Luke 12
1In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first,“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
1PEA feʻunga mo ia, kuo fakakātoa ʻae fuʻu kakai taʻefaʻalaua, ʻonau femalakiʻaki ʻakinautolu, pea kamata lea ai ia, ʻo fuofua fai ki heʻene kau ākonga, “Mou vakai telia ʻae meʻa fakatupu ʻae kau Fālesi, ʻaia ko e mālualoi.
2Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
2He ʻoku ʻikai ha meʻa ʻoku ʻufiʻufi, ʻe taʻefakahā; pe fufū, ʻe taʻeʻiloa ia.
3Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.
3Pea ko ia kotoa pē kuo mou lea ʻaki ʻi he poʻuli, ʻe fanongo ia ʻi he maama; pea ko ia kuo mou fanafana ʻaki ʻi he ngaahi loki, ʻe kalangaekina ia mei he tuʻa fale.”
4“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.
4“Pea ʻoku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu ko hoku kāinga, “ʻOua te mou manavahē kiate kinautolu ʻoku tāmateʻi ʻae sino, pea hili ia ʻoku ʻikai mo ha meʻa te nau faʻa fai.
5But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
5Ka te u fakahā kiate kimoutolu ʻaia te mou manavahē ki ai: manavahē kiate ia, ʻa ia, ʻoka hili ʻene tāmateʻi, ʻoku ne faʻa fai ke lī ki heli; ʻio, ʻoku ou pehē kiate kimoutolu, manavahē kiate ia.
6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God.
6“ʻIkai ʻoku fakatau ʻae kihiʻi manupuna ʻe nima ʻaki ʻae paʻanga siʻi ʻe ua? Pea ʻoku ʻikai ngalo hanau taha ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua.
7Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
7Ka ko e ngaahi tuʻoni louʻulu ʻo homou ʻulu kuo lau kotoa pē. Ko ia ʻoua ʻe manavahē: he ʻoku mou mahuʻinga hake ʻi he fanga kihiʻi manu lahi.
8“And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God,
8“ʻOku ou tala foki kiate kimoutolu, Ko ia ia te ne fakahā au ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai, ʻe fakahā foki ia ʻe he Foha ʻoe tangata ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau ʻāngelo ʻae ʻOtua.
9but the one who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
9Ka ko ia ʻoku ne siʻaki au ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kakai, ʻe siʻaki ia ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau ʻāngelo ʻae ʻOtua.
10And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
10“Pea ko ia ʻe lea kovi ki he Foha ʻoe tangata, ʻe fakamolemole ia kiate ia; ka ko ia ʻoku ne lohiakiʻi ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, ʻe ʻikai fakamolemolea ia.
11And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say,
11“Pea ka nau ka ʻomi ʻakimoutolu ki he ngaahi falelotu, mo e kau fakamaau, mo e kau pule, ʻoua naʻa mou feinga pe fēfē pe ko e hā te mou tali ʻaki, pe ko ia te mou fakahā:
12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.”
12Koeʻuhi ʻe ako ʻe he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni kiate kimoutolu ʻi he feituʻulaʻā ko ia, ʻaia ʻoku totonu ke mou lea ʻaki.”
13Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
13Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he tokotaha ʻoe kakai kiate ia, “ʻEiki, ke ke leaange ki hoku tokoua ke ma vaeua mo au ʻae tofiʻa.”
14But he said to him,“Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?”
14Pea pehē ʻe ia ki ai, “Tangata, Ko hai ne ne fakanofo au ko e fakamaau pe ko e tufaki kiate kimoutolu?”
15And he said to them,“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
15Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “Tokanga pea vakai, telia ʻae manumanu: he ko e moʻui ʻae tangata ʻoku ʻikai ʻi hono lahi ʻoe ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ne maʻu.”
16And he told them a parable, saying,“The land of a rich man produced plentifully,
16Pea naʻa ne lea ʻaki ʻae fakatātā kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “Naʻe fua ʻo lahi ʻaupito ʻae fonua ʻoe tangata koloaʻia ʻe tokotaha:
17and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’
17Pea fifili ia ʻi hono loto, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko e hā te u fai, he ʻoku ʻikai ha potu ke fetuku ki ai ʻeku ngaahi fua?’
18And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
18Pea ne pehē, ‘Te u fai eni: te u vete hifo ʻa hoku ngaahi feleoko, ʻo langa ke lalahi; pea teu fetuku ki ai ʻa ʻeku ngaahi fua kotoa pē mo ʻeku koloa.
19And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’
19Pea te u pehē ki hoku laumālie, “Laumālie, kuo fokotuʻumaʻu ʻae ngaahi meʻa lelei lahi ki he taʻu lahi; ke ke fiemālie pe, ʻo kai, mo inu, mo fiefia.”|’
20But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
20Ka naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻOtua kiate ia, ‘Ko e vale koe, ʻe toʻo ʻiate koe ʻi he poōni ʻa ho laumālie: pea ʻe hoko ko e ngaahi meʻa ʻa hai ʻaia kuo ke tokonaki?’
