Luke 14
1 Lumbu kimosi ki saba, Yesu bu kakota mu dia ku nzo yi pfumuyimosi yi Bafalisi, buna bobo baba muna baba kuntala bumboti.
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 Tala mutu wumosi wuba kimbevo kimvimbu wuba va ntualꞌandi.
And behold, there was a certain man before him that had the dropsy.
3 Buna Yesu wuyuvula minlongi mi Mina ayi Bafalisi ti: —Minsua midi mu belusa mutu mu lumbu ki saba e?
And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
4 Baba kuawu dio sui. Buna Yesu wusimba mutu beni, wumbelusa ayi wumvutula.
But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him, and sent him away.
5 Bosi wukamba batu baba vana: —Nani mu beno wuidi muanꞌandi voti ngombiꞌandi vayi zimbukila yidodukidi mu dibulu, wunkambu vika ku yitapula mu lumbu ki saba e?
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 Basia vutula kadi diambu ko mu mambu momo.
And they could not answer him to these things.
7 Muaki wukamba nongo yimosi mu diambu di bobo batumusubu kamona buevi baba sobudilanga bibuangu binzitusu; ayi wuba kamba:
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 —Mu thangu bela kutumisa ku nyengo wu makuela buna bika kuenda vuanda va meza va buangu ki nzitusu, ayi zimbukila mutu wumosiwulutidi minsua wutumusu kuidi mutu wowo wutumisa
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 bila buna mutu wowo wulutumisa ngeyo ayi niandi wela kuiza ayi kukamba: “vana buangu kiaku kuidi mutu wawu”. Buna wela monazitsoni kuenda vuanda ku buangu kitsuka.
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 Vayi bu bela kutumisa yenda ayi vuanda ku buangu kitsuka mu diambu mutu wowo wulutumisini bu kela kuiza wela ku kamba: “A nkundi ama, yiza vuandi vava”. Buna wela zitisu va ntuala batu bosobela ba yaku va meza.
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 Bila woso wukukinangikanga wela kululu ayi woso wukukikululanga wela nanguku.
Because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
12 Buna wukamba mutu wowo wuntumisa: —Ngeyo tumisa batu mu dia va muini voti va masika kadi tumisa bakundi baku, bakhomba ziaku, bambuta ziaku voti bamvuama bafikimini yakutala mamvawu babika kutumisa muingi bavutudila mambu momo wuba vangila.
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 Vayi mu thangu wumvangisa nyengo, bufueni wutumisa minsukami, babela binama, bantiudikanga, baphofo.
But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind;
14 Ngeyo wela ba mu khini bila batu bobo basi ko kadi kiasa mu diambu bavutudila mambu momo wuba vangila. Buna Nzambi wela kumfuta mu lumbu kioki basonga bela fuluka.
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 Buna mutu wumosi mu bobo baba va meza, bu kawa mambu momowukamba Yesu ti: —Khini kuidi mutu wowo wela dia mu Kipfumu ki Nzambi!
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 Yesu wumvutudila: —Mutu wumosi wuvangisa nyengo wunneni, wutumisa batu bawombo.
But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
17 Thangu yi dia bu yifuana, wufidisa kisadi kiandi mu diambu kakamba batu batumusu ti “yizanu bila mamo makubinini.”
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 Vayi babo balomba nlemvo. Wutheti wunkamba: “Tsola ndisumbidi ayi mfueti kaka kuenda kuyitala, diawu ndemvukila.”
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 Wunkaka wukamba: “Dikundi di zingombi ndisumbidi, ziawu ndieka kuenda makisa, diawu wundemvukila.”
And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me excused.
20 Wunkaka wukamba: “Bosi kuandi ndikuedidi, diawu ndilendi baka bu kuizila ko.”
And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21 Kisadi beni bu kivutuka, kiyiza kamba Pfumu andi mambu moso mama. Buna pfumu yi nzo beni wufuema ayi wukamba kisadi kiandi: “Yenda nsualu mu zinzila ayi mu bina bi zinzila zi divula ayi tuala vava: minsukami, babela binama, baphofo ayi bantiudikanga…”
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 Buna kisadi beni kiyiza kunkamba: “A pfumu matuminingi mavangimini vayi bibuangu bikidi.”
And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23 Buna pfumu andi wumvutudila: “Yenda mu zinzila, mu yenda ziphangu kuika batu biza koti mu diambu di nzoꞌama yifuluka.
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 Bila bukiedika ndikulukamba kadi mutu wumosi mu bobo batumusu kalendi dia ko.”
But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.
25 Nkangu wu batu wuba wuwombo wuba kuenda nlandakananga. Buna Yesu wubaluka kuidi nkangu ayi wuba kamba:
And there went great multitudes with him. And turning, he said to them:
26 —Enati mutu wizidi kuidi minu ayi enati kakadi lenda siandi, nguandi, nketuꞌandi, bana bandi, bakhomba bandi zi babakala ayi bakhomba bandi zi baketo, nkutu ayi luzingu luandi veka buna kkalendi banlonguki ama ko.
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 Woso wunkambu nata dikulusi diandi ayi wunkambu kundandakana, kalendi ba nlonguki ama ko.
And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28 Bila nani buna luidi bu katidi tungisa nzo yi banga wunkambu tuama vuandanga mu yindula thalu yela fua mu nzo beni mu diambu di zaba kani lenda manisa kisalu beni.
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 Bila enati kakadi nunga mu manisa thungulu andi bu kamanisini tula zifundasio buna batu boso bobo bela kummona, bela kunsekinina
Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,
30 bu bela tuba: “mutu wawu wutona tungisa nzo vayi kasia nunga ko manisa yawu”.
Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31 Voti ntinu mbi wowo tidi nuanisa ntinu wunkanka mvita wunkambu tuama vuandanga mu yindula kani mu dikumi mili di masodi buna lenda nungamu nuanisa mutu wowo wunkuiza kuidi niandi ayi makumuadi ma mili e?
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 Enati buawu ko buna bu kakidi thama buna makafidisa mvualakuidi ntinu wunkaka ayi kunyuvula mambu mafueni mu kotisa ndembama.
Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.
33 Diawu woso kuandi buna luidi wunkambu yekula bima bioso bidi yandi buna kalendi ba nlonguki ama ko.
So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.
34 —Tsalu kidi kima kimboti vayi enati yizimbisidi lueki luandi bunabuevi balenda vutudila lueki beni e?
Salt is good. But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35 Yisiedi kadi mfunu ko kani mu ntoto voti mu mbozi, yifueti kaka lozu ku nganda. Woso widi matu mawila buna bika kawa.
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.
