Mateus 21

1 When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage,*21:1 TR & NU read "Bethphage" instead of "Bethsphage" to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, "Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them."

4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

5 "Tell the daughter of Zion,

behold, your King comes to you,

humble, and riding on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey."✝21:5 Zechariah 9:9

6 The disciples went and did just as Jesus commanded them, 7 and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them. 8 A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, "Hosanna*21:9 "Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray". to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"✝21:9 Psalms 118:26

10 When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"

11 The multitudes said, "This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."

12 Jesus entered into the temple of God and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. 13 He said to them, "It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’✝21:13 Isaiah 56:7 but you have made it a den of robbers!"✝21:13 Jeremiah 7:11

14 The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David!" they were indignant, 16 and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?"

Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children and nursing babies, you have perfected praise’?"✝21:16 Psalms 8:2

17 He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.

18 Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, "Let there be no fruit from you forever!"

Immediately the fig tree withered away.

20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"

21 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done. 22 All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"

24 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?"

They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet." 27 They answered Jesus, and said, "We don’t know."

He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. 28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’ 29 He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went. 30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?"

They said to him, "The first."

Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

33 "Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country. 34 When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit. 35 The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way. 37 But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38 But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’ 39 So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him. 40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"

41 They told him, "He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit in its season."

42 Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures,

‘The stone which the builders rejected

was made the head of the corner.

This was from the Lord.

It is marvelous in our eyes’? ✝ 21:42 Psalms 118:22-23

43 "Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit. 44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."

45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them. 46 When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

Te Tomokanga Manahau ki Hiruhārama

1 Ā, nō ka tata rātou ki Hiruhārama, ka tae ki Petapaki, ki Maunga Ōriwa, ka tonoa atu e Īhu ngā ākonga tokorua, 2 ka mea ia ki a rāua "Haere ki te kāinga e anga mai ana ki a kōrua; nā, ka kite tonu kōrua i tētahi kāihe e here ana me tāna kūao; wetekia, ka ārahi mai ki ahau. 3 Ā, ki te whai kupu tētahi tangata ki a kōrua, kī atu, ‘E mea ana te Ariki ki a rāua māna’; nā, ka tukua tonutia mai rāua e ia."

4 I meinga tēnei katoa hei whakarite mō te kupu a te poropiti, i mea ai:

5 "Mea atu ki te tamāhine o Hiona,

‘Nā, ko tōu kīngi e haere mai nā ki a koe,

he ngākau māhaki tōna, e noho ana i runga i te kāihe,

i te kūao hoki, i te tama a te kāihe.’ "

6 Nā, haere ana ngā ākonga, meatia ana tā Īhu i mea ai ki a rāua: 7 ārahina mai ana te kāihe me te kūao, whārikitia ana ki runga ō rāua kākahu, ā, noho ana ia ki runga. 8 Ā, he nui rawa te hui ki te whāriki i ō rātou kākahu ki te ara; ko ētahi i tapahi manga mai i ngā rākau, ā, whārikitia ana ki te ara. 9 Ko ngā mano i haere i mua, me te hunga i haere i muri, kei te karanga, kei te mea,

"Ohana ki te Tama a Rāwiri!

Ka whakapaingia tēnei e haere mai nei i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki!

Ohana i runga rawa!"

10 Ā, nō ka uru ia ki Hiruhārama, ka oho katoa te pā, ka mea, "Ko wai tēnei?"

11 Ka mea te mano, "Ko Īhu tēnei, ko te poropiti o Nahareta o Karirī."

Ka Haere a Īhu ki te Temepara

12 Ā, ka tomo a Īhu ki te temepara o te Atua, nā, peia katoatia ana e ia te hunga e hoko mai ana, e hoko atu ana i roto i te temepara, turakina ake ngā tēpu a ngā kaiwhakawhitiwhiti moni, me ngā nohoanga o te hunga hoko kūkupa. 13 Ā, ka mea ki a rātou, "Kua oti te tuhituhi, ‘Ka kīia tōku whare he whare īnoi’; heoi, kua oti nei te mea e koutou hei ana mō ngā kaipāhua."

14 Ā, i haere mai ki a ia ki roto ki te temepara ngā matapō me ngā kopa, ā, whakaorangia ake rātou e ia. 15 Nō te kitenga ia o ngā tohunga nui, o ngā karaipi i ngā mea whakamīharo i meatia e ia, i ngā tamariki hoki e karanga ana i te temepara, e mea ana, "Ohana ki te Tama a Rāwiri"; ka riri rātou. 16 Ka mea ki a ia, "E rongo ana koe ki tā ēnei e mea nei?"

Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "Āe rā; kīanō koutou i kite noa, ‘Pūmau tonu i a koe te whakamoemiti a te waha o ngā kōhungahunga, o ngā mea ngote ū’?"

17 Ā, ka mahue rātou i a ia, haere ana ia ki waho o te pā, ki Petani, ā, moe ana i reira.

Ka Kanga a Īhu i tētahi Rākau Piki

18 Nā, i te ata, i a ia e hoki ana ki te pā, ka hiakai ia. 19 Ā, i tōna kitenga i tētahi piki i te taha o te ara, ka haere ia ki taua rākau, heoi, kīhai i kitea tētahi mea i runga, he rau anake. Ka mea ia ki te rākau, "Kei whai hua koe ā ake ake!" Ā, maroke tonu ake te piki.

20 Ā, nō te kitenga o ngā ākonga, ka mīharo, ka mea, "I pēheatia i hohoro ai te maroke o te piki nei?"

21 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, "He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, me he whakapono tō koutou, kāhore i ruarua te whakaaro, e kore e meatia e koutou ko tēnei anake i meatia nei ki te piki, engari, ahakoa mea noa koutou ki tēnei maunga, ‘Kia rangā atu koe, kia whakatakā ki te moana’; ka meatia. 22 Ko ngā mea katoa hoki e tono ai koutou ina īnoi, ki te whakapono, ka riro i a koutou."

Te Take e Pā ana ki te Mana o Īhu

23 Ā, ka tae ia ki roto ki te temepara, ka haere mai ngā tohunga nui me ngā kaumātua o te iwi, i a ia anō e ako ana, ā, ka mea, "Tēnā koa te mana i meatia ai ēnei mea e koe? Nā wai hoatu tēnei mana ki a koe?"

24 Nā, ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, "Māku e ui ki a koutou kia kotahi kupu, ki te kōrerotia e koutou ki ahau, māku hoki e kōrero ki a koutou te mana i mea ai ahau i ēnei mea. 25 Ko te iriiringa a Hoani, nō hea koia? Nō te rangi, nō ngā tāngata rānei?"

Ā, ka kōrerorero rātou ki a rātou anō, ka mea, "Ki te mea tātou, ‘Nō te rangi,’ e mea mai ia ki a tātou, ‘Ha, he aha koutou tē whakapono ai ki a ia?’ 26 Ā, ki te mea tātou, ‘Nō ngā tāngata’– ka wehi tātou i te mano; ki tā rātou katoa hoki he poropiti a Hoani."

27 Nā, ka whakahoki rātou ki a Īhu, ka mea, "Kāhore mātou e mōhio."

Nā, ko tāna meatanga ki a rātou, "E kore anō e kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou te mana i mea ai ahau i ēnei mea."

Te Kupu Whakarite o ngā Tama Tokorua

28 "Nā, e pēhea ana tō koutou whakaaro? Tokorua ngā tama a tētahi tangata; ā, ka haere ia ki tō mua, ka mea, ‘E tama, haere ki te mahi āianei ki tāku māra wāina.’ 29 Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, ‘Kāhore ahau e pai’; otirā, i muri iho ka puta kē tōna whakaaro, ā, haere ana. 30 Ā, ka haere mai ia ki te tuarua, ka pērā anō tāna kupu. Nō, ka whakahoki tērā, ka mea, ‘E kara, ka haere ahau’; ā, kīhai i tae. 31 Ko wai o taua tokorua i mea i tā tōna matua i pai ai?"

Ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Ko tō mua."

Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ko ngā pupirikana me ngā wāhine kairau e tika ana i mua i a koutou ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua. 32 I haere hoki a Hoani ki a koutou rā te ara o te tika, ā, kīhai koutou i whakapono ki a ia; tēnā ko ngā pupirikana me ngā wāhine kairau i whakapono ki a ia; ko koutou ia, i tō koutou kitenga, kīhai i puta kē ō koutou whakaaro i muri, kīhai i whakapono ki a ia."

Te Kupu Whakarite mō ngā Kaimahi i roto i te Māra Wāina

33 "Whakarongo ki tētahi atu kupu whakarite. Tērā tētahi rangatira whare i whakatō i te māra wāina, ā, taiepatia ana, ā taka noa, keria ana e ia te takahanga wāina i roto, hangā ana tētahi whare tiketike, tukua ana e ia ki ngā kaimahi, ā, haere ana ia ki tawhiti. 34 Ā, nō ka tata te pō hua, ka tonoa e ia āna pononga ki ngā kaimahi, ki te tiki i ōna hua.

35 "Nā, ka mau ngā kaimahi ki āna pononga, whiua ana tētahi, whakamatea ana tētahi, ā, ākina ana tētahi ki te kōhatu. 36 Nā, ka tonoa anō e ia ētahi atu pononga, he tokomaha atu i ō mua; heoi, i pērātia anō rātou. 37 Nā, muri rawa iho, ka tono ia i tāna tama ki a rātou, i mea ia, ‘E hopohopo rātou ki tāku tama.’

38 "Nō te kitenga ia o ngā kaimahi i te tama, ka mea ki a rātou anō, ‘Ko te tangata tēnei mōna te kāinga; tēnā, tātou ka whakamate i a ia, ka tango i tōna kāinga.’ 39 Nā, ka mau rātou ki a ia, maka ana ki waho o te māra wāina, ā, whakamatea iho.

40 "Nā, ina tae te rangatira o te māra wāina, ka pēheatia e ia aua kaimahi?"

41 Ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Pōuriuri ana āianei tāna whakangaro i taua hunga whakarihariha; ā, ka tukua te māra wāina ki ētahi atu kaimahi, ki te hunga e tukua ai ki a ia ngā hua i ngā pō hua."

42 Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "Kīanō koutou i kite noa i roto i ngā karaipiture?

‘Ko te kōhatu i kapea e ngā kaihanga,

kua meinga tēnei hei upoko mō te kokonga;

nā te Ariki tēnei,

he mea whakamīharo hoki ki ō tātou kanohi!’

43 "Koia, ahau ka mea nei ki a koutou, Ka tangohia te rangatiratanga o te Atua i a koutou, ā, ka hoatu ki tētahi iwi, e puta ai ngā hua o taua rangatiratanga. 44 Ko te tangata e hinga ki runga ki tēnei kōhatu, nā, mongamonga ana ia; ki te taka ia taua kōhatu ki runga ki tētahi, nā, ngotangota noa ia me he puehu."

45 Ā, ka rongo ngā tohunga nui me ngā Parihi ki āna kupu whakarite, ka mōhio mō rātou āna kōrero. 46 Nā, i a rātou e whai ana kia hopukia ia, ka wehi i te mano, ki tā rātou hoki he poropiti ia.