< Matthew 20 >

1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven (God) is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
“Nĩgũkorwo ũthamaki wa igũrũ ũhaana ta mũndũ warĩ na gĩthaka, ũrĩa woimagarire rũciinĩ tene akaandĩke andũ a kũruta wĩra mũgũnda wake wa mĩthabibũ.
2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius [one day’s wage] a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
Na aarĩkanĩra nao atĩ nĩekũmarĩha dinari mũthenya ũcio, akĩmatũma makarute wĩra mũgũnda-inĩ wake wa mĩthabibũ.
3 He went out about nine in the morning, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
“Ta thaa ithatũ nĩoimagarire na akĩona andũ angĩ marũngiĩ thoko-inĩ matarĩ ũndũ meekaga.
4 He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
Akĩmeera atĩrĩ, ‘O na inyuĩ-rĩ, thiĩi mũkarute wĩra mũgũnda-inĩ wakwa wa mĩthabibũ, na nĩngũmũrĩha o kĩrĩa kĩagĩrĩire.’
5 Again he went out about noon and three in the afternoon, and did likewise.
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio magĩthiĩ. “Ningĩ akiumagara rĩngĩ ta thaa thita, na thaa kenda agĩĩka o ũguo.
6 About a hour before sunset he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
Na ta thaa ikũmi na ĩmwe, akiumagara na akĩona andũ angĩ marũngiĩ o hau. Akĩmooria atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ kĩĩ gĩtũmĩte mũtinde mũrũngiĩ haha mũthenya mũgima mũtarĩ ũndũ mũreka?’
7 “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’
“Nao makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, ‘Tondũ gũtirĩ mũndũ ũtwandĩkire.’ “Akĩmeera atĩrĩ, ‘O na inyuĩ thiĩi mũkarute wĩra mũgũnda-inĩ wakwa wa mĩthabibũ.’
8 When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
“Gwatuka-rĩ, mwene mũgũnda ũcio wa mĩthabibũ akĩĩra mũrũgamĩrĩri wa wĩra wake atĩrĩ, ‘Ĩta aruti a wĩra ũmarĩhe mũcaara, wambĩrĩirie na arĩa maandĩkirwo thuutha, ũrĩkie na arĩa maandĩkirwo mbere.’
9 “When those who were hired a hour before sunset came, they each received a denarius [one day’s wage].
“Aruti a wĩra arĩa maandĩkĩtwo thaa ikũmi na ĩmwe moka, makĩrĩhwo dinari ĩmwe o mũndũ.
10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius [one day’s wage].
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, rĩrĩa arĩa maandĩkĩtwo mbere mookire-rĩ, meeciirĩtie mekũrĩhwo makĩria. No rĩrĩ, o nao maarĩhirwo dinari ĩmwe o mũndũ.
11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
Maarĩkia kũrĩhwo, makĩambĩrĩria kũnugunĩkĩra mwene mũgũnda.
12 saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’
Makiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Andũ arĩa marigirie kwandĩkwo-rĩ, marutire wĩra o ithaa rĩmwe, na wamaiganania na ithuĩ arĩa twatinda wĩra na mĩnoga na kũhĩa nĩ riũa.’
13 “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no unjust criminal action sin ·miss the mark and is without share in the goal·. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius [one day’s wage]?
“Nake agĩcookeria ũmwe wao atĩrĩ, ‘Mũrata wakwa, ndinagwĩka ũũru. Githĩ tũtirĩkanĩire atĩ ngũrĩhe dinari ĩmwe?
14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
Kĩoe mũcaara waku ũthiĩ. Nĩ niĩ ndenda kũrĩha mũndũ ũcio wandĩkirwo thuutha o ta ũguo ndakũrĩha.
15 Is not it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good? Do you begrudge my generosity?’
Githĩ ndirĩ na kĩhooto gĩa gwĩka ũrĩa ngwenda na mbeeca ciakwa? Kana ũraigua ũiru tondũ ndĩ mũtaana?’
16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
“Nĩ ũndũ ũcio arĩa marĩ thuutha, magaatuĩka a mbere, na arĩa marĩ mbere magaatuĩka a thuutha.”
