Lik 20
1 Yon jou konsa, Jezi te nan tanp lan; li t'ap moutre pèp la anpil bagay; li t'ap anonse yo bon nouvèl la. Chèf prèt yo, dirèktè lalwa yo ak chèf fanmi yo vin rive.
One of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and publishing the good tidings, the chief priests, and the scribes, with the elders, came upon him,
2 Yo di li: Manyè di nou ki dwa ou genyen pou w'ap fè tout bagay sa yo? Wi, kilès ki ba ou otorite pou fè yo?
saying, Tell us by what authority you do these things; or who is he that empowered you?
3 Jezi reponn yo: Mwen pral poze nou yon keksyon, mwen menm tou.
He answering, said to them, I also have a question to put to you. Tell me, then,
4 Di mwen kilès ki te voye Jan Batis batize moun: Bondye osinon lèzòm?
Was the commission which John had to immerse, from heaven, or from men?
5 Men, yonn t'ap di lòt: Si nou reponn se Bondye ki voye l', la mande nou poukisa nou pa t' kwè li.
But they reasoned thus among themselves, If we say, From heaven, he will reply, Why, then, did you not believe him?
6 Si nou reponn se lèzòm ki voye l', tout pèp la va touye nou ak kout wòch, paske yo tout te gen konviksyon Jan Batis te yon pwofèt.
And if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.
7 Lè sa a yo reponn li: Nou pa konn ki moun ki te voye l' batize.
They therefore answered, that they could not tell whence.
8 Jezi di yo: Enben, mwen menm tou, mwen p'ap di nou avèk ki otorite m'ap fè bagay sa yo.
Jesus replied, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
9 Apre sa, Jezi pran rakonte pèp la parabòl sa a: Vwala, se te yon nonm ki te plante yon jaden rezen. Li antann li avèk kèk moun pou okipe jaden an pou li. Apre sa, li kite peyi a, li al fè lontan deyò.
Then he spoke to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and farmed it out, and having traveled, continued long abroad.
10 Lè sezon rekòt la rive, li voye yon domestik kote moun ki t'ap pran swen jaden an pou li. Li te voye chache pòsyon pa l' nan rekòt rezen an nan men yo. Men, kiltivatè yo bat domestik la byen bat, epi yo voye l' tounen bay mèt jaden an san yo pa ba l' anyen.
The season being come, he sent a servant to the husbandmen, to receive of the produce of the vineyard; but they beat him, and sent him back empty.
11 Mèt jaden an voye yon lòt domestik kote yo ankò. Men, yo bat li byen bat, yo joure l' byen joure, epi yo voye l' tounen san yo pa ba l' anyen.
Afterward, he sent another servant, whom they, having beaten, and used shamefully, also sent away empty.
12 Mèt jaden an voye yon twazyèm domestik. Fwa sa a, yo blese l', yo mete l' deyò.
He afterward dispatched a third to them. Him, likewise, they wounded and drove away.
13 Lè sa a, mèt jaden an di: Kisa pou m' fè? Bon, mwen pral voye pitit gason mwen renmen anpil la. Omwens y'a gen respè pou li.
Then the proprietor of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; they will surely reverence him, when they see him.
14 Men, lè kiltivatè yo wè pitit mèt jaden an, yonn di lòt: Men eritye a! Ann touye l', konsa jaden an va rete pou nou.
But when then husbandmen saw him, they reasoned thus among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be our own.
15 Yo jete l' deyò jaden an, yo touye li. Atò, kisa mèt jaden an pral fè yo?
And having thrust him out of the vineyard, they killed him. What, therefore, will the proprietor of the vineyard do to them?
16 L'ap vini, l'ap fè touye tout kiltivatè yo, epi l'ap bay lòt moun jaden rezen an. Lè pèp la tande sa, yo di: Mande Bondye padon!
He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others. And some of his hearers said, God forbid.
17 Men, Jezi gade yo, li mande yo: Ki sans nou bay pawòl sa ki ekri a: Wòch moun ki t'ap bati yo te voye jete a, se li menm ki tounen wòch ki kenbe kay la.
Jesus, looking on them, said, What, then, means that expression of scripture, "A stone which the builders rejected, is made the head of the corner.
18 Tout moun ki bite sou wòch sa a gen pou kase ren yo. Men, si se wòch la menm ki tonbe sou yon moun, li gen pou l' kraze moun lan an miyèt moso.
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be bruised; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him to pieces"?
19 Menm lè a, chèf prèt yo ak dirèktè lalwa yo t'ap chache mete men sou li, paske yo te byen konnen se pou yo Jezi te bay parabòl sa a. Men, yo te pè pèp la.
At that time, the chief priests and the scribes, knowing that he had spoken this parable against them, would have laid hands on him, but feared the people.
20 Yo pran veye Jezi. Yo voye espyon dèyè li. Espyon yo pran pòz moun debyen yo, pou wè si yo te ka pran yon pawòl nan bouch li pou akize li. Konsa, yo ta kapab lage l' nan men gouvènè a ki te gen pouvwa ak tout otorite.
And they watched him, and set spies upon him, instructing them to personate conscientious men, and surprise him in his words, that they might deliver him to the power and authority of the procurator.
21 Espyon yo poze l' keksyon sa a: Mèt, nou konnen ou se moun serye. Tou sa ou di ak tou sa ou moutre nou se verite. Ou pa gade sou figi moun, men ou moutre chemen Bondye a jan li ye a.
These accosted him with this question, Rabbi, we know that you speak and teach uprightly, and that, without respect of persons, you faithfully recommend the way of God.
