Ma-thi-ơ 11
1 Vả, Đức Chúa Jêsus đã dạy các điều đó cho mười hai môn đồ rồi, bèn lìa khỏi chỗ nầy đặng đi giảng dạy trong các thành xứ đó.
When Jesus had finished instructing [us] twelve disciples [about what we should do, he sent us to various Israelite towns]. Then he went to teach and preach in [other Israelite] towns [in that area].
2 Khi Giăng ở trong ngục nghe nói về các công việc của Đấng Christ, thì sai môn đồ mình đến thưa cùng Ngài rằng:
While John [the Baptizer] was in prison, he heard what [Jesus, the man whom he thought was] the Messiah, was doing. So he sent [some of] his disciples [to him] in order
3 Thầy có phải là Đấng phải đến, hay là chúng tôi còn phải đợi Đấng khác chăng?
to ask him, “Are you the [Messiah] who [the prophets prophesied] would come, or is it someone else that we should expect [to come]?”
4 Đức Chúa Jêsus đáp rằng: hãy về thuật lại cùng Giăng những điều các ngươi nghe và thấy:
[After they asked] Jesus [that question], he answered them, “Go back and report to John what you hear [me telling people] and what you see [me doing].
5 kẻ mù được thấy, kẻ què được đi, kẻ phung được sạch, kẻ điếc được nghe, kẻ chết được sống lại, kẻ khó khăn được nghe giảng tin lành.
I [am enabling] blind people to see and lame people to walk. I [am] healing [people] who have leprosy. I [am enabling] deaf people to hear and dead people to become alive again. I [am] telling poor people [God’s] good message.
6 Phước cho ai chẳng vấp phạm vì cớ ta!
[Also tell John that God] is pleased with people who do not stop believing in me [because what I do is not what they expected the Messiah to do].”
7 Khi họ ra về, Đức Chúa Jêsus mới phán về việc Giăng cho đoàn dân nghe, rằng: Các ngươi đã đi xem chi trong đồng vắng? Có phải xem cây sậy bị gió rung chăng?
When John’s disciples had gone away, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “[Think about] what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area [when you went there to see John]. ([You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed his message, like] a reed that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [MET]!/Did you go there [to listen to a man whose message changes continually like] long grass that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind [changes its direction]?) [MET, RHQ]
8 Các ngươi đi xem cái chi nữa? Có phải xem người mặc áo tốt đẹp chăng? Kìa, những người mặc áo tốt đẹp thì ở trong đền vua.
Then what [kind of person] did you go [there] to see [RHQ]? ([You did not go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes.[/Did you go there to see] a man who was wearing expensive clothes?) [RHQ] [No! You know very well that] people who wear beautiful clothes reside in kings’ palaces [and not in desolate areas].
9 Nhưng các ngươi lại đi xem cái chi nữa? Có phải là xem đấng tiên tri chăng? Phải, ta nói cùng các ngươi, cũng hơn đấng tiên tri nữa.
Then what [kind of person] did you go to see [RHQ]? [Did you go there] [RHQ] [to see John because he was] (a prophet/a person who speaks what God tells him to say)? Yes! But I will tell you that [John] is more [important] than an [ordinary] prophet.
10 Aáy vì người đó mà có chép rằng: Nầy, ta sai sứ ta đến trước mặt con, Đặng dọn đường sẵn cho con đi.
He is the one [to whom God was referring when he said to the Messiah these words] that are written {about whom [the prophet Malachi] wrote} [in the Scriptures: ] Listen! I am going to send my messenger [to go] before you [SYN] to prepare [the people] [MET] for your coming.
11 Quả thật, ta nói cùng các ngươi, trong những người bởi đàn bà sanh ra, không có ai được tôn trọng hơn Giăng Báp-tít, nhưng mà kẻ rất nhỏ hèn trong nước thiên đàng còn được tôn trọng hơn người.
Note this: Of all the people who have ever lived, [God does not consider] that any of them are greater than John the Baptizer. However, [God considers that all] those people who have let God rule their lives are greater than [John, even if they are insignificant people].
12 Song, từ ngày Giăng Báp-tít đến nay, nước thiên đàng bị hãm ép, và là kẻ hãm ép đó choán lấy.
From the time that John the Baptizer [preached] until now, [other people] have violently attacked the people who have [allowed] God [MTY/EUP] to rule their lives, and they have suffered (OR, people have very eagerly been asking God to take control of their lives, OR, Israelite people [who have thought that I would become their king] have been extremely eager to be included in my kingdom) (OR, have been violently attacked and made to suffer).
13 Vì hết thảy các đấng tiên tri và sách luật đã nói trước cho đến đời Giăng.
[All this that I am saying about John is confirmed by the fact that] all the men who wrote the Scriptures [MTY, SYN] foretold [about God ruling people’s lives], until John [the Baptizer came].
14 Nếu các ngươi muốn hiểu biết, thì ấy là Ê-li, là đấng phải đến.
[Even though most of you are unwilling to believe what I am saying, I will tell this truth to] anyone who is willing to believe [it]: John is [the man who is like] Elijah [MET]. He is the one who [one of the prophets said] would come [in order to prepare the people to welcome the Messiah].
15 Ai có tai mà nghe, hãy nghe.
If you want to understand this, you must think [carefully] [MTY] [about what I have just said] [MTY].”
16 Ta sẽ sánh dòng dõi nầy với ai? Dòng dõi nầy giống như con trẻ ngồi giữa chợ, kêu la cùng bạn mình,
“(I will illustrate what [you] people who have heard what John [the Baptizer] and I have taught are like./Do you know what [you] people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?) [RHQ] You are like children who are [playing games] in an open area. [Some of the children] are calling to the others, saying,
17 mà rằng: Ta đã thổi sáo, mà bay không nhảy múa; ta đã than vãn, mà bay không khóc.
