Matthew 22 (HWO)

1Nggǝrgha Yeeso pǝrang laɓara kanda tǝ karapu, ndǝghǝn,Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

2Kutǝryid talara nǝghǝn ƙǝla kutǝra ngwagha fa ka ǝna wutsǝfayid kakhrha nǝn a wanggǝn.“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.

3Thlǝnanggǝn mafayighǝn ɗǝ ɗa nda aah nafina ɓa mbu nanda kanda ɓa, amma kar nafini ɓarha fa ɓa.He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

4Tǝrgha nggǝrghǝn thlǝn fingya mafaya ɗǝ tǝ ndaarha, “Ndaaman nafini mbu ni, ngwaɗi wutsǝfayidɗa fa, thleeɗi urad thlaaya na ndǝndaura tǝ kwelya, ngwaɗi fa, ɓamaɓa ƙǝkar.”Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

5Amma nafini mbu nǝn ɗǝf wanda teena sǝ wa, tal ɗǝgha heeɗǝ, tahadghǝn ƙǝm ɗǝgha ka ǝna shafilidghǝn ɗǝ.But they paid no attention and went away, one to his field, another to his business.

6Fingya ƙǝsang ngganda mafayighǝn hai, ɗǝk kanda nda tǝ kǝm ɓǝllang ngganda kanda.The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

7Hufgha kutǝrɗi hur kaan. Thlǝnanggǝn sodjayighǝn ɗǝ ɓǝllang ngganda fa ɓǝl fayina ɗǝ, tǝ kǝm njang ngganda wupǝri ndan ɗǝ.The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.

8Tǝrgha ndanggǝn mafayighǝn, ʻNgwala ngwa wutsǝfayid kahadɗa fa, amma nafini mbu nǝm ɓa mbǝ kanda ni kamngga a ɓa nda ɓa wa.Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

9“Nanǝnya, ɗaama hu kwaman hu wuraya ɗǝ mbu fiya nun ɓa kala niifa nanun ɓa nda hu wutsǝfayidɗa ɓa.”Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’

10Nanǝn kee, ɗǝgha mafayini ahu kwaman hu wuraya ɗǝ mbu ka nafiya nda ɓa na nanda tǝ ndǝrwaya, lǝghǝdgha ƙǝn wutsǝfayid kahadɗi tǝ rongya.So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

11Amma kyana kutǝr ɗa ɓa ka ɓagha na ronggi ni mbunǝn ɓa, na niifa nǝn kalwawa kari yi wutsǝfayid kahadɗi.But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

12Tsahang mee nǝn, “Pashinna, ƙǝƙǝn kyana mbǝɗa ɓa ya kula sa kal karid wutsǝfayid kahadɗa fa?” Amma mbangwa kamshiɗi nggǝrang sǝ wa.‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

13Tǝrgha kutǝrɗi ndanggǝn nafiya na ǝnang taara, “Ƙǝnaman haarghǝn tǝ sarghǝn muwanggun ƙǝshaaɗǝ ahu wula ɗǝ mbǝɗi nanda a tǝrha tǝ ƙǝt mee.”Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

14“Ƙǝsǝr nafiya hangga aah nanda, amma ngguchit wurna nda hasǝ.”For many are called, but few are chosen.”

15Tǝrgha Farisayini wuma nda hai kaɗa kwamana nda a ɗǝfang takthleera nda Yeeso ka a thlǝk ˈya nǝn tǝna nda ƙǝsang nda.Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.

16Thlǝn fatsaha yindan nda ɗǝ tǝ nafiya Hirdus ka a tsahang mee nda, ndaa nda, “Mala sǝnɗansǝ ka niifa ni sa, na tsahang kwaman Faara fiya ha tǝ ƙǝkafekkirha. Sa kǝm mba wurahasǝ wa.They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

17Nanǝnya pǝranggǝn kan, mani numad wa aten ǝnɗiya, nǝghǝn mǝmǝl a teng tsamnda nan kaisar wa nduwa awo?”So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

18Amma Yeeso sǝnɗǝ numad mɓǝlfedɗi na ahur ndan, ndagha, “Kun fathlǝrɓuya, kama na mid nun a ɗǝfee takthleera?But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?

19Keɗeema pene tii tsamndǝɗi. Fǝrang pene ɗa nda.”Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

20Tsahang mee nǝn kanda, “Shishingnda wunni tǝ thlǝm wun a tenggǝn?”“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”

21Ndang ngganda, “Yi Kaisar.” Ndanggǝn kanda, “Fǝraman Kaisar ˈya tsauka yi Kaisar, tǝ kǝm fǝraman Faara ˈya tsauka yi Faara.”“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

22Sǝk nanda kee, ǝna ǝnwulteena nda pa wii fayindan nda.And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

23Tsu a farɗi fingya Sadukiyaya ndagha mbǝ thliirha sǝ hu mǝra wa ɓa nda thlǝmad Yeeso ɓa tǝ tsakhmee.That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

24Ndang ngganda, “Mala, ndangga Musa kan, ‘A mǝr wan man niifa malɗǝ nukkun hai kula nggǝtta, na wan man tǝrangsǝ hu langaarha ka a nggǝɗanggǝn sǝ.’“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

25Nanǝnya, na nafiya sǝ mǝd a wanmanggi. Tǝ pamǝnda kakhka mǝrgha kula wal wee, tǝrgha yi sǝri tǝranggǝn nuɗasǝ.Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

26Amma wan man yi sǝri mǝrgha ƙǝm, yi mahan wai kee har ta ten yi mǝd ɗǝ.The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.

27Akwasamadghǝn, nuɗi ƙǝm mǝrgha.And last of all, the woman died.

28Nanǝnya, ahu thliirha sǝ hu mǝrra na nuɗi tsaurha yi wun tsaunǝn kanda heu mǝd, tǝrang nda nuɗasǝ?”In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”

29Nggǝrangga Yeeso kanda sǝ, “Numad nun mbǝ mǝmǝl wa ƙǝsǝr sǝnggun Laɓar Faara na chichireethlee hai tǝ sǝsǝmndǝghǝn wa.Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

30Thliirha sǝ hu mǝra mbǝ nishya tǝ hǝshya kakhrha wa. Nanda tsaurha kǝla fathlǝngya Faara a talara.In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

31Amma aten thliirha sǝ hu mǝra, karantanggun ˈya ndang na laɓar Faara kun wa?But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

32‘Nggini Faara yi Ibrahim, Faara yi Ishaku, tǝ ƙǝm Faara yi Yakubu’. Mbǝ Faara ni yi mǝrya wa, amma yi fingya natǝ yibrha fa.”‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

33Sǝkna fiya ndǝn wumngga hai, ǝna ǝnwulteena nda tǝ tsahayighǝn ha.When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

34Amma sǝkna Farisayini tǝ ndaarha nggǝlangga Yeeso mii Sadukiyayini tǝ laɓaara nggǝrang nǝn kanda sǝ, wuma nda hai ka a nggǝra nda tsahang mee.And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

35Tal ahur famalǝmngya ɗeleewar Musa, na midghǝn sǝ a ɗǝfang takthleera nǝn tsahang mee nǝn Yeeso,One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

36“Mala yanggini manggǝn ahur ngyakhkya heu?”“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”

37Nggǝmangga Yeeso, “Nggǝmu Chinǝm Faarwa tǝ hurwa heu, tǝ shingnduwa heu tǝ huten wa heu.Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

38Yanɗiya ndǝna katǝra ngyakhrha na mam.This is the first and greatest commandment.

39Yi sǝri ƙǝm nǝghǝn manggǝn: ʻNggǝmu tuladwa ƙǝla altenwa.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

40Ngyakhrha heu tǝ tsahad annabiya ha na nda aten ngyakhkini sǝri ya.”All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

41Wumna Farisaya hai tsahangga Yeeso mee kanda,While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:

42“Mani numad nun aten Ƙǝrǝsti? Wan wunni?” Ndang ngganda, “Wan Ndauda ni.”“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.

43Nggǝrangga Yeeso kanda sǝ, “Ƙǝƙǝn na Ndauda tǝ sǝsǝmnda Sǝsǝna aaghǝn ‘Chinǝm’? Ƙǝsǝr ndagha Ndauda,Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:

44Ndangga Chinǝm yina China: ‘Tsawu a yisǝmanna, ƙǝl a tsawangɗi fatsanggiwa a kamu saryiwa.’‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’

45Ana Ndauda a aah Ƙǝrǝsti ‘Chinǝm,’ ƙǝƙǝn nǝn tsaurha wanggǝn?”So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”

46Mbǝ niifa sǝ mbangga nggǝrang sǝ wa, ka farɗi mbǝ niifa sǝ ndengga yidghǝn nggǝrghǝn tsahang mee wa.No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.

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