Mateus 13

1 On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the seaside. 2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach. 3 He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, a farmer went out to sow. 4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth. 6 When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away. 7 Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Others fell on good soil and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

10 The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

11 He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them. 12 For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand. 14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says,

‘By hearing you will hear,

and will in no way understand;

Seeing you will see,

and will in no way perceive;

15 for this people’s heart has grown callous,

their ears are dull of hearing,

and they have closed their eyes;

or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes,

hear with their ears,

understand with their heart,

and would turn again,

and I would heal them.’ ✝ 13:15 Isaiah 6:9-10

16 "But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. 17 For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

18 "Hear, then, the parable of the farmer. 19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside. 20 What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately with joy receives it; 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 22 What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 23 What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit and produces, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty."

24 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds*13:25 darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent. also among the wheat, and went away. 26 But when the blade sprang up and produced grain, then the darnel weeds appeared also. 27 The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did these darnel weeds come from?’

28 "He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’

"The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’

29 "But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn."’"

31 He set another parable before them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took, and sowed in his field, 32 which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches."

33 He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures*13:33 literally, three sata. Three sata is about 39 liters or a bit more than a bushel of meal, until it was all leavened."

34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them, 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

"I will open my mouth in parables;

I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world."✝13:35 Psalms 78:2

36 Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field."

37 He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, 38 the field is the world, the good seeds are the children of the Kingdom, and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age. 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling and those who do iniquity, 42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

44 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

45 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls, 46 who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

47 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some fish of every kind, 48 which, when it was filled, fishermen drew up on the beach. They sat down and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away. 49 So it will be in the end of the world.*13:49 or, end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous, 50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." 51 Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?"

They answered him, "Yes, Lord."

52 He said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."

53 When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there. 54 Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?*13:55 or, Judah 56 Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?" 57 They were offended by him.

But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country and in his own house." 58 He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Kairui

1 I taua rā i haere atu a Īhu i te whare, ka noho ki te taha o te moana. 2 Nā, he rahi te hui i huihui ki a ia, ā, ka eke ia ki te kaipuke noho ai; i te takutai anō te hui katoa e tū ana. 3 Ā, he maha āna kōrero ki a rātou, he mea whakarite; i mea ia:

"Nā, i haere te kairui ki te rui. 4 Ā, i a ia e rui ana, ka ngahoro ētahi o ngā purapura ki te taha o te ara, ā, ko te rerenga mai o ngā manu, kainga ake. 5 Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki ngā wāhi kāmaka, ki ngā wāhi kīhai i nui te oneone; nā, pihi tonu ake, kāhore hoki i hōhonu te oneone. 6 Ā, nō te whitinga o te rā, ngaua iho; ā, nō te mea kāhore he pūtake, memenge noa iho. 7 Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki roto ki ngā tātarāmoa; ā, nō te tupunga ake o ngā tātarāmoa, kōwaowaotia ana ngā purapura; 8 Ko ētahi i ngahoro ki te oneone pai, ā, ka hua, nō ētahi kotahi rau, nō ētahi e ono tekau, nō ētahi e toru tekau.

9 "Ki te whai taringa tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia."

Te Take o ngā Kupu Whakarite

10 Ā, ka haere ngā ākonga, ka mea ki a ia, "He aha koe i kōrero whakarite tonu ai ki a rātou?"

11 Nā, ka whakahoki ia ki a rātou, ka mea, "Nō te mea kua hoatu ki a koutou te mātauranga ki ngā mea ngaro o te rangatiratanga o te rangi, ki a rātou ia kāhore i hoatu. 12 Ki te whai mea hoki tētahi, ka hoatu anō ki a ia, ā, ka maha atu ana. Ki te kāhore ia he mea a tētahi, ka tangohia i a ia āna ake. 13 Nā reira ēnei kupu whakarite āku ki a rātou; nō te mea ‘kite rawa rātou, ā, kāhore e kite; rongo rawa, kāhore hoki e mātau.’ 14 Ā, ka rite i a rātou te poropititanga a Ihāia, e mea nei:

‘Rongo noa koutou,

kāhore e mātau;

titiro noa koutou,

kāhore e kite.

15 Kua mātotoru hoki te ngākau o tēnei iwi,

kua pūhoi ngā taringa ki te whakarongo,

ko ngā kanohi kua oti te whakamoe e rātou;

kei kite ō rātou kanohi,

kei rongo ngā taringa,

ā, ka mātau te ngākau, nā, ka tahuri rātou,

ā, ka whakaorangia e ahau.’

16 Ka koa ia ō koutou kanohi, nō te mea ka kite; ō koutou taringa hoki, nō te mea ka rongo. 17 He pono hoki tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, he tokomaha ngā poropiti me ngā tāngata tika i hiahia kia kite i ngā mea e kite nei koutou, ā, kāhore i kite; kia rongo hoki i ngā mea e rongo nei koutou, ā, kāhore i rongo."

Te Take o ngā Kupu Whakarite

18 "Nā, whakarongo ki te kupu i whakaritea ki te kairui. 19 Ki te rongo tētahi ki te kupu o te rangatiratanga, ā, e kore e mātau, nā, ka haere mai te wairua kino, ka kapo i te mea ka oti nā te rui ki tōna ngākau. Ko te tangata tēnei i ngā purapura i te taha o te ara. 20 Ko te tangata ia i ngā purapura i ngā wāhi kōhatu, ko te tangata i rongo ki te kupu, ā, hohoro tonu te tango, hari tonu; 21 Otiia, kāhore ōna pakiaka i roto i a ia, e mau noa ana mō te wā poto, ā, nō te pānga o te whakapāwera, o te whakatoi rānei, mō te kupu, nā hē tonu iho. 22 Ko te tangata i ngā purapura i waenga tātarāmoa, ko te tangata tēnā i rongo ki te kupu; ā, ko te whakaaronga ki tēnei ao, me te hangarau o ngā taonga, hei whakakōwaowao i te kupu, ā, kore ake he hua. 23 Ko te tangata ia i ngā purapura i te oneone pai, ko te tangata e rongo ana ki te kupu, ā, e mātau ana; ā, ka whai hua, ea ake, nō tētahi kotahi rau, nō tētahi e ono tekau, nō tētahi e toru tekau."

Te Kupu Whakarite mō ngā Taru Kino

24 Tēnei ake anō tētahi kupu whakarite i makā e ia ki a rātou, i mea ia: "Ka rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki tētahi tangata i rui i te purapura pai ki tāna māra. 25 Ā, i ngā tāngata e moe ana, ka haere mai tōna hoariri, ruia iho he taru kino ki waenga wīti, ā, haere ana. 26 Ā, nō ka pihi ake te rau, ka hua, kātahi ka kitea hoki ngā taru. 27 Nā, ka haere mai ngā pononga a taua rangatira, ka mea ki a ia, ‘E mara, kīhai ianei koe i rui i te purapura pai ki tāu māra? Nō hea rā ōna taru?’

28 "Nā, ka kī atu ia ki a rātou, ‘Nā te hoariri tēnei i mea.’ Kātahi, ka mea ngā pononga ki a ia, ‘E pai rānei koe kia haere mātou ki te whakawhāiti i aua taru?’ 29 Ā, ka mea ia, ‘Kāhore; kei hūtia ngātahitia te wīti ina whakawhāititia ngā taru. 30 Tukua kia tupu tahi, ā taea noatia te kotinga; ā, i te wā o te kotinga ka mea ahau ki ngā kaikokoti, Mātua whakawhāiti i ngā taru, ka paihere ai hei paihere kia tahuna; ko te wīti ia me kohi ki tōku whare wīti.’ "

Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Pua Nanī

31 Tēnei ake anō tētahi kupu whakarite i makā e ia ki a rātou, i mea ia: "He rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te pua nanī, i kawea e te tangata, i ruia ki tāna māra. 32 He iti rawa ia i ngā purapura katoa, ā, ka tupu, ko ia te nui rawa o ngā otaota, ā, whakarākau ana, nō ka rere mai ngā manu o te rangi, ka noho ki ōna manga."

Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Rēwena

33 Tēnei ake anō tētahi kupu whakarite i kōrerotia e ia ki a rātou: "He rite te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te rēwena i tangohia e tētahi wahine, ā, whaongia ana ki roto ki ngā mēhua parāoa e toru, nō ka rēwenatia katoatia."

