Luke 14 – NIV & HCB

New International Version

Luke 14:1-35

Jesus at a Pharisee’s House

1One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. 2There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. 3Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” 4But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him on his way.

5Then he asked them, “If one of you has a child14:5 Some manuscripts donkey or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull it out?” 6And they had nothing to say.

7When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: 8“When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. 9If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. 10But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests. 11For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

12Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

The Parable of the Great Banquet

15When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”

16Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

18“But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’

19“Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’

20“Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’

21“The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’

22“ ‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’

23“Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. 24I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’ ”

The Cost of Being a Disciple

25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

28“Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

31“Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.

34“Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? 35It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.

“Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

Hausa Contemporary Bible

Luka 14:1-35

Yesu a gidan Bafarisiye

1Wata ranar Asabbaci, da Yesu ya shiga gidan wani sanannen Bafarisiye don cin abinci, sai mutane suka zuba masa ido da kyau. 2A nan a gabansa kuwa akwai wani mutum mai ciwon kumburin ƙafa da hannu. 3Sai Yesu ya tambayi masanan dokoki da Farisiyawa ya ce, “Daidai ne bisa ga doka, a yi warkarwa a ranar Asabbaci, ko babu?” 4Amma ba su ce kome ba. Sai ya riƙe mutumin, ya warkar da shi, sa’an nan ya sallame shi.

5Sai ya tambaye, su ya ce, “In wani a cikinku yana da ɗa, ko bijimi da ya faɗa a rijiya a ranar Asabbaci, ba za ku cire shi nan da nan ba?” 6Suka rasa abin faɗi.

7Da ya lura da yadda baƙi suna zaɓan wuraren zama masu bangirma a tebur, sai ya faɗa musu wannan misali, ya ce; 8“In wani ya gayyace ka bikin aure, kada ka zaɓi wurin zama mai bangirma, don wataƙila akwai wani da ya fi ka girma, da aka gayyata. 9In kuwa haka ne, wanda ya gayyace duk biyunku, zai zo ya ce maka, ‘Ka ba wa mutumin nan wurin zamanka.’ Ka ga, an ƙasƙantar da kai, kuma dole ka ɗauki wuri mafi ƙasƙanci. 10Amma in an gayyace ka, ɗauki wuri mafi ƙasƙanci, don in wanda ya gayyace ka ya zo, zai ce maka, ‘Ka hawo nan aboki a wuri mafi girma.’ Wannan zai ɗaukaka ka a gaban dukan ’yan’uwanka baƙi. 11Gama duk wanda ya ɗaukaka kansa, za a ƙasƙantar da shi. Shi wanda kuma ya ƙasƙantar da kansa, za a ɗaukaka shi.”

12Sai Yesu ya ce wa wanda ya gayyace shi, “Lokacin da ka shirya biki ko liyafa, kada ka gayyaci abokanka, ko ’yan’uwanka, ko danginka, ko kuma maƙwabtanka masu arziki, gama in ka yi haka, suna iya gayyatarka, su biya maka alherin da ka yi musu. 13Amma lokacin da ka kira biki, ka gayyaci matalauta, da guragu, da shanyayyu, da makafi. 14Ta haka, za ka sami albarka. Ko da yake ba za su iya biyan ka ba, za a biya ka a ranar tashin masu adalci daga matattu.”

Misalin babban biki

(Mattiyu 23.37-39)

15Da jin haka, sai wani da yake tare da shi a tebur ɗin, ya ce wa Yesu, “Mai albarka ne wanda zai ci abinci a bikin nan a mulkin Allah.”

16Yesu ya amsa ya ce, “Wani mutum yana shirya wani babban biki, ya kuma gayyaci baƙi da yawa. 17Da lokacin bikin ya yi, sai ya aiki bawansa ya je ya ce wa waɗanda aka gayyata, ‘Ku zo, don an shirya kome.’

18“Amma sai dukansu suka fara ba da hujjoji. Na farkon ya ce, ‘Na sayi gona yanzun nan, dole in je in ga yadda take, ina roƙonka ka yi mini haƙuri.’

19“Wani ya ce, ‘Na sayi shanun noma guda goma yanzun nan, ina kan hanyata ke nan in gwada su, ina roƙonka, ka yi mini haƙuri.’

20“Har yanzu wani ya ce, ‘Na yi aure yanzun nan, don haka ni ba zan iya zuwa ba.’

21“Bawansa ya dawo ya gaya wa maigidansa wannan. Sai maigidan ya yi fushi, ya ba da umarni ga bawansa ya ce, ‘Ka fita da sauri, ka bi titi-titi da lungu-lungu na garin, ka kawo matalauta, da guragu, da makafi, da shanyayyu.’

22“Bawan ya dawo ya ce, ‘Ranka yă daɗe, an yi abin da ka umarta, amma har yanzu da sauran wuri.’

23“Maigidan ya ce wa bawansa, ‘Ka je kan hanyoyin da layi-layi na karkara, ka sa su shigo, don gidana ya cika.’ 24Ina gaya muku, babu ko ɗaya daga cikin mutanen nan da aka gayyata da zai ɗanɗana bikina.”

Wahalar rayuwar almajiri

(Mattiyu 10.37,38)

25Taron mutane mai yawa suna tafiya tare da Yesu, sai ya juya ya ce musu, 26“Duk wanda yakan zo wurina, amma bai ƙi mahaifinsa da mahaifiyarsa, da matarsa da ’ya’yansa, da ’yan’uwansa mata da maza, kai, har ma ransa ba, ba zai iya zama almajirina ba. 27Kuma duk wanda ba yakan ɗauki gicciyensa ya bi ni ba, ba zai iya zama almajirina ba.

28“In wani daga cikinku yana so ya gina gidan sama, ai, yakan fara zama ne, ya yi lissafin abin da ginin zai ci tukuna, don yă ga ko yana da isashen kuɗi da zai gama ginin. 29Gama in ya sa tushen gini, amma bai iya gamawa ba, duk wanda ya gani zai yi masa ba’a, 30yana cewa, ‘Wannan mutum ya fara gini, amma bai iya gamawa ba.’

31“Ko kuma, wane sarki ne, in zai je yaƙi da wani sarki, ai, yakan fara zama ne, ya duba ya ga, ko da mutane dubu goma, shi zai iya ƙarawa da mai zuwa da dubu ashirin? 32In ba zai iya ba, to, tun suna nesa, zai aika da wakilai, su je neman sharuɗan salama. 33Haka nan fa, kowane ne a cikinku, da ba ya rabu da abin da yake da shi ba, ba zai iya zama almajirina ba.

(Mattiyu 5.13; Markus 9.50)

34“Gishiri fa yana da kyau, amma in gishiri ya rabu da daɗin ɗanɗanonsa, ta yaya za a sāke mai da daɗin ɗanɗanonsa? 35Ba shi da wani amfani, ko ga ƙasa, ko ga juji, sai dai a zubar da shi.

“Duk mai kunnen ji, yă ji.”