Mark 12
1 Then Jesus told [those Jewish leaders] a parable. [He wanted to show what God would do to those who rejected the former prophets and himself. He said], “A certain man planted a vineyard. He built a fence around it [in order to protect it]. He made a stone tank [to collect the juice that] they would press [out of the grapes]. He also built a tower [for someone to sit in to guard his vineyard]. Then he leased the vineyard to some men to care for it and [to] give him some of the [grapes] in return. Then he went away to another country.
Bangʼ mano Yesu nochako wuoyo kodgi gi ngeche mopogore opogore kama: “Ngʼat moro ne opidho mzabibu e puothe. Nochiele gi ohinga, mi okunyo bugo mibiyoe olemo mochiek, kendo ogero ne osuch ngʼicho. Eka ne oketo puothe mar mzabibuno e lwet jopur moko bangʼe nowuok odhi e wuoth moro mabor.
2 When the time came to harvest the [grapes], he sent a servant to the men [who were taking care of the vineyard] in order to receive from them his share of the grapes that the vineyard had produced.
E kinde mar keyo nooro jatichne moro ir jopur puodho mondo oomne olembe moko mane ochiek e puoth mzabibu.
3 But [after the servant arrived], they grabbed him and beat him, and they did not give him any fruit. Then they sent him away.
To jopur puodho nomake, mogoye, moriembe gi lwete nono.
4 Later the one who owned the vineyard sent another servant to them. But they beat that one on his head, and they insulted him.
Nochako ooro jatichne machielo irgi, to en bende ne gindayo wiye kendo timone tim wichkuot.
5 Later he sent another servant. That man they killed. They mistreated many other servants [whom he sent]. Some they beat and some they killed.
Ngʼatno nonano, mochako ooro ngʼat machielo, to en neginege. Nomedo oro jotichne mamoko mangʼeny, mamoko kuomgi negigoyo to moko ginego.
6 The man still had one other [person with him]. It was his son. He loved him very much. So, finally he sent his son to them because he thought that they would respect him [and give him some of the grapes].
“Ne pod odongʼ gi ngʼat achiel mane koro onyalo oro: wuode owuon mane ohero gi lala. Ne oore mogik tik koparo ni, ‘Wuoda awuon to gibiro miyo luor.’
7 But [when they saw his son coming], those men who were looking after the vineyard said to each other, ‘Look! Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard! So let’s kill him in order that this vineyard will be ours!’
“To ka jopur puodho nowacho e kindgi giwegi ni, ‘Ma e jacham girkeni, biuru mondo wanege mondo girkeni odongʼnwa.’
8 They seized him and killed him. Then they threw his body outside the vineyard.
Omiyo negimake mi ginege eka bangʼe to gidire oko mar puoth mzabibu.
9 So (do you know what the man who owns the vineyard will do?/I will tell you what the man who owns the vineyard will do [RHQ]). He will come, and he will kill those evil men who were taking care of his vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.
“Uparo ni ka wuon puoth mzabibu obiro to angʼo mobiro timo? Obiro biro moneg jopur puodhogo mi ogol puoth mzabibuno e lwetgi mi enomi joma moko.
10 [Now think carefully about these words], which you have read [in] the Scriptures: The men who were building the building rejected one stone. But others [put that same stone in its proper place, and] it has become the most important stone in the building [MET]!
Donge usesomo Ndiko mawacho niya, “‘Kidi mane jogedo odagi osedoko kidi motegno moriwo kor ot;
11 The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it.”
Jehova Nyasaye ema osetimo mano, kendo en gima iwuoro ka waneno.’”
12 Then [the Jewish leaders] realized that he was accusing them when he told this story [about what those wicked people did]. So they wanted to seize him. But they were afraid of what the crowds [would do if they did that]. So they left him and went away.
Koro jodolo madongo gi jopuonj Chik nochako manyo yo mane ginyalo makego nikech negingʼeyo ni ogetogi kod ngeroni. To negiluoro oganda, omiyo ne giweye mi gingʼwel gia kanyo.
13 The [Jewish leaders] sent to [Jesus] some Pharisees [who thought that the Jews should pay only the tax that their own Jewish authorities required people to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod [Antipas and the Roman government]. They wanted to make Jesus say something wrong [that would make one of those groups very angry with him].
Bangʼe negioro jo-Farisai gi jo-Herodia ir Yesu mondo odwar wach mawuok e dhoge mondo gimakego.
14 After they arrived, they said to him [deceivingly], “Teacher, we know that you [teach] the truth. We also know that you are not concerned about [what] people [say about you, even if an important person does not like what you say]. Instead, you teach truthfully what God wants [us to do]. So [tell us what you think about this matter: ] Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government, or not [MTY]? Should we pay the taxes, or should we not pay them?”
Negibiro ire mi giwachone niya, “Japuonj wangʼeyo ni in ngʼama ja-ratiro. Ji ok nyal ywayi maloki nikech ok iluoro wangʼ ngʼato, to ipuonjo mana yor Nyasaye kaluwore gi adierane. Koro nyiswa ane, bende en gima kare mondo wagol osuru ne Kaisar koso ok owinjore?