Te Mahinga a Īhu ki ngā Kupu Whakarite

34 Ko ēnei mea katoa i kōrerotia e Īhu ki te mano, he mea whakarite; ā, heoi anō āna kupu ki a rātou he kupu whakarite anake. 35 I rite ai tā te poropiti i kōrero ai, i mea ai:

"E puaki i tōku māngai ngā kupu whakarite;

ka kōrerotia e ahau ngā mea

i ngaro nō te tīmatanga rā anō o te ao."

Ka Whakamārama a Īhu i te Kupu Whakarite o ngā Taru Kino

36 Kātahi ka mahue i a Īhu te mano, ka tomo ia ki te whare. Nā, ka haere mai āna ākonga ki a ia, ka mea, "Whakaaturia mai ki a mātou te kupu i whakaritea ki ngā taru i te māra."

37 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a rātou, "Ko te kairui o te purapura pai ko te Tama a te tangata. 38 Ko te māra ko te ao; ko te purapura pai ko ngā tamariki o te rangatiratanga; ngā taru ko ngā tamariki a te kino; 39 ko te hoariri i ruia ai ko te rēwera; te kotinga ko te mutunga o te ao; ngā kaikokoti ko ngā anahera.

40 "Nā, e huihuia ana ngā taru, e tahuna ana ki te ahi; ka pērā anō i te mutunga o tēnei ao. 41 Ka tono te Tama a te tangata i āna anahera ki te huihui i roto i tōna rangatiratanga i ngā mea katoa e tūtuki ai te waewae, i ngā kaimahi anō i te kino; 42 ā, ka makā e rātou ki roto ki te oumu ahi; ko te wāhi tērā o te tangi me te tetēā o ngā niho. 43 Ko reira te hunga tika whiti ai me te rā i te rangatiratanga o tō rātou Matua. Ki te whai taringa tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia."

Te Kupu Whakarite o te Taonga Huna

44 "He rite anō te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te taonga i hunā ki te māra; nō te kitenga a tētahi tangata, nā, ka hunā e ia, ā haere ana, he koa hoki nōna, nā hokona ana āna mea katoa, ā, hokona ana mai taua māra māna."

Te Kupu Whakarite o te Peara

45 "He rite anō te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te kaihokohoko, e rapu ana i ngā peara papai. 46 Ā, nō tōna kitenga i tētahi peara utu nui, haere ana, hokona ana āna mea katoa, ā, hokona ana mai taua peara māna."

Te Kupu Whakarite o te Kupenga

47 "He rite anō te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki te kupenga i tukua ki te moana, ā, haoa ana he ika o ia āhua, o ia āhua. 48 Ā, ka kī, ka kūmea ki uta, ā, noho ana, kohikohia ana ngā ika papai ki ngā kete, ko ngā mea kikino ia i ākiritia ki waho. 49 Ka pērā anō a te mutunga o te ao. Ka haere ngā anahera, ka wehewehe i te hunga kino i roto i te hunga tika, 50 ā, ka maka i a rātou ki roto ki te oumu ahi; ko te wāhi tērā o te tangi, o te tetēā o ngā niho."

He Tikanga Hou, he Tikanga Tawhito

51 Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "Kua mātau rānei koutou ki ēnei mea katoa?"

Ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Āe, e te Ariki."

52 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Koia te karaipi, i ākona ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi, i rite ai ki tētahi rangatira whare e whakaputa mai ana i ngā mea hou, i ngā mea tawhito, i roto i tāna toa."

Te Whakahāweatanga i a Īhu i Nahareta

53 Ā, ka mutu ēnei kupu whakarite a Īhu, ka haere atu ia i reira. 54 Ā, ka tae ki tōna kāinga tupu ka ako i a rātou i roto i tō rātou whare karakia, ā, mīharo noa rātou, ka mea, "Nō hea ēnei whakaaro nui me ngā merekara a tēnei tangata? 55 Ehara ianei tēnei i te tama a te kāmura? He teka ianei ko Meri te ingoa o tōna whaea? Ko Hēmi hoki rātou ko Hōhepa, ko Haimona, ko Hūrā, ōna tēina? 56 Me ōna tuāhine, kāhore ianei rātou katoa i a tātou nei? Nō hea rā ēnei mea katoa a tēnei tangata?" 57 Heoi, ka hē rātou ki a ia.

Otirā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "Kei tōna kāinga, kei tōna whare anake te poropiti hapa ai i te hōnore." 58 Ā, kīhai i maha ngā merekara i meatia e ia ki reira, i tō rātou whakapono kore hoki.