Mateus 21
1 E, quando se approximaram de Jerusalem, e chegaram a Bethphage, ao monte das Oliveiras, enviou então Jesus dois discipulos, dizendo-lhes:
When they were come near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of the disciples on in front,
2 Ide á aldeia que está defronte de vós, e logo encontrareis uma jumenta presa, e um jumentinho com ella; desprendei-a, e trazei-m'os.
saying to them, "Go to the village you see facing you, and as you enter it you will find a she-ass tied up and a foal with her. Untie her and bring them to me.
3 E, se alguem vos disser alguma coisa, direis que o Senhor os ha de mister: e logo os enviará.
And if any one says anything to you, say, 'The Master needs them,' and he will at once send them."
4 Ora tudo isto aconteceu para que se cumprisse o que foi dito pelo propheta, que diz:
This took place in order that the Prophet's prediction might be fulfilled:
5 Dizei á filha de Sião: Eis que o teu Rei ahi te vem, manso, e assentado sobre uma jumenta, e sobre um jumentinho, filho de animal sujeito ao jugo.
"Tell the Daughter of Zion, 'See, thy King is coming to thee, gentle, and yet mounted on an ass, even on a colt the foal of a beast of burden.'"
6 E, indo os discipulos, e fazendo como Jesus lhes ordenára,
So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them:
7 Trouxeram a jumenta e o jumentinho, e sobre elles pozeram os seus vestidos, e fizeram-n'o assentar em cima.
they brought the she-ass and the foal, and threw their outer garments on them. So He sat on them;
8 E muitissima gente estendia os seus vestidos pelo caminho, e outros cortavam ramos d'arvores, e os espalhavam pelo caminho.
and most of the crowd kept spreading their garments along the road, while others cut branches from the trees and carpeted the road with them,
9 E a multidão que ia adeante, e a que seguia, clamava, dizendo: Hosanna ao Filho de David; bemdito o que vem em nome do Senhor: Hosanna nas alturas.
and the multitudes--some of the people preceding Him and some following--sang aloud, "God save the Son of David! Blessings on Him who comes in the Lord's name! God in the highest Heavens save Him!"
10 E, entrando elle em Jerusalem, toda a cidade se alvoroçou, dizendo: Quem é este?
When He thus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into commotion, every one inquiring, "Who is this?"
11 E a multidão dizia: Este é Jesus, o Propheta de Nazareth da Galilea.
"This is Jesus, the Prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee," replied the crowds.
12 E entrou Jesus no templo de Deus, e expulsou todos os que vendiam e compravam no templo, e derribou as mesas dos cambistas e as cadeiras dos que vendiam pombas:
Entering the Temple, Jesus drove out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the money-changers' tables and the seats of the pigeon-dealers.
13 E disse-lhes: Está escripto: A minha casa será chamada casa de oração: mas vós a tendes convertido em covil de ladrões.
"It is written," He said, "'My House shall be called the House of Prayer', but you are making it a robbers' cave."
14 E foram ter com elle ao templo cegos e côxos, e curou-os.
And the blind and the lame came to Him in the Temple, and He cured them.
15 Vendo então os principaes dos sacerdotes e os escribas as maravilhas que fazia, e os meninos clamando no templo, Hosanna ao Filho de David; indignaram-se,
But when the High Priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done and the children who were crying aloud in the Temple, "God save the Son of David," they were filled with indignation.
16 E disseram-lhe: Ouves o que estes dizem? E Jesus lhes disse: Sim; nunca lestes: Pela bocca dos meninos e das creancinhas de peito aperfeiçoaste o louvor?
"Do you hear," they asked Him, "what these children are saying?" "Yes," He replied; "have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of infants and of babes at the breast Thou hast brought forth the praise which is due'?"
17 E, deixando-os, saiu da cidade para Bethania, e ali passou a noite.
So He left them and went out of the city to Bethany and passed the night there.
18 E, de manhã, voltando para a cidade, teve fome;
Early in the morning as He was on His way to return to the city He was hungry,
19 E, avistando uma figueira perto do caminho, dirigiu-se a ella, e não achou n'ella senão folhas. E disse-lhe: Nunca mais nasça fructo de ti. E a figueira seccou immediatamente. (aiōn g165)
and seeing a fig-tree on the road-side He went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. "On you," He said, "no fruit shall ever again grow." And immediately the fig-tree withered away. (aiōn g165)
20 E os discipulos, vendo isto, maravilharam-se, dizendo: Como seccou immediatamente a figueira?
When the disciples saw it they exclaimed in astonishment, "How instantaneously the fig-tree has withered away!"
21 Jesus, porém, respondendo, disse-lhes: Em verdade vos digo que, se tiverdes fé e não duvidardes, não só fareis isto á figueira, mas até, se a este monte disserdes: Ergue-te e precipita-te no mar, assim será feito;
"I solemnly tell you," said Jesus, "that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, 'Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done;
22 E tudo o que pedirdes na oração, crendo, o recebereis.
and everything, whatever it be, that you ask for in your prayers, if you have faith, you shall obtain."
23 E, chegando ao templo, acercaram-se d'elle, estando já ensinando, os principes dos sacerdotes e os anciãos do povo, dizendo: Com que auctoridade fazes isto? e quem te deu essa auctoridade?
