Luke 12
1 Pea feʻunga mo ia, kuo fakakātoa ʻae fuʻu kakai taʻefaʻalaua, ʻonau femalakiʻaki ʻakinautolu, pea kamata lea ai ia, ʻo fuofua fai ki heʻene kau ākonga, “Mou vakai telia ʻae meʻa fakatupu ʻae kau Fālesi, ʻaia ko e mālualoi.
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 He ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻoku ʻufiʻufi, ʻe taʻefakahā; pe fufū, ʻe taʻeʻiloa ia.
There is nothing, however covered up, which will not be uncovered, nor anything kept secret which will not become known.
3 Pea ko ia kotoa pē kuo mou lea ʻaki ʻi he poʻuli, ʻe fanongo ia ʻi he maama; pea ko ia kuo mou fanafana ʻaki ʻi he ngaahi loki, ʻe kalangaekina ia mei he tuʻa fale.”
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 “Pea ʻoku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu ko hoku kāinga, “ʻOua te mou manavahē kiate kinautolu ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻae sino, pea hili ia ʻoku ʻikai mo ha meʻa te nau faʻa fai.
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 Ka te u fakahā kiate kimoutolu ʻaia te mou manavahē ki ai: manavahē kiate ia, ʻa ia, ʻoka hili ʻene tāmateʻi, ʻoku ne faʻa fai ke lī ki heli; ʻio, ʻoku ou pehē kiate kimoutolu, manavahē kiate ia. (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 “ʻIkai ʻoku fakatau ʻae kihiʻi manupuna ʻe nima ʻaki ʻae paʻanga siʻi ʻe ua? Pea ʻoku ʻikai ngalo hanau taha ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua.
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? Yet not one of them has escaped God’s notice.
7 Ka ko e ngaahi tuʻoni louʻulu ʻo homou ʻulu kuo lau kotoa pē. Ko ia ʻoua ʻe manavahē: [he ]ʻoku mou mahuʻinga hake ʻi he fanga kihiʻi manu lahi.
No, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
8 “ʻOku ou tala foki kiate kimoutolu, Ko ia ia te ne fakahā au ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai, ʻe fakahā foki ia ʻe he Foha ʻoe tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau ʻāngelo ʻae ʻOtua.
Everyone, I tell you, who publicly acknowledges me, the Son of Man, also, will acknowledge before God’s angels;
9 Ka ko ia ʻoku ne siʻaki au ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai, ʻe siʻaki ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau ʻāngelo ʻae ʻOtua.
but the person who publicly disowns me will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.
10 “Pea ko ia ʻe lea kovi ki he Foha ʻoe tangata, ʻe fakamolemole ia kiate ia; ka ko ia ʻoku ne lohiakiʻi ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, ʻe ʻikai fakamolemolea ia.
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 “Pea ka nau ka ʻomi ʻakimoutolu ki he ngaahi falelotu, mo e kau fakamaau, mo e kau pule, ʻoua naʻa mou feinga pe fēfē pe ko e hā te mou tali ʻaki, pe ko ia te mou fakahā:
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 Koeʻuhi ʻe ako ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni kiate kimoutolu ʻi he feituʻulaʻā ko ia, ʻaia ʻoku totonu ke [mou ]lea ʻaki.”
for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.’
13 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tokotaha ʻoe kakai kiate ia, “ʻEiki, ke ke leaange ki hoku tokoua ke ma vaeua mo au ʻae tofiʻa.”
‘Teacher,’ a man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘tell my brother to share the property with me.’
14 Pea pehē ʻe ia ki ai, “Tangata, Ko hai ne ne fakanofo au ko e fakamaau pe ko e tufaki kiate kimoutolu?”
But Jesus said to him, ‘Man, who made me a judge or an arbiter between you?’
15 Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “Tokanga pea vakai, telia ʻae manumanu: he ko e moʻui ʻae tangata ʻoku ʻikai ʻi hono lahi ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ne maʻu.”
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 Pea naʻa ne lea ʻaki ʻae fakatātā kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “Naʻe fua ʻo lahi ʻaupito ʻae fonua ʻoe tangata koloaʻia ʻe tokotaha:
Then Jesus told them this parable – ‘There was once a rich man whose land was very fertile;
17 Pea fifili ia ʻi hono loto, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e hā te u fai, he ʻoku ʻikai ha potu ke fetuku ki ai ʻeku ngaahi fua?’
and he began to ask himself “What will I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?
18 Pea ne pehē, ‘Te u fai eni: te u vete hifo ʻa hoku ngaahi feleoko, ʻo langa ke lalahi; pea teu fetuku ki ai ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fua kotoa pē mo ʻeku koloa.
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 Pea te u pehē ki hoku laumālie, “Laumālie, kuo fokotuʻumaʻu ʻae ngaahi meʻa lelei lahi ki he taʻu lahi; ke ke fiemālie pe, ʻo kai, mo inu, mo fiefia.”’
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 Ka naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻOtua kiate ia, ‘Ko e vale koe, ʻe toʻo ʻiate koe ʻi he poōni ʻa ho laumālie: pea [ʻe hoko ]ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻa hai ʻaia kuo ke tokonaki?’
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 “Pea ʻoku pehē ia ʻaia ʻoku ne fokotuʻu koloa maʻana, ka ʻoku ʻikai maʻumeʻa ki he ʻOtua.”
So it is with those who lay by wealth for themselves and are not rich to the glory of God.’
22 Pea pehē ʻe ia ki heʻene kau ākonga, “Ko ia ʻoku ou pehē ai kiate kimoutolu, ʻoua naʻa mou tokanga ki hoʻomou moʻui, ki ha meʻa te mou kai; pe ki he sino, pe ko e hā te mou ʻai ki ai.
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 ʻOku lahi hake ʻae moʻui ʻi he meʻakai, mo e sino ʻi he kofu.
For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.
24 Tokanga ki he fanga leveni, he ʻoku ʻikai te nau tūtuuʻi pe tuʻusi; pea ʻoku ʻikai hanau fale koloa, pe feleoko ka ʻoku fafanga ʻe he ʻOtua ʻakinautolu pea ʻikai ʻoku mou lelei hake ʻaupito ʻi he fanga manu?
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 Pea ko hai ia ʻiate kimoutolu ʻi heʻene tokanga ʻe faʻa fakalōloa siʻi ki heʻene moʻui?
But which of you, by being anxious, can prolong your life a moment?
26 Pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai te mou mafai ʻaia ʻoku siʻi taha pe, ko e hā ʻoku mou tokanga ai ki he meʻa kehe?
And, if you cannot do even the smallest thing, why be anxious about other things?
27 Tokanga ki he tupu hake ʻoe fisiʻi ʻakau: ʻoku ʻikai ke nau ngāue, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke filo; ka ʻoku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu, naʻe ʻikai tatau ʻae teunga ʻo Solomone ʻi hono nāunau fulipē mo ha taha ʻiate kinautolu ni.
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 Ko ia kapau ʻe fakakofu pehē ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae mohuku, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he ngoue he ʻaho ni, kae lī ki he ngotoʻumu ʻapongipongi; ʻikai ʻe lahi hake kiate kimoutolu, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku siʻi hoʻomou tui?
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 “Pea ʻoua naʻa mou kumi ki ha meʻa te mou kai, mo e meʻa te mou inu, pea ʻoua naʻa mou loto fakataʻetaʻetui.
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 He ko e meʻa kotoa pē eni ʻoku kumi ki ai ʻe he ngaahi kakai ʻo māmani: pea ʻoku ʻilo ʻe hoʻomou Tamai ʻoku mou masiva ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ni.
These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.
31 Kae kumi muʻa ʻakimoutolu ki he puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua: pea ʻe fakalahi ʻaki kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē.
No, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added for you.
32 “ʻAe fanga sipi siʻi, ʻOua ʻe manavahē he ko e finangalo lelei ʻo hoʻomou Tamai ke foaki ʻae puleʻanga kiate kimoutolu.
So do not be afraid, my little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
33 Fakatau atu ʻaia ʻoku mou maʻu, pea faʻa foaki; tokonaki maʻamoutolu ʻae ngaahi kato ʻe ʻikai fakaʻaʻau ke motuʻa, ko e koloa ʻi he langi ʻe ʻikai ʻosi, pea ʻe ʻikai ofi ki ai ha kaihaʻa, pe fakapopo [ia ]ʻe he ane.
‘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 He ko e potu ʻoku ʻi ai hoʻomou koloa, ʻe ʻi ai foki mo homou loto.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
35 “Tuku ke nonoʻo pe homou noʻotanga vala, pea ulo [hoʻomou ]ngaahi maama.
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
36 Pea ke tatau ʻakimoutolu mo e kau tangata ʻoku tatali ki he liliu mai ʻa honau ʻeiki mei he taʻane; koeʻuhi ka haʻu ia ʻo tukituki, ke nau toʻo leva kiate ia.
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 ʻOku monūʻia ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki ko ia, ʻoka haʻu ʻae ʻeiki pea ne ʻilo ʻoku nau leʻo: ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, te ne nonoʻo ia, ʻo pule ke nau nofo hifo ki he kai, pea haʻu ia ʻo tauhi ʻakinautolu.
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 Pea kapau ʻe haʻu ia ʻi hono ua ʻoe leʻo, pe haʻu ʻi hono tolu ʻoe leʻo, pea ne ʻilo ʻoku pehē pe, ʻe monūʻia ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki ko ia.
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 Pea ʻilo eni, ka ne ʻilo ʻe he ʻeiki ʻoe fale ʻa e feituʻupō ko ia ʻe haʻu ai ʻae kaihaʻa, [pehē], ne leʻo ia, ka ʻe ʻikai tuku ke hae hono fale.
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 Ko ia mou teuteu pe foki: he ko e feituʻulaʻā ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻamanaki ki ai, ʻe haʻu ai ʻae Foha ʻoe tangata.”
You must also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come.’
