Luke 12 (NCR) · Opened

1No Jiso gɛ̀ jɛmɛ, binchvu bi bamii mo bi taashi bi too fo banchvuge le banchvuge le bo faase wu. Bamu jiɛnyi bikaa bi bamu. Jiso ja wu kɛ wu tu wu jɛme nyu booŋ be ba ŋgoo le wu duu lɛ, “Bɛŋ jôde kife bɛ kinshilɛ ki Bafalashii ki le gee chiboo chì bo jɛme yeye, bo gee yeye.In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2Bɛŋ kêe lɛ fiɛɛ fì ba nyile fi kɛme ki fi to fi bu fɛ waaŋ. Gɛ fiɛɛ nyu yu tɛ fì ba nyile fì lé fi gê njɛ ba kɛ̂ɛ sɛŋ gɛ.There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

3Bɛŋ kêe lɛ fiɛɛ fichii fì bɛŋ jɛme antaŋ lé ba nyû ba yû fɛnshɛ. Fiɛɛ fichii fì bɛŋ fale yeh bɛŋ chvuune lo lé ba nyû ba tô ba jaŋ lo fɛ kigo ki yeh le.What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

4Nsáa yaŋ, njɛme bɛŋ le lɛ keefɛ bɛŋ fâane bamii ba taŋlo bo yuuyɛ gɛh nyume nyaŋ yi ye maa, njɛ taŋlo bo ka bo ge fiɛɛ fimi sɛŋ gɛ.I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

5Bɛŋ yêgɛ bɛŋ yû muh wù bɛŋ fâane, bɛŋ fâne nyu Nyo nje le wu wù kɛme bvuŋga ki wu yûuyɛ muh, wu ka wu leesɛ mwɛdɛ yi ŋgu wù baaŋ le. Ŋka njɛme bɛŋ le lɛ bɛŋ fâane gɛh nyu wu maa.But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

6Gɛ bɛŋ kee lɛ ba to ba gese munsɛŋ muntɛŋ yi munini le munfɛɛ maa gɛ? Geenɛ, gɛ finsɛŋ fimi nyu yu fimimia fì Nyo to wu daayi a fi le gɛ.Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

7Fiena le lɛ Nyo kee yvú yichii yì le a bɛŋ fwa. Keefɛ bɛŋ fâane gɛ. Bɛŋ fede munsɛŋ mù duude.And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

8Nsɛŋe tɛ bɛŋ le lɛ, muh bɛmɛ mɛ a bamii fwe lɛ wu kee mɛ, tu muh wù jee che le Mwamuh lé wu gê wu bɛ̂ɛŋ tɛ mwɛdɛ a banchɛndaa ba Nyo fwe lɛ wu kee wu.I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

9Geenɛ muh ma lo mɛ a bamii fwe tu mɛ tɛ nlé mmâ mwɛdɛ a banchɛndaa ba Nyo jii.But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

10Fi ka nyume lɛ, Nyo lé wu gê wu lɛ̂ɛshɛ jɛ́ yì befe yì muh jɛme kune muh wù jee che le lɛ Mwamuh, geenɛ gɛ Nyo nyu wu yu wu to wu lɛɛshɛ jɛ́ yì befe yì muh jɛme kune Kiyo ki Yuude gɛ.And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

11Sege ba koo bɛŋ ba gɛɛŋ bɛ bɛŋ yéh yi buunɛ le, kɛnɛ nyu fwe a bamii ba sage woŋ, kɛnɛ nyu fwe a bamii ba kɛme bvuŋga bvù bo sage tɛ, lɛ bo gɛɛŋ bo sa bɛŋ, keefɛ kikwɛɛ fûuŋse bɛŋ laa bɛŋ le bɛŋ gɛɛŋ bɛŋ taanyi jwe bɛŋ duu lɛ la lɛ, kɛnɛ bɛŋ jɛme nɛɛ lɛ.When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.

12Lé gê nyume kife kiyu le, Kiyo ki Yuude sɛɛŋ bɛŋ fiɛɛ fì bɛŋ lé bɛŋ jɛ̂mɛ.”For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”

13No Jiso gɛ̀ teede booŋ be ba ŋgoo le noo, muh mu ja wu jɛmɛ antɛnɛɛ a kinchvu ki bamii le, wu du wu le lɛ, “Muh wu N'yɛyɛ, du Mwa bwɛɛŋ le lɛ wu ga bvushɛ bwesa wu nya bwaŋ.”Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

14Jiso biih wu le lɛ, “Jwɛŋsɛ, gɛle yɛɛŋ mɛ lɛ nsûune bansa bena, ŋka ŋgâde bvushɛ bwena?”But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”

