Matthew 18
1 At that hour his disciples came to Jesus and asked him, "Who is really greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
Ní àkókò náà ni àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn Jesu tọ̀ ọ́ wá, wọ́n bi í léèrè pé, “Ta ni ẹni ti ó pọ̀jù ní ìjọba ọ̀run?”
2 When he had called a little child to him, Jesus set him among them, and answered.
Jesu sì pe ọmọ kékeré kan sí ọ̀dọ̀ ara rẹ̀. Ó sì mú un dúró láàrín wọn.
3 "In solemn truth I tell you that unless you turn and become like little children, you will not even enter the kingdom of heaven.
Ó wí pé, “Lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún yín, àfi bí ẹ̀yin bá yí padà kí ẹ sì dàbí àwọn ọmọdé, ẹ̀yin kì yóò lè wọ ìjọba ọ̀run.
4 "Whoever therefore will humble himself like this little child, is greatest in the kingdom of heaven;
Nítorí náà, ẹni tí ó bá rẹ ara rẹ̀ sílẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọmọdé yìí, ni yóò pọ̀ jùlọ ní ìjọba ọ̀run.
5 "and whoever receives one such child for my sake, receives me.
Àti pé, ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá gba ọmọ kékeré bí èyí nítorí orúkọ mi, gbà mí.
6 "But whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung about his neck, and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.
“Ṣùgbọ́n ẹnikẹ́ni nínú yín tí ó bá mú ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọmọ kékeré wọ̀nyí tí ó gbà mí gbọ́ ṣìnà, yóò sàn fún un kí a so òkúta ńlá mọ́ ọn ní ọrùn, kí a sì rì í sí ìsàlẹ̀ ibú omi Òkun.
7 "Woe unto the world because of such stumbling-blocks! They will surely come, but woe unto each man by whom they come!
Ègbé ni fún ayé nítorí gbogbo ohun ìkọ̀sẹ̀ rẹ̀! Ohun ìkọ̀sẹ̀ kò le ṣe kó má wà, ṣùgbọ́n ègbé ni fún ọkùnrin náà nípasẹ̀ ẹni tí ìkọ̀sẹ̀ náà ti wá!
8 "If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, than to keep both hands or both feet and be cast into the everlasting burning. (aiōnios g166)
Nítorí náà, bí ọwọ́ tàbí ẹsẹ̀ rẹ yóò bá mú ọ dẹ́ṣẹ̀, gé e kúrò, kí o sì jù ú nù. Ó kúkú sàn fún ọ láti wọ ìjọba ọ̀run ní akéwọ́ tàbí akésẹ̀ ju pé kí o ni ọwọ́ méjì àti ẹsẹ̀ méjì ki a sì sọ ọ́ sínú iná ayérayé. (aiōnios g166)
9 "If your eye keeps causing you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with only one eye, than to keep both eyes and be cast into the Gehenna of fire. (Geenna g1067)
Bí ojú rẹ yóò bá sì mú kí o dẹ́ṣẹ̀, yọ ọ́ kúrò kí ó sì sọ ọ́ nù. Ó kúkú sàn fún ọ láti lọ sínú ìyè pẹ̀lú ojú kan, ju pé kí o ní ojú méjì, kí a sì jù ọ́ sí iná ọ̀run àpáàdì. (Geenna g1067)
10 "See to it that you never despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father in heaven.
“Ẹ rí i pé ẹ kò fi ojú tẹ́ńbẹ́lú ọ̀kan nínú àwọn kéékèèké wọ̀nyí. Lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún yin pé, nígbà gbogbo ni ọ̀run ni àwọn angẹli ń wo ojú Baba mi tí ń bẹ ní ọ̀run.
11 "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
12 "How does it seem to you, when a man has a hundred sheep and loses one of them? Will he not leave the ninety and nine on the hills, to go and search for the one that has strayed?
