lūkaḥ 14
1 anantaraṁ viśrāmavārē yīśau pradhānasya phirūśinō gr̥hē bhōktuṁ gatavati tē taṁ vīkṣitum ārēbhirē|
Kwasekusithi ekungeneni kwakhe ngesabatha endlini yomunye wabakhulu kubaFarisi ukuthi adle isinkwa, bona basebemqaphela.
2 tadā jalōdarī tasya sammukhē sthitaḥ|
Njalo khangela, kwakukhona umuntu othile phambi kwakhe owayelombizankulu.
3 tataḥ sa vyavasthāpakān phirūśinaśca papraccha, viśrāmavārē svāsthyaṁ karttavyaṁ na vā? tatastē kimapi na pratyūcuḥ|
UJesu wasephendula wakhuluma lezazumthetho labaFarisi, wathi: Kuvunyelwe yini ukusilisa ngesabatha?
4 tadā sa taṁ rōgiṇaṁ svasthaṁ kr̥tvā visasarja;
Kodwa bathula. Wasembamba wamsilisa wamyekela ukuthi ahambe.
5 tānuvāca ca yuṣmākaṁ kasyacid garddabhō vr̥ṣabhō vā cēd garttē patati tarhi viśrāmavārē tatkṣaṇaṁ sa kiṁ taṁ nōtthāpayiṣyati?
Wasebaphendula esithi: Nguwuphi kini ongathi elobabhemi kumbe inkabi yakhe ewele emgodini, futhi angahle ayikhuphe ngosuku lwesabatha?
6 tatastē kathāyā ētasyāḥ kimapi prativaktuṁ na śēkuḥ|
Abasazange babuyisele impendulo kuye ngalezizinto.
7 aparañca pradhānasthānamanōnītatvakaraṇaṁ vilōkya sa nimantritān ētadupadēśakathāṁ jagāda,
Wasekhuluma umfanekiso kubo abanxusiweyo, ebona ukuthi bakhetha njani izihlalo zabahloniphekayo, wathi kubo:
8 tvaṁ vivāhādibhōjyēṣu nimantritaḥ san pradhānasthānē mōpāvēkṣīḥ| tvattō gauravānvitanimantritajana āyātē
Nxa unxusiwe ngumuntu emtshadweni, ungahlali esihlalweni sabahloniphekayo; hlezi kukhona omkhulu kulawe onxusiweyo nguye,
9 nimantrayitāgatya manuṣyāyaitasmai sthānaṁ dēhīti vākyaṁ cēd vakṣyati tarhi tvaṁ saṅkucitō bhūtvā sthāna itarasmin upavēṣṭum udyaṁsyasi|
futhi okunxusileyo wena laye eze athi kuwe: Mxekele lo; khona uzaqala ukuhlala endaweni esekucineni usulenhloni.
10 asmāt kāraṇādēva tvaṁ nimantritō gatvā'pradhānasthāna upaviśa, tatō nimantrayitāgatya vadiṣyati, hē bandhō prōccasthānaṁ gatvōpaviśa, tathā sati bhōjanōpaviṣṭānāṁ sakalānāṁ sākṣāt tvaṁ mānyō bhaviṣyasi|
Kodwa nxa unxusiwe, hamba uhlale endaweni esekucineni; ukuze, nxa efika okunxusileyo, athi kuwe: Mngane, yenyukela ngaphezulu; khona kuzakuba ludumo kuwe phambi kwabo abahlezi ekudleni lawe.
11 yaḥ kaścit svamunnamayati sa namayiṣyatē, kintu yaḥ kaścit svaṁ namayati sa unnamayiṣyatē|
Ngoba wonke oziphakamisayo uzathotshiswa, lozithobayo uzaphakanyiswa.
12 tadā sa nimantrayitāraṁ janamapi jagāda, madhyāhnē rātrau vā bhōjyē kr̥tē nijabandhugaṇō vā bhrātr̥gaṇō vā jñātigaṇō vā dhanigaṇō vā samīpavāsigaṇō vā ētān na nimantraya, tathā kr̥tē cēt tē tvāṁ nimantrayiṣyanti, tarhi pariśōdhō bhaviṣyati|
Wasesithi lakulowo owayemnxusile: Nxa usenza ukudla kwemini loba ukudla kwantambama, unganxusi abangane bakho, loba abafowenu, loba izihlobo zakho, loba omakhelwane abanothileyo; hlezi labo babuye bakunxuse, futhi ukwenananiswa kwenziwe kuwe.
