Matthew 21 (IDC)

1Aya ba ayayo kọnọ Urushelima ka aBetafaji ka ya izizẹ ashi uZaitun ni, iYesu ba tuma atina nga apai,As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

2atẹri bọ si, “Inu kya anọ ifọng na ashi kite nu, kọ kyaa nu ni, uki ya nu na alor izaki kina anọ nga. Shii bọ kọ ba ma mi kọ ukawẹ.saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

3Insi aghọ ghulu ni, inu tẹri nga si Ate nga wang bọ, aki vuu ni bọ kọ na song.If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

4Udii ba kọ hwura upii aghọ pii kọ ọtọ Ọnọng si,This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5“Inu tẹri anirayiri aSihiyona, ‘Nu, agọm nu wẹ na aki ba ukushi nu, nọ usuu irikwyi kaya izaki, kaya anọ izaki wu na akyeng kọ.’”“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

6Atina wor ki ya ju imumani iYesu sa bọ uju.So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

7Aba nga na izaki kina anọ, aba yaa ugbang bọ kaya, iYesu va kiya ki cica.They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

8Ajiya na pam yaa ugbang bọ kọ utra, ace aghọ bọ ni akẹr afa aga ashẹ ki yaa kọ utra.A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

9Ajiya upam na kyeng kite nga kina aghọmani asọ yii nga kọ utumu sang ẹrẹkwyuẹ na asọ ju si, “Ufoo kukushi Anọ iDauda! Agha anyu adaduma nga aghọmani aba kidẹ nọ uca Ate aYaya! Ufoo kukushi aghọcẹẹ nọ ujọọ!”The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

10Aya ghila Urushelima ni, nadidu ajiya ifọng zọọ bọ, na asọ ghulu si, “Inga wudii ri?”When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

11Ikir bajiya ba yira si, “IYesu nga, aghọ pii kọ ọtọ Ọnọng ka aNazaret anga aGalili.”The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

12IYesu ya ghila idẹ ọna Ọnọng aba ya kla aghọ gheli na agbara kidẹ. Aba yiri uma umani aghọ tee ufe kina ugọọ uci aghọ gbara ukhimi.Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

13A tẹri bọ si, “Awọọ si, ‘Ọna mi ki shi ọna upii nọ Ọnọng, ni inu kọ tee ni wu ọka sọlu ayi.’”And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

14Afoo kina aghọmani aka bra bọ ukyeng ba va ba ukushi nga kọ ọna Ọnọng na ava ma bọ ọkyuọ.The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

15Ni afirist akakọng kina aghọmẹẹ umẹẹ iMusa ya nu uma ọdọdọma umani aju ni anọ kidẹ ọna Ọnọng su ca akpa si, “Ufoo kukushi Anọ iDauda,” Ni ava kọọ anang kọ.But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

16“Ingọ kọọ imumani anọ ri sọ tẹri?” Aghulu nga. IYesu va yira si “Ẹẹ, inu ta kọ pila nu kidẹ upii Ọnọng ba si, ‘Ka anyu ba ananọ kina apali ba anọ ni ingọ sa ubrẹ kunu wu?’”“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

17Aba sang nga ki ya bọ ki kyaa idẹ ifọng aBetani, ki ya nyẹ kukadu.Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

18Kini kikyuating na asọ vuu ni aba kọọ idafo.In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

19Aya nu uce ọshi uwe kọ uhwo utra ni, aba kyaa na ata peni nga ima ya ba bam na ayaa. Aba ju wu si, “Ba sọ ma ikọlọ ba ki ta kọ sang asing!” Kidẹ anakyua ni ọshi hwiya kọ.Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

20Atina nga ya nu kindii ni, aba wo ica. Asi, “Na nyi wu ni ọshi uwe ri hwiya kọ kidẹ akyua?”When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

21IYesu ba yira si, “Imẹ sọ tẹri nu aipang, insi inu ka ma aipang ni, inu ka woo nọ ikwyi wọ ba ni, basi imumani imẹ ju ọshi ri yoo ni inu ki bira uju ki yọ yu ba, ‘Ni inu va bira uju ọpang ri si kya kọ ya kpaa kidẹ ẹrẹyẹma,’ Ni uki ju kindọ.“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

22Insi inu ma aipang ni, inu ki yira kọ iligba imumani inu shọr Ọnọng.”If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

23IYesu ya ghila idẹ ọna Ọnọng, na ashi kidẹ umẹẹ ni, afirist akakọng kina anirakpẹẹ bajiya va ba ukushi nga ki ba ju si, “Iligba ẹrẹgọrọ wu ni ingọ sọ ju uma ri kọ, inga ma ngọ ẹrẹgọrọ ri?”When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

24Ni iYesu ba yira si, “Imẹ ki kọ ghulu nu uce ughulu uyẹ. Insi inu yira mi ni, imẹ ki tẹri nu ta iligba ẹrẹgọrọ wu ni imẹ sọ ju uma ri kọ.“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

25Abi wọ ni iminimini iYahaya kunu wọ? Ikunu ka ayaya wọ ta ukushi ajiya wọ?” Apii kina ace bọ ki tẹri si, “Insi ayọ ju si, ‘Ka ayaya wọ ni,’ aki ju si, ‘Ikẹmbọ sa ni inu ta ma nu aipang ni nga ba?’What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

26Insi ayọ ju si, ‘Kukushi ajiya ni,’ ayọ sọ tẹ ẹrẹbata ba ajiya, ka kpaa si iYahaya na aghọ pii kọ ọtọ Ọnọng nga.”But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

27Aba yira iYesu si, “Iyi ta ye yi ba.” Ni ava ju si, “Imẹ ki kọ tẹri nu nga ta igba ẹrẹgọrọ wu ni imẹ sọ ju uma ri kọ ba.”So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

28“Ikẹmbọ ni inu nu? Ace ajiya shiwu na ashi na aniraghimi apai. Akyaa ukushi aghaye ki ju nga si, ‘Anọ mi, kya kọ ya ju utina kidẹ ija.’But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

29Anọ ba yira nga si, ‘Ita ki kya mi ba,’ na song ni aba tee ikwyi nga ki wor.‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

30Ni ate ba kyaa ukushi aghi ipai ki ya tẹri nga imumani atẹri adaa aghọ. Aba yira si, ‘Iki kyaa ate mi,’ ni ava kyaa ba.Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

31“Kidẹ bọ ka pai bọ ni inga ju imumani ate wang?” Aba yira si, ‘‘Aghọ iye.” IYesu ba ju bọ si, “Isọ tẹri nu aipang, aghọ yira agonu kina ayiri uwang aghimi ki ghila ẹrẹgọm Ọnọng ka aya nu.Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

32Ka iYahaya ba ukushi nu ka aba nyeni nu utra aipang, ni inu ta yira nọ nga ba, aghọ yira agonu kina ayiri uwang aghimi ma aipang ni nga. Kọ utumu udu ni inu ta la nọ ukpaa ki ma aipang ni nga ba.For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

33Kọng ice ighang upii, Ace ajiya pila ija nga, aghimi kọ na irivii ki tumu uka mẹẹ amusumu ikọlọ na ashi kina uka ubọọ usa. Aba ma ace ajiya uta ija na asisang ukyeng.Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

34Akyua ucuru ya ba ni, aba tuma agira nga kukushi aghọmani ayira ija nga ka aya yira nga uka nga ki imila.When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

35Aghọtina ba kpẹnẹ agira nga; aca aghaye ki pii aghaye na asi taa aghaye na atii.But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

36Ni aba tuma ace agira angọ umani acẹẹ adaa akyua, ni aghọtina ba ju bọ ima iye ra.Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

37Kọ tutumu ni, aba tuma anọ nga kukushi bọ, Asi, ‘Aki kọng anọ nga.’Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

38Ni aya nu nga ni, aba tẹri ace bọ si, ‘Anọ umani aki la uma nga wẹ. Ayọ ba pii nga kọ ka uma tee unga bayọ!’But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

39Aba kpẹnẹ nga ki fẹni ka utumu ija nga ki pii nga kọ.So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40“Insi aghọ ija ya ba ni, ikẹmbọ na aki ju aghọtina ra?”Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

41Aba yira nga si, “Aki pili agha akakiya ra, ka ama ace aghọ bọ ija nga, aghọmani aki ka ma nga uka nga ki imila.”“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

42IYesu tẹri bọ si, “Inu ta kọ pila nu upii Ọnọng ba, ‘Utii umani aghọ viya tọọ bọ si ushi bọ ọdọdọma ba ni, ọbọ tee cẹẹ nọ utina. Udii ni Ate ayaya nga ju, ima uwo ica yọ kukushi mayọ.’”Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

43“Kindọ ni isọ tẹri nu si aki yira ẹrẹgọm Ọnọng wọ kukushi nu, ka ama ajiya umani aki ju uma ọdọdọma unga ẹrẹgọm.Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

44Aghọmani a kpaa kaya utii ri ni, aki kpoo, aghọmani utii kpaa kaya nga ni, aki pulu nga ka awawo.He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

45Afirist akakọng kina aFarisiyawa ya kọọ ighang upii ni, aba kpili si asọ pii kaya akwyi bọWhen the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

46Aba wang utra umani aki kpini nga, ni asọ tẹ ẹrẹbata ikir bajiya ka ajiya kpaa si inga ni, aghọ pii kọ ọtọ Ọnọng nga.Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

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