Matye 21
1 Yo t'ap pwoche bò lavil Jerizalèm, yo te gen tan rive nan bouk Betfaje, toupre mòn Oliv la. Lè sa a, Jezi voye de nan disip li yo,
When they had almost reached Jerusalem, having come as far as Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two disciples.
2 li di yo: Ale nan bouk ki devan nou an. Kou n'a rive, n'a jwenn yon manman bourik mare, ak yon jenn ti bourik avèk li. Lage yo, mennen yo ban mwen.
‘Go to the village facing you,’ he said, ‘and you will immediately find a donkey tethered, with a foal by her side; untie her, and lead her here for me.
3 Si yon moun di nou kichòy, n'a reponn: Se Mèt la ki bezwen yo. Menm lè a, la kite nou ale ak yo.
And, if anyone says anything to you, you are to say this – “The Master wants them”; and he will send them at once.’
4 Sa te rive konsa pou pawòl pwofèt la te di a te ka rive vre:
This happened in fulfilment of these words in the prophet –
5 Ale di moun lavil Siyon yo: Gade, men wa nou an ap vin jwenn nou. Li san lògèy, li moute yon bourik, yon ti bourik dèyè manman.
“Say to the people of Zion – ‘Your King is coming to you, gentle, and riding on a donkey, and on the foal of a beast of burden.’”
6 Disip yo ale, yo fè tou sa Jezi te bay yo lòd fè a.
So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
7 Yo mennen manman bourik la ak jenn ti bourik la, yo mete rad yo sou bèt yo, epi Jezi moute chita.
They led the donkey and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself on them.
8 Yon foul moun te tann rad yo atè sou tout chemen an. Gen lòt menm ki te koupe branch bwa, yo mete yo atè nan chemen an.
The immense crowd of people spread their cloaks in the road, while some cut branches off the trees, and spread them on the road.
9 Ni foul moun ki t'ap mache devan Jezi a, ni moun ki t'ap mache dèyè l' yo, yo tout t'ap rele: Lwanj pou Pitit David la! Benediksyon pou Moun ki vini nan non Mèt la. Lwanj pou Bondye jouk anwo nan syèl la!
The crowds that led the way, as well as those that followed behind, kept shouting, ‘God save the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! God save him from on high!’
10 Lè Jezi antre lavil Jerizalèm, tout lavil la te tèt anba. Moun yo t'ap mande: Ki moun nonm sa a ye menm?
When he had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, and asked –
11 Foul moun yo menm t'ap reponn yo: Se pwofèt Jezi, moun Nazarèt nan peyi Galile a.
‘Who is this?’, to which the crowd replied – ‘This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.’
12 Jezi antre nan tanp Bondye a, li chase tout moun ki t'ap vann ak tout moun ki t'ap achte nan tanp lan. Li chavire tab moun ki t'ap chanje lajan yo ansanm ak chèz moun ki t'ap vann pijon yo.
Jesus went into the Temple Courts, and drove out all those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of the pigeon-dealers,
13 Apre sa, li di yo; Men sa ki ekri: y'a rele kay mwen an kay kote pou moun vin lapriyè nan pye m'. Men nou menm, nou fè l' tounen yon kachèt pou vòlè.
and said to them, ‘Scripture says “My house will be called a house of prayer”; but you are making it a den of robbers.’
14 Kèk avèg ak kèk enfim nan pye pwoche bò kote Jezi nan tanp lan. Li geri yo.
While he was still in the Temple Courts, some blind and some lame people came up to him, and he cured them.
15 Men, chèf prèt yo ak dirèktè lalwa yo te fache anpil lè yo wè bèl bagay li t'ap fè, lè yo tande timoun yo ki t'ap rele nan tanp lan: Lwanj pou Pitit David la!
But, when the chief priests and the teachers of the Law saw the wonderful things that Jesus did, and the boys who were calling out in the Temple Courts ‘God save the Son of David!’, they were indignant,
16 Yo di Jezi konsa: Eske ou pa tande sa y'ap di? Jezi reponn yo: M' tande wi. Eske nou pa janm li pawòl sa a nan Liv la: Ou fè timoun piti ak tibebe nan tete fè gwo lwanj pou ou?
and said to him, ‘Do you hear what these boys are saying?’ ‘Yes,’ answered Jesus, ‘but did you never read the words – “Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings you have called forth perfect praise”?’
