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, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,
2 Tala mutu wumosi wuba kimbevo kimvimbu wuba va ntualꞌandi.
and lo, there was a certain dropsical man before him;
3 Buna Yesu wuyuvula minlongi mi Mina ayi Bafalisi ti: —Minsua midi mu belusa mutu mu lumbu ki saba e?
and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, 'Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?'
4 Baba kuawu dio sui. Buna Yesu wusimba mutu beni, wumbelusa ayi wumvutula.
and they were silent, and having taken hold of [him], he healed him, and let [him] go;
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, 'Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?'
6 Basia vutula kadi diambu ko mu mambu momo.
and they were not able to answer him again unto these things.
7 Muaki wukamba nongo yimosi mu diambu di bobo batumusubu kamona buevi baba sobudilanga bibuangu binzitusu; ayi wuba kamba:
And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto 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 mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called 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 who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last 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 mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;
11 Bila woso wukukinangikanga wela kululu ayi woso wukukikululanga wela nanguku.
because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling 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 also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;
13 Vayi mu thangu wumvangisa nyengo, bufueni wutumisa minsukami, babela binama, bantiudikanga, baphofo.
but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, 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 happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'
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!
And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, 'Happy [is] he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;'
16 Yesu wumvutudila: —Mutu wumosi wuvangisa nyengo wunneni, wutumisa batu bawombo.
and he said to him, 'A certain man made a great supper, and called 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 the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.
18 Vayi babo balomba nlemvo. Wutheti wunkamba: “Tsola ndisumbidi ayi mfueti kaka kuenda kuyitala, diawu ndemvukila.”
'And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.
19 Wunkaka wukamba: “Dikundi di zingombi ndisumbidi, ziawu ndieka kuenda makisa, diawu wundemvukila.”
'And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:
20 Wunkaka wukamba: “Bosi kuandi ndikuedidi, diawu ndilendi baka bu kuizila ko.”
and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to 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 that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.
22 Buna kisadi beni kiyiza kunkamba: “A pfumu matuminingi mavangimini vayi bibuangu bikidi.”
'And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still 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 unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain 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, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.'
25 Nkangu wu batu wuba wuwombo wuba kuenda nlandakananga. Buna Yesu wubaluka kuidi nkangu ayi wuba kamba:
And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto 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 one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
27 Woso wunkambu nata dikulusi diandi ayi wunkambu kundandakana, kalendi ba nlonguki ama ko.
and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to 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 who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?
29 Bila enati kakadi nunga mu manisa thungulu andi bu kamanisini tula zifundasio buna batu boso bobo bela kummona, bela kunsekinina
lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may 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 going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?
32 Enati buawu ko buna bu kakidi thama buna makafidisa mvualakuidi ntinu wunkaka ayi kunyuvula mambu mafueni mu kotisa ndembama.
and if not so — he being yet a long way off — having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.
33 Diawu woso kuandi buna luidi wunkambu yekula bima bioso bidi yandi buna kalendi ba nlonguki ama ko.
'So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.
34 —Tsalu kidi kima kimboti vayi enati yizimbisidi lueki luandi bunabuevi balenda vutudila lueki beni e?
'The salt [is] good, but if the salt doth become tasteless, with what 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.
neither for land nor for manure is it fit — they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.'
