Mateus 17

1 After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves. 2 He was changed*17:2 or, transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light. 3 Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.

4 Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."

6 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid. 7 Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don’t be afraid." 8 Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.

9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."

10 His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

11 Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things; 12 but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them." 13 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.

14 When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him and saying, 15 "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."

17 Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me." 18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren’t we able to cast it out?"

20 He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. 21 But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting." *17:21 NU omits verse 21.

22 While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men, 23 and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up."

They were exceedingly sorry.

24 When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins*17:24 A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days’ wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, because 2 drachmas were worth one half shekel of silver. A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. came to Peter, and said, "Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?" 25 He said, "Yes."

When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?"

26 Peter said to him, "From strangers."

Jesus said to him, "Therefore the children are exempt. 27 But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin.*17:27 A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two people. A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, usually in the form of a silver coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you."

Te Whakaahua Kētanga

1 Ā, ka pahure ngā rā e ono, ka mau a Īhu ki a Pita, ki a Hēmi rāua ko tōna teina ko Hoani, nā, kawea ana rātou e ia ki runga ki tētahi maunga tiketike ki te wāhi motu kē. 2 Ā, ka puta kē tōna āhua i tō rātou aroaro; whiti tonu tōna mata me te rā, mā tonu ōna kākahu me te mārama.

3 Nā, ka kitea e rātou a Mohi rāua ko Irāia e kōrerorero ana ki a ia. 4 Kātahi ka oho a Pita, ka mea ki a Īhu, "E te Ariki, he pai kia noho tātou i konei; ki te pai koe, mā mātou e hanga ētahi wharau ki konei kia toru; kia kotahi mōu, kia kotahi mō Mohi, kia kotahi mō Irāia."

5 I a ia anō e kōrero ana, nā, ka taumarumaru iho te kapua mārama i runga i a rātou; nā, he reo nō te kapua e mea ana, "Ko tāku Tama tēnei i aroha ai, ko tāku i āhuareka ai; whakarongo ki a ia!"

6 A, nō ka rongo ngā ākonga, ka takoto tāpapa rātou, he nui hoki tō rātou wehi. 7 Nā, ka haere a Īhu, ka pā ki a rātou, ka mea, "Whakatika, kaua e wehi." 8 Ā, nō ka ara ake ō rātou kanohi, kāhore he tangata i kitea e rātou, ko Īhu anake.

9 Nā, i a rātou e heke iho ana i te maunga, ka whakatūpato a Īhu i a rātou, ka mea, "Kaua e kōrerotia ki te tangata te mea i kitea nei, kia ara ake rā anō te Tama a te tangata i te hunga mate."

10 Ā, ka ui āna ākonga ki a ia ka mea, "He aha ngā karaipi ka mea ai, ko Irāia kia mātua puta mai?"

11 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, "Ko Irāia anō e mātua puta hei whakatika i ngā mea katoa. 12 Ko tāku ia tēnei ki a koutou, kua tae noa mai a Irāia, ā, kīhai rātou i mōhio ki a ia, heoi, meatia ana e rātou ki a ia tā rātou i pai ai. E pērā anō te Tama a te tangata te mamae i a rātou." 13 Kātahi ka mōhio ngā ākonga ko Hoani Kaiiriiri tāna i kōrero ai ki a rātou.

Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu tētahi Tamaiti mau Rēwera

14 Ā, nō ka tae rātou ki te mano, ka haere mai ki a ia tētahi tangata, ka tūturi ngā turi ki a ia, ka mea, 15 "E te Ariki, kia aroha ki tāku tama; he haurangi hoki ia, he kino tōna mamae; he maha hoki ōna hinganga ki te kāpura, he maha ki te wai. 16 Ā, i kawea ia e ahau ki āu ākonga, heoi, kīhai ia i taea te whakaora e rātou."

17 Nā, ka oho a Īhu, ka mea, "E te uri whakapono kore, parori kē, kia pēhea te roa o tōku noho ki a koutou? Kia pēhea te roa o tōku manawanui ki a koutou? Kawea mai ia ki konei, ki ahau." 18 Nā, ka rīria te rēwera e Īhu; ā, puta ana i roto i a ia; ā, ora ake te tamaiti i taua wā pū anō.

19 Me i reira ka haere puku ngā ākonga ki a Īhu, ka mea, "He aha rā tē āhei ai i a mātou te pei i a ia ki waho?"

20 Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou:

"Nā tō koutou whakapono iti; he pono hoki tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ki te mea he whakapono tō koutou, pērā me tō te pua nanī te rahi, e mea koutou ki tēnei maunga, ‘Neke atu i konei ki tērā wāhi’; ā, ka neke; kāhore hoki he mea e kore e taea e koutou. 21 Otirā, e kore e puta noa te pēnā, mā te īnoi anake mā te nohopuku."

Ka Kōrero anō a Īhu mō Tōna Matenga

22 Ā, i a rātou e noho ana i Karirī, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "Meāke tukua te Tama a te tangata ki ngā ringa o ngā tāngata; 23 ā, ka whakamatea e rātou, ā, i te toru o ngā rā ka ara." Ā, nui atu tō rātou pōuri.

Me Hoatu te Takoha Temepara

24 Ā, nō tō rātou taenga ki Kaperenauma, ka haere mai ki a Pita ngā kaikohikohi i te hāwhe hekere, ka mea, "E kore ianei tōu Kaiwhakaako e hōmai i te hāwhe hekere?"

25 Ka mea ia, "E hoatu anō."

Ā, nō ka tapoko ia ki te whare, ko Īhu kua kōrero ki a ia, kua mea, "E pēhea ana tōu whakaaro, e Haimona? E tangohia ana e ngā kīngi o te ao ngā takoha taonga me te takoha tangata i a wai? I ā rātou ake tama, i a ngā tāngata kē rānei?"

26 Ka mea a Pita ki a ia, "I a ngā tāngata kē."

Nā, ko te kīanga a Īhu ki a ia, "Ha, pēnā ka haere noa ngā tamariki. 27 Ahakoa rā, kei whai take hē mai rātou ki a tātou, haere ki te moana, piua tētahi matau, ā, ka eke te ika mātāmua, tangohia; nā, ka whakatuwhera i tōna māngai, ka kite ai koe i tētahi moni, tangohia tēnā, ka hoatu ki a rātou, hei mea mōku, mōu."