41 Pea toki pehē ʻe Pita kiate ia, “ʻEiki, ʻoku ke lea ʻaki mai ʻae fakatātā ni kiate kimautolu, pe ki [he kakai ]kotoa pē?”
‘Master,’ said Peter, ‘are you telling this parable with reference to us or to everyone?’
42 Pea pehē ʻe he ʻEiki, “He ko hai ʻae tauhi angatonu mo poto, ʻe fakanofo ʻe heʻene ʻeiki ke pule ki hono kau nofoʻanga, ke ʻatu ʻae tufakanga ʻi hono feituʻu totonu?
‘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 ʻE monūʻia ʻae tamaioʻeiki ko ia, ʻoka haʻu ʻene ʻeiki ʻo ne ʻilo ʻoku fai pehē pe ia.
Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, will find doing this.
44 Ko ʻeku tala moʻoni kiate kimoutolu, Te ne fakanofo ia ke pule ki heʻene meʻa kotoa pē.
His master, I tell you, will put him in charge of the whole of his property.
45 Pea ka pehē ʻe he tamaioʻeiki ko ia ʻi hono loto, ‘ʻOku fakatuotuai ʻe heʻeku ʻeiki ʻa ʻene haʻu;’ pea hanga ia ʻo taaʻi ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki mo e kau kaunanga, pea kai mo inu ke konā:
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 ʻE haʻu ʻae ʻeiki ʻoe tamaioʻeiki ko ia ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe ʻikai ʻamanaki ia ki ai, pea ʻi ha feituʻulaʻā ʻe ʻikai tokanga ai ia, ʻo tuʻusi ia, pea tuʻutuʻuni ke ne ʻinasi fakataha mo e taʻetui.
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 Pea ko e tamaioʻeiki ko ia naʻe ʻilo ʻae loto ʻo ʻene ʻeiki, ka naʻe ʻikai ke teuteu, pe fai ʻo fakatatau mo hono loto, ʻe taaʻi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi tā lahi.
The servant who knows his master’s wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
48 Ka ko ia naʻe ʻikai ʻiloa, pea fai ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ngali mo e tautea, ʻe taaʻi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi tā siʻi. He ko ia ia kuo tuku ki ai ʻae meʻa lahi, ʻe ʻamanaki lahi ʻiate ia; pea ko ia kuo tuku ki ai ʻe he kakai ʻae meʻa lahi, ʻe lahi ai ʻenau ʻamanaki ʻiate ia.
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 “Kuo u haʻu ke tuku ʻae afi ki māmani; pea ko e hā hoku loto, ʻo kapau kuo tutu ni ia?
I came to cast fire on the earth; and what more can I wish, if it is already kindled?
50 ʻOku ai ʻae papitaiso ke u papitaiso ai; pea ʻoku ou feinga kaeʻoua ke fai ia!
There is a baptism that I must undergo, and how great is my distress until it is over!
51 ʻOku mou mahalo kuo u haʻu ke tuku ʻae melino ki māmani? ʻOku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, ʻIkai; ka ko e mavahevahe:
Do you think that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but to cause division.
52 Ngata heni ʻe feʻiteʻitani ʻae toko nima ʻi he fale pe taha, ko e toko tolu ki he toko ua, mo e toko ua ki he toko tolu.
For from this time, if there are five people in a house, they will be divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 ʻE feʻiteʻitani ʻae tamai ki he foha, mo e foha ki he tamai; ko e faʻē ki he taʻahine, mo e taʻahine ki he faʻē; ko e faʻē ʻi he fono ki heʻene taʻahine ʻi he fono, mo e taʻahine ʻi he fono ki heʻene faʻē ʻi he fono.”
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 Pea naʻa ne pehē foki ki he kakai, “ʻOka mou ka mamata ki he ʻalu hake ʻae ʻao mei he tokanga laʻā, ʻoku mou pehē leva, ʻOku haʻu ʻae ʻuha; pea ʻoku pehē.
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 Pea ʻoka angi mai ʻae matangi mei he feituʻu tonga, ʻoku mou pehē, ʻE pupuha pea ʻoku pehē.
And when you see that the wind is in the south, you say “It will be burning hot,” and so it proves.
56 ʻAe kau mālualoi, ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻae mata ʻoe fonua pea mo e langi; ka ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo ai ʻae kuonga ni?
Hypocrites! You know how to judge of the earth and the sky; how is it, then, that you cannot judge of this time?
57 ʻIo, pea ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo ʻekimoutolu ʻaia ʻoku totonu?
Why don’t you yourselves decide what is right?
58 “ʻOka ke ka ʻalu mo ho fili ki he fakamaau, ke ke fai feinga ʻi he hala, koeʻuhi ke ke hao meiate ia, telia naʻa ne ʻave koe ki he fakamaau, pea tukuange Koe ʻe he fakamaau ki he matāpule pea ʻe lī koe ʻe he matāpule ki he fale fakapōpula.
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 ʻOku ou tala kiate koe, ʻE ʻikai te ke ʻalu mei ai, kaeʻoua ke ke ʻatu ʻae totongi kotoa pē.”
You will not, I tell you, come out until you have paid the very last cent.’
