Matthew 21 (KOS)

1Ke Jesus ac mwet tumal lutlut elos apkuranyang nu Jerusalem, elos tuku nu Bethphage, su oan sisken Fineol Olive. Ke elos muta we, Jesus el supwala luo sin mwet tumal lutlut in som meet lukeltal,As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

2ac pa inge ma el sap eltal in oru: “Komtal som nu in siti srisrik se ma oan meeto, na ke komtal ac utyak, komtal ac konauk soko donkey ma kapir oan we, su oasr soko natu tu siskal. Tulala ac use kewa nu yuruk.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.

3Ac kutena mwet fin kaskas nu sumtal, komtal fah fahk, ‘Leum el enenaltal,’ na el ac sa na in fuhleltalma.”If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

4Ma inge orek tuh in akpwayei kas lun mwet palu su fahk,This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5“Fahkang nu sin siti Zion, Liye, tokosra lom el tuku nu yurum! El inse pusisel, ac muta fin soko donkey, Aok, fin natu soko ah.”“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.’”

6Ouinge mwet tumal lutlut luo ah som ac oru oana ma Jesus El fahk nu seltal.So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

7Eltal use donkey soko ac ma fusr soko natul, ac filiya nuknuk laltal nu facltal, na Jesus el sroang ac muta fac.They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

8Sie un mwet na lulap elos laknelik nuknuk lalos inkanek uh, ac kutu mwet uh pakela lesak ac sang lohala inkanek uh.A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

9Mwet su fahsr meet liki Jesus, ac elos su fahsr tokol, elos nukewa wowoyak ac fahk, “Kaksakin Wen nutin David! God Elan akinsewowoye el su tuku Inen Leum! Kaksakin God!”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!”

10Ke Jesus el utyak nu Jerusalem, mwet nukewa in siti uh wonak, ac elos asiyuki, “Su mwet se inge?”When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

11Ac u se ma welul Jesus ah fahk, “El inge Jesus, mwet palu su tuku liki Nazareth in Galilee.”The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

12Jesus el utyak nu in Tempul ac luselosyak nukewa su kuka ac moul in Tempul uh. El topkakunla tepu lun mwet ayaol mani uh, ac oayapa mwe muta lalos su kukakin wule uh,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.

13ac el fahk nu selos, “Simla in Ma Simusla lah God El fahk, ‘Tempul luk ac fah pangpang iwen pre,’ a kowos oru nien wikla lun mwet pisrapasr!”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.’”

14Mwet kun ac mwet sukapas elos tuku nu yorol in Tempul, ac el akkeyalosla.The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

15Mwet tol fulat ac mwet luti Ma Sap elos arulana kasrkusrak ke elos liye orekma wolana ma el oru inge, ac ke tulik uh wowoyak in Tempul ac fahk, “Kaksakin Wen nutin David!”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!”

16Na elos siyuk sin Jesus, “Ku kom lohng ma elos fahk inge?” Na Jesus el fahk, “Aok, nga lohng. Ya kowos soenna riti Ma Simusla? Fahk mu, ‘O God, kom loteang nu sin tulik srisrik ac tulik fusr in etu in oru kaksak pwaye nu sum.’”“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’?”

17Jesus el fahsr lukelos ac som liki siti uh nu Bethany, ac mongla we ke fong sac.Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

18Toang na in len tok ah, ke Jesus el folokla nu in siti uh, el masrinsralla.In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

19El liye soko sak fig su tu sisken innek uh ac el kuhfla nu kac, tusruktu wangin fahko kac, a sra mukena. Na el fahk nu sin sak soko ah, “Kom ac fah tiana sifil isus fahko!” In kitin pacl ah na sak soko ah uli.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.

20Mwet tumal lutlut elos liye ma inge, ac elos arulana fwefela kac. Ac elos siyuk, “Fuka tuh sak fig soko inge arulana sa in uli?”When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

21Na Jesus el topuk ac fahk, “Pwayena nga fahk nu suwos, kowos fin lulalfongi na ac tia alolo, kowos ac ku in oru ma nga oru nu sin sak fig soko inge. Ac tia ma inge mukena, a kowos ac ku pac in fahk nu sin eol soko inge, ‘Mukuiyak ac srola nu in meoa uh,’ na ac srola.“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.

22Fin oasr lulalfongi lowos, ma nukewa ma kowos siyuk kac in pre lowos uh kowos ac eis.”If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

23Jesus el foloko nu in Tempul; ac ke el luti, mwet tol fulat ac mwet matu elos tuku nu yorol ac siyuk sel, “Ma ya ku lom in oru ma inge? Su sot ku ingan nu sum uh?”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?”

