Luke 20 (KHJ) · Opened

1Ʊpyu ʊnʊng, Iyesu ni bi idɔɔ ubyen Ʊnʊng asu mɛr orokru asu tanamo iring ididima, ogu ubyen Ʊnʊng adarha avʊwa ʊmɛr ogro Imusa kǝni ɔrɔkɔng ka ba owroo.One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.

2Aka sani ngɛ ni, “Tana arʊ akina edei igumoyo ʊni iyoo imusa ʊring men? Iyaa minw ikrʊ yen?”“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

3Okɔ yoro mo ni, “Imye ma Ini gyurhony kam inyi tanami“I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:

4Ibaptisma Iyohana ikuni baa yaya wɔ, ki baa ɔwroo orokru?”John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”

5Ekǝ tere asu pya onuo ni ʊkamɔ ka sani, “Arʊ ba sani, ‘Ba ayaya,’ anu sani, ‘Ikisi inyi no yoronyi ni ngɛ?’They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’

6Yip arʊ ba yoro asani, ‘Ikuni baa ɔwroo orokru,’ kukum ɛkǝri orokru nʊ ta arʊ ni atari ɛpyerhe. Kii oyori ngɛ asani Iyohana ni arʊ pɛrɛ onuo Ʊnʊng ngɛ.”But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

7Okɔ yoro ngɛ asani “Arʊ ne kperhimo ikuni baa ube wo.”So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

8Iyesu ka sa nɔmɔni, “Imyɛ kam ina tanamo nyi, arʊ sini amim ikrʊ ʊsa ʊring men.”And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

9Ikpara dang Iyesu ko suno ngɛ ni ʊtana orokru ushosho wen, “Opyo arʊ puri inabi aka ma opyo arʊ ʊta ɛkǝri abya ka kyaa okyoro ki opyo apya kikǝkarha ekǝ dɛrhɛ ngɛ.Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.

10Sini akywa ʊkana fwa aka tuma agara ngɛ kya owro arʊ sini amimo abya ʊta, akya ayirha ngɛ osumo inabi sini akani.Yip ɛkǝri arʊ sini ayirhi orumo ʊta aka kraa ɛkǝri agara ɛyɛri ngɛ avu akʊrʊ.At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

11Ekǝ jo tuma opyoo agara ngɛ, aka kraa amaa ʊwaa, ayeri ngɛ avu akʊrʊ.So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

12Aka tuma ʊmang ataru ngɛ aka saa onuru ɛfɛn ngɛ ke esing.Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.

13“Ekpara dang ɔkɔrɔ ɛkǝri abya, ka sani, ‘Ikimo ini sa nɛchiyɛn? Ini tuma ɔnɔm sini ipri ni ʊwaa ngɛ, oboroo anushe maa imimoru ngɛ.’‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

14“Yip akywa sini erie, aka sani opyomo ni. ‘Ekǝri ɔnɔ ɔkɔrɔ ari orumo we, inyi ba arʊ pɛrɛ ngɛ, aki abya shoo amaru.’But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

15Aka kraa ɛfɛn ngɛ bi esing kǝ pɛrɛ ngɛ. “Ikimɔyoɔ nɛchiyɛn ɔkɔrɔ ɛkǝri abya nʊsa ni ɔmɔ?So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

16Eyeba ebe epyerhe ɛkǝri arʊ sini amimo abya ʊta ama opyo arʊ ɛkǝri abya.” Sini orokru kung ʊring men, akani, “Ʊnʊng sa ibe kya shoo kǝna!”He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”

17Iyesu ko komo ikra ka sani,“Nɛchiyɛn ikimoyo ini imisini ɔwori bi idɔɔ iring Ʊnʊng asani: “ ‘Ʊtari sini arʊ vura tiramɔwɔ ʊwɔwɔɔ uto ʊtari itung’ ?But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

18Arʊ sini aba kpaa bayu ʊtari wen anʊ vɛrhɛ ngɛ nɔyʊyɔw, arʊ sini ʊba kpaa ba aya ʊnʊ kɔɔ kǝni ubre ni.”Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

19Avʊwa ʊmɛr ogro kǝni ogu ubyen Ʊnʊng, kawaa apara sini anu kpin Iyesu ngɛ ba kywakywaa, kii ekperhi asani atani ushosho wen bi ikywimowo.Yip aka kung irung orokru.When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

20Akasu yara ngɛ asu waa apara sini anu kpin ngɛ ni ʊya aka tuma opyoo orokru aki oyovuno nge kǝni imɔ ni arʊ ʊbrʊbrʊmɔ ni. Akʊ tiri ikwyi imɔ nʊ kpin ngɛ ni iririma sini ɛpɛri, aki imɔ naa ngɛ bavu ari igumo Iroma.So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.

