< Mateo 20 >
1 Lo bubu aɖe si Yesu do le dziƒofiaɖuƒe la ŋu lae nye esi: “Agbletɔ aɖe do go gbe ɖeka ŋdi aɖe be yeadi apaɖilawo woawɔ dɔ le yeƒe waingble me.
FOR the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
2 Eƒo asi kple apaɖilawo, eye wolɔ̃ be wòaxe sidi wuieve na ame sia ame ŋkeke ɖeka. Ale dɔwɔlawo yi waingble la me ɖadze dɔa gɔme.
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 “Le gaƒoƒo ʋɛ aɖewo megbe la, ekpɔ ame aɖewo le asi me siwo menɔ dɔ aɖeke wɔm o.
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
4 Ekplɔ woawo hã yi eƒe agble la me, eye wòdo ŋugbe na wo be yeaxe ga home si dze la na wo ne ŋkeke la wu nu.
And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
5 Le ŋdɔ ga wuieve me la, egaɖo ame bubuwo hã ɖe agble la me, eye anɔ abe ga etɔ̃ me ene la, egaɖo ame bubuwo hã ɖa nenema ke.
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 “Ke esi wòƒo ɣetrɔ ga atɔ̃ la, egayi dua me, eye wògakpɔ ame aɖewo woli dɔ aɖeke mawɔmawɔe. Ebia wo be, ‘Nu ka ta mieli alea ko dɔ aɖeke mawɔmawɔe ŋkeke blibo la ɖo?’
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
7 “Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, ‘Ame aɖeke meva tsɔ mí be míawɔ dɔ na ye o.’ “Agbletɔ la gblɔ na wo be, ‘Ekema miyi nye agble me, eye miakpe ɖe ame siwo le dɔ wɔm le afi ma la ŋu.’
They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
8 “Azɔ esi fiẽ ɖo la, agbletɔ la yɔ eƒe gadzikpɔla be neva xe fe na dɔwɔlawo, eye wòadze egɔme tso ame siwo wòɖo ɖe agble la me mamlɛa la dzi.
So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
9 Gadzikpɔla la yɔ ame siwo yi agble la me le ga atɔ̃ me la vɛ, eye wòxe ŋkeke ɖeka blibo ƒe fetu na wo dometɔ ɖe sia ɖe.
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
10 Esia ta esi wòyɔ ame siwo va gbã la vɛ la, woawo nɔ bubum be yewoƒe fetu akɔ wu ame siwo va le ga atɔ̃ me la tɔ, gake kpao; ga home ma sinu ke ko wòxe na woawo hã.
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
11 “Ame gbãtɔwo he nya ɖe agbletɔ la ŋu vevie gblɔ be,
And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
12 ‘Ame siawo la, gaƒoƒo ɖeka pɛ ko wowɔ dɔ, ke nu ka ta woxɔ fetu wòsɔ kple mí ame siwo wɔ dɔ ŋkeke blibo la katã le ŋdɔ sesẽ nu la tɔ ɖo?’
Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
13 “Agbletɔa gblɔ na wo be, ‘Nɔviwo, nyemedze agɔ le mia dzi o; ɖe menye miawo ŋutɔe lɔ̃ be ame sia ame axɔ sidi wuieve si nye ŋkeke ɖeka ƒe fetu oa?
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
14 Mexee na mi, eya ta mitsɔe miadzo. Nye ŋutɔe lɔ̃ xe ga home ma ke na ame sia ame.
Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
15 Ɖe mɔ meli be be ame naxe ga home si dze eŋu la na nɔvia? Ɖe wòle be miado dziku, elabena mewɔ dɔmenyoa?’
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
16 Esia ta gbãtɔwo azu mamlɛtɔwo eye mamlɛtɔwo azu gbãtɔwo.”
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
17 Yesu kple eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo dze mɔ ɖo ta Yerusalem, eye esi wole mɔa dzi la, eɖe kpɔ nusrɔ̃la wuieveawo,
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
18 hegblɔ nu siwo ava dzɔ ɖe edzi nenye be woɖo Yerusalem la na wo. Egblɔ na wo be, “Woadem asi na Yudatɔwo ƒe nunɔlagãwo kple sefialawo, eye woatso kufia nam.
