Luke 14

1 Pea pehē, ʻi heʻene hū ki he fale ʻoe ʻeiki ʻe tokotaha ʻoe kau Fālesi ke kai mā ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate, naʻa nau lamasi ia.

And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, to eat bread, that they watched him.

2 Pea vakai, naʻe ʻi hono ʻao ha tangata naʻe fulavai.

And behold, there was a certain man before him that had the dropsy.

3 Pea lea ʻa Sisu ki he kau akonaki ʻi he fono mo e kau Fālesi, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOku ngofua ke fakamoʻui ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate?”

And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

4 Pea nau fakalongo pe. Pea ne ʻomi ʻo fakamoʻui ia, pea tukuange ke ʻalu;

But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him, and sent him away.

5 Pea leaange ia, ʻo pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko hai ʻiate kimoutolu kapau ʻe tō ʻene ʻasi pe ko ʻene pulu ki ha luo, ʻe ʻikai toʻo leva ia [mei ai ]ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate?”

And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day?

6 Pea naʻe ʻikai te nau faʻa tali ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ni.

And they could not answer him to these things.

7 Pea ʻi heʻene vakai kiate kinautolu naʻe tala [ki ai], ʻoku nau fili ki he ngaahi potu lelei, pea ne lea ʻaki ʻae fakatātā, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu.

And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:

8 “ʻOka tala kiate koe ʻe ha taha [ke ke ʻalu ]ki he taʻane, ʻoua naʻa ke nofo hifo ʻi ha potu māʻolunga ʻaupito; telia kuo tala ʻe ia ki ha taha ʻoku lahi ʻiate koe;

When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him:

9 Pea haʻu ia, ʻaia ne ne tala kiate koe mo ia, ʻo ne pehē kiate koe, ‘Fakaʻataʻatā ki he tangata ni;’ pea ke toki mā ai, ʻo ʻalu ki he potu māʻulalo.

And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.

10 Ka ʻoka tala kiate koe, pea ke ʻalu ʻo nofo ʻi he potu māʻulalo: koeʻuhi ʻoka haʻu ia naʻe tala kiate koe, te ne pehē kiate koe, ‘Kāinga, ʻalu koe ki ʻolunga:’ pea te ke maʻu ʻae fakamālō ʻi he ʻao ʻokinautolu ʻoku mou nofo ʻo kai.

But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee, cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee.

11 He ko ia ia ʻoku hiki hake ia, ʻe fakavaivai ia; pea ko ia ʻoku fakavaivai ia, ʻe hakeakiʻi ia.”

Because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

12 Pea pehē ai foki ʻe ia kiate ia ne ne tala kiate ia, “ʻOka ke ka teuteu ʻae kai hoʻatā pe ʻae ʻohomohe, ʻoua naʻa ke ui [ki ai ]ho kaumeʻa, pe ho ngaahi temomo, pe ho kāinga, pe ko e kaungāʻapi koloaʻia, telia naʻa nau toe tala kiate koe, pea totongi ai kiate koe.

And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.

13 Ka ʻoka ke ka teu ʻae kātoanga, ui ʻae kau masiva, mo e lavea, mo e pipiki, mo e kui:

But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind;

14 ‌ʻE monūʻia ai ʻa koe; he ʻoku ʻikai te nau faʻa totongi kiate koe: ka ʻe totongi kiate koe ʻi he toetuʻu ʻoe angatonu.”

And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.

15 Pea ko e tokotaha naʻe nofo ʻo kai mo ia, ʻi heʻene fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻa ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻE monūʻia ia ʻaia te ne kai mā ʻi he puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua.”

When one of them that sat at table with him, had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

16 Pea toki pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Naʻe te u ʻe he tangata ʻe tokotaha ʻae ʻohomohe lahi, ʻo ne tala [ia ]ki he tokolahi:

But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.

17 Pea hoko ʻae feituʻupō ke kai, pea ne fekau ʻene tamaioʻeiki ke fakahā kiate kinautolu naʻe tala ki ai, ‘Haʻu he kuo teuteu ʻae meʻa kotoa pē.’

And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready.

18 Pea naʻa nau loto taha kotoa pē ʻo kamata fakafisi. Naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻuluaki kiate ia, ‘Kuo u fakatau ʻae potu fonua, pea ʻoku ngali ke u ʻalu ʻo vakai ia:’ ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke tukuange au.

