Luuka 15
1 lino avasongesia songo na vahosi avange vakisa kwa Yesu na kukumpulikisia uYesu.
Many [HYP] tax collectors and [others whom people considered to be] habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.
2 avaFarisayi vooni navalembi vakajing'ulasia viiti,” umuunhu uju ikuvupila avanya sambi nambe kulia navo.
The Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws [who were there] [SYN] began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also [defiles himself by eating] with them!”
3 uYesu akajova ikighwani iki kuvanave akati,
So Jesus told them this parable:
4 “ghweveni kulyumue, ndeve ali ning'olo kilundo neke jimonga jisova, ikusileka isingi sila fijigho budikalubale na budika lubale na kuluta kulonda jino jisovile kuhanga ajaghe?
“Suppose that one of you had 100 sheep. If one of them were lost, (you [(sg)] would certainly leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it./would you not leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it?) [RHQ]
5 ghwope kya ajaghile akujipinda pamavegha kumo ahovwike.
When you [(sg)] found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy.
6 angafike pakaja, ikuvakemhela avamanyani na vabadingani vake pe ikuvavula kuuti, hovokagha palikimo nune, ulwakuva ing'olo jango jino jikasovile nijaghile.
When you brought it home, you would call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’
7 vule vule nikuvavula kuuti luliiva lukelo kukyanya pano umuhosi jumo ilaata inyivi, kukila vwimila avaanhu fijigho budikalubale na budika lubale, avagholofu avasila vufumbue vwa kulaata.
I tell you [(pl)] that similarly [God] will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who [think that they] are [IRO] righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil.
8 nambe kwale umukijuuva veni juno ali ni ndalama kijigho, neke angasovelue nu lutalama lumo, kya ikunga itaala nakufyaghila inyumba na kulonda kungufu sooni kuhanga ikulwagha?
Or, suppose that a woman has ten [very valuable] silver coins. If she loses one of them, (she will certainly light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it!/will she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it?) [RHQ]
9 kyande alyaghile ikuvakemhela avamanyani na vabading'ani vake na kukuvavula hovokagha palikimo nune, ulwakuva ulutalama lwango luno lukasovile nilwaghile.
When she finds it, she will call together her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me, [because] I have found the coin that I lost!’
10 nambe ndikio nikuvavula,” pwelule ulukelo pa vulongolo pa vanyaMhola va Nguluve vwimila unyasambi jumo juno ilaata.
I tell you that similarly the angels will be happy about [even just] one sinner who turns from doing evil.”
11 na ju Yesu akati,” umuunhu jumonga alyale na v vaaswambe vavili,
Then [Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people]. He said, “A certain man had two sons.
12 un'debe jula akam'bua uviise ghwake akati, baba umhele uvuhasi vwango neke akaghava ikyuma kyake kuveene.
One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, [I do not want to wait until you(sg) die]. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.
13 ifighono nafinga, un'debe jula akakong'ania foni fino finoghile akaluta ku iisi ija kuvutali, ukuo akalia fivi indalama sa mwene, akaghulila ni finu fino nailonda, akavombela fivi indalama samwene kunyivi.
A few days later, the younger son [sold his share]. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.
14 ghwope ye amalile fyoni ilijala likingila mu isi jila pe umwene akatengula kuva mulondi.
After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough [food to] eat.
15 akaluta kwa muunhu jumonga ghwa mu iisi jila, ghwope akan'twala kumughunda ghwake ku suvila ingube.
So he went to one of the landowners in that area and asked for work. The man sent him to work taking care of the pigs in his field.
16 akava inoghelua kulia amabandu ghano ingube salisagha ulwakuva nakwale umuunhu juno akampelile ikinu kyokyoni alie.
[Because he was very hungry], he would have been glad to eat the bean pods that the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything to eat.
17 pe un'debe jula akasagha mu mwojo ghwake akati, ava vombi valingi ava baba ghwango vilia filingi ifyakukwilana najune pwenile apa nifua ni n'jala!
Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!
18 nivuka niluta kwa baba ghwango na kukumbula,” Baba nihokile kwa Nguluve na pa maaso ghako.
So I will leave here and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God [MTY, EUP] and against you [(sg)].
19 naninoghile kukemhelua n'swambo kange, um'bike nive mumo muvavombi vako.
I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son. Just hire me to be like one of the other hired servants.”’
20 pepano akaluta kwa viise ghwake. ye akyale kutali uviise ghwake akamwagha akam'bonela ikisa akaluta luvilo akamuyayila na kumunonela.
So he left there and went back to his father’s house. But while he was still some distance from the house, his father saw him. He pitied him. He ran to his son and embraced him and kissed him [on the cheek].
21 u mwana jula akam'bula akati,” Baba nihoile kukyanya kwa Nguluve na pa vulongolo pa maaso ghako, naninoghile kukemhelua n'swambo.
His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God [MTY/EUP] and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son.’
22 uviise jula akavavula avavombi vake; mulete ng'hani ng'ahi umwenda unono kyongo mun'fwasie. Mun'fwasie ni pele mu kyove ni filatu mumaghulu.
But his father said to his servants, ‘Go quickly and bring to me the best robe [in the house]! Then put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger [to show that I am honoring him again as my son]! Put sandals on his feet [to show that I do not consider him to be a slave]!
23 kange mulete ing'ombe jino jinonile muhinje tulie na kuhovoka.
Then bring the fat calf and kill it [and cook it]. We [(inc)] must eat and celebrate,
24 ulwakuva umwanango alyale afwile mwope mwumi. alyasovile ghwope avonike vakatengula kululutila.
because my son has returned! [It is as though] [MET] he was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now has been found!’ So they did that, and they all began to celebrate.
25 pe baho umwanake um'baha jula alyale kumughunda. akatile ikwisa alipipi ni nyumba akapulika ilisio ilya nyimbo na kuseja.
While all that was happening, the man’s older son was out [working] in the field. When he came near to the house, he heard [people playing] music and dancing.
26 akan'kemhela um'bombi jumonga akam'posia agha kwe kuti kiki?
He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.
27 um'bombi akam'bula akati,” ununavo isile ubaba ghako amuhijile ing'ombe jino jinonile ulwakuva agomwika n'kafu.
The servant said to him, ‘Your [younger] brother has come [home] Your father has [told us to] kill the fat calf [to celebrate] because your brother has returned safe and healthy.’
28 un'swambe um'baha akakalala akasita kukwingila mun'kate pe uviise akahuma kunjikumpelepesia.
[But] the older brother was angry. He refused to enter [the house]. So his father came out and pleaded with him [to come in].
29 neke akamwamula iviise ghwake akati,” lola une nikuvombile amaka minga nambe nanipunisivue indaghilo sako, neke numhelile nambe kapene kuuti, nihovoke navamanyani vango.
But he replied to his father, ‘Listen to me! For many years I have worked for you like a slave. I always obeyed everything you told me to do. But you never even gave me a young goat, so that I could [kill it and cook it and] celebrate with my friends.
30 neke atile isile un'swambo uju juno alile fivi ikyuma kyako palikimo na vaghenda mwalu umuhinjile ing'ombe jino jinonile.
But this son of yours spent all the [money he got from] what you gave him. He spent it [to pay for sleeping with] prostitutes! Yes, now he has returned home, [but it is not fair that] you have told your [servants] to kill the fat calf [and cook it] for him!’
31 uviise akam'bula akati,” n'swambango, ulipalikimo nune ifighono fyoni, ni fyoni fino nilinafyo fye fyako.
But his father said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all my property [that I did not give to your brother] has been yours.
32 lino lunoghile kulyusue kuvomba ikikulukulu na kuhovoka, unyalukolo ghwako uju hwene akafwile na lino mwumi; akasovile ghwope avonike.
But [it is as though] [MET] your brother was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now he has been found! So it is appropriate for us to be happy and celebrate!’”
