Κατα Ματθαιον 20

1 Ὁμοία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκοδεσπότῃ ὅστις ἐξῆλθεν ἅμα πρωῒ μισθώσασθαι ἐργάτας εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ.

For the kingdom of heaven is like a man, the lord of a house, who went out, at dawn of day, to hire laborers for his vineyard.

2 (Καὶ *o*) συμφωνήσας δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἐργατῶν ἐκ δηναρίου τὴν ἡμέραν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ.

And he contracted with the labors for a denarius a day: and sent them into his vineyard.

3 καὶ ἐξελθὼν περὶ (τήν *k*) τρίτην ὥραν εἶδεν ἄλλους ἑστῶτας ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ ἀργούς

And he went out at the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place:

4 καὶ ἐκείνοις εἶπεν· ὑπάγετε καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν ᾖ δίκαιον δώσω ὑμῖν. οἱ δὲ ἀπῆλθον.

and he said to them, Go ye also into my vineyard, and what is right I will give you;

5 πάλιν (δὲ *no*) ἐξελθὼν περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐνάτην ὥραν ἐποίησεν ὡσαύτως.

and they went. And again he went out at the sixth and ninth hours, and did the same.

6 περὶ δὲ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην (ὥραν *k*) ἐξελθὼν εὗρεν ἄλλους ἑστῶτας (ἀργούς *K*) καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· τί ὧδε ἑστήκατε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἀργοί;

And about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others who were standing and idle; and he said to them: Why stand ye all the day, and are idle?

7 λέγουσιν αὐτῷ ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἡμᾶς ἐμισθώσατο. λέγει αὐτοῖς· ὑπάγετε καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα (καὶ ὃ ἐὰν ᾖ δίκαιον λήψεσθε. *K*)

They say to him, Because no one hath hired us. He saith to them: Go ye also into the vineyard; and what is right ye shall receive.

8 Ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης λέγει ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος τῷ ἐπιτρόπῳ αὐτοῦ· κάλεσον τοὺς ἐργάτας καὶ ἀπόδος αὐτοῖς τὸν μισθὸν ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῶν ἐσχάτων ἕως τῶν πρώτων.

And when it was evening, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward: Call the laborers, and give them their wages; and commence with the last, and proceed to the first.

9 καὶ ἐλθόντες (δὲ *o*) οἱ περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην ὥραν ἔλαβον ἀνὰ δηνάριον.

And those of the eleventh hour came, and received each a denarius.

10 (καὶ *no*) ἐλθόντες (δὲ *k*) οἱ πρῶτοι ἐνόμισαν ὅτι (πλεῖον *N(k)O*) λήμψονται· καὶ ἔλαβον (τὸ *no*) ἀνὰ δηνάριον καὶ αὐτοί.

And when the first came, they supposed they should receive more; but they also received each a denarius.

11 λαβόντες δὲ ἐγόγγυζον κατὰ τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου

And when they received it, they murmured against the lord of the house,

12 λέγοντες (ὅτι· *k*) οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας, τοῖς βαστάσασιν τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.

and said: These last have labored but one hour, and thou hast made them equal with us who have borne the burden of the day and the heat of it.

13 ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς ἑνὶ αὐτῶν εἶπεν· ἑταῖρε, οὐκ ἀδικῶ σε· οὐχὶ δηναρίου συνεφώνησάς μοι;

But he answered, and said to one of them: My friend, I do thee no injustice: was it not for a denarius that thou didst contract with me?

14 ἆρον τὸ σὸν καὶ ὕπαγε. θέλω δὲ τούτῳ τῷ ἐσχάτῳ δοῦναι ὡς καὶ σοί·

Take what belongeth to thee, and go: for I am disposed to give to this last, as to thee.

15 ἢ οὐκ ἔξεστίν μοι ὃ θέλω ποιῆσαι ἐν τοῖς ἐμοῖς; (ἢ *N(K)O*) ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀγαθός εἰμι;

Is it not lawful for me, to do what I please with what belongeth to me; or is thy eye evil, because I am good?

16 οὕτως ἔσονται οἱ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι (πολλοὶ γὰρ εἰσιν κλητοί ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί. *KO*)

Thus the last shall be first, and the first last: for the called are many, but the chosen are few.

17 Καὶ (μέλλων *O*) (δὲ *o*) (ἀναβαίνων *NK(o)*) ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα παρέλαβεν τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητὰς κατ᾽ ἰδίαν καὶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς·

And Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem: and he took his twelve disciples aside, on the way, and said to them:

18 ἰδοὺ ἀναβαίνομεν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδοθήσεται τοῖς ἀρχιερεῦσιν καὶ γραμματεῦσιν, καὶ κατακρινοῦσιν αὐτὸν θανάτῳ

Behold we are going to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and to the Scribes, and they will condemn him to death.