And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, hold me excused.

19 Pea pehē ʻe he tokotaha, ‘Kuo u fakatau ʻae taulua pulu ʻe nima, pea ʻoku ou ʻalu ko hono ʻahiʻahi: ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke tukuange au.’

And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me excused.

20 Pea pehē ʻe he tokotaha, ‘Kuo u mali mo e fefine, pea ko ia ʻe ʻikai te u faʻa ʻalu ai:’

And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

21 Pea liu mai ʻae tamaioʻeiki ko ia, ʻo fakahā ki heʻene ʻeiki ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni. Pea tuputāmaki ʻae ʻeiki ʻoe fale, ʻo ne pehē ki heʻene tamaioʻeiki, ‘ʻAlu fakavave ki he ngaahi hala motuʻa mo e ngaahi hala siʻi ʻoe kolo, ʻo ʻomi ki heni ʻae masiva, mo e mutu, mo e pipiki, mo e kui.’

And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the lame.

22 Pea pehē ʻe he tamaioʻeiki, ‘ʻEiki, kuo fai ʻo hangē ko hoʻo fekau, ka ʻoku kei ʻataʻatā pe.’

And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

23 Pea pehē ʻe he ʻeiki ki heʻene tamaioʻeiki, ‘ʻAlu ki he ngaahi hala motuʻa mo e ngaahi mangaʻi hala, ʻo fakaafeʻi ʻakinautolu ke haʻu, kae fonu ai hoku fale.

And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 He ʻoku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu, ʻE ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻi he kakai ko ia naʻe tala ki ai te ne kamata ʻeku ʻohomohe.’”

But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.

25 Pea naʻe ʻalu mo ia ʻae fuʻu kakai, pea tafoki ia, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu,

And there went great multitudes with him. And turning, he said to them:

26 “Kapau ʻe haʻu ha taha kiate au, kae ʻikai fehiʻa ki heʻene tamai, mo e faʻē, mo e uaifi, mo e fānau, mo e ngaahi tokoua, mo e ngaahi tuofefine, ʻio, ki heʻene moʻui foki, ʻe ʻikai siʻi hoko ia ko ʻeku ākonga.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27 Pea ko ia ʻe ʻikai te ne fua ʻene ʻakau māfasia, ʻo muimui kiate au, ʻe ʻikai siʻi hoko ia ko ʻeku ākonga.

And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 He Ko hai ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku te u langa ha fale, kae ʻikai tomuʻa nofo hifo ia ʻo lau hono totongi, pe ʻoku ʻiate ia ke faʻa fakaʻosi ʻaki?

For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:

29 Telia naʻa hili hono ʻai ʻae tuʻunga, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ne faʻa fakaʻosi[ia], ʻe kamata manuki kiate ia ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻe mamata [ai],

Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,

30 ‌ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e tangata eni naʻe kamata fokotuʻu, ka naʻe ʻikai faʻa fakaʻosi.’

Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

31 Pe ko e tuʻi fē ʻoku te u tau ki ha tuʻi ʻe taha, ʻoku ʻikai ke tomuʻa nofo hifo, ʻo fakakaukau pe te ne faʻa tauʻi ʻaki ʻae toko mano, ʻaia ʻoku haʻu kiate ia mo e toko ua mano?

Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him?

32 Pea ka ʻikai, ʻoku ne kouna ha talafekau, ʻi he kei mamaʻo ʻae tokotaha, ʻo kole ke na fakalelei.

Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.

33 Pea ʻoku pehē foki, ko ia ia ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku ʻikai te ne siʻaki ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku ne maʻu, ʻe ʻikai hoko ia ko ʻeku ākonga.

So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.

34 “ʻOku lelei ʻae māsima: pea kapau kuo mole ʻi he māsima hono kona, ʻe [toe ]fakakona ia mei fē?

Salt is good. But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

35 ‌ʻOku ʻikai ʻaonga ia ki he kelekele, pe ki he tuʻunga ʻotoʻota; ka ʻoku lī ia kituʻa. Ko ia ʻoku ne telinga ongo, ke ongoʻi ia.”

It is neither profitable for the land nor for the dunghill, but shall be cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.