22 Manyè di nou: Eske lalwa nou an pèmèt nou peye Seza lajan kontribisyon an, wi ou non?
Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Cesar, or not?
23 Men, Jezi wè se nan pèlen yo te vle pran li. Li di yo:
He perceiving their subtlety, answered,
24 Moutre m' yon pyès lajan. Pòtre ki moun ak non ki moun ki sou pyès lajan an? Yo reponn li: Se pòtre Seza ak non Seza.
Why would you entangle me? Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription has it? They answered, Cesar's.
25 Lè sa a li di yo: Enben, bay Seza sak pou Seza, bay Bondye sak pou Bondye.
He replied, Render, therefore, to Cesar, that which is Cesar's, and to God, that which is God's.
26 Yo pa t' kapab jwenn anyen ki mal nan sa l' t'ap di devan pèp la. Okontrè, pawòl sa a te fè yo pi sezi ankò. Yo fèmen bouch yo san di yon mo.
Thus they could not surprise him in his discourses before the people; wherefore, admiring his answer, they kept silence.
27 Sadiseyen yo se yon gwoup jwif ki di moun mouri pa leve ankò. Gen kèk ladan yo ki vin bò kot Jezi ak yon keksyon. Yo di l' konsa:
Afterward, some of the Sadducees, who deny a future state, came to him
28 Mèt, Moyiz te ekri lòd sa a ban nou: Lè yon nonm marye mouri san kite pitit, si l' gen yon frè, frè a gen pou l' marye avèk madanm defen an pou l' sa fè pitit pou frè l' ki mouri a.
with this question: Rabbi, Moses has enjoined in his writings, that a man whose brother dies childless, outlived by his wife, shall marry the widow, and raise issue to his brother.
29 Se konsa, te gen sèt frè. Premye a marye, li mouri san l' pa kite pitit.
Now there were seven brothers; the first of whom, having taken a wife, died childless;
30 Dezyèm lan marye ak vèv la. Apre sa, twazyèm lan marye avè l' tou.
the second married the widow, and also died childless;
31 Konsa konsa, sèt frè yo marye ak fanm lan yonn apre lòt, epi yo tout yo mouri san kite pitit.
the third married her, as did likewise the rest; and all seven died, leaving no children.
32 Apre yo tout fin mouri, fanm lan mouri poutèt pa l' tou.
Last of all, the woman also died.
33 Lè mò yo va gen pou yo leve, fanm sa a ki te madanm tout sèt frè yo, madanm kilès nan yo li pral ye la a menm?
To which of them, therefore, will she be wife, at the resurrection; for she had been married to all the seven?
Jesus answering, said to them, The people of this world marry, and are given in marriage; (aiōn g165)
35 Men, fanm ak gason ki merite pou yo leve soti vivan nan lanmò pou yo ka patisipe nan lavi k'ap vini an, moun sa yo pa nan marye ankò. (aiōn g165)
but, among them who shall be honored to share in the resurrection, and the other world, there will be neither marrying nor giving in marriage; (aiōn g165)
36 Yo pa ka mouri ankò, se tankou zanj Bondye yo ye, yo se pitit Bondye, paske yo leve soti vivan nan lanmò.
for they can not die any more; because, like the angels, they are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
37 Wi, moun mouri gen pou yo leve. Se Moyiz menm ki moutre nou sa, lè bò ti touf bwa a, li te rele Bondye: Bondye Abraram, Bondye Izarak, Bondye Jakòb.
But that the dead are raised, even Moses has suggested, calling the Lord who appeared in the bush, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
38 Bondye se Bondye moun vivan li ye, li pa Bondye moun mouri, paske pou li tout moun vivan.
Now he is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for they are all alive to him.
39 Lè sa a, kèk dirèktè lalwa pran lapawòl, yo di: Mèt, ou byen pale.
Then some of the scribes said to him, Rabbi, you have spoken well.
40 Apre sa, yo pa t' gen odas poze l' ankenn lòt keksyon.
After that, they did not venture to ask him any more questions.
41 Jezi di yo: Ki jan yo fè di Kris la se pitit pitit David li ye?
And he said to them, Why is it affirmed that the Messiah must be a son of David?
42 Men, sa David menm te di nan liv Sòm yo: Bondye Mèt la te di Seyè mwen an: Chita la sou bò dwat mwen,
Yet David himself says, in the book of the Psalms, "The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
43 jouk tan mwen fè lènmi yo tounen yon ti ban pou lonje pye ou.
till I make thy foes thy footstool."
44 Si David rele Kris la Seyè, ki jan pou Kris la ta ka pitit pitit li?
As David thus calls him his Lord, how can he be David's son?
45 Lè sa a, tout pèp la t'ap koute Jezi. Li di disip li yo:
Then, in the audience of all the people, he said to his disciples,
46 Pran prekosyon nou avèk dirèktè lalwa yo. Yo renmen pwonmennen avèk rad long yo; yo renmen moun bese tèt yo jouk atè pou di yo bonjou sou plas piblik; lè y' al nan sinagòg, yo toujou ap chache pou yo chita kote pou tout moun ka wè yo; nan resepsyon yo chache pi bon plas la.
Beware of the scribes, who love to walk in robes, and affect salutations in public places, and the principal seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost places at feasts;
47 Se piye y'ap piye pòv vèv yo, anmenmtan y'ap plede fè lapriyè byen long pou parèt pi bon. Chatiman moun sa yo pral pi rèd.
who devour the families of widows, and make long prayers for a disguise. These shall suffer the severest punishment.
