Maʻake 12
1 Pea fua lea ia kiate kinautolu, ʻi he ngaahi fakatātā, ʻo pehē, “Naʻe tō ʻe he tangata ʻae ngoue vaine, pea ne takatakai ʻaki [ia ]ʻae ʻā keli ʻae potu tataʻoʻanga uaine, pea langa ʻae fale leʻo, ʻo ne tuku ia ki he kau tangata tauhi ngoue, kae ʻalu ia ki he fonua mamaʻo.
And he began to speak unto them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a pit for the winepress, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.
2 Pea hoko hono toʻukai, naʻa ne fekau ʻae tamaioʻeiki ki he kau tauhi ngoue, koeʻuhi ke ne maʻu mei he kau tauhi ngoue ʻae fua ʻoe ngoue vaine.
And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.
3 Pea naʻa nau puke ia, ʻo haha, ʻo fekau ke ʻalu taʻehaʻanemeʻa.
And they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
4 Pea toe fekau ʻe ia kiate kinautolu ʻae tamaioʻeiki ʻe taha; pea naʻa nau tolongaki ʻaki ia ʻae maka, pea foa hono ʻulu, pea fekau ke ʻalu kuo lahi ʻenau fai kovi kiate ia.
And again he sent unto them another servant; and him they wounded in the head, and handled shamefully.
5 Pea toe fekau ʻe ia ʻae tokotaha kehe, pea nau tāmateʻi ia; pea mo e tokolahi; kae haha ʻae niʻihi, pea tāmateʻi ʻae niʻihi.
And he sent another; and him they killed: and many others; beating some, and killing some.
6 Pea kuo kei toe kiate ia ʻa hono foha pe taha, ʻaia ko hono ʻofaʻanga, pea ne fekau fakamui foki ia kiate kinautolu, ʻo ne pehē, ‘Te nau fakaʻapaʻapa ki hoku foha.’
He had yet one, a beloved son: he sent him last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
7 Ka naʻe fepehēʻaki ʻae kau tauhi ngoue ko ia, ‘Ko eni ʻae foha hoko; haʻu, ke tau tāmateʻi ia, pea ʻe ʻotautolu ʻae tofiʻa.’
But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 Pea naʻa nau puke, ʻo tāmateʻi ia, pea lī ia kituaʻā ngoue vaine.
And they took him, and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.
9 “Ko e hā ʻe fai ai ʻe he ʻeiki ʻoe ngoue vaine? ʻE haʻu ia, ʻo fakaʻauha ʻae kau tauhi ngoue, pea ʻe tuku ʻae ngoue vaine ki ha kakai kehe.
What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
10 Pea naʻe ʻikai te mou lau ʻae tohi ni; ‘Ko e maka naʻe liʻaki ʻe he kau tufunga, kuo hoko ia ko e fungani ʻoe tuliki:
Have ye not read even this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner:
11 Ko e ngāue ʻa Sihova eni, pea ko e meʻa fakaofo ʻi hotau ʻao?’”
This was from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes?
12 Pea naʻa nau fai ke nau puke ia, ka naʻa nau manavahē ki he kakai: ka naʻa nau ʻilo ko ʻene lea ʻaki ʻae fakatātā kiate kinautolu: pea nau tuku ia, ka nau ʻalu.
And they sought to lay hold on him; and they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spake the parable against them: and they left him, and went away.
13 Pea naʻa nau fekau kiate ia ʻae niʻihi ʻi he kau Fālesi mo e kau Helotiane, ke nau femioekina ia, ʻi [heʻene ]lea.
And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in talk.
14 Pea kuo nau haʻu, pea nau pehē kiate ia, “ʻEiki ʻoku mau ʻilo ʻoku ke moʻoni koe, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ke tokanga ki ha tangata; he ʻoku ʻikai te ke filifilimānako ki he tangata, ka ʻoku ke akonaki ʻaki ʻae hala ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi he moʻoni: ʻOku ngofua ke ʻatu ʻae tukuhau kia Sisa, pe ʻikai?
