Matthew 22
1 Then Jesus told [the Jewish leaders] other parables [in order to illustrate what will happen to the people who do not accept him as the King God promised to send]. [This is one of those parables: ]
Yeso ma kuri ma wuzi we tizze ma bati we ire imum magu.
2 “[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
Adi bati tigomo ta Asere nan ure ugomo desa ma wuzi vana umeme igab.
3 [When] the feast [was ready], the king sent his servants to tell the people who had been {whom he had} invited that it was time for them to come to the wedding feast. [The servants did that]. But the people who had been invited did not want to come.
Matumi anu utarsa umeme wa titi andesa aboo we wa ēh ahira igab me andesa aboo.
4 So he sent other servants [to] again [tell the people whom he had invited that they should come to the feast]. He said [to those servants], ‘Say to the people whom I invited [to come to the feast], “The king says that he has prepared the food. The oxen and the fattened calves have been butchered [and cooked]. Everything is ready. It is time [now for you to] come to the wedding feast!’”’
Makuri ma tumi are anu tarsa umeme ukure, magun we, ka bukani we mamu mara ubara imumare a wesi ina wan bige be sa a inta bini akura, vat a mara ubara ukodi nyani ayeni igab me.
5 [But when the servants told them that, they] disregarded [what the servants said]. Some of them went to their own fields. Others went to their places of business.
A' ani me wa game uwna uni cheni, wa dusa we imum iwe, uye madusa me uru uye madusa uziza adadu.
6 The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
Ukasu me wa miki arere una akura me, wa duri we wa hoo we.
7 [When the king heard what had happened], he became furious. He commanded his soldiers to go and kill those murderers and burn their cities.
Ugomo ma wu iriba, ma tuburko anani kara nini kono numeme, wa ka huna an desa wa wuza me anime wa punsi ku pin me vat.
8 [After his soldiers had done that], the king said to his other servants, ‘I have prepared the [wedding] feast, but the people who were {whom I} invited do not deserve to [come to it because they did not consider it an honor to have been invited].
Magun in nanu utarsa umeme, nigura me na cukuno nigora an desa aboo we ni da wa ha nam ba.
9 So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
Barki anime hanani ana tukun ani pin, boo ni vat adesa ya kem, wa ē anigora me.
10 So the servants went there, and they gathered everyone they saw [who wanted to come to the feast]. They gathered [both people that were considered] to be evil and [those that were considered to be] good. They brought them into the hall where the wedding [feast took place]. The hall was filled with people.
Anu tarsa umeme wa dusa utarsa uti naa, wa urso vat an desa we kem ana aburi nan ariri vat a urso we a ēni, ahira anigora a myinca ina ganu.
11 But when the king went [into the hall] to see the guests who were there, he saw someone who was not wearing clothes [that had been provided for the guests to wear] at a wedding [feast].
Sa ugomo ma ribe u ira unigora ma iri ure unu da ma suki udibi u aye unigora ba.
12 The king said to him, ‘Friend, (you should never have entered this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that guests wear] at wedding [feasts]!/how did you enter this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes [that are appropriate for guests to wear] at a wedding [feast]?) [RHQ]’ The man did not say anything, [because he did not know what to say].
Ugomo ma gun me, unu-ubu aneni wa aye bame sarki udibi unigoraa unu me da kem imum i buka ba.
13 Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie this person’s feet and hands and throw him outside where there is total darkness. People who are there cry out [because they are suffering] and they gnash their teeth [because of their severe pain].’”
Ugomo magun inanu utarsa umeme, tirani me tibuna nan tari i vengime anyimo mare mabibiti abini me adi shi a rummizi ahini.
14 [Then Jesus said, “The point of this story is that God] has invited many [to come to him], but only a few people are the ones whom he has chosen [to be there].”
Atiti anu gwardang anyimo aweme azauka ana acin.
15 After Jesus said that, the Pharisees met together in order to plan how they could cause him to say something that would enable them to accuse him.
Mafarisawa wa gomirka imumu i gebe sa idi cara tizemeni.
16 They sent to him some of their disciples, [who thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Jewish authorities required them to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod. [The members of that party thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Roman government required them to pay]. [Those who were sent came and] said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the truth about what God wants [us to do]. We also know that you do not change what you teach because of what someone says about you, even if it is an important person who does not like what you [IDM] teach.
Wa tumi anu tarsa umeme ahira mer nan adesa wa zinan Hiridus, wa gu, unu ubu haru ti rusawe una kadure mani, uzini udungara tize ta Asere gwem barki wa zika kodavi.
17 So tell us what you think [RHQ] [about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
Bukan duru imumme sa wa ira, ya wuna uri ti nya imumme sa izi ikasari nani ani.
18 But Jesus knew that what they really wanted to do was evil. [They were wanting him to say something that would get him in trouble with either the Jewish authorities or the Roman authorities. So he said to them], “You are (hypocrites/pretending to ask a legitimate question), but you are just wanting [RHQ] me to say something for which you can accuse me.
Sa yeso ma tinka imumu imu riba mu weme, ma gun we nyanini wuna inyara imansam shi ana mu riba muburyi.
19 Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
Bezi mi ikirfi, wa dusa wa ēn me in bikirfi.
20 He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
Yeso magun we, ihuri igeme nan niza ini geme na veni.
21 They answered, “[It has the picture and name of] Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].” Then he said to them, “Okay, give to the government what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
Wagun me, ni kaisar nini ba magun we, nyani kaisar imum be sa izi i kaisar Asere imum be sa izi ya Asere.