17 Apre sa, li kite yo, li soti lavil la, li ale Betani. Se la li pase nwit lan.
Then he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
18 Nan denmen maten, antan yo t'ap tounen lavil Jerizalèm, Jezi te grangou.
The next morning, in returning to the city, Jesus became hungry;
19 Li wè yon pye fig frans bò wout la, li pwoche bò kote l'. Men se fèy ase li jwenn. Lè sa a, Jezi di pye fig frans lan: Ou p'ap janm donnen ankò. Menm lè a, pye fig frans lan cheche. (aiōn g165)
and, noticing a solitary fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. So he said to it, ‘Never again will fruit be gathered off you.’ And suddenly the fruit tree withered up. (aiōn g165)
20 Lè disip yo wè sa, yo pa t' manke sezi, yo di li: Kouman pye fig frans lan fè vin chèch nan yon ti moman?
When the disciples saw this, they exclaimed in astonishment, ‘How suddenly the fig tree withered up!’
21 Jezi reponn yo: Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Si nou te gen konfyans nan Bondye, si nou pa t' gen doutans nan kè nou, se pa sèlman sak rive pye fig frans lan nou ta fè. Men, nou ta ka di mòn sa a: Wete kò ou la. Ale jete tèt ou nan lanmè. Sa ta fèt vre.
‘I tell you,’ replied Jesus, ‘if you have faith, without ever a doubt, you will do what not only what has been done to the fig tree, but, even if you should say to this hill “Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!” it would be done.
22 Si nou gen konfyans nan Bondye, n'a resevwa tou sa n'a mande l' lè n'ap lapriyè.
And whatever you ask for in your prayers will, if you have faith, be granted you.’
23 Jezi antre nan tanp lan, li t'ap moutre moun yo anpil bagay. Chèf prèt yo avèk chèf fanmi ki t'ap dirije pèp jwif la vin di li: Ki dwa ou genyen pou w'ap fè tout bagay sa yo? Kilès ki ba ou otorite sa a?
After Jesus had come into the Temple Courts, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, ‘What authority have you to do these things? Who gave you this authority?’
24 Jezi reponn yo: M'ap poze nou yon keksyon mwen menm tou. Si nou reponn mwen, m'a di nou ki dwa mwen genyen pou m' fè bagay sa yo.
‘I, too,’ said Jesus in reply, ‘will ask you one question; if you will give me an answer to it, then I, also, will tell you what authority I have to act as I do.
25 Ki moun ki te voye Jan batize moun? Bondye osinon moun? Men, yonn t'ap di lòt konsa: Si nou reponn: Se Bondye ki te voye l', la mande nou poukisa nou pa t' kwè l'.
It is about John’s baptism. What was its origin? Divine or human?’ But they began arguing among themselves, ‘If we say “divine,” he will say to us “Why then didn’t you believe him?”
26 Si nou reponn: Se moun ki te voye l', afè nou p'ap bon ak foul moun yo, paske yo tout te pran Jan Batis pou yon bon pwofèt.
But if we say “human,” we are afraid of the people, for everyone regards John as a prophet.’
27 Apre sa, yo reponn Jezi: Nou pa konnen. Jezi di yo: Enben, mwen menm tou, mwen p'ap di nou ki dwa mwen genyen pou m' fè bagay sa yo.
So the answer they gave Jesus was – ‘We do not know.’ ‘Then I,’ he said, ‘refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.
28 Sa nou konprann nan sa? Vwala se te yon nonm ki te gen de pitit gason. Li pale ak pi gran an, li di l': Pitit mwen, jòdi a al travay nan jaden rezen an.
What do you think of this? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the elder and said “Go and work in the vineyard today my son.”
29 Pitit la reponn li: Non, mwen pa vle! Men, pita li chanje lide, li ale.
“Yes, sir,” he answered; but he did not go.
30 Apre sa, papa a pale ak lòt pi piti a, li di l' menm bagay la. Pi piti a reponn li: Wi, papa. Men, li pa janm mete pye li.
Then the father went to the second son, and said the same. “I will not,” he answered; but afterwards he was sorry and went.
31 Kilès nan de pitit yo ki fè volonte papa a? Yo reponn li: Pi gran an. Lè sa a, Jezi di yo: Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Pèseptè kontribisyon ak fanm movèz vi yo va antre nan Peyi kote Bondye wa a anvan nou.
Which of the two sons did as his father wished?’ ‘The second,’ they said. ‘I tell you,’ added Jesus, ‘that tax collectors and prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God before you.
32 Paske, lè Jan Batis te vin bò kote nou, lè li t'ap moutre nou jan pou nou viv dwat devan Bondye a, nou pa t' kwè li. Men, pèseptè kontribisyon ak fanm movèz vi yo te kwè li. Malgre nou te wè sa, nou pa t' chanje lide nou pou n' te kwè nan li tou.
For when John came to you, walking in the path of righteousness, you did not believe him, but tax collectors and prostitutes did; and yet you, though you saw this, even then were not sorry, nor did you believe him.
33 Koute yon lòt parabòl. Vwala se te yon nonm ki te gen anpil tè. Li plante yon jaden rezen. Li fèmen l' ak yon lantouraj, li fouye yon basen pou krase rezen yo. Li bati yon kay pou moun k'ap veye jaden an. Apre sa, li antann li avèk kèk moun pou okipe jaden an pou li, lèfini li pati, li al nan vwayaj.
‘Listen to another parable. A man, who was an employer, once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.
34 Lè sezon rekòt rezen an rive, li voye domestik li yo chache rezen pa l' bò kote jeran yo.
When the time for the grape harvest drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive his share of the produce.
35 Jeran yo mete men sou domestik yo, yo bat yonn byen bat, yo touye yon lòt, yo touye yon twazyèm ak kout wòch.
But the tenants seized his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36 Mèt jaden an voye lòt domestik ankò, pi plis pase premye fwa a. Jeran yo maltrete yo menm jan an.
A second time the owner sent some servants, a larger number than before, and the tenants treated them in the same way.
37 Apre sa, li voye pwòp pitit gason l' bò kote yo andènye. Li t'ap di nan kè l': Omwens y'a gen respè pou pitit mwen an.
As a last resource he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said.
38 Men, lè jeran yo wè pitit la, yonn di lòt: Men eritye a. Vini non, ann touye li. Konsa, jaden an va vin pou nou.
But the tenants, on seeing his son, said to each other “Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.”
39 Yo mete men sou li, yo jete l' lòt bò jaden an, yo touye li.
So they seized him, and threw him outside the vineyard, and killed him.
40 Bon, lè mèt jaden rezen an vini, kisa li va fè jeran sa yo?
Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’
41 Yo reponn li: Li p'ap gen pitye pou yo. La fè touye malveyan sa yo, la pran jaden rezen an bay lòt jeran ki va ba l' pòsyon pa l' nan rekòt la lè sezon an va rive.
‘Miserable wretches!’ they exclaimed, ‘he will put them to a miserable death, and he will let out the vineyard to other tenants, who will pay him his share of the produce at the proper times.’
42 Apre sa, Jezi di yo: Eske nou pa janm li pawòl sa yo nan Liv la? Wòch moun ki t'ap bati yo te voye jete a, se li menm ki tounen wòch ki kenbe kay la. Sa se travay Mèt la. Se bèl bagay pou nou wè sa.
Then Jesus added, ‘Have you never read in the scriptures? – “The stone which the builders despised – has now itself become the cornerstone. This cornerstone has come from the Lord, and is marvellous in our eyes.”
43 Se poutèt sa mwen di nou: y'a wete Peyi kote Bondye Wa a nan men nou, y'a pran l' bay moun yon lòt nasyon ki va bay rannman pou Peyi Wa a.
That, I tell you, is why the kingdom of God will be taken from you, and given to a nation that does produce the fruit of the kingdom.
44 Moun ki bite sou wòch sa a gen pou kase ren li. Men, si se wòch la menm ki tonbe sou li, li gen pou l' kraze l' an miyèt moso.
Yes, and he who falls on this stone will be dashed to pieces, while anyone on whom it falls – it will scatter him as dust.’
45 Lè chèf prèt yo ak farizyen yo tande parabòl sa yo, yo vin konprann se pou yo Jezi t'ap pale.
After listening to these parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees saw that it was about them that he was speaking;
46 Lè sa a, yo t'ap chache yon jan pou mete men sou li. Men, yo te pè foul moun yo ki te pran Jezi pou yon bon pwofèt.
yet, although eager to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who regarded him as a prophet.