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
19 Woatsɔm ade asi na ame siwo menye Yudatɔwo o, eye amewo aɖu fewu le ŋunye. Woaklãm ɖe atitsoga ŋu maku, gake le ŋkeke etɔ̃a gbe la, mafɔ.”
And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
20 Eva eme be Zebedeo ƒe vi eveawo dada va Yesu gbɔ, dze klo ɖe eƒe akɔme, eye wòbiae be wòawɔ dɔmenyo tɔxɛ aɖe na ye.
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.
21 Yesu biae be, “Nu ka dim nèle be mawɔ na wò?” Nyɔnu la ɖo eŋu be, “Medi be nàna be vinye ŋutsuvi eve siawo nanɔ fiazikpui eve dzi le wò ɖusi kple mia me le wò fiaɖuƒe la me.”
And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
22 Yesu gblɔ nɛ be, “Mènya nu si biam nèle la o!” Azɔ etrɔ ɖe Yakobo kple Yohanes ŋu, eye wòbia wo be, “Miawo hã, miate ŋu anɔ te ɖe fu dziŋɔ si kpe ge mala kpuie la nua?” Woɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, míate ŋui.”
But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
23 Yesu gblɔ na wo be, “Anɔ eme be miate ŋu akpe fu dziŋɔ si kpe ge mala la, gake anyinɔnɔ ɖe nye ɖusi kple mia me ya la, ŋusẽ mele asinye be matɔ asi ame siwo anɔ afi ma la dzi o. Fofonye ŋutɔ tia ame siwo anɔ teƒe siawo la da ɖi xoxo.”
And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
24 Dɔ me ve nusrɔ̃la ewo mamlɛawo ŋutɔ esi wose nu si nɔvi eveawo, Yakobo kple Yohanes, yi ɖabia Yesu la.
And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
25 Ke Yesu yɔ wo katã ƒo ƒu ɖe eɖokui gbɔ hegblɔ na wo be, “Le dzimaxɔsetɔwo dome la, fiawo ɖua wo teviwo dzi kple asi sesẽ, eye nenema ke dɔnunɔlawo hã ɖua fia ɖe wo teviwo dzi.
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
26 Nyemedi be nenem nu sia nanɔ miawo hã dome o. Ame si le mia dome si di be yeanye mia nunɔla la, eyae wòle be wòanye miaƒe subɔla,
But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
27 eye ame si di be yeanye gbãtɔ le mi katã dome la, eyae wòle be wòanye miaƒe subɔla anɔ dɔ tsɔm na mi.
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
28 Ele be miaƒe nuwɔna nanɔ abe tɔnye ene, elabena Nye Amegbetɔ Vi la, nyemeva be woasubɔm o, ke boŋ ɖe meva be masubɔ amewo, eye matsɔ nye agbe ana ɖe ame geɖewo ƒe ɖeɖekpɔkpɔ ta.”
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
29 Esi Yesu kple eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo do go le Yeriko dua me dzo yina la, ameha gã aɖe kplɔ wo ɖo.
And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30 Ŋkuagbãtɔ eve nɔ anyi ɖe mɔ si dzi wòto va yina la to. Esi wose be Yesu gbɔna mɔ ma dzi to ge ava yi la, wode asi ɣlidodo me bobobo nɔ gbɔgblɔm be, “Aƒetɔ, Fia David ƒe Vi, kpɔ nublanui na mí!”
And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
31 Amewo blu ɖe wo ta be woazi ɖoɖoe, gake kpao; fifi kura gɔ̃ woƒe gbe ganɔ dzi dem ɖe edzi wu be, “Aƒetɔ David vi la, kpɔ nublanui na mi.”
And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
32 Yesu tɔ, eye wòyɔ wo vɛ hebia wo be, “Nu ka miedi be mawɔ na mi?”
And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
33 Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Aƒetɔ, míedi be míaƒe ŋkuwo naʋu míakpɔ nu.”
They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 Woƒe nu wɔ nublanui na Yesu ŋutɔ, eya ta eka asi woƒe ŋkuawo ŋu. Ŋkuawo ʋu enumake, eye ameawo de asi nukpɔkpɔ me. Ale woawo hã kplɔ Yesu ɖo kple dzidzɔ gã aɖe.
So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.