Maka 4
1 Na ka timata ano ia te whakaako i te taha o te moana: he nui hoki te tangata i huihui ki a ia, no ka eke ia ki runga ki te kaipuke, ka noho ki te moana; i uta te mano katoa i te taha o te moana.
Again he began to teach beside the sea, and a large crowd gathered around him. He stepped into a boat that was on the sea, and he sat down in it. The whole crowd was on the shore beside the sea.
2 A he maha ana mea i whakaako ai ki a ratou, he mea whakarite, i mea hoki ki a ratou i a ia e ako ana,
He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching, this is what he said to them.
3 Whakarongo; Na i haere atu te kairui ki te rui:
“Listen, the farmer went out to sow his seed.
4 A, i a ia e rui ana, ka ngahoro etahi ki te taha o te ara, a, ko te rerenga mai o nga manu o te rangi, na kainga ake.
As he sowed, some seed fell on the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
5 Ko etahi i ngahoro ki te wahi kamaka, ki te wahi kihai i nui te oneone; a pihi tonu ake, kahore hoki i hohonu te oneone.
Other seed fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. Immediately it sprang up, because it did not have deep soil.
6 A, no te whitinga o te ra, ngaua iho; a, no te mea kahore he putake, memenge noa iho.
But when the sun rose, the plants were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up.
7 Ko etahi i ngahoro ki roto ki nga tataramoa, a, no te tupunga ake o nga tataramoa, kowaowaotia ana nga purapura, a kore ake he hua.
Other seed fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked it, and it did not produce a crop.
8 Ko etahi i ngahoro ki te oneone pai, a whai hua ana; ka tupu, ka nui, ka ea ake, no etahi e toru tekau, no etahi e ono tekau, no etahi kotahi rau.
Other seed fell into good soil and it produced a crop growing up and increasing thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times.”
9 I mea ano ia ki a ratou, Ki te whai taringa tetahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia.
Then he said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!”
10 Na ka mahue ko ia anake, ka ui ki a ia ona hoa me te tekau ma rua ki taua kupu whakarite.
When Jesus was alone, those who were close to him and with the twelve asked him about the parables.
11 Ka mea ia ki a ratou, Kua hoatu ki a koutou te matauranga ki te mea ngaro o te rangatiratanga o te Atua: ki te hunga ia o waho e ra rototia ana nga mea katoa i te kupu whakarite:
He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside everything is in parables,
12 Mo te titiro rawa atu ratou, na e kore e kite; rongo rawa, na e kore e matau; kei tahuri, a ka murua o ratou hara.
so that when they look, yes they look, but do not see, and so that when they hear, yes they hear, but do not understand, or else they would turn and God would forgive them.”
13 I mea ano ia ki a ratou, Kahore ranei koutou e matau ki tenei kupu whakarite? a me pehea ka matau ai koutou ki nga kupu whakarite katoa?
Then he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the other parables?
14 Ko te kairui e rui ana i te kupu.
The farmer who sows his seed is the one who sows the word.
15 Ko enei te hunga i te taha o te ara, i te wahi e ruia ana te kupu; i to ratou rongonga, na haere tonu mai a Hatana, kapohia ake te kupu i ruia ki o ratou ngakau.
These are the ones that fall beside the road, where the word was sown, but when they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
16 Ko enei te hunga i te taha o te purapura i nga wahi kamaka; ko te hunga, i to ratou rongonga ai i te kupu, hohoro tonu te tango, hari tonu;
These are the ones that are sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy.
17 Na kahore o ratou pakiaka, ka whakapakari kau noa: heoi, i te panga o te whakapawera, o te whakatoi ranei mo te kupu, he tonu iho.
They have no root in themselves, but endure for a short time. Then tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, and immediately they stumble.
18 Na ko enei te hunga i nga purapura i roto i nga tataramoa; ko nga mea i rongo ki te kupu,
The others are the ones that were sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
19 A, i te putanga o te whakaaro ki tenei ao, o te hangarau o nga taonga, o nga hiahia ki era atu mea, kowaowaotia iho te kupu, a kore ake he hua. (aiōn g165)
but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires of other things enter in and choke the word, and it does not produce a crop. (aiōn g165)
20 Na ko enei te hunga i nga purapura i te oneone pai: ko te hunga e rongo ana ki te kupu, a tango ana, a whai hua ana, o etahi e toru tekau, o etahi e ono tekau, o etahi kotahi rau.