‘We played [happy music] on the flute for you, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry [MET]!’
18 Vì Giăng đã đến, không ăn, không uống, người ta nói rằng: Giăng bị quỉ ám.
[Similarly, you are dissatisfied with both John and me]! When John came [and preached to you], he did not eat [good food] and did not drink [wine, like most people do]. But you [rejected him] saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’
19 Con người đến, hay ăn hay uống, thì họ nói rằng: Kìa, là người ham ăn mê uống, bạn bè với người thâu thuế cùng kẻ xấu nết. Song le, sự khôn ngoan được xưng là phải, bởi những việc làm của sự ấy.
[In contrast], [I], the one who came from heaven, eat [the same] food and drink [wine as other people do]. But you [reject me], saying, ‘Look! [This man] eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and [other] sinners!’ But people [who really think about] what [John] and I have done will realize that what we do is truly wise [MET, PRS].”
20 Vì dân các thành mà Đức Chúa Jêsus đã làm rất nhiều phép lạ rồi, không ăn năn, nên Ngài quở trách rằng:
[The people who lived in] the towns [MTY] [in the area where Jesus was saw him] perform many miracles. But they did not turn away from their sinful behavior. So Jesus began to reproach them [by saying to them],
21 Khốn nạn cho mầy, thành Cô-ra-xin! Khốn nạn cho mầy thành Bết-sai-đa! Vì nếu các phép lạ đã làm giữa bay, đem làm trong thành Ty-rơ và Si-đôn, thì hai thành đó thật đã mặc áo gai, đội tro, ăn năn từ lâu rồi.
“You [people who live in] Chorazin [city] [MTY] and you [people who live in] Bethsaida [city] [MTY] will suffer terribly in hell! [I] did great miracles in your [cities, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior]. If the miracles that I performed in your [cities] had been done in [the ancient cities of] Tyre and Sidon, the [wicked people who lived there] long ago would have sat in ashes, wearing coarse cloth [to show that they were sorry for their sins]. (questioned)
22 Vậy nên ta bảo bay, đến ngày phán xét, thành Ty-rơ và thành Si-đôn sẽ chịu đoán phạt nhẹ hơn bay.
So note this: [God will punish the wicked people who lived in the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [MTY], but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges [all people].
23 Còn mầy, Ca-bê-na-um là thành đã được cao tới trời, sẽ hạ xuống tới âm phủ! Vì nếu các phép lạ đã làm giữa mầy, đem làm trong thành Sô-đôm, thì thành ấy còn lại đến ngày nay. (Hadēs g86)
[also have something to say to] you [people who live in] Capernaum [city] [MTY]. (Do not [think that] you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven!/Do you think that you will be honored {that [God] will honor you} in heaven?) [RHQ] [That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, you will be sent] {[God] will send you} down into the place where [sinful people] will be punished {he will punish sinful people} [forever. God destroyed the ancient city of] Sodom [because the people who lived in that city were extremely wicked]. If I had performed in [Sodom the miracles that I performed in your city, the people there would have turned away from their wicked behavior and] their [city] [MET] would still exist now [MTY]. But you, [although I did miracles in your city, you did not turn from your wicked behavior]. (Hadēs g86)
24 Vậy nên ta rao bảo rằng, đến ngày phán xét, xứ Sô-đôm sẽ chịu đoán phạt nhẹ hơn mầy.
So note this: [God] will punish [the people who lived in] Sodom [city] [MTY], but he will punish you [even] more severely on the final day when [he] judges [all people].”
25 Lúc đó, Đức Chúa Jêsus nói rằng: Hỡi Cha! là Chúa của trời đất, tôi khen ngợi Cha, vì Cha đã giấu những điều này với kẻ khôn ngoan, người sáng dạ, mà tỏ ra cho những con trẻ hay.
At that time Jesus prayed, “Father, you rule over [everything in] heaven and [on] the earth. I thank you that you have prevented [people who think that they] are wise [IRO] because they are well-educated, from [knowing] these things. [Instead], you have revealed them to [people who accept your truth as readily as] little children [MET] [do].
26 Thưa Cha, phải, thật như vậy, vì Cha đã thấy điều đó là tốt lành.
Yes, Father, [you have done that] because it seemed good to you [to do] so.”
27 Mọi việc Cha ta đã giao cho ta; ngoài Cha không có ai biết Con; ngoài Con và người nào mà Con muốn tỏ ra cùng, thì cũng không ai biết Cha.
[Then Jesus said to the people there who wanted him to teach them], “[God], my Father, has revealed to me all the things [that I need to know in order to do my work]. Only my Father knows [who] I [really am]. Furthermore, only I and those [people] to whom I wish to reveal him know [what God] my Father [is like].
28 Hỡi những kẻ mệt mỏi và gánh nặng, hãy đến cùng ta, ta sẽ cho các ngươi được yên nghỉ.
Come to me, all you people who are very weary [of trying to obey all the many laws that your religious teachers tell you to obey] [MET]. I will enable you to quit [trying to obey all those laws].
29 Ta có lòng nhu mì, khiêm nhường; nên hãy gánh lấy ách của ta, và học theo ta; thì linh hồn các ngươi sẽ được yên nghỉ.
Let me [help] you [carry those loads, just like two oxen who have] a yoke [on their necks] [MET, DOU] [help each other pull a heavy load]. It will not be difficult for you to do the things that I ask you to do for me [DOU]. Because I am gentle and humble [DOU], accept what I teach [about what God wants you to do]. [And as a result, you will quit worrying about obeying all the religious laws, and] your spirits will be at peace.”
30 Vì ách ta dễ chịu và gánh ta nhẹ nhàng.
