Mateus 20

1 "For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius*20:2 A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor. a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 He went out about the third hour,*20:3 Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 a.m. and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. 4 He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour,*20:5 noon and 3:00 p.m. and did likewise. 6 About the eleventh hour*20:6 5:00 p.m. he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

7 "They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’

"He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

8 "When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’ 9 "When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius. 10 When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household, 12 saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’

13 "But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you. 15 Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’ 16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."

17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, 18 "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, 19 and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up."

20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him. 21 He said to her, "What do you want?"

She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."

22 But Jesus answered, "You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?"

They said to him, "We are able."

23 He said to them, "You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father."

24 When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

25 But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. 26 It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be*20:26 TR reads "let him be" instead of "shall be" your servant. 27 Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant, 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

29 As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 30 Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!" 31 The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"

32 Jesus stood still and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

33 They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."

34 Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

Ngā Kaimahi i roto i tētahi Māra Wāina

1 "He rite hoki te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki tētahi rangatira whare, i haere i te atatū ki te kōrero kaimahi mō tāna māra wāina. 2 Ā, nō ka oti te whakarite ki ngā kaimahi kia kotahi rā he pene, tonoa ana rātou e ia ki tāna māra wāina.

3 "Ā, ka haere atu ia i te toru o ngā hāora, ka kite i ētahi atu e tū māngere ana i te kāinga hokohoko, 4 ka mea ki a rātou, ‘Haere hoki koutou ki te māra wāina, ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koutou te mea e tika ana.’ Nā, haere ana rātou.

5 "I haere anō ia i te ono, i te iwa o ngā hāora, ā, pērā ana anō. 6 I te tekau mā tahi o ngā hāora ka haere atu anō ia, ka kite i ētahi atu e tū ana, ka mea ki a rātou, ‘He aha tā koutou e tū māngere i konei i te rā roa nei?’ 7 Ka mea rātou ki a ia, ‘Nō te mea rā kāhore he tangata i kōrero ki a mātou ki te mahi.’ Ka mea ia ki a rātou, ‘Haere anō koutou ki te māra wāina.’

8 "Ā, nō te ahiahi ka mea te rangatira o te māra wāina ki tāna kaiwhakahauhau, ‘Karangatia ngā kaimahi, utua hoki rātou, hei ō muri tīmata ai puta noa ki ō mua.’

9 "Ā, nō te taenga mai o te hunga i kōrerotia i te tekau mā tahi o ngā hāora, kotahi te pene i riro i tētahi, i tētahi. 10 Ka tae anō ō mua, hua noa rātou tērā atu te mea e riro i a rātou; heoi, kotahi anō te pene i riro i a rātou. 11 Ā, nō ka riro i a rātou, ka amuamu ki taua rangatira whare, 12 ka mea, ‘Kotahi te hāora i mahi ai ēnei ō muri, ā, ka oti rātou te whakarite ki a mātou, ki te hunga i pēhia nei e te taimaha e te tīkākātanga o te rā.’

13 "Ā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki tētahi o rātou, ‘E hoa, kāhore āku hē ki a koe; kīhai koe i whakarite ki ahau me pene? 14 Tangohia tāu, haere. E pai ana ahau kia rite ki tāu te mea e hoatu ki tēnei ō muri. 15 Ehara ianei i te tika kia meatia e ahau tāku e pai ai ki āku mea? He kino oti tōu kanohi nō te mea he pai ahau?’

16 "Heoi, ko ō muri e meinga ki mua, ko ō mua ki muri; he tokomaha hoki e karangatia, he ruarua ia e whiriwhiria."

Ngā Kōrerotanga a Īhu mō Tōna Matenga

17 Ā, i a Īhu e haere ana ki Hiruhārama, i a rātou i te ara, ka kawea e ia āna ākonga kotahi tekau mā rua ki tahaki, ā, ka mea ki a rātou, 18 "Nā, e haere ana tēnei tātou ki Hiruhārama; ā, ka tukua te Tama a te tangata ki ngā tohunga nui, ki ngā karaipi, ka kīia ia e rātou kia mate, 19 ka tukua ia ki ngā tauiwi kia tāwaia, kia whiua, kia rīpekatia; ā, i te toru o ngā rā ka whakaarahia ake."

He Īnoi a tētahi Whaea

20 Me i reira ka tae ki a ia te whaea o ngā tama a Heperi, rātou ko āna tama, ā, ka koropiko, ka īnoi ki tētahi mea i a ia.

21 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, "He hiahia aha tōu?"

Ka mea ia ki a ia, "Whakaaetia ēnei tama tokorua āku, kia noho, tētahi ki tōu matau, tētahi ki tōu mauī, i tōu rangatiratanga."

22 Otirā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea, "Kāhore kōrua e mōhio ki tā kōrua e īnoi nei. E āhei rānei kōrua te inu i te kapu meāke inumia e ahau, kia iriiria hoki ki te iriiringa ka iriiria nei ahau?"

Ka mea rāua ki a ia, "E āhei anō."

23 Ka mea ia ki a rāua, "E inu anō kōrua i tāku kapu, e iriiria ki te iriiringa e iriiria ai ahau; ko te noho ia ki tōku matau, ki tōku mauī, ehara i ahau māna e hoatu, engari, ka riro i te hunga i whakaritea nei e tōku Matua mō rātou."

24 Ā, nō ka rongo te tekau, ka riri ki aua hoa tokorua. 25 Otirā, ka karangatia rātou e Īhu, ā, ka mea ia, "E mātau ana koutou, ko ngā kāwana o ngā tauiwi hei whakatupu rangatira ki a rātou, ko ngā tāngata rarahi hei akiaki i a rātou. 26 E kore e pērā i roto i a koutou; engari, ki te mea tētahi kia tupu ia hei tangata nui i roto i a koutou, me whakatupu kaimahi ia mā koutou. 27 Ā, ki te mea tētahi kia tupu ko ia hei tino tangata i roto i a koutou, me whakatupu pononga ia mā koutou; 28 pērā i te Tama a te tangata, kīhai nei i haere mai kia mahia he mea māna, engari, kia mahi ia, ā, kia tuku i a ia kia mate hei whakautu mō ngā tāngata tokomaha."

Ka Whakaorangia e Īhu ētahi Tāngata Tokorua, he Matapō

29 Ā, i a rātou e haere atu ana i Heriko, he rahi te hui i aru i a ia. 30 Nā, tokorua ngā matapō e noho ana i te taha o te ara; ka rongo rāua ko Īhu tērā e haere atu ana, ka karanga ake, ka mea, "Kia aroha ki a māua, e te Ariki, e te Tama a Rāwiri."

31 Ā, i rīria rāua e te mano kia noho puku; heoi rahi ake tā rāua karanga, ka mea, "Kia aroha ki a māua, e te Ariki, e te Tama a Rāwiri."

32 Nā, ka tū a Īhu, ka karanga i a rāua, ka mea, "Kia ahatia kōrua e ahau?"

33 Ka mea rāua ki a ia, "E te Ariki, kia kite ō māua kanohi!"

34 Nā, ka aroha a Īhu, ka pā ki ō rāua kanohi; ā, titiro tonu ake ō rāua kanohi, ā, aru ana rāua i a ia.