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person of men, but of a truth teachest the way of God: Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
15 ʻE lelei ʻemau ʻatu, pe ʻikai?” Ka naʻe ʻilo ʻe ia ʻenau mālualoi, mo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko e hā ʻoku mou ʻahiʻahiʻi ai au?” ʻOmi ha tenali ke u mamata ai.
Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
16 Pea nau ʻomi[ia]. Pea ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko e fofonga mo e tohi eni ʻa hai?” Pea nau pehē kiate ia, “ʻA Sisa.”
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar’s.
17 Pea lea ʻa Sisu, ʻo pehēange kiate kinautolu, “ʻAnge kia Sisa ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻa Sisa, pea [ʻange ]ki he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻae ʻOtua.” Pea naʻa nau ofo ʻiate ia.
And Jesus said unto them, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s. And they marveled greatly at him.
18 Pea toki haʻu ʻae kau Satusi kiate ia, ʻakinautolu ʻoku pehē ʻoku ʻikai ha toetuʻu; pea nau fehuʻi kiate ia, ʻo pehē,
And there come unto him Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
19 “ʻEiki, naʻe tohi ʻe Mōsese kiate kimautolu, [ʻo pehē], ‘Kapau ʻe pekia ʻae tokoua ʻo ha tangata, pea ʻoku ai [hono ]uaifi, kae ʻikai haʻane fānau, ʻe maʻu ʻe hono tokoua ʻa hono uaifi, ʻo fakatupu ʻae hako ki hono tokoua.’
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20 Naʻe ai ʻae kāinga ʻe toko fitu: pea maʻu ʻe he ʻuluaki ʻae uaifi, pea pekia ia ʻoku ʻikai hano hako.
There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;
21 Pea maʻu ia ʻe hono toko ua, pea pekia ia, kae ʻikai hano hako; pea mo hono toko tolu foki,
and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise:
22 Pea maʻu ia ʻe he toko fitu, kae ʻikai ha hako: pea mate fakamui foki ʻae fefine.
and the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.
23 Ko ia, ʻi he toetuʻu, ʻoka nau ka tuʻu hake, ʻe hoko ia ko e uaifi ʻo hai ʻiate kinautolu? He naʻe maʻu ia ʻe he toko fitu ko[honau ]uaifi.”
In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
24 Pea lea ʻa Sisu, ʻo pehēange kiate kinautolu, “ʻIkai ko ia ʻoku mou hē ai, koeʻuhi ko hoʻomou taʻeʻilo ki he tohi, mo e mālohi ʻae ʻOtua?
Jesus said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?
25 Koeʻuhi, ʻoka nau ka tuʻu hake mei he pekia, ʻoku ʻikai te nau mali, pe foaki ke mali; ka ʻoku nau tatau mo e kau ʻāngelo ʻi he langi.
For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.
26 Pea koeʻuhi ko e toetuʻu ʻae pekia, naʻe ʻikai te mou lau ʻi he tohi ʻa Mōsese, ki he folofola ʻae ʻOtua kiate ia ʻi he ʻulu ʻakau, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko au ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻEpalahame, pea ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻAisake, pea ko e ʻOtua ʻo Sēkope?’
But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the place concerning] the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
27 ʻOku ʻikai ko e ʻOtua ia ʻoe mate, ka ko e ʻOtua ʻoe moʻui: ko ia ʻoku mou hē lahi ai.”
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
28 Pea ko e tangata tohi ʻe tokotaha, naʻa ne fanongo ki heʻenau fetauʻaki, pea ne ʻilo kuo tali lelei ʻe ia ʻakinautolu, pea haʻu ia ʻo fehuʻi kiate ia, “Ko e fekau fē ʻoku lahi ʻi he[fono ]kotoa pē?”
And one of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, What commandment is the first of all?
29 Pea pehēange ʻe Sisu kiate ia, “Ko e lahi[eni ]ʻi he ngaahi fekau kotoa pē, ‘Fanongo, ʻe ʻIsileli; Ko Sihova ko hotau ʻOtua ko Sihova ʻoku taha pe:
Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:
30 pea ke ʻofa kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻaki ho loto kotoa, pea mo ho laumālie kotoa, mo ho ʻatamai kotoa, mo ho mālohi kotoa.’ Ko e lahi eni ʻi he fekau.
