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1. 1EWEEsi Yesu nɔ nu fiam amewo, eye wònɔ nyanyui la gblɔm na wo le gbedoxɔ la me le ŋkeke mawo dometɔ ɖeka dzi la, nunɔlagãwo kple agbalẽfialawo kple dumegãwo va ƒo xlãe heɖe ɖeklemi kplii.BSBBSB: One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and scribes, together with the elders, came up to Him.
2. 2EWEWogblɔ nɛ be, “Gblɔe na mí, ŋusẽ kae nètsɔ wɔ esiawoe? Alo ame kae na ŋusẽ sia wò?”BSBBSB: “Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
3. 3EWEEɖo eŋu be, “Nye hã mabia nya ɖeka mi hafi maɖo miaƒe biabia ŋu na mi.BSBBSB: “I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:
4. 4EWEBiabia lae nye, ‘Yohanes ƒe mawutsidede ta na ame ɖe, Dziƒo wòtso loo alo amewo gbɔ wòtsoa?’ ”BSBBSB: John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or from men?”
5. 5EWEWodzro nya sia me le wo ɖokuiwo dome, eye wogblɔ be, “Ne míegblɔ be, ‘Etso dziƒo’ la, abia mí be, ‘Ekema nu ka ŋutie miexɔ edzi se o?’BSBBSB: They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
6. 6EWENe míegblɔ hã be, ‘Amewo gbɔ wòtso la,’ ekema ameha la katã awɔ funyafunya mí, elabena woxɔe se vevie be Yohanes nye nyagblɔɖila.”BSBBSB: But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
7. 7EWEMlɔeba la woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Míenya afi si wòtso o.”BSBBSB: So they answered that they did not know where it was from.
8. 8EWEAle Yesu gblɔ na wo be, “Ekema nye hã nyemagblɔ ŋusẽ si metsɔ wɔ nu siawo la na mi o.”BSBBSB: And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
9. 9EWEYesu gatrɔ ɖe ameha la gbɔ, eye wòdo lo sia na wo be, “Ŋutsu aɖe de waingble, eye wòtsɔe de agbledela bubuwo si hedzo yi du didi aɖe me afi si wònɔ ƒe geɖe.BSBBSB: Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
10. 10EWEEsi nuŋeɣi ɖo la, edɔ eƒe dɔla ɖeka ɖo ɖe agbledelawo gbɔ be wòava xɔ waingble la ƒe kutsetsea ƒe akpa si nye etɔ gome la vɛ. Gake agblea dzi kpɔlawo ƒo dɔla la vevie, eye wogbugbɔe ɖo ɖa asi ƒuƒlu.BSBBSB: At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
11. 11EWEAgbletɔ la gadɔ dɔla bubu ɖa, gake wowɔ eya hã nenema; woƒoe, eye esi wodo ŋukpee la, wonyae wòdzo asi ƒuƒlu.BSBBSB: So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.
12. 12EWEAgbletɔ la gadɔ ame etɔ̃lia ɖo ɖa agblea dzi kpɔlawo. Wode abi eŋu, eye wotsɔe le agblea me ƒu gbe.BSBBSB: Then he sent a third, but they wounded him and threw him out.
13. 13EWE“Agbletɔ la gblɔ na eɖokui azɔ be, ‘Menya nu si mawɔ! Madɔ vinye lɔlɔ̃tɔ la ɖe wo gbɔ. Meka ɖe edzi be woade bubu eya ŋu.’BSBBSB: ‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’
14. 14EWE“Gake esi agblea dzi kpɔlawo kpɔ via wògbɔna la, wogblɔ be, ‘Nu si dim míele la va ɖo. Ame si ava nyi eƒe dome nenye be megali o lae nye esi va do! Mina míawui be eƒe domenyinu nazu mía tɔ.’BSBBSB: But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
15. 15EWEAle wolée, hee do goe le waingblea me heyi ɖawu.” Yesu bia ameha la be, “Nu ka miebu be agbletɔ la awɔ?BSBBSB: So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16. 16EWEMagblɔe na mi. Agbletɔa ava, eye wòana woawu ame vɔ̃ɖi siawo, eye wòatsɔ waingble la de ame bubuwo ƒe dzikpɔkpɔ te.” Nyaselawo alo ameha la gblɔ nɛ be, “Kpao, meganɔ nenema o!”BSBBSB: He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”
17. 17EWEYesu kpɔ wo dũu hegblɔ be, “Ke nu kae mawunya wɔnɛ esi wogblɔ be, “ ‘Kpe si xɔtulawo gbe la, eyae va zu kpe si wotsɔ ɖo dzogoe na xɔa’?”BSBBSB: But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?
18. 18EWEEgblɔ kpe ɖe eŋu be, “Ame sia ame si akli kpe sia la aŋe afɔ. Ke ame si dzi wòage adze la, agbã gudugudu.”BSBBSB: Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
19. 19EWEEsi nunɔlagãwo kple agbalẽfialawo se ŋutinya si Yesu gblɔ la, wodi be yewoalée enumake elabena wonya be yewo ŋutie wòdo loa ɖo, gake wovɔ̃ ameha la.BSBBSB: When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
20. 20EWEEsi wonɔ mɔnu dim le eŋu ta la, wodɔ ame aɖewo ɖe egbɔ be woawɔ wo ɖokuiwo abe ame dzɔdzɔewo ene, ne woalée le nya me, ne yewoadee asi na amegãwo kple mɔmefia hena tohehe nɛ.BSBBSB: So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
21. 21EWEWova Yesu gbɔ va gblɔ nɛ be, “Aƒetɔ, míenyae be nufiala anukwaretɔe nènye. Ètoa nyateƒe ɣe sia ɣi, eye mèkpɔa ame aɖeke hã ŋkume o, ke boŋ èfiaa nu si nye Mawu ƒe mɔwo.BSBBSB: “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
22. 22EWEAzɔ gblɔ wò susu na mí tso nya sia ŋuti. Enyo be míadzɔ nu na Kaisaro loo alo menyo o.”BSBBSB: Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23. 23EWEYesu kpɔ aye si wɔm ameawo nɔ la dze sii, eya ta wògblɔ be,BSBBSB: But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,
24. 24EWE“Mitsɔ kɔba ɖeka nam makpɔ ɖa. Ame ka ƒe tatae nye esia le kɔba sia dzi? Eye ame ka ƒe ŋkɔe le tata la te?” Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Kaisaro si nye Roma duwo katã dzi ɖula ƒe tatae.”BSBBSB: “Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.
25. 25EWEEgblɔ na wo be, “Ekema mitsɔ nu si nye Kaisaro tɔ la nɛ, eye mitsɔ nu si nye Mawu tɔ la na Mawu!”BSBBSB: So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
26. 26EWEAle mɔ si wotre nɛ be wòaɖee le ameha la ŋkume la mete ŋu ɖee o. Eƒe nyaŋuɖoɖo la wɔ nuku na wo ale gbegbe be ɖoɖoe zi le wo nu.BSBBSB: And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
27. 27EWEAzɔ Zadukitɔ aɖewo, ame siwo xɔe se be ame kukuwo ƒe tsitretsitsi aɖeke meli o laBSBBSB: Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
28. 28EWEva Yesu gbɔ kple nya sia be, “Mose ƒe se gblɔ be nenye be ŋutsu aɖe ɖe srɔ̃, gake wo kple srɔ̃a medzi vi hafi wòku o la, nɔvia ŋutsu naɖe ahosia, eye vi si woadzi la anye ame si ku la tɔ.BSBBSB: “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
29. 29EWEMíenya ƒome aɖe, si me ɖekakpui adre nɔ. Tsitsitɔ ɖe srɔ̃, gake medzi vi aɖeke hafi ku o.BSBBSB: Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.
30. 30EWEAme si dzɔ ɖe eyome la ɖe ahosia, gake eya hã medzi vi kplii hafi trɔ megbe o.BSBBSB: Then the second
31. 31EWEKe etɔ̃lia hã ɖee, eye nu sia yi edzi ʋuu va se ɖe esime ɖekakpui adreawo katã ɖe ahosia kpɔ, gake ɖeke medzi vi kplii hafi ku o.BSBBSB: and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
32. 32EWENyɔnua hã va ku mlɔeba.BSBBSB: And last of all, the woman died.
33. 33EWEAzɔ míaƒe biabia lae nye be, ame ka srɔ̃e nyɔnu sia anye nenye be wofɔ tso ku me? Elabena ŋutsuawo katã ɖee kpɔ!”BSBBSB: So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
34. 34EWEYesu ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Ame siwo le agbe le xexe sia mee woɖo srɔ̃ɖeɖe anyi na.BSBBSB: Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
35. 35EWEGake ame siwo dze be woƒe asi nasu xexe kemɛ kple fɔfɔ ɖe tsitre yi dziƒo la, womaɖe srɔ̃ o, eye womatsɔ wo ana be woaɖe hã o.BSBBSB: But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
36. 36EWEWomagaku hã o, ale woanɔ abe mawudɔlawo ene, eye woanye Mawu viwo, elabena wofɔ wo ɖe tsitre tso ame kukuwo dome.BSBBSB: In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
37. 37EWE“Ke le ame kukuwo ƒe tsitretsitsi ŋuti la, Mose gɔ̃ hã gblɔe fia le ŋuve mumu si nɔ bibim la gbɔ, esi wòyɔ Mawu be, ‘Abraham ƒe Mawu, Isak ƒe Mawu kple Yakob ƒe Mawu.’BSBBSB: Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38. 38EWEMenye ame kukuwo ƒe Mawu wònye o, ke boŋ ame gbagbewo tɔe, elabena wo katã wole agbe nɛ.”BSBBSB: He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
39. 39EWESefialawo dometɔ aɖewo gblɔ be, “Nufiala, ègblɔe nyuie ŋutɔ!”BSBBSB: Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
40. 40EWEAle wodzudzɔ woƒe nyawo biabia, elabena dzi megale wo ƒo be woagabia nya aɖekee o.BSBBSB: And they did not dare to question Him any further.
41. 41EWEAzɔ Yesu tsɔ biabia sia ɖo woƒe ŋkume be, “Nu ka ta wogblɔ be Kristo la nye Fia David ƒe vi ɖo?BSBBSB: Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
42. 42EWEElabena David ŋutɔ gblɔ le Psalmowo ƒe agbalẽ me be, “ ‘Aƒetɔ la gblɔ na nye Aƒetɔ be, “Bɔbɔ nɔ nye nuɖusime,BSBBSB: For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
43. 43EWEva se ɖe esime matsɔ wò ketɔwo awɔ wò afɔɖodzinu.” ’BSBBSB: until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
44. 44EWEDavid yɔe be, ‘Aƒetɔ’ Aleke wɔ wòaganye via?”BSBBSB: Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”
45. 45EWEYesu trɔ ɖe eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo ŋu le esime ameha la nɔ to ɖomii, eye wògblɔ na wo be,BSBBSB: In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,
46. 46EWE“Mikpɔ nyuie le sefialawo ŋuti, elabena wolɔ̃a awu ʋlayawo dodo, eye wodina be amewo nado gbe na yewo ne yewole zɔzɔm le ablɔwo dzi. Wolɔ̃a teƒe kɔkɔwo nɔnɔ le ƒuƒoƒewo, eye wodia kplɔ̃tanɔnɔ vevie le nuɖukplɔ̃ɖoƒewo.BSBBSB: “Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.
47. 47EWEWoxɔa ahosiwo ƒe aƒewo le wo si, eye wodoa kpɔkpɔ wo ɖokuiwo to gbe didiwo dodo ɖa me. Ame siawo tɔgbi axɔ tohehe sesẽtɔ.”BSBBSB: They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”