Luk 12
1 Hejar hejar nyi v nyipam bv aakum kunamv, vkvlvgabv bunu chaajap minsu toku, Jisu mintuminke bv ninyigv lvbwlaksu vdwa minto, “Parisis vdwgv vpap am himasuto laka—Ngo minamsi bunugv kaakudubv rinam a.
Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod on 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 Ogugonyi mvtum pvdw hum mvkok reku, vvsinam mvnwng vdwa chimu reku.
There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.
3 Vkvlvgabv, nonu ogugo kanv arwnglo minpvkudw hum alulvpa loung kolo tvvpa reku, nonugv naam a koktum tvvla arwnglo japsi nama naam mwnglo aolo chaapv tvvla gokpa reku.”
So 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 on the housetops.
4 “Ngo nonua mindunv, ngoogv ajin vdwa, ayakka mvki jinv nga yvvnyika busu mabvka vbvritola ayungjvma kochinglo ogu alvmanvgo rinyu mare.
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 Yvvnyi busu svngvdw ngo kaatamre: Pwknvyarnvnyi busu laka, nw gvlo, mvkiro kochingbv, uyumooku bolo horlu nyudubv jwkrw doodu. Nga tvjwng laka, ninyinv nonugv busu svngv!” (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 Gehenna. Yes, I say, be afraid of him. (Geenna g1067)
6 “Pvdwng nvnga barnyi gubv piokma dvnvri? Vbvrijvka Pwknvyarnv pvdwng nvvkin gunyika mvngpa mabv rima.
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.
7 Nonu gv dumpo gv dwmw mvnwng haka kingam ropv. Vkvlvgabv busu mabvka; No pvdwng vdwa achialvbv arv doya nvgo!”
No, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 Ngo nonua jvjvbv mindunv yvvdw nyi vdwlo ngo gvngv vla nw minpok jidunv, Nyia Kuunyilo ngvka vbvdvdvbv bunua rire nyidogindung vdwgv Pwknvyarnv gv kaagialo.
Everyone, I tell you, who publicly acknowledges me, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
9 Vbvritola yvvdw nga nw gvngema vla minpok dunv, Nyia Kuunyilo ngvka bunua nw gvngvma vla mintare nyidogindung vdwgv Pwknvyarnv gv kaagialo.
but the person who publicly disowns me will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
10 “Yvvdw Nyia Kuunyilo nga minying dunv hum mvngnga nyulare; Vbvritola yvvdw Darwknv Dow a minying dunv hum vdwloka mvngnga nyulamare.”
Everyone who will say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for the person who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
11 “Vdwlo bunu nonua Jius kumkunaamlo rika dubv vmalo gobunor vdwgv kaagialo vmalo kvvbi vdwgvlo, nonu atu v oguaingbv mvnging svngvdw vla vmalo nonu ogugo minsedw vla mvngdwk mabvka.
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 Nonu ogugo mirung svngvdw hum hoka Darwknv Dow v nonua tamsarre.”
for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.’
13 Nyipam lokv nyi ako Jisunyi minto, “Tamsarnv, ngoogv achiboru a minjilabv abu gv yikungyira vngyu nama ngam lvkobv orpin sudubv.”
‘Teacher,’ a man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘tell my brother to share the property with me.’
14 Jisu ninyia mirwkto, “Ajin, nga nonyi gv pingkolo miriadubv vmalo yikungyira nga baag nyuladubv jinv ngv yvvla?”
But Jesus said to him, ‘Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?’
15 Okv nw mvnwngnga minbwngto, “Raarwnv mvnwng gvlokv nonu atuv himasuto laka; ogulvgavbolo nyi gv jvjvbv singnam v ninyigv yikungyira lokv mvvma, nw vdwgo nyitv dajvka.”
And then he added, ‘Take care to keep yourselves free from every form of covetousness; for even in the height of their prosperity a person’s true life does not depend on what they have.’
16 Vbvrikunamv Jisu so minchisinam sum bunua miji toku: “Ho hoka nyi ako dooto nw kvdw go rongo ali amw alvbv linji nvgo dooto.
Then Jesus told them this parable – ‘There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;
17 Nw atu v mvngrap sutoku, ‘Ngo ngoogv ali amw a vvpv jikugo kaakuma. Ngo ogugo rila dukunv?
and he began to ask himself “What will I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
18 Ngo so svbv rireku,’ nw atu v minsuto; ‘Ngo ngoogv nesung nga mvyak reku okv sungtv nvgo mvgvrekula hoka ngoogv ali amw okv ngoogv yikungyira mvnwngnga vvpv reku.
