Luke 14
Tongan Bible, Revised West VersionTranslation
Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Pea pehē, ʻi heʻene hū ki he fale ʻoe ʻeiki ʻe tokotaha ʻoe kau Fālesi ke kai mā ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate, naʻa nau lamasi ia.
1And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, to eat bread, that they watched him.
2Pea vakai, naʻe ʻi hono ʻao ha tangata naʻe fulavai.
2And behold, there was a certain man before him that had the dropsy.
3Pea lea ʻa Sisu ki he kau akonaki ʻi he fono mo e kau Fālesi, ʻo ne pehē, “ʻOku ngofua ke fakamoʻui ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate?”
3And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
4Pea nau fakalongo pe. Pea ne ʻomi ʻo fakamoʻui ia, pea tukuange ke ʻalu;
4But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him, and sent him away.
5Pea leaange ia, ʻo pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko hai ʻiate kimoutolu kapau ʻe tō ʻene ʻasi pe ko ʻene pulu ki ha luo, ʻe ʻikai toʻo leva ia mei ai ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate?”
5And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath day?
6Pea naʻe ʻikai te nau faʻa tali ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ni.
6And they could not answer him to these things.
7¶ Pea ʻi heʻene vakai kiate kinautolu naʻe tala ki ai , ʻoku nau fili ki he ngaahi potu lelei, pea ne lea ʻaki ʻae fakatātā, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu.
7And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:
8“ʻOka tala kiate koe ʻe ha taha ke ke ʻalu ki he taʻane, ʻoua naʻa ke nofo hifo ʻi ha potu māʻolunga ʻaupito; telia kuo tala ʻe ia ki ha taha ʻoku lahi ʻiate koe;
8When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him:
9Pea haʻu ia, ʻaia ne ne tala kiate koe mo ia, ʻo ne pehē kiate koe, ‘Fakaʻataʻatā ki he tangata ni;’ pea ke toki mā ai, ʻo ʻalu ki he potu māʻulalo.
9And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10Ka ʻoka tala kiate koe, pea ke ʻalu ʻo nofo ʻi he potu māʻulalo: koeʻuhi ʻoka haʻu ia naʻe tala kiate koe, te ne pehē kiate koe, ‘Kāinga, ʻalu koe ki ʻolunga:’ pea te ke maʻu ʻae fakamālō ʻi he ʻao ʻokinautolu ʻoku mou nofo ʻo kai.
10But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee, cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee.
11He ko ia ia ʻoku hiki hake ia, ʻe fakavaivai ia; pea ko ia ʻoku fakavaivai ia, ʻe hakeakiʻi ia.”
11Because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
12¶ Pea pehē ai foki ʻe ia kiate ia ne ne tala kiate ia, “ʻOka ke ka teuteu ʻae kai hoʻatā pe ʻae ʻohomohe, ʻoua naʻa ke ui ki ai ho kaumeʻa, pe ho ngaahi temomo, pe ho kāinga, pe ko e kaungāʻapi koloaʻia, telia naʻa nau toe tala kiate koe, pea totongi ai kiate koe.
12And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.
13Ka ʻoka ke ka teu ʻae kātoanga, ui ʻae kau masiva, mo e lavea, mo e pipiki, mo e kui:
13But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind;
14ʻE monūʻia ai ʻa koe; he ʻoku ʻikai te nau faʻa totongi kiate koe: ka ʻe totongi kiate koe ʻi he toetuʻu ʻoe angatonu.”
14And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.
15¶ Pea ko e tokotaha naʻe nofo ʻo kai mo ia, ʻi heʻene fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻa ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻE monūʻia ia ʻaia te ne kai mā ʻi he puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua.”
15When one of them that sat at table with him, had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
16Pea toki pehē ʻe ia kiate ia, “Naʻe te u ʻe he tangata ʻe tokotaha ʻae ʻohomohe lahi, ʻo ne tala ia ki he tokolahi:
16But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper, and invited many.
17Pea hoko ʻae feituʻupō ke kai, pea ne fekau ʻene tamaioʻeiki ke fakahā kiate kinautolu naʻe tala ki ai, ‘Haʻu he kuo teuteu ʻae meʻa kotoa pē.’
17And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready.
18Pea naʻa nau loto taha kotoa pē ʻo kamata fakafisi. Naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻuluaki kiate ia, ‘Kuo u fakatau ʻae potu fonua, pea ʻoku ngali ke u ʻalu ʻo vakai ia:’ ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke tukuange au.
18And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: I have bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it: I pray thee, hold me excused.
19Pea pehē ʻe he tokotaha, ‘Kuo u fakatau ʻae taulua pulu ʻe nima, pea ʻoku ou ʻalu ko hono ʻahiʻahi: ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke tukuange au.’
19And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me excused.
20Pea pehē ʻe he tokotaha, ‘Kuo u mali mo e fefine, pea ko ia ʻe ʻikai te u faʻa ʻalu ai:’
20And another said: I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21Pea liu mai ʻae tamaioʻeiki ko ia, ʻo fakahā ki heʻene ʻeiki ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni. Pea tuputāmaki ʻae ʻeiki ʻoe fale, ʻo ne pehē ki heʻene tamaioʻeiki, ‘ʻAlu fakavave ki he ngaahi hala motuʻa mo e ngaahi hala siʻi ʻoe kolo, ʻo ʻomi ki heni ʻae masiva, mo e mutu, mo e pipiki, mo e kui.’
21And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the feeble, and the blind, and the lame.
22Pea pehē ʻe he tamaioʻeiki, ‘ʻEiki, kuo fai ʻo hangē ko hoʻo fekau, ka ʻoku kei ʻataʻatā pe.’
22And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.
23Pea pehē ʻe he ʻeiki ki heʻene tamaioʻeiki, ‘ʻAlu ki he ngaahi hala motuʻa mo e ngaahi mangaʻi hala, ʻo fakaafeʻi ʻakinautolu ke haʻu, kae fonu ai hoku fale.
23And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
24He ʻoku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu, ʻE ʻikai ha tokotaha ʻi he kakai ko ia naʻe tala ki ai te ne kamata ʻeku ʻohomohe.’”
24But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.
25¶ Pea naʻe ʻalu mo ia ʻae fuʻu kakai, pea tafoki ia, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu,
25And there went great multitudes with him. And turning, he said to them:
26“Kapau ʻe haʻu ha taha kiate au, kae ʻikai fehiʻa ki heʻene tamai, mo e faʻē, mo e uaifi, mo e fānau, mo e ngaahi tokoua, mo e ngaahi tuofefine, ʻio, ki heʻene moʻui foki, ʻe ʻikai siʻi hoko ia ko ʻeku ākonga.
26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27Pea ko ia ʻe ʻikai te ne fua ʻene ʻakau māfasia, ʻo muimui kiate au, ʻe ʻikai siʻi hoko ia ko ʻeku ākonga.
27And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28He Ko hai ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku te u langa ha fale, kae ʻikai tomuʻa nofo hifo ia ʻo lau hono totongi, pe ʻoku ʻiate ia ke faʻa fakaʻosi ʻaki?
28For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:
29Telia naʻa hili hono ʻai ʻae tuʻunga, ka ʻoku ʻikai te ne faʻa fakaʻosi ia , ʻe kamata manuki kiate ia ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻe mamata ai ,
29Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,
30ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e tangata eni naʻe kamata fokotuʻu, ka naʻe ʻikai faʻa fakaʻosi.’
30Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31Pe ko e tuʻi fē ʻoku te u tau ki ha tuʻi ʻe taha, ʻoku ʻikai ke tomuʻa nofo hifo, ʻo fakakaukau pe te ne faʻa tauʻi ʻaki ʻae toko mano, ʻaia ʻoku haʻu kiate ia mo e toko ua mano?
31Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him?
32Pea ka ʻikai, ʻoku ne kouna ha talafekau, ʻi he kei mamaʻo ʻae tokotaha, ʻo kole ke na fakalelei.
32Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.
33Pea ʻoku pehē foki, ko ia ia ʻiate kimoutolu ʻoku ʻikai te ne siʻaki ʻaia kotoa pē ʻoku ne maʻu, ʻe ʻikai hoko ia ko ʻeku ākonga.
33So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.
34¶ “ʻOku lelei ʻae māsima: pea kapau kuo mole ʻi he māsima hono kona, ʻe toe fakakona ia mei fē?
34Salt is good. But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
35ʻOku ʻikai ʻaonga ia ki he kelekele, pe ki he tuʻunga ʻotoʻota; ka ʻoku lī ia kituʻa. Ko ia ʻoku ne telinga ongo, ke ongoʻi ia.”
35It is neither profitable for the land nor for the dunghill, but shall be cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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