Matthew 21 (TBX)

1Ka xel la tyip paviy Yerusalem me la Betpage lek lukendu Oliv nei, Yesu wong betiyeing yuw la,As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

2me neil wou luw, “Muw ghe na beyeeng tiwei muw mamim di yeila nei, lutika eno tyek muw ghe gwei dongi ti xel tup anghei inyon, is neu lingheing toukale lip ta. Muw wa tul luw xouing me na qou me ghe nam wou ay.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.

3Wangwei xelti neil lulti wou muw, ond muw a neil wou bei Tambiy Ngandoung embei bong xuk en, dom tyek bong luw noum daing.”If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

4Lul tine la teyei lek lul tiwei Anutu neil eivek poropet mya yo:This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

5“Neil wou Sayon neu vex, ‘Wei, xam xe king lam wou xam. Moxo lam ambei tambiy wei lei maeing o me dei lek dongi ti. Moxo dei lek dongi lingheing ti me lam.’”“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.’”

6Betiyeing aluw la me wong e la teyei lek kawei Yesu neil wou luw o.So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

7Luw qou dongi ta me neu lingheing, me vax luw xe teimb ding lek luw, de Yesu deilek lek.They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

8Xel qendu ngandoung on vax xel xe teimb ding lek sakwaing, de xel valu qateiv xax memama me liw lek sakwaing.A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

9Xel qendu ngandoung wei la mamunghexeing en e me xel wei di betiwou eno di taxe bei, “Hosana ena wou Dawit Neu Moux! Mata ena wou tiwei lam eivek Tambiy Ngandoung lei yo! Hosana ena eivek tyoung gheyapu nei!”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!”

10Gyeik Yesu la eivek Yerusalem eno moux alis vex dalus wei beyeeng ngandoung on etek om xel teling, “Tambiy on eti?”When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

11Xel qendu yon lewexe, “Tine inye Yesu, poropet wei lam anghei Nasaret eivek Galili yo.”The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

12Yesu la eivek tete lalei wei xomek vambuing o me tiy xel wei di xouv lulul me wo vateivek anghei inyon o. Moxo qapyex lelek wei xel di pelipek malew me eti yeiw wei di wo vateivek lek menek beliy o.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.

13Moxo neil wou xel, “Xel byex eivek xoulek eno nambei nye, ‘A xe xomek tyek xel taxe bei xomek wei zeimeing mema yo,’ ekom xam ghe pelipek e xok ambei ‘eeng wei xel panaxana yo.’”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.’”

14Xel wei mend tekeing me vaxend nol eno lam wou e eivek xomek vambuing, me moxo wong xel wo nimzalek.The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

15Ekom xel lumuki leitata me putoung wei petieing lam yei lul nimza wei e wong o me yakyak wo vyend eivek xomek vambuing lalei, “Hosana ena wou Dawit Neu Moux,” om xel laleind wo nilul.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!”

16Xel teling e, “Beip wang ngo vati wei xel yakyak ti beimambei ne di neil ne?” Yesu neil elox. “E. Beip xam seng mi pyaw qayeeng, “‘Eivek yakyak me yakyeis myend wang menyex wou bei xel a mi sanghoxe wa leim’?”“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’?”

17Om moxo la veil xel me la Yerusalem me la Betani, de moxo dei inyon boukeing tiyon.Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

18Satiboukeing lul, eno Yesu di la wou sakwaing bei nox Yerusalem, ekom maxepya e.In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

19Moxo yei xax basunghek ti toukale wou sakwaing nenyawes, om la ingwei xax toukale ghei yo ekom se yei neing ti qe lis bandaing. Woyom moxo neil wou xax on, “Tyek wa seng nox buk neing no!” Se wo lululek en xax basunghek on mupek.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.

20Gyeik xel betiyeing yei tine, moxoyeiw etek mouyo. Xel teling, “Xax basunghek tine mupek daing ambei nya?”When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

21Yesu neil elox bei, “A neil wou xam zonghek, wangwei wa laleim se bo yuw en wa xe wongeingis nei, ond se nambei vati wei a wong wou xax basunghek ne venaxow, qe wa neil wou lukendu tine is ambei nyon, ‘La nex xow la eivek mamileeng,’ ond tyek bong ambei kawei wang neil o.“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.

22Wangwei wang bongis nei, tyek wa qou vatiyeiw wei wang teling en o eivek zeimeing mema.”If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

23Yesu la eivek tete lalei wei xomek vambuing, ka moxo di teyoxe eno xel lumuki leitata me teivateiv wei xomaxoneing o lam wou e. Xel teling, “Wang di wong lulti beimambei ne nangya lei ngandoung wei eti yo? Me eti wong lei ngandoung tine wou wang?”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?”

24Yesu neil elox bei, “Tyek a bong telinyeing ti wou xam is ambei nyon. Wangwei xam a neil enoum wou a bombek nei, on tyek a neil wou xam en lei ngandoung wei eti ingwei a di wong lulti beimambei ne nangya ne.“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.