19 καὶ παραδώσουσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εἰς τὸ ἐμπαῖξαι καὶ μαστιγῶσαι καὶ σταυρῶσαι· καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ (ἐγερθήσεται. *N(k)O*)

And they will deliver him over to the Gentiles: and they will mock him, and will scourge him, and will crucify him; and the third day, he will arise.

20 Τότε προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ τῶν υἱῶν Ζεβεδαίου μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῆς προσκυνοῦσα καὶ αἰτοῦσά τι (ἀπ᾽ *N(k)O*) αὐτοῦ.

Then came, to him the mother of Zebedee's children, she and her sons; and she worshipped him, and asked something from him.

21 Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· τί θέλεις; λέγει αὐτῷ· εἰπὲ ἵνα καθίσωσιν οὗτοι οἱ δύο υἱοί μου εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν σου καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων (σου *no*) ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου.

And he said to her, What desirest thou? She said to him: Say, that these my two sons shall sit, the one on thy right hand and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom.

22 Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν· οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε. δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ μέλλω πίνειν (καὶ *K(o)*) (τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθῆναι; *K*) λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· δυνάμεθα.

Jesus answered and said: Ye know not what ye ask for. Can ye drink of the cup, of which I am to drink? or be baptized with the baptism, that I am baptized with? They say to him: We can.

23 (Καὶ *k*) λέγει αὐτοῖς· τὸ μὲν ποτήριόν μου πίεσθε (καὶ τὸ βάπτισμα ὃ ἐγὼ βαπτίζομαι βαπτισθήσεσθε, *K*) τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων (μου *k*) οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν (τοῦτο *n*) δοῦναι, ἀλλ᾽ οἷς ἡτοίμασται ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου.

He saith to them: Ye will indeed drink of my cup, and will be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but that ye should sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give, except to those for whom it is prepared by my Father.

24 Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ δέκα ἠγανάκτησαν περὶ τῶν δύο ἀδελφῶν.

And when the ten heard it, they were angry against the two brothers.

25 Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς εἶπεν· οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν.

And Jesus called them, and said to them: Ye know that the princes of the nations are their lords, and their great men exercise authority over them.

26 οὐχ οὕτως (δέ *k*) (ἔσται *NK(o)*) ἐν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ὃς (ἐὰν *NK(o)*) θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι, (ἔσται *N(k)O*) ὑμῶν διάκονος·

Not so shall it be among you. But whoever among you desireth to be great, let him be to you, a ministerer:

27 καὶ ὃς (ἂν *N(k)O*) θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος, (ἔσται *N(k)O*) ὑμῶν δοῦλος·

and whoever among you desireth to be first, let him be your servant:

28 ὥσπερ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἦλθεν διακονηθῆναι ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι καὶ δοῦναι τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀντὶ πολλῶν.

even as the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve; and to give his life a ransom for many.

29 Καὶ ἐκπορευομένων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ Ἰεριχὼ ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ ὄχλος πολύς.

And as Jesus passed out of Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

30 καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἀκούσαντες ὅτι Ἰησοῦς παράγει, ἔκραξαν λέγοντες· ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς κύριε (Ἰησοῦ, *O*) (υἱὸς *NK(O)*) Δαυίδ.

And lo, two blind men were sitting by the way side. And when they heard that Jesus was passing, they called out, and said: Have compassion on us, my Lord, thou son of David!

31 Ὁ δὲ ὄχλος ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς ἵνα σιωπήσωσιν. οἱ δὲ μεῖζον (ἔκραξαν *N(k)O*) λέγοντες· ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς κύριε, (υἱὸς *NK(O)*) Δαυίδ.

And the multitudes rebuked them, that they might be silent. But they raised their voice the more, and said: Our Lord, have compassion on us, thou son of David.

32 Καὶ στὰς ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐφώνησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶπεν· τί θέλετε ποιήσω ὑμῖν;

And Jesus stopped, and called them, and said: What wish ye, that I should do for you?

33 λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· κύριε, ἵνα (ἀνοιγῶσιν *N(k)O*) οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν.

They said to him: Our Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

34 σπλαγχνισθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἥψατο τῶν (ὀμμάτων *N(k)O*) αὐτῶν, καὶ εὐθέως ἀνέβλεψαν (αὐτῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοί *k*) καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.

And he had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes were opened, and they followed him.