Matthew 17
1 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and his brother John, with him and they went up a high mountain to be by themselves.
Καὶ μεθʼ ἡμέρας ἓξ, παραλαμβάνει ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς τὸν Πέτρον, καὶ Ἰάκωβον, καὶ Ἰωάννην, τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναφέρει αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν κατʼ ἰδίαν.
2 He was transformed in front of them. His face shone like the sun. His clothes turned white as light.
Καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔλαμψεν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, τὰ δὲ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο λευκὰ ὡς τὸ φῶς.
3 Then suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking together with Jesus.
Καὶ ἰδοὺ, ὤφθη αὐτοῖς Μωϋσῆς καὶ Ἠλίας συλλαλοῦντες μετʼ αὐτοῦ.
4 Peter spoke up, saying to Jesus, “Lord, it's really good to be here. If you want I'll make three shelters—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ, ὁ Πέτρος εἶπεν τῷ ˚Ἰησοῦ, “˚Κύριε, καλόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι. Εἰ θέλεις, ποιήσω ὧδε τρεῖς σκηνάς, σοὶ μίαν, καὶ Μωϋσεῖ μίαν, καὶ Ἠλίᾳ μίαν.”
5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them. A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my son whom I love, who pleases me. Listen to him.”
Ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος, ἰδοὺ, νεφέλη φωτεινὴ ἐπεσκίασεν αὐτούς, καὶ ἰδοὺ, φωνὴ ἐκ τῆς νεφέλης λέγουσα, “Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Υἱός μου, ὁ ἀγαπητός ἐν ᾧ εὐδόκησα· ἀκούετε αὐτοῦ!”
6 When they heard this, the disciples fell down on their faces, absolutely terrified.
Καὶ ἀκούσαντες, οἱ μαθηταὶ ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα.
7 Jesus went over to them and touched them. “Get up,” he told them. “Don't be afraid.”
Καὶ προσῆλθεν ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς καὶ ἁψάμενος αὐτῶν εἶπεν, “Ἐγέρθητε καὶ μὴ φοβεῖσθε.”
8 When they looked up they didn't see anybody there except Jesus.
Ἐπάραντες δὲ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν, οὐδένα εἶδον εἰ μὴ αὐτὸν ˚Ἰησοῦν μόνον.
9 As they descended the mountain Jesus gave them strict instructions. “Don't tell anybody what you saw until the Son of man has risen from the dead,” he told them.
Καὶ καταβαινόντων αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ ὄρους, ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς λέγων, “Μηδενὶ εἴπητε τὸ ὅραμα, ἕως οὗ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ.”
10 “So why do the religious teachers say that Elijah has to come first?” his disciples asked.
Καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντες, “Τί οὖν οἱ γραμματεῖς λέγουσιν ὅτι Ἠλίαν δεῖ ἐλθεῖν πρῶτον;”
11 “It's true that Elijah comes to put everything in place,” Jesus replied,
Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, “Ἠλίας μὲν ἔρχεται καὶ ἀποκαταστήσει πάντα·
12 “but I tell you that Elijah has already come and yet people didn't recognize who he was. They did whatever they felt like to him. In the same way the Son of man will also suffer at their hands.”
λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν ὅτι Ἠλίας ἤδη ἦλθεν καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτὸν, ἀλλὰ ἐποίησαν ἐν αὐτῷ ὅσα ἠθέλησαν. Οὕτως καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου μέλλει πάσχειν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν.”
13 Then the disciples realized that Jesus was referring to John the Baptist.
Τότε συνῆκαν οἱ μαθηταὶ ὅτι περὶ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Βαπτιστοῦ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς.
14 When they approached the crowd, a man came to Jesus, and kneeled before him.
Καὶ ἐλθόντων πρὸς τὸν ὄχλον, προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἄνθρωπος γονυπετῶν αὐτὸν
15 “Lord, please have mercy on my son,” he said. “He loses his mind and suffers such terrible fits that he often falls in the fire or into water.