22 When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
Sa wa kunna anime, wa kunna biyau wa dusa we.
23 During that same day, some Sadducees came to Jesus. [They are a Jewish sect who do not] believe that people will become alive again after they die. They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question.
Uwui uginome mara masa dukiya wa (an desa wa gusa, ingi wa wono uka hira uzoni) wa ē ahira ameme, wa ikime.
24 [In order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again], they said [to him], “Teacher, Moses wrote [in the Scriptures], ‘If a man dies who did not have any children, his brother must marry the [dead man’s] widow in order that she can have a child by him. The child [will be considered] the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].’
Wagun me, unubu musa magun, ingi unu ma wono da ma ceki uye aduma ba, uhenu me madi cukuno nan uneme anime barki ma yoo uhenu ahana.
25 Well, there were seven boys in a family [living] near us. The oldest one married someone. He [and his wife] did not have any children, and he died. So the second brother married the widow. [But he also died without having a child].
A wuzi aye anu usunare ahana aruma ani henu nu weme, unu utuba ma wuzi ya sa ma wono barki da ma yooba ma ceki uhenu umemeni uneme.
26 The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
Ane ani unu ukureme ma wuzi nan unu utaru me, awuzi anime uka biki unu su sunareme.
27 Last of all, the widow also died.
Sa wa mara uwuza ugino me, une madusa ma wi.
28 So, at the time when people are raised from the dead, which of the seven [brothers do you think] will be her husband? Keep in mind that they had all been married to her.”
Uwui uhira a yimo iwono, une wa aveni madi zi anyimo aweme anu usunare uginome barki vat uwe wa wuzi aya nan me.
29 Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [in what you are thinking]. You do not know [what is written in] the Scriptures. [You] also do not know [that] God has [the] power [to make people alive again].
Yeso makabirkawe magun, ya camani barki sa ida rusani tize ta Asere ba, ida kuri irusi shi ubari Asere ba.
30 The fact is that [the woman will not be the wife of any of them, because] after [God causes all dead] people [to] live again, no one will be married. Instead, [people] will be like the angels in heaven. [They do not marry].
Barki uwui uhira anyimo iwono, anyā azoni uwuza anyā uzoni, ti di cukuno kasi ibe ika dura ka Asere sa wara aseseri.
31 But as for dead people becoming alive again, God said something about that. (I’m sure you have read it./Have you not read it?) [RHQ] [Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses],
Abanga uhira anyimo iwono, dayamu iraba imum me sa Asere a gushiba agi.
32 ‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob worships.’ 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]!”
Mimani Asere aweme ma vengize dā anu zatu uvengize waniba.
33 When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
Sa anu wa kunna anime, wa kunna biyau ini mumme.
34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had answered the Sadducees in such a way that the Sadducees could not [think of anything that they might say to] respond to him, the Pharisees gathered together to [plan what they would say to him]. [Then they approached him].
Mafarisawa sa wa kunna mā maran in masadukiyawe, ba wa urno.
35 One of them was a man who had studied well the laws [that God gave Moses]. He wanted to see if Jesus [could answer] his question well [or if he would say something wrong]. He asked him,
Unu inde anyimo aweme, ure unu bezi urusa barki ma mansa me ma iki magu.
36 “Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
Unu dungara, nyanini itteki in nikara anyimo tize ta Asere.
37 Jesus [quoted the Scriptures as he replied], “‘You must love the Lord your God with all [IDM] your (inner being/heart). [Show that you love him] in all that you desire, in all that you feel, and in all that you think.’
Yeso magun me, hem in na Asere aweme ini riba iwe me me vat nan nice nuweme.
38 That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
Ine ini imumu idan dan in nu tuba.
39 The next most important commandment [that everyone must surely obey] is: ‘You must love the people you come in contact with as much as [you love] yourself.’
I kure izi gusi ituba ini, hem inu henu uweme gusi nice nuweme.
40 These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
Ahira imum kare kagino vat tize ta Asere nan ta anu dungara ta hem in.
41 While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
Datti afarisawa wa uri ahira a inde, ba yeso ma iki we.
42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
Magun we i ciram aveni, mi vana aveni ba wagun me vana udauda mani.
43 Jesus said to them, “[If the Messiah is King David’s descendant], then (David should not have called him ‘Lord’ when David was saying [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say./Why did David call the Messiah ‘Lord’ when David was speaking [what] the [Holy] Spirit [prompted him to] say?) [RHQ]
Yeso magun we, aneni Me Dauda me unu bari u bi be biriri ba Asere ma kuri magu.
44 [David wrote this in the Scriptures about the Messiah]: ‘God said to my Lord, “Sit [here beside me] on my right, [the place of greatest honor you] [MTY]. [Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies [MTY].”’
Asere agunka Asere am, cukuno a tari tinare tum, indi tari we aseseri ade sa wada nyara u ira uweba.
45 So, since [King] David called [the Messiah] ‘my Lord’, ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from David!/how can he be [only] the descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]!”
Ingi Dauda matita Asere anime, adi wu aneni ma cukuno vana umeme.
46 No one [who heard what Jesus said] was able to think of even one word to say to him [in response]. And after that, no one else ever dared to ask him another question [to try to trap him].
Ba desa ma kuri mā buki tize, abini me unu iriba ihu mazoni sa madi kuri ma iki me iri mum.
