Mateo 13
1 Gbe ma gbe Yesu do go tso aƒea me yi ɖanɔ anyi ɖe ƒua nu.
On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
2 Ameha gã aɖe gaƒo ƒu ɖe eŋu ale gbegbe be ege ɖe ʋu aɖe me, eye wòyi ɖe ƒua dzi vie nɔ anyi, ke ameha la tɔ ɖe ƒua ta.
A very large crowd gathered around him, so he got into a boat and sat in it, while the whole crowd stood on the beach.
3 Egblɔ nya geɖewo na wo to lododo me be, “Agbