Matthew 21 (LGA)

1Totonai mai toga pa Jerusalema qarigu ko qai kamu pa Betipezi isa pa Kubo pa Olive si Jisu beto ko ira na ona sepele, poni sa sa garunu lao momoeniria i Jisu sira karu ona sepele,As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

2pira sauniria, <<Mu lao pa gugusu pa moemiu kai karovona lao poni. Ko isa tugu muna lao kamu sa kode muna batia agou karu sa kai dongiki na tapiko vaturu kolena tavitia kai tuna. Mu ruvatia sa na dongiki beto mu toni lameniria taqu.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.

3Vei mai parangagou kaki tinoni, poni sa pira munagu, <Na Bangara sa nyoguania,> munagu, sa kode mai vamalumu vanigou,>> sau sisa.If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

4Ko sa taroiti vei pira sapi ko sa gore votu sa na paranga tana Bangara sa lame vei tana tinoni kokorotai, isa pira sau,This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5<<Mu pojaniria sira na gugusu tinoni pa Zaione, pira muguniria, <Dotu sa korapa lalameona sa na miu Bangara! Sake tuara beto sa koia na dongiki, sa koi pa pokotona na tuni dongiki!> muguniria,>> sau.“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.’”

6Ko qai taloa lao sira karu sepele, ko qai roitinia tugu sisa vei sa garununiria i Jisu.So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

7Qai toni kamunia ira karu sa na dongiki beto ko na tuna, beto ko qai lovasa vamakeleniria ira pa pokotodi sa na dia koti beto sa koi si Jisu.They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

8Ira na minete tinoni lavata qai lovasaniria na dia koti sa na soana, goto kaki qai kaele teku gou ko qai lovasa vakoleniria pa soana.A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

9Na puku minete tinoni sa qai rerege pa moena beto pa liguna i Jisu beto qai kukuku, Aroia na Tuna i Devita! Sa tamana isa sa lame pa isongona na Bangara. Aroia pa nulu vavagalo, qarigu sira.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!”

10Totonai sa tome lao pa Jerusalema si Jisu, sa sa kirikanoko sa na gugusu doruna, <<I sei sa?>> qarigu.When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

11Poni sa qai oe lao sira na pupuku minete qai tutia isa, <<Isa na tinoni kokorotai sapi, i Jisu pa gugusu Nazareti pa Qalili,>> qarigu sira.The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

12Ego ko sa tome lao pa kakabarena na zelepade si Jisu ko sa adu vovotuniria sira doru qai korapa vavai beto qai vavainiria na sakasava pa kakabarena zelepade, beto sa peluku vaopo paleria sira na tevolo tadira na tinoni bebei poata karovodi beto ira na totoqodi tadira qai vavainiria na kuru vavakukuvudi.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.

13Beto sa pira sauniria sira, <<Pira sau sa na Kukuti Tabuna, <Na qua ruma sa mina takukunia na ruma vavarana,> sau, ba agou sa qu roiti veinia na bevi ovovona tadira na tinoni raja ikikodi,>> sauniria.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.’”

14Ego ko qai lao tana pa kakabarena zelepade sira na leqa beto na qao, ko sa salanaria isa.The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

15Ba ira na kuta iama beto ira qai vaivagigalainia na Vavanau sa qai tagigiri totonai qai batiria na roiti vaivagabaradi sa roitiniria i Jisu beto ko qai nongoria na kukuku irirangadi na koburu pa kakabarena zelepade pira qaqarigu, <<Aroia na Tuna i Devita!>> qarigu.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!”

16Ko pira qarigunia si Jisu, <<Qu nongororiamua tu ao sisa qai korapa pojai ira inara?>> qarigunia. Poni, <<E, qa nongororiaqua. Qu oqoro tu tiro vakaberia agou sa na Kukuti Tabuna isa pira sau? <Qu vatanai ao pa mangadi ira na koburu beto na melalu sa na vinatarasae sosotona,> sau,>> sau si Jisu.“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’?”

