin majani on pokon o: Komail lao udial dapok jan kapin lan, komail kin inda: A pan katau; o a pan pwaida
And to the people Jesus said: “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once ‘There is a storm coming,’ and come it does.
55 O ma komail kin kilan an a ujan ni pali air, komail kin inda: A pan karakar; o a pan wiaui.
And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say ‘It will be burning hot,’ and so it proves.
56 Malaun komail! Komail aja kajaui maj en jappa o lan, a da me komail jajaki kajauida anjau wet?
Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
57 A da me pein komail jota kajauia kida me pun?
Why do not you yourselves decide what is right?
58 A ma koe pan ian me palian uk kolan kapun o, en nantion pon al o, en kapunala re a, pwe a de pan uk alan jaunkapun, a jaunkapun pan uk ala ren jilepan imaten, a jilepan imaten pan kaje uk ala nan imaten.
When, for instance, you are going with your opponent before a magistrate, on your way to the court do your best to be quit of him; for fear that he should drag you before the judge, then the judge will hand you over to the bailiff of the court, and the bailiff throw you into prison.
59 I indai on uk: Koe jota pan koda jan waja o, koe lao kapunala lua karoj.
You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last farthing.”