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 Vbvrigvrikula ngo atu v minsureku, Gamdaknv nyi go! no achialv anying gv lvgabv dinchijinam alvnv ogu mvnwng ngv doosupvku. Himpu alvbv svngmin laka, dvmin laka, tvngmin laka okv no atuv himpu dubv rimin sulaka!’
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 Vbvritola Pwknvyarnv ninyia minto, ‘Pvchanvno! Siyu gv ayulo no noogv singnam a topu rungdubv rireku; vbvrikunamv no atubogv lvgabv ogu mvnwng nga mvpvripv kunama paajikunv yvvkudw?’”
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 Okv Jisu minyabv minto, “Atubogv lvgabv nyitv tvvtola vbvritola Pwknvyarnv gv lvgabv nyitv manv ngv so svbv ridunv.”
So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God.’
22 Vbvrikunamv Jisu lvbwlaksu vdwa minto, “Okv vkvlvgabv ngo nonua mindunv nonu dvla singdubv vla dvse lvgabv vmalo nonu ayak gv lvgabv vji kose go vla mvngdwk mabvka.
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; or about your body – what you can get to wear.
23 Singnam si dvnam a achialvbv kaiyanv, okv ayak si vji a achialvbv kaiyanv.
For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.
24 Paak ka kaatoka: bunu ali lilwkma vmalo aam nvvma; bunu nesung naam kaama; Pwknvyarnv bunuam dvmu tvngmudu! nonu pvta vdwa achialvbv arv doya nvgo!
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 Hum mvngdwk gvrila nonu gvlokv akonv yvvla svnggv nama achukgo svngsu yadubv svnglajinv?
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong your life a moment?
26 No svkvnv ogu miang nvnga rilwk nyuma bolo, ogubv kvvbi ogua mvngdwk yadunv?
And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?
27 Kaatoka mootum gv apung ngv oguaing bv svngdu: bunu ogugo rima vmalo bunu atugv lvgabv vji vbi mvvma. Vbvritola ngo nonua mindunv Dvbv Solomon achialvbv nyitv nvgobv rikubvka vji vbi gvnam vka so apung vdwgv kaapu aingbv rinv gvmato.
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 So si Pwknvyarnv yvvdw mootum gv nvsing nvmwng nga vji koomunv—nvmwng v silu doodu okv aarunyi nyeji kunv, vmvlo rampak svngv. Nw nonua vji gvmu dubv vla ogumvnwngnga mvngma rungredw? Nonugv mvngjwng ngv miang gomwng doodu!”
If, even in the field, God so clothes the grass which is living today and tomorrow will be thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you of little faith!
29 “Vkvlvgabv mvnwnglo ogugo dvsvdw okv tvngsedw vla alu gv dwkia mvngap dvdvla mvngdwk mabvka.
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 (Sichingmooku so gv Pwknvyarnvnyi chimanv vdwv aludwkia so ogu mvnwng gv lvgabv mvnggap dvdv dvnv.) No so vdw sum dinchi dunv vla noogv Abu chindu.
These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 Vmabvya Pwknvyarnv gv Karv lvga nga mvnggap yato, okv nw nonua so gv ogumvnwngnga jire.”
No, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added for you.
32 Twngtv manv nonu, busu mabvka, nonugv Abu nonua ninyigv Karv nga jidubv mvngbiudu.
So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
33 No ogugo doodudw hum mvnwngnga pyoktoka okv morko nga heemanv vdwa jitoka. Morko vgianvnv ungko manvlo no atu v orsu laka, okv no gv nyitv a aomooku tolo tvvpv tvka, tolo vdwloka ngoomare, ogulvgavbolo dvcho nvngv tolo bunu gvlo aachi mare, okv bunua taram dvmwk jinv guka kaamare.
‘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 Ogolo no gv nyitv nga tvvpv pvdw hoka no gv haapok vka alu loki a doore.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
35 “Ogugo aaridw ho lvgabv Kaya laka, rinam lvgabv kaya laka, okv no gv mvdurrupum a baanu tvla doogv laka,
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
36 Nyira vdwgv bunugv atu v nyida lokv aari kunvpv vla kaayala doonam aingbv. Vdwlo nw aalaku okv takdin kubolo bunu vjakgobv agi nga ninyigv lvgabv kokda jiriku.
and be like servants 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 Ho nyira vdwv mvngpu v yvvgv atu v aakur rikulo bunua hula doodubv okv kaayala doodubv kaanam vdwv! Ngo nonua mindu, nw ninyigv jvtv am pilin reku, okv bunua dootung dubv minreku, okv bunuam jilahola rireku.
Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and have them take their places at the table, and will come and serve them.
38 Vdwgo mvngpu guku bunu nw bunua kaayala doodubv kaapa kubolo, nw yupra jama nga aaku jvka vmalo koching nyijvka!
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 Nonu chinsudo naam namgo gv atu v dvcho nvgv cholwk dwa chincho bolo, nw vdwloka dvcho nvnga ninyigv naam a tarkola amumare.
