Mateo 21
1 Aka kakra na Yesu ne nʼasuafoɔ no aduru Yerusalem no, wɔbɛnee kuro bi a wɔfrɛ no Betfage a ɛwɔ Ngo Bepɔ no so hɔ no. Ɛhɔ na Yesu somaa nʼasuafoɔ no mu baanu sɛ, wɔnni ɛkan nkɔ.
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 Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛ moduru hɔ a, mobɛhunu sɛ wɔasa afunumu bi ne ne ba ahoma. Monsane wɔn, na momfa wɔn mmrɛ me.
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 Sɛ obi bisa mo sɛ ɛdeɛn na moreyɛ a, monka nkyerɛ onipa ko no sɛ, ‘Wɔn ho hia Awurade,’ na ntɛm ara ɔbɛma mo de wɔn aba.”
And if any one says anything to you, say, 'The Master needs them,' and he will at once send them."
4 Wɔyɛɛ yei hyɛɛ tete nkɔmhyɛ a ɛka sɛ,
This took place in order that the Prophet's prediction might be fulfilled:
5 “Monka nkyerɛ Ɔbabaa Sion sɛ wo ɔhene reba wo nkyɛn. Ɔdwo, na ɔte afunumu ne, afunumu ba so,” no mu den.
"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 Asuafoɔ baanu no yɛɛ deɛ Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn no.
So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them:
7 Wɔde mmoa no brɛɛ no no, wɔde wɔn ntoma sesɛɛ afunumu no so, maa Yesu tenaa ne so.
they brought the she-ass and the foal, and threw their outer garments on them. So He sat on them;
8 Nnipadɔm a wɔwɔ hɔ no bi de wɔn ntoma sesɛɛ ɛkwan a ɔde aboa no nam so no so. Ebinom nso bubuu nnua mman de sesɛɛ ɛkwan no mu saa ara.
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 Ɛdɔm no tu teneeɛ de osebɔ teateaam sɛ, “Hosiana Dawid Ba!” “Nhyira ne deɛ ɔnam Awurade din mu reba no.” “Hosiana wɔ ɔsoro nohoa!”
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 Ɛberɛ a ɔduruu Yerusalem no, kuro no nyinaa bɔɔ twi. Ɛhɔfoɔ no bisaa sɛ, “Na hwan ni?”
When He thus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into commotion, every one inquiring, "Who is this?"
11 Nnipadɔm no buaa sɛ, “Ɛyɛ Yesu, Odiyifoɔ a ɔfiri Nasaret a ɛwɔ Galileaman mu no.”
"This is Jesus, the Prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee," replied the crowds.
12 Yesu firii hɔ no, ɔkɔɔ asɔrefie. Ɔduruu hɔ no, ɔpamoo adwadifoɔ a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa, kaa sikasesafoɔ apono nyinaa guu fam, bubuu apata a wɔtɔn mmorɔnoma wɔ mu no nyinaa guiɛ.
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 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, ‘Mʼasɔrefie yɛ beaeɛ a wɔbɔ mpaeɛ.’ Nanso, mo deɛ, mode hɔ ayɛ akorɔmfoɔ atenaeɛ.”
"It is written," He said, "'My House shall be called the House of Prayer', but you are making it a robbers' cave."
14 Afei anifirafoɔ ne mmubuafoɔ baa ne nkyɛn wɔ asɔrefie hɔ ma ɔsaa wɔn nyinaa yadeɛ.
And the blind and the lame came to Him in the Temple, and He cured them.
15 Nanso, ɛberɛ a asɔfoɔ mpanin ne Yudafoɔ mpanin bi hunuu anwanwadeɛ yi na wɔtee nso sɛ mmɔfra nkumaa a wɔwɔ asɔrefie hɔ reteateam sɛ, “Nhyira nka Dawid Ba no” no, anyɛ wɔn dɛ.
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 Enti, wɔbisaa Yesu sɛ, “Wote nsɛm a mmɔfra no reka no anaa?” Yesu buaa sɛ, “Aane. Na monkenkanee saa Atwerɛsɛm a ɛka sɛ, “‘Mmɔfra ne nkɔkoaa mpo de wɔn ano kamfo wo’ no da anaa?”
"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 Afei, ɔfirii hɔ sane kɔɔ Betania kɔdaa hɔ.
So He left them and went out of the city to Bethany and passed the night there.
18 Adeɛ kyee anɔpa a ɔresane akɔ Yerusalem no, ɛkɔm dee no.
Early in the morning as He was on His way to return to the city He was hungry,
19 Ɔhunuu sɛ borɔdɔma dua bi si ɛkwan ho baabi. Ɔkɔɔ hɔ kɔhwɛɛ sɛ borɔdɔma no bi wɔ so, nanso ɔduruu hɔ no, ɔhunuu sɛ nhahan nko ara na ɛwɔ so. Ɔdomee borɔdɔma dua no sɛ, “Ɛfiri ɛnnɛ, worenso aba bio!” Ɛhɔ ara borɔdɔma dua no wuiɛ. (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 Asɛm yi yɛɛ Yesu asuafoɔ no nwanwa ma wɔbisaa no sɛ, “Na ɛyɛɛ ɛdeɛn enti na borɔdɔma dua no so nhahan poroo ntɛm saa?”
When the disciples saw it they exclaimed in astonishment, "How instantaneously the fig-tree has withered away!"
21 Yesu nso buaa wɔn sɛ, “Nokorɛm, sɛ mowɔ gyidie a ɛnhinhim a, mobɛtumi ayɛ ade korɔ yi ara bi, anaa deɛ ɛkyɛn saa mpo. Anka mobɛtumi aka akyerɛ Ngo Bepɔ yi sɛ, ‘Tutu kɔgu ɛpo mu’, na ɛbɛtutu akɔgu mu nso.
"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 Biribiara a mode gyidie bɛbisa wɔ mpaeɛbɔ mu no, mo nsa bɛka.”
and everything, whatever it be, that you ask for in your prayers, if you have faith, you shall obtain."
23 Yesu sane kɔɔ asɔrefie hɔ a ɔrekyerɛkyerɛ no, asɔfoɔ mpanin ne Yudafoɔ mpanin baa ne kyɛn bɛbisaa no tumi ko a ɔgyina so pamoo adwadifoɔ ne sikasesafoɔ no firii asɔrefie hɔ no.
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 Yesu kaa sɛ, “Merebɛbisa mo asɛm baako bi, na mommua me ansa.
"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 Onyankopɔn na ɔsomaa Yohane Osubɔni anaa ɛnyɛ ɔno?” Wɔdwennwenee ho kaa sɛ, “Sɛ yɛka sɛ ‘Ɛfiri Onyankopɔn’ a, wɔbɛbisa yɛn deɛ enti a yɛannye deɛ Yohane kaeɛ no annie?
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 Na sɛ yɛka sɛ, ‘Ɛnyɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔsomaa no’ nso a, ɛdɔm no bɛha yɛn ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn nyinaa nim sɛ Yohane yɛ odiyifoɔ.”
and if we say 'a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet."
27 Enti, wɔn mmuaeɛ a wɔmaeɛ ara ne sɛ, “Yɛnnim!” Ɛhɔ ara na Yesu nso kaa sɛ, “Sɛ monnim deɛ a, me nso meremmua mo.”
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." "Nor do I tell you," He replied, "by what authority I do these things."
28 Yesu kaa sɛ, “Saa asɛm a merebɛka yi modwene ho sɛn? Ɔbarima bi wɔ mmammarima baanu. Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn mu panin no sɛ, ‘Me ba, ɛnnɛ kɔ mʼafuom na kɔyɛ adwuma wɔ hɔ.’
"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 “Ne ba no kaa sɛ, ‘Merenkɔ,’ nanso akyire yi, ɔsesaa nʼadwene na ɔkɔeɛ.
"'I will not,' he replied. "But afterwards he was sorry, and went.
30 “Afei agya no ka kyerɛɛ akumaa no sɛ, ‘Wo nso kɔ.’ Ɔno nso kaa sɛ, ‘Agya, mate, mɛkɔ.’ Nanso wankɔ.
He came to the second and spoke in the same manner. His answer was, "'I will go, Sir.' "But he did not go.
31 “Saa mmɔfra baanu yi mu hwan na ɔtie nʼagya asɛm?” Wɔbuaa sɛ, “Ne ba panin no a.” Afei, Yesu kyerɛɛ asɛm no ase sɛ, “Akyinnyeɛ biara nni ho sɛ abɔnefoɔ ne nnwamanfoɔ bɛkɔ Ɔsoro Ahennie mu ansa na moakɔ.
