Mateo 21
1 Esi wòsusɔ vie Yesu kple eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo naɖo Yerusalem la, wova ɖo du aɖe si woyɔna be Betfage si le Amito la ŋu la me. Le afi sia la, Yesu dɔ eƒe nusrɔ̃la eve ɖo ɖe kɔƒe aɖe si le wo ŋgɔ la me.
When they had almost reached Jerusalem, having come as far as Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two disciples.
2 Egblɔ na wo be, “Ne miege ɖe kɔƒea me ko la, miakpɔ tedzinɔ aɖe kple via le ka me. Mitu ka wo, eye miakplɔ wo vɛ.
‘Go to the village facing you,’ he said, ‘and you will immediately find a donkey tethered, with a foal by her side; untie her, and lead her here for me.
3 Ne ame aɖe bia gbe mi la, migblɔ nɛ ko be, ‘Aƒetɔ lae le wo hiãm, eye ne miegblɔ esia la, womagabia nya aɖeke mi o.’”
And, if anyone says anything to you, you are to say this – “The Master wants them”; and he will send them at once.’
4 Wowɔ esia be woawu nyagblɔɖi si wogblɔ da ɖi le blema ke la nu be,
This happened in fulfilment of these words in the prophet –
5 “Migblɔ na Zion vinyɔnuvi la be, ‘Wò Fia la gbɔna gbɔwò, edo tedzi kple tedzivi si nye dɔwɔlã!’”
“Say to the people of Zion – ‘Your King is coming to you, gentle, and riding on a donkey, and on the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 Nusrɔ̃la eveawo wɔ ɖe Yesu ƒe gbe dzi,
So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
7 eye woyi ɖakplɔ tedziawo vɛ nɛ. Azɔ wotsɔ woƒe awuwo ɖo ɖe tedziawo dzi, eye Yesu nɔ wo dzi.
They led the donkey and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself on them.
8 Ame geɖewo ŋutɔ le ameha la dome tsɔ woƒe avɔwo kple awuwo ɖo ɖe mɔtata dzi le eŋgɔ; bubuwo hã ŋe deʋayawo kple atilɔwo ɖo ɖe eŋgɔ be wòazɔ wo dzi.
The immense crowd of people spread their cloaks in the road, while some cut branches off the trees, and spread them on the road.
9 Ameha la ƒe akpa aɖe dze eŋgɔ, eye bubu hã kplɔe ɖo kplikplikpli nɔ ɣli dom be, “Hosana na Fia David ƒe Vi la!” “Woayra ame si gbɔna le Aƒetɔ la ƒe ŋkɔ me!” “Hosana le dziƒo ʋĩi!”
The crowds that led the way, as well as those that followed behind, kept shouting, ‘God save the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! God save him from on high!’
10 Esi Yesu ge ɖe Yerusalem dua me la, zi gã aɖe ŋutɔ tɔ; ame sia ame kloe nɔ biabiam be, “Ame kae nye ame sia mahã?”
When he had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, and asked –
11 Ame siwo nɔ Yesu ŋu la ɖo eŋu be, “Eyae nye Yesu, Nyagblɔɖila si tso Nazaret le Galilea.”
‘Who is this?’, to which the crowd replied – ‘This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.’
12 Azɔ Yesu yi gbedoxɔ la me, eye wònya nudzralawo do goe le teƒea. Etu afɔ gaɖɔlilawo ƒe kplɔ̃wo ƒu anyi, eye wòkaka akpakpadzralawo ƒe kplɔ̃wo hã.
Jesus went into the Temple Courts, and drove out all those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of the pigeon-dealers,
13 Egblɔ na wo be, “Woŋlɔ ɖi be, ‘Nye gbedoxɔ anye gbedoɖaƒe’, gake miawo la, mietsɔe wɔ ‘fiafitɔwo ƒe nɔƒee.’”
and said to them, ‘Scripture says “My house will be called a house of prayer”; but you are making it a den of robbers.’