He entered the Temple; and while He was teaching, the High Priests and the Elders of the people came to Him and asked Him, "By what authority are you doing these things? and who gave you this authority?"
24 E Jesus, respondendo, disse-lhes: Eu tambem vos perguntarei uma coisa; se m'a disserdes, tambem eu vos direi com que auctoridade faço isto.
"And I also have a question to ask you," replied Jesus, "and if you answer me, I in turn will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 O baptismo de João d'onde era? Do céu, ou dos homens? E pensavam entre si, dizendo: Se dissermos: Do céu, elle nos dirá: Então porque não o crestes?
John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say 'a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
26 E, se dissermos: Dos homens, tememos o povo, porque todos consideram João como propheta.
and if we say 'a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet."
27 E, respondendo a Jesus, disseram: Não sabemos. Elle disse-lhes: Nem eu vos digo com que auctoridade faço isto.
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," He replied, "by what authority I do these things."
28 Mas que vos parece? Um homem tinha dois filhos, e, dirigindo-se ao primeiro, disse: Filho, vae trabalhar hoje na minha vinha.
"But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said, "'My son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.'
29 Elle, porém, respondendo, disse: Não quero. Mas depois, arrependendo-se, foi.
"'I will not,' he replied. "But afterwards he was sorry, and went.
30 E, dirigindo-se ao segundo, fallou-lhe de egual modo; e, respondendo elle, disse: Eu vou, senhor; e não foi.
He came to the second and spoke in the same manner. His answer was, "'I will go, Sir.' "But he did not go.
31 Qual dos dois fez a vontade do pae? Disseram-lhe elles: O primeiro. Disse-lhes Jesus: Em verdade vos digo que os publicanos e as meretrizes vos precedem no reino de Deus.
Which of the two did as his father desired?" "The first," they said. "I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God in front of you.
32 Porque João veiu a vós no caminho de justiça, e não o crestes, mas os publicanos e as meretrizes o creram: vós, porém, vendo isto, nem depois vos arrependestes para o crer.
For John came to you observing all sorts of ritual, and you put no faith in him: the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners did put faith in him, and you, though you saw this example set you, were not even afterwards sorry so as to believe him.
33 Ouvi ainda outra parabola: Houve um homem, pae de familia, que plantou uma vinha, e circumdou-a de um vallado, e construiu n'ella um lagar, e edificou uma torre, e arrendou-a a uns lavradores, e ausentou-se para longe:
"Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, made a fence round it, dug a wine-tank in it, and built a strong lodge; then let the place to vine-dressers, and went abroad.
34 E, chegando o tempo dos fructos, enviou os seus servos aos lavradores, para receberem os seus fructos.
When vintage-time approached, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive his share of the grapes;
35 E os lavradores, apoderando-se dos servos, feriram um, mataram outro, e apedrejaram outro.
but the vine-dressers seized the servants, and one they cruelly beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones.
36 Depois enviou outros servos, em maior numero do que os primeiros; e fizeram-lhes o mesmo;
Again he sent another party of servants more numerous than the first; and these they treated in the same manner.
37 E por ultimo enviou-lhes seu filho, dizendo: Terão respeito a meu filho.
Later still he sent to them his son, saying, "'They will respect my son.'
38 Mas os lavradores, vendo o filho, disseram entre si: Este é o herdeiro; vinde, matemol-o, e apoderemo-nos da sua herança.
"But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said to one another, "'Here is the heir: come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'
39 E, lançando mão d'elle, o arrastaram para fóra da vinha, e o mataram.
"So they seized him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 Quando pois vier o senhor da vinha, que fará áquelles lavradores?
When then the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?"
41 Dizem-lhe elles: Dará affrontosa morte aos maus, e arrendará a vinha a outros lavradores, que a seus tempos lhe dêem os fructos.
"He will put the wretches to a wretched death," was the reply, "and will entrust the vineyard to other vine-dressers who will render the produce to him at the vintage season."
42 Diz-lhes Jesus: Nunca lestes nas Escripturas: A pedra, que os edificadores rejeitaram, essa foi posta por cabeça do angulo: pelo Senhor foi feito isto, e é maravilhoso aos nossos olhos?
"Have you never read in the Scriptures," said Jesus, "'The Stone which the builders rejected has been made the Cornerstone: this Cornerstone came from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes'?
43 Portanto eu vos digo que o reino de Deus vos será tirado, e será dado a gente que dê os seus fructos.
"That, I tell you, is the reason why the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a nation that will exhibit the power of it.
44 E quem cair sobre esta pedra despedaçar-se-ha; e sobre quem ella cair esmagal-o-ha.
He who falls on this stone will be severely hurt; but he on whom it falls will be utterly crushed."
45 E os principes dos sacerdotes e os phariseos, ouvindo estas palavras, entenderam que fallava d'elles;
After listening to His parables the High Priests and the Pharisees perceived that He was speaking about them;
46 E, pretendendo prendel-o, receiaram o povo, porquanto o tinham por propheta.
but though they were eager to lay hands upon Him, they were afraid of the people, for by them He was regarded as a Prophet.