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 Okv nonuka, dooya segorung, ogulvgavbolo nyia Kuunyilo ngv nonugv vdwlo dvmin mari gonyika aariku.”
You must also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come.’
41 Pitar minto, “Ahtu so gv minchisinam si ngonua mindu nvre, vmalo mvnwngnga mindu nvre?”
‘Master,’ said Peter, ‘are you telling this parable with reference to us or to everyone?’
42 Ahtu mirwkto, yvv, vbvrikunamv, alvnv okv mvnglaknv nyira ngv? Hv ho angv ninyigv atu hv ninyia naam nyi vdwa rigv dubv jinam, okv nyira kvvbi a bunugv dvse nga dvdw lo dvnam jinam.
‘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 Vdwgo mvngpu vku ho pakbu angv ninyigv atu v vdwlo naam aaku namv ninyia vbvridubv kaapa koku namv!
Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
44 Vbvrung, Ngo nonua mindunv, Atu v ho pakbua-nga ninyigv yikungyira nga rigv modubv jire.
His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
45 Vbvritola ho pakbu angv nw atu v minsu bolo ninyigv atu moing vngro baapubv aakur nyuku mare vla kvvbi nyira vdwa okv nyimv daka nyilo daka dvngrap laku, dvlaku tvnglaku okv dvkium tvngkium kubolo.
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 Vbvrikunamv Atu alugonyi aakur reku vdwlo pakbu gv ninyia dvmin marilo ho gv dwa nw chimpa kuma. Atu v ninyia patungpayung mvriku okv nw gv tvvma nvnga hingkw moreku.
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 Pakbu ngv yvv atu gv nw a ritokv mvngnam chindunv, vbvritola nw atu v hum ridubv okv agiarap madunv, hum achialvbv svnyakpare
The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
48 Vbvritola pakbu ngv yvvdw ninyigv atu gv mvngnam um chima gvrila nw dvngku yadubv riredw hum miang yabv dvngre. Yvv nw kaigo jipvdw hum kaigo koore; Yvv nw kaiyachok go jipvdw um kaiyachok go koyare.
while one who does not know his master’s wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone 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 “Ngo nyiamooku so vmv rulwk tebv aato okv hv vbv ngoogv mvngkulo riro duku nvgo vla ngo mvngdu!
I came to cast fire on the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?
50 Ngo baptisma naase go doodu, okv hum richima dvdvlo ngo mvngdwk sakdwk bv ridu!
There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!
51 Nonu nga nyiamooku so sarsopoyo alvbv rigv nvnv nga aagvla aapvnv mvngdu nvlare? Ma, sarsopoyo bvma, vbvritola apinain dubv.
Do you think that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
52 Vjak gvlokv rila vpin akolo nyi angu go doonv apin-ain reku, aom gunv anyia rinying reku okv anyiv aom a rinying reku.
For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 Abu vdwv bunugv kuunyilo vdwa rinying reku okv kuunyilo vdwv bunugv abu vdwa rinying reku; anv vdwv bunugv kuunyijar vdwa rinying reku okv kuunyijar vdwv bunugv anv vdwa rinying reku; ayu vdwv bunugv dungnv vdwa rinying reku okv dungnv vdwv bunugv ayu vdwa rinying reku.”
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 Jisu nyi vdwa mindvto, “Vdwlo nonu haapam a pogga takbv chaadubv kaapa bolo, vjakgobv nonu mindado nyido hotv dvnvgo vla—okv v vbv rido.
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 Okv vdwlo mooko takbv doori richa nama nonu himpa bolo, nonu mindu si agu v gurap tvdu vla—okv vbvridu.
And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say “It will be burning hot,” and so it proves.
56 Kaakudubvrinv! nonu nyiamooku a okv nyidomooku a kaagvrila doonyi nyinam nyima nga minla gvri; ogubv vbvrinamv, vjakgv dw sum chima dunv?”
Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
57 “Ogulvgabv nonu atubongv alvnvngam mvngchinla kaakw sima dunv?
Why don’t you yourselves decide what is right?
58 Nyi gunv nonua kvba japmi sidubv vla nonua mila yila kvba naambv vnggvbolo, nonu um rikin a ninyi alvbv minjupminsi dubv rilaka kvbanaam ha vngsi madvbv. No vbv rima boloka, nw nonua boola yila kvba japji nvgv kaagialo boolwkre, hv bunu nonua pulis vdwgvlo laklwk reku, okv nonua patwklo tumriku.
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; otherwise he might 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 Ngo nonua mindu, nonu morko dvdua dornya ma dvdvlo, hoka nonu dooreku.”
You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last cent.’