καὶ λέγων, “˚Κύριε, ἐλέησόν μου τὸν υἱόν, ὅτι σεληνιάζεται καὶ κακῶς ἔχει, πολλάκις γὰρ πίπτει εἰς τὸ πῦρ, καὶ πολλάκις εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ.
16 I brought him to your disciples but they couldn't heal him.”
Καὶ προσήνεγκα αὐτὸν τοῖς μαθηταῖς σου, καὶ οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν αὐτὸν θεραπεῦσαι.”
17 “You people refuse to trust me, and are so corrupt!” Jesus responded. “How long do I have to remain here with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring him here to me!”
Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, “Ὦ γενεὰ ἄπιστος καὶ διεστραμμένη, ἕως πότε μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἔσομαι; Ἕως πότε ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν; Φέρετέ μοι αὐτὸν ὧδε.”
18 Jesus confronted the demon and it left the boy, and he was healed straight away.
Καὶ ἐπετίμησεν αὐτῷ ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τὸ δαιμόνιον, καὶ ἐθεραπεύθη ὁ παῖς ἀπὸ τῆς ὥρας ἐκείνης.
19 Later the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked him, “Why couldn't we drive it out?”
Τότε προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ τῷ ˚Ἰησοῦ κατʼ ἰδίαν εἶπον, “Διὰ τί ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἠδυνήθημεν ἐκβαλεῖν αὐτό;”
20 “Because you don't trust enough,” Jesus told them. “I tell you, even if your trust was as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible for you.”
Ὁ δὲ λέγει αὐτοῖς, “Διὰ τὴν ὀλιγοπιστίαν ὑμῶν. Ἀμὴν, γὰρ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἐὰν ἔχητε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ἐρεῖτε τῷ ὄρει τούτῳ, ‘Μετάβα ἔνθεν ἐκεῖ’, καὶ μεταβήσεται, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀδυνατήσει ὑμῖν.”
22 As they were walking together through Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of man is going to be betrayed and people will have power over him.
Συστρεφομένων δὲ αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ, εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, “Μέλλει ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοσθαι εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων,
23 They will kill him, but on the third day he will rise again.” The disciples were filled with sadness.
καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν αὐτόν, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθήσεται.” Καὶ ἐλυπήθησαν σφόδρα.
24 When they arrived at Capernaum, those who were in charge of collecting the half-shekel Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, “Your teacher does pay the half-shekel tax, doesn't he?”
Ἐλθόντων δὲ αὐτῶν εἰς Καφαρναοὺμ, προσῆλθον οἱ τὰ δίδραχμα λαμβάνοντες τῷ Πέτρῳ καὶ εἶπον, “Ὁ διδάσκαλος ὑμῶν οὐ τελεῖ τὰ δίδραχμα;”
25 “Yes, of course,” Peter replied. When he returned to where they were staying, Jesus anticipated the issue. “What do you think, Simon?” Jesus asked him. “Do the kings of this world collect their taxes and duties from their own sons or from others?”
Λέγει, “Ναί.” Καὶ ἐλθόντα εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν, προέφθασεν αὐτὸν ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς λέγων, “Τί σοι δοκεῖ, Σίμων; Οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, ἀπὸ τίνων λαμβάνουσιν τέλη ἢ κῆνσον; Ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῶν ἢ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων;”
26 “From others,” Peter replied. So Jesus told him, “In that case the sons are exempt.
λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος “Ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων.” Εἰπόντος δέ, “Ἀπὸ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων”, ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, “Ἄρα γε ἐλεύθεροί εἰσιν οἱ υἱοί.
27 But to avoid giving offense to anyone, go to the lake, and throw out a fishing line with a hook. Pull in the first fish you catch, and when you open its mouth there you'll find a stater coin. Take the coin and give it to them for both me and you.”
Ἵνα δὲ μὴ σκανδαλίσωμεν αὐτούς, πορευθεὶς εἰς θάλασσαν, βάλε ἄγκιστρον καὶ τὸν ἀναβάντα πρῶτον ἰχθὺν ἆρον, καὶ ἀνοίξας τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, εὑρήσεις στατῆρα· ἐκεῖνον λαβὼν, δὸς αὐτοῖς ἀντὶ ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ.”
