Lucas 13

1 Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way. 4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way."

6 He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down! Why does it waste the soil?’ 8 He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’"

10 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day. 11 Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. She was bent over and could in no way straighten herself up. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity." 13 He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight and glorified God.

14 The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"

15 Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead him away to water? 16 Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"

17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

18 He said, "What is God’s Kingdom like? To what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches."

20 Again he said, "To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom? 21 It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures *13:21 literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 liters or a bit more than a bushel. of flour, until it was all leavened."

22 He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem. 23 One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?"

He said to them, 24 "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able. 25 When once the master of the house has risen up and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’ 26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’ 27 He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside. 29 They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom. 30 Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last."

31 On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."

32 He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission. 33 Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.’

34 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused! 35 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’" ✝13:35 Psalms 118:26

Rīpenetā, e Mate Rānei

1 Nā, i reira ētahi i taua wā, nāna i kōrero ki a ia ngā tāngata o Karirī, i whakaranua nei ō rātou toto e Pirato ki ā rātou patunga tapu. 2 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, "E mea ana rānei koutou, he hara rawa aua tāngata o Karirī i ngā tāngata katoa o Karirī, nō te mea he pērā ō rātou mate? 3 Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, kāhore; engari ki te kore koutou e rīpenetā, ka pērā anō hoki koutou katoa te mate. 4 Me taua tekau mā waru i horoa nei e te pourewa o Hiroama, ā, mate iho, e mea ana oti koutou, he hara rawa rātou i ngā tāngata katoa e noho ana i Hiruhārama? 5 Ko tāku tēnei ki a koutou, kāhore; engari ki te kore koutou e rīpenetā, ka pērā anō koutou katoa te mate."

Te Kupu Whakarite o te Rākau Piki Huakore

6 Ā, i kōrerotia e ia tēnei kupu whakarite, "He piki tā tētahi tangata, he mea whakatō ki tāna māra wāina; nā, ka haere mai ia, ka rapu hua i runga, ā, kīhai i kitea. 7 Kātahi ia ka mea ki te kaimahi wāina, ‘Nā, ka toru ēnei ōku tau e haere mai ana ki te rapu hua i runga i tēnei piki, heoi, kāhore i kitea. Tuaina ki raro; hei aha i maumauria ai hoki te whenua?’

8 "Nā, ka whakahoki tērā, ka mea ki a ia, ‘E te ariki, waiho anō hoki i tēnei tau, kia keria rā anō e ahau ngā taha kia makā hoki he wairākau. 9 Ā, ki te whai hua ā houanga, ka waiho; ki te kāhore, māu e tua ki raro.’ "

Te Whakaora i te Wahine i te Hāpati

10 Ā, i roto ia i tētahi o ngā whare karakia e whakaako ana i te hāpati. 11 Nā, ko tētahi wahine, he wairua ngoikore tōna, kotahi tekau mā waru ngā tau, piko tonu, kīhai rawa i āhei te whakatika ake. 12 Ā, nō te kitenga o Īhu i a ia, ka karanga atu ki a ia, ka mea ki a ia, "E kui, ka oti tōu ngoikore te whakamatara." 13 Nā, whakapākia iho e ia ōna ringa ki a ia, ā, kīhai i aha kua tika, whakakorōria ana i te Atua.

14 Nā, he riri nōna mō Īhu i whakaora i te hāpati, ka kōrero te rangatira o te whare karakia, ka mea ki te mano, "E ono ngā rā e tika ai te tangata te mahi. Hei reira koutou haere mai ai kia whakaorangia, kauaka i te hāpati."

15 Nā, ka whakahoki te Ariki ki a ia, ka mea, "E ngā tāngata tinihanga, e kore ianei tēnei tangata, tēnei tangata o koutou e wewete i tāna kau i te hāpati, i tāna kāihe rānei, ka ārahi atu ai i te tūranga ki te whakainu? 16 Kāhore rānei tēnei wahine, he tamāhine nei nā Āperahama, i herea nei e Hātana i ēnei tau tekau mā waru, e tika kia wetekina i tōna here i te rā hāpati?"

17 Ā, nō ka kōrerotia ēnei mea e ia, ka whakamā katoa te hunga e whakahē ana ki a ia, ā, hari katoa te mano ki ngā mea korōria katoa i meinga e ia.

Te Kupu Whakarite o te Pua Nanī

18 Nā, ka mea ia, "He rite te rangatiratanga o te Atua ki te aha? Ā, me whakarite e ahau ki te aha? 19 He rite ki te pua nanī, i kawea e te tangata, i ruia ki tāna kāri; ā, ka tupu, ka whakarākau, nō ka noho ngā manu o te rangi ki ōna manga."

Te Kupu Whakarite o te Rēwena

20 Ā, i mea anō ia, "Me whakarite e ahau te rangatiratanga o te Atua ki te aha? 21 He rite ki te rēwena i tangohia e tētahi wahine, ā, whaongia ana ki roto ki ngā mēhua parāoa e toru, nō ka rēwenatia katoa."

Te Kūwaha Kūiti

22 Ā, ka hāereerea e ia ngā pā, ngā kāinga, whakaako ai, me te ahu tonu ki Hiruhārama. 23 Nā, ka mea tētahi ki a ia, "E te Ariki, he torutoru koia te hunga e ora?"

Nā, ko tāna meatanga ki a rātou, 24 "Kia kaha te tohe ki te tomo mā te kūwaha kūiti. Ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, he tokomaha e whai ki te tomo, ā, e kore e taea. 25 Kia whakatika kau te tangata i te whare, kia tūtakina te tatau, kātahi koutou ka anga, ka tū i waho, ka pātuki ki te tatau, ka mea, ‘E te Ariki, uakina ki a mātou,’ nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a koutou, ‘Kāhore ahau i mōhio ki a koutou, nō hea rānei.’ 26 Ko reira koutou tīmata ai te mea, ‘Kua kai mātou, kua inu i tōu aroaro, i whakaako anō koe i ō mātou huarahi.’ 27 Ā, ka kī anō ia, ‘Ka mea atu ahau ki a koutou, kāhore ahau i mātau ki a koutou, nō hea rānei. Mawehe atu i ahau, e ngā kaimahi katoa i te kino.’

28 "Ko te wā tēnā o te tangi, o te tetēā o ngā niho, ina kite koutou i a Āperahama, i a Īhaka, i a Hākopa, i ngā poropiti katoa, kei te rangatiratanga o te Atua, ā, ko koutou kua makā ki waho. 29 Ā, ka haere mai rātou i te rāwhiti, i te hauāuru, i te hauraro, i te tonga, ka noho ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua 30 Nā, tērā ētahi ō muri e meinga ki mua, me ētahi ō mua ki muri."

Te Aroha o Īhu ki Hiruhārama

31 I taua hāora anō ka tae mai ētahi Parihi, ka mea ki a ia, "Haere, whakarērea a konei; e hiahia ana hoki a Herora kia whakamatea koe."

32 Ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Haere, mea atu ki taua pokiha, ‘Nā, tēnei ahau te pei rēwera nei, te mahi nei i te mahi whakaora āianei, āpōpō, ā, i te toru o ngā rā ka oti tāku. 33 Otiia, me hāereere ahau āianei, āpōpō, ā tahi rā; e kore hoki e āhei kia mate he poropiti i waho o Hiruhārama.’

34 "E Hiruhārama, e Hiruhārama, e whakamate nei i ngā poropiti, e āki nei ki te kāmaka i te hunga e tonoa ana ki a koe; anō te tini o āku meatanga kia whakaminea āu tamariki, kia pērātia me te heihei e whakamine nei i āna pī ki raro ki ōna parirau, ā, kīhai koutou i pai! 35 Nā, ka mahue atu ki a koutou tō koutou whare kia takoto noa ana. He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, e kore koutou e kite i ahau, kia tae mai rā anō te rā e mea ai koutou, ‘Ka whakapaingia ia e haere mai ana i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki.’ "