Luke 19:15-27

¹⁵Dja ngaleng madjamku, dja birridjalmarnbom namekbe bininj bu king yimerranj. Wanjh bu kumdurndi kured nuye, nungka benkayhmeng birrimekbe ten bininj nawu birrihmarnedurrkmirri, nawu korroko benbebbehwong one thousand dollar, ba kunu kabirrimarneyime bu baleh yimi birrikukwernwong bu birrihmangi dja birrihweykani.

¹⁶Wanjh nawu werrk bimarnebebmeng yimeng, ‘Ngudda nawu yiwohrnan, nawu one thousand dollar ke wanjh ngakukmarnbom dja kukwernhminj bu ten thousand dollars yimerranj.’

¹⁷Wanjh kunu nawu king bimarneyimeng, ‘Ya, kamak, ngudda nawu kanhmarnedurrkmirri wanjh yimak, ngudda bu yiwoybukni yihnahnani mandjad nawu kunyahwurd duninjh, wanjh kunukka kurrme ba bu yiwohrnan kore ten kunred kubolkkihkimuk.’

¹⁸Dja nabuyika kumwam yimeng, ‘Ngudda nawu yiwohrnan, nawu one thousand dollar ke ngakukmarnbom five thousand dollars.’

¹⁹Wanjh kunu bimarneyimeng, ‘Mak ngudda yiwohrna kore five kunred kubolkkihkimuk.’

²⁰Kaluk nabuyikawali kumwam, yimeng, ‘Ngudda nawu yiwohrnan, yina nanih wanjh one thousand dollar ke nawu ngahdjalkukkarrmi, dukkayindi kore manburrba.

²¹Dja ngaye kengemi ngudda bu ngaburrbun yikangerayek, ngudda wanjh yiman yibebbebke nawu minj ngudda yikurrmeninj, dja mak manme yirrurnhdurndiwe manbu minj ngudda yimimdudjemeninj.’

²²Wanjh kunu nawu wohrnani bimarneyimeng, ‘Yingan kekih kunwok kore yiyimeng wanjh ngayime yingan yidjaldjadmerren, ngudda nawu yiwarre duninjh nawu kanhmarnedurrkmirri. Ngudda yiyimeng bu yiburrbuni bu ngaye ngakangerayek, ngahbebbehbke nawu minj ngaye ngakurrmeninj, dja manme ngarrurnhdurndiwe manbu minj ngaye ngamimdudjemeninj.

²³Kunukka wanjh njalekah minj yikukkurrmeninj kunwardde ngardduk kore bank djalyuwirrinj, ba bu ngamdurndeyi ngamayi nawu kumekbe kukwernmeninj?’

²⁴Dja namekbe nawu wohrnani benmarneyimeng nawu kumekbe birrihdi birrihmarnedurrkmirri, yimeng, ‘Ngurrikukyima nawu one thousand dollar dja ngurrikukwo bininj nawu kahkarrme ten thousand dollars.’

²⁵Dja bedda birriyimeng, ‘Ngudda nawu yiwohrnan, nungka wanjh ngokko kahkarrme ten thousand dollar!’

²⁶Nungka yimeng, ‘Ngayime ngudberre, bininj rowk nawu kabirrikarrme, bedda wanjh kabirriyawoyhmang kunwern, dja bininj nawu minj kakarrme, wanjh namekbe nanu kabirriyimang rowk nawu nuyeni warridj.

²⁷Kunu wanjh bonj, dja bininj nawu ngandihwidnani nawu minj birridjareniwirrinj ngaye king ngawohrnayi bedberre, ngurrbenma dja kondah ngurrbenbu ngurrbenkukkurrmen kore kumirrk ngardduk!’”