13 kintu yadā bhējyaṁ karōṣi tadā daridraśuṣkakarakhañjāndhān nimantraya,
Kodwa nxa usenza idili, nxusa abayanga, izilima, iziqhuli, iziphofu;
14 tata āśiṣaṁ lapsyasē, tēṣu pariśōdhaṁ karttumaśaknuvatsu śmaśānāddhārmmikānāmutthānakālē tvaṁ phalāṁ lapsyasē|
njalo uzabusiswa, ngoba abalalutho lokukwenanisa; ngoba uzakwenaniselwa ekuvukeni kwabalungileyo.
15 anantaraṁ tāṁ kathāṁ niśamya bhōjanōpaviṣṭaḥ kaścit kathayāmāsa, yō jana īśvarasya rājyē bhōktuṁ lapsyatē saēva dhanyaḥ|
Kwathi omunye kwababehlezi laye ekudleni esezwile lezizinto wathi kuye: Ubusisiwe lowo ozakudla isinkwa embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
16 tataḥ sa uvāca, kaścit janō rātrau bhējyaṁ kr̥tvā bahūn nimantrayāmāsa|
Kodwa wathi kuye: Umuntu othile wenza ukudla kwantambama okukhulu, wanxusa abanengi.
17 tatō bhōjanasamayē nimantritalōkān āhvātuṁ dāsadvārā kathayāmāsa, khadyadravyāṇi sarvvāṇi samāsāditāni santi, yūyamāgacchata|
Ngesikhathi sokudla kwantambama wasethuma inceku yakhe ukuthi ithi kwabanxusiweyo: Wozani, ngoba sekulungisiwe konke.
18 kintu tē sarvva ēkaikaṁ chalaṁ kr̥tvā kṣamāṁ prārthayāñcakrirē| prathamō janaḥ kathayāmāsa, kṣētramēkaṁ krītavānahaṁ tadēva draṣṭuṁ mayā gantavyam, ataēva māṁ kṣantuṁ taṁ nivēdaya|
Kodwa bonke baqala omunye lomunye ukuzixolisela. Owokuqala wathi kuye: Ngithenge insimu, ngimele ukuhamba ngiyeyibona; ngiyakuncenga, akungixolisele.
19 anyō janaḥ kathayāmāsa, daśavr̥ṣānahaṁ krītavān tān parīkṣituṁ yāmi tasmādēva māṁ kṣantuṁ taṁ nivēdaya|
Lomunye wathi: Sengithenge izipane ezinhlanu zenkabi, ngiya ukuzilinga; ngiyakuncenga, akungixolisele.
20 aparaḥ kathayāmāsa, vyūḍhavānahaṁ tasmāt kāraṇād yātuṁ na śaknōmi|
Lomunye wathi: Sengithethe umfazi, ngakho ngingeze ngeza.
21 paścāt sa dāsō gatvā nijaprabhōḥ sākṣāt sarvvavr̥ttāntaṁ nivēdayāmāsa, tatōsau gr̥hapatiḥ kupitvā svadāsaṁ vyājahāra, tvaṁ satvaraṁ nagarasya sannivēśān mārgāṁśca gatvā daridraśuṣkakarakhañjāndhān atrānaya|
Isibuyile leyonceku yayibikela lezizinto inkosi yayo. Wasethukuthela umninindlu wathi encekwini yakhe: Phuma ngokuphangisa uye emigwaqweni lendleleni zomuzi, ulethe abayanga lezilima leziqhuli leziphofu ubangenise lapha.
22 tatō dāsō'vadat, hē prabhō bhavata ājñānusārēṇākriyata tathāpi sthānamasti|
Inceku yasisithi: Nkosi, sekwenziwe njengokulaya kwakho, njalo indawo isesekhona.
23 tadā prabhuḥ puna rdāsāyākathayat, rājapathān vr̥kṣamūlāni ca yātvā madīyagr̥hapūraṇārthaṁ lōkānāgantuṁ pravarttaya|
Yasisithi inkosi encekwini: Phuma uye ezindleleni lezintangweni ubacindezele bangene, ukuze igcwaliswe indlu yami.
