Luke 16 (BKW) · Opened

1Yezu eezɛke nɛ bɛdjekel bɛ náá: «Dhiiti kum mot nadi ɛ́, nɛ ndɔmbɛ. Bot eezɛlɛɛ kum mot'enɔk náá, ndɔmbɛ yɛ ɛpesaab nyɛ esa.Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

2Kukuma yɛ eezɛdjóo nyɛ, bhii tak nyɛ eezɛke nɛ nɛ náá: “Mɛ ɛpedyeebagwak embee menduk dum nɛ din ɛ lɔ. Pokobaŋa mɛ dáa wɔ di baal esa bam ɛ, etɛɛ náá, wɔ aanàkabaadi ndɔmbɛ yam.”So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

3Ndɔmbɛ eezɛke tɔ lyemɛ met náá: “Mɛ sa dáa, dáa di náá, kukuma yam moo zɛɛdɛk ɛbaalel ɛ esa bɛ e mɛmbɔ mam'aak. Mam ɛ́ di ààbɛ nɛ ghwyil mɛsa mɛ epyeeb bak. Ebeeak nɛ sa mam sen.The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.

4Mɛ nɛ gu dáa mɛ aasa étɛp bot neemyaal mɛ tɔ mendjaa mɔɔ bhis kukuma yam aadis mɛ e mɛsa ɛ.”I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’

5Tin, nyɛy zokazɛdjóo mot nɛ mot nadi kola kukuma yɛ sonok ɔ. Nyɛ eezɛke nɛ mot ɛsok náá: “Wɔ ɔ nɛ kola kukuma yam edhen?”And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.

6Nyɛ eezɛbɔɔza náá: “Etondo bɛmul mɛ bhum oliv dhet.” Ndɔmbɛ zɛke nɛ mot'enɔk náá: “Lela ɛdisi, ba mɛkana mɔ, kwyala tɔ tak mɛkam-mɛtɛn.”‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

7Bhis yenɔk nyɛ eebaake nɛ nyaa tak náá: “Ha wɔy, wɔ ɛ́ nɛ kola kukuma yam edhen?” Mot tak eezɛbɔɔza náá: “Eghuudɛ mɛbhisa dhet”. Ndɔmbɛ zɛke nɛ mot'enɔk náá: “Lela ɛdisi, ba mɛkana mɔ. Kwyala mɛkam-mɛtɛn nɛ mɛkam-mɛlɛl.”Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.

8Tin, kukuma zokazɛduwal mbee ndɔmbɛ yenɔk dum nɛ mɛsa mɛ etsoŋ nyɛ sa nɛ bot étɛp nyɛ needi ààbyenaa bhis nyɛ aasɔaa é mɛsa ɛ. Etɛɛ náá, bot ɛ bɔs'ak nɛ gu ɛkwyeel pak'ɔɔ dhaa dhaŋaa bot ɛ di kɛ tɔ gwyɛ ɔ.»The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

9Yezu eebaazɛbil náá: «Deenek mam lɛɛ bin ɛ náá: Beyaka ɛsɔ nɛ mɛvu mɛ di kɔɔ bot kɔ bɔs'ak ɛ. Etɛɛ náá, e di mɛvu menek aadi náá, ye tokapɛ ɔ, Zɛɛb ɛ waamyaal náá, bi di tɔ ndjaŋ'ɛ di na kɔm-kɔm.I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

10Mot di sosoob tɔ esa ee dem ɔ, mot tak ɛ waadi pe sosoob tɔ eboo esa. Mot aadi ààdi sosoob tɔ esa ee dem ɔ, nyɛ aanàkwaadi sosoob tɔ eboo esonok.Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.

11Yɛ bɛ náá, bi nabɛ ààgu ɛdi sosoob ɔ nɛ dáa bi nadi é be mɛvu mɛ mɛkɔŋ di kɔ bɔs'ak ɔ, ɛzɛ aadi nɛ ɛbwaalel nɛ nen, da bɛ ɛ́ djɛ bin tɛtɛ mɛvu?So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

12Yɛ bɛ náá, bi nabɛ ààgu ɛdi sosoob dum nɛ esa e bɔɔ bɛsɔ bin ɔ, ɛzɛ aadjɛ bin embɛɛ esa ee nazekoobela bin ye ɛ́?And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?

13«E tok nɛ mot-mɛsa ngɔt aasa mɛsa mɛ ekukuma ebá. Deenek nyɛ waabhina ngɔt da nyɛ ɛ́ kwyɛl nwyak; nɛghu nyɛ waakɛ kwyɛl ɛsa mɛsa mɛ ngɔt, da nyɛ ɛ́ byen yii nwyak mot. Bi tok nɛ ghwyil ɛsa e di wat mɛsa mɛ Zɛɛb nɛ mɛsa mɛ epata.»No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

14EFalizyɛ naagwak etɛp ee Yezu nadi lii ɛ djas. Bɛ ɛ́ boozɛni egɔ nyɛ etɛɛ náá, elyem bɔɔ naadyeebakwyɛl epata dhaa nyel.The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.