25Yoan xe lipekeing on lam anghei inya? Beip inyon lam anghei tyoung gheyapu nei, o inyon lam wou xomaxoneing?” Xel di luk en inye wouma me neil ambei nye, “Wangwei xey a neimbei, ‘Nanghei tyoung gheyapu nei,’ ond moxo tyek teling, ‘Woyom nambei nya xam seng wongis e?’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?’

26Ek wangwei xey a neimbei, ‘Inyon lam wou xomaxoneing,’ ond xey a ghaleeng en xomaxoneing, en xel dalus woulek bei Yoan ne poropet ti.”But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

27Om xel neil e lox wou Yesu, “Xa loungen o.” Woyom moxo neil, “Ay is ambei nyon tyek a se neil wou xam en lei ngandoung vati wei andi wong lulti beimambei ne en o.So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

28“Xam ghe wou naleimim ambei nya? Inyon tambiy ti neu moux yayuw. Moxo la wou neu nge wei tax o me neil, ‘Neung, la me wo xuk eivek xuk wain gweimbeeng.’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“Moxo neil, ‘Tyek a se na.’ Dekalekom moxo lalei pekwi dom la.‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

30“Woyom ma la wou nge wei moun me neil ambei kawei yo no. Moxo lewexe, ‘Mang, tyek a na yo.’ Ekom moxo se la.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“Eivek neu yuw on eno luw nge na wong ambei ingwei ma neil o?” Xel lewexe, “Nge wei tax o.” Yesu neil wou xel, “A neil wou xam zonghek, xel wei mi qou takis me vex wei kwapesiv o tyek na eivek tete lalei wei Anutu yo natax en xam.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.

32En Yoan lam wou xam bei talex sakwaing wei bombek ayang o wou xam, ekom xam seng wongis e, qe xel wei mi qou takis me xel vex wei kwapesiv o eno wongis. Me xam ghe wei inye, ekom xam seng pekwi xow me ghe wongis e.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“Xam a ni nenyamim wou qayeeng pakeing nge no, inyon tembuing ma ti ev e xe xuk wain. Moxo qo tete zeyi e vivekwou, me ev leiveeng wei qeing wain eivek o me ev xomek vaxading wei yeingteyei yo ti. Woyom moxo wong e xe xuk wain wou xel xukana valu dom la sakwaing anding.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.

34Bouk wei uleing wain neing o lam paviy, om moxo wong e xe xukxe la wou xel wei yeiteyei xuk wain bei na dul e xe neing valu.When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

35“Xel wei mi yeiteyei xuk wain eno zeimaxoun e xe xukxeyeiw, xel sesa ti, de leis nge mey, dom nex tiwei yal o en qakous.But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

36Woyom moxo wong xukxe valu lox me la wou xel no, xel la ngenong ka ghanaw nge tax veil, me xel wei mi yeiteyei xuk wain eno wong ambei kawei xel wong nge tax o wou xel.Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

37Ti yusayang eno moxo wong e maxow neu moux la wou xel. Moxo neil, ‘Tyek xel a ni nenyend wou a neung moux xe qayeeng.’Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

38“Ekom xel wei mi yeiteyei xuk wain eno yei e neu moux om xel neil wouma, ‘Tine inye xukma neu moux wei tyek na qou lulul dalus o. Xam lam, en xey a nyeis e mey de na qou e xe lulul dalus.’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.’

39Om xel zeimaxoun e me nex e la myayaing veil xuk wain de leis e mey.So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40“Nambei nyon om gyeik xuk wain ma nam, ond tyek moxo bong vati wou xel wei mi yeiteyei xuk wain on?”Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

41Xel neil elox bei, “Moxo tyek bo nol wou xel on bo nilul ayang me nyeis xel amey, de tyek moxo bong xuk wain on nox wou xel ba, eti yeiw wei teyei bei tyek bong xuk neing valu wou e gyeik bouk wei uleing neing o.”“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.”

42Yesu neil wou xel, “Xam seng mi pyaw vati wei yeip eivek qapiya vambuing yo: “‘Qakous wei xel kamunda pesek, eno wong ambei qakous ti myaxeeng me mi byexaxoun xomek o. Inye Tambiy Ngandoung venaxow wong tine belup, me wo nimza eivek xa mami’?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“Nambei nyon a neil wou xam bei Anutu tyek na qou e xe tete lalei veil xam me bong wou xomaxoneing qendu ti wei tyek bong neing atyip o.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.

44De eti detei lek qakous nei tyek dembu me bo myapapu, ekom qakous embei detei lek tambiy ti eno tyek bo myasa bandaing.”He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

45Gyeik xel lumuki leitata me Parisi ngo Yesu xe qayeeng pakeing tine, xel woulek bei Yesu di neil inye lek xel.When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

46Om xel yimexe sakwaing wei xel embei zeimaxoun e yo, ekom xel di yaleeng en xel qendu ngandoung on en nambei xomaxoneing ngenong yei bei e yon poropet.Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

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