17Ego tonai sa taloa tadira pa kakabarena na zelepade sisa poni sa lao pa Betani ko na bongina sa puta ketakoi.Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

18Tonai sa rerege mule ligu lao pa Jerusalema na vuvugei jonga si Jisu, poni sa sa vaia na burana.In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

19Ko sa batia sa kai gou piqi pa kekete soana, ko sa lao kamua ba kepore kai vuana bi batia goto gagale equruna gu. Poni sa pira saunia sa na gou piqi, <<Na iamu sa munake vua ligu mule sao!>> saunia. Isa tugu sa paranga vei inara isa, poni sa sake ruavo tugu malei mateona sa na gou isa.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.

20Tonai qai batia ira na sepele sa vei inara sa qai gabara vivitigi, ko qai paranga sira, <<Ai sa vei ko sake ruavo tugu malei mateona sa na gou piqi ina?>> qarigu.When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

21Poni sa oeria i Jisu, pira sauniria, <<Ma poja sosotonigou ara sagou: vei muna vasosoto beto muneke ruarabeke pa miu rarange sagou, sa kode muna bokai gu agou sisa vei qa roiti veinia ara na gou piqi api. Ba nake mekana gu api, goto vei muna paranga laoa na kubo, <Mu iolo ao na kubo ina ko mu lao vukele pa ivere,> bugu, sa kode mina gore votu gu.“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.

22Beto vei muna vasosoto sagou, sa kode muna tekua gu agou sisa vei qu tepai pa vavara,>> sau si Jisu.If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

23Ego sa mule lao pa kakabarena zelepade si Jisu ko sa korapa vaivagigalai, sa qai kamu nananasia ira na kuta iama beto ira na iviva mamata tadira na tinoni sisa, <<Na neqi sa sa qu isongia ao? I sei sa vanigo na neqi ko qu roitiniria ao sira na sakasava aipira?>> qarigunia.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?”

24Poni sa oeria i Jisu, pira sauniria, <<Ara ba ma nanasanigou mai kai nanasa. Ko vei muna oe vatalea agou sa kode mana ule vanigou ara sa ai neqi veveina qa isongia ko qa boka roitiniria ara sa na sakasava veveidi pira.“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.

25I sei sa vania na neqi si Jone beto sa paputaiso tinoni? Na Tamasa ba na tinoni?>> sau sisa. Totonai qai nongoria sa paranga vei inara isa, sa qai kole vaigua mekadi, <<Na sa tanagu sa tana oe laonia? Ura vei tana paranga, <Na Tamasa sa vania,> tanagu, sa kode mina paranga sisa, <Ba ai sa vei ko quke vasosotoa tu agou si Jone?> kode minagunigita.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?’

26Goto vei tana paranga, <Na tinoni qai vania,> tanagu, sa sa vaivamatagutu mutu sa na sa marigunigita ira na tinoni. Ura ira doru tinoni sa qai tei vasosotoa tu si Jone sa kai tinoni kokorotai,>> qarigu.But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

27Ko qai oea gu si Jisu, pira qarigunia, <<Dai, qeke gigilai i sei sa vania na neqi si Jone beto sa paputaisoria na tinoni,>> qarigu sira. Poni sa pira sauniria i Jisu, <<Ego, ko ara ba maneke ule vanigou tugu ropi sa ai neqi veveina qa isongia beto qa roitiniria na sakasava veveidi pira,>> sau sisa.So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

28<<Ego, ai qu roqu veinia agou sa na vavakato api? Sa koleona sa kai tinoni karu na tuna marene. Sa lao momoe sisa tana tuna moa, ko pira sa garunu veinia, <Tuqu, ao sa pa ngeni api sa mu lao roiti pa inuma,> saunia.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.’

29<Koi, ara daiqua,> sau sa na tuna moa, ba sa sovai poni sa bei roroqu ko sa riu tugu.‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

30Beto sa lao mutugu tana tuna pa ligu sa na tamadi ko sa garunu veinia mutugu isa sa poja veinia na tuna moa, poni sa pira sa oe veinia, <E, jongana, tamaqu,> saunia, beto sa sake pavu riu roiti sisa.Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

31I sei ira karu pira sa sa roitinia isa sa nyoguania na tamadi?>> sau si Jisu. Poni sa qai paranga sira, <<Isa pa moa,>> qarigu sira. Poni paranga si Jisu, <<Ma poja sosotonigou ara sagou: ira na tinoni ikikeredi vevei na tinoni teteku takisi beto na tugele sa mai tome jola lao momoenigou agou pa binangara tana Tamasa.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.

