Лука 14
1 И догоди Му се да дође у суботу у кућу једног кнеза фарисејског да једе хлеб; и они мотраху на Њега.
One (Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day), Jesus went to eat [SYN] at the house of an important Pharisee. Some [men who studied the Jewish] laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully [to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him].
2 И гле, беше пред Њим некакав човек на коме беше дебела болест.
Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
3 И одговарајући Исус рече законицима и фарисејима говорећи: Је ли слободно у суботу исцељивати?
Jesus said to them, “Is it permitted in [our(inc)] Jewish laws to heal [someone] (on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath), or not?”
4 А они оћутеше. И дохвативши га се исцели га и отпусти.
[They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) (OR, [they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it]). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go [home].
5 И одговарајући рече им: Који од вас не би свог магарца или вола да му падне у бунар одмах извадио у дан суботни?
Then he said to the rest of them, “If you had a son or an ox that fell into a well on a (Sabbath/our day of rest), would you immediately [work to] pull him out, [or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day]?”
6 И не могоше Му одговорити на то.
[They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So] they said nothing in reply to Jesus.
7 А гостима каза причу, кад опази како избираху зачеља, и рече им:
Jesus noticed that those people who had been {whom [the Pharisee] had} invited [to the meal] chose [to sit in] the places where important [people usually sit]. Then he gave [this advice] to them:
8 Кад те ко позове на свадбу, не седај у зачеље, да не буде међу гостима ко старији од тебе;
“When one of you [(sg)] is invited by someone {someone invites one of you [(sg)]} to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. Perhaps the man [giving the feast] has invited a man more important than you [(sg)].
9 И да не би дошао онај који је позвао тебе и њега, и рекао ти: Подај место овоме: и онда ћеш са стидом сести на ниже место.
[When that man comes], the man who invited both of you will come to you [(sg)] and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you [(sg)] will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed.
10 Него кад те ко позове, дошавши седи на последње место, да ти каже кад дође онај који те позва: Пријатељу! Помакни се више; тада ће теби бити част пред онима који седе с тобом за трпезом.
Instead, when you are invited {[someone] invites one of you} [to a feast], go and sit in the most undesirable seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you [(sg)], ‘Friend, sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you [(sg)] will see that he is honoring you.
11 Јер сваки који се подиже, понизиће се; а који се понижује, подигнуће се.
Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
12 А и ономе што их је позвао рече: Кад дајеш обед или вечеру, не зови пријатеље своје, ни браћу своју, ни рођаке своје, ни суседе богате, да не би и они тебе кад позвали и вратили ти;
[Jesus] also said to [the Pharisee] who had invited him to the meal, “When you [(sg)] invite people to a midday or evening meal, do not invite your friends or your family or your other relatives or your rich neighbors. They can later invite you [(sg) for a meal]. In that way they will repay you.
13 Него кад чиниш гозбу, зови сиромахе, кљасте, хроме, слепе;
Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
14 И благо ће ти бити што ти они не могу вратити; него ће ти се вратити о васкрсењу праведних.
They will be unable to repay you. [But God will bless you! He] will repay you [at the time] when [he causes] righteous people to become alive again.”
15 А кад чу то неки од оних што сеђаху с Њим за трпезом рече Му: Благо ономе који једе хлеба у царству Божијем!
One of those who were eating with Jesus heard him say that. He said to Jesus, “God [has truly] blessed [us Jews] who will eat [with the Messiah] when he starts to rule!”
16 А Он му рече: Један човек зготови велику вечеру, и позва многе;
But [to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation] [MET], Jesus replied to him, “One time a man [decided] to prepare a large feast. He invited many people to come.
17 И кад би време вечери, посла слугу свог да каже званима: Хајдете, јер је већ све готово.
When it was the day for the feast, he sent his servant to tell those who had been {whom he had} invited, ‘Come [now] because everything is ready!’
18 И почеше се изговарати сви редом; први му рече: Купих њиву, и ваља ми ићи да је видим; молим те изговори ме.
But [when the servant did that], all of the people [whom he had invited] began to say why they did not want to come. The first [man the servant went to] said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
19 И други рече: Купих пет јармова волова, и идем да их огледам; молим те, изговори ме.
