Luke 5 (NCR) · Opened

1Gɛ̀ bee juu chimi, Jiso ja wu lɛme mbebe Mamasi wù Gɛnesalɛt le, gɛ̀ bee bamii tuŋ kiŋgaŋ bo faase wu bo yuge jɛ yi Nyo.On one occasion, while Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret with the crowd pressing in on Him to hear the word of God,

2Wu ja wu yɛŋ baŋguh bafɛɛde june wu joo le, bamii ba gɛ̀ kɛme bo nyu bo bu wa yo bo chuge gii yiboo yi bíɛŋ.He saw two boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had left them and were washing their nets.

3Wu gɛɛŋ wu lee a ŋguh wumu le, nyu wu Samoŋ, wu jɛmɛ lɛ wu tooŋsɛ wu lee wù gɛɛŋ a joo shige. Wu tooŋsɛ, Jiso mo wu shii yo bamii nyu kwa wu yɛyi bo.Jesus got into the boat belonging to Simon and asked him to put out a little from shore. And sitting down, He taught the people from the boat.

4Wu gɛ̀ yɛyɛ wu mɛsɛ, wu mo wù jɛmɛ Samoŋ le lɛ, “Tôoŋsɛ ŋguh wu lee wu gɛɛŋ fɛ joo njuume fo, bɛŋ noŋ gii yene bɛŋ koo bíɛŋ.”When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

5Samoŋ chvuu lɛ, “Chiji kikwɛɛ, bee chi che lo we bee nooŋ gii bvu yuu, bee baaŋ fiɛɛ koo gɛ. Geenɛ, no jɛmɛ wo, nlé nôŋ gɛh lo.”“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”

6Bo gɛɛŋ bo noŋ, bo koo bíɛŋ yo wesee, bo doo bo bvuuse, gii yiboo goone ki yi sûumɛ.When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to tear.

7Noo, bo ŋwalɛ bamii baboo ba kinchvu a ŋguh wumu le lɛ bo to bo fih bo. Bo to bo bvusɛ bíɛŋ yiyu yi yisɛ baŋguh baboo, baŋguh tu bo goone ki bo shiide a joo.So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

8Samoŋ Bita yɛŋ fiɛɛ fì kooshi le, wu mo wu gɛɛŋ wu tuŋ anyuu wu ŋgvuumɛ a Jiso jii wu jɛmɛ lɛ, “Kii wo Tada, ja fiuŋ fɛnɛ wo chinɛ mɛne, nle fiaŋ muh wù befe.”When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”

9Wu gɛ̀ jɛme noo, nje wu bɛ bamii be ba kinchvu gɛ̀ yɛŋ bíɛŋ yì bo gɛ̀ kolɛ le, ye kuufɛ bo.For he and his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken,

10Ye kuufɛ tɛ Jɛm bɛ Joŋ booŋ ba Jɛbɛdi ba gɛh bee tɛ a kinchvu ki Samoŋ le. Jiso jɛmɛ Samoŋ le lɛ, “Keefɛ wo fâane gɛ. Kɛge mɛɛse gɛɛne fwe, wo lé wo koode wa nyume bamii.”and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”

11Lɛ bo yu noo, bo mo bo bvusɛ baŋguh baboo kwa, bo chinɛ mwɛɛ munchii le bo mo bo bii Jiso le.And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.

12Lɛ to nyume kife kimi le, Jiso nyu a kinlaantɛŋ kimi le, muh mu nyu yo goŋ yì baaŋ nyu yi ji wu. Muh wuyu yɛŋ Jiso le, wu to wu gwe a wu jii, wu lɛgɛ wu wu jɛmɛ lɛ, “Tada, wo taŋlo wo fɛ mɛ n'yuu, fɛ wo nɛ koŋe lo.”While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

13Jiso mo wu nɛjɛ kibo wu kuŋ wu le wu jɛmɛ lɛ, “Ŋkoŋe lo, tɛ̂mɛ la wo yûude.” Kimimia, goŋ yì baaŋ yiyu mo yi chinɛ wu le.Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.

