Mateus 12

1 At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."

3 But he said to them, "Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he entered into God’s house and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?✝12:4 1 Samuel 21:3-6 5 Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless? 6 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. 7 But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’✝12:7 Hosea 6:6 you wouldn’t have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

9 He departed from there and went into their synagogue. 10 And behold, there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?" so that they might accuse him.

11 He said to them, "What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won’t he grab on to it and lift it out? 12 Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day." 13 Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

15 Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all, 16 and commanded them that they should not make him known, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

18 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,

my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased.

I will put my Spirit on him.

He will proclaim justice to the nations.

19 He will not strive, nor shout,

neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

20 He won’t break a bruised reed.

He won’t quench a smoking flax,

until he leads justice to victory.

21 In his name, the nations will hope."✝12:21 Isaiah 42:1-4

22 Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him; and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw. 23 All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be the son of David?" 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."

25 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27 If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. 28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then God’s Kingdom has come upon you. 29 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.

30 "He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters. 31 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in that which is to come.

33 "Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. 35 The good man out of his good treasure*12:35 TR adds "of the heart" brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things. 36 I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

43 "When an unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he passes through waterless places seeking rest, and doesn’t find it. 44 Then he says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came;’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order. 45 Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."

46 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him. 47 One said to him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you."

48 But he answered him who spoke to him, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?" 49 He stretched out his hand toward his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."

Te Take e Pā ana ki te Hāpati

1 I taua wā i haere a Īhu i te hāpati rā waenga wīti; ā, e hiakai ana āna ākonga, nā, ka anga rātou, ka kato i ngā wīti, ka kai. 2 Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā Parihi, ka mea ki a ia, "Nā, āu ākonga e mea nā i te mea e kore e tika kia meinga i te hāpati."

3 Ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Kāhore koutou i kite i tā Rāwiri i mea ai, i a ia e hiakai ana, rātou ko ōna hoa? 4 I tōna tomokanga ki te whare o te Atua, i tāna kainga i ngā taro aroaro, i ngā mea kīhai nei i tika kia kainga e ia, e ōna hoa rānei, engari, mā ngā tohunga anake? 5 Kāhore anō koutou i kite i roto i te ture, e whakanoatia ana te hāpati e ngā tohunga i roto i te temepara i ngā hāpati, ā, kāhore he hē? 6 Ko tāku kupu ia tēnei ki a koutou, kei konei tētahi, he rahi kē i te temepara. 7 Otiia, me i mātau koutou ki tēnei, ‘Ko tāku e pai ai ko te tohu tangata, hāunga te patunga tapu.’ Kāhore koutou i whakahē i te hunga harakore; 8 ko te Tama nei hoki a te tangata te Ariki o te hāpati."

Te Tangata me tōna Ringa Memenge

9 Nā, ka haere atu ia i reira, ka tomo ki tō rātou whare karakia; 10 nā, he tangata tērā kua memenge te ringa. Ā, ka ui rātou ki a ia, "He tika rānei te whakaora i te hāpati?" He mea hoki kia whakapāngia ai e rātou he hē ki a ia.

11 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Ko tēhea tangata o koutou, ki te mea kotahi āna hipi, ā, ka taka ki roto ki te poka i te hāpati, e kore rānei ia e mau ki taua hipi, e hāpai ake? 12 Nā, tērā noa atu tō te tangata pai i tō te hipi. Inā, he tika anō te mahi pai i ngā hāpati."

13 Me i reira ka mea ia ki taua tangata, "Totoro mai tōu ringa." Ā, nō te toronga, kua ora anō, kua pērā me tētahi. 14 Nā, ka haere ngā Parihi ki waho, ka rūnanga mōna me pēhea e ngaro ai ia i a rātou.

Te Pononga i Whiriwhiria e te Atua

15 Otirā, i mātau a Īhu, ā, haere atu ana i reira; ā, he rahi te hui i aru i a ia, ā, whakaorangia ana rātou katoa e ia; 16 ā, i whakatūpato anō ia i a rātou kei whakakitea ia. 17 Nā, ka rite tā Ihāia poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai:

18 "Nā, tāku pononga, tāku i whiriwhiri ai,

tāku i aroha ai, tā tōku Wairua i āhuareka ai.

Ka waiho e ahau tōku Wairua ki runga ki a ia,

ā, māna e whakapuaki te whakawā ki ngā tauiwi.

19 E kore ia e totohe, e kore ia e hāmama,

e kore anō e rangona tōna reo i ngā ara.

20 E kore e whatia porokeretia e ia te kākaho i mangungu,

e kore e tineia te muka e whakapaoa ana.

Kia puta rā anō i a ia te whakawā ki te wikitōria,

21 ka tūmanako hoki ngā tauiwi ki tōna ingoa."

Ko Īhu, ki a Perehepura

22 Me i reira ka kawea mai ki a ia he tangata e nohoia ana e te rēwera, he matapō, he wahangū; ā, whakaorangia ana e ia, nō ka kōrero, ka kite taua matapō, taua wahangū. 23 Ā, ka ohomauri te mano katoa, ka mea, "Ehara ianei tēnei i te Tama a Rāwiri?"

24 Ā, nō te rongonga o ngā Parihi, ka mea, "Ehara i a ia nāna i pei ngā rēwera nei, engari, nā Perehepura, nā te rangatira o ngā rēwera."

25 Ā, i mātau a Īhu ki ō rātou whakaaro, ka mea ki a rātou, "Ki te tahuri iho tētahi rangatiratanga ki a ia anō, ka kore; ki te tahuri iho hoki ki a ia anō tētahi pā, tētahi whare rānei, e kore e tū. 26 Nā, ki te pei a Hātana i a Hātana anō, e tahuri iho ana ki a ia anō; me pēhea e tū ai tōna rangatiratanga? 27 Ā, ki te mea nā Perehepura tāku peinga rēwera, nā wai te peinga a ā koutou tamariki? Nā, ko rātou hei kaiwhakawā mō koutou. 28 Tēnā, ki te mea nā te Wairua o te Atua tāku peinga rēwera, inā, kua tae noa mai te rangatiratanga o te Atua ki a koutou.

29 "Me pēhea oti ka tomo ai te tangata ki te whare o te tangata kaha, ka pāhua ai i ōna taonga, ki te kore ia e mātua here i taua tangata kaha? Ko reira pāhua ai i tōna whare.

30 "Ko te tangata ehara i te hoa nōku, he hoariri ia ki ahau; ko te tangata kāhore e kohikohi tahi māua, e tītaritari ana. 31 Koia ahau ka mea nei ki a koutou, ko ngā hara katoa me ngā kohukohu a te tangata e murua; tēnā ko te kohukohu ki te Wairua Tapu e kore e murua. 32 Ki te kōrero whakahē hoki tētahi mō te Tama a te tangata, e murua tāna; tēnā ki te kōrero whakahē tētahi mō te Wairua Tapu, e kore e murua tāna i tēnei ao, e kore anō i tērā atu."

He Rākau me Āna Hua

33 "Meinga rānei te rākau kia pai, ā, pai iho ōna hua; meinga rānei te rākau kia kino, ā, kino iho ōna hua; mā ngā hua hoki ka mōhiotia ai te rākau. 34 E te uri nākahi, me pēhea ka kōrero pai ai koutou, te hunga kino? He pūrenatanga hoki nō te ngākau ngā kupu a te māngai. 35 Ko te tangata pai he pai ana e whakaputa ai i roto i ngā taonga pai o te ngākau; ko te tangata kino hoki he kino ana e whakaputa ai i roto i ngā taonga kino.

36 "Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, me kōrero e ngā tāngata, i te rā whakawā, te tikanga o ngā kupu pokanoa katoa e puaki i a rātou. 37 Mā āu kupu hoki koe ka whakatikaia ai, mā āu kupu anō ka tau ai te hē ki a koe."

Te Rapu mō tētahi Tohu

38 Me i reira ka kī ētahi o ngā karaipi, o ngā Parihi, ka mea, "E te Kaiwhakaako, e mea ana mātou kia kite i tētahi tohu i a koe."

39 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, "E rapu ana te whakatupuranga kino, pūremu, i tētahi tohu; ā, e kore tētahi tohu e hoatu, ko te tohu anake o Hona poropiti. 40 E toru hoki ngā rā o Hona, e toru ngā pō, i roto i te kōpū o te tohorā; waihoki ka toru ngā rā, ka toru ngā pō o te Tama a te tangata ki te manawa o te whenua. 41 E ara ngā tāngata o Ninewe me tēnei whakatupuranga i te whakawākanga, e whakatau i te hē ki a rātou; i rīpenetā hoki rātou i te kauwhau a Hona; ā, tēnei tētahi he nui kē i a Hona. 42 E ara te kuīni o te tonga me tēnei whakatupuranga i te whakawākanga, e whakatau i te hē ki a rātou; i haere mai hoki ia i ngā pito o te whenua ki te whakarongo ki ngā whakaaro nui o Horomona; ā, tēnei tētahi he nui kē i a Horomona."

Te Hokinga mai o te Wairua Poke

43 "Ka puta mai te wairua poke i roto i te tangata, ka hāereere rā ngā wāhi maroke rapu okiokinga ai, ā, tē kitea, 44 ka mea ia, ‘Ka hoki ahau ki tōku whare i puta mai ai ahau.’ Ā, nō te taenga atu, rokohanga atu e takoto kau ana, oti rawa te tahi, te whakapai. 45 Nā, ka haere ia, ka tango i ētahi atu wairua tokowhitu hei hoa mōna, he kino noa atu i a ia, ka tomo rātou, ka noho ki reira; ā, kino atu i te tīmatanga te whakamutunga ki taua tangata. Tērā anō e pērā tēnei whakatupuranga kino."

Ko te Whaea rātou ko ngā Tēina a Īhu

46 I a ia anō e kōrero ana ki te mano, nā, ko tōna whaea rātou ko ōna tēina e tū ana i waho, e whai ana kia kōrero ki a ia. 47 Ā, ka mea tētahi ki a ia, "Nā, tōu whaea me ōu tēina te tū mai nei i waho, e whai ana kia kōrero ki a koe."

48 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki te tangata i kōrero ki a ia, "Ko wai tōku whaea? Ko wai hoki ōku tēina?" 49 Nā, ka totoro tōna ringa ki āna ākonga, ka mea, "Nā, tōku whaea, ōku tēina! 50 Ki te meatia hoki e tētahi tā tōku Matua i te rangi e pai ai, hei teina ia ki ahau, hei tuahine, hei whaea."