Mateo 11
1 Kaj kiam Jesuo finis siajn ordonojn al siaj dek du disĉiploj, li foriris de tie, por instrui kaj prediki en iliaj urboj.
When Jesus had finished instructing [us] twelve disciples [about what we should do, he sent us to various Israelite towns]. Then he went to teach and preach in [other Israelite] towns [in that area].
2 Kaj kiam Johano aŭdis en la malliberejo pri la faroj de Kristo, li sendis per siaj disĉiploj,
While John [the Baptizer] was in prison, he heard what [Jesus, the man whom he thought was] the Messiah, was doing. So he sent [some of] his disciples [to him] in order
3 por diri al li: Ĉu vi estas la venonto, aŭ ĉu ni atendu alian?
to ask him, “Are you the [Messiah] who [the prophets prophesied] would come, or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
4 Kaj Jesuo responde diris al ili: Iru kaj sciigu al Johano tion, kion vi aŭdas kaj vidas:
[After they asked] Jesus [that question], he answered them, “Go back and report to John what you hear [me telling people] and what you see [me doing].
5 blinduloj ricevas vidpovon, kaj lamuloj marŝas, lepruloj estas purigitaj, kaj surduloj aŭdas, kaj mortintoj leviĝas, kaj al malriĉuloj evangelio estas predikata.
I [am enabling] blind people to see and lame people to walk. I [am] healing [people] who have leprosy. I [am enabling] deaf people to hear and dead people to become alive again. I [am] telling poor people [God’s] good message.
6 Kaj feliĉa estas ĉiu, kiu ne falpuŝiĝas pro mi.
[Also tell John that God] is pleased with people who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expected the Messiah to do].”
7 Kaj kiam ili foriris, Jesuo komencis paroli al la homamasoj pri Johano: Kion vi eliris en la dezerton por rigardi? ĉu junkon skuatan de la vento?
When John’s disciples had gone away, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John]. ([You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed his message, like] a reed that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [MET]!/Did you go there [to listen to a man whose message changes continually like] long grass that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [changes its direction]?) [MET, RHQ]
8 Sed kion vi eliris por vidi? ĉu homon mole vestitan? Jen tiuj, kiuj portas molajn vestojn, troviĝas en domoj de reĝoj.
Then what [kind of person] did you go [there] to see [RHQ]? ([You did not go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes.[/Did you go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes?) [RHQ] [No! You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes reside in kings’ palaces [and not in desolate areas].
9 Sed kion vi eliris por vidi? ĉu profeton? Jes, mi diras al vi, kaj multe pli ol profeton.
Then what [kind of person] did you go to see [RHQ]? [Did you go there] [RHQ] [to see John because he was] (a prophet/a person who speaks what God tells him to say)? Yes! But I will tell you that [John] is more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
10 Ĉar li estas tiu, pri kiu estas skribite: Jen Mi sendos Mian anĝelon antaŭ via vizaĝo, Kaj li preparos antaŭ vi vian vojon.
He is the one [to whom God was referring when he said to the Messiah these words] that are written {about whom [the prophet Malachi] wrote} [in the Scriptures: ] Listen! I am going to send my messenger [to go] before you [SYN] to prepare [the people] [MET] for your coming.
11 Vere mi diras al vi: Inter naskitoj de virinoj ne aperis iu pli granda ol Johano, la Baptisto; tamen tiu, kiu estas nur malgranda en la regno de la ĉielo, estas pli granda ol li.
Note this: Of all the people who have ever lived, [God does not consider] that any of them are greater than John the Baptizer. However, [God considers that all] those people who have let God rule their lives are greater than [John, even if they are insignificant people].
12 Kaj de post la tagoj de Johano, la Baptisto, ĝis nun, la regno de la ĉielo estas perfortata, kaj perfortuloj kaptas ĝin.
From the time that John the Baptizer [preached] until now, [other people] have violently attacked the people who have [allowed] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives, and they have suffered (OR, people have very eagerly been asking God to take control of their lives, OR, Israelite people [who have thought that I would become their king] have been extremely eager to be included in my kingdom) (OR, have been violently attacked and made to suffer).
13 Ĉar ĉiuj profetoj kaj la leĝo profetis ĝis Johano.
[All this that I am saying about John is confirmed by the fact that] all the men who wrote the Scriptures [MTY, SYN] foretold [about God ruling people’s lives], until John [the Baptizer came].
14 Kaj se vi volas tion ricevi, tiu estas Elija, kiu estis venonta.
[Even though most of you are unwilling to believe what I am saying, I will tell this truth to] anyone who is willing to believe [it]: John is [the man who is like] Elijah [MET]. He is the one who [one of the prophets said] would come [in order to prepare the people to welcome the Messiah].
15 Kiu havas orelon por aŭdi, tiu aŭdu.
If you want to understand this, you must think [carefully] [MTY] [about what I have just said] [MTY].”