14Jiso chiisɛ wu le lɛ, “Wo yɛ̂ne keefɛ wo sɛ̂ɛŋ muh le gɛ. Geenɛ, wo gɛ̂ɛŋ wo chûnyɛ ye yo chiji kintanyɛ le, wo mo wo nyâ nyaa yì Musɛ gɛ̀ jɛmɛ lɛ muh kɛmɛ ki wu nyâ ki wu chûnyɛ bamii le lɛ wu le wu tɛmɛ yi goŋ yinɛ le wu mo wu yuude.”“Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

15No Jiso gɛ̀ chiisɛ muh wɛɛ le noo, saaka wu kune Jiso ka wu jiɛnyɛ wu fe lo, binchvu bì baaŋ baaŋ bi bamii bi baanyi bi too ki bi yû n'yɛyɛ we, bɛ ki wu fɛ̂de binchɛŋ biboo.But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

16Geenɛ, Jiso to wu chinɛ bo le wu gɛɛŋ wu buune nchvuuŋ.Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.

17Gɛ̀ bee juu chimi Jiso yɛyi bamii, bvuŋga bvu Tada nyu yi ye ye le lɛ wu fɛde binchɛŋ yu. Bafalashii bɛ bamii ba gɛ̀ duunyi banchi ba Nyo shii fo, ba gɛ̀ bu bantɛ bachii ba Galalee le, mo bimbe bi Judia bɛ Yɛlusalɛm le.One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.

18Fi kooshɛ lɛ bamii bamu gɛ̀ bee bo ja bo too bo shumɛ muh yi bvuko le, wù nyu wu kwe kimbe kimimia. Bo gɛ̀ mone ki bo to bo lee bɛ wu yeh, bo giŋsɛ a Jiso fwe.Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

19Geenɛ, bo gɛ̀ baaŋ kɛmɛ gɛ̀ je ki bo lee bɛ wu gɛ, nje bamii gɛ̀ fasɛ baaŋ. Bo mo bo bɛɛŋ nyu a yeh we, bo chiɛɛ kiyɛ, bo shiishɛ muh wuyu a bamii ntɛnɛɛ, a Jiso fwe, a fiɛɛ fì wu gɛ̀ gime yo le.but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

20No Jiso gɛ̀ yɛŋ lɛ bamii baa le bo gɛɛ muntele muboo ye ye le, wu mo wu jɛmɛ muh wuyu le lɛ, “Nsaa yaŋ, nle nlɛɛshɛ wa bimbefɛ biuŋ.”When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

21Bamii ba gɛ̀ duunyi banchi ba Nyo bɛ kinchvu ki Bafalashii baa, mo bo kɛ bo fiɛge bo duu lɛ, “Wunɛ le yɛɛŋ wù jode kijusɛ ki Nyo? Le yɛɛŋ wù taŋlo wu lɛɛshɛ bimbefɛ, fuge Nyo sɛŋ?”But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

22Jiso kɛɛ fiɛɛ fì bo shuŋshi, wu biih bo le lɛ, “Bɛŋ kɛme kfuu chi banɛ baŋkwajɛ a muntele mwɛna le nɛ nje la?Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

23Fi chige le fi la, ki njɛmɛ lɛ nle nlɛɛshɛ wa bimbefɛ bi muh wunɛ noo, lɛ wu ja we wu jiɛnyi le?Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

24Geenɛ, nlé ŋgê bɛŋ kɛ̂ɛ lɛ muh wù jee che le Mwamuh kɛme bvuŋga fɛkuu fɛnɛ ki wu lɛ̂ɛshɛ bimbefɛ.” Wu mo wu jɛmɛ muh wu gɛ̀ kwe wa kimbe kimimia wuyu le lɛ, “Jɛme mɛ wo le, jâ we, wo jô bvuko bwuŋ wo gɛ̂ɛne a wo yeh.”But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins…” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

25Kimimia, wu mo wu ja we wu lɛɛŋ a bamii jii, wu mo wu jo fiɛɛ fì wu gɛ̀ gime yu wege wu mo wu ja wu gɛɛne fɛ wu kfuuŋ, wu tume maŋkuŋ ma Nyo.And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