21Ɛkǝri arʊ sini atumimɔ ko gyurho Iyesu ngɛ asani “Avuwa, arʊ kpɛrhi ngɛ asani ʊringnwʊ kǝni ʊmɛrgnwʊ ʊbrʊbrʊwɔɔ. Une pyerhe ite ararʊ, use mɛr ʊtira Ʊnʊng nɛmɛr kǝni ushoyo ni.“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

22Ini idima arʊ kpura ikaisar ngɛ ʊfɛ ogon kii isayo nɛmɛr?”Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

23Iyesu kperhi ʊwɔrɔfomo ngɛ wo aka sani mo ni,But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,

24“Yen mi ikiri ʊfɛ. Uwurowu iyang wɔ ʊni ba yaa adarha ɔwɔri ni ikin?” Oko yoro ngɛ ni, “Imi Ikaisar”.“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

25Aka sani omo ni, “Nyi ma Ikaisar ngɛ ima sini ini mi Ikaisar, ama Ʊnʊng ngɛ ima sini ini mi Ʊnʊng.”So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

26Akana bramo ʊkpin ngɛ bekai iring ye bite orokru, ekǝ jijire sini oyori mo ka sa na kprukpring.And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

27Akywa dang opyo arʊ sini ayirhimo ni Asadukiya (arʊ sini ono yoromo ni ʊshinɛ arʊ sini okpuimo), aka ba ɔwroo Iyesu ko gyurho ngɛ asani.Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.

28“Avuwa, Imusa wori arʊ bi idɔɔ ogro asani, arupya orokru bo kpoo eshere eree asamo ni ɔnɔ ngɛ, itɔɔyo arupya nʊ lorho ubara ɛkǝri erere okro ebyere ɔnɔ bi ʊka arupya.“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

29Nɛchiyɛn opyo arʊpya nuwo ani etensara, ɔrɔkɔng mɔ ko lorho ubara ngɛ ko kpoo asaa ni ɔnɔ ngɛ.Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.

30Arʊ ʊmang pari ko lorho ubara ngɛ ko kpoo baa ʊkyepen ɔnɔ kaa.Then the second

31Kǝnawo arʊman taru ngɛ ko lorhi ubara ngɛ. Ima iying dang kukum mo ere tensara dang olorho ubara ɛkǝri erere okpomo ekɛne penmo ɔnɔ.and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

32Bakurha ngɛ kukum ɛkǝri erere ko kpoo kaa.And last of all, the woman died.

33Ʊnʊng ʊshinɛ eyesing kǝni sini arʊ pya etensara dang olorho ubara ngɛ anu shoo ere iyaa bi idɔɔmo?”So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”

34Iyesu ko yoro, “Orokru ipyoo yen ku lorhi ubara asu ma ibara.Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

35Yip ɛrɛrimɛ kǝni erere arʊ sini amaa ʊshinɛ bi ukpo akiki be ipyoo ukyeba ana su lorhomo ubara anasu mamɔ ubara.But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

36Anasu jo kpomo kii ani kǝni atina Ʊnʊng ni. Ani ɔnɔ Ʊnʊng mo, bekai sini ani ɔnɔ ʊshinɛ bai idɔɔ ukpowo.In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.

37Yip bidɔɔ ushosho ʊpya orumo, Imusa yen napʊpʊrhi asani arʊ sini okpuimo anu shinɛ, kii ayirhi ɛkǝri Ete ngɛ ni, ‘Ʊnʊng Ibraim, Ʊnʊng Ishaku, adarhi Ʊnʊng Iyakubu.’Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

38Asaa Ʊnʊng arʊ sini okpomo, yip ani Ʊnʊng arʊ sini ani akrʊmɔ, kii bekai ngɛ wɔ kukum ni akrʊ.”He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

39Opyo avʊwa ʊmɛr ogro Imusa ka sani “Avʊwa ʊpɛrɛ ne mɛr!”Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

40Aka samɔ ni ikywi sini anu jo gyurho ngɛ ipyoo ima ngɛ.And they did not dare to question Him any further.

41Iyesu ko gyurhomo asani, “Ikisi orokru yirhi Ikristi ngɛ ni ɔnɔ Idouda?Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?

42Ekǝri Idouda kaa wori bidɔɔ ʊyaa ʊsha ete uber: “ ‘Ete sini etem ngɛ ni: “Kiki ba avu ʊramFor David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

43Ke kya akywa sini ini tere arʊ sini ana waamɔnwɔ aki oshoo igɔgɔru ʊtɛ ifraanw.” ’until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’

44Idouda yirhi ngɛ ni ‘Ete.’ Anusa nenyee ɔkɔ jo shoo ɔnɔɔ?”Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”

45Sini orokru kukum aku kung Iyesu ngɛ, akasani ɔnɔ ʊmɛr ngɛ ni,In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,

46“Inyi sa noshong ni avʊwa ʊmɛr ogro Imusa men. Ese waa ukyeng kǝri nʊ ʊgbe ʊgbʊgbang ɛwɛi orokru fomo ngɛ bi idɔɔ Ize, awaa uwro kikii ɔmɔmɔrʊ bi owro utuno Ayaudiya kǝni owro ipara.“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

47Ɔmɔmɔ ani arʊ ra ni ina ere ukpo. Ʊwaa uyen ʊkamɔ okong otuturo ngɛ bo owro ʊsɔrhɔ Ʊnʊng. Ɔmɔmɔ anu yirha igara irɛ.”They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”

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