Matthew 22
1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
Yesu gado lo bubu na ameha la gblɔ be,
2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who prepared a marriage feast for his son.
“Dziƒofiaɖuƒe la le abe fia aɖe si ɖo srɔ̃ɖekplɔ̃ gã aɖe na via ene.
3 He sent out his servants to call those who had been invited to come to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
Wokpe ame geɖewo ɖe kplɔ̃ sia ŋu, eye esi nu sia nu sɔ gbe vɔ la, fia la ɖo dɔlawo ɖe ame kpekpeawo be woava, elabena ɣeyiɣi la ɖo be wɔnawo nadze egɔme, gake ame kpekpeawo katã gbe womeva o.
4 Again the king sent other servants, saying, 'Tell them who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast.”'
Fia la gadɔ dɔla bubuwo ɖo ɖe ame kpekpeawo gbɔ kple gbedeasi sia be, ‘Mewu nye nyitsu kple lã damiwo, nuɖuɖu la bi, eya ta miva. Ame sia ame neɖe abla va.’
5 But they paid no attention and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
“Ke esi ame kpekpeawo se nya sia la, ɖeko woko nu, eye wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe dzo yi nu si dze eŋu la wɔ ge; ɖeka yi eƒe agble me, eye bubu yi asigbe.
6 The others seized the king's servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
Ke ɖewo do dɔmedzoe ɖe dɔlawo ŋu, ƒo wo vevie, eye woɖi gbɔ̃ ɖewo gɔ̃ hã.
7 The king was angry, and he sent his soldiers and they killed those murderers and burned their city.
“Fia la do dɔmedzoe, ale wòdɔ eƒe asrafowo woyi ɖawu hlɔ̃dola siawo, eye wotɔ dzo woƒe du la wòbi keŋ.
8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
Esia megbe la fia la gblɔ na eƒe dɔlawo be, ‘Nu sia nu sɔ gbe na ŋkeke la ɖuɖu, gake ame siwo mekpe la medze na bubu si mede wo ŋu o,
9 Therefore go to the highway crossings and invite as many people to the marriage feast as you can find.'
eya ta miyi mɔtatawo dzi kple ablɔwo ƒe dzogoewo me, eye ame sia ame si miakpɔ ko la, mikpee va kplɔ̃ la ŋuti.’
10 The servants went out to the highways and gathered together all the people they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
“Dɔlawo wɔ ɖe nya sia dzi, eye eteƒe medidi o, wokplɔ amewo vɛ fũu, ame nyuiwo kple ame baɖawo siaa, eye ale srɔ̃ɖekplɔ̃ la ŋu yɔ fũu kple amewo.
11 But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
Esi fia la ŋutɔ va do be yeado gbe na ame kpekpeawo la, ekpɔ ame ɖeka le wo dome si medo srɔ̃ɖewu si wotsɔ nɛ be wòado la o.
12 The king said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' But the man was speechless.
“Fia la biae be, ‘Xɔ̃nye, aleke wɔ mèdo srɔ̃ɖewu hafi va afi sia o?’ Ke ŋutsu la ƒe nu tsi te, elabena menya nya si tututu wòagblɔ o.
13 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind this man hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and the grinding of teeth.'
“Fia la ɖe gbe na eŋutimewo be, ‘Mibla eƒe asiwo kple afɔwo, eye miatsɔe aƒu gbe ɖe blukɔ tsiɖitsiɖi me le xexe, afi si avifafa kple aɖukliɖuɖu anɔ,’
14 For many people are called, but few are chosen.”
“Elabena woyɔ ame geɖewo, ke ame ʋɛ aɖewo koe nye ame siwo wotia.”
15 Then the Pharisees went and planned how they might entrap Jesus in his own talk.
Esia megbe la, Farisitɔwo kpe ta, eye wode ŋugble le ale si woawɔ atsɔ biabia aɖe atre mɔ na Yesu, alée la ŋu.
16 Then they sent to him their disciples, together with the Herodians. They said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and that you teach God's way in truth. You care for no one's opinion, and you do not show partiality between people.
Wodɔ woƒe nusrɔ̃la aɖewo kpe ɖe Herod dunyahelawo ŋu, eye wobiae be, “Nufiala, míenyae be ame si de blibo lae nènye, eye nèfiaa Mawu ƒe mɔ le nyateƒe la nu. Amewo ƒe nyagbɔgblɔ meblea nuwò o, elabena mètsɔa ɖeke le nu si wonye la me o.
17 So tell us, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
Azɔ gblɔe na mí, nu kae nye wò susu? Ele eteƒe be woadzɔ duga na Kaisaro loo alo mele eteƒe o?”
18 But Jesus understood their wickedness and said, “Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
Ke Yesu nya nu vɔ̃ɖi si woɖo ɖe ta me, eya ta ebia wo be, “Mi alakpanuwɔlawo! Ame ka miedi be yewoatre mɔ na kple miaƒe ayebiabia sia?
19 Show me the coin for the tax.” Then they brought a denarius to him.
Mitsɔ kɔba aɖe si wotsɔna xea dugae la vɛ nam makpɔ.” Eye wotsɔ Roma ga ɖeka va fiae.
20 Jesus said to them, “Whose image and name are these?”
Azɔ ebia wo be, “Ame ka ƒe nɔnɔmetatae le ga sia dzi, eye ame ka ƒe ŋkɔe le ete?”