“Kí ni ẹ̀yin rò? Bí ọkùnrin kan bá ni ọgọ́rùn-ún àgùntàn, tí ẹyọ kan nínú wọn sì sọnù, ṣé òun kì yóò fi mọ́kàndínlọ́gọ́rùn-ún ìyókù sílẹ̀ sórí òkè láti lọ wá ẹyọ kan tó nù náà bí?
13 "And if he succeeds in finding it, I tell you solemnly that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety and nine that never strayed away.
Ǹjẹ́ bí òun bá sì wá á rí i, lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún yín, ǹjẹ́ ẹ̀yin kò mọ̀ pé inú rẹ̀ yóò dùn nítorí rẹ̀ ju àwọn mọ́kàndínlọ́gọ́rùn-ún tí kò nù lọ?
14 "Just so it is not the will of my Father in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
Bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́, ni kì í ṣe ìfẹ́ Baba yín tí ń bẹ ní ọ̀run, pé ọ̀kan nínú àwọn kékeré wọ̀nyí kí ó ṣègbé.
15 "If your brother sins against you, go and show him, between yourself and him alone. If he listens, you have won your brother.
“Bí arákùnrin rẹ bá ṣẹ̀ ọ́, lọ ní ìkọ̀kọ̀ kí o sì sọ ẹ̀bi rẹ̀ fún un. Bí ó bá gbọ́ tìrẹ, ìwọ ti mú arákùnrin kan bọ̀ sí ipò.
16 "But if he will not listen to you, take one or two others along, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every word may be established. If he will not listen to them, tell the church;
Ṣùgbọ́n bí òun kò bá tẹ́tí sí ọ, nígbà náà mú ẹnìkan tàbí ẹni méjì pẹ̀lú rẹ, kí ẹ sì tún padà sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ lẹ́ẹ̀kan sí i, kí ọ̀rọ̀ náà bá le fi ìdí múlẹ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn ẹlẹ́rìí méjì tàbí mẹ́ta náà.
17 "but if he will not heed the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.
Bí òun bá sì tún kọ̀ láti tẹ́tí sí wọn, nígbà náà sọ fún ìjọ ènìyàn Ọlọ́run. Bí o bá kọ̀ láti gbọ́ ti ìjọ ènìyàn Ọlọ́run, jẹ́ kí ó dàbí kèfèrí sí ọ tàbí agbowó òde.
18 "I tell you all in solemn truth that whatever you forbid upon earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.
“Lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún yín, ohunkóhun tí ẹ̀yin bá dè ní ayé, ni a dè ní ọ̀run. Ohunkóhun ti ẹ̀yin bá sì ti tú ni ayé, á ò tú u ní ọ̀run.
19 "And again I tell you that if two of you on earth symphonize your praying concerning anything for which you have asked, it shall be done for you by my Father in heaven.
“Mo tún sọ èyí fún yín, bí ẹ̀yin méjì bá fi ohùn ṣọ̀kan ní ayé yìí, nípa ohunkóhun tí ẹ béèrè, Baba mi ti ń bẹ ní ọ̀run yóò sì ṣe é fún yín.
20 "For wherever there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I among them."
Nítorí níbi ti ènìyàn méjì tàbí mẹ́ta bá kó ara jọ ni orúkọ mi, èmi yóò wà láàrín wọn níbẹ̀.”
21 Just then Peter came to him, and asked him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?"
Nígbà náà ni Peteru wá sọ́dọ̀ Jesu, ó béèrè pé, “Olúwa, nígbà mélòó ni arákùnrin mi yóò ṣẹ̀ mi, tí èmi yóò sì dáríjì í? Tàbí ní ìgbà méje ni?”
22 "I do not tell you ‘till seven times,’"answered Jesus, "but till seventy times seven.
Jesu dáhùn pé, “Mo wí fún ọ, kì í ṣe ìgbà méje, ṣùgbọ́n ní ìgbà àádọ́rin méje.
23 "Thus the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.
“Nítorí náà, ìjọba ọ̀run dàbí ọba kan tí ó fẹ́ ṣe ìṣirò pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀.