15 Jesus knew that they did not really want to know [what God wanted them to do]. So he said to them, “(I [know that] you are [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me./Why are you [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me?) [RHQ] [But I will answer your question anyway]. Bring me a coin so that I might [ask you something after] I look at it.”
Wagol koso kik wagol?” To kaka Yesu nongʼeyo wuondruokgi, nopenjogi niya, “Angʼo momiyo utema? Kelnauru ane dinari ka, mondo anone maber.”
16 After they brought him a coin, he asked them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?” They replied, “It is a picture and the name of Caesar, [the man who rules the Roman government].”
Negikelone pesa mamingli, bangʼe nopenjogi niya, “Kido man kuomeni en mag ngʼa? To weche mondikiegi to gin mar ngʼa?” Negidwoke niya, “Gin mag Kaisar.”
17 Then Jesus said to them, “[That is correct, so] give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].” They were [frustrated at his answer but] amazed at what he said, [because they were not able to accuse him of anything because of what he said].
Eka Yesu nowachonegi niya, “Miuru Kaisar gige Kaisar, to miuru Nyasaye gige Nyasaye.” Jogo ne dhogi omoko.
18 [Men who belong to the] Sadducee [sect] deny that people become alive again after they die. [In order to discredit] Jesus [by ridiculing the idea that people will live again, some of] them came to him and asked him,
Bangʼe jo-Sadukai mawacho ni chier onge nobiro ire gi penjo moro.
19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] that if a man who has no children dies, his brother should marry the dead man’s widow. [Then if those two bear children, everyone will consider that those children are the] children of the man who died, [and in that way the dead man will continue to have descendants].
Negipenje niya, “Japuonj, Musa nondikonwa ni ka ngʼato owadgi otho moweyo dhako ma pod onge gi nyithindo, to ngʼatno nyaka kend dhako ma chwore othono mondo onywolnego nyithindo.
20 [So here is an example]. There were seven boys [in one family]. The oldest one married [a woman], but [he and his wife] did not bear any children. Then he [later] died.
Koro ne nitie owete moko abiriyo. Wuowi makayo nokendo to bangʼe notho ka oonge nyithindo.
21 The second [brother followed this law and] married that woman and he, too, did not bear any children. Then he [later] died. The third [brother did] like [his other brothers did. But he also did not bear any children, and later died].
Wuowi mar ariyo nokendo chi owadgi mane owadgi oweyono, to en bende notho kapok onywolo nyathi. Notimore kamano ni wuowi mar adek bende
22 Eventually all seven [brothers married that woman, one by one], but they had no children, and one by one they died. Afterwards the woman died, too.
e gikone, yawuowi abiriyogo duto notho ma ok onywol gi chigino. Bangʼe achien dhakono bende ne otho.
23 Therefore, [if it were true what some people say, that people will become alive again after they die], whose wife do you think that woman will be when people become alive again? ([Keep in mind that] she was married to all seven [brothers]!/She was married to all seven [brothers, so how can anyone decide] [RHQ]?)”
Koro chiengʼ chier dhakoni nobed chi ngʼa, nimar ji abiriyogo nokende?”
24 Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [RHQ]. You do not know [what they have written in] the Scriptures [about this]. You also do not understand God’s power [to make people alive again].
Yesu nodwokogi kawacho niya, “Donge uketho nikech ukia Ndiko kata teko Nyasaye?
25 [That woman will not be the wife of any of them], because when people have become alive again, instead of men having wives and women having husbands, they will be like the angels in heaven, [who do not marry].
Ka joma otho ochier to ok ginikendi kata kend ok nokendgi ngangʼ, to ginichal gi malaike manie polo.
26 But as to people becoming alive again after they die, in the book that Moses [wrote, he said something about people who have died] that I am sure that you have read [RHQ]. When Moses [was looking at] the bush [that was burning], God said to him, ‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].’
To kuom chier mar joma otho, donge usesomo e kitap Musa kama ondikie wach bungu maliel, kaka Nyasaye nowachone niya, ‘An Nyasach Ibrahim, Nyasach Isaka kendo Nyasach Jakobo?’
27 It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive]! So your [claim that dead people do not become alive again] is very wrong.”
Ok en Nyasach joma otho, to en Nyasach joma ngima. Urwenyo mabor!”
28 A man who taught the [Jewish] laws heard their discussion. He knew that Jesus answered the question well. So he stepped forward and asked Jesus, “Which commandment is the most important?”
Achiel kuom jopuonj chik nobiro moyudo ka gimino wach. Kane owinjo ka Yesu odwokogi kare, nopenje niya, “Kuom Chike duto mag Nyasaye, en mane maduongʼ moloyo chike moko duto?”
29 Jesus answered, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, [you people of] Israel! [You must worship] the Lord, our God, our only Lord.
Yesu nodwoke kawacho niya, “Chik achiel maduongʼ moloyo en ma: ‘Winjuru, yaye jo-Israel, Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachwa en Jehova Nyasaye achiel.
30 [You must show that you love him in all the ways that you live] Show it in all that you want and feel, in all that you think, and in all that you do!’