21 They said to him, “Caesar's.” Then Jesus said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”
Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Kaisaro tɔe.” Yesu gblɔ na wo be, “Enyo, mitsɔ nu sia nu si nye Kaisaro tɔ la na Kaisaro, eye miatsɔ nu sia nu si nye Mawu hã tɔ la na Mawu.”
22 When they heard it, they marveled. Then they left him and went away.
Esi wose eƒe ŋuɖoɖoa la, wotsi yaa, elabena ewɔ nuku na wo ŋutɔ be wòɖo nya la ŋu nyuie alea, eya ta wogblẽe ɖi hedzo.
23 On that day some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him. They asked him,
Gake le gbe ma gbe ke la, Zadukitɔ aɖewo, ame siwo mexɔe se be ame kukuwo atsi tsitre le nuwuwua o la va egbɔ va biae be,
24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry his wife and have children for his brother.'
“Aƒetɔ, Mose de se na mí be ne ŋutsu aɖe ɖe srɔ̃, eye medzi vi hafi ku o la, nɔvia ŋutsu naɖe ahosi la, eye wòadzi vi kplii, ale be ɖeviawo nanyi ameyinugbe la ƒe dome.
25 There were seven brothers. The first married and then died. Having left no children, he left his wife to his brother.
Azɔ nɔviŋutsu adre aɖewo nɔ mia dome, woƒe tsitsitɔ ɖe srɔ̃, gake medzi vi kple nyɔnu la hafi ku o, ale eyometɔ xɔ ahosi la ɖe.
26 Then the second brother did the same thing, then the third, all the way to the seventh brother.
Gake eya hã medzi vi aɖeke kple nyɔnu sia hafi ku o, eye wo nɔvi etɔ̃lia xɔ ahosi la ɖe, gake kpao, eya hã ku vimadzimadzii. Ale nɔviŋutsu adreawo katã ɖe nyɔnu sia kpɔ, gake ɖeke medzi vi kplii o.
27 After them all, the woman died.
Mlɔeba la, nyɔnu la ŋutɔ hã va ku.
28 Now in the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven brothers? For they all had married her.”
Biabia lae nye be, ame ka tɔ nyɔnu sia azu le tsitretsitsiŋkeke la dzi? Elabena eɖe nɔvi adreawo katã kpɔ!”
29 But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God.
Yesu ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Miewɔ vodada gã aɖe ŋutɔ, elabena mienya mawunya kple Mawu ƒe ŋusẽ o.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Instead, they are like angels in heaven.
Le tsitretsitsiŋkeke la dzi la, srɔ̃ɖeɖe maganɔ anyi o; amewo katã anɔ abe mawudɔla siwo le dziƒo ene.
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
Ke le ame kukuwo ƒe tsitretsitsi ŋuti la, mabia mi be miexlẽ mawunya kpɔ oa? Mienyae be miawoe Mawu nɔ nu ƒom na esi wògblɔ be,
32 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
‘Nyee nye Abraham, Isak kple Yakob ƒe Mawu’ oa? Eya ta minyae be Mawu la menye ame kukuwo ƒe Mawu wònye o, ke boŋ ame gbagbewo ƒe Mawu wònye.”
33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
Yesu ƒe ŋuɖoɖo la wɔ nuku na ameha la ŋutɔ.
34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.
Ke esi Farisitɔwo se be Yesu de ga nu na Zadukitɔwo la, woƒo wo ɖokuiwo nu ƒu,
35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him—
eye wo dometɔ ɖeka, ame si nye sefiala gã aɖe la tee kpɔ hebiae be,
36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”
“Nufiala, se kae nye gãtɔ wu le Mose ƒe seawo dome?”
37 Jesus said to him, “'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
Yesu ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Lɔ̃ Aƒetɔ wò Mawu la kple wò dzi blibo, wò luʋɔ blibo kple wò susu katã.
38 This is the great and first commandment.
Esiae nye se gbãtɔ kple gãtɔ wu.
39 And a second commandment is like it—'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
Esi gakplɔe ɖo lae nye be, nàlɔ̃ hawòvi abe ale si nèlɔ̃ wò ŋutɔ ɖokuiwò ene.
40 On these two commandments depend the whole law and the prophets.”
Wotu se bubuawo katã kple Nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe nyawo ɖe se eve siawo dzi.”
41 Now while the Pharisees were still gathered together, Jesus asked them a question.
Esia megbe la, Farisitɔwo va ƒo xlãe, eye wòbia wo be,
42 He said, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.”
“Aleke miekpɔ tso Kristo la ŋutɔ ŋu? Ame ka ƒe vie wònye?” Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “David ƒe vie!”
43 Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,
Yesu gabia wo be, “Ne enye David ƒe vi ɖe, nu ka ta esi Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la va David dzi wònɔ nu ƒom la, wòyɔ Kristo la be ‘Aƒetɔ’ ɖo? Miakpɔe le mawunya me be David gblɔ be,
44 'The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool”'?
“‘Mawu gblɔ na nye Aƒetɔ be: “Nɔ anyi ɖe nye nuɖusime va se ɖe esime matsɔ wò ketɔwo ade wò afɔ te.”’
45 If David then calls the Christ 'Lord,' how is he David's son?”
Esime David yɔ Kristo la be, ‘Aƒetɔ’ ɖe, aleke wɔ wòganye via?”
46 No one was able to answer him a word, and no man dared ask him any more questions from that day on.
Nyateƒe, biabia la lolo wu wo, ale womete ŋu ɖo eŋuti o. Esia megbe la, ame aɖeke medo dzi gabia nya aɖekee o.
