1 Ja kun he lähestyivät Jerusalemia ja saapuivat Beetfageen, Öljymäelle, silloin Jeesus lähetti kaksi opetuslasta

4 Mutta tämä tapahtui, että kävisi toteen, mikä on puhuttu profeetan kautta, joka sanoo:

5 Sanokaa tytär Siionille: 'Katso, sinun kuninkaasi tulee sinulle hiljaisena ja ratsastaen aasilla, ikeenalaisen aasin varsalla'.

6 Niin opetuslapset menivät ja tekivät, niinkuin Jeesus oli heitä käskenyt,

7 ja toivat aasintamman varsoineen ja panivat niiden selkään vaatteensa, ja hän istuutui niiden päälle.

8 Ja suurin osa kansasta levitti vaatteensa tielle, ja toiset karsivat oksia puista ja hajottivat tielle.

1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. 10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? 11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.