17 As Yeshua [Salvation] was going up to Jerusalem [City of peace], he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
Na rĩrĩa Jesũ aambataga Jerusalemu-rĩ, nĩetire arutwo ake arĩa ikũmi na eerĩ keheri-inĩ akĩmeera atĩrĩ,
18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem [City of peace], and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and Torah-Teachers, and they will condemn him to death,
“Twerekeire kwambata Jerusalemu, na kũu Mũrũ wa Mũndũ nĩagakunyanĩrwo aneanwo kũrĩ athĩnjĩri-Ngai arĩa anene na arutani a watho. Nao nĩmakamũtuĩra kũũragwo
19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”
na nĩmakamũneana kũrĩ andũ-a-Ndũrĩrĩ anyũrũrio na ahũũrwo na kĩboko na mamwambe mũtĩ igũrũ. Na mũthenya wa gatatũ nĩakariũkio!”
20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee [Bestowed by Yah] came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.
Thuutha ũcio, nyina wa ciana cia Zebedi nĩokire kũrĩ Jesũ arĩ na ariũ ake, agĩturia ndu, akĩmũthaitha amũhingĩrie ũndũ mũna.
21 He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”
Nake Jesũ akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ ũkwenda?” Akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ĩtĩkĩra atĩ ũmwe wa aanake aya akwa eerĩ magaikara ũmwe mwena waku wa ũrĩo, na ũcio ũngĩ mwena waku wa ũmotho ũthamaki-inĩ waku.”
22 But Yeshua [Salvation] answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be immersed with the immersion that I am immersed with?” They said to him, “We are able.”
Nake Jesũ akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Mũtiũĩ ũrĩa mũrahooya. No mũhote kũnyuĩra gĩkombe kĩrĩa ngũnyuĩra?” Nao magĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Ĩĩ, no tũhote.”
23 He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be immersed with the immersion that I am immersed with, but to sit at my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by 'Avi ·my Father·.”
Nake Jesũ akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Ti-itherũ nĩ mũkaanyuĩra gĩkombe gĩakwa, no gũikara mwena wakwa wa ũrĩo kana wa ũmotho ti niĩ heanaga. Itĩ icio ikaaheo arĩa mathondekeirwo cio nĩ Baba.”
24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.
Rĩrĩa arutwo acio angĩ ikũmi maiguire ũhoro ũcio, makĩrakarĩra arutwo acio eerĩ a nyina ũmwe.
25 But Yeshua [Salvation] summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
Nake Jesũ akĩmeeta hamwe, akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Nĩmũũĩ atĩ aathani a Ndũrĩrĩ nĩ metũũgagĩria igũrũ rĩa andũ ao, na anene ao nĩmamaathaga na hinya.
26 It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
No rĩrĩ, gũtikanahaane ũguo gatagatĩ kanyu. Handũ ha ũguo, ũrĩa ũngĩenda gũtuĩka mũnene thĩinĩ wanyu-rĩ, nĩ atuĩke ndungata yanyu,
27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bond-servant,
na ũrĩa ũngĩenda gũtuĩka wa mbere thĩinĩ wanyu nĩatuĩke ngombo yanyu,
28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
o ta ũrĩa Mũrũ wa Mũndũ atookire gũtungatĩrwo, no ookire gũtungata, na arute muoyo wake ũtuĩke thogora wa gũkũũra andũ aingĩ.”
29 As they went out from Jericho [Fragrant, Moon], a great multitude followed him.
Na rĩrĩa Jesũ na arutwo ake moimaga Jeriko-rĩ, andũ aingĩ makĩmũrũmĩrĩra.
30 Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Yeshua [Salvation] was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David [Beloved]!”
Nao andũ eerĩ atumumu maikarĩte mũkĩra-inĩ wa njĩra, na rĩrĩa maiguire atĩ nĩ Jesũ wahĩtũkaga-rĩ, makĩanĩrĩra, makiuga atĩrĩ, “Mwathani, Mũrũ wa Daudi, tũiguĩre tha!”
31 The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David [Beloved]!”
Gĩkundi kĩu kĩa andũ gĩkĩmakaania, gĩkĩmeera makire, no-o magĩkĩrĩrĩria kwanĩrĩra, makiugaga atĩrĩ, “Mwathani, Mũrũ wa Daudi, tũiguĩre tha!”
32 Yeshua [Salvation] stood still, and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”
Nake Jesũ akĩrũgama, akĩmeeta. Akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Mũrenda ndĩmwĩkĩre atĩa?”
33 They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”
Makĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Mwathani, tũrakũhooya o tũcooke kuona.”
34 Yeshua [Salvation], being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.
Nake Jesũ akĩmaiguĩra tha, akĩmahutia maitho. Na kahinda o kau makĩambĩrĩria kuona, makĩmũrũmĩrĩra.

< Matthew 20 >