14 Esi wònya ameawo vɔ la, ŋkuagbãtɔwo kple tekunɔwo va egbɔ, eye wòda gbe le wo ŋu le gbedoxɔ la me,
While he was still in the Temple Courts, some blind and some lame people came up to him, and he cured them.
15 gake esi Yudatɔwo ƒe nunɔlagãwo kple sefialawo kpɔ nukunu dzɔatsu siwo wòwɔ, eye wose ɖevi suetɔ kekeake hã wònɔ ɣli dom le gbedoxɔ la me be, “Hosana na Fia David ƒe Vi la” la, dɔ me ve wo ŋutɔ.
But, when the chief priests and the teachers of the Law saw the wonderful things that Jesus did, and the boys who were calling out in the Temple Courts ‘God save the Son of David!’, they were indignant,
16 Wobiae be, “Èse nu si gblɔm ɖevi siawo lea?” Yesu ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Ɛ̃, gake miexlẽe kpɔ be, “‘Èdzra kafukafu kple dodoɖedzi ɖe ɖeviwo kple vidzĩwo ƒe nu me’ oa?”
and said to him, ‘Do you hear what these boys are saying?’ ‘Yes,’ answered Jesus, ‘but did you never read the words – “Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings you have called forth perfect praise”?’
17 Esia megbe la, etrɔ yi Betania, eye wòtsi afi ma dɔ.
Then he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
18 Esi ŋu ke, eye Yesu fɔ gayina Yerusalem le ŋdi me la, dɔ wui le mɔa dzi.
The next morning, in returning to the city, Jesus became hungry;
19 Ekpɔ gboti aɖe le mɔa to, ale wòzɔ ɖe edzi be yeakpɔ kutsetse aɖe le edzi agbe aɖu mahã? Ke esi wòva ɖo atia te la, aŋgbawo ko wòkpɔ le edzi. Yesu gblɔ na gboti la be, “Tso egbe sia yina la, màgatse ku gbeɖe o!” Enumake gboti la yrɔ ɖe tsitrenu. (aiōn g165)
and, noticing a solitary fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. So he said to it, ‘Never again will fruit be gathered off you.’ And suddenly the fruit tree withered up. (aiōn g165)
20 Nu sia wɔ nuku na nusrɔ̃lawo ŋutɔ, ale wobiae be, “Nu kae na be gboti la yrɔ enumake?”
When the disciples saw this, they exclaimed in astonishment, ‘How suddenly the fig tree withered up!’
21 Yesu ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Le nyateƒe me la, ne xɔse vavã le mia si, eye ɖikeke mele mia me o la, miate ŋu awɔ nu siawo, eye nu siwo miawɔ la akɔ wu esiwo mewɔ kura gɔ̃ hã. Miate ŋu agblɔ na to si kpɔm miele le afii kura gɔ̃ hã be, ho nàyi aɖadze atsiaƒu me, eye wòava eme enumake.
‘I tell you,’ replied Jesus, ‘if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you were to say to this hill “Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!” it would be done.
22 Nu sia nu si miabia to gbedodoɖa kple xɔse me la woana mi.”
And whatever you ask for in your prayers will, if you have faith, be granted you.’
23 Yesu yi gbedoxɔ la me, eye esi wònɔ nu fiam la, nunɔlagãwo kple Yudatɔwo ƒe dumegãwo va egbɔ hebiae be, “Ŋusẽ kae nèkpɔ hafi le nu siawo wɔm, eye ame kae na ŋusẽ sia wò?”
After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, ‘What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?’
24 Yesu ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Nye hã mabia nya ɖeka mi. Ne mieɖo eŋuti nam la, ekema nye hã magblɔ afi si mekpɔ ŋusẽ tsoe hafi le nu siawo wɔm la na mi.
‘I, too,’ said Jesus in reply, ‘will ask you one question; if you will give me an answer to it, then I, also, will tell you what authority I have to act as I do.
