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: ]
Chúa Giê-xu phán thêm một ẩn dụ:
2 “[God] [MTY/EUP] [is like] a king [SIM] who [told his servants that they should] make a wedding feast for his son.
“Nước Trời được ví như một nhà vua tổ chức tiệc cưới cho thái tử.
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.
Vua cho người nhắc nhở tân khách đã được mời đến dự tiệc, nhưng họ đều từ chối!
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!’”’
Vua lại sai người khác giục giã: ‘Tiệc đã dọn sẵn. Bò và thú béo đã nấu xong. Mời tân khách đến dự!’
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.
Nhưng họ chẳng quan tâm, mỗi người cứ lo việc riêng. Người đi thăm ruộng, người đi buôn bán.
6 The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
Có người lại bắt các sứ giả hạ nhục và giết đi.
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.
Vua nổi giận, cho quân đội tiêu diệt bọn sát nhân và thiêu hủy thành của họ.
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].
Rồi vua bảo các cận thần: ‘Tiệc cưới đã dọn xong, nhưng khách được mời đều không xứng đáng.
9 So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the [wedding] feast.’
Vậy, cứ đi ra các đường phố lớn, gặp ai cũng mời về dự tiệc!’
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.
Họ đi khắp các ngã đường, đem về đủ hạng người, không phân biệt tốt xấu, nên phòng tiệc đầy dẫy tân khách ăn uống nhộn nhịp.
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].
Khi vua vào phòng tiệc, vua gặp một vị khách không mặc trang phục cho lễ cưới.
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].
Vua hỏi: ‘Này bạn, sao đã vào đây mà không mặc áo lễ?’ Nhưng người ấy không đáp lại.
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].’”
Vua truyền cho thuộc hạ: ‘Hãy trói người ấy, ném ra ngoài, vào chỗ tối tăm đầy tiếng khóc lóc và nghiến răng.’
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].”
Vì nhiều người được mời, nhưng ít người được chọn.”
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.
Các thầy Pha-ri-si họp nhau bàn mưu gài bẫy Chúa Giê-xu để có lý do bắt Ngài.
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.
Họ sai vài môn đệ của họ cùng đi với các đảng viên Hê-rốt đến hỏi Chúa: “Thưa Thầy, chúng tôi biết Thầy là người chân chính, lấy công tâm giảng dạy Đạo Đức Chúa Trời, không nể sợ, thiên vị ai.
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?”
Xin Thầy cho biết: Có nên nộp thuế cho Sê-sa không?”
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.
Chúa Giê-xu biết rõ dụng ý họ, liền bảo: “Hạng đạo đức giả! Các ông muốn gài bẫy Ta sao?
19 Show me [one of] the coins with [which people pay] the [Roman] tax.” So they showed him [a coin called] a denarius.
Đưa Ta xem một đồng bạc nộp thuế!” Khi họ đưa cho Ngài một đồng bạc La Mã,
20 He said to them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?”
Chúa hỏi: “Hình và tên ai đây?”
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].”
Họ đáp: “Sê-sa.” Chúa dạy: “Vậy, hãy nộp cho Sê-sa những gì của Sê-sa! Hãy trả lại cho Đức Chúa Trời những gì thuộc về Ngài!”
22 When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled [that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him]. Then they left Jesus.
Họ sững sờ, không biết nói gì nên rút lui ngay.
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.
Cũng ngày hôm ấy, các thầy Sa-đu-sê (chủ trương không có sự sống lại) đến hỏi Chúa:
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].’
“Thưa Thầy, Môi-se đã dạy: ‘Nếu người đàn ông nào qua đời không có con, thì em trai người đó sẽ lấy vợ goá của anh để sinh con nối dõi cho anh.’
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].
Chúng tôi gặp trường hợp: Gia đình kia có bảy anh em, người anh cả cưới vợ rồi chết không con, để vợ lại cho em.
26 The same thing [happened to] the third [brother], and also to the other four [brothers, who one by one married this same woman].
Rồi từ người thứ hai, thứ ba, cho đến người thứ bảy, việc xảy ra giống hệt như thế.
27 Last of all, the widow also died.
Sau đó, người đàn bà cũng chết.
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.”
Đến ngày sống lại, người đàn bà ấy sẽ làm vợ ai trong bảy anh em? Vì tất cả đều đã cưới nàng.”
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].
Chúa Giê-xu đáp: “Các ông lầm lẫn vì không hiểu Thánh Kinh, cũng chẳng hiểu quyền năng Đức Chúa Trời.
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].
Khi sống lại, không ai còn cưới vợ lấy chồng nữa, mọi người đều giống như thiên sứ trên trời.
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],
Về sự sống lại của người chết, các ông chưa đọc Lời Đức Chúa Trời phán với các ông sao? Sau nhiều năm Áp-ra-ham, Y-sác, và Gia-cốp qua đời, Đức Chúa Trời phán:
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]!”
‘Ta là Đức Chúa Trời của Áp-ra-ham, Đức Chúa Trời của Y-sác, và Đức Chúa Trời của Gia-cốp.’ Ngài không phải là Đức Chúa Trời của người chết, nhưng Đức Chúa Trời của người sống.”
33 When the crowds of people heard [Jesus teach] that, they were amazed.
Dân chúng ngạc nhiên và khâm phục các lời dạy của Chúa.
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].
Khi các thầy Pha-ri-si nghe tin Chúa khiến cho các thầy Sa-đu-sê cứng họng, họ liền họp nhau tìm cách gài bẫy Ngài.
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,
Một thầy Pha-ri-si làm luật gia đến chất vấn Chúa:
36 “Teacher, which commandment in the laws [that God gave Moses] is the most important?”
“Thưa Thầy, điều răn nào quan trọng nhất trong luật pháp Môi-se?”
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.’
Chúa Giê-xu đáp: “‘Phải yêu thương Chúa Hằng Hữu là Đức Chúa Trời ngươi với cả tấm lòng, linh hồn, và trí tuệ!’
38 That is the most important commandment [in the laws that God gave Moses].
Đó là điều răn thứ nhất và quan trọng nhất.
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.’
Điều răn thứ hai cũng giống như thế: ‘Yêu người lân cận như chính mình.’
40 These two commandments are the basis of every law [that Moses wrote in the Scriptures] and also of all that the prophets [wrote].”
Hai điều răn ấy làm nền tảng cho tất cả luật pháp và lời tiên tri. Ai giữ hai điều răn ấy là giữ được toàn bộ luật pháp.”
41 While the Pharisees were still gathered together [near] Jesus, he asked them,
Thấy các thầy Pha-ri-si vây quanh mình, Chúa Giê-xu hỏi:
42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “[He is] the descendant of [King] David.”
“Các ông nghĩ thế nào về Đấng Mết-si-a? Ngài là dòng dõi của ai?” Họ đáp: “Con của Đa-vít.”
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]
Chúa Giê-xu hỏi tiếp: “Tại sao Đa-vít được Chúa Thánh Linh cảm hứng, gọi Đấng Mết-si-a là ‘Chúa tôi’? Vì Đa-vít nói:
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].”’
‘Chúa Hằng Hữu phán cùng Chúa tôi: Hãy ngồi bên phải Ta cho đến chừng Ta đặt kẻ thù dưới gót chân Con.’
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]!”
Đa-vít đã gọi Đấng Mết-si-a là ‘Chúa tôi,’ thì sao Đấng Mết-si-a có thể là dòng dõi của Đa-vít được?”
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].
Các thầy Pha-ri-si không biết giải đáp thế nào. Không ai dám chất vấn Chúa nữa.
