Mak 12
1 Mgbe ahụ, ọ bidoro ịgwa ndị ahụ okwu nʼilu sị, “Otu nwoke kụrụ mkpụrụ vaịnị nʼubi ya, jiri mgbidi gbaa ubi ahụ gburugburu. O gwuru ebe ịnara mmanya si na mkpụrụ vaịnị, wuokwa ụlọ elu. Mgbe o mesịrị, o nyefere ubi vaịnị ahụ nʼaka ndị ọrụ ubi ilekọta ya ma gaa obodo ọzọ.
Then He began to speak to them in figurative language. "There was once a man," He said, "who planted a vineyard, fenced it round, dug a pit for the wine-tank, and built a strong lodge. Then he let the place to vine-dressers and went abroad.
2 Mgbe oge ịghọ mkpụrụ ruru, o zipụrụ otu onye ohu ya ka o jekwuru ndị na-elekọta ubi ahụ, nata ha ụfọdụ nʼime mkpụrụ vaịnị ahụ.
At vintage-time he sent one of his servants to receive from the vine-dressers a share of the grapes.
3 Ma ha jidere ya tie ya ihe, zilaga ya nʼaka efu.
But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.
4 Emesịkwa, o zigakwara onye ohu ọzọ. Ma ha tiwara ya isi, mee ya ihe ihere.
Again he sent to them another servant: and as for him, they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully.
5 O zigakwara onye ọzọ, ma ha gburu ya. O zigakwara ọtụtụ ndị ozi, ma ha gburu ụfọdụ, tie ndị ọzọ ihe.
Yet a third he sent, and him they killed. And he sent many besides, and them also they ill-treated, beating some and killing others.
6 “O nwere naanị otu onye ọzọ fọdụrụ nke ọ ga-eziga, nke bụ ọkpara ya ọ hụrụ nʼanya. Nʼikpeazụ o zigara ya, buru nʼuche na ha ga-asọpụrụ ọkpara ya.
He had still one left whom he could send, a dearly-loved son: him last of all he sent, saying, "'They will treat my son with respect.'
7 “Ma ndị na-elekọta ubi ahụ sịrịtara onwe ha, ‘Onye a bụ onye nketa ihe niile a. Bịanụ ka anyị gbuo ya, ka ihe nketa a bụrụzia nke anyị.’
"But those men--the vine-dressers--said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him, and then the property will one day be ours.'
8 Ha jidere ya gbuo ya, tufee ozu ya nʼazụ mgbidi ubi vaịnị ahụ.
"So they took him and killed him, and flung his body outside the vineyard.
9 “Gịnị ka unu chere onyenwe ubi vaịnị ahụ ga-eme? Ọ ga-abịa laa ndị ajọ mmadụ ahụ nʼiyi. Ọ ga-enyefekwa ubi vaịnị ahụ nʼaka ndị ọzọ.
What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do?" "He will come and put the vine-dressers to death," they said; "and will give the vineyard to others."
10 Ọ bụ na unu agụbeghị akwụkwọ nsọ a na-asị, “‘Nkume ndị na-ewu ụlọ jụrụ abụrụla nkume isi ntọala ụlọ.
"Have you not read even this passage," He added, "'The stone which the builders rejected has become the Cornerstone:
11 Ọ bụ Onyenwe anyị rụrụ nke a, ọ dịkwa ịtụnanya nʼanya anyị’?”
this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our esteem?'"
12 Mgbe ahụ ndịisi nchụaja, ndị nkuzi iwu na ndị okenye chọrọ ụzọ ha ga-esi jide ya nʼihi na ha matara na ilu ahụ ọ tụrụ megidere ha. Ma ha tụrụ egwu igwe ndị mmadụ ahụ, ya mere ha hapụrụ ya pụọ.
And they kept looking out for an opportunity to seize Him, but were afraid of the people; for they saw that in this parable He had referred to them. So they left Him and went away.
13 Emesịa, ha zigara ụfọdụ mmadụ site nʼotu ndị Farisii na ndị otu Herọd, ile ma ha ga-esite nʼokwu ọnụ ya jide ya.
Their next step was to send to Him some of the Pharisees and of Herod's partisans to entrap Him in conversation.
14 Ha bịakwutere ya, sị ya, “Onye ozizi, anyị maara na ị bụ onye eziokwu, ị dịghị asọkwa onye ọbụla anya, nʼihi na ị dịghị ele mmadụ anya nʼihu nʼagbanyeghị ndị ha bụ, kama ị na-ezi ụzọ Chineke nʼụzọ eziokwu. O ziri ezi nʼiwu ịtụ ụtụ nye Siza ka ọ bụ na o zighị ezi?
So they came to Him. "Rabbi," they said, "we know that you are a truthful man and you do not fear any one; for you do not recognize human distinctions, but teach God's way truly. Is it allowable to pay poll-tax to Caesar, or not?
15 Anyị kwesiri ịkwụ ya ka ọ bụ anyị ekwesighị?” Ma ebe ọ maara ihu abụọ ha, ya mere ọ sịrị ha, “Gịnị mere unu ji anwa m ọnwụnwa? Wetaranụ m otu mkpụrụ ego ka m lee ya anya.”
Shall we pay, or shall we refuse to pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, replied, "Why try to ensnare me? Bring me a shilling for me to look at."
16 Ha wepụtara otu mkpụrụ ego, Ọ sịrị, “Onye nwe onyinyo a? Aha onye ka e bikwasịrị nʼego a?” Ha zara sị, “Ọ bụ nke Siza.”
They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.
17 Mgbe ahụ Jisọs gwara ha sị, “Nyenụ Siza ihe bụ nke ya, nyekwanụ Chineke ihe bụ nke ya.” Ọsịsa ya jụkwara ha anya.
"What is Caesar's," replied Jesus, "pay to Caesar--and what is God's, pay to God." And they wondered exceedingly at Him.
18 Ụfọdụ ndị Sadusii bụ ndị sịrị na mbilite nʼọnwụ adịghị bịakwutere ya jụọ ya sị,
Then came to Him a party of Sadducees, a sect which denies that there is any Resurrection; and they proceeded to question Him.
19 “Onye ozizi, Mosis nyere anyị iwu na ọ bụrụ na nwoke ọbụla anwụọ na-amụtaghị nwa, na nwanne ya nwoke ga-alụrụ nwunye nwoke ahụ, mụta ụmụ nʼaha nwanne ya nwoke ahụ nwụrụ anwụ.
"Rabbi," they said, "Moses made it a law for us: 'If a man's brother should die and leave a wife, but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother.'
20 Ugbu a, e nwere ụmụnne nwoke asaa, nke mbụ lụrụ nwunye ma ọ nwụrụ na-amụtaghị ụmụ ọbụla.
There were once seven brothers, the eldest of whom married a wife, but at his death left no family.
21 Nke abụọ lụrụ nwanyị ahụ di ya nwụrụ, ma ya onwe ya nwụkwara na-amụtaghị nwa.
The second married her, and died, leaving no family; and the third did the same.
22 Ọ dịghị onye ọbụla nʼetiti ha asaa mụtara nwa ọbụla, nʼikpeazụ nwanyị ahụ nwụkwara.
And so did the rest of the seven, all dying childless. Finally the woman also died.
23 Nʼoge mbilite nʼọnwụ, nwunye onye ka ọ ga-abụ, ebe ụmụnne asaa ndị a lụtụchara ya?”
At the Resurrection whose wife will she be? For they all seven married her."
24 Jisọs zara ha sị, “Ọ bụ na unu adịghị ejehie ụzọ nʼihi na unu aghọtaghị ihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ nsọ, maọbụ ike Chineke?
"Is not this the cause of your error," replied Jesus--"your ignorance alike of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
25 Mgbe ha ga-esite nʼọnwụ bilie, ọlụlụ di na nwunye agaghị a dị; kama ha ga-adị ka ndị mmụọ ozi nʼeluigwe.
For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not given in marriage, but they are as angels are in Heaven.
26 Ma nʼokwu banyere ndị nwụrụ anwụ isite nʼọnwụ bilie, ọ bụ na unu agụtabeghị nʼakwụkwọ Mosis ebe e dere maka ọhịa ahụ na-ere ọkụ, na otu Chineke si gwa ya, Abụ m Chineke Ebraham, Chineke nke Aịzik na Chineke nke Jekọb.
But as to the dead, that they rise to life, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'
27 Ọ bụghị Chineke nke ndị nwụrụ anwụ kama nke ndị dị ndụ. Nʼebe ahụ ka unu dahiere nke ukwuu.”
He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."
28 Otu nʼime ndị ozizi iwu bịara nʼoge ahụ ha na-arụrịta ụka. Mgbe ọ hụrụ na o nyere ha ezi ọsịsa, ọ jụrụ ya sị, “Nʼime iwu niile olee nke kachasị mkpa?”
Then one of the Scribes, who had heard them disputing and well knew that Jesus had given them an answer to the point, and a forcible one, came forward and asked Him, "Which is the chief of all the Commandments?"
29 Jisọs zara ya sị, “Nke kachasị mkpa bụ nke a, ‘Nụrụ gị Izrel, Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke anyị, Onyenwe anyị bụ otu.
"The chief Commandment," replied Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;
30 Were obi gị niile na mkpụrụobi gị niile na uche gị niile na ike gị niile hụ Onyenwe anyị bụ Chineke gị nʼanya.’
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind, and thy whole strength.'
