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.
It happened one Sabbath, when he went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees to eat bread, that they were watching him closely.
2 Tala mutu wumosi wuba kimbevo kimvimbu wuba va ntualꞌandi.
Behold, there in front of him was a man who was suffering from edema.
3 Buna Yesu wuyuvula minlongi mi Mina ayi Bafalisi ti: —Minsua midi mu belusa mutu mu lumbu ki saba e?
Jesus asked the experts in the Jewish law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”
4 Baba kuawu dio sui. Buna Yesu wusimba mutu beni, wumbelusa ayi wumvutula.
But they kept silent. So Jesus took hold of 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?
He said to them, “Which of you who has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
6 Basia vutula kadi diambu ko mu mambu momo.
They were not able to give an answer to these things.
7 Muaki wukamba nongo yimosi mu diambu di bobo batumusubu kamona buevi baba sobudilanga bibuangu binzitusu; ayi wuba kamba:
When Jesus noticed how those who were invited chose the seats of honor, he spoke a parable, 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 you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the place of honor, because someone may have been invited who is more honored than you.
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.
When the person who invited both of you arrives, he will say to you, 'Give this other person your place,' and then in shame you will proceed 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 you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, go up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
11 Bila woso wukukinangikanga wela kululu ayi woso wukukikululanga wela nanguku.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will 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.
Jesus also said to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your rich neighbors, as they may also invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
13 Vayi mu thangu wumvangisa nyengo, bufueni wutumisa minsukami, babela binama, bantiudikanga, baphofo.
But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, 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 you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid in 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 who sat at the table with Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
16 Yesu wumvutudila: —Mutu wumosi wuvangisa nyengo wunneni, wutumisa batu bawombo.
But Jesus said to him, “A certain man prepared a large dinner and invited many.
17 Thangu yi dia bu yifuana, wufidisa kisadi kiandi mu diambu kakamba batu batumusu ti “yizanu bila mamo makubinini.”
When the dinner was prepared, he sent his servant to say to those who were invited, 'Come, because everything is now ready.'
18 Vayi babo balomba nlemvo. Wutheti wunkamba: “Tsola ndisumbidi ayi mfueti kaka kuenda kuyitala, diawu ndemvukila.”
They all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.'
19 Wunkaka wukamba: “Dikundi di zingombi ndisumbidi, ziawu ndieka kuenda makisa, diawu wundemvukila.”
Another said, 'I have bought five pairs of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.'
20 Wunkaka wukamba: “Bosi kuandi ndikuedidi, diawu ndilendi baka bu kuizila ko.”
Then another man 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…”
The servant came and told his master these things. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.'
22 Buna kisadi beni kiyiza kunkamba: “A pfumu matuminingi mavangimini vayi bibuangu bikidi.”
The servant said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and yet there is still room.'
23 Buna pfumu andi wumvutudila: “Yenda mu zinzila, mu yenda ziphangu kuika batu biza koti mu diambu di nzoꞌama yifuluka.
The master 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.”
For I say to you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.'”
25 Nkangu wu batu wuba wuwombo wuba kuenda nlandakananga. Buna Yesu wubaluka kuidi nkangu ayi wuba kamba:
Now large crowds were going with him, and he turned and 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 anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27 Woso wunkambu nata dikulusi diandi ayi wunkambu kundandakana, kalendi ba nlonguki ama ko.
Whoever does not carry his own 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 who desires to build a tower does not first sit down and count the cost to calculate if he has what he needs to complete it?
29 Bila enati kakadi nunga mu manisa thungulu andi bu kamanisini tula zifundasio buna batu boso bobo bela kummona, bela kunsekinina
Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will 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, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take advice about whether he is able with ten thousand men to fight the other king who comes against him with twenty thousand men?
32 Enati buawu ko buna bu kakidi thama buna makafidisa mvualakuidi ntinu wunkaka ayi kunyuvula mambu mafueni mu kotisa ndembama.
If not, while the other army is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for conditions of peace.
33 Diawu woso kuandi buna luidi wunkambu yekula bima bioso bidi yandi buna kalendi ba nlonguki ama ko.
So therefore, any one of you who does not give up all that he has 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 has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again?
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 of no use for the soil or even for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
