Luke 1616LukeThe journey to JerusalemChung New Testament+

Chung New Testament+Berean Standard Bible

1. 1CUGJisɔs chu dzaka i bwa bu bə mbaŋ a, “Mi wi kpɔ widɔkɔ nì kaŋaki lə waiŋ wi wi nɔm, wi nì jiə a wi tsɛ̂iŋki mbum bi. Wi ka dza wɔkɔ a, waiŋ wi wi nɔm wə bəkəliki lə kpɔ wi.BSBBSB: Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
2. 2CUGWi ka bɔɔŋ waiŋ wi nɔm wiwɔ, bikə i wi a, ‘Yələ kɔ yinaiŋ gia mih wɔkɔki kɔm wɔ lə a? Bâkti biŋwakti bichi biə wɔ nyakaki kpɔ wuŋ yɛiŋ, wɔ dzə̂ fîəni nyâ i mih. Kɔm wɔ ni chu nɔmki kə i mih.’BSBBSB: 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.’
3. 3CUGWaiŋ wi nɔm wiwɔ tsə num kwaka a, ‘Si tikwili wuŋ kɔŋŋki mih i nɔm wə, mih ni fə dəiŋ a? Si mih kɔ mih kaŋa kə ŋga i nɔmki bəh dzəkə, mih chu ŋgəmni i nywaki.’BSBBSB: 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.
4. 4CUGWi ka fiəni kwaka a, ‘Mih kiə lɔ gia yə mih ni fə̂, i jɔbi wə wi kɔŋŋ mih i nɔm wə, mih kaŋaki lə nsɛ́iŋ yə yi kɔ i dzɔ mih i bɔ dzu.’BSBBSB: I know what I will do so that after my removal from management, people will welcome me into their homes.’
5. 5CUGAyakadəiŋ, wi ka bɔɔŋ bəni bə̀ bɔ ni kaŋaki fwa yi tikwili wi wimu wimu, wi ninshiŋ dzə wi bikə i wi a, ‘Wɔ gɔmki tikwili wuŋ dəiŋ?’BSBBSB: And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.
6. 6CUGWi chukuli a, ‘Akɔ bibeli bimiə bimbum gbi.’ Ayaka wi dzaka a, ‘Kɔ̂ kiŋwakti ki fwa kələ nûm kuku wakli, kwûni nyâka a mbaŋshi.’BSBBSB: ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
7. 7CUGWi fiəni bikə i widɔkɔ a, ‘Wɔ gɔmki ŋ'wa dəiŋ na?’ Wi chukuli a, ‘Akɔ biba bigəŋ gbi.’ Ayaka wi dzaka a, ‘Kɔ̂ kiŋwakti ki fwa kələ kwûni nyâka a biba mbaŋnyani.’BSBBSB: 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.
8. 8CUGTikwili wi waiŋ wi nɔm wələ nì yɛiŋ si wi finiki bəh wi yaka, ka kɔksi wi a wi ni fifi lə.” Jisɔs ka kaasi a, “Bəni bə fa kuku fifiki i gia yə bɔ fəki tsə si bəni bə baiŋni fifiki i gia yibɔ yi baiŋni wə.BSBBSB: 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.
9. 9CUGAyakadəiŋ, mih fukuki i mbɛiŋ a, mbɛiŋ dzɔ̂ki mbum bimbɛiŋ bi fa kuku, i kwaki nsɛ́iŋ yɛiŋ, ka jɔbi wə bi bi kaa, Nyɔ bi ka dzɔ mbɛiŋ i wi dzu i di biə mbɛiŋ bi numki jɔbi wichi.BSBBSB: I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
10. 10CUGMi wə wi kiəki kə i tɔkni bəh fiɛŋ finchiŋ, wi kɔkə i tɔkni tə bəh fiɛŋ fimbum. Ayaka mi wə wi fəki kimfikili i gia yi nchiŋ wə, wi kɔlə i fəki tə kimfikili i yimbum wə.BSBBSB: 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.
11. 11CUGSi mbɛiŋ kɔkə tɔkni bəmbum bi fa kuku, a ni nya ndə mbɛiŋ mbum bi ŋkɔŋ a?BSBBSB: So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
12. 12CUGMbɛiŋ kabə kiəki kə i tɔkniki bəh biɛiŋ bi bəni bədɔkɔ, ma ndə ni nya mbɛiŋ bəh fiə fi kɔ fimbɛiŋ a?BSBBSB: And if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?
13. 13CUGWaiŋ wi nɔm kɔkə i nɔ̂mki i bətikwili bəfa. Yi kabə num yakadəiŋ, ma wi ni baiŋŋki widɔkɔ wi kɔŋ widɔkɔ, yudɔkɔ, wi ni wɔkɔki i widɔkɔ nalə wi sɛiŋni widɔkɔ. Mbɛiŋ kɔkə nɔmki i Nyɔ chu nɔm i kpɔ.”BSBBSB: 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.”
14. 14CUGSi Jisɔs dzaka yaka, Bəfalasi wɔkɔ gia yichi, ka yisi i suŋuki wi, kɔm bɔ nì kɔŋki kpɔ nalə.BSBBSB: The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.
