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 to a man [that is] a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.
2 Συμφωνήσας δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἐργατῶν ἐκ δηναρίου τὴν ἡμέραν, ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ.
And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
3 Καὶ ἐξελθὼν περὶ τρίτην ὥραν, εἶδεν ἄλλους ἑστῶτας ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ ἀργούς·
And he went out about 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.’
And said to them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatever is right, I will give you. And they departed.
5 Οἱ δὲ ἀπῆλθον. Πάλιν ἐξελθὼν περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐνάτην ὥραν, ἐποίησεν ὡσαύτως.
Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 Περὶ δὲ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην ἐξελθὼν, εὗρεν ἄλλους ἑστῶτας, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, ‘Τί ὧδε ἑστήκατε ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἀργοί;’
And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
7 Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, ‘Ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἡμᾶς ἐμισθώσατο.’ Λέγει αὐτοῖς, ‘Ὑπάγετε καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα.’
They say to him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatever is right, [that] shall ye 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.’
So when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the laborers, and give them [their] hire, beginning from the last to the first.
9 Καὶ ἐλθόντες οἱ περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην ὥραν, ἔλαβον ἀνὰ δηνάριον.
And when they came that [were hired] about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
10 Καὶ ἐλθόντες οἱ πρῶτοι ἐνόμισαν ὅτι πλεῖον λήμψονται, καὶ ἔλαβον ἀνὰ δηνάριον καὶ αὐτοί.
But when the first came, they supposed that they should receive more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
11 Λαβόντες δὲ, ἐγόγγυζον κατὰ τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου
And when they had received [it], they murmured against the master of the house.
12 λέγοντες, ‘Οὗτοι οἱ ἔσχατοι μίαν ὥραν ἐποίησαν, καὶ ἴσους ἡμῖν αὐτοὺς ἐποίησας, τοῖς βαστάσασιν τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα.’
Saying, These last have wrought [but] one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.
13 Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς ἑνὶ αὐτῶν εἶπεν, ‘Ἑταῖρε, οὐκ ἀδικῶ σε. Οὐχὶ δηναρίου συνεφώνησάς μοι;
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?
14 Ἆρον τὸ σὸν καὶ ὕπαγε. Θέλω δὲ τούτῳ τῷ ἐσχάτῳ δοῦναι ὡς καὶ σοί.
Take [that] which [is] thine, and depart: I will give to this last, even as to thee.
15 Ἢ οὐκ ἔξεστίν μοι, ὃ θέλω ποιῆσαι ἐν τοῖς ἐμοῖς; Ἢ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀγαθός εἰμι;’
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? is thy eye evil because I am good?
16 Οὕτως ἔσονται οἱ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι, καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι.”
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many are called, but few chosen.
17 Καὶ ἀναβαίνων ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, παρέλαβεν τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητὰς κατʼ ἰδίαν, καὶ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς,
And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart in 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 go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be betrayed 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 ἀναστήσεται.”
And will deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify [him]: and the third day he will rise again.
20 Τότε προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ τῶν υἱῶν Ζεβεδαίου μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτῆς, προσκυνοῦσα καὶ αἰτοῦσά τι παρʼ αὐτοῦ.
Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children, with her sons, worshiping [him], and desiring a certain thing of him.
21 Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ, “Τί θέλεις;” Λέγει αὐτῷ, “Εἰπὲ ἵνα καθίσωσιν οὗτοι οἱ δύο υἱοί μου, εἷς ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου.”
And he said to her, What wilt thou: She saith to 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 Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν, “Οὐκ οἴδατε τί αἰτεῖσθε. Δύνασθε πιεῖν τὸ ποτήριον ὃ ἐγὼ μέλλω πίνειν;” Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, “Δυνάμεθα.”
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 to him, We are able.
23 Λέγει αὐτοῖς, “Τὸ μὲν ποτήριόν μου πίεσθε, τὸ δὲ καθίσαι ἐκ δεξιῶν μου καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸν δοῦναι, ἀλλʼ οἷς ἡτοίμασται ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρός μου.”
And he saith to 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 by my Father.
24 Καὶ ἀκούσαντες, οἱ δέκα ἠγανάκτησαν περὶ τῶν δύο ἀδελφῶν.
And when the ten heard [it], they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
25 Ὁ δὲ ˚Ἰησοῦς προσκαλεσάμενος αὐτοὺς εἶπεν, “Οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἐθνῶν κατακυριεύουσιν αὐτῶν, καὶ οἱ μεγάλοι κατεξουσιάζουσιν αὐτῶν.
But Jesus called them [to 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 Οὐχ οὕτως ἔσται ἐν ὑμῖν· ἀλλʼ ὃς ἐὰν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν μέγας γενέσθαι, ἔσται ὑμῶν διάκονος,
But it shall not be so among you: but whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
27 καὶ ὃς ἂν θέλῃ ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι πρῶτος, ἔσται ὑμῶν δοῦλος·
And whoever will be chief among you, 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 ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
29 Καὶ ἐκπορευομένων αὐτῶν ἀπὸ Ἰεριχὼ, ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ ὄχλος πολύς.
And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30 Καὶ ἰδοὺ, δύο τυφλοὶ καθήμενοι παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, ἀκούσαντες ὅτι ˚Ἰησοῦς παράγει, ἔκραξαν λέγοντες, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, ˚Κύριε, Υἱὲ Δαυίδ.
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 Ὁ δὲ ὄχλος ἐπετίμησεν αὐτοῖς ἵνα σιωπήσωσιν. Οἱ δὲ μεῖζον ἔκραξαν λέγοντες, “˚Κύριε, ἐλέησον ἡμᾶς, Υἱὸς Δαυίδ.”
And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, [thou] son of David.
32 Καὶ στὰς, ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς ἐφώνησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ εἶπεν, “Τί θέλετε ποιήσω ὑμῖν;”
And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do to you?
33 Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, “˚Κύριε, ἵνα ἀνοιγῶσιν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν.”
They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 Σπλαγχνισθεὶς δὲ, ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς ἥψατο τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ εὐθέως ἀνέβλεψαν καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ.
So Jesus had compassion [on them], and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
