Matthew 13
1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.
Nʼotu ụbọchị ahụ, Jisọs hapụrụ ụlọ ahụ gaa nʼọnụ mmiri ebe ọ nọdụrụ ala.
2 Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
Igwe mmadụ dị ukwuu bịakwutere ya, nke mere ka ọ baa nʼime ụgbọ mmiri. Nʼime ya ka ọ nọ na-ezi ndị mmadụ nọ nʼọnụ mmiri ahụ na-ege ya ntị ihe.
3 And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
O ji ilu gwa ha ọtụtụ ihe. Ọ gwara ha sị, “O nwere otu onye ọrụ ubi gara ịkụ mkpụrụ nʼubi ya.
4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
Mgbe ọ na-agha mkpụrụ ndị a, ụfọdụ nʼime ha dara nʼakụkụ ụzọ ebe ụmụ nnụnụ bịara tụrịa ha loo.
5 Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
Ma ụfọdụ nʼime ha dara nʼala dị nkume nkume. Ọ dịghị anya ha puputara, too, nʼihi na aja dị nʼebe ahụ emighị emi.
6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Ma mgbe anwụ mụkwasịrị ha, ha chanwụrụ, kpọnwụọ, nʼihi na mgbọrọgwụ ha emikpughị emikpu nʼime ala.
7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
Mkpụrụ ụfọdụ danyere nʼetiti ogwu, ogwu ahụ topụtara kpagbuo ha.
8 Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.
Ma ụfọdụ mkpụrụ dara nʼezi ala, mịakwa ọtụtụ mkpụrụ. Ụfọdụ mịrị mkpụrụ iri atọ, ụfọdụ iri isii, ụfọdụ kwa otu narị.
9 He who has ears, let him hear.”
Onye ọbụla nwere ntị ịnụ ihe, ya nụrụ.”
10 Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”
Emesịa, ndị na-eso ụzọ ya bịakwutere ya jụọ ya sị, “Gịnị mere i ji na-agwa ndị a okwu nʼilu?”
11 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
Ọ zaghachiri, “Nʼihi na ọ bụ unu ka e nyere ịmata ihe omimi niile nke alaeze eluigwe. Emeghị ka ndị ọzọ ghọta ya.
12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Onye ahụ nwere ihe ka a ga-enyekwa ọzọ, ka o nwee karịa. Ma onye na-enweghị ihe ọbụla ka a ga-anapụ ọ bụladị ihe o nwere.
13 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
Nke a bụ ihe mere m ji agwa ha okwu nʼilu: “Nʼihi na ha na-ele anya, ma ha adịghị ahụ ụzọ, ha na-ege ntị, ma ha adịghị anụ ihe maọbụ aghọta ya.
14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
Nke a bụkwa imezu amụma ahụ Aịzaya buru sị, “‘Unu ga na-anụ, nụkwa, ma unu agaghị aghọta ihe ọbụla. Unu ga na-ele anya, hụkwa, ma unu agaghị ahụ ihe ọbụla.
15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
Nʼihi na obi ndị nke a a maala abụba, dịkwa arọ, ha adịghị ejikwa ntị ha anụ ihe, ha mechikwara anya ha ka ha ghara ịhụ ụzọ. Ma ọ bụghị otu a ha nwere ike iji anya ha hụ ụzọ, jirikwa ntị ha nụ ihe, sitekwa nʼobi ha nwe nghọta ma chigharịa bịakwute m, ka m gwọọ ha.’
16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
Ma ngọzị na-adịrị anya unu, nʼihi na ha na-ahụ ụzọ, na ntị unu nʼihi na ha na-anụkwa ihe.
17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
Nʼezie agwa m unu, ọtụtụ ndị amụma na ndị ezi omume ka ọ gụrụ agụụ ịhụ ihe unu na-ahụ, ma ha ahụghị ya, na ịnụ ihe unu na-anụ, ma ha anụghị ya.
18 Consider, then, the parable of the sower:
“Ugbu nụrụnụ nkọwa ilu ọgha mkpụrụ ahụ.
19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
Mgbe onye ọbụla nụrụ oziọma nke alaeze ahụ, ma ọ ghọtaghị ya, ajọ onye ahụ na-abịa napụ ya ihe ahụ akụrụ nʼobi ya. Nke a bụ mkpụrụ ahụ nke dara nʼokporoụzọ.
20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
Mkpụrụ nke dara nʼala nkume nọchiri anya obi mmadụ onye nụrụ oziọma ahụ, jirikwa oke ọṅụ nabata ya.
21 But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
Ma ebe ha na-enweghị mgbọrọgwụ nʼime ha. Ha na-anọ nwa oge nta. Mgbe nsogbu maọbụ mkpagbu bịara nʼihi okwu ahụ, ngwangwa ha na-adachapụ.
