Matio 11
1 Ie nagado’ Iesoà ty fañòhañe i mpiama’e folo ro’amby rey, le nienga, vaho nafanto’e ama’e ty hampioke naho hampitao amo rova’ iareoo.
After finishing his instructions to his twelve disciples, Jesus left that place, in order to teach and to preach in the neighboring cities.
2 Ie tam-porozò ao t’Jaona, le jinanji’e o fitoloña’ Iesoào le nirahe’e ty mpiama’e roe,
But when Johnheard, in the prison, what the Christ was doing, he sent by some of his disciples to ask him,
3 hanoa’ iareo ty hoe: Ihe hao i ho aviy, ke mbe añe i tamaen-tikañey?
"Are you the Coming One, or are we to look for someone else?"
4 Hoe ty natoi’ Iesoà am’iareo: Akia, atalilio amy Jaona o niisa’ areoo naho o jinanji’ areoo:
"Go and tell John," was Jesus’ answer, "what you hear and see;
5 Mahaisake o feio, mitsontike o kepekeo, lioveñe o angamaeo, mahajanjiñe o gìñeo, vañoneñe o vilasio vaho votsoreñe o rarakeo.
"the lame are walking, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised up, and the gospel is being preached to the poor.
6 Faly ze tsy aliheñe ty amako.
"And blessed is the man who finds no cause of stumbling in me."
7 Naho nañavelo iereo le nitaroñe i Jaona amy lahialeñey t’i Iesoà: Handrèndreke inoñe ty nihitrifa’ areo mb’am-patram-bey añe? Ty vinda natroetroen-tioke hao?
As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.
8 Ke inoñe ty niakara’areo ho sarieñe? t’indaty misarimbo marerarera hao? Toe añ’anjombam-panjaka ao o mpisaroñe lamba marerarerao.
"What did you go out into the desert to behold?" he asked; "A reed shaken by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment dwell in kings’ palaces!
9 Naho izay, inoñe ty niavota’ areo ho isaheñe añe? ty mpitoky hao? Eka, itaroñako t’ie lombolombo ty mpitoky.
"But why did you go? To see a prophet? I tell you, yes, and more than a prophet;
10 Ie i nipatereñe ty hoe: Inay, mañitrike ty ìrako hiaolo Azo iraho, ie ty hañajary ty lalañe aoloko.
"for this is he of whom it is written. "Behold, I send my messenger before my face, And he will prepare thy road for thee.
11 Eka! to t’itaroñako te, ze nasaman’ ampela, tsy ama’e ty nionjoñe ambone’ i Jaona Mpandipotse, f’ie ilikoara’ ty kede amy fifehean-dikerañey.
"In solemn truth I tell you that there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than Johnthe Baptist; yet one of the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 Boak’amo andro’eo pake henane, le rembèñe i fifehean-dikerañey vaho te hitavañ’ aze o piaroteñeo.
"From the days of Johnthe Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by storm.
13 Songa mitalily ampara’ i Jaona o mpitokio naho i Hake.
"For the prophets and the Law prophesied until John;
14 Aa naho laha’areo ty hiantoke: ie i Elia ho aviy.
"and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
15 Ze aman-dravembia hijanjiñe, mijanjiña!
"Let all who have ears, listen!
16 Razañeko ami’ty tariratse toy ty ajalahy mitoboke an-tsena ao mifampikoike
"To what shall I compare this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, who call to the other children,
17 ty hoe, Nisaboa’ay f’ie tsy nandrodo; nangololoiha’ay f’ie tsy nirovetse.
"saying. ‘We have piped to you and you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not beaten your breasts.’
18 Pok’eo t’i Jaona, tsy nikama, tsy ninoñe, le hoe iereo: Aman-kokolampa re.
"For Johncame neither eating nor drinking, and they said, ‘He has a demon’;
19 Avy ka i Ana’ Ondatiy: mikama naho minoñe, vaho anoeñe ty hoe: Intia ty màhake naho mpigenoke, rañe’ o bakakalahio naho o mpanan-kakeoo. Izay ty fizaka’ o seretseo o mahihitseo.
and the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Lo, a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners!’ Nevertheless, Wisdom is justified by her deeds."
20 Nikobiha’ Iesoà amy zao o rova nanoe’e o vilo’eo ie tsy nitolike am-pisolohoañe.
Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they had not repented.
21 Fatse ama’o Korazina! naho, Hankàñe ama’o Betsaida! Fa naho nanoeñe e Tirò ao naho e Sodoma añe o viloñe nanoeñe ama’ areoo, le ho nitolike amy andro zay iereo am-pisolohoañe, an-gony naho lavenoke.
"Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented, long ago, in sackcloth and ashes.
22 Eka! hoe ty itaroñako te ho mora amy Tirò naho i Sodoma te ama’ areo.
"Moreover, I tell you it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the Day of Judgment, than for you.
23 Ihe, Kapernaome, hionjoñe mb’andindìñe eñe v’iheo? Toe hazotso mb’an-tsikeokeoke ao, fa naho nanoeñe e Sodoma o viloñe nanoeñe ama’oo, hera mbe ho niteo. (Hadēs g86)
"And you too, Capernaum! Will you be exalted even to heaven? You shall go down to the Place of Death! For if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which have been done in you, it would have remained until this day. (Hadēs g86)
24 Eka! itaroñako te haivañe an-tane Sodoma ta te ho ama’o i andron-jakay.
"I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the Day of Judgment, than for you."
25 Ie henane zay, niongake t’i Iesoà nanao ty hoe: Rengen-dRehe, ry Aba, Andrianamboatse i likerañey naho ty tane toy, amy te naeta’o amo mahihitseo naho amo mahilalao i tsara zay vaho binenta’o amo mirèkeo.
At that time Jesus answered and said. "I praise thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and wary, and hast revealed them to the children.
26 Eka Aba, toe nivantañe añatrefa’o izay.
"Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.
27 Kila natolotse ahiko boak’ aman-dRaeko, tsy eo ty mahafohiñe i Anakey naho tsy t’i Rae, naho tsy ia ty mahafohiñe t’i Rae naho tsy i Anakey vaho ze satri’ i Anakey hatòke.
"Everything has been handed over to me by my Father; neither does any one know the Son, except the Father, nor any one know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
28 Mb’amako mb’etoa ze hene mokotse naho mifeake fitoloñañe, le himbaeko vaveñe ty joka’e.
"Come unto me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Rambeso ama’areo ty jokako, le mioha amako fa lem-po iraho naho mora naho mazava-troke, vaho hahatendreke fitofàn’ arofo nahareo,
"Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 amy te mora ty jokako, vaho maivañe o kilànkakoo.
"For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
