Matiu 21
1 Mgbe ha na-abịaru Jerusalem nso, ha rutere Betfeji dị nʼUgwu Oliv. Jisọs zipụrụ mmadụ abụọ nʼime ndị na-eso ụzọ ya.
When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 Ọ gwara ha sị, “Baanụ nʼime obodo nta ahụ dị unu nʼihu, ngwangwa unu ga-ahụ otu ịnyịnya ibu elibere nʼosisi nʼebe ahụ, nke ya na nwa ya nọ nʼotu ebe. Tọpụta ha ma kpụtaranụ m ha.
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 Ọ bụrụkwa na onye ọbụla asị unu ihe ọbụla, unu ga-asị ha, ọ dị Onyenwe anyị mkpa, ọ ga-akpụghachitekwa ha ngwangwa.”
If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 E mere nke a ka okwu e kwuru site nʼọnụ onye amụma mezuo.
All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5 “Gwanụ ada Zayọn sị, ‘lee, eze gị ka ọ na-abịakwute gị. Ọ bụ onye dị nwayọọ. Ọ na-anọkwasịkwa nʼelu ịnyịnya ibu, ee, nʼelu nwa ịnyịnya, nwa ịnyịnya na-ebu ibu.’”
“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 Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya gara mee ihe Jisọs sịrị ha mee.
The disciples went and did just as Jesus commanded them,
7 Ha kpụtara ịnyịnya ibu ahụ na nwa ịnyịnya ahụ, wụkwasịkwa uwe ha nʼelu ha ka Jisọs nọkwasị nʼelu ha.
and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
8 Ọtụtụ nʼime igwe mmadụ ahụ tụsara uwe ha nʼokporoụzọ. Ndị ọzọ gbuturu alaka osisi, tụsaa ha nʼụzọ nʼihu ya.
A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 Ụfọdụ nʼime igwe mmadụ ahụ nọ nʼihu, na ndị na-esokwa nʼazụ, nọ na-eti mkpu nʼoke olu na-asị: “Hozanna dịrị Nwa Devid!” “Onye a gọziri agọzi ka onye ahụ bụ, nke na-abịa nʼaha Onyenwe anyị!” “Hozanna nʼebe kachasị ihe niile elu!”
The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
10 Mgbe ọ batara nʼime Jerusalem, ụzụ tụrụ, obodo ahụ niile mere mkpọtụ. Ndị mmadụ bidoro na-ajụ ajụjụ na-asị, “Onye kwa bụ onye a?”
When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 Igwe mmadụ ahụ nọ na-asị, “Nwoke a bụ Jisọs, onye amụma ahụ sị Nazaret, obodo dị nʼime Galili.”
The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 Jisọs banyere nʼụlọnsọ ukwu dị na Jerusalem, malite ịchụpụ ndị niile na-ere ahịa na ndị na-azụ ahịa nʼime ụlọnsọ ahụ. O kpuru tebul ndị na-agbanwe ego ihu nʼala, kwatuokwa oche ndị na-ere nduru.
Jesus 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 Ọ sịrị ha, “E dere ya nʼakwụkwọ nsọ, ‘Ụlọ m ka a ga-akpọ ụlọ ekpere,’ma unu emeela ya ‘ọgba ndị na-apụnarị mmadụ ihe nʼike.’”
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 Ndị ìsì na ndị ngwụrọ bịakwutere ya nʼụlọnsọ ahụ. Ọ gwọkwara ha.
The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
15 Ma mgbe ndịisi nchụaja na ndị ozizi iwu hụrụ ihe ịrịbama ndị a, hụkwa ka ụmụnta na-eti mkpu nʼoke olu nʼogige ụlọnsọ ahụ, na-asị, “Hozanna dịrị Nwa Devid.” Iwe were ha nke ukwuu.
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, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,
16 Ha sịrị ya, “Ị na-anụkwa ihe ụmụnta ndị a na-ekwu?” Jisọs zara sị ha, “E, ana m anụ ya. Ọ bụ na unu agụtabeghị ihe akwụkwọ nsọ kwuru sị, “‘I sitere nʼọnụ ụmụntakịrị na ụmụ na-aṅụ ara gị, Onyenwe anyị, kwadooro otuto gị’?”
and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children and nursing babies, you have perfected praise’?”
