Mark 12
1 Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. "There was once a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad.
Et cœpit illis in parabolis loqui: Vineam pastinavit homo, et circumdedit sepem, et fodit lacum, et ædificavit turrim, et locavit eam agricolis, et peregre profectus est.
2 At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes.
Et misit ad agricolas in tempore servum ut ab agricolis acciperet de fructu vineæ.
3 But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.
Qui apprehensum eum ceciderunt, et dimiserunt vacuum.
4 Again he sent to them another servant: and as for him, they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully.
Et iterum misit ad illos alium servum: et illum in capite vulneraverunt, et contumeliis affecerunt.
5 Yet a third he sent, and him they killed. And he sent many besides, and them also they ill-treated, beating some and killing others.
Et rursum alium misit, et illum occiderunt: et plures alios: quosdam cædentes, alios vero occidentes.
6 He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "'They will treat my son with respect.'
Adhuc ergo unum habens filium charissimum: et illum misit ad eos novissimum, dicens: Quia reverebuntur filium meum.
7 "But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.'
Coloni autem dixerunt ad invicem: Hic est heres: venite, occidamus eum: et nostra erit hereditas.
8 "So they took him and killed him, and flung his body outside the vineyard.
Et apprehendentes eum, occiderunt: et eiecerunt extra vineam.
9 What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do?" "He will come and put the vine-dressers to death," they said; "and will give the vineyard to others."
Quid ergo faciet Dominus vineæ? Veniet, et perdet colonos: et dabit vineam aliis.
10 "Have you not read even this passage," He added, "'The stone which the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone:
Nec scripturam hanc legistis: Lapidem, quem reprobaverunt ædificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli:
11 this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our esteem?'"
A Domino factum est istud, et est mirabile in oculis nostris?
12 And they kept looking out for an opportunity to seize Him, but were afraid of the people; for they saw that in this parable He had referred to them. So they left Him and went away.
Et quærebant eum tenere: et timuerunt turbam. cognoverunt enim quoniam ad eos parabolam hanc dixerit. Et relicto eo abierunt.
13 Their next step was to send to Him some of the Pharisees and of Herod's partisans to entrap Him in conversation.
Et mittunt ad eum quosdam ex Pharisæis, et Herodianis, ut eum caperent in verbo.
14 So they came to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you are a truthful man and you do not fear any one; for you do not recognize human distinctions, but teach God's way truly. Is it allowable to pay poll-tax to Caesar, or not?
Qui venientes dicunt ei: Magister, scimus quia verax es, et non curas quemquam: nec enim vides in faciem hominum, sed in veritate viam Dei doces. licet dari tributum Cæsari, an non dabimus?
15 Shall we pay, or shall we refuse to pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, replied, "Why try to ensnare me? Bring me a shilling for me to look at."
Qui sciens versutiam illorum, ait illos: Quid me tentatis? afferte mihi denarium ut videam.
16 They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.
At illi attulerunt ei. Et ait illis: Cuius est imago hæc, et inscriptio? Dicunt ei: Cæsaris.
17 "What is Caesar's," replied Jesus, "pay to Caesar--and what is God's, pay to God." And they wondered exceedingly at Him.
Respondens autem Iesus dixit illis: Reddite igitur quæ sunt Cæsaris, Cæsari: et quæ sunt Dei, Deo. Et mirabantur super eo.
18 Then came to Him a party of Sadducees, a sect which denies that there is any Resurrection; and they proceeded to question Him.
Et venerunt ad eum Sadducæi, qui dicunt resurrectionem non esse: et interrogabant eum dicentes:
19 "Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: 'If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'
Magister, Moyses nobis scripsit, ut si cuius frater mortuus fuerit, et dimiserit uxorem, et filios non reliquerit, accipiat frater eius uxorem ipsius, et resuscitet semen fratri suo.
20 There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.
Septem ergo fratres erant: et primus accepit uxorem, et mortuus est non relicto semine.
21 The second married her, and died, leaving no family; and the third did the same.
Et secundus accepit eam, et mortuus est: et nec iste reliquit semen. Et tertius similiter.
22 And so did the rest of the seven, all dying childless. Finally the woman also died.
Et acceperunt eam similiter septem: et non reliquerunt semen. Novissima omnium defuncta est et mulier.
23 At the Resurrection whose wife will she be? For they all seven married her."
In resurrectione ergo cum resurrexerint, cuius de his erit uxor? septem enim habuerunt eam uxorem.