21So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
21“Pea ʻoku pehē ia ʻaia ʻoku ne fokotuʻu koloa maʻana, ka ʻoku ʻikai maʻumeʻa ki he ʻOtua.”
22And he said to his disciples,“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.
22Pea pehē ʻe ia ki heʻene kau ākonga, “Ko ia ʻoku ou pehē ai kiate kimoutolu, ʻoua naʻa mou tokanga ki hoʻomou moʻui, ki ha meʻa te mou kai; pe ki he sino, pe ko e hā te mou ʻai ki ai.
23For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.
23ʻOku lahi hake ʻae moʻui ʻi he meʻakai, mo e sino ʻi he kofu.
24Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
24Tokanga ki he fanga leveni, he ʻoku ʻikai te nau tūtuuʻi pe tuʻusi; pea ʻoku ʻikai hanau fale koloa, pe feleoko ka ʻoku fafanga ʻe he ʻOtua ʻakinautolu pea ʻikai ʻoku mou lelei hake ʻaupito ʻi he fanga manu?
25And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
25Pea ko hai ia ʻiate kimoutolu ʻi heʻene tokanga ʻe faʻa fakalōloa siʻi ki heʻene moʻui?
26If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?
26Pea kapau ʻoku ʻikai te mou mafai ʻaia ʻoku siʻi taha pe, ko e hā ʻoku mou tokanga ai ki he meʻa kehe?
27Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
27Tokanga ki he tupu hake ʻoe fisiʻi ʻakau: ʻoku ʻikai ke nau ngāue, pea ʻoku ʻikai ke filo; ka ʻoku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu, naʻe ʻikai tatau ʻae teunga ʻo Solomone ʻi hono nāunau fulipē mo ha taha ʻiate kinautolu ni.
28But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith!
28Ko ia kapau ʻe fakakofu pehē ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae mohuku, ʻaia ʻoku ʻi he ngoue he ʻaho ni, kae lī ki he ngotoʻumu ʻapongipongi; ʻikai ʻe lahi hake kiate kimoutolu, ʻakimoutolu ʻoku siʻi hoʻomou tui?
29And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried.
29“Pea ʻoua naʻa mou kumi ki ha meʻa te mou kai, mo e meʻa te mou inu, pea ʻoua naʻa mou loto fakataʻetaʻetui.
30For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
30He ko e meʻa kotoa pē eni ʻoku kumi ki ai ʻe he ngaahi kakai ʻo māmani: pea ʻoku ʻilo ʻe hoʻomou Tamai ʻoku mou masiva ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ni.
31Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.
31Kae kumi muʻa ʻakimoutolu ki he puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua: pea ʻe fakalahi ʻaki kiate kimoutolu ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē.
32“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
32“ʻAe fanga sipi siʻi, ʻOua ʻe manavahē he ko e finangalo lelei ʻo hoʻomou Tamai ke foaki ʻae puleʻanga kiate kimoutolu.
33Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
33Fakatau atu ʻaia ʻoku mou maʻu, pea faʻa foaki; tokonaki maʻamoutolu ʻae ngaahi kato ʻe ʻikai fakaʻaʻau ke motuʻa, ko e koloa ʻi he langi ʻe ʻikai ʻosi, pea ʻe ʻikai ofi ki ai ha kaihaʻa, pe fakapopo ia ʻe he ane.
34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
34He ko e potu ʻoku ʻi ai hoʻomou koloa, ʻe ʻi ai foki mo homou loto.
35“Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning,
35“Tuku ke nonoʻo pe homou noʻotanga vala, pea ulo hoʻomou ngaahi maama.
36and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the wedding feast, so that they may open the door to him at once when he comes and knocks.
36Pea ke tatau ʻakimoutolu mo e kau tangata ʻoku tatali ki he liliu mai ʻa honau ʻeiki mei he taʻane; koeʻuhi ka haʻu ia ʻo tukituki, ke nau toʻo leva kiate ia.
37Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will dress himself for service and have them recline at table, and he will come and serve them.
37ʻOku monūʻia ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki ko ia, ʻoka haʻu ʻae ʻeiki pea ne ʻilo ʻoku nau leʻo: ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, te ne nonoʻo ia, ʻo pule ke nau nofo hifo ki he kai, pea haʻu ia ʻo tauhi ʻakinautolu.
38If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them awake, blessed are those servants!
38Pea kapau ʻe haʻu ia ʻi hono ua ʻoe leʻo, pe haʻu ʻi hono tolu ʻoe leʻo, pea ne ʻilo ʻoku pehē pe, ʻe monūʻia ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki ko ia.
39But know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.
39Pea ʻilo eni, ka ne ʻilo ʻe he ʻeiki ʻoe fale ʻa e feituʻupō ko ia ʻe haʻu ai ʻae kaihaʻa, pehē, ne leʻo ia, ka ʻe ʻikai tuku ke hae hono fale.