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 Ɛfiri sɛ, Yohane baa mo nkyɛn sɛ ɔrebɛkyerɛ mo tenenee kwan, na moannye no anni. Nanso ɔtogyefoɔ ne nnwamanfoɔ gyee no diiɛ. Na mohunuu yei mpo no, moansakyera mo adwene, na moannye no anni.”
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 Yesu buu wɔn bɛ foforɔ bi sɛ, “Ɛda bi, ɔbarima bi a ɔwɔ bobefuo a wagye ban afa ho, na watu amena a wɔkyi nsã wɔ mu, de afuo no gyaa akuafoɔ bi. Yei akyi no, ɔtuu ɛkwan kɔɔ ɔman foforɔ bi so.
"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 Ɛduruu ɛberɛ a bobe no bereeɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔteɛ no, ɔsomaa ne ho nnipa baa akuafoɔ no hɔ sɛ wɔmmɛgye ne kyɛfa mmrɛ no.
When vintage-time approached, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive his share of the grapes;
35 “Wɔduruu hɔ ara pɛ na akuafoɔ no to hyɛɛ nnipa no so, boroo ɔbaako, kum ɔbaako ɛnna wɔsii ɔbaako nso aboɔ.
but the vine-dressers seized the servants, and one they cruelly beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones.
36 Afei, ɔsane somaa nnipa a wɔn dodoɔ sene wɔn a ɔsomaa wɔn kane no sɛ wɔnkɔ akuafoɔ no nkyɛn, nanso asɛm korɔ no ara bi na ɛsiiɛ.
Again he sent another party of servants more numerous than the first; and these they treated in the same manner.
37 Yei akyi, ɔsomaa ɔno ankasa ne ba akuafoɔ no nkyɛn susuu sɛ, wɔde anidie bɛma no.
Later still he sent to them his son, saying, "'They will respect my son.'
38 “Nanso, akuafoɔ no hunuu sɛ ne ba no afiti reba pɛ, wɔfaa ne ho adwene kaa sɛ, ‘Ɔdedifoɔ no na ɔreba no; momma yɛnkum no, na yɛmfa afuo no!’
"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 Ɛhɔ ara, wɔtwee no firii afuo no mu, kɔkumm no too baabi.
"So they seized him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 “Sɛ afuowura no sane ba a, mogye di sɛ ɛdeɛn na ɔbɛyɛ saa akuafoɔ no?”
When then the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?"
41 Yudafoɔ mpanin no buaa sɛ, “Ɔno nso bɛkum saa atirimuɔdenfoɔ no na ɔde afuo no ama akuafoɔ foforɔ a wɔde ne kyɛfa bɛma no ɛberɛ a ɛsɛ mu.”
"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 Yesu bisaa wɔn bio sɛ, “Monkanee Twerɛsɛm no mu da sɛ, “‘Ɛboɔ a adansifoɔ apo no ɛno ara na abɛyɛ ɛdan no ntweaso tiboɔ. Awurade na wayɛ yei, na ɛyɛ nwanwa wɔ yɛn ani so?’
"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 “Deɛ mereka ara ne sɛ, wɔbɛgye Onyankopɔn Ahennie no afiri mo nsam de akɔma ɔman foforɔ a wɔbɛbu nʼafudeɛ no ho nkonta pa akyerɛ no.
"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 Wɔn a wɔbɛhwe saa botan yi so no mu bɛbubu, na deɛ nokorɛ no bɛhwe ne so no nso bɛpɛkyɛ.”
He who falls on this stone will be severely hurt; but he on whom it falls will be utterly crushed."
45 Ɛberɛ a asɔfoɔ mpanin ne Yudafoɔ mpanin no tee aseɛ sɛ Yesu asɛm a ɔreka no fa wɔn ho no,
After listening to His parables the High Priests and the Pharisees perceived that He was speaking about them;
46 wɔpɛɛ sɛ wɔyɛ no bɔne, nanso na wɔsuro ɛdɔm no ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔagye Yesu atom sɛ ɔyɛ Odiyifoɔ.
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.
