Luke 4 (UTR) · Opened

1IYesu mbwo yi Onodzi Osaan, o yɛ mi ekyoo mgbi iJodan, ta Onodzi kyon teyi lu okwɛsɛ,Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

2mi imbe na iSatan gyilan mi egbe ngwusefa. Mi egbe ntona duu o gye unkonyi ba, ngwi egbe ntona wa nyɛ nɛ, enbwa si dɔn.where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

3Ta iSatan nyan gbɛɛ, <<Kini abu li Ongwɛ Imgbasho yɔ, nya ikwutsɛ nɛ no kyata yɛɛ ibredi.>>The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

4IYesu nun uka gbɛɛ, <<Afɛ lɔ gbɛɛ: <Li mi ibredi ta ngwi inggisɛ ka dzɛ oshishe ba.> >>But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

5ISatan di kyon lu ka dɔkɛ imbe oshigbo, o tson esutɔ mgbi ɛsɛ duu.Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

6Ta iSatan nyan gbɛɛ, <<N ka kye ali mfye duu nu abu bɛyi okwɔkwɔ mgbi ɛsɛ nɛni, lubana a kye mfye bɛyi okwɔkwɔ kye nu ani, ani ka yagba okye nu ali inggisɛ ngwu ani mina duu.“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

7Nghanɛ, kini abu sunu ani yɔ, ungwɔ ntonɛ duu ka yɛɛ mgbi abu.>>So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”

8Kpaa iYesu nun uka gbɛɛ, <<Afɛ lɔ gbɛɛ: <Sunu Otsɛ Imgbasho mgbi abu di li ongwu ta kyɔn idɔ.> >>But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”

9ISatan di kye iYesu lu iJerosalin ka kyon dɔkɛ ikyikye ozu okwukwo osunu Imgbasho mi iJerosalin. O nyan gbɛɛ, <<Kini abu li Ongwɛ Imgbasho yɔ, bulu lu esɛ.Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.

10Lubana Afɛ lɔ gbɛɛ: << <O ka wo engyesɔ mgban ola ikye abu gbɛɛ nu ma ngyo abu saan;For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully,

11ni abu bulu le lu esɛ a ka kye gbɛlu abu mi abɔ mgbi ama ikyegbɛɛ ni abu ka kye afɔ tsɛ akwutsɛ ba.> >>and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

12Nghaduu iYesu nu uka gbɛɛ, <<Afɛ lɔ gbɛɛ <Ka mbadi Otsɛ Imgbasho mgbi abu ba.> >>But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

13Mi onɔ ngwi iSatan ngyɛlu ogyila iYesu nɛ, o lu dzanta, o nyan gbɛɛ, se egbe oka.When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.

14IYesu yɛ luba iGalalia mi mfye mgbi Onodzi, ta odzɛ mgban si gbɔfwɛ kpatsɛ ɛsɛ na duu.Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.

15O tso mi ozu okwakye mgbi emi iJuda, ali inggisɛ duu tsan.He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by everyone.

16Ta iYesu kɛ iNadzareti imbe ngwi o she mani, o ka kaka ozu okwakye mgbi emi iJuda mi egbe otonyidɔ dafi o li tsekise kyɔ mani. O kyato dzɛkunto ogbɔ afɛ,Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,

17a kye afɛ ofulu-fulu mgbi oyegbɔ Adzaya kye nun. O kye nalu afɛ na, o tu imbe ngwi Afɛ lɔ gbɛɛ;the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

18<<Onodzi mgbi Otsɛ dzɛ mbi ani, lubana o kye engyie Kyi ani, onu ani gbɔ Esɔ Osuse nya emi adzɛ. O dɔ ani esɔ ogbɔ otɔ-tɔ mi isɔ nya ama nwoto obawi, bɛyi onu ama nbinɛ dinɛ, onu ama ngwu a si ma, to myɛɛ-myɛɛ.“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

19Odi gbɔgbɛɛ onɔ gyɔ ngwi Otsɛ Imgbasho ka dulu emidan watɔ.>>to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

20O si kye fulu afɛ na, yilen nu inggisɛ oyabɔ nkye nun mani, man sɔkɛ esɛ. Ta ali inggisɛ ama nwoto ozu okwakye mgbi emi iJuda na duu gbe inɛ fyakwun.Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,

21Ta iYesu wita ogbɔdzɛ yi ama gbɛɛ, <<Inɛ nɛ, odzɛ ngwi Afɛ lɔ nɛ mbwumbwo mi adɔ mgbi ema.>>and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

22Ali inggisɛ duu gbɔdzɛ osuse ikpewon; i di kwulu ma ewo mi itɔ elodzɛ osuse nle tɔ mi ondu mbon nani. A si byi ewoma gbɛɛ <<Nɛnɛ li ongwɛ iJose nɛ baa?>>All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.