22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
Mkpụrụ nke dara nʼala ahụ ogwu ogwu dị nọchiri anya obi mmadụ onye nụrụ oziọma ahụ, ma ọchịchọ nke ụwa a, ya na itinye obi nʼakụ nke ụwa a, kpagidere okwu dị nʼime ya, mee ka ọ ghara ịmị mkpụrụ. (aiōn g165)
23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”
Ma mkpụrụ dara nʼala ọma ahụ nọchiri anya obi mmadụ onye gere ntị nʼoziọma ahụ, ghọtakwa ya. Ọ na-amịta mkpụrụ dị narị, maọbụ iri isii, maọbụ iri atọ karịa ihe akụnyere nʼime ya.”
24 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
Ọ tụụrụ ha ilu ọzọ sị, “Alaeze eluigwe dị ka mmadụ ọbụla nke kụrụ ezi mkpụrụnʼubi ya.
25 But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.
Ma nʼotu abalị, mgbe onye ọbụla nọ nʼụra, onye iro gara nʼubi ahụ kụọ mkpụrụ na-epu ahịhịa nʼetiti ezi mkpụrụ ọka wiiti ahụ ọ kụrụ ma laa.
26 When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.
Mgbe mkpụrụ ọka wiiti ndị ahụ puputara, mepụta isi ọka, ahịhịa ahụ bidokwara ito.
27 The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
“Ndị ọrụ onye nwe ubi ahụ bịara sị ya, ‘Nna anyị ukwu, ọ bụghị ezi mkpụrụ ọka ka ị kụrụ nʼubi gị? Ebeekwanụ ka ahịhịa ndị a si bịa?’
28 ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
“Onye ọrụ ubi ahụ zara ha sị, ‘Ọ bụ onye iro m kụrụ ahịhịa ndị a.’ “Ndị ọrụ ya jụrụ ya sị, ‘Ị chọrọ ka anyị gaa fopụtasịa ha?’
29 ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.
“Ma onye ọrụ ubi ahụ sịrị ha, ‘Ọ dịghị, nʼihi na mgbe unu na-achọ ihopu ahịhịa ndị ahụ, unu nwere ike site na-amaghị ama hopu ezi mkpụrụ ọka wiiti.
30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
Hapụnụ ọka ahụ ka ha na ahịhịa ndị ahụ na-etokọta, tutu ruo mgbe a ga-ewe ihe ubi. Nʼoge ahụ aga m enye ndị owuwe ihe ubi iwu sị, burunu ụzọ chịkọtasịa ahịhịa ndị a niile, kee ha nʼukwu nʼukwu, kpọọ ha ọkụ. Ma kpokọtanụ ọka wiiti ndị a tinye ha nʼọba m.’”
31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.
Ọ tụkwara ilu ọzọ sị ha, “Alaeze eluigwe dị ka mkpụrụ mọstaadị nke onye ọrụ ubi kụrụ nʼubi ya.
32 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ mkpụrụ dịkarịsịrị nta karịa mkpụrụ ubi niile, ma mgbe mkpụrụ a toro, ọ na-adị ukwuu karịa ihe niile a kụrụ nʼubi. Ọ na-aghọ osisi buru ibu, nke ụmụ nnụnụ na-ezukwa ike nʼalaka ya.”
33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
Ọ tụrụ ha ilu ọzọ sị, “Alaeze eluigwe dị ka ihe na-eko achịcha, nke nwanyị na-ewere gwakọta nʼụtụ ọka e ji eme achịcha, tutu ruo mgbe ihe iko achịcha ahụ mere ka ụtụ ọka ahụ niile koo.”
34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.
Oge niile ka Jisọs na-eji ilu na-agwa ndị mmadụ ndị a okwu. O nweghị oge ọbụla ọ gwara ha okwu hapụ iji ilu.
35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
O mere nke a ka okwu onye amụma kwuru mezuo, sị, “Aga m eji ilu kwuo okwu mgbe m na-agwa ha okwu. Aga m agwakwa ha ihe mmadụ ọbụla na-amaghị site nʼoge e kere ụwa.”
36 Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
Emesịa, ọ hapụrụ igwe mmadụ ahụ baa nʼụlọ. Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya bịakwutere ya sị ya, “Kọwaara anyị ihe ilu ahụ ị tụrụ pụtara, ilu banyere ahịhịa puru nʼubi a kụrụ ọka.”
37 He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
Jisọs zara ha sị, “Nwoke ahụ kụrụ mkpụrụ ahụ bụ Nwa nke Mmadụ.