Then those that were sown in the good soil are the ones who hear the word and receive it, and they produce crops—thirty, sixty, or a hundred times what was sown.”
21 I mea ano ia ki a ratou, Ko raro koia i te mehua whakatu ai i te rama, ina mauria mai, ko raro ranei i te moenga? he teka ianei me whakatu ki runga ki te turanga?
Jesus said to them, “Do you bring a lamp inside the house to put it under a basket, or under the bed? You bring it in and you put it on a lampstand.
22 E kore hoki tetahi mea i huna e mahue te whakakite; kahore hoki tetahi mea i huna, engari kia puta ki te maramatanga.
For nothing is hidden that will not be known, and nothing is secret that will not come out into the open.
23 Ki te mea he taringa o tetahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
24 I mea ano ia ki a ratou, Kia tupato ki ta koutou e rongo ai: ko te mehua hoki e mehua ai koutou, hei mehua ano tena ki a koutou: a ka tapiritia ano he mea ma koutou, ma nga kaiwhakarongo.
He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear, for the measure you use will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.
25 Ki te whai mea hoki tetahi, ka hoatu ano ki a ia: ki te kahore he mea a tetahi, ka tangohia i a ia ana ake.
Because whoever has, to him will be given more, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken.”
26 I mea ano ia, I rite hoki te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te tangata i maka e ia he purapura ki te oneone;
He also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who sows his seed on the ground.
27 A ka moe, ka ara, i te po, i te ao, me te tupu ano tera te purapura, te matau ia na te aha.
He sleeps at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
28 E hua ana hoki te whenua i tona kaha ake ano; ko te rau ki mua, ko reira te puku, muri iho ko te witi pakari i roto i te puku.
The earth bears grain by itself: First the blade, then the ear, then the mature grain in the ear.
29 Otira ka rite nga hua, hohoro tonu tana tuku atu i tana toronaihi, kua taea hoki te kotinga.
When the crop is ripe, he immediately sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”
30 I mea ano ia, Me whakarite e tatou te rangatiratanga o te Atua ki te aha? he aha oti te kupu whakarite hei whakaahua atu ma tatou?
Again he said, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to explain it?
31 E rite ana ki te pua nani, i tona whakatokanga ki te whenua, ko te iti rawa ia o nga purapura katoa i runga i te whenua:
It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
32 Otira, ka oti te whakato, ka tupu, ka nui ake i nga otaota katoa, a ka nunui ona manga: no ka noho nga manu o te rangi i tona taumarumarutanga iho.
Yet, when it is sown, it grows and becomes greater than all the garden plants, and it forms large branches, so that the birds of heaven can make their nests in its shade.”
33 Na he maha ana kupu whakarite pera, i korerotia ai e ia te kupu ki a ratou, ko a ratou i ahei ai te whakarongo.
With many parables like this he spoke the word to them, as much as they were able to understand,
34 A heoi ana kupu ki a ratou he kupu whakarite anake: otiia ka noho ko ratou anake, ka whakaaturia e ia nga mea katoa ki ana akonga.
and he did not speak to them without a parable. But when he was alone, he explained everything to his own disciples.
35 Na, i taua ra, i te ahiahi, ka mea ia ki a ratou, Tatou ka whakawhiti ki tawahi.
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go over to the other side.”
36 Na, ka mahue iho te mano, ka mauria ia e ratou, i runga tonu ano ia i te kaipuke. I a ia ano etahi atu kaipuke.
So they left the crowd, taking Jesus with them, just as he was, in the boat. There were other boats going along with him.
37 Na ko te putanga o tetahi hau, he tupuhi, a eke ana nga ngaru ki runga ki te kaipuke, a tomo noa.
Just then a violent windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was almost full of water.
38 Na ko ia i te kei i runga i te urunga e moe ana: a ka whakaara ratou i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, E te Kaiwhakaako, kahore ou manawapa ki a tatou ka ngaro?
But Jesus himself was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him up, saying, “Teacher, do you not care that we are about to die?”
39 Na ka ara ia, a riria iho e ia te hau, ka mea ia ki te moana, Kati, whakamutua. Na mariri tonu iho te hau, takoto ana he marino nui.
He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 Katahi ia ka mea ki a ratou, He aha ta koutou e mataku nei? he aha koutou te whakapono ai?
Then he said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still not have faith?”
41 Na ka mataku whakaharahara ratou, ka mea tetahi ki tetahi, Ko wai tenei, ina ka rongo rawa te hau me te moana ki a ia?
They were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, because even the wind and the sea obey him?”