26Bamii yɛŋ noo, jwe yuŋ bo bo kɛmɛ kiŋgha, bo tume maŋkuŋ ma Nyo bo duu lɛ, “Bee le be yɛŋ biŋgha bi mwɛɛ le abɛŋ.”Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

27Jiso gɛ̀ ja wu bu fo wu jiɛnyi. Wu doo wu gɛɛne, wu yɛŋ muh mu wu gɛ̀ koode ŋwa le ba tɛŋe lɛ Lɛwe, wu gɛ̀ shii kijusɛ ke ki lɛme le. Jiso jɛmɛ wu le lɛ, “Wo bîi mɛne!”After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,

28Lɛwe chinɛ mwɛɛ munchii le, wu ja we wu mo wu bii Jiso le.and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.

29Noo, Lɛwe mo wu ge ŋka wu baaŋ a wu yeh ki wu ŋgvûuŋ Jiso. Bamii ba gɛ̀ koode ŋwa ŋɛɛne lo fo, mo bamii bamu ba bɛ bo gɛ̀ jii mwɛɛ.Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.

30Bafalashii bɛ bamii baboo ba kinchvu ba gɛ̀ duunyi banchi ba Nyo bo kɛ bo shuŋshi, bo biide booŋ ba ŋgoo ba Jiso le lɛ, “Le nje la fì bɛŋ jii bɛŋ muu mwɛɛ bɛ bamii ba koode ŋwa mo bamii bamu ba befe?”But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

31Jiso chvuu bo le lɛ, “Gɛ bamii ba tɛɛme to bo goone muh wu nche gɛ. To goone nyu bamii ba chɛne.Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

32Gɛ nto ki ntɛɛŋ bamii ba chaaŋ gɛ. Nto ki ntɛɛŋ nyume bamii ba befe lɛ bo kusɛ muntele muboo.”I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

33Bo gɛ̀ ja bo ghaayi Jiso lɛ, “Booŋ ba ŋgoo ba Joŋ ja bo banɛ mwɛɛ munjile bo buune lɛfolɛfo, nyu gɛh no ba Bafalashii gee, geenɛ buŋ booŋ jii lo fiboo bo ka muu mwɛɛ.”Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”

34Jiso ma jɛ bo le lɛ, “Taŋlo muh tɛɛŋ bamii fɛ bvuguu le bo to bo banɛ mwɛɛ munjile chiji bvuguu nyu bɛ bo?Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?

35Geenɛ, kife lé ki tô ki kôjɛ ki ba lé ba fî chiji bvuguu wuyu, a bo le, le a bvu wu bo lé bo kɛ̂ bo bânɛ mwɛɛ munjile kife kɛɛ le.”But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”

36Wu ka wu ma ŋgaŋ wumu bo le lɛ, “Gɛ muh taŋlo wu saayɛ nju yifiɛŋ wu chvuushɛ yì kege yu gɛ. Wu ge lo noo, tu wu le wu chɛŋɛ bɛ nju yifiɛŋ yɛɛ. Gɛ taŋlo fichaŋa fì fɛŋ fiɛɛ gɛɛŋ yɛɛŋyɛɛŋ bɛ nju yì kege yɛɛ gɛ.He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

37Gɛ taŋlo muh tɛ jo mbvuuŋ ma manfɛŋ, wu gɛɛ a kolo wu mbvuuŋ wù juŋ wa le gɛ. Wu ge lo noo, mbvuuŋ ma manfɛŋ maa ge mo koo, mo saayɛ lo kolo wù kege wɛɛ, mbvuuŋ bɛ kolo mu mo mu lɛsɛ achiji.And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.

38Fi kooji le lɛ, ba kɛme ki ba gɛɛ mbvuuŋ ma manfɛŋ nyu a kolo wù fwɛŋ le.Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.

39Bɛŋ kee tɛ lɛ gɛ muh nyu yu wù muu mbvuuŋ ma koo wa wù ka wu koŋe ma manfɛŋ gɛ. Wu to wu duu gɛh lɛ mà koo wa maa le mà joŋe.”And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

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