Her Jehova Nyasaye ma Nyasachi gi chunyi duto kendo gi paroni duto, gi riekoni duto, kendo gi tekoni duto.’
31 The next [most important commandment] is: ‘You must love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these two!”
Chik maduongʼ mar ariyo en ni, ‘Her wadu kaka iherori iwuon.’Onge chik maduongʼ moloyo magi.”
32 The man said to Jesus, “Teacher, [you have answered] well. You correctly said that he is the only [God] and that there is no other God [we must worship/obey].
Ngʼatno nodwoke niya, “Iwacho kare, Japuonj. In kare kiwacho ni Nyasaye en achiel maonge moro machielo makmana En.
33 You have also said correctly that we ([should/must show that we]) love God by all that we are, by all that we think, and by the way that we live. And you have said correctly that we must love (people with whom we come in contact/others) as much as we love ourselves. And you have also implied that doing these things [pleases God] more than offering/giving animals to him or burning [other] sacrifices.”
Ka ihero Nyasaye gi chunyi duto gi riekoni duto gi tekoni duto, kendo kihero wadu kaka iherori iwuon to mano duongʼ moloyo misango miwangʼo pep gi misengini mamoko.”
34 Jesus realized that this man had answered wisely. So he said to him, “[I perceive that] you will soon [decide to let] God rule your life.” After that, [the Jewish leaders] were afraid to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
Kane Yesu oneno ni ngʼatno odwoke gi rieko, nowachone niya, “Ok in mabor gi pinyruoth Nyasaye.” Chakre kanyo onge ngʼato kata achiel manohedhore penje penjo moro kendo.
35 [Later], while he was teaching in the Temple [courtyard], Jesus said [to the people], “These men who teach the [Jewish] laws, (they must be wrong when they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David!/why do they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ]
Kane Yesu pod puonjo ei hekalu, nopenjo niya, “Ere kaka Jopuonj Chik nyalo puonjo ni Kristo en wuod Daudi?
36 The Holy Spirit caused David himself to say [about the Messiah], God said to my Lord, ‘Sit here beside me at the place where I will highly honor you! Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies! [MTY]’
Ka Daudi owuon nowuoyo kuom teko mar Roho Maler kolero niya: “‘Ruoth nowachone Ruodha ni, “Bed e bada korachwich, nyaka aket wasiki e bwo tiendi.”’
37 Therefore, [because] David himself calls [the Messiah] ‘my Lord,’ (the Messiah cannot be [just] a man who descended [from King David!]/how can the Messiah be [just] a man who descended [from King David]?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]”! Many people listened to him gladly [as he taught those things].
Ka Daudi owuon luonge ni ‘Ruoth.’ Koro ere kaka onyalo bedo wuode kendo?” Oganda maduongʼ mane winje nopongʼ gi mor.
38 While Jesus was teaching [the people], he said to them, “Beware that you [do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They [like people to honor them, so] they put on long robes and walk around [in order to show people how important they are]. They also like people to greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces.
Yesu nomedo puonjogi kowacho niya, “Tangʼuru ne jopuonj chik. Gihero wuotho koni gi koni ka girwako lewni maboyo mayware piny, kendo kimosogi e chirni.
39 [They like to sit] in the most important seats in our (synagogue/Jewish meeting place). At festivals, [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
Gihero bedo e kombe moyiedhi manie sinagoke, kod kuonde ma imiyoe ji duongʼ e sewni.
40 They (swindle/take for themselves) the houses [and property] of widows by cheating them. [Then] they pretend [that they are good] by praying long prayers [publicly. God] will certainly punish them severely!”
Giyako ute mon ma chwogi otho kendo gilamo lamo moyware mondo ginyisrego ni ji kaka gilony e lamo. Joma kamagi ibiro kum malit moloyo.”
41 [Later], Jesus sat down [in the Temple courtyard opposite the boxes in which people put offerings. As he was sitting there], he watched as all the people put money in the box. Many rich people put in large amounts [of money].
Yesu nobedo piny kama omanyore gi kama ne ji ketoe sadakagi mi nonono kaka ji ne keto pesagi e kar keno mar hekalu. Jo-mwandu mangʼeny ne diro pesa mojuol ojuol.
42 Then a poor widow came along and put in two small copper coins, which had a very small value.
To dhako moro modhier ma chwore notho nobiro moketo pesa mamingli ariyo matindo tindo, pesa matinie mogik ma en ndururu.
43 He gathered his disciples around him and said to them, “The truth is that these other people have a lot of money, [but] they gave [only a small part of it]. But this woman, who is very poor, has put in all the money that she had to pay for the things she needs. [So God considers that] this poor widow has put more money into the box than all the other people!”
Yesu nogwelo jopuonjrene ire mokonegi niya, “Awachonu adier dhako ma chwore otho modhierni osegolo pesa mangʼeny e keno moloyo ji mamoko duto.
Gin gisegolo mana matin nono kuom mwandu ma gin-go, to dhakono kata obedo ni odhier, to osechiwo duto ma en-go, duto mane onego okonyrego.”