40You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
40Ko ia mou teuteu pe foki: he ko e feituʻulaʻā ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻamanaki ki ai, ʻe haʻu ai ʻae Foha ʻoe tangata.”
41Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?”
41Pea toki pehē ʻe Pita kiate ia, “ʻEiki, ʻoku ke lea ʻaki mai ʻae fakatātā ni kiate kimautolu, pe ki he kakai kotoa pē?”
42And the Lord said,“Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time?
42Pea pehē ʻe he ʻEiki, “He ko hai ʻae tauhi angatonu mo poto, ʻe fakanofo ʻe heʻene ʻeiki ke pule ki hono kau nofoʻanga, ke ʻatu ʻae tufakanga ʻi hono feituʻu totonu?
43Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.
43ʻE monūʻia ʻae tamaioʻeiki ko ia, ʻoka haʻu ʻene ʻeiki ʻo ne ʻilo ʻoku fai pehē pe ia.
44Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions.
44Ko ʻeku tala moʻoni kiate kimoutolu, Te ne fakanofo ia ke pule ki heʻene meʻa kotoa pē.
45But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,
45Pea ka pehē ʻe he tamaioʻeiki ko ia ʻi hono loto, ‘ʻOku fakatuotuai ʻe heʻeku ʻeiki ʻa ʻene haʻu;’ pea hanga ia ʻo taaʻi ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki mo e kau kaunanga, pea kai mo inu ke konā:
46the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful.
46ʻE haʻu ʻae ʻeiki ʻoe tamaioʻeiki ko ia ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe ʻikai ʻamanaki ia ki ai, pea ʻi ha feituʻulaʻā ʻe ʻikai tokanga ai ia, ʻo tuʻusi ia, pea tuʻutuʻuni ke ne ʻinasi fakataha mo e taʻetui.
47And that servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
47Pea ko e tamaioʻeiki ko ia naʻe ʻilo ʻae loto ʻo ʻene ʻeiki, ka naʻe ʻikai ke teuteu, pe fai ʻo fakatatau mo hono loto, ʻe taaʻi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi tā lahi.
48But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.
48Ka ko ia naʻe ʻikai ʻiloa, pea fai ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻoku ngali mo e tautea, ʻe taaʻi ʻaki ia ʻae ngaahi tā siʻi. He ko ia ia kuo tuku ki ai ʻae meʻa lahi, ʻe ʻamanaki lahi ʻiate ia; pea ko ia kuo tuku ki ai ʻe he kakai ʻae meʻa lahi, ʻe lahi ai ʻenau ʻamanaki ʻiate ia.
49“I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled!
49“Kuo u haʻu ke tuku ʻae afi ki māmani; pea ko e hā hoku loto, ʻo kapau kuo tutu ni ia?
50I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished!
50ʻOku ai ʻae papitaiso ke u papitaiso ai; pea ʻoku ou feinga kaeʻoua ke fai ia!
51Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.
51ʻOku mou mahalo kuo u haʻu ke tuku ʻae melino ki māmani? ʻOku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, ʻIkai; ka ko e mavahevahe:
52For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three.
52Ngata heni ʻe feʻiteʻitani ʻae toko nima ʻi he fale pe taha, ko e toko tolu ki he toko ua, mo e toko ua ki he toko tolu.
53They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
53ʻE feʻiteʻitani ʻae tamai ki he foha, mo e foha ki he tamai; ko e faʻē ki he taʻahine, mo e taʻahine ki he faʻē; ko e faʻē ʻi he fono ki heʻene taʻahine ʻi he fono, mo e taʻahine ʻi he fono ki heʻene faʻē ʻi he fono.”
54He also said to the crowds,“When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, ‘A shower is coming.’And so it happens.
54Pea naʻa ne pehē foki ki he kakai, “ʻOka mou ka mamata ki he ʻalu hake ʻae ʻao mei he tokanga laʻā, ʻoku mou pehē leva, ʻOku haʻu ʻae ʻuha; pea ʻoku pehē.
55And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, ‘There will be scorching heat,’and it happens.
55Pea ʻoka angi mai ʻae matangi mei he feituʻu tonga, ʻoku mou pehē, ʻE pupuha pea ʻoku pehē.
56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
56ʻAe kau mālualoi, ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻae mata ʻoe fonua pea mo e langi; ka ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo ai ʻae kuonga ni?
57“And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
57ʻIo, pea ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻilo ʻekimoutolu ʻaia ʻoku totonu?
58As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison.
58“ʻOka ke ka ʻalu mo ho fili ki he fakamaau, ke ke fai feinga ʻi he hala, koeʻuhi ke ke hao meiate ia, telia naʻa ne ʻave koe ki he fakamaau, pea tukuange Koe ʻe he fakamaau ki he matāpule pea ʻe lī koe ʻe he matāpule ki he fale fakapōpula.
59I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
59ʻOku ou tala kiate koe, ʻE ʻikai te ke ʻalu mei ai, kaeʻoua ke ke ʻatu ʻae totongi kotoa pē.”