1 I t happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely.

A, i tona haerenga ki te whare o tetahi o nga rangatira, he Parihi, ki te kai taro i te hapati, na titiro pu mai ana ratou ki a ia.

2 A nd there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy.

Na, ko tetahi tangata i tona aroaro, he kopu tetere tona mate.

3 A nd Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “ Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?”

Na ka oho a Ihu, ka korero ki nga kaiwhakaako o te ture, ki nga Parihi, ka mea, he mea tika ranei te whakaora i te hapati?

4 B ut they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away.

A kihai ratou i kiki. Na ka mau ia ki a ia, a whakaorangia ana, tukua ana kia haere;

5 A nd He said to them, “ Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”

Na ka whakahoki ia ki a ratou, ka mea, Ki te taka te kaihe, te kau ranei, a tetahi o koutou ki te poka, e kore ianei e hutia ake e ia i reira pu ano i te ra hapati?

6 A nd they could make no reply to this. Parable of the Guests

A kihai i taea e ratou te utu enei kupu ana.

7 A nd He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them,

Na ka korerotia e ia tetahi kupu whakarite ki te hunga i karangatia, i tona kitenga i a ratou e whiriwhiri ana i nga nohoanga rangatira; i mea ia ki a ratou.

8 “ When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,

Ki te karangatia koe e tetahi ki te marena, kaua e noho ki te nohoanga rangatira; kei karangatia hoki e ia tetahi he nui atu i a koe;

9 a nd he who invited you both will come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place.

A ka haere mai te tangata i karangatia ai korua, ka mea ki a koe, Tukua he nohoanga mo tenei; a ka whakama koe, ka haere ki to muri rawa nohoanga noho ai.

10 B ut when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you.

Engari ka karangatia koe, haere, e noho ki to muri rawa nohoanga; mo te tae rawa mai o te tangata nana koe i karanga, na ka mea ia ki a koe whai kororia ai i te aroaro o nga tangata e noho tahi ana koutou.

11 F or everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Ki te whakanui hoki tetahi i a ia, ka whakaititia; ki te whakaiti tetahi i a ia, ka whakanuia.

12 A nd He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment.

Na ka mea ia ki te tangata nana nei ia i karanga, E taka koe i te tina, i te hapa ranei, kaua e karangatia ou hoa, kaua hoki ou teina, kaua hoki ou whanaunga, kaua ano nga tangata taonga e noho tata ana; kei karangatia ano koe, a ka whai utu koe.

13 B ut when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

Engari ka taka hakari koe, karangatia nga rawakore, nga haua, nga kopa, nga matapo:

14 a nd you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

A ka koa koe; kahore hoki a ratou utu ki a koe: engari ka utua koe a te aranga o te hunga tika.

15 W hen one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “ Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” Parable of the Dinner

A, no ka rongo tetahi o te hunga e noho tahi ana ki te kai ki enei mea, ka mea ki a ia, Ka koa te tangata kai taro i te rangatiratanga o te Atua.

16 B ut He said to him, “ A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many;

Na ka mea ia ki a ia, I taka he hapa nui e tetahi tangata, a he tokomaha i karangatia:

17 a nd at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for everything is ready now.’

A ka tonoa tana pononga i te haora o te hapa, hei mea ki te hunga i karangatia, haere mai; kua rite hoki nga mea katoa.

18 B ut they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of land and I need to go out and look at it; please consider me excused.’

Na ka anga ratou katoa ka whakakahore ngatahi. Ka mea to mua ki a ia, Kua hokona e ahau he mara, me haere ahau kia kite: e mea ana ahau ki a koe, kia tukua ahau kia whakakahore.

19 A nother one said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’

Na ko te meatanga a tetahi, E rima takirua nga okiha kua hokona e ahau, ka haere ahau ki te whakamatau: e mea ana ahau ki a koe, kia tukua ahau kia whakakahore.

20 A nother one said, ‘ I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’

I mea ano tetahi, Kua marenatia ahau ki te wahine, he mea tenei e kore ai ahau e ahei te haere atu.

21 A nd the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

A, ko te haerenga mai o taua pononga, ka korerotia enei mea ki tona rangatira, na ka riri te tangata i te whare, ka mea ki tana pononga, Hohoro te haere ki nga ara, ki nga huarahi o te pa, arahina mai ki konei nga rawakore, nga ngongengonge, nga matapo, me nga kopa.

22 A nd the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’

Na ka mea te pononga, E kara, kua rite tau i mea ai, a tenei ano he wahi takoto noa.

23 A nd the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

A ka mea te rangatira ki te pononga, haere ki nga huarahi, ki nga taiepa, toia mai ki roto nei, kia ki ai toku whare.

24 F or I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.’” Discipleship Tested

Ko taku kupu hoki tenei ki a koutou, E kore tetahi o aua tangata i karangatia ra e kai i taku hapa.

25 N ow large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them,

Na he tini te tangata i haere tahi me ia; a ka tahuri ia, ka mea ki a ratou,

26 “ If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

Ki te haere mai tetahi ki ahau, a ka kore e whakakino ki tona papa, whaea, wahine, tamariki, teina, tuahine, ae ra ki te ora ano mona ake, e kore ia e ahei hei akonga maku.

27 W hoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.

Ki te kore tetahi e mau ki tona ripeka, e haere mai i muri i ahau, e kore ia e ahei hei akonga maku.

28 F or which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

Ko wai hoki o koutou, ki te mea ia ki te hanga taumaihi, e kore e matua noho ki te tatau i nga utu, mehemea e ranea ana ana mea hei whakaoti?

29 O therwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,

Kei whakatakoto ia i te turanga, ka kore e taea te whakaoti, a ka tawai mai ki a ia te hunga katoa e matakitaki ana,

30 s aying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

Ka mea, i timata te tangata nei te hanga whare, a kihai i taea te whakaoti.

31 O r what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

Ko tehea kingi ranei e haere ana ki te whawhai ki tetahi atu kingi, e kore e matua noho, e whakaaro, e taea ranei e ia me nga mano kotahi tekau te tu kite riri ki tera e haere mai ra ki a ia me nga mano e rua tekau?

32 O r else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

A, ki te kahore, i te mea i tawhiti ano tera, ka tukua atu e ia he karere, ka mea ki nga kaupapa e houhia ai te rongo.

33 S o then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

Waihoki, ko te tangata o koutou e kore e whakarere i ana mea katoa, e kore e ahei hei akonga maku.

34 “ Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

No reira he pai te tote: otira ki te hemo te ha o te tote, ma te aha ka whai ha ai?

35 I t is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

E kore e pai mo te whenua, e kore ano hei whakawairakau; a ka akiritia ai e te tangata ki waho. ko ia he taringa ona hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia.