Matiyu 21
1 Wa Yesu ni mrli koh ma ba hi ka tie whiewhiere ni Urushalima nda hi ni ngblu u Zaitun u Betafaji, u Yesu ka ton mrli koh ma ha bari,
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,
2 nda hla ni bawu, “Hi ni vi gbu u whiewhiere yi u bi toh ba lo nankpron mba vren nankpron bari zi. Si ba ndi nji ba ye nimu.
saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.
3 Indrjori nita mye yi kpye, bika hla ndi, 'Bachi ni tie ndu niwu,' u ndji kima ni gbla nno yi ni mba.”
If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
4 Bati wayi ni ndu ku gyren me ni tre wa ba hlawu ni nyu anabia. A tre ndi,
This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5 “Hla ni vrenwa u Sihiyona, 'Toh yi, Ichu mbi si ye ni yi,' U katu grji nda hon ni nankpron wa ahi vren maa.'”
“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
6 U mrli koh ma ba hi nda ka tie towa Yesu a hla ni bawu'a.
So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
7 Ba ka nji nankpron a mba vren maa ye, nda vu ba nklon ba sa nitu mba, u Yesu ka hon son ni tu kpi mba.
They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.
8 Imbru gbugbu ndji ba ba ka ba nklon mba l'ba ni wu nitu nkon, u bari baka tsen vunvu kunkron sru ni nkon a.
A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 U ijbu ndji biwa ba he ni ko shishi ma, ni biwa ba he ko gon maa, baka kla ngblo nyu nda ni hla ndi, “Hosanna ni vren Doda! Wawu wa a si ye nimi ndi Bachi, ahe ni lulu! Hosanna hi ni shu babran!”
The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
10 Niwa Yesu a ri ni Urushalima u muu ma ka suni gbua u ba tre ndi, “Ihi nha mu yi?”
When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
11 U ijbu ndji ba ba saa ndi, “Iwayi hi Yesu anabi wa a rji ni Galilia.”
The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
12 U Yesu ka ri ni Hekali. A zu bi le ni bi le ni rju nda tru ba tebru u bi sran nklen ni u bi le tatabara (nghwu)
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
13 A hla bawu, “Ba nha ndi, 'Ikoh mu ba yowu nda hi koh u aduwa.' u bi kawu tie fron u bi ybi.”
And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
14 U bi fyen ni bi c'bi za baka ye niwu ni Hekalia wa'a den ba.
The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.
15 Niwa Prist bi ninkon ba ni bi tsro ataura ba toh ba kpyi wa a tie u ba manji mba wakran nda lawo mrli ba bubu kla ngblo nyu nimi Hekali nda ni tre, “Hosanna ni vren Doda,” u baka vra nfu.
But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
16 Baka hla niwu, “U si wo kpye wa ndji biyi ba ki trea?” Yesu a hla bawu, “Ee! U bina kra na ndi, 'Rji ni nyu kpran mrli ni bi ma sisan u yo gbyre san?”
“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
17 U Yesu ka kab don nda rju hi ni kiekle gbu Betani nda kru ni kima.
Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.
18 Ni mble a kma si ye ni gbua, u iyon ka tiwu.
In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.
19 A to nci mbua ni nyu nkon, nda hi ni kima nda hi ni nci ma nda ka toh a hi kpukpa vunvu yi hama ni klo. A hla niwu, “Na la klo ngana sese kase,” u mbua tsi klu (aiōn g165)
Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered. (aiōn g165)
20 Niwa mrli koh ma ba toh a, ba manji ma wakran nda tre, “Anihe mu rli imbua tsi klu?”
When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
21 Yesu a saa nda hla bawu, “Njanji mu mi hla yiwu, bita he ni nkpon nji ndi na rju ni sron na, bina tie kpye wa ba tie ni mbua yi a megyen, bi hla ni ngblu yi, “Chu hi ku ni mma, u wani he tokima.
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
22 Ikpye wa bi mye ni aduwa ndi nyme, bi kpa.”
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
23 Niwa Yesu ari ni hekalia, u Prist bi ninkon ni cice ba ye niwu kasia tsro nda tre, “Ani ngbengblen rime u tie kpyi biyi, wa hi nha nno wu gbengblen yi?
When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
24 Yesu a saa nda hla ni bawu, “I me ngame mi mye yi imye ri. Bita hla mu ime me mi hla ni yiwu ka ni ngbengblen rime mi tie kpyi biyi.
“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
25 Batisma u Yohana - a rji ni mma meyi? A rji ni shulu ka a rji ni ba ndji? U baka sron mu ni kpa mba, nda tre, “Kita tre ndi, a rji ni shulu, ani hla tawu, wa ngye tie bina kpau nyme na?
What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
26 U kie ta hla, 'a rji ni ndji,' kie klu sissri ndji, wa ba toh Yohana ahi anabi.”
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”
27 U baka saa ni Yesu na hla, “Kie na toh na.” Wawu ngame hla ni bawu ndi, “Ime me mina hla yiwu ka ni ngbengblen rime mi tie kpi biyi na.
So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
28 U biki ta mre nihe? Indji a he ni mri lon ha. Ahi ni u mumla nda tre, 'vrenmu, hi tie ndu ni rju luwa.'
But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
29 Ivren a ka saa nda tre, Mi na hina aye tamre ni ko gon nda ye hi.
‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
30 U igua hi ni vren u ha nda hla wu toh u rima. Ivren yi a saa nda hla, 'Mi hi, Tietie, nda na ye hi na.
Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.
31 A hi rime nimi mri ha ba a tie kpye wa tie mba a son a?” Baka hla, “U mumlaa.” Yesu ka hla ni bawu, “Njanji mu mi hla ni yiwu, bi kpa ban ni bi tie ntran ba ri ni gbu u chu Rji guchi ni yiwu.
Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
32 Yohana a ye niyi ni ngon u ndindi, u bika na nyme niwu na, u bi kpa' ban ni bi tie ntran baka nyme niwu. U biyi wa bi toh towa, bi na yo ru ru ndi nyme ni wu na.
For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
33 La wo njo ri ngari. Indji ri ahe ni rju. A sen kpyi ni mima, nda hrawu kagon ma, nda shi juju u shbi ma klo inabi ni rjua, nda la mme koh ri guglo ma nda nno rjua ni wo bi ron bari. Nda hi ni gbu ri.
Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.
34 Wa nton u shbi inabi a tie whiewhiere, a ton gran ma bari hi ndu ba kpa klo ma nji wu.
When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.
35 U bi ya rju'a baka vu gran ma ba nda tsi ri mba, nda wuu ri nda ta rima ni tita.
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36 U ndji u rju'a ala ton gran ma bari wa ba nna bi mumla, u bi ron rju'a baka tie ni bawu towa ba tie ni bi mumla'a.
Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.
37 Indji u rju'a a ye ton vren ma hi ni ko gon bi mu ba, nda tre, ba wo vren mu'a.
Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
38 U wa bi ron ba ba toh vren'a, ba tre ni kpamba, Iwayi yi hi wa ani son nyu ma, ye, kie wuu ndi kpa rju'a.
But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
39 U baka vu rju ni rju'a taga nda wuu.
So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 U indji u rju'a nita ye, ani tie bi ron ba ni he?
Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”
41 U ba hla wu, “Ani wuu meme bi ron ba ni kpukpo ya,' nda ka rju'a nno bi ron bari wa ba ka hanwu ni nton wa inebi tie a.
“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
42 Yesu a hla ni bwu, “Bi na kra ni tre Irji na, 'Tita wa bi mme ba kamba niwu a ka tie tita u nfron ma. Iwa yi ahi tie u Irji nda bi ni shishi mbu?
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 Nitu kimayi me hla yiwu, ba kpa gbu u chu Irji niyi nda ka nno u ko ra ri wa ani ti ndindia.
Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
44 U wa a rjoku nitu tita yia, ani chon tie rjuru me. U nitu ndji wa ku'a ani Myrian wu.”
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
45 Wa Prist bi ninkon ba ni ba Farisawa ba wo njo maa, baka toh nda asi tre nitu mba.
When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.
46 Ba wa nkon u vu nda klu sissri jbu ndji ba, nitu wa indji ba ban wu nda a hi anabi.
Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