25 Yohanes ƒe mawutsidetaname ɖe, afi ka wòtso? Dziƒo wòtso loo alo amewo gbɔ wòtsoa?” Wodzro nya sia me le wo ɖokuiwo dome, eye wogblɔ be, “Ne míegblɔ be, ‘Etso dziƒo’ la, abia mí be, ‘Ekema nu ka ŋuti miexɔ edzi se o ɖo?’
It is about John’s baptism. What was its origin? Divine or human?’ But they began arguing among themselves, ‘If we say “divine,” he will say to us “Why then didn’t you believe him?”
26 Ke ne míegblɔ be, ‘Etso amewo gbɔ’ la, míele vɔvɔ̃m na nu si ameawo awɔ, elabena wo katã woxɔe se be Yohanes nye Nyagblɔɖila.”
But if we say “human,” we are afraid of the people, for everyone regards John as a prophet.’
27 Ale woɖo nya la ŋu na Yesu be, “Míenya o.” Tete Yesu hã gblɔ na wo be, “Nye hã nyemagblɔ afi si mexɔ mɔɖeɖe tsoe hafi le nu siawo wɔm la na mi o.”
So the answer they gave Jesus was – ‘We do not know.’ ‘Then I,’ he said, ‘refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.
28 Azɔ Yesu yi edzi gblɔ be, “Aleke miekpɔ tso nya si gbɔna la ŋuti? Ŋutsu aɖe si si viŋutsu eve nɔ la gblɔ na tsitsitɔ be, ‘Vinye, yi nàwɔ dɔ le agble me nam egbe.’
What do you think of this? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the elder and said “Go and work in the vineyard today my son.”
29 “Ɖevi la ɖo eŋu be, ‘Nyemayi o.’ Ke emegbe la, etrɔ eƒe susu, eye wòyi agble la me ɖawɔ dɔ la.
“Yes, sir,” he answered; but he did not go.
30 “Fofoa va ɖevitɔ hã gbɔ eye wògblɔ nɛ be wòawɔ nenema. Ɖevi la ɖo eŋu nɛ be, ‘Papa mayi.’ Ke egbe meyi o.
Then the father went to the second son, and said the same. “I will not,” he answered; but afterwards he was sorry and went.
31 “Le ɖevi eve siawo dome ɖe, ame kae wɔ fofoa ƒe gbe dzi?” Wogblɔ bena, “Gbãtɔ lae.” Azɔ Yesu ɖe lododo la gɔme na wo be, “Le nyateƒe me la, ame vɔ̃ɖiwo kple gbolowo kura age ɖe mawufiaɖuƒe la me hafi miawo miava yi,
Which of the two sons did as his father wished?’ ‘The second,’ they said. ‘I tell you,’ added Jesus, ‘that tax collectors and prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God before you.
32 elabena Yohanes Mawutsidetanamela gblɔe na mi be, midzudzɔ nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ, eye miaku ɖe Mawu ŋu, gake mieɖo toe o. Ke ame vɔ̃ɖiwo kple gbolowo ɖo toe, eye wodzudzɔ nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ. Ke nu si vɔ̃ɖi wu lae nye be, esi miekpɔ be ame siawo dzudzɔ nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ hã la, metsɔ fu le lãme na mi gɔ̃ hã be miawo hã miadzudzɔ o, ke boŋ miesẽ dzi me goŋgoŋgoŋ.
For when John came to you, walking in the path of righteousness, you did not believe him, but tax collectors and prostitutes did; and yet you, though you saw this, even then were not sorry, nor did you believe him.
33 “Miɖo to miase lododo sia ɖa. Agbledela aɖe de waingble gã aɖe, eye wòtɔ kpɔ ƒo xlãe. Etu nɔƒe tɔxɛ na agble la ŋu dzɔla, eye wòtu wainfiaƒe hã. Azɔ etsɔ agblea de asi na agbledelawo be woawɔ dɔ le eme, ale be yeama viɖe si ado tso eme la kpli wo. Le esia wɔwɔ vɔ megbe la, agbletɔ la ŋutɔ dzo yi du bubu aɖe me.