23IYesu nya ma gbɛɛ, <<Li otsitsi ema ka nya ani utsa ngha gbɛ, gbɛɛ: <Inggisɛ obwe ootse, bwe ewabu: di kyungwɔ ngwi abu le kyɔ mi iKapenahun ma mi ɛsɛ udɛ abu.>Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”

24<<Otsitsi ani le nya ema, oyegbɔ onyonyi kpaa a li gbela yan mi ɛsɛ udan ba.Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

25I mina ani ni ema ye gbɛɛ engyaa owakwadɛ to ɛsɛ Israi kwuba mi onɔ mgbi Elaija, mi onɔ ngwi mmbwo kya ba mɛ onova eta yi ofyia egyin ngwi enbwa gbo kpatsɛ ɛsɛ duu mani.But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

26Nghaduukpaa Imgbasho dɔ Elaija esɔ kɛ mbi owakwadɛ onyi kpaa mi Israi ba, se li owakwadɛ mi iDzarefati mi ogalu iShidon ta.Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.

27Emi Israi kwuba to yi otsoma mi onɔ mgbi Elaisha oyegbɔ nghaduu Imgbasho ngyɛlu inggisɛ onyi kpaa otsoma ba, se li iNama inggisɛ iSiria ta.>>And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”

28Ngwi o gbɔdzɛ nɛ yi ama ngha nɛ, ali inggisɛ mi ozu okwakye mgbi emi iJuda na duu nyɛ yi itingga.On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.

29Ta a kyato, a lɔn onya tasɛ mi ɛsɛ udɛ ama, a kyon tasɛ lu ikpozu udɛ le ka kyon dɔkɛ undɔ ongwi a mbɛ igeli mgbi ama mi ele mani, ikye oka tsamun ngwuta lu agblo.They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.

30Nghaduu, o sɛ wo ma ewo lu ofɛ mgban.But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.

31Nɛ iYesu si lu iKapenahun, igeli mi iGalalia, mi egbe otonyidɔ, ka wita otso ma.Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.

32I kwulu ma ewo mi otsootso mgban, ikyesinɛ esɔ mgban kyɛ yi mfye.They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.

33Mi ozu okwakye mgbi emi iJuda na, inggisɛ oka dzɛ ele ngwu dzɛ yi esɛ ikye, onodzi obube. O teela mi ela okwukwo gbɛɛ,In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice,

34<<Kpei! iYesu ongwi iNadzareti, li alungwɔ mina abu okyɔ yi eyi? Abu ba owa dzili eyii? Ani ye abu, abu li Ongwɛ Osaan mgbi Imgbasho.>>“Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

35Nghaduu, iYesu kyɔkyɔ yan gbɛɛ, <<Dede, tasɛ mbon.>> Ta onodzi obube na kyon gyɛsɛ mi idzidzɛ ma, man tasɛ mbon, kpaa o yama kyɔn unkonyi ba.But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.

36I kwulu ma ewo, ta a sile gbɔ yi ewoma gbɛɛ, <<Nɛnɛ li ali odzɛ lo! Lubana o gbɔdzɛ mi ela mfye yi onodzi ibwubwe ta a fwon diyɛ tasɛ.>>All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”

37Man odzɛ mgban si gbɔfwɛ kpatsɛ ɛsɛ na bɛyi ɛsɛ ama nto yi ama kwɛkwɛ duu.And the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding region.

38O si kyato mi ozu okwakye mgbi emi iJuda, lu udɛ iSaimɔn, onɔ na awo bwa onowa iSaimɔn ladzɛ esɛ le tsaatsa, nɛ a nya iYesu gbɛɛ no yan abɔ.After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,

39Ta iYesu si kɛ ka klɛsɛ mbon, o kyɔkyɔ yi awo na, man i tɔ dzanta. Onowa iSaimɔn si kyato wita gbe ungwogye le nu ma.and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.

40Mi onɔnɔdɛ, a gbe emi ootse idzidza-dzidza ba mbi iYesu, ta o kye abɔ gbo ali inggisɛ ewo, man ootse ngyɛ loma.At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

41Enedzi ibwubwe kpaa tɔ mbi inggisɛ kwuba le kwu ela gbɛɛ, <<Abu li Ongwɛ Imgbasho.>> Nghaduu o kwo ma adɔ di nu ma ofɛ ogbɔdzɛ ba ikyesinɛ, a ye dafi o li iKrestu mani.Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.

42Ngwi egbe fa nɛ, iYesu tasɛ lu imbe ngwi inggisɛ dzɛ ele ba; ibyi inggisɛ tɔ tole pitan, ngwi a wa to mbon nɛ, i mina ma omben onɔ, ikyegbɛɛ no ka lu dzata ma ba.At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.

43Nghaduu iYesu nya ma gbɛɛ, <<Li kyɛmɛ ngwi ani ka gbɔ Esɔ Osuse mgbi esutɔ mgbi Imgbasho nɛ mi igeli angbeka kpaa, lubana li itɔdzɛ nɛ ngwi Imgbasho dɔ ani esɔ ba mmɛnɛ aani.>>But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”

44O sile gbɔ Esɔ mi emi ozu okwakye mgbi emi iJuda kpatsɛ iJudia.And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.

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