38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
Ubi ahụ a ghanyere mkpụrụ ndị ahụ bụ ụwa. Mkpụrụ nke a kụrụ nʼubi ahụ nọchiri anya ụmụ nke alaeze ahụ. Ahịhịa ahụ puru nʼubi ahụ nọchikwara anya ụmụ ajọ onye ahụ.
39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. (aiōn g165)
Onye iro ahụ gara kụọ mkpụrụ puru ahịhịa bụ ekwensu. Owuwe ihe ubi nọchiri anya ọgwụgwụ oge. Ndị owuwe ihe ubi bụkwa ndị mmụọ ozi. (aiōn g165)
40 As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. (aiōn g165)
“Dị ka e siri fopụtasịa ahịhịa ahụ kpọọ ha ọkụ, otu a ka ọ ga-adị mgbe ụwa ga-agwụ. (aiōn g165)
41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
Nwa nke Mmadụ ga-ezipụ ndị mmụọ ozi ya ka ha gaa site nʼalaeze ya fopụtasịa ihe niile na-eme ka e mee mmehie, na ndị niile na-eme ajọ ihe.
42 And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Ha ga-atụbakwa ha nʼime oke ọkụ ahụ, ebe ha ga-anọ na-akwa akwa, na-atakwa ikikere eze.
43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Ma ndị niile bụ ndị ezi omume ga-enwu dị ka anyanwụ nʼime alaeze Nna ha. Onye ọbụla nwere ntị ịnụ ihe, ya nụrụ.
44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
“Alaeze eluigwe dị ka akụ e zoro nʼubi, nke otu nwoke chọpụtara zookwa ya ọzọ. Nwoke a jiri ọṅụ ree ihe niile o nwere, ma gaa zụta ubi ahụ.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.
“Ọzọ, alaeze eluigwe yiri nkume dị oke ọnụahịa nke onye na-azụ ahịa chọtara.
46 When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.
Mgbe ọ hụrụ nkume a, o ree ihe niile o nwere, were ego ya gaa zụrụ nkume a dị oke ọnụahịa.
47 Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.
“Ọzọkwa, alaeze eluigwe dị ka ụgbụ e ji egbu azụ, nke a wụnyere nʼime osimiri, jiri ya jide azụ dị iche iche.
48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.
Mgbe ụgbụ a juru, ndị ọkụ azụ ahụ na-adọpụta ya. Nọdụ ala họpụtasịa ndị dị mma tinye ha nʼime nkata, ma tufuo ndị na-adịghị mma.
49 So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous, (aiōn g165)
Otu a ka ọ ga-adị nʼọgwụgwụ oge. Ndị mmụọ ozi ga-abịa kewapụ ndị ọjọọ site nʼetiti ndị ezi omume, (aiōn g165)
50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
ma tụbakwa ha nʼime oke ọkụ ahụ. Ebe ha ga-anọ na-akwa akwa na-atakwa ikikere eze.”
51 Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.
Ọ jụrụ ha sị, “Unu ghọtara ihe ndị a m na-ekwu?” Ha zara sị ya, “E.”
52 Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
Ọ sịrị ha, “Nʼihi nke a, onye nkuzi nke iwu ọbụla nke e mere ka ọ bụrụ onye na-eso ụzọ alaeze eluigwe, dị ka onyenwe ụlọ nke na-esite nʼụlọakụ ya na-ewepụta ihe ọhụrụ na ihe ochie.”
53 When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.
Mgbe Jisọs tụsịrị ilu ndị a, o si ebe ahụ pụọ.
54 Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.
O rutere nʼobodo ya, malite izi ha ihe nʼụlọ ekpere ha, nke a jukwara ha anya. Ha jụrịtara onwe ha ajụjụ na-asị, “Ebee ka o si nweta amamihe a? Ebee ka o si nweta ike ịrụ ọrụ ebube ndị a niile?
55 “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Nwoke a, ọ bụghị nwa onye kapinta? Ọ bụ na-adịghị akpọ nne ya Meri? Jemis, Josef, Saimọn na Judas, ha abụghị ụmụnne ya ndị ikom?
56 Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”
Ụmụnne ya ndị inyom niile, ha anọghị nʼetiti anyị? Olee ebekwa ka nwoke a si nweta ihe ndị a?”
57 And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
Iwe were ha nʼebe ọ nọ. Ma Jisọs gwara ha okwu sị ha, “A na-asọpụrụ onye amụma nʼebe niile, ma a dịghị asọpụrụ ya nʼobodo a mụrụ ya, nakwa nʼezinaụlọ nke ya.”
58 And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
Ya mere, ọ rụghị ọtụtụ ọrụ ebube nʼebe ahụ, nʼihi na ha enweghị okwukwe nʼime ha.
