Mateus 21
1 E quando se aproximaram de Jerusalém, e chegaram a Betfagé, ao monte das Oliveiras, então Jesus mandou dois discípulos, dizendo-lhes:
When they had almost reached Jerusalem, having come as far as Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two disciples.
2 Ide à aldeia em vossa frente, e logo achareis uma jumenta amarrada, e um jumentinho com ela; desamarra-a, e trazei-os a mim.
‘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 E se alguém vos disser algo, direis: “O Senhor precisa deles, mas logo os devolverá”.
And, if anyone says anything to you, you are to say this – “The Master wants them”; and he will send them at once.’
4 Ora, isto aconteceu para que se cumprisse o que foi dito pelo profeta, que disse:
This happened in fulfilment of these words in the prophet –
5 Dizei à filha de Sião: “Eis que o teu rei vem a ti, manso, e sentado sobre um jumento; um jumentinho, filho de uma animal de carga”.
“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 Os discípulos foram, e fizeram como Jesus havia lhes mandado;
So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.
7 Então trouxeram a jumenta e o jumentinho, puseram as capas sobre eles, e ele montou sobre elas.
They led the donkey and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself on them.
8 E uma grande multidão estendia suas roupas pelo caminho, e outros cortavam ramos das árvores, e os espalhavam pelo caminho.
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 E as multidões que iam adiante dele, e as que seguiam, clamavam: Hosana ao Filho de Davi! Bendito o que vem no nome do Senhor! Hosana nas alturas!
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 Enquanto ele entrava em Jerusalém, toda a cidade se alvoroçou, perguntando: Quem é este?
When he had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, and asked –
11 E as multidões respondiam: Este é o Profeta Jesus, de Nazaré de Galileia.
‘Who is this?’, to which the crowd replied – ‘This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee.’
12 Jesus entrou no Templo; então expulsou todos os que estavam vendendo e comprando no Templo, e virou as mesas dos cambistas e as cadeiras dos que vendiam pombas.
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 E disse-lhes: Está escrito: “Minha casa será chamada casa de oração”; mas vós a tornais em covil de ladrões!
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 E cegos e mancos vieram a ele no Templo, e ele os curou.
While he was still in the Temple Courts, some blind and some lame people came up to him, and he cured them.
15 Quando os chefes dos sacerdotes e os escribas viram as maravilhas que ele fazia, e as crianças gritando no Templo: “Hosana ao Filho de Davi!”, eles ficaram indignados.
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 E perguntaram-lhe: Ouves o que estas [crianças] dizem? E Jesus lhes respondeu: Sim. Nunca lestes: “Da boca das crianças e dos bebês providenciaste o louvor?”
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 Então ele os deixou, e saiu da cidade para Betânia, e ali passou a noite.
Then he left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.
18 E pela manhã, enquanto voltava para a cidade, teve fome.
The next morning, in returning to the city, Jesus became hungry;
19 Quando ele viu uma figueira perto do caminho, veio a ela, mas nada nela achou, a não ser somente folhas. E disse-lhe: Nunca de ti nasça fruto, jamais! E imediatamente a figueira se secou. (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 Os discípulos viram, e ficaram maravilhados, dizendo: Como a figueira se secou de imediato?
When the disciples saw this, they exclaimed in astonishment, ‘How suddenly the fig tree withered up!’
21 Porém Jesus lhes respondeu: Em verdade vos digo: se tiverdes fé, e não duvidardes, vós não somente fareis isto à figueira, mas até se disserdes a este monte: “Levanta-te, e lança-te no mar”, isso se fará.
‘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 E tudo o que pedirdes em oração, crendo, recebereis.
And whatever you ask for in your prayers will, if you have faith, be granted you.’
23 Depois de entrar no templo, quando ele estava ensinando, os chefes dos sacerdotes e os anciãos do povo se aproximaram dele, perguntando: Com que autoridade fazes isto? E quem te deu esta autoridade?