17 Ọ hapụrụ ha, si nʼobodo ahụ pụọ gaa Betani, ebe ọ nọrọ nʼabalị ahụ niile.
He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
18 Nʼụtụtụ, mgbe ọ laghachiri nʼobodo ahụ, agụụ gụrụ ya nke ukwuu.
Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
19 Ọ hụrụ otu osisi fiig nke dị nʼakụkụ ụzọ. Mgbe o rutere nʼukwu ya, ọ hụghị ihe ọbụla nʼelu ya karịa naanị akwụkwọ ndụ. Ya mere, ọ sịrị ya, “Malite taa gaa nʼihu, ị gaghị amịkwa mkpụrụ ọzọ!” Otu mgbe ahụ kwa, osisi ahụ kpọnwụrụ. (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 Mgbe ndị na-eso ụzọ ya hụrụ nke a, o juru ha anya, ha jụọ sị, “Gịnị mere osisi fiig a ji kpọnwụọ ngwangwa otu a?”
When the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
21 Jisọs zara sị ha, “Nʼezie agwa m unu, ọ bụrụ na unu e nwee okwukwe, gharakwa inwe obi abụọ, ọ bụghị naanị na unu ga-eme ihe e mere osisi fiig ahụ. Unu pụrụ inye ugwu a iwu sị ya, ‘Si nʼebe a wezuga onwe gị, gaa danye nʼoke osimiri.’ Ọ ga-emezukwa.
Jesus 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 Ihe ọbụla unu ga-arịọ nʼekpere, ọ bụrụ na unu ekwere unu ga-anatakwa ya.”
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
23 Mgbe Jisọs batara nʼogige ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ, ndịisi nchụaja na ndị ozizi iwu bịakwutere ya ka ọ nọ na-akụzi ihe jụọ ya sị, “Olee ikike i ji na-eme ihe ndị a niile? Ọ bụ onye nyekwara gị ikike a?”
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 Jisọs zara sị ha, “Aga m ajụkwa unu otu ajụjụ. Ọ bụrụ na unu azaa ya, aga m agwakwa unu onye nyere m ikike m ji eme ihe ndị a niile.
Jesus 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 Baptizim nke Jọn o sitere nʼeluigwe, ka ọ si nʼaka mmadụ?” Ha kparịtara ụka nʼetiti onwe ha na-asị, “Ọ bụrụ na anyị asị, ‘Na o si nʼeluigwe,’ ọ ga-asị anyị, ‘Ọ bụ gịnị mere unu na-ejighị kwenye na ya?’
The baptism of John, 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 Ma ọ bụrụ na anyị asị, ‘Na o sitere nʼaka mmadụ,’ anyị na-atụ igwe mmadụ ndị a egwu, nʼihi na mmadụ niile kwenyere na Jọn bụ onye amụma.”
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
27 Ya mere ha zara Jisọs sị ya: “Anyị amaghị.” Jisọs zakwara ha sị, “Mụ onwe m agaghị agwakwa unu ikike m ji na-eme ihe ndị a.
They answered Jesus, and said, “We don’t know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
28 “Gịnị ka unu chere banyere ihe a? Otu nwoke nwere ụmụ nwoke abụọ gwara nwa ya nke okenye sị ya, ‘Nwa m nwoke, gaa rụọ ọrụ nʼubi vaịnị m taa.’
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 “Ọ zara ya sị, ‘Agaghị m aga.’ Ma o mesịrị gbanwee obi ya gaakwa rụọ ọrụ ahụ.
He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
30 “Nna ha bịakwutere nwa ya nke nta gwakwa ya otu ihe ahụ. Nwa ahụ zakwara sị, ‘Aga m aga, onyenwe anyị.’ Ma nʼikpeazụ ọ gaghị.
He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
31 “Onye nʼime ha abụọ mere ihe nna ya chọrọ?” Ha zara sị ya, “Onye nke mbụ.” Jisọs kọwaara ha sị, “Nʼezie agwa m unu, ndị ọna ụtụ na ụmụ nwanyị akwụna ga-ebu unu ụzọ banye nʼalaeze Chineke.
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.
32 Nʼihi na Jọn bịakwutere unu igosi unu ụzọ ezi omume, ma unu ekweghị. Ndị ọna ụtụ, na ụmụ nwanyị akwụna chegharịrị. Ọ bụladị mgbe unu hụrụ nke a, o mekwaghị ka unu chegharịa kwere na ya.
For John 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 “Ugbu a geekwanụ ntị nʼilu ọzọ. Otu onye dị nke nwere ala ubi. Ọ kụrụ osisi vaịnị nʼubi a. Ọ gbakwara ubi ya ogige, gwuokwa ebe ịzọcha mkpụrụ vaịnị nʼime ya. O wukwara ụlọ elu nʼime ya. Mgbe o mesịrị ihe ndị a, o weere ubi ahụ tinye nʼaka ndị ga-elekọtara ya ubi ahụ, pụọ gaa nʼala ọzọ.
“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 Mgbe oge iwe ihe ubi ruru, o zipụrụ ndị odibo ya ka ha jekwuru ndị na-elekọta ubi ahụ, nata mkpụrụ nke ruuru ya site nʼubi ahụ.
When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
35 “Ma ndị na-elekọta ubi ahụ jidere ndị odibo ya ahụ tie otu onye nʼime ha ihe, gbukwaa onye ọzọ nʼime ha. Ha tụkwara otu nʼime ha nkume.
The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36 Emesịa, o zigakwara ọtụtụ ndị odibo karịrị ndị nke mbụ nʼọnụọgụgụ. Ma ndị na-elekọta ubi ahụ mekwara ndị a ihe ha mere ndị nke mbụ.
Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.
37 Nʼikpeazụ o zigara ọkpara ya, sị, ‘Ha ga-asọpụrụ nwa m.’
But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 “Ma mgbe ndị na-elekọta ubi ahụ hụrụ ọkpara ya, ha gbara izu nʼetiti onwe ha sị, ‘Lee! Onye a bụ onye nketa ihe niile. Bịanụ ka anyị gbuo ya, ma nwetakwa ihe nketa ya.’
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 Ya mere, ha jidere ya nʼike, kpụrụ ya gafee nʼazụ ubi vaịnị ahụ, gbuo ya nʼebe ahụ.
So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
40 “Mgbe onye nwe ubi vaịnị ahụ lọtara, gịnị ka unu chere na ọ ga-eme ndị ahụ o tinyere ilekọtara ya ubi ya?”
When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
41 Ha zara ya sị, “Ọ ga-egbu ndị ajọ omume ahụ, laa ha nʼiyi nʼụzọ dị njọ. Ọ ga-ewerekwa ubi vaịnị ya tinye nʼaka ndị nlekọta ọzọ, ndị ga-enyekwa ya mkpụrụ ubi ruuru ya nʼoge ya.”
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 Jisọs sịrị ha, “Ọ ga-abụ na unu agụtabeghị ihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ nsọ sị, “‘Nkume ahụ ndị na-ewu ụlọ jụrụ, abụrụla nkume isi ntọala ụlọ. Nke a bụ ọrụ nke Onyenwe anyị rụrụ, ọ bụkwa ọrụ ịtụnanya nʼanya anyị.’
Jesus 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 “Ya mere, ana m eme ka unu ghọta, na a ga-anapụ unu alaeze Chineke, were ya nye ndị mba ọzọ, ndị ga-amịpụta ezi mkpụrụ.
“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.
44 Onye ọbụla nke dakwasịrị nʼelu nkume a ga-etiwasị, ma ọ ga-egwepịa onye ọbụla nke ọ dakwasịrị.”
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
45 Mgbe ndịisi nchụaja na ndị Farisii nụrụ ilu ya ndị a, ha ghọtara na ọ na-ekwu banyere ha.
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
46 Ha chọrọ ụzọ ha ga-esi jide ya, ma oke egwu igwe mmadụ ahụ tụrụ ha, nʼihi na ha gụrụ ya nʼonye amụma.
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