15. 15CUGJisɔs ka dzaka i bɔ a, “Akɔ mbɛiŋ bələ bə̀ mbɛiŋ chusiki gwu a mbɛiŋ kɔ bəni bə ndzɔŋni i bəni nshiŋ, ayakalə Nyɔ kiə gia yichi yə yi kɔ i shɔ́m yimbɛiŋ wə. Mbɛiŋ kiəki a gia yə bəni kɔksiki a, akɔ gia, akɔ yə Nyɔ tsɛiŋki yi nyɛŋ i wi.”BSBBSB: 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. 16CUGJisɔs chu dzaka a, “A nì kɔ i kikpu wə, bə nì laniki num bənchi bə Muses bəh gia yə bəni bə ntum bə Nyɔ nì nyakaki. Ayakalə, i yisi si Jɔn nì dzə, bə ka fuku num ntum wi ndzɔŋni kɔm ŋkuŋ bi Nyɔ. Mi wichi ka jwɔki i liə kintəəŋ ki ŋkuŋ bi Nyɔ wə.BSBBSB: 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.
17. 17CUGYi bɔniki alə i bɔɔli bəh nshwaiŋ i dza nyə, yi bɔniki kə i fidzəkəni fi Kiŋwakti ki Bənchi i bi laka kilɔlɔ.BSBBSB: 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. 18CUGYi kɔ a, mi ka bee kpə wi, dzɔ widɔkɔ, ka nɔki bəh wi, yaka wi fə chu. Mi ka dzɔ miŋkpaŋa wə wi buku i mi widɔkɔ dzu, yəmaka numki a wi dzɔ kpə mi.”BSBBSB: Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
19. 19CUGJisɔs ka dza chu dzaka a, “Mi wimbum widɔkɔ nì kɔlə, wi lafi gwu bəh bəmbuŋ bə kpɔ wi ləkəli bɔ ndzɔŋ nalə, dzi kidəəŋ ki chɔkɔ bichi.BSBBSB: Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
20. 20CUGMi wi kifuu widɔkɔ num fɛiŋ, yɛli wi num Lasalus. Wi num biəkə kwa gwu yi yichi. Bə nì dzəki jiəki wi i shiki i dzaka ki mbaiŋ ki mi wimbum wə mə,BSBBSB: And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores
21. 21CUGwi wɔkɔli a yuwidɔkɔ jɔbi wə wi ni dziki, biɛiŋ biə bi ni bɛsiki ma ŋgaiŋ ni bɔŋyiki dziki. Si wi nì nɔki fɛiŋ yakadəiŋ, bíə dzə chu mɛni kaasi lɔ biəkə yi.BSBBSB: and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.
22. 22CUGAka numki i jɔbi widɔkɔ wə, mi wi kifuu wə kpi, bəchinda bə Nyɔ dzə giŋ wi, ka tsə jiə i di bindzɔŋni wə i kɔmsi i Ablaham wə. Ayaka mi wi kpɔ wə ni kpi tə bə ləə wi.BSBBSB: One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
23. 23CUGWi tsə num i tumi ki bəni bə kpili wə, wi ka numki fɛiŋ i ŋgəkə wimbum wə. Wi dza lɔɔ dzəkəh, yɛiŋ Ablaham nanu bəh Lasalus, i wi kpəŋ.BSBBSB: In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
24. 24CUGWi bɔɔŋ tsə a, ‘Ba Ablaham, kwâsi nshɛiŋ i mih, wɔ fâaŋ dzə̂ Lasalus, wi ləkə waiŋkpaŋ wi i mwi mə i dzə̂ də̂si kindɔŋ kəŋŋ yɛiŋ. Mih kɔ i nshili wimbum wə fa i gbuku wələ mə.’BSBBSB: 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.’
25. 25CUGAblaham chukuli mfih a, ‘Waiŋ wuŋ, kwaka jɔbi wə wɔ nì kɛiŋki i mbi. Wɔ nì kaŋaki lə biɛiŋ bindzɔŋni bichi i jɔbi wiwɔ, Lasalus nì yɛiŋki mfih num ŋgəkə. I liə akɔ Lasalus wə, wi kɔ i ndzɔŋni mə, wɔ num i nshili wə.BSBBSB: 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.
26. 26CUGA kɔkə shəŋ a yələ. Kîə a fəŋ kimbum kɔ num bə kɛiŋsi jiə, kə mi kɔkə i dza fa i daŋsi dzə i wɔ wə fɔkɔ, yi kɔbi tə i mi i dza fɔkɔ i daŋsi dzə fa i buku wə.’BSBBSB: 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.’
27. 27CUGMi wimbum wə chu tsa a, ‘Mintee Ba, fâaŋ Lasalus i kwili wibuku wə.BSBBSB: ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house,
28. 28CUGMih kaŋaki bwa bə nih bəŋ bəte, a wi tsə kîŋ i bɔ ka bɔ bi ma dzə̂ tə i di bi ŋgəkə biələ wə.’BSBBSB: for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
29. 29CUGAblaham chukuli mfih a, ‘Bwa bə nah kaŋaki lə biŋwakti bi Muses, bəh biə bəni bə ntum bə Nyɔ nì nyaka, bɔ wɔ̂kɔli gia yə bi dzakaki.’BSBBSB: But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
30. 30CUGMi wi kpɔ wə nəiŋ dzaka a, ‘Aayi Ba Ablaham, yi kɔ a mi widɔkɔ dza i kpi wə, wi tsə fuku i bɔ ka bɔ wɔkɔ, ma bɔ kwuni shɔ́m yibɔ.’BSBBSB: ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
31. 31CUGAblaham chukuli i wi a, ‘Bɔ ka nəiŋ i wɔkɔ gia yə biŋwakti bi Muses bəh bəni bə ntum bə Nyɔ dzakaki, bɔ kɔkə i wɔkɔ tə na yə mi wə wi dza i kpi wə dzakaki.’”BSBBSB: 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.’”