24 ahaṁ yuṣmabhyaṁ kathayāmi, pūrvvanimantritānamēkōpi mamāsya rātribhōjyasyāsvādaṁ na prāpsyati|
Ngoba ngithi kini: Kakho kulamadoda ayenxusiwe ozakuzwa ukudla kwami kwantambama.
25 anantaraṁ bahuṣu lōkēṣu yīśōḥ paścād vrajitēṣu satsu sa vyāghuṭya tēbhyaḥ kathayāmāsa,
Kwakuhamba laye amaxuku amanengi; wasetshibilika wathi kuwo:
26 yaḥ kaścin mama samīpam āgatya svasya mātā pitā patnī santānā bhrātarō bhagimyō nijaprāṇāśca, ētēbhyaḥ sarvvēbhyō mayyadhikaṁ prēma na karōti, sa mama śiṣyō bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
Uba umuntu esiza kimi, futhi engazondi uyise, lonina, lomkakhe, labantwana, labafowabo, labodadewabo, yebo ngitsho leyakhe impilo, angebe ngumfundi wami.
27 yaḥ kaścit svīyaṁ kruśaṁ vahan mama paścānna gacchati, sōpi mama śiṣyō bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
Njalo loba ngubani ongathwali isiphambano sakhe angilandele, angebe ngumfundi wami.
28 durganirmmāṇē kativyayō bhaviṣyati, tathā tasya samāptikaraṇārthaṁ sampattirasti na vā, prathamamupaviśya ētanna gaṇayati, yuṣmākaṁ madhya ētādr̥śaḥ kōsti?
Ngoba nguwuphi kini, othi efuna ukwakha umphotshongo, ongaqali ahlale phansi, abale indleko, ukuthi ulakho yini okokuqedisa?
29 nōcēd bhittiṁ kr̥tvā śēṣē yadi samāpayituṁ na śakṣyati,
Ukuze hlezi, kuthi esebekile isisekelo kodwa angabi lamandla okuqeda, bonke abakubonayo baqale ukumhleka,
30 tarhi mānuṣōyaṁ nicētum ārabhata samāpayituṁ nāśaknōt, iti vyāhr̥tya sarvvē tamupahasiṣyanti|
besithi: Lumuntu waqala ukwakha, kodwa kabanga lamandla okuqeda.
31 aparañca bhinnabhūpatinā saha yuddhaṁ karttum udyamya daśasahasrāṇi sainyāni gr̥hītvā viṁśatisahasrēḥ sainyaiḥ sahitasya samīpavāsinaḥ sammukhaṁ yātuṁ śakṣyāmi na vēti prathamaṁ upaviśya na vicārayati ētādr̥śō bhūmipatiḥ kaḥ?
Loba yiyiphi inkosi ezakuya empini imelene lenye inkosi engaqali ihlale phansi inakane ngokuthi ilamandla yini ngenkulungwane ezilitshumi okuhlangabezana laleyo eza ilenkulungwane ezingamatshumi amabili ukumelana layo?
32 yadi na śaknōti tarhi ripāvatidūrē tiṣṭhati sati nijadūtaṁ prēṣya sandhiṁ karttuṁ prārthayēta|
Kodwa uba kungenjalo, ingathi isekhatshana leyo, ithume amanxusa icele okokuthula.
33 tadvad yuṣmākaṁ madhyē yaḥ kaścin madarthaṁ sarvvasvaṁ hātuṁ na śaknōti sa mama śiṣyō bhavituṁ na śakṣyati|
Ngakho kunjalo wonke kini ongadeli konke alakho, angeke aba ngumfundi wami.
34 lavaṇam uttamam iti satyaṁ, kintu yadi lavaṇasya lavaṇatvam apagacchati tarhi tat kathaṁ svāduyuktaṁ bhaviṣyati?
Itshwayi lihle; kodwa uba itshwayi seliduma, lizavuselelwa ngani?
35 tada bhūmyartham ālavālarāśyarthamapi bhadraṁ na bhavati; lōkāstad bahiḥ kṣipanti|yasya śrōtuṁ śrōtrē staḥ sa śr̥ṇōtu|
Kalifanele lamhlabathi ledundulu lomquba; kodwa liyalahlwa ngaphandle. Olendlebe zokuzwa, akezwe.