15Yezu eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Bi ɛ́ bot ɛ di tela mɛnyel e mis mɛ bot náá, bi ɛ́ bot ɛ epiki. Guka náá, Zɛɛb nɛ gu ebhum elyem bin. Etɛɛ náá, esa ee bot di bee náá, ye ɛ́ eboo esonok ɛ, Zɛɛb bee ɛ náá, ye ɛ́ etɛp e gwyes e mis mɛ.So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

16«Ɛwala ɛ etsi ɛ Moiiz nɛ ekwyala e bɛngoolel ɛ mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb nabɔya, kɛsik é ghɛŋ ɛ Zaŋ nduuel-bot. Kana membu mɛ tak, Mbɛɛ Bhaadal Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb ɛpelɛɛel, mot nɛ mot goka ɛ́ nyɛ sa yɛ mɛghaaz étɛp ɛbela di tɔ tak.The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

17Ye nakoozobɛ náá, gwoo nɛ bɔs ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛsi yɔbɔ, ààbɛ nɛ tɛp. Yɛ kabɛ mɛkpa mɛ etsi ɔ, yɛ aanàkwaakodisaa-disak ba mɔɔ ɛkyɛ wat tɔ tak.But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law.

18«Motom djas aabyen myɛl, da nyɛ ɛ́ kɛba dhiiti moma sis ɔ, motom tak sa ɛ́ ɛzɔ. Tin, motom aaba moma nazepɛɛaa e ɛbá ɔ, sa pe ɛ́, ɛzɔ.»Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

19«Ye nabɛ ɛ́ nɛ dhiiti mot ekum. Mot ekum tak nabe-bɔt ɛ́ mbɛɛ ekaad bɛna-eboo-mɛtaŋ. Nyɛ nadidi ɛ tɔ mbɛɛ wolo ndjaa nɛ tɔ mɛvu. Nyɛ de-dɛ ɛ́ mbɛɛ edee bɛkuma ɛ bot nɛ boo mɛtaŋ dáa bot ɛ di tɔ mɛbyoŋ ɛ mɛlu djas.Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

20Sok ɛniel ɛ ndjaŋ'ɛ, ye nabɛ ɛ́ nɛ dhiiti djel mot nadi é dje-dja si tin ɔ. Din ɛ mot tak nabɛ ɛ́ Lazaad. Nyɛ nabɛ ɛ́ nɛ mɛpyoŋ “kpeeeŋ” e nyel djas.And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

21Djel mot'enɔk nabɛ ɛ́ nɛ gwyes ɛ dedɛ bɔɔ eghutu-ghutu edee nadi é kwyit e mesa mot ekum enɔk. Tin, bela náá, bɛbhyɛ nadi ezyɛ, zɛwyiiz mɛpyoŋ mɛ.and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

22Tin, djel mot eezɛkpaa nɛ mɛsyee, gwyɛ. Efofop zokazɛnɔɔ nyɛ, kɛnɛɛg nyɛ é bhaaz ɛ Abalaam. Mot ekum zokabaazɛgwyɛ yɛ, nyɛ zokadelaa.One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.

23Nyɛ nadi ezuk ɛbuɛpe kɔ dɛl ɛ bot ɛ nazegwyɛ ɔ. Nyɛ ɛ́ boo zɛben mis, nyɛ kabee nɛ ɛtseta ɛ́, Abalaam zɛnɔɔ Lazaad e bhaaz'ɛ.In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.

24Bhii tak nyɛ eezɛbootsim: “Tata Abalaam! Geka mɛ ghoŋ. Lwoma Lazaad nyɛ duu djin tɔ mɛdii, bhii tak da nyɛ ɛ́ zɛtɔlal mɛ ɛtɔ́ ɛ tak kɔ djem. Etɛɛ náá, mɛ ɛpezuk ɛbuɛpe nɛ mɛgoo mɛ du'ak.”So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

25Tin, Abalaam eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: “Mɔn'am, taala náá, wɔ naabela bɛtɛ nɛ ekum esok wɔ nabɛ, wɔ dinaa nɛ tsik ɛ. Yɛ kabɛ Lazaad ɔ, nyɛ nabɛ ɛ́ mot mezuk. E di nyɛ di wak'ak, nyɛ ɛpebela yɛ mɛnyɔ. Yɛ kabɛ wɔy ɔ, wɔ moo ɛ́ tɔ mezuk.But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

26Baabela náá, ye ɛ́ nɛ boo guk na diidim pak'enaka. Deenek bot aakwyɛl ɛtsel, étɛp ɛzyɛ penek ɔ, nyɛ aanàkwak ɛtsaal dwoob. Baabela náá, bot aadi ee kwyɛl ɛdhaa, tɔ́ pɛ yii kyee ɔ, aanàkwaakwak pe.”And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

27Mot ekum zokazɛke náá: “Tata, mɛ waab nɛ nɔ náá, wɔ kyeed Lazaad tɔ ndjaa saag'am,‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,

28penek, mɛ ɛ́ nɛ bɛdhyeeb ɛtɛn. Nyɛ kɛ ɛdul bɛ mɛlɔ e kaab náá, bɛ ɛzɛkɛzyɛ pɛ yak di mezuk.”for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’

29Abalaam eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: “Bɔɔ penek, bɛ ɛ́ nɛ etsi ɛ Moiiz nɛ bɛngoolel ɛ mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb étɛp ɛdul ɛ bɛ mɛlɔ. Bɛ gwak mɛlyo mɔɔ.”But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

30Mot ekum zɛke náá: “Tata Abalaam, yenek djas aanàkwaadjala! E nyɔ ɛ́ náá, mot dus tɔ bot ɛ nazegwyɛ ɔ, da nyɛ ɛ́ kɛlii nɛ nɔ ɔɔ, tin ɛ́ bɛ aaswoola mɛfulu mɔɔ nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ.”‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

31Deenek Abalaam eebaazɛke nɛ nɛ náá: “Bɛ ɛ́ di ààkwyɛl ɛgwak Moiiz nɛ bɛngoolel ɛ mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb ɔ, bɛ aanàkwaakomyaal mot ye nàkoo zo di mot dus tɔ bot ɛ nazegwyɛ ɔ.”»Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

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