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 Jesus lhes respondeu: Eu também vos farei uma pergunta. Se vós a responderdes a mim, também eu vos responderei com que autoridade faço isto.
‘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 De onde era o batismo de João? Do céu, ou dos seres humanos? E eles pensaram entre si mesmos, dizendo: Se dissermos: “Do céu”, ele nos dirá: “Por que, então, não crestes nele?
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 Mas se dissermos: “Dos seres humanos”, temos medo da multidão, pois todos consideram João como profeta.
But if we say “human,” we are afraid of the people, for everyone regards John as a prophet.’
27 Então responderam a Jesus: Não sabemos. E ele lhes disse: Nem eu vos digo com que autoridade faço isto.
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 Mas que vos parece? Um homem tinha dois filhos. Aproximando-se do primeiro, disse: “Filho, vai hoje trabalhar na minha vinha.”
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 Porém ele respondeu: “Eu [vou], senhor”, mas não foi.
“Yes, sir,” he answered; but he did not go.
30 E, aproximando-se do segundo, disse da mesma maneira. E ele respondeu: “Não quero”; mas depois se arrependeu, e foi.
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 Qual dos dois fez a vontade do pai? Eles lhe responderam: O segundo. Jesus lhes disse: Em verdade vos digo que os publicanos e as prostitutas estão indo adiante de vós ao Reino de Deus.
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 Pois João veio a vós mesmos no caminho de justiça, mas não crestes nele; enquanto que os publicanos e as prostitutas nele creram. Vós, porém, mesmo tendo visto [isto], nem assim vos arrependestes, a fim de nele crer.
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 Ouvi outra parábola. Havia um homem, dono de uma propriedade. Ele plantou uma vinha, cercou-a, fundou nela uma prensa de uvas, e construiu uma torre. Depois a arrendou a uns lavradores, e partiu-se para um lugar distante.
‘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 Quando chegou o tempo dos frutos, enviou seus servos aos lavradores, para receberem os frutos que a ele pertenciam.
When the time for the grape harvest drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants, to receive his share of the produce.
35 Mas os lavradores tomaram os seus servos, e feriram um, mataram outro, e apedrejaram outro.
But the tenants seized his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
36 Outra vez enviou outros servos, em maior número que os primeiros, mas fizeram-lhes o mesmo.
A second time the owner sent some servants, a larger number than before, and the tenants treated them in the same way.
37 E por último lhes enviou o seu filho, dizendo: “Respeitarão ao meu filho”.
As a last resource he sent his son to them. “They will respect my son,” he said.
38 Mas quando os lavradores viram o filho, disseram entre si: “Este é o herdeiro. Venhamos matá-lo, e tomemos a sua herança”.
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 Então o agarraram, lançaram-no para fora da vinha, e o mataram.
So they seized him, and threw him outside the vineyard, and killed him.
40 Ora, quando o senhor da vinha chegar, o que fará com aqueles lavradores?
Now, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’
41 Eles lhe responderam: Aos maus dará uma morte má, e arrendará a vinha a outros lavradores, que lhe deem os frutos em seus tempos [de colheita].
‘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 Jesus lhes disse: Nunca lestes nas Escrituras: “A pedra que os construtores rejeitaram, essa se tornou cabeça da esquina. Isto foi feito pelo Senhor, e é maravilhoso aos nossos olhos”?
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 Portanto eu vos digo que o reino de Deus será tirado de vós, e será dado a um povo que produza os frutos dele.
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 E quem cair sobre esta pedra será quebrado; mas sobre quem ela cair, ela o tornará em pó.
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 Quando os chefes dos sacerdotes e os fariseus ouviram estas suas parábolas, entenderam que [Jesus] estava falando deles.
After listening to these parables, the chief priests and the Pharisees saw that it was about them that he was speaking;
46 E procuravam prendê-lo, mas temeram as multidões, pois elas o consideravam profeta.
yet, although eager to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowds, who regarded him as a prophet.