15No wu biide noo wu mo wu jɛmɛ muh wuchii le lɛ, “Bɛŋ jôde kife bɛŋ yɛ̂ne keefɛ bɛŋ yɛ̂ɛde ajii yi mwɛɛ le gɛ, nje gɛ kinche kimu nyu njɛ mwɛɛ mu wù kɛme gɛ, mo mwɛdɛ tu wù kɛme bvukugɛ nɛɛ la.”And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

16No wu jɛmɛ noo, wu mo wu ma ŋgaŋ lɛ, “Muh wu kwa wumu gɛ̀ kɛme mwɛ we, mwɛɛ joŋ yu baaŋ.Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

17Wu mo wu kɛ wu kwaji lɛ laa wu lé wu gê nɛɛ la? Wu lé wu gɛ̂ɛ ŋgu ye yɛɛ faaŋ la?So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

18Wu mo wu ja wu chu ntaŋ lɛ, ‘Fiɛɛ fì nlé ŋgê le finɛ. Nlé nsâ basaŋkwa baŋ, ŋkâasɛ njôoŋ ba kuge, mo ŋgɛ̂ɛ ŋgu bɛ mwɛɛ mwaŋ yu munchii.Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.

19Ndoo ŋge noo, mɛ mo ndu kikwɛɛ kaŋ le lɛ nle muh wu kishi. Ŋkɛme mwɛɛ mù nlé ŋgê njîi biluŋ bì duude le. Gɛ mbaaŋ ntu mbuge gɛ. Nlé njîi gɛh wa lo, ŋka mmuu n'yuge njoŋ.’Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

20No wu seese noo, Nyo mo wu tɛɛŋ wu lɛ, ‘Kiyuŋ kinɛ! Kintaŋ ki abɛŋ le nlé ŋkâasɛ njô kiyo kuŋ. N'yɛŋ laa mwɛɛ munɛ munchii mù wo seese wo gɛɛ lé gê nyû mu yɛɛŋ la?’”But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

21No Jiso jɛme nɛ wu mo wu jɛmɛ lɛ, “Le gɛh yɛɛŋyɛɛŋ no fì lé fi gê fi nyû fɛ muh wu banyi bvukugɛ fɛ kikwɛɛ ke le wù kɛme gɛ bvukugɛ kimbe ki Nyo le gɛ.”This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”

22Wu ka wu ja wu jɛme wa nyu booŋ be ba ŋgoo le lɛ, “Keefɛ bɛŋ lûume kune kinche kena lɛ laa bɛŋ lé bɛŋ gê bɛŋ jî la lɛ, kɛnɛ kune ye yene lɛ laa bɛŋ lé bɛŋ jîi la lɛ.Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

23Bɛŋ kêe lɛ kiyo ki muh fede mwɛɛ munjile, ye yi muh fede njú.For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

24Bɛŋ jîŋɛ bɛŋ yɛŋ biŋaŋa, gɛ bi to bi lɛne gɛ, gɛ bi to bi gweji ŋgu gɛ. Gɛ bi kɛme basaŋkwa kɛnɛ baŋwaŋ gɛ. Geenɛ Nyo nyaŋe gɛh bi bichii. Gɛ bɛŋ kee lɛ bɛŋ yage munyii gɛ?Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

25Le yɛɛŋ a bɛŋ ntɛnɛɛ wù fuuŋse, wù taŋlo wu bisɛ gɛh kife shige yi kinche ke le?Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

26No gɛ taŋlo bɛŋ ge mo fì shige finɛ gɛ, gee la fì bɛŋ soge bikwɛɛ kune mwɛɛ munɛ?So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?

27Bɛŋ jîŋɛ bɛŋ yɛ̂ŋ no nfudɛ to wu kuu wù nyu. Gɛ nfudɛ to wu lɛne gɛ, gɛ wu shiŋe njú gɛ. Geenɛ, nsɛŋe bɛŋ le lɛ gɛh Nfoŋ Salamoŋ bɛ bvukugɛ bwe bvuchii bvù wu gɛ̀ kɛme wu gɛ̀ suse ye wu bu fɛ nfudɛ le gɛ.Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.

28No Nyo suse agaaŋ a nchvuuŋ nɛ, agaaŋ a kuu abɛŋ, bu antaana ba fwɛɛ lo fɛtaŋ, tu gɛ taŋlo wu susɛ bɛŋ wu fe lo noo gɛ? O oo bamii ba mbɛmɛ wù shige lɛ!If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!

29Fi mo fi nyu lɛ keefɛ fi fûuŋse bɛŋ gɛ, keefɛ bɛŋ kwâji laa bɛŋ lé bɛŋ jî la bɛŋ tu bɛŋ mû la lɛ,And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.