24 "But when he began to settle, one of them was brought before him who owed him fifteen million dollars.
Bí ó ti ń ṣe èyí, a mú ajigbèsè kan wá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ tí ó jẹ ẹ́ ní ẹgbẹ̀rún mẹ́wàá tálẹ́ǹtì.
25 "And since he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, toward the payment of the debt.
Nígbà tí kò tì í ní agbára láti san án, nígbà náà ni olúwa rẹ̀ pàṣẹ pé kí a ta òun àti ìyàwó àti àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú gbogbo ohun tí ó ní láti fi san gbèsè náà.
26 "Thereupon his slave threw himself on his knees before him, crying, "‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you all!’
“Nígbà náà ni ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ náà wólẹ̀ lórí eékún níwájú rẹ. ‘Ó bẹ̀bẹ̀ pé, mú sùúrù fún mi, èmi yóò sì san gbogbo rẹ̀ fún ọ.’
27 "So then the master pitied his slave, and let him go, and forgave him his debt.
Nígbà náà, ni olúwa ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ náà sì ṣàánú fún un. Ó tú u sílẹ̀, ó sì fi gbèsè náà jì í.
28 "But on his way out, that slave met a fellow slave who owed him fifty dollars. Seizing him by the throat, and nearly choking him, he exclaimed, "‘Pay me what you owe me!’
“Ṣùgbọ́n bí ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ náà ti jáde lọ, ó rí ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ ẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀ tí ó jẹ ẹ́ ní ọgọ́rùn-ún owó idẹ, ó gbé ọwọ́ lé e, ó fún un ní ọrùn, ó wí pé, ‘San gbèsè tí o jẹ mí lójú ẹsẹ̀.’
29 "Then his fellow slave fell at his feet, and besought him, saying, "‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you.’
“Ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ ẹlẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀ náà sì wólẹ̀ lórí eékún níwájú rẹ̀, ò ń bẹ̀ ẹ́ pé, ‘Mú sùúrù fún mi, èmi yóò sì san án fún ọ.’
30 "But he would not; on the contrary he went and threw him into prison until he should pay the debt.
“Ṣùgbọ́n òun kọ̀ fún un. Ó pàṣẹ kí a mú ọkùnrin náà, kí a sì jù ú sínú túbú títí tí yóò fi san gbèsè náà tán pátápátá.
31 "When therefore his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very angry; and they went and explained to their master all that had happened.
Nígbà tí àwọn ìránṣẹ́ ẹlẹgbẹ́ rẹ̀ rí ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀, inú bí wọn gidigidi, wọ́n lọ láti lọ sọ fún olúwa wọn, gbogbo ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀.
32 "Immediately his master summoned him and said. "‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you implored me.
“Nígbà tí olúwa rẹ̀ pè ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ náà wọlé, ó wí fún un pé, ‘Ìwọ ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ búburú, níhìn-ín ni mo ti dárí gbogbo gbèsè rẹ jì ọ́ nítorí tí ìwọ bẹ̀ mi.
33 "‘Ought not you also to have had pity on your fellow slave, just as I had pity on you?’
Kò ha ṣe ẹ̀tọ́ fún ọ láti ṣàánú fún àwọn ẹlòmíràn, gẹ́gẹ́ bí èmi náà ti ṣàánú fún ọ?’
34 "Then in hot anger his master handed him over to the torturers, until he should pay him all his debt.
Ní ìbínú, olówó rẹ̀ fi í lé àwọn onítúbú lọ́wọ́ láti fi ìyà jẹ ẹ́, títí tí yóò fi san gbogbo gbèsè èyí ti ó jẹ ẹ́.
35 "So will my heavenly Father do to you also, unless from your heart each one of you forgive his brother."
“Bẹ́ẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ sì ni Baba mi tí ń bẹ ní ọ̀run yóò sí ṣe sì ẹnìkọ̀ọ̀kan, bí ẹ̀yin kò bá fi tọkàntọkàn dárí ji àwọn arákùnrin yín.”
