Luke 7

7 ¹Afta Jesus don talk all dis tins finish give di people, e enter Capernaum. ²One centurion get servant wey e love well-well, but di servant sick reach point wey e wan die. ³As di centurion hear about Jesus, e send some Jewish elders go beg am make e come heal im servant. ⁴Wen dem reach Jesus, dem beg am well-well sey, “Dis man deserve make you do dis tin for am, ⁵bicos e love our nation, na im sef build di synagogue give us.” ⁶So Jesus follow dem go. Wen e never reach di house sotay, di centurion send im friends go tell am sey, “Oga, no stress yasef—I no fit reach make you enter under my roof. ⁷Na why I no even feel sey I fit come meet you. But just talk di word, make my servant well. ⁸Bicos me sef na man wey dey under authority, and I get soldiers under me. I go tell dis one, ‘Go,’ e go go; anoda one, ‘Come,’ e go come; my servant, ‘Do dis,’ e go do am.”

⁹Wen Jesus hear dis tin, e wonder about di centurion, e turn to di crowd wey dey follow am, and e sey, “I dey tell una, I neva see dis kind faith even for Israel.”

¹⁰Wen di people wey dem send go back reach di house, dem meet di servant don well.

Jesus Bring Back Widow Im Pikin

¹¹Small time afta, Jesus go one town wey dem dey call Nain, and im disciples plus one big crowd follow am. ¹²As e dey near di town gate, dem carry one dead man dey comot—na di only pikin wey im mama get, and di mama na widow—and plenty people from di town dey with am.

¹³Wen di Oga see am, im belle dey pain am for di woman, and e sey, “No cry.” ¹⁴E step near touch di place wey dem lay di dead body; di people wey carry am stop, and e sey, “Young man, I dey tell you, wake up.”

¹⁵Di dead man siddon and start to talk, and Jesus give am back to im mama.

¹⁶Fear catch all of dem; dem praise our Papa sey, “One great prophet don rise for our midst!” “Our Papa don visit im people!” ¹⁷And dis news about am spread reach evriwhere for Judea and all di areas around.

John Ask: Na You Be Di One?

¹⁸John im disciples tell am all dis tins. So John call two of im disciples, ¹⁹e send dem go meet di Oga sey, “Na you be di one wey suppose come, abi we go dey look anoda one?” ²⁰Wen di men reach am, dem sey, “John di Baptist send us come meet you, e dey ask, ‘Na you be di one wey suppose come, abi we go dey expect somebody else?’”

²¹For dat same hour, e heal plenty people wey sick, wey get plague, and wey get evil spirit, and e open eye give plenty blind people.

²²E answer dem sey, “Go tell John wetin una don see and hear: blind people dey see, lame people dey waka, leprosy people dey clean, deaf people dey hear, dead people dey rise, and poor people dey hear good news. ²³And blessing dey for di person wey no go stumble bicos of me.”

²⁴Wen John im messengers comot, Jesus start to talk to di crowd about John sey, “Wetin una go for wilderness go see? Reed wey wind dey shake? ²⁵So wetin una go out go see? Man wey wear soft cloth? See o—people wey dey wear fine-fine cloth, wey dey live inside enjoyment, dey for king palace. ²⁶But wetin una go out go see—prophet? Yes, I dey tell una: e pass prophet. ²⁷Na dis man Scripture dey talk about sey: ‘See, I dey send my messenger go bifor you, make e prepare your road bifor you.’

²⁸I dey tell una: nobody wey woman born pass John—but di smallest person for di kingdom of our Papa pass am.”

²⁹(Wen all di people, and even di tax collectors, hear dis tin, dem gree sey our Papa correct, bicos dem don baptize dem with John im baptism, ³⁰but di Pharisees and di lawyers refuse our Papa im plan for dem sef, bicos dem no gree make John baptize dem.)

³¹“So wetin I go take compare di people of dis generation, and wetin dem be like? ³²Dem be like children wey siddon for market, dey call one anoda sey: ‘We blow flute give una, but una no dance; we sing sorrow song, but una no cry.’ ³³Bicos John di Baptist come, e no dey chop bread, e no dey drink wine, and una sey, ‘E get demon.’ ³⁴Di Pikin of Man come, e dey chop and e dey drink, and una sey, ‘See am, man wey dey chop too much and dey drink too much, friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ ³⁵But all wisdom im children dey prove sey wisdom correct.” ^a a v35 Wisdom dey prove imsef by wetin e dey produce — Jesus im healing and good news dey show who e truly be.

Dem Forgive Am Plenty, So She Love Plenty

³⁶One Pharisee invite Jesus make e come chop with am; so e enter di Pharisee im house and siddon for table. ³⁷One woman for di city, wey be sinner, hear sey Jesus dey siddon for table for di Pharisee im house, and she bring one alabaster bottle wey get perfume. ³⁸She stand for im back, near im foot, dey cry, and she start to wet im foot with im tears, she use im hair clean am, she kiss im foot, and she rub di perfume for am. ³⁹Wen di Pharisee wey invite am see dis tin, e think for im mind sey, “If dis man na prophet, e for know who dey touch am and wetin kind woman she be—na sinner.”

⁴⁰Jesus answer am sey, “Simon, I get somtin wey I wan tell you.” E sey, “Talk am, Teacher.”

⁴¹“One moneylender get two people wey owe am. One owe am 500 denarii, and di oda one owe am fifty. ⁴²As neither of dem fit pay, e cancel di two debts. So which one of dem go love am pass?”

⁴³Simon answer sey, “I tink na di one wey e forgive di bigger debt.” Jesus sey, “You judge am correct.”

⁴⁴E turn to di woman, and e tell Simon sey, “You see dis woman? I enter your house—you no give me water for my foot, but she wet my foot with im tears and use im hair clean am. ⁴⁵You no kiss me, but she, from wen I enter, no stop to kiss my foot. ⁴⁶You no rub oil for my head, but she rub perfume for my foot. ⁴⁷So I dey tell you, her plenty sins don forgive, bicos she love plenty. But whoever dem forgive small, dey love small.” ⁴⁸And e tell am sey, “Your sins don forgive.”

⁴⁹Den di oda people wey dey chop with am start to dey ask one anoda sey, “Who be dis man wey dey even forgive sins?”

⁵⁰And e tell di woman sey, “Your faith don save you; go with peace.”