30nje munɛ mwɛɛ to kwaji gɛh bamii ba bituŋ bi yi nshɛŋ yinɛ le. Bɛŋ kêe lɛ Chiji wene kee lo lɛ bɛŋ koŋe mwɛɛ munɛ munchii.For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

31Bɛŋ gɛ̂ɛ bvufee bwena nyu yi bvunfoŋ bvu Nyo le, wu mo wu nyaa tɛ mwɛɛ munɛ munchii bɛŋ le.But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.

32Ŋgoo yaŋ, no bɛŋ le shige nɛ, keefɛ bɛŋ fâane gɛ, nje Chiji wene le wu koŋ wa ki wu nyâ bvunfoŋ bɛŋ le.Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.

33Bɛŋ gesɛ mwɛɛ mu bɛŋ kɛmɛ, bɛŋ ga bige biyu bamii ba fuude le, bɛŋ gôone bikɛɛ nyu bì taŋlo bi gɛ suumɛ gɛ. Bɛŋ gɛ̂ɛde kwa wene nyu yi woŋ wù Nyo le, fɛ taŋlo wu gɛ ka gɛ, fɛ choŋ taŋlo wu gɛ fe fo gɛ, fɛ shé taŋlo yi gɛ kaaŋ gɛ.Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

34Bɛŋ kêe lɛ fɛ muh gɛɛde nchvu ye fo le fɛ fitele fie le fo.For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

35Bɛŋ kaaŋ bicha biɛna, bɛŋ chu bin'yesɛ bɛŋ chîɛɛne lɛme,Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

36gɛh njɛ booŋ ba lɛme to bo chiɛɛne kikwɛɛ kiboo wù nyu kijusɛ ki bvuguu le. Wu doo wu kaasɛ wu to wu kuŋ kimbuŋ ba gwenyɛ lo wu lee.Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

37Kinlaŋye kì baaŋ le ki nyu fɛ booŋ ba lɛme le sege kikwɛɛ kiboo fɛsɛ wu yɛŋ bo nyu we bo chiɛɛne wu. Nsɛŋe bɛŋ nchiɛɛŋ lɛ wu lé wu gê wu chɛ̂mɛ nju ye wu kaaŋ, bo shiiyɛ fɛkuu wu to bɛ mwɛɛ munjile wu gajɛ bo le.Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

38Kinlaŋye kì baaŋ le ki nyu ki booŋ ba lɛme ba wu lé wu gê wu fɛ̂sɛ wu yɛ̂ŋ bo nyu bo chiɛɛne wu. Kɛnɛ wu lé wu gê wu tô antaŋ antɛnɛɛ, kɛnɛ sege nyishii to yi toŋe.Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

39Bɛŋ kêe lɛ chiji yeh nɛ kee kife ki choŋ le wu to, tu wu lé wu chîɛɛne. Wu gɛ̀ chinɛ lɛ ba ŋgode yeh ye gɛ.But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

40Bɛŋ tɛ kɛme ki bɛŋ chîɛɛne, nje muh wù jee che le Mwamuh lé wu gê wu kâasɛ wu to kife kì bɛŋ kee gɛ le.”You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”

41Bita mo wu ja wu biih wu le lɛ, “Tada, wo ma ŋgaŋ wunɛ nyu bee le, noo bamii bachii le lɛ?”“Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”

42Tada chvuu lɛ, “Mwa lɛme wu le wù nchiɛɛŋ wù ka kɛme bvufee le wù la? Gɛ nyume muh wɛɛ wù chiji kikwɛɛ ke le wu gɛɛ wu lɛ wu jîiŋe fɛ yeh ye le, sege kife doo ki kojɛ wu nya mwɛɛ munjile booŋ be ba lɛme le gɛ?And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?

43Kinlaŋye kì baaŋ lé ki gê ki nyûme ki mwa lɛme wù chiji kikwɛɛ ke, sege wu doo wu too wu yɛŋ wù gee lɛme gɛh yɛɛŋyɛɛŋ no wu bee ki wù gee.Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.

44Nsɛŋe bɛŋ nchiɛɛŋ lɛ chiji kikwɛɛ ke lé wu gê wu bɛ̂ɛŋsɛ wu, wu jiiŋe fɛ mwɛɛ mwe le munchii.Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

45Geenɛ, nɛ mwa lɛme wɛɛ ja wu jɛmɛ kikwɛɛ ke le lɛ, ‘Gɛ chiji kikwɛɛ kaŋ nyu wu yaŋsɛ wu kaasɛ gɛ’, wu mo wu kɛ wu suŋe booŋ ba lɛme ba bilɛŋsɛ mo ba bikɛse, wu jii wu ka muu mbvuuŋ mo koode wu,But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