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.
31 Pea ko hono ua ʻoku tatau[mo ia], ‘Ke ke ʻofa ki ho kaungāʻapi ʻo hangē pe ko koe.’ ʻOku ʻikai ha fekau ʻe lahi hake ki he ongo [fekau ]ni.”
The second is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
32 Pea pehē ʻe he tangata tohi kiate ia, “Ko e moʻoni, ʻEiki, kuo ke lea totonu: he ʻoku ai ʻae ʻOtua pe taha; pea ʻoku ʻikai mo ha taha:
And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Master, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he:
33 Pea ko e ʻofa kiate ia ʻaki ʻae loto kotoa, mo e ʻatamai kotoa, mo e laumālie kotoa, pea mo e mālohi kotoa, pea ko e ʻofa ki hono kaungāʻapi ʻo hangē pe ko ia, ʻoku lahi hake ia ʻi he ngaahi feilaulau tutu kotoa mo e ngaahi hifo kotoa pē.”
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 Pea kuo ʻilo ʻe Sisu ʻoku ne lea fakapotopoto mai, pea ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻOku ʻikai te ke mamaʻo mo e puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua.” Pea hili ia, naʻe ʻikai ha tangata ʻe faʻa fehuʻi kiate ia.
And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
35 Pea lea ʻa Sisu, ʻo ne pehē ʻi heʻene kei akonaki ʻi he falelotu lahi, “Ko e hā ʻoku pehē ai ʻae kau tangata tohi, ‘Ko Kalaisi ko e foha ʻo Tevita?
And Jesus answered and said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Christ is the son of David?
36 He naʻe lea foki ʻe Tevita, ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, ‘Naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova ki hoku ʻEiki, Nofo koe ki hoku nima toʻomataʻu, kaeʻoua ke u ngaohi hoʻo ngaahi fili ko ho tuʻungavaʻe.”’
David himself said in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet.
37 Ko ia, ʻoku ui ia ʻe Tevita, ‘ʻEiki;’ pea ko hono foha fēfē ia?” Pea fanongo fiefia kiate ia ʻae kakai lāuvale.
David himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
38 Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, ʻi heʻene akonaki, “Vakai telia ʻae kau tangata tohi, ʻoku nau manako ke ʻalu ʻi he kofu tōtōlofa, mo e fetapa ʻi he ngaahi faianga fakatau,
And in his teaching he said, Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and [to have] salutations in the marketplaces,
39 mo e nofoʻanga lelei ʻi he ngaahi falelotu, mo e potu māʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga;
and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:
40 ʻAkinautolu ʻoku nau faʻao ʻae ngaahi fale ʻoe kau fefine kuo mate honau husepāniti, mo fakakākā ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lotu fuoloa: ʻe maʻu ʻekinautolu ni ʻae malaʻia lahi.”
they which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.
41 Pea nofo ʻa Sisu ʻo hangatonu ki he [fale ]tukuʻanga koloa, ʻo ne vakai ki he lī ʻe he kakai[ʻenau ]paʻanga ki he tukuʻanga koloa: pea ko e tokolahi naʻe koloaʻia ne nau lī[ki ai ]ʻae meʻa lahi.
And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
42 Pea haʻu ʻae fefine masiva kuo mate hono husepāniti, ʻone lī[ki ai ]ʻae kihiʻi paʻanga ʻe ua, ʻaia ʻoku tatau mo e kotani ʻe taha.
And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.
43 Pea ne ui ʻene kau ākonga, mo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu, Ko e fefine paea ni, kuo ne lī [ki ai ]ʻae meʻa lahi hake ʻiate kinautolu fulipē, kuo nau lī ki he tukuʻanga koloa:
And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they which are casting into the treasury:
44 He naʻa nau lī kotoa pē[ki ai ]mei heʻenau koloa lahi; ka ko ia, ʻi heʻene masiva, kuo ne lī [ki ai ]ʻa ia kotoa pē ne ne maʻu, ʻio, ʻa ʻene moʻui kotoa pē.”
for they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, [even] all her living.