Another person said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen, and I must go to examine them. Please [ask your master to] forgive me for not coming!’
20 И трећи рече: Ожених се, и зато не могу доћи.
Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
21 И дошавши слуга тај каза ово господару свом. Тада се расрди домаћин и рече слузи свом: Иди брзо на раскршћа и улице градске, и доведи амо сиромахе, и кљасте, и богаљасте, и слепе.
So the servant returned to his master and reported what [everyone had said]. The owner of the house was angry [when he heard the reasons they gave for not] coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city [and find] poor and crippled and blind and lame [people, and bring] them here into [my house]!’
22 И рече слуга: Господару, учинио сам како си заповедио, и још места има.
[After the servant went and did that], he [came back and] said, ‘Sir, I have done what you [(sg)] told me to do, but there is still room [for more people].’
23 И рече господар слузи: Изиђи на путеве и међу ограде, те натерај да дођу да ми се напуни кућа.
[So] his master said to him, ‘Then go [outside the city]. Search for people along the highways. Search also along the narrow roads with hedges beside them [where homeless people may be staying]. Strongly urge the people in those places to come to [my house]. I want it to be full of [people]!’”
24 Јер вам кажем да ниједан од оних званих људи неће окусити моје вечере. Јер је много званих, али је мало изабраних.
[Then Jesus said], “I tell you [(pl)] this: Very few of you [Jewish] people will enjoy my feast, even though [I] invited you [first to eat it with me when I become king].”
25 Иђаше пак с Њим мноштво народа, и обазревши се рече им:
Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
26 Ако ко дође к мени, а не мрзи на свог оца, и на матер, и на жену, и на децу, и на браћу, и на сестре и на саму душу своју, не може бити мој ученик.
“If anyone comes to me who loves his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters [more than] [HYP] [he loves me], he cannot be my disciple. He must even love me more than he loves his own life!
27 И ко не носи крст свој и за мном не иде, не може бити мој ученик.
[People who are ready to execute a prisoner make] him carry his cross [MET] [to the place where others will nail him] on it. Only those who are willing [to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them] like that because of being my disciples, and who are willing to obey what I teach, can be my disciples.
28 И који од вас кад хоће да зида кулу не седне најпре и не прорачуна шта ће га стати, да види има ли да може довршити?
[I will illustrate] [MET]. If one of you desired to build a (tower/big house), (you would surely first sit down and determine how much it would cost!/would you not first sit down and determine how much it would cost?) [RHQ] Then you would determine whether you had enough money to complete it.
29 Да не би, кад постави темељ и не узможе довршити, сви који гледају стали му се ругати
[If you did not do that], if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish [the rest of the tower], everyone who saw it would make fun of you.
30 Говорећи: Овај човек поче зидати, и не може да доврши.
They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
31 Или који цар кад пође с војском да се побије с другим царем не седне најпре и не држи већу може ли с десет хиљада срести оног што иде на њега са двадесет хиљада?
Or, if a king decided to [send his army to] war against another king, (he would surely first sit down [with those who] advised [him]./would he not first sit down [with those who] advised [him]?) [RHQ] They would determine whether [his army], which had only 10,000 soldiers, could defeat the [other army], which had 20,000 soldiers, and was about to attack his [army].
32 Ако ли не може, а он пошаље посленике док је овај још далеко и моли да се помире.
If he [decided] that his army could not [defeat that army], he would send messengers to [the other king] while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’
33 Тако дакле сваки од вас који се не одрече свега што има не може бити мој ученик.
So, similarly, if any one of you does not first decide that you [(sg)] are [willing to] give up all that you have, you cannot be my disciple.”
34 Со је добра, али ако со обљутави, чим ће се осолити?
[Jesus also said, “You are like] [MET] salt, which is useful [to put on food]. But (salt certainly cannot be made {[you] certainly cannot make salt} to taste salty again if it stops tasting salty!/can salt be made {can [you] make salt} to taste salty again if it quits tasting salty?) [RHQ]
35 Нити је потребна у земљу ни у гној; него је проспу напоље. Ко има уши да чује нека чује.
[If salt does not taste salty any more], it is not good for the soil or even for the manure heap. [People] throw it away. [The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God]. If you want to understand what I just said [IDM], you must consider [carefully] what you have heard!”