31 Nke abụọ ya bụ nke a, ‘Hụ onye agbataobi gị nʼanya dị ka onwe gị.’Ọ dịghị iwu ọzọ dị nke karịrị ndị a.”
"The second is this: 'Thou shalt love thy fellow man as thou lovest thyself.' "Other Commandment greater than these there is none."
32 Onye ode akwụkwọ ahụ sịrị ya, “Onye ozizi, nʼezie, ị zara nke ọma na Chineke bụ otu, na enweghịkwa chi ọzọ dị karịa ya.
So the Scribe said to Him, "Rightly, in very truth, Rabbi, have you said that He stands alone, and there is none but He;
33 Ịhụ ya nʼanya site nʼiji obi gị niile, na nghọta gị niile, nakwa iji ike gị niile, nʼịhụkwa onye agbataobi gị nʼanya dị ka onwe gị, kachasị onyinye aja nsure ọkụ na ịchụ aja niile.”
and To love Him with all one's heart, with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength, and to love one's fellow man no less than oneself, is far better than all our whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices."
34 Mgbe Jisọs hụrụ na ọ zara nke ọma, ọ gwara ya sị, “Ị nọ alaeze Chineke nso.” Site na mgbe ahụ ọ dịkwaghị onye ọbụla nwere obi ike ịjụ ya ajụjụ ọzọ.
Perceiving that the Scribe had answered wisely Jesus said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." No one from that time forward ventured to put any question to Him.
35 Mgbe Jisọs nọ na-ezi ihe nʼụlọnsọ, ọ kwuru sị, “Gịnị mere ndị ozizi iwu ji sị na Kraịst bụ nwa Devid?
But, while teaching in the Temple, Jesus asked, "How is it the Scribes say that the Christ is a son of David?
36 Devid nʼonwe ya sitere nʼike Mmụọ Nsọ kwuo sị, “‘Onyenwe anyị gwara Onyenwe m okwu sị, “Nọdụ ala nʼaka nri m ruo mgbe m ga-edebe ndị iro gị nʼokpuru ụkwụ gị abụọ.”’
David himself said, taught by the Holy Spirit, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I have made thy foes a footstool under thy feet.'
37 Devid nʼonwe ya kpọrọ ya Onyenwe anyị. Oleekwanụ ụzọ o si bụrụ nwa ya?” Igwe mmadụ ahụ jiri obi ụtọ na-ege ya ntị.
"David himself calls Him 'Lord:' how then can He be his son?" And the mass of people found pleasure in listening to Jesus.
38 Dịka ọ na-ezi ihe, ọ siri, “Lezienụ anya nʼebe ndị ozizi iwu nọ. Ndị iyi uwe mwụda na-ejegharị ebe niile na-amasị, na ịnara ekele pụrụ iche bụ nke a na-ekele ha nʼọma ahịa.
Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,
39 Ndị ọ na-amasịkwa ịnọkwasị nʼoche kachasị elu nʼụlọ ekpere nakwa nʼoche pụrụ iche na mmemme oriri ọbụla.
and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues and at dinner parties,
40 Ha na-eripịa ihe niile dị nʼụlọ ndị inyom ndị di ha nwụrụ anwụ, nʼekpe ogologo ekpere ka a hụta ha. Ndị dị otu a ka a ga-ata ahụhụ dị ukwuu.”
and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment."
41 Ọ nọdụrụ ala na ncherita ihu ebe igbe onyinye dị, sị ebe ahụ na-ahụ otu igwe mmadụ ahụ si etinye ego ha nʼime igbe onyinye. Ọtụtụ ndị ọgaranya tụnyere ego buru ibu.
Having taken a seat opposite the Treasury, He observed how the people were dropping money into the Treasury, and that many of the wealthy threw in large sums.
42 Otu nwanyị bụ ogbenye, nke di ya nwụrụ anwụ, bịara tinye mkpụrụ ego ọla abụọ nke pụtara otu peni.
But there came one poor widow and dropped in two farthings, equal in value to a halfpenny.
43 Ọ kpọrọ ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sị ha, “Nʼezie agwa m unu, nwanyị a di ya nwụrụ anwụ, bụkwa ogbenye, etinyela ego nʼime igbe onyinye a karịa ndị ọzọ.
So He called His disciples to Him and said, "In solemn truth I tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more than all the other contributors to the Treasury;
44 Nʼihi na ndị ọzọ sitere nʼịba ụba nke ego ha nwere tinye, ma nwanyị a sitere nʼogbenye ya tinye ihe niile o nwere, ọ bụladị ihe niile o ji biri.”
for they have all contributed out of what they could well spare, but she out of her need has thrown in all she possessed--all she had to live on."