24Na Jesus el fahk, “Nga ac siyuk suwos mwe siyuk sefanna, ac kowos fin ku in topuk, na nga ac fahkot lah ma ya ku ma nga orekmakin in oru ma inge uh.“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.

25Ku lal John in baptaisi mwet uh tuku ya me — ma sin God, ku ma sin mwet uh?” Elos mutawauk in asiyuki inmasrlolos, “Mea kut ac fahk uh? Kut fin fahk mu, ‘Ma sin God,’ na el ac ange, ‘Ac efu kowos ku tia lulalfongel John?’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?’

26A kut fin fahk mu, ‘Ma sin mwet uh,’ na kut ac sangeng ke ma mwet ac oru nu sesr, mweyen elos nukewa lulalfongi mu John el sie mwet palu.”But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

27Ke ma inge elos topuk Jesus ac fahk, “Kut tia etu.” Na el fahk nu selos, “Fin ouinge, nga ac tia pac fahk nu suwos lah ma ya ku luk in oru ma inge uh.”So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

28“Na mea kowos nunku ke sramsram se inge? Oasr wen luo nutin mwet se. El som nu yurin el su matu ac fahk, ‘Wen nutik, fahla ac orekma ke ima in grape uh misenge.’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.’

29Ac wen sac fahk, ‘Nga ac tia som,’ a tok el aolla nunak lal ac som.‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

30Na papa sac som nu yurin wen se ma fusr ac fahk oapana nu sel, na wen sac fahk, ‘Aok, papa, nga ac som,’ a el tiana som.Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

31Su kac sin wen luo ah oru ma lungse lun papa sac?” Na elos fahk, “Wen se ma matu ah.” Ouinge Jesus el fahk nu selos, “Pwayena nga fahk nu suwos, mwet eisani tax ac mutan kosro uh ac ku in utyak nu in Tokosrai lun God meet liki kowos.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.

32Tuh John Baptais el tuku nu yuruwos ac akkalemye ouiyen moul pwaye, ac kowos tia lulalfongel; a mwet eisani tax ac mutan kosro elos lulalfongel. Kowos ne liye ma inge a toko kowos tiana ekulla nunak lowos in lulalfongel.”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.

33Na Jesus El fahk, “Lohng pac pupulyuk se inge. Oasr ima in grape se lun mwet kacto se. El kuhlasak, ac pukanak luf se mwe itat wain, na el musaela nien soan se. Tukun ma inge el sang ima se inge nu sin kutu mwet in karingin, ac el som liki facl sac.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.

34Ke sun pacl in korsrani grape uh, el supwala mwet kulansap lal nu yurin mwet karingin ima uh in eis ip lal ke fokin ima uh.When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

35Mwet karingin ima sac sruokya mwet kulansap inge — srungulak sie, uniya sie, ac tungalak sie.But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

36Na mwet kacto sac sifilpa supwala mwet kulansap pus liki meet, ac mwet karingin ima sac oru nu selos oapana elos oru meet ah.Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

37Na tok, el supwala wen natul sifacna nu yorolos. In nunak lal el mu, ‘Pwayena elos ac sunakin wen se nutik inge.’Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

38Tusruktu, ke mwet karingin ima uh liye wen sac, elos fahk nu sin sie sin sie, ‘Wen se nutin mwet kacto sac pa inge. Fahsru kut unilya, na ima se inge ac fah ma lac lasr!’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.’

39Ouinge elos sruokilya, sisella liki ima sac, ac unilya.”So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40Na Jesus el siyuk, “Mwet se la ima sac fin tuku, mea el ac oru nu sin mwet karingin ima sac?”Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

41Na elos fahk, “Kalem lah el ac uniya mwet koluk inge, ac sang ima sac nu sin kutu pac mwet in karingin, su ac fah sang ip lal ke fokin ima uh in pacl fal.”“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.”

42Na Jesus el fahk nu selos, “Ya kowos soenna rit in Ma Simusla, ‘Eot se ma mwet musa uh sisla, Pa yohk sripa oemeet uh. Leum pa oru ma inge uh; Fuka lupan usrngukiya in liye!’”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’?

43Na Jesus el fahk pac nu selos, “Ke ma inge nga fahk nu suwos: Tokosrai lun God ac fah itukla liki kowos, ac itukyang nu sin mwet su ac orala fahko pwaye.” [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.

44Kutena mwet su putatla nu fin eot se inge ac fah musalsalu mano. Ac eot se inge fin putatla nu fin sie mwet, manol ac fah pusraksrakelik.]He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

45Ke mwet tol fulat ac mwet Pharisee elos lohng kas in pupulyuk lun Jesus inge, elos etu lah el kaskas kaclos.When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

46Ouinge elos srike in sruokilya, tusruktu elos sangeng sin un mwet uh, mweyen mwet uh pangon mu Jesus el sie mwet palu.Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

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