‘Listen to another parable. A man, who was an employer, once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.
34 “Esi nuŋeɣi ɖo la, eɖo dɔlawo ɖe agblea dzi kpɔlawo gbɔ be woaxɔ yeƒe viɖe vɛ na ye.
When the time for the grape harvest drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive his share of the produce.
35 Ke agbledzikpɔlawo dze ame dɔdɔawo dzi wu ɖeka, ƒo ɖeka vevie, eye woƒu kpe etɔ̃lia.
But the tenants seized his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36 “Agbletɔ la gaɖo dɔla bubu geɖewo ɖa, gake wowɔ fu woawo hã abe ame dɔdɔ gbãtɔwo ene.
A second time the owner sent some servants, a larger number than before, and the tenants treated them in the same way.
37 Mlɔeba la, agbletɔ la dɔ Via ŋutsu ɖa kple susu sia be woade bubu eya ŋu, elabena enye via.
As a last resort he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said.
38 “Gake kpao! Esi agbledzikpɔla siawo kpɔ ŋutsuvia wògbɔna la, wogblɔ na wo nɔewo be, ‘Ɛhɛ̃, ame siae le fofoa ƒe dome nyi ge, ale be teƒe sia katã gbɔna etɔ zu ge. Mía tɔwo, mina míawui be agble sia nazu mía tɔ!’”
But the tenants, on seeing his son, said to each other “Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.”
39 Ale wohe agbletɔ la ƒe vi la do goe le agble la me, eye wowui.
So they seized him, and threw him outside the vineyard, and killed him.
40 Yesu yi edzi bia wo be, “Nenye be agbletɔ la ŋutɔ gbɔ ɖe, nu ka miebu be awɔ agbledzikpɔla vɔ̃ɖi siawo?”
Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’
41 Yudatɔwo ƒe amegãwo ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Ana woawu ame vɔ̃ɖi siawo, eye wòaxɔ agble la atsɔ na ame siwo awɔ eƒe gbe dzi la.”
‘Miserable wretches!’ they exclaimed, ‘he will put them to a miserable death, and he will let out the vineyard to other tenants, who will pay him his share of the produce at the proper times.’
42 Yesu gabia wo be, “Miexlẽ le mawunya me kpɔ be, “‘Kpe si xɔtulawo gbe be yewomazã o lae va zua dzogoedzikpe na xɔ la oa? Esia menye nu wɔnuku aɖe si Aƒetɔ la wɔ oa’?
Then Jesus added, ‘Have you never read in the scriptures? – “The stone which the builders despised – has now itself become the cornerstone. This cornerstone has come from the Lord, and is marvellous in our eyes.”
43 “Nya si gblɔm mele na mi la gɔme kpuie koe nye be woaxɔ mawufiaɖuƒe la le mia si atsɔ na dukɔ bubu si atsɔ viɖe si nye Mawu tɔ la vɛ nɛ.
That, I tell you, is why the kingdom of God will be taken from you, and given to a nation that does produce the fruit of the kingdom.
44 Nyateƒe, nya sia ɖe wòle abe kpe ene; ame si akli kpe sia la, aŋe kluikluiklui, eye ame si dzi kpe sia age adze la, agbã gudugudu.”
Yes, and he who falls on this stone will be dashed to pieces, while anyone on whom it falls – it will scatter him as dust.’
45 Yudatɔwo ƒe nunɔlagãwo kple Farisitɔwo kpɔe dze sii be yewoe nye agbledzikpɔla vɔ̃ɖi siwo ŋu Yesu ƒo nu le le lododo la me, eye yewo ŋuti wòle nya la gblɔm ɖo.
After listening to these parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees saw that it was about them that he was speaking;
46 Esia ta wodi vevie be yewoawui, gake wonɔ vɔvɔ̃m be ne yewolée la, ameha la atɔ zi, elabena wonya be ameha la xɔe se be Yesu nye Nyagblɔɖila.
yet, although eager to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who regarded him as a prophet.
