Dem Heal Person for di Pharisee Table
For one Pharisee table e heal one man wey body swell while everybody keep quiet, then e tell guests make dem take di lowest seat and tell hosts make dem invite people wey no fit pay back. For im Papa feast, di people wey dem invite dey give excuse and dem bring people from street come inside. To follow am cost everytin.
14 1One Sabbath day, wen Jesus go chop for house of one of di leaders of di Pharisees, dem dey watch am well well. 2And for im front, one man dey wey im body don swell up wit water.
3Jesus tok give di experts for di law and di Pharisees, sey, “E dey lawful to heal person for Sabbath day, abi e no dey?”
4But dem keep quiet. So Jesus hold di man, heal am, and tell am make e go.
5Den e tok give dem, sey, “If una own pikin abi ox fall inside well for Sabbath day, una no go quick-quick pull am comot?”
6And dem no fit ansa am for dis matter.
7Wen Jesus notice how di people wey dem invite dey choose di seat of honor, e tell dem one parable, sey:
8“Wen person invite you go wedding feast, no go siddon for di seat of honor, becos dem fit don invite anoda person wey pass you for respect. 9Den di person wey invite di two of una go come tok give you, sey, ‘Give dis person your seat,’ and wit shame you go go take di last seat. 10But wen dem invite you, go siddon for di last seat, so dat wen di person wey invite you come, e go tok give you, sey, ‘My friend, comot go siddon for beta place.’ Den you go get honor for di front of everybody wey siddon for table wit you. 11Becos everybody wey dey lift imsef up, dem go bring am down, and di person wey dey humble imsef, dem go lift am up.”
12Den Jesus tok give di man wey invite am, sey, “Wen you dey give afternoon chop abi evening chop, no invite your friends abi your brodas abi your family people abi your rich neighbors. If you do so, dem fit invite you back, and dat one na payback for wetin you do. 13But wen you dey give big feast, invite di poor people, di people wey no complete for body, di lame people, di blind people, 14and blessing go dey for you. Since dem no get any way to pay you back, our Papa go pay you back for di time wen di correct-and-holy people go rise from death.”
Di Big Feast of our Papa
15Wen one of di people wey siddon for table wit am hear dis, e tok give am, sey, “Blessing dey for di person wey go chop for di feast for di kingdom of our Papa!”
16Jesus ansa am, sey, “One man dey wey e dey prepare one big feast, and e invite plenty people.
17“Wen di time for di feast reach, e send im servant go tell di people wey e invite, sey, ‘Make una come, becos everytin don ready now.’ 18But dem all start to dey give excuse, one afta di oda. Di first one tok give am, sey, ‘I don buy land, and I must go see am. Abeg no vex.’
19Anoda one tok, sey, ‘I don buy five pair of ox, and I dey go try dem out. Abeg no vex.’
20And anoda one tok, sey, ‘Na just now I marry wife, so I no fit come.’”
21So di servant come back and tell im oga dis tins. Den di oga of di house vex and tok give im servant, sey, ‘Comot quick-quick go di streets and di small roads of di town, and bring in di poor people, di people wey no complete for body, di blind people, and di lame people.’
22“‘Oga,’ di servant tok, ‘wetin you order, I don do am, and space still dey.’
23Den di oga tok give di servant, sey, ‘Comot go di big roads and di village paths, and press dem make dem come in, so dat my house go full. 24Becos I dey tell una, no be even one of di people wey I invite go taste my feast.’”
Wetin E Go Cost You to Follow Jesus
25Plenty crowd dey travel wit Jesus, and e turn look dem, e tok give dem, sey,
26“If anybody come to me and e no hate im own papa and mama and wife and pikin dem and brodas and sistas—yes, even im own life—e no fit be my disciple. a a v26 “Hate” for here na Hebrew way of tok wey mean to love far less wen you compare am—Jesus no dey command make person hate im family, but sey im love for Jesus must pass every oda loyalty. 27Anybody wey no carry im own cross and follow me no fit be my disciple. 28Make we sey one of una wan build tower. E no go first siddon count wetin e go cost, to see weda e get enough money to finish am? 29If no be so, if e lay di foundation and e no fit finish am, everybody wey see am go start to dey laugh am, 30dey tok, sey, ‘Dis person start to build and e no fit finish am.’ 31Abi make we sey one king dey ready to go war against anoda king. E no go first siddon consider weda e fit face di one wey dey come against am wit twenty thousand men, wit im own ten thousand men? 32And if e no fit, e go send im people go meet di oda king wen e still dey far, and beg for terms of peace. 33Na so e be, anybody among una wey no ready to leave everytin wey e get no fit be my disciple.
34“Salt good, but if e lose im saltiness, how dem go take make am salty again? 35E no fit fit di ground abi di dung heap, dem go just throway am. Anybody wey get ear to hear, make e hear.”
