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 came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Yeshua sent 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.
saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to 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.’”
If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 Wowɔ esia be woawu nyagblɔɖi si wogblɔ da ɖi le blema ke la nu be,
All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5 “Migblɔ na Zion vinyɔnuvi la be, ‘Wò Fia la gbɔna gbɔwò, edo tedzi kple tedzivi si nye dɔwɔlã!’”
“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
6 Nusrɔ̃la eveawo wɔ ɖe Yesu ƒe gbe dzi,
The disciples went and did just as Yeshua commanded them,
7 eye woyi ɖakplɔ tedziawo vɛ nɛ. Azɔ wotsɔ woƒe awuwo ɖo ɖe tedziawo dzi, eye Yesu nɔ wo dzi.
and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat 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.
A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from 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 multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hoshia'na to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hoshia'na in the highest!”
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 come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 Ame siwo nɔ Yesu ŋu la ɖo eŋu be, “Eyae nye Yesu, Nyagblɔɖila si tso Nazaret le Galilea.”
The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Yeshua, from Nazareth of 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.
Yeshua entered into the temple of God and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
13 Egblɔ na wo be, “Woŋlɔ ɖi be, ‘Nye gbedoxɔ anye gbedoɖaƒe’, gake miawo la, mietsɔe wɔ ‘fiafitɔwo ƒe nɔƒee.’”
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made 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,
The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed 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 scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hoshia'na to 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 are saying?” Yeshua said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children and nursing babies, you have perfected praise’?”
17 Esia megbe la, etrɔ yi Betania, eye wòtsi afi ma dɔ.
He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
18 Esi ŋu ke, eye Yesu fɔ gayina Yerusalem le ŋdi me la, dɔ wui le mɔa dzi.
Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was 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)
Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away. (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 it, they marvelled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
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.
Yeshua answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.
22 Nu sia nu si miabia to gbedodoɖa kple xɔse me la woana mi.”
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
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?”
When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you 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.
Yeshua answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
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?’
The immersion of Yochanan, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not 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, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold Yochanan 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.”
They answered Yeshua, and said, “We don’t know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I 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.’
But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
29 “Ɖevi la ɖo eŋu be, ‘Nyemayi o.’ Ke emegbe la, etrɔ eƒe susu, eye wòyi agble la me ɖawɔ dɔ la.
He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
30 “Fofoa va ɖevitɔ hã gbɔ eye wògblɔ nɛ be wòawɔ nenema. Ɖevi la ɖo eŋu nɛ be, ‘Papa mayi.’ Ke egbe meyi o.
He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
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 did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Yeshua said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom 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 Yochanan came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might 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.
“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
34 “Esi nuŋeɣi ɖo la, eɖo dɔlawo ɖe agblea dzi kpɔlawo gbɔ be woaxɔ yeƒe viɖe vɛ na ye.
When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
35 Ke agbledzikpɔlawo dze ame dɔdɔawo dzi wu ɖeka, ƒo ɖeka vevie, eye woƒu kpe etɔ̃lia.
The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36 “Agbletɔ la gaɖo dɔla bubu geɖewo ɖa, gake wowɔ fu woawo hã abe ame dɔdɔ gbãtɔwo ene.
Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.
37 Mlɔeba la, agbletɔ la dɔ Via ŋutsu ɖa kple susu sia be woade bubu eya ŋu, elabena enye via.
But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
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 farmers, when they saw the son, said amongst themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’
39 Ale wohe agbletɔ la ƒe vi la do goe le agble la me, eye wowui.
So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
40 Yesu yi edzi bia wo be, “Nenye be agbletɔ la ŋutɔ gbɔ ɖe, nu ka miebu be awɔ agbledzikpɔla vɔ̃ɖi siawo?”
When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
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.”
They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit in its season.”
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’?
Yeshua said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It 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.
“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.
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.”
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, 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.
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
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.
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