46chiji kikwɛɛ ke lé wu gê wu jâ gɛh wu bûnɛ juu chimi chì wu be kwaji gɛ bɛ kife kì wu be kee gɛ le. Wu doo wu ge wu bu noo, wu mo wu gwoojɛ lo mwa ye wu lɛme wɛɛ, wu chiiŋsɛ wu wu gɛɛŋ wù nyu bɛ bamii ba lɛme gɛ jɛ yi boo le gɛ.The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

47Mwa lɛme wù kee fiɛɛ fì chiji kikwɛɛ ke goone lɛ wu gêe, wu baaŋ seesɛ gɛ ye ki wu gêe gɛ, tu ba lé ba tâaŋ wu bɛ munte wesee.That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

48Mwa lɛme wɛɛ wu kee gɛ fiɛɛ fì chiji kikwɛɛ ke goone lɛ wu gêe gɛ, wu fɛ fiɛɛ fì taŋlo ba taaŋ wu bɛ munte wesee, lé ba nyû ba wêjɛ gɛh lo wuwɛɛ shige. Muh wù ba nya mwɛɛ wu le wesee le wu wù ba lé ba gôone mwɛɛ wu le wesee. Muh wù ba le ba gɛɛ mwɛɛ chiaaŋ ye le wesee lé ba nyû ba bîih mwɛɛ wu le wesee.”But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

49Jiso ka wu jɛmɛ booŋ be ba ŋgoo le lɛ, “Nto ki nfwɛɛ nyu ŋgu yi nshɛŋ le. Muh jo lɛ wu be bɛde wa lo.I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!

50Ŋkɛme kfuu chi ŋgɛ wù baaŋ wumu ki nlee wu le, fitele fiaŋ lé fi jɛ̂de gɛh sege nlé nlêe wa wu le.But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

51Bɛŋ kwaji lɛ nto nyu bɛ kimbonɛ yi nshɛŋ le fɛnɛ? Ŋgaŋ! Bɛŋ kêe lɛ nto nyu bɛ kiŋgaye.Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.

52Kɛge yi mɛɛse le gɛɛne fwe, yeh yì le bɛ bamii batɛŋ lé yi gê yi gâ ye. Bamii batɛde lé bo gê bo gâ ye bɛ ba bafɛɛ, ba bafɛɛ ga ye bɛ ba batɛde.From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

53Chiji mwa lé wu gê wu gâ ye bɛ mwa ye wù jwɛŋsɛ, mwa wù jwɛŋsɛ juu bɛ chiji. Bwe mwa lé wu gê wu jûu bɛ mwa ye wù kwɛse, mwa wù kwɛse juu bɛ bwee. Bwe jwɛŋsɛ lé wu gê wu jûu bɛ kwɛ mwa ye, kwɛ mwa juu bɛ bwe jwɛɛŋ.”They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

54Jiso gɛ̀ du kinchvu ki bamii le lɛ, “Bɛŋ to bɛŋ yɛde sege kimbɛ bɛɛne je ajuu seele yo, bɛŋ mo bɛŋ duu lɛ, ‘Jaŋ lé yi gwê.’ Yi ge yi mo yi gwe.Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

55Sege bɛŋ yɛde tɛ nfuŋ bɛɛne je akuu akuu, bɛŋ mo bɛŋ tu bɛŋ duu lɛ, ‘Kiyufɛ kì baaŋ lé ki nyû yu.’ Ki mo ki nyûme yu.And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.

56Bɛŋ bamii ba jɛme yeye, bɛŋ tu bɛŋ gee yeye banɛ, no bɛŋ jiiŋe kibvulɛ bɛ nshɛŋ bɛŋ mo bɛŋ sɛŋe no akfuuŋ le wo nyume, gɛ taŋlo bɛŋ tɛ kɛɛ mwɛɛ mù Nyo duunyi yi kife kinɛ le gɛ nje la?You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?

57Gɛ taŋlo bɛŋ tɛ kwaji fiɛɛ fì chaaŋ fi taŋlo bɛŋ gêe gɛ?And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

58Nɛ muh lé wu jô wo wu gɛɛne bɛ wo yeh yi nsa le, wo mo wo moŋ ki wo bɛ̂ɛŋ ki bɛŋ sêesɛ baaŋ a je, keefɛ wo gê wu chîi wo wu gɛ̂ɛŋ wu nyâ wo chiaaŋ yi muh wù sage bansa le gɛ, wu fêese lo wo chiaaŋ yi bamii ba nchi le tu ba lé ba fâa wo yeh yi cha le.Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

59Nsɛŋe wo le lɛ gɛ taŋlo wo bu yu njɛ wo mɛsɛ wo laŋɛ finini fichii fì ba goone sɛŋ gɛ.”I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

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