Від Луки 14
1 І сталось, як прийшов Він у господу до одного із старших фарисейських у суботу їсти хлїб, були й вони, назираючи Його.
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 І ось один чоловік у водянці (у водяній пухлинї) був перед Ним.
Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen.
3 І озвавшись Ісус, рече до законників та Фарисеїв, глаголючи: Чи годить ся в суботу сцїляти?
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 Вони ж мовчали. І взявши сцїлив його, та й відпустив.
[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 І, озвавшись до них, рече: В кого з вас осел або віл упаде в колодязь, чи зараз не витягне його субітнього дня?
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 І не змогли вони відказати Йому знов проти сього.
[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 Сказав же до запрошених приповість, постерігши, як перві місця вибирають, глаголючи до них:
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 Коли запрошений ти від кого на весїллє, то не сідай на первому місці, щоб часом поважнїший тебе не був запрошений від него,
“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 і прийшовши той, хто запросив тебе й його, не сказав тобі: Дай сьому місце; а тодї доведеть ся тобі з соромом останнє місце заняти.
[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 Нї, коди ти запрошений, прийшовши сїдай на останньому місці, щоб, як прийде, хто запросив тебе, сказав тобі: Друже, сїдай вище. Тодї буде тобі слава перед тими, що сидять з тобою.
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 Бо кожен, хто нести меть ся вгору, принизить ся, хто ж принизуєть ся, пійде вгору.
Also, [remember this]: [God] will humble those who exalt themselves. And [he] will exalt those who humble themselves.”
12 Рече ж і тому, що запросив його: Коли справляєш обід або вечерю, не клич приятелїв твоїх, нї братів твоїх, нї сусїд багатих; щоб часом і вони тебе не запросили, й не було тобі відплати.
[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 Нї, коли справляєш гостину, запрошуй убогих, калїк, кривих, слїпих;
Instead, when you [(sg)] give a feast, invite poor [people], crippled [people], lame [people], or blind [people].
14 то будеш блажен бо не мають чим віддати тобі; віддасть ся бо тобі увоскресенню 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 Почувши ж се один з сидячихз Ним, каже Йому: Блажен, хто їсти ме хлїб у царстві Божім.
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 Він же рече йому: Один чоловік справив вечерю велику, та й запросив многих;
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 і післав слугу свого часу вечері сказати запрошеним: Ійдїть, бо вже все готове.
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 І почали рядом відпрошуватись усї. Первий сказав йому: Поле купив я, то мушу шити та подивитись на него. Прошу тебе, вибач менї.
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 А другий сказав: Пять ярем волів купив я, і йду спробувати їх. Прощу тебе, вибач мені.
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 А знов другий сказав: Я одруживсь, тому й не можу прийти.
Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’
21 І прийшовши слуга той, оповів панові своєму. Тодї прогнівившись господар, рече слузї своєму: Вийди хутко на дороги та на улицї городські, та вбогих, та калїк, та кривих, та слїпих поприводь сюди.
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 І рече слуга: Пане, сталось, як звелїв єси, та й ще в місце.
[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 І рече пан до слуги: Вийди на шляхи та на загороди, та силуй увійти, щоб повна була господа моя.
[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 Глаголю бо вам, що ніхто з чоловіків тих запрошених не покоштує моєї вечері.
[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 Ійшло ж із Ним пребагато народу; й обернувшись рече до них:
Large groups of people were traveling with [Jesus]. He turned and said to them,
26 Коли хто приходить до мене й не зненавидить батька свого, й матїр, і жінку, й діти, й братів, і сестер, та ще й свою душу, не може учеником моїм бути.
“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 І хто не носить хреста свого й не ходить слїдом за мною, не може бути учеником моїм.
[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 Хто бо з вас, задумавши башту будувати, перше сївши не полїчить видатку, чи має на скінченнє?
[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 щоб часом, як положить він основину, та, не спроможеть ся скінчити, всі, дивлячись, не стали сьміятись із него, кажучи:
[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 Що сей чоловік почав будувати, та й не спроміг ся скінчити.
They would say, ‘This man started to build [a tower], but he was not able to finish it!’
31 Або який цар, ідучи на войну, ударити на другого царя, сївши перше не порадить ся, чи можливо з десятьма тисячами устояти проти того, хто з дванайцятьма тисячами йде на него.
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 Коли ж нї, то ще як той далеко, посли піславши, просить примирря.
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 Так оце всякий з вас, хто не відцураєть ся від усього свого достатку, не може моїм учеником бути,
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 Добро сіль; коли ж сіль вітріє, то чим приправити?
[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 Нї в землю, нї в гній не годить ся вона; геть викидають її. Хто має уші слухати, нехай слухає.
[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!”
