Matio 19
1 Ie nagado’ Iesoà i tsaray, le nienga i Galilia naho nandoake am-paripari’ Iehodà alafe’ Iordaney añe.
At the conclusion of this teaching, Jesus withdrew from Galilee, and went into that district of Judea which is on the other side of the Jordan.
2 Norihe’ i lahialeñey vaho jinanga’e iaby.
Great crowds followed him, and he cured them there.
3 Niheo mb’ama’e mb’eo o Fariseoo hitsoke aze, ami’ty ontane ty hoe: Hake hao t’ie hifanarake aman-drakemba’e ami’ty inoñ’ inoñe vaho hanolots’ aze takelam-pifanarahañe?
Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said, ‘Has a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?’
4 Tinoi’e ty hoe: Tsy vinaki’ areo hao te i nanao iareo haehaey, le lahilahy naho ampela ty nitsenea’e;
‘Haven’t you read,’ replied Jesus, ‘that at the beginning the Creator “made them male and female,”
5 Hoe re: Aa le hienga ty rae’e naho i rene’e t’indaty le hifampipiteke ami’ty vali’e; vaho ho nofotse raike iereo.
and said – “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife will become one”?
6 Ie amy zao, tsy roe iereo fa nofotse raike, vaho tsy mete sarahe’ ondaty ze fa natraon’ Andrianamboatse.
So that they are no longer two, but one. What God himself, then, has yoked together people must not separate.’
7 Le nanoa’iareo ty hoe: Aa vaho akore ty nandilia’ i Mosè te hitolorañe takelam-pañitoam-baly vaho ampiengañ’ aze i akiba’ey?
‘Why, then,’ they said, ‘did Moses direct that a man should serve his wife with a notice of separation and divorce her?’
8 Hoe re tam’ iereo: Ami’ty hagàñ’ arofo’ areo ty nisaontsie’ i Mosè ty hitseizam-baly; fa tsy zay ty tam-pifotora’e añe.
‘Moses, owing to the hardness of your hearts,’ answered Jesus, ‘permitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning.
9 Hoe raho ama’ areo: ze mitsey valy, naho mañenga ty hafa, naho tsy t’ie nañarapilo, ro mañarapilo; karapilo ka ty mañenga i narian-dahiy.
But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of some serious sexual sin, and marries another woman, is guilty of adultery.’
10 Le hoe ty asa’ o mpiama’eo tama’e: Aa naho zay ty aman-dahilahy naho i vali’ey, hàmake tsy mañenga.
‘If that,’ said the disciples, ‘is the position of a man with regard to his wife, it is better not to marry.’
11 Hoe re tam’iereo: Tsy ho a’ ze kila ondaty o tsara zao, fa ho a’ ze nitolorañe aze.
‘It is not everyone,’ replied Jesus, ‘who can accept this teaching, but only those who have been enabled to do so.
12 Amy te eo ty vositse boak’ ami’ty nahatoly aze; eo ka ty vositse nivosire’ ondaty, vaho eo ty miha-dogalahy ami’ty filiera’e vatañe ty amy Fifehean-Dikerañey. Ze maharambe zay, ee te ho fohi’e!
Some men are incapable of marriage because they were born that way, or have been made so by other people, while there are others who stay single for the sake of the kingdom of Heaven. Accept this if you can.’
13 Ie amy zay nindeseñe mb’ama’e mb’eo o ajajao hampitongoà’e fitàñe naho tataeñe; f’ie niroahe’ o mpiama’eo.
Then some little children were brought to Jesus, for him to place his hands on them, and pray; but the disciples found fault with those who had brought them.
14 Le hoe ty nanoa’ Iesoà: Apoho homb’ amako mb’ etoañe o anak’ ajajao, le ko sebañeñe, fa a’ iareo i fifehean-dikerañey. Eka, hoe ty asako ama’areo, Toe tsy hizilike amy fifehean-dikerañey ty tsy manahake o retoañe.
Jesus, however, said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for it is to the childlike that the kingdom of heaven belongs.’
15 Aa le nanampeza’e fitàñe, vaho nienga.
So he placed his hands on them, and then went on his way.
16 Niheo mb’amy Iesoà mb’eo ty ajalahy niambane ama’e nanao ty hoe: O Talè, inoñe ty raha soa hanoeko hahazoako haveloñe amy voatse ho aviy? (aiōnios g166)
A man came up to Jesus, and said, ‘Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?’ (aiōnios g166)
17 Hoe ty natoi’e aze: Akore t’ie anoa’o: Soa? Tsy eo ty soa naho tsy raike avao, i Andrianañahare; f’ie te himoake an-kaveloñe ao, ambeno o lilio.
‘Why ask me about goodness?’ answered Jesus. ‘There is but One who is good. If you want to enter the life, keep the commandments.’
18 Le hoe re tama’e: Inoñe irezay? Hoe t’i Iesoà ama’e: Ko mañoho-doza, ko mampikametse, ko manao kitomboke am’ondatio,
‘What commandments?’ asked the man. ‘These,’ answered Jesus, – ‘“You must not kill. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not say what is false about others.
19 miasia ty rae’o naho i rene’o vaho ikokò ondatio manahake ty vata’o.
Honour your father and your mother.” And “You must love your neighbour as you love yourself.”’
20 Ty hoe ty natoi’ i ajalahiy: Fonga nambenako, inoñe ka ty tsy amako?
‘I have observed all these,’ said the young man. ‘What is still wanting in me?’
21 hoe t’i Iesoà tama’e, Naho te ho vañon-drehe, akia, hene aletaho o fanaña’oo, le anoloro amo rarakeo, le hanam-bara andindìñe ao rehe; vaho mañoriha ahy.
‘If you wish to be perfect,’ answered Jesus, ‘go and sell your property, and give to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; then come and follow me.’
22 Ie jinanji’ i ajalahiy i tsaray, le ninankañe mb’eo, fa inao tsy ampeampe ty vara’e.
On hearing these words, the young man went away distressed, for he had great possessions.
23 Hoe t’i Iesoà tamo mpiama’eo: Eka! to t’itaroñako te sarotse ami’ty mpañaleale ty himoake amy fifehean-dikerañey.
At this, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘I tell you that a rich person will find it hard to enter the kingdom of heaven!
24 Anovoñako ty hoe: mora ty hanjilihañe rameva am-bolim-pitrebeke ao ta ty mpañarivo am-pifehean’ Añahare ao.
I say again, it is easier for a camel to get through a needle’s eye than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!’
25 Nahajanjiñe o mpiama’eo fe loho nidaba, le nanao ty hoe amy Iesoà: Naho zay, Ia ty haharombake iareo?
On hearing this, the disciples exclaimed in great astonishment, ‘Who then can possibly be saved?’
26 Nitoliha’e le nanao ty hoe: Naho ondaty, sarotse i rahay; fe kila mora aman’ Añahare.
But Jesus looked at them, and said, ‘With people this is impossible, but with God everything is possible.’ Then Peter turned and said to Jesus,
27 Hoe ty natoi’ i Petera: Hete! hene nenga’ay hanonjohy Azo, inoñe ty ho anay?
‘But we – we left everything, and followed you; what, then, will we have?’
28 Hoe t’i Iesoà: Eka! to ty taroñako amo mpañorike ahio: ie miambesatse am-piambesam-bolonahe’e eo indatiy amy androm-pizakañey le hiambesatse amy fiambesatse folo ro’ambi’ i foko folo-ro’ambi’ Israele rey nahareo.
‘I tell you,’ answered Jesus, ‘that at the new creation, when the Son of Man takes his seat on his throne of glory, you who followed me will be seated on twelve thrones, as judges of the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 Ze mienga anjomba ndra rahalahy ndra rahavave ndra rae ndra rene ndra valy ndra anake ndra tane, ty ami’ty añarako, ro handrambe in-jato manahake irezay vaho handova i fifehean-dikerañey; (aiōnios g166)
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, for my sake, will receive many times as much, and will gain eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
30 maro amo valoha’eo ty ho tsitso’e, naho o am-para’eo ty ho aolo.
But many who are first now will then be last, and those who are last will be first.
