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.
Liya puoli Jesu den tundi ba ki pua n kpanjama. Ki maadi: «o nilo den ŋu o damongu tiidi kuanu, ki kpaaki gogidi lindi o k kuanu, ki gbiidi o. Buogu naani kibi ba ŋanbidi o damongu. Ki go maa lidieli ki tienili pagiliki guuni bi niba, ki fii ki gedi o sonu.
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.
O yogunu pundi, ki o soani o tuosoanlo yendo bi kuaguba kani kiwan ga o tiidi luana.
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.
Ki bi kuaguba cuo ki pua o ki lebino famma.
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.
Ki o go soani o lielo ki bi pua o yal ki padi o yuli ki go fiago.
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.
Ki o go soani o tiana ki bi cuo ki kpa o. Li ya puolipo bi soani n nacintaba nani bi kpiaba bi pua bi ne ki kpa bi tianba nani ban den kpia tieni cincinli yaba maama.
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].
O kuadano go da den sieni ni yendo ki ba saani o, wani den tie o biga yua ki o bua o yali boŋanla. Wani n den tie wan juodi ki soani yuo. O den yedi diidi o tie n biga bi ba conlino.
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!’
Ama bi kuagaba den juogibi ŋmioli nni ki yedi: One wani n ba diedi li faali cuamani, tin kpao ki diedi li faali.
8 They seized him and killed him. Then they threw his body outside the vineyard.
Ki bi cego, ki kpao ki luno o kuanu kunu.
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.
Moanla, o koandano mo baa tieni lede yeni o koanu? o baa cua ki deli yanni bi koanguba ki biambi kuli ki ta o koanu ki guuni tiamba.
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]!
Ida bani ki cogi ya diani n tie na bi? Li tanli yal ki atamaala den luni laa tanli nn tua lidieli tanpuli.
11 The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it.”
Lni ya bonla den nani o tienu kani ki ŋani ki dagidi bi niba po.
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.
Bi denbigidi ban cuo Jesu ama bi den jie o niyuligu kilima bi baniki o den maadi laa. Maama kilima bani. Lan yaani ban siedi ki ŋao.
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].
Lani n pendi bi den soani Jesu kani faliseninba yeni o bado clodo buakaaba bi tianba ki ban diao o maadiagu ki cuo o yeni bi maaman ni.
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?”
Bi den cua ki yedio: «canbaa ti baniki a tie maamaani daano ŋaa jie nba kuli, ŋaa gagidi o ba kilima bi niba n nua ki o tie maama po, u tundi bi niba o tienu. Sanŋoandima yeni i moamoani mo. Li pia o sanu ki tin pa lonpo o badieciano sesa? tin pabi, tin da pa i?
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.”
Ama Jesu n den bani bi yubontuona po yeni ki o maadi: «be yaapoi ki yiibigidini ki bua ki cuo nni? cuanimani lidibalina mi diidi.»
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].”
Kibi cuani Jesu po dibayenli. Ki maadi ba: «ŋma yeli yeni ŋma ya namangun ye lipo?
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].
Ki Jesu maadi: «yim teni mani sesa wan n die yal ki teni o tienu mo o tienu n die yal.» ki li ya kilidiba yeni wan yedi yaala.
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,
Sadisaniba yab den ki tuo bi kpienba yiedimapo, den kua Jesu kani. ki buab:
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].
«Camba, Moisi den diani ti po, li ya sua ka ninjua kpe ki ŋa o denpua. Ki o na malo biga, a ba Fiidi ki ta o denpua ki mali o po ti bidi.
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.
Jabalele den ye, o nikpelo po den kuani o pua, ki kpe ka mali biga.
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].
KI yua tua o po mota o pua yeni ki mo kpe ka mali biga. Li go den tua yene o talo moya po.
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.
Bani bombalele yeni kuli den tao Ama o ba kuli yakani wa den sieni buolu, o pua yeni mo den kpe.
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]?)”
Bi kpieba yiedima, bi kuli ya ti guaniki ba lmiali, ŋma ba diedi o pua? kilima bani jabalele yeni kuli kuano.
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].
Jesu den guani ki yediba: «Laatie ipo moamoani ki bi kpieba yiedima po tie yala ki yii tudi, kilima yi bani i diani yedi yala, bi o tienu palu n doa maam n m?
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].
Kilima, ya yogunu kibiti fii bi kpieba siiga, bi kankuani puoba, bi go kan punibi yuli lipokuali po, ama bi kuli ba ya tie nani malekinba yeni tanpoli diema nni.
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].’
Ama yala n nua bi kpienba yiedima po, i daa kpa ki cuogi Muiisi tili, naani n togidi o tisogu kani ya maama, o tienu n den maadi yeno ki yedo yala: Mini n tie Ablahama tienu, Isaka tienu, Jakoabo tienu?
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.”
Wa tie a kpiema tienu ka o tie yaaba foya tienu yo. Yi tudi bon cianla.
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?”
Lbalimaama tundikaaba yendo den gbadi ban nia yala; o den la ki Jesu jiino hali boŋanla. Ki o bualo: «Libalimaama kuli nni, mile n tie li mayuli?»
29 Jesus answered, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, [you people of] Israel! [You must worship] the Lord, our God, our only Lord.
Jesu den goa ki yedo: «Limaayulitie mine, Isalele yaaba ti yombidano o bado o tienu tie yendo.
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!’
A ba buo a yombidano a tienu yeni apali kuli, yeni a naano kuli, yen a maalima kuli, yeni a paalu kuli.
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!”
Diidi o bonlielo jua n tua nne: Abaa bua a lielo nani fini a ba yeni laa pia kuliya maama n cie libalimaama nni maani.
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].
Ki lo maado: «Liŋani, camba! a maadi i moni ki o tienu tie yendo tienu ba kuli ki ye kaa tie wani.
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.”
O nilo n bua wani yeni o pali kuli, yeni o jantial kuli, yeni o paalu kuli, ki go bua anisaalilielo nani fini ŋa bua a yuli maama yeni, lani n cie padi ya padijukana yeni ya sala ki bi yiidi kuli.»
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].
Jesu n din la ki o giino ya giini n dagidi yeni nn yanfuoma, ki o yedo: «ŋa fagi yeni o tienu diema.» lani ya po n pendi, nilo jiki tuo ki buali Jesu buali.
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]
Jesu n den tundi bi niba o jan diegu nni, o den buali: «Litien nni lede ki sikilibi nnba maadi ki klisiti tie Dafiti bijua?
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]’
Dafiti wani o ba den gbie yeni o tienu fuonna yua ki yedi: «Yombidano maadi n yombidano, kali nugienu po min kedi ŋa ŋma a nananda ting po.»
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].
Dafidi mono den yii u «o yombidano», yeni li ba tieni lede o ga ka n tua Dafidi ya biga? ya nicianba n den taani kuli den gbadi wa maadi yal.
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.
Jesu tunda nni, o den wani ki ban fangi bi yula yeni yaaba tundi o tienu maama ki bua ban ya goadi yeni a liadiciama, ki go bua bi niba n ya fuondiba ki kpiagidi ba i daamu nni.
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.
Bi go bua liga kali kali a jandidiena nni yeni janciamma kani kuli.
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!”
Ki nan janbidi a kpepuona ki fiedi bi diedi ki jandi ya jandi. N faagi ki bua bi niba nn ya nua ba bi ya buudi ba yabiakicie.
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].
Jesu den ka o tienu dieli nni ki tuoli iligitadiga ki nua bi niba n kpiedi i ligi maama. A piada den kpiendi i ligitadiga ki nua bi niba n kpiedi i ligi maama. A piada den kpiendi i ligi ki li yaba.
42 Then a poor widow came along and put in two small copper coins, which had a very small value.
O kpepuoluolo mo den cuan ki kpieni suulo lie.
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!”
Jesu den yini o ŋaadikaaba ki yedi ba: «n maadi i monmoni, o kpepuoluodo na puni ki cie yaaba n kpieni i ligi i ligita diga nni kuli.»
Kilima bani wani kuli kpieni bi ŋalimano nni bi ligi bidi, ama wani, yeni o luoma kuli o nani wan pia yaala ki baa je kuli, kikpieni.
