Matthew 21
1 Bí wọ́n ti súnmọ́ Jerusalẹmu, tí wọ́n dé itòsí ìlú Betfage ní orí òkè Olifi, Jesu sì rán àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn méjì,
And when they approached Jerusalem, and had reached Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them.
2 Ó wí fún wọn pé, “Ẹ lọ sí ìletò tó wà ni tòsí yín, ẹ̀yin yóò rí kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ kan ti wọ́n so pẹ̀lú ọmọ rẹ̀ lẹ́gbẹ̀ẹ́ rẹ̀. Ẹ tú wọn, kí ẹ sì mú wọn wá fún mi.
"Go on into the village facing you, and at once you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her. Loose them and bring them to me.
3 Bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá sì béèrè ìdí tí ẹ fi ń ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, ẹ sá à wí pé, Olúwa fẹ́ lo wọn, òun yóò sì rán wọn lọ.”
"And if any one says anything to you, tell him, ‘The Master needs them,’ and he will send them without delay."
4 Èyí ṣẹlẹ̀ láti mú àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ wòlíì ṣẹ pé:
This happened in fulfilment of the word spoken though the prophet.
5 “Ẹ sọ fún ọmọbìnrin Sioni pé, ‘Wò ó, ọba rẹ ń bọ̀ wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ, ní ìrẹ̀lẹ̀, ó ń gun kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́, àti lórí ọmọ kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́.’”
Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold thy King cometh to thee, Gentle and sitting upon an ass, And upon a colt, the fool of a beast of burden."
6 Àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn náà sí lọ, wọ́n ṣe bí Jesu ti sọ fún wọn.
So the disciples went and did as Jesus told them;
7 Wọ́n sì mú kẹ́tẹ́kẹ́tẹ́ náà pẹ̀lú ọmọ rẹ̀, wọ́n tẹ́ aṣọ lé e, Jesu si jókòó lórí rẹ̀.
they led back the ass and her colt, and placed their cloaks on them.
8 Ọ̀pọ̀ ìjọ ènìyàn sì tẹ́ aṣọ wọn sí ojú ọ̀nà níwájú rẹ̀, ẹlòmíràn ṣẹ́ ẹ̀ka igi wẹ́wẹ́ wọ́n sì tẹ́ wọn sí ojú ọ̀nà.
Then Jesus seated himself upon them, and most of the crowd kept spreading their cloaks on the road, and others began cutting branches off the trees, and spreading them in the road.
9 Ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn ń lọ níwájú rẹ̀ àti lẹ́yìn rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ń kígbe pé, “Hosana fún ọmọ Dafidi!” “Olùbùkún ni fún ẹni tí ó ń bọ̀ ní orúkọ Olúwa!” “Hosana ní ibi gíga jùlọ!”
And the crowds who preceded and those who followed after him shouted again and again, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he who is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
10 Bí Jesu sì ti ń wọ Jerusalẹmu, gbogbo ìlú mì tìtì, àwọn ènìyàn bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í bi ara wọn pé, “Ta nìyìí?”
And as he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred. "Who is this?" they said.
11 Ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn sì dáhùn pé, “Èyí ni Jesu, wòlíì náà láti Nasareti ti Galili.”
And the crowds answered, "This is the Prophet Jesus, from Nazareth, in Galilee."
12 Jesu sì wọ inú tẹmpili, Ó sì lé àwọn ti ń tà àti àwọn tí ń rà níbẹ̀ jáde. Ó yí tábìlì àwọn onípàṣípàrọ̀ owó dànù, àti tábìlì àwọn tí ó ń ta ẹyẹlé.
Then Jesus entered into the Temple courts, and cast out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the tables of the money- changers, and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
13 Ó wí fún wọn pé, “A sá à ti kọ ọ́ pé, ‘Ilé àdúrà ni a ó máa pe ilé mi,’ ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin ti sọ ọ́ di ibùdó àwọn ọlọ́ṣà.”
"It is written," he said, "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of thieves."
14 A sì mú àwọn afọ́jú àti àwọn arọ wá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀ ní tẹmpili, ó sì mú wọ́n láradá.
Then the blind and the lame came to him in the Temple courts, and he healed them.
15 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn olùkọ́ òfin rí àwọn iṣẹ́ ìyanu ńlá wọ̀nyí, ti wọ́n sì tún ń gbọ́ tí àwọn ọmọdé ń kígbe nínú tẹmpili pé, “Hosana fún ọmọ Dafidi,” inú bí wọn.
But when the chief priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful works he did, and the boys who were shouting in the Temple Courts and saying, "Hosanna to the Son of David!"
16 Wọ́n sì bí i pé, “Ǹjẹ́ ìwọ gbọ́ nǹkan tí àwọn ọmọdé wọ̀nyí ń sọ?” Jesu sí dáhùn pé, “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni, àbí ẹ̀yin kò kà á pé, “‘Láti ẹnu àwọn ọmọdé àti àwọn ọmọ ọmú, ni a ó ti máa yìn mí’?”
they asked him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" "Surely," said Jesus, "and have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?"
17 Ó sì fi wọ́n sílẹ̀, ó lọ sí Betani. Níbẹ̀ ni ó dúró ní òru náà.
So he left them and went outside the city, to Bethany, and spent the night there.
18 Ní òwúrọ̀ bí ó ṣe ń padà sí ìlú, ebi ń pa á.
At dawn, when he was on his way back into the city, he was hungry;
19 Ó sì ṣàkíyèsí igi ọ̀pọ̀tọ́ kan lẹ́bàá ojú ọ̀nà, ó sì lọ wò ó bóyá àwọn èso wà lórí rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kò sí ẹyọ kan, ewé nìkan ni ó wà lórí rẹ̀. Nígbà náà ni ó sì wí fún igi náà pé, “Kí èso má tún so lórí rẹ mọ́ láti òní lọ àti títí láé.” Lójúkan náà igi ọ̀pọ̀tọ́ náà sì gbẹ. (aiōn g165)
and when he saw a solitary fig tree beside the road, he went to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "Let no man gather fruit from you forever." And at once the fig tree withered away. (aiōn g165)
20 Nígbà tí àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ rí èyí, ẹnu yà wọn, wọ́n béèrè pé, “Báwo ni igi ọ̀pọ̀tọ́ náà ṣe gbẹ kíákíá?”
When his disciples saw this, they were astonished. "How instantaneously," they said, "the fig tree withered!"
21 Jesu wí fún wọn pé, “Lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún yín, bí ẹ̀yin bá lè ní ìgbàgbọ́ láìṣiyèméjì, nígbà náà ẹ̀yin yóò lè ṣe irú ohun tí a ṣe sí igi ọ̀pọ̀tọ́, ẹ̀yin yóò lè sọ fún òkè yìí pé, ‘Yí ipò padà sínú Òkun,’ yóò sì rí bẹ́ẹ̀.
In reply Jesus said to them, "In solemn truth I tell you that if you have faith and never doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Up, cast yourself into the sea!’ it shall be done;
22 Bí ẹ̀yin bá gbàgbọ́, ẹ̀yin lè rí ohunkóhun tí ẹ bá béèrè nínú àdúrà gbà.”
"and everything that you ask for in your prayers you shall have, if you believe."
23 Jesu wọ tẹmpili, nígbà tí ó ń kọ́ni, àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn àgbàgbà Júù tọ̀ ọ́ wá. Wọ́n béèrè pé “nípa àṣẹ wo ni o fi ń ṣe àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí? Ta ni ó sì fún ọ ni àṣẹ yìí?”
When he had entered the Temple courts, and was teaching, the high priests and 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 Jesu sì dáhùn ó sì wí fún wọn pé, “Èmi yóò si bí yin léèrè ohun kan, bí ẹ̀yin bá lé sọ fún mi, nígbà náà èmi yóò sọ fún yín, àṣẹ tí Èmi fi ń ṣe àwọn nǹkan wọ̀nyí.
Jesus answered. "I also will put a question to you, which, if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
25 Níbo ni ìtẹ̀bọmi Johanu ti wa? Láti ọ̀run wá ni, tàbí láti ọ̀dọ̀ ènìyàn.” Wọ́n sì bá ara wọn gbèrò pé, “Bí àwa bá wí pé láti ọ̀run wá ni, òun yóò wí fún wa pé, ‘Èéha ti ṣe tí ẹ̀yin kò fi gbà á gbọ́?’
John’s baptism, whence was it, from heaven or from man?" So they began debating about it among themselves.
26 Ní ìdàkejì, bí àwa bá sì sọ pé, ‘Láti ọ̀dọ̀ ènìyàn, àwa bẹ̀rù ìjọ ènìyàn, nítorí gbogbo wọ́n ka Johanu sí wòlíì.’”
"If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all regard Johnas a prophet."
27 Nítorí náà wọ́n sì dá Jesu lóhùn pé, “Àwa kò mọ̀.” Nígbà náà ni ó wí pé, “Nítorí èyí, èmi kò ní sọ àṣẹ tí èmi fi ń ṣe nǹkan wọ̀nyí fún yín.
So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor am I going to tell you in what authority I do these deeds.
28 “Kí ni ẹ rò nípa eléyìí? Ọkùnrin kan ti ó ní àwọn ọmọkùnrin méjì. Ó sọ fún èyí ẹ̀gbọ́n pé, ‘Ọmọ, lọ ṣiṣẹ́ nínú ọgbà àjàrà lónìí.’
"But give me your judgment. There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said to him, "‘Son, go work today in my vineyard!’
29 “Ó sì dá baba rẹ̀ lóhùn pé, ‘Èmi kò ní í lọ,’ ṣùgbọ́n níkẹyìn ó yí ọkàn padà, ó sì lọ.
"‘I will go, sir,’ he answered; yet he did not go.
30 “Nígbà náà ni baba yìí tún sọ fún èyí àbúrò pé, ‘Lọ ṣiṣẹ́ ní oko.’ Ọmọ náà sì sọ pé, ‘Èmi yóò lọ, baba,’ ṣùgbọ́n kò lọ rárá.
"Then he went to the second, and said the same thing to him. "‘I will not,’ he answered; but afterward he changed his mind and went.
31 “Nínú àwọn méjèèjì yìí, èwo ni ó ṣe ìfẹ́ baba wọn?” Gbogbo wọn sì fohùn ṣọ̀kan pé, “Èyí ẹ̀gbọ́n ni.” Jesu wí fún wọn pé, “Lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún yín, àwọn agbowó òde àti àwọn panṣágà yóò wọ ìjọba ọ̀run síwájú yín.
"Which of these two did the will of his father?" "The last," they replied. "I tell you truly," said Jesus, "that the tax-gatherers and harlots are going into the kingdom of heaven before you!
32 Nítorí Johanu tọ́ yin wá láti fi ọ̀nà òdodo hàn yín, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin kò gbà á gbọ́, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn agbowó òde àti àwọn panṣágà ronúpìwàdà, bí ó tilẹ̀ ṣe pé ẹ rí àwọn ohun tí ń ṣẹlẹ̀ wọ̀nyí, ẹ kọ̀ láti ronúpìwàdà, ẹ kò gbà á gbọ́.”
"For Johncame to you in the road of righteousness, and you did not give credence to him; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots gave credence to him. But you, although you saw this, did not even then change your minds and give credence to him.
33 “Ẹ gbọ́ òwe mìíràn, Baálé ilé kan tí ó gbin ọgbà àjàrà, ó ṣe ọgbà yìí ká, ó wá ibi ìfúntí sínú rẹ̀, ó kọ́ ilé ìṣọ́. Ó sì fi oko náà ṣe àgbàtọ́jú fún àwọn àgbẹ̀ kan, ó sì lọ sí ìrìnàjò.
"Listen to another parable. "A man who was a householder planted a vineyard, fenced it about, dug a wine vat in it, built a tower, then rented it to vine-dressers and went abroad.
34 Nígbà ti àkókò ìkórè súnmọ́, ó rán àwọn ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ sí àwọn àgbẹ̀ náà láti gba èyí ti ó jẹ tirẹ̀ wá.
35 “Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn alágbàtọ́jú sì mú àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀, wọn lu ẹni kìn-ín-ní, wọn pa èkejì, wọ́n si sọ ẹ̀kẹta ní òkúta.
"And the vine-dressers seized his slaves, flogged one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36 Ó sì tún rán àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ mìíràn àwọn tí ó ju ti ìṣáájú lọ. Wọ́n sì túnṣe bí ti àkọ́kọ́ sí àwọn wọ̀nyí pẹ̀lú.
"Again he sent other slaves, a larger number than at first, and they treated them in the same way.
37 Níkẹyìn, baálé ilé yìí rán ọmọ rẹ̀ pàápàá sí wọn. Ó wí pé, ‘Wọn yóò bu ọlá fún ọmọ mi.’
"And last he sent his son to them; ‘Surely they will respect my son,’ he said.
38 “Ṣùgbọ́n bí àwọn alágbàtọ́jú wọ̀nyí ti rí ọmọ náà lókèèrè, wọ́n wí fún ara wọn pé, ‘Èyí ni àrólé náà. Ẹ wá, ẹ jẹ́ kí a pa á, kí a sì jogún rẹ̀.’
"But when the vine-dressers saw his son, they said to themselves. "‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.’
39 Wọ́n sì wọ́ ọ jáde kúrò nínú ọgbà àjàrà náà, wọ́n sì pa á.
"So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
40 “Ǹjẹ́ nígbà tí olúwa ọgbà àjàrà bá dé, kí ni yóò ṣe sí àwọn olùṣọ́gbà wọ̀n-ọn-nì?”
"When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?"
41 Wọ́n wí pé, “Òun yóò pa àwọn ènìyàn búburú náà run, yóò sì fi ọgbà àjàrà rẹ̀ fún àwọn alágbàtọ́jú mìíràn tí yóò fún un ní èso tirẹ̀ lásìkò ìkórè.”
"He will utterly destroy those wretches," they answered, "and will entrust his vineyard to other vine-dressers, who will pay back the fruits to him in their season."
42 Jesu wí fún wọ́n pé, “Àbí ẹ̀yin kò kà á nínú Ìwé Mímọ́ pé: “‘Òkúta tí àwọn ọ̀mọ̀lé kọ̀sílẹ̀, ni ó di pàtàkì igun ilé; iṣẹ́ Olúwa ni èyí, ó sì jẹ́ ìyanu ní ojú wa’?
"Have you never read in the Scriptures," Jesus answered, "how The stone that the builders rejected Has been made the corner-stone; This is the Lord’s doing, It is wonderful in our eyes?
43 “Nítorí náà èmi wí fún yín, a ó gba ìjọba Ọlọ́run lọ́wọ́ yín, a ó sì fi fún àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè tí yóò máa mú èso rẹ̀ wá.
"I tell you that for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation that does produce the fruit of it.
44 Ẹni tí ó bá ṣubú lu òkúta yìí yóò di fífọ́, ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí òun bá ṣubú lù yóò lọ̀ ọ́ lúúlúú.”
"He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but he upon whom it falls will be scattered as dust."
45 Nígbà tí àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn Farisi gbọ́ òwe Jesu, wọ́n mọ̀ wí pé ó ń sọ̀rọ̀ nípa àwọn.
As they listened to his parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees recognized that he was speaking about them;
46 Wọn wá ọ̀nà láti mú un, ṣùgbọ́n wọn bẹ̀rù ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn tí wọ́n gba Jesu gẹ́gẹ́ bí wòlíì.
but although they longed to apprehend him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
