But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.
14:11
እስመኵሉዘአዕበየርእሶየኀሥርወዘአትሐተርእሶይከብር።
因為,凡自高的,必降為卑;自卑的,必升為高。」
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
14:13
አላሶበትገብርበዓለወምሳሐጸውዕነዳያነወምስኪናነወዕዉራነወስቡራነ።
你擺設筵席,倒要請那貧窮的、殘廢的、瘸腿的、瞎眼的,你就有福了!
But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
14:14
ወብፁዕአንተእስመአልቦሙዘይፈድዩከወባሕቱትትዐሠይአመይትነሥኡጻድቃን።
因為他們沒有甚麼可報答你。到義人復活的時候,你要得着報答。」
and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”
14:15
ወሰሚዖዘንተአሐዱእምእለይረፍቁይቤሎብፁዕውእቱዘይበልዕእክለበመንግሥተእግዚአብሔር።
同席的有一人聽見這話,就對耶穌說:「在上帝國裏吃飯的有福了!」
When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in God’s Kingdom!”
14:16
ወይቤሎሙእግዚእኢየሱስአሐዱብእሲገብረምሳሐዐቢየወዐሠሮሙለብዙኃን።
耶穌對他說:「有一人擺設大筵席,請了許多客。
But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
“That servant came, and told his lord these things. 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
14:22
ወእምዝይቤሎገብሩገበርኩእግዚኦበከመአዘዝከኒወዓዲቦመካን።
僕人說:『主啊,你所吩咐的已經辦了,還有空座。』
“The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
14:27
ወዘኢይጸውርመስቀሎወኢይመጽእይትልወኒኢይክልከዊነረድእየ።
凡不背着自己十字架跟從我的,也不能作我的門徒。
Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross and come after me, can’t be my disciple.
Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
14:32
ወእመአኮሰእንዘርኁቅውእቱይፌኑሐዋርያተትንብልናኀቤሁወይዜንውዎሰላመ።
若是不能,就趁敵人還遠的時候,派使者去求和息的條款。
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks for conditions of peace.