24 "Is not this the cause of your error," replied Jesus--"your ignorance alike of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
Et respondens Iesus, ait illis: Nonne ideo erratis, non scientes Scripturas, neque virtutem Dei?
25 For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not given in marriage, but they are as angels are in Heaven.
Cum enim a mortuis resurrexerint, neque nubent, neque nubentur, sed sunt sicut angeli in cælis.
26 But as to the dead, that they rise to life, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'
De mortuis autem quod resurgant, non legistis in libro Moysi, super rubum quomodo dixerit illi Deus, inquiens: Ego sum Deus Abraham, et Deus Isaac, et Deus Iacob?
27 He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."
Non est Deus mortuorum, sed vivorum. Vos ergo multum erratis.
28 Then one of the Scribes, who had heard them disputing and well knew that Jesus had given them an answer to the point, and a forcible one, came forward and asked Him, "Which is the chief of all the Commandments?"
Et accessit unus de Scribis, qui audierat illos conquirentes, et videns quoniam bene illis responderit, interrogavit eum quod esset primum omnium mandatum.
29 "The chief Commandment," replied Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;
Iesus autem respondit ei: Quia primum omnium mandatum est: Audi Israel, Dominus Deus tuus, Deus unus est:
30 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind, and thy whole strength.'
et diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex tota corde tuo, et ex tota anima tua, et ex tota mente tua, et ex tota virtute tua. Hoc est primum mandatum.
31 "The second is this: 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as thou lovest thyself.' "Other Commandment greater than these there is none."
Secundum autem simile est illi: Diliges proximum tuum tamquam teipsum. Maius horum aliud mandatum non est.
32 So the Scribe said to Him, "Rightly, in very truth, Rabbi, have you said that He stands alone, and there is none but He;
Et ait illi Scriba: Bene Magister, in veritate dixisti, quia unus est Deus, et non est alius præter eum.
33 and To love Him with all one's heart, with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength, and to love one's fellow man no less than oneself, is far better than all our whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices."
Et ut diligatur ex toto corde, et ex toto intellectu, et ex tota anima, et ex tota fortitudine: et diligere proximum tamquam seipsum, maius est omnibus holocautomatibus, et sacrificiis.
34 Perceiving that the Scribe had answered wisely Jesus said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one from that time forward ventured to put any question to Him.
Iesus autem videns quod sapienter respondisset, dixit illi: Non es longe a regno Dei. Et nemo iam audebat eum interrogare.
35 But, while teaching in the Temple, Jesus asked, "How is it the Scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?
Et respondens Iesus dicebat, docens in templo: Quomodo dicunt Scribæ Christum filium esse David?
36 David himself said, taught by the Holy Spirit, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I have made thy foes a footstool under thy feet.'
Ipse enim David dicit in Spiritu sancto: Dixit Dominus Domino meo, Sede a dextris meis, donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum.
37 "David himself calls Him 'Lord:' how then can He be his son?" And the mass of people found pleasure in listening to Jesus.
Ipse ergo David dicit eum Dominum, et unde est filius eius? Et multa turba eum libenter audivit.
38 Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,
Et dicebat eis in doctrina sua: Cavete a Scribis, qui volunt in stolis ambulare, et salutari in foro,
39 and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues and at dinner parties,
et in primis cathedris sedere in synagogis, et primos discubitus in cœnis:
40 and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment."
qui devorant domos viduarum sub obtentu prolixæ orationis: hi accipient prolixius iudicium.
41 Having taken a seat opposite the Treasury, He observed how the people were dropping money into the Treasury, and that many of the wealthy threw in large sums.
Et sedens Iesus contra gazophylacium, aspiciebat quomodo turba iactaret æs in gazophylacium, et multi divites iactabant multa.
42 But there came one poor widow and dropped in two farthings, equal in value to a halfpenny.
Cum venisset autem vidua una pauper, misit duo minuta, quod est quadrans,
43 So He called His disciples to Him and said, "In solemn truth I tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more than all the other contributors to the Treasury;
et convocans discipulos suos, ait illis: Amen dico vobis, quoniam vidua hæc pauper plus omnibus misit, qui miserunt in gazophylacium.
44 for they have all contributed out of what they could well spare, but she out of her need has thrown in all she possessed--all she had to live on."
Omnes enim ex eo, quod abundabat illis, miserunt: hæc vero de penuria sua omnia quæ habuit misit totum victum suum.