16 Sed al kio mi komparu ĉi tiun generacion? Ĝi similas al infanoj, kiuj sidas sur la placoj, kaj vokas al la ceteraj,
“(I will illustrate what [you] people who have heard what John [the Baptizer] and I have taught are like./Do you know what [you] people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?) [RHQ] You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of the children] are calling to the others, saying,
17 dirante: Ni flutis al vi, kaj vi ne dancis; ni lamentis, kaj vi ne ploris.
‘We played [happy music] on the flute for you, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry [MET]!’
18 Ĉar venis Johano, nek manĝante nek trinkante, kaj ili diras: Li havas demonon.
[Similarly, you are dissatisfied with both John and me]! When John came [and preached to you], he did not eat [good food] and did not drink [wine, like most people do]. But you [rejected him] saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
19 La Filo de homo venis, manĝante kaj trinkante, kaj ili diras: Jen manĝegulo kaj vindrinkulo, amiko de impostistoj kaj pekuloj! Kaj la saĝeco estas pravigita de siaj faroj.
[In contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same] food and drink [wine as other people do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’ But people [who really think about] what [John] and I have done will realize that what we do is truly wise [MET, PRS].”
20 Tiam li komenci riproĉi la urbojn, en kiuj estis faritaj la plej multaj el liaj potencaj faroj; ĉar ili ne pentis.
[The people who lived in] the towns [MTY] [in the area where Jesus was saw him] perform many miracles. But they did not turn away from their sinful behavior. So Jesus began to reproach them [by saying to them],
21 Ve al vi, Ĥorazin! Ve al vi, Betsaida! Ĉar se en Tiro kaj Cidon estus faritaj tiuj potencaĵoj, kiuj estas faritaj en vi, antaŭ longe ili jam pentus en sakaĵo kaj cindro.
“You [people who live in] Chorazin [city] [MTY] and you [people who live in] Bethsaida [city] [MTY] will suffer terribly in hell! [I] did great miracles in your [cities, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in [the ancient cities of] Tyre and Sidon, the [wicked people who lived there] long ago would have sat in ashes, wearing coarse cloth [to show that they were sorry for their sins]. (questioned)
22 Tamen mi diras al vi: Estos pli elporteble por Tiro kaj Cidon en la tago de juĝado, ol por vi.
So note this: [God will punish the wicked people who lived in the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [MTY], but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges [all people].
23 Kaj vi, Kapernaum! ĉu vi estos altigita ĝis la ĉielo? vi malsupreniĝos ĝis Hades; ĉar se en Sodom estus faritaj tiuj potencaĵoj, kiuj estas faritaj en vi, ĝi restus ĝis hodiaŭ. (Hadēs g86)
[also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city] [MTY]. (Do not [think that] you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you think that you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, you will be sent] {[God] will send you} down into the place where [sinful people] will be punished {he will punish sinful people} [forever. God destroyed the ancient city of] Sodom [because the people who lived in that city were extremely wicked]. If I had performed in [Sodom the miracles that I performed in your city, the people there would have turned away from their wicked behavior and] their [city] [MET] would still exist now [MTY]. But you, [although I did miracles in your city, you did not turn from your wicked behavior]. (Hadēs g86)
24 Tamen mi diras al vi: Estos pli elporteble por la lando de Sodom en la tago de juĝado, ol por vi.
So note this: [God] will punish [the people who lived in] Sodom [city] [MTY], but he will punish you [even] more severely on the final day when [he] judges [all people].”
25 En tiu tempo Jesuo ekparolis kaj diris: Mi Vin gloras, ho Patro, Sinjoro de la ĉielo kaj la tero, ke tion Vi kaŝis for de saĝuloj kaj prudentuloj, kaj malkaŝis al infanoj;
At that time Jesus prayed, “Father, you rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth. I thank you that you have prevented [people who think that they] are wise [IRO] because they are well-educated, from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily as] little children [MET] [do].
26 jes, Patro, ĉar tiel estis bone antaŭ Vi.
Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
27 Ĉio estas transdonita al mi de mia Patro, kaj neniu konas la Filon krom la Patro, nek iu konas la Patron krom la Filo, kaj tiu, al kiu la Filo volas malkaŝi Lin.
[Then Jesus said to the people there who wanted him to teach them], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all the things [that I need to know in order to do my work]. Only my Father knows [who] I [really am]. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know [what God] my Father [is like].
28 Venu al mi ĉiuj, kiuj estas laborantaj kaj ŝarĝitaj, kaj mi vin ripozigos.
Come to me, all you people who are very weary [of trying to obey all the many laws that your religious teachers tell you to obey] [MET]. I will enable you to quit [trying to obey all those laws].
29 Metu sur vin mian jugon, kaj lernu ĉe mi, ĉar mi estas milda kaj korhumila; kaj vi trovos ripozon por viaj animoj.
Let me [help] you [carry those loads, just like two oxen who have] a yoke [on their necks] [MET, DOU] [help each other pull a heavy load]. It will not be difficult for you to do the things that I ask you to do for me [DOU]. Because I am gentle and humble [DOU], accept what I teach [about what God wants you to do]. [And as a result, you will quit worrying about obeying all the religious laws, and] your spirits will be at peace.”
30 Ĉar mia jugo estas facila, kaj mia ŝarĝo estas malpeza.