32Ura sa tei kamu tu tamugou doru si Jone ko sa vabatinigou sa na soana tuvisina ko muna tutia, ba quke vasosotoa tu agou. Goto ira tu na tinoni teteku takisi beto na tugele sa qai vasosoto. Ko qu batiriamiu tugu agou sa na gabaladi ira na tinoni pira, ba agou sa quke bei podekia tugu na roqumiu ko bu vasosotoa si Jone,>> sau si Jisu.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.

33<<Ego, mu vainongoro lamenia mule kai vavakato vavapada api. Koleona sa kai tinoni sa isongo peso, ko sa roitinia na inuma qurepi, beto sa sa bara vailivutainia. Sa ruri valolua isa sa kai patu ketakoi mina monyo vakolonia na vaini sau. Beto sa sa roitinia kai ruma gegelena ketakoi mai suvere ira na tinoni roiti ko mai kopunia na inuma sau. Ego beto sa sa riu tu soru tinoni ko qai kamu roiti ko qai kopu vania sa na inuma, beto sa sa soni riu lelekogo pa gusu souna sisa.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.

34Totonai mi kamua sau sa na totoso lolokete, sa sa garunu laoniria na tinoni poreona inuma sa kaki ona pinausu, ko mai lao tadira na tinoni roiti ko mai teku vania na iana pa ona vuvua pa ona inuma sauniria.When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

35Ba qai lao tu ira na tinoni roiti ko qai aru tamanaria sira na pinausu, ko kame sa qai mamajai, kame qai vai vamatea, goto kame mutu sa qai buti tarini patu.But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

36Pa liguna isa sa sa garunuria mutugu sira kaki ona pinausu, ira sa qai mota jolaniria ira sa garunu momoeria. Ba qai roiti veiniria mutugu ira sa garunu laoniria momoe.Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

37Pa liligu bebeto sa sa garunu laonia tadira sa na tuna sosoto. <Na tuqu sapi ko kode mai pangagania ira,> sau sa na rorove tana.Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

38Ba totonai qai batia ira na tinoni roiti sa na tuna, sa qai kole vavaiparanga, <Api sa na tuna mina teku vakarovoria na isisongo tana tamana! Mei, lame ko ta vai vamate pale beto ta tekua noda sa na isisongo tana!> qarigu.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.’

39Ko qai lao ko qai ragata tekua, beto qai gona votunia keta peguruna na inuma, ko qai vamate palea sisa,>> sau si Jisu.So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40Beto sa sa nanasa laoria i Jisu sira, <<Ego, vei totonai mina mule lame kamu sa na tinoni poreona inuma, sa na sa beka kode mina roitinia tadira na tinoni roiti pira?>> sau sisa.Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

41Poni sa qai oea ira sisa, <<Kode mina vamate paleniria gu isa sira na tinoni ikikeredi inara. Beto kode mina vakarovo lao vaniria tu kaki goto tinoni sa na ona inuma, ira na tinoni mai boka vania na iana totonai mai lolokete,>> qarigu.“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.”

42Poni sa parangaria i Jisu sira, <<Qu oqoro tu vakaberiamiu agou sa na Kukuti Tabuna isa pira sau? <Na patu isa qai kilu palea ira na tinoni vavaturu ruma, sa isa tugu sa na kuta patu viviso. Na Bangara sa roiti veinia sapi, ko sa vaivagabara jola pa oda dodogoro!> sau,>> sau si Jisu.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<<Ko na binangara tana Tamasa sa mina tateku varijo pale tamugou, ko mina tavalao mule tadira na tinoni karovodi mai boka roiti vavoturia na vua jongadi.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.

44(Isa na tinoni sake vasosoto sa mina vei na tinoni sa vukele pa patu ko mina talolomoto. Goto na tinoni sa takoa na patu isa sa mina avuru bilu,)>> sau si Jisu.He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

45Totonai qai nongoria ira na kuta iama beto na Parese sa na vavakato vavapada ti Jisu, sa qai gigilai sa isa sa korapa gu pojai na veveidi ira qarigu.When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

46Ko qai kole popodeke ko bai aru tamania qarigu, ba qai matagutuniria na minete tinoni, ura ira doru tinoni sa qai vasosotoa kai tinoni kokorotai si Jisu qarigu.Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

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