< Matteo 16 >
1 ED accostatisi a lui i Farisei, e i Sadducei, tentando[lo], lo richiesero di mostrar loro un segno dal cielo.
[Some] Pharisees and Sadducees came to [Jesus] and asked him [to perform] a miracle that would prove [that] [had sent him].
2 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse loro: Quando si fa sera, voi dite: Farà tempo sereno, perciocchè il cielo rosseggia.
He answered them, “[In this country], in the evening you say, ‘[It will be] good weather [tomorrow], because the sky is red.’
3 E la mattina [dite: ] Oggi [sarà] tempesta, perciocchè il cielo tutto mesto rosseggia. Ipocriti, ben sapete discernere l'aspetto del cielo, e non potete [discernere] i segni de' tempi!
[Early] in the morning [you say], ‘It will be stormy weather today, because the sky is red, and dark clouds have formed.’ You understand how to predict [the weather by looking at the sky], but you cannot [seem to look at what is happening] now, [and by that] understand [what God is doing].
4 La gente malvagia ed adultera richiede un segno, ma segno alcuno non le sarà dato, se non il segno del profeta Giona. E, lasciatili, se ne andò.
[You] evil people have seen me [perform miracles] but you do not faithfully worship God [MET]. You want to see [me perform] a miracle [that would prove that God has sent me]. But [God] will [enable you to see] only one miracle. It will be [like] what happened [MET] to Jonah, [the prophet, who was inside a huge fish for three days and then came out of it to live again].” Then Jesus left them and sailed away, [along with us disciples].
5 E quando i suoi discepoli furon giunti all'altra riva, ecco, aveano dimenticato di prender del pane.
[We] forgot to take bread when [we] sailed to another edge of [the lake].
6 E Gesù disse loro: Vedete, guardatevi dal lievito de' Farisei, e de' Sadducei.
[Then] Jesus said to us, “Beware [that you do not accept] the yeast [MET] that the Pharisees and Sadducees [distribute].”
7 Ed essi ragionavano fra loro, dicendo: Noi non abbiam preso del pane.
Then, [not realizing that he was speaking figuratively], [we] said to one another, “[He must have said that] because we forgot to bring any bread!”
8 E Gesù, conosciuto [ciò], disse loro: Perchè questionate fra voi, o [uomini] di poca fede, di ciò che non avete preso del pane?
Because Jesus knew what [we were saying], he said [to us], “(I am disappointed that you are discussing among yourselves, [thinking] that [it was because] you did not bring any bread [that I talked about the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees]./Why are you discussing among yourselves thinking that it was because you did not bring any bread [that I talked about the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees]?) [RHQ] You believe only a little [what I am able to do for you].
9 Ancora siete voi senza intelletto, e non vi ricordate dei cinque pani de' cinquemila [uomini], e quanti corbelli ne levaste?
(You should understand [that I can continue to do miracles to provide for what you need./] you not yet understand [that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food]?) [RHQ] Do you not remember that 5,000 [people ate when I multiplied the] five small loaves [and the two fish? And after everyone had enough to eat], you collected [twelve] baskets [of left-over pieces] [RHQ]!
10 Nè de' sette pani de' quattromila [uomini], e quanti panieri ne levaste?
[Do you not remember] [RHQ] [that] 4,000 [people ate when I multiplied the] seven small loaves [and a few fish]? And [after everyone had enough to eat], you collected [seven] large baskets [of left-over pieces]
11 Come non intendete voi, che non del pane vi dissi che vi guardaste dal lievito de' Farisei, e de' Sadducei?
(You should have understood that I was not speaking about [real] bread [that contains yeast]./Why have you not understood that I was not speaking about [real] bread [that contains yeast?]) [RHQ] What I [was saying] was that you should [not accept what] the Pharisees and Sadducees [say, because it would affect you like] yeast [affects] [MET] [dough].”
12 Allora intesero ch'egli non avea detto che si guardassero dal lievito del pane, ma della dottrina dei Farisei, e de' Sadducei.
Then we understood that he was not talking about the yeast that is [in] bread. Instead, [he was talking] about the [wrong] teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 POI Gesù, essendo venuto nelle parti di Cesarea di Filippo, domandò i suoi discepoli: Chi dicono gli uomini che io, il Figliuol dell'uomo, sono?
When Jesus came with [us] disciples to the region near Caesarea Philippi [town], he asked us, “Who do people say that I, the one who came from heaven, [really] am?”
14 Ed essi dissero: Alcuni, Giovanni Battista; altri, Elia; altri, Geremia, od uno de' profeti.
We answered, “Some [people say that you are] John the Baptizer, [who has come back to life again]. Others say [that you are the prophet] Elijah, [who has returned from heaven as God promised]. [Still] others [say that you are the prophet] Jeremiah or one of the [other] prophets [who lived long ago, who has come back to life again].”
15 [Ed] egli disse loro: E voi, chi dite che io sono?
Jesus said to us, “[What about] you? Who do you say that I am?”
16 E Simon Pietro, rispondendo, disse: Tu sei il Cristo, il Figliuol dell'Iddio vivente.
Simon Peter said to him, “You are the Messiah! You are the Son of the all-powerful God.”
17 E Gesù, rispondendo, gli disse: Tu sei beato, o Simone, figliuol di Giona, poichè la carne ed il sangue non t'hanno rivelato [questo], ma il Padre mio che è ne' cieli.
Then Jesus said to him, “Simon, son of Jonah, [God] is pleased with you. What you just said was not [SYN] revealed to you by any human. Instead, [it was] my Father [who lives] in heaven [who revealed this to you].
18 Ed io altresì ti dico, che tu sei Pietro, e sopra questa pietra io edificherò la mia chiesa, e le porte dell'inferno non la portranno vincere. (Hadēs )
I will also tell you this: You are Peter, [which means rock]. [You are like] a rock. What you [and your fellow apostles teach] (OR, [what] you [do]) [will be like a foundation on which I] will create congregations of people who [believe in] me. And the demons [PRS], [who live] where the dead people who lived evil lives are, will not be able to [come and] prevent [MET] [me from doing] that.” (Hadēs )
19 Ed io ti darò le chiavi del regno dei cieli; e tutto ciò che avrai legato in terra sarà legato ne' cieli, e tutto ciò che avrai sciolto in terra sarà sciolto ne' cieli.
[Then, speaking to all of us, he said], “I will enable you [(pl)] to have authority [MTY] over the groups of people over whose lives [God] rules. Whatever you forbid regarding those people [MTY], it will have been forbidden by God. Whatever you permit [MET] regarding them, it will have been permitted by God.”
20 Allora egli divietò a' suoi discepoli, che non dicessero ad alcuno ch'egli fosse Gesù, il Cristo.
Then Jesus warned [us] disciples strongly not to tell anyone [at that time] that he is the Messiah.
21 Da quell'ora Gesù cominciò a dichiarare a' suoi discepoli, che gli conveniva andare in Gerusalemme, e sofferir molte cose dagli anziani, e da' principali sacerdoti, e dagli Scribi, ed essere ucciso, e risuscitare nel terzo giorno.
From that time Jesus began to teach [us] disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem [city]. There the ruling elders, the chief priests, and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws would cause him to suffer and (be killed/die). Then on the third day [after that], he would become alive again.
22 E Pietro, trattolo da parte, cominciò a riprenderlo, dicendo: Signore, tolga ciò Iddio; questo non ti avverrà punto.
[Because Peter assumed that the Messiah would not suffer and die], he took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him [for talking about suffering and dying]. He said, “Lord, may [God] never permit that to happen to you! That must certainly not happen!”
23 Ma egli, rivoltosi, disse a Pietro: Vattene indietro da me, Satana; tu mi sei in iscandalo, perciocchè tu non hai il senso alle cose di Dio, ma alle cose degli uomini.
Then Jesus turned [to look at] Peter, and he said to him, “Stop talking to me [like that] [MTY]! [Stop saying what] Satan [MET] [would say, and stop] trying to prevent [from happening what God has planned]! You are a hindrance to me, because you are not thinking like God thinks. Instead, [you are thinking] like people [think]!”
24 ALLORA Gesù disse a' suoi discepoli: Se alcuno vuol venir dietro a me, rinunzi a sè stesso, e tolga la sua croce, e mi segua.
Then Jesus said to [us] disciples, “If any one [of you] wants to be my disciple, you must not do [only] what you yourself want [to do]. [You] must be willing to [let people hurt you and disgrace you. That is like what they do to criminals whom they force to] carry a cross [MET] [to the place where the criminals will be executed. That is what anyone who wants to] be my disciple [must do].
25 Perciocchè, chi avrà voluto salvar la vita sua la perderà; ma chi avrà perduta la vita sua, per amor di me, la troverà.
[You must do that], because those who try to save their lives [by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me] will not live [eternally], but those who are killed [because of being my disciples] will live [with God eternally].
26 Perciocchè, che giova egli all'uomo, se guadagna tutto il mondo, e fa perdita dell'anima sua? ovvero, che darà l'uomo in iscambio dell'anima sua?
People [might] get everything [they want] in this world, but ([if they do not become my disciples], they would really be gaining nothing [because] they would not get eternal life!/what would they gain [if they do not become my disciples and thus] do not get eternal life?) [RHQ] (There is absolutely nothing that people can give [to God] that would enable them to gain eternal life./What can people give [to God] that could enable them to gain eternal life?) [MTY, RHQ]
27 Perciocchè il Figliuol dell'uomo verrà nella gloria del Padre suo, co' suoi angeli; ed allora egli renderà la retribuzione a ciascuno secondo i suoi fatti.
[Listen carefully: I], the one who came from heaven, [will leave this earth, but] I will return, and the angels of heaven will accompany me. At that time I will have the glorious [radiance] that my Father has, and I will reward everyone according to what they did [when they were living on earth].
28 Io vi dico in verità, che alcuni di coloro che son qui presenti non gusteranno la morte, che non abbiano veduto il Figliuol dell'uomo venir nel suo regno.
Listen carefully! Some of you who are here now will see [me], the one who came from heaven, when I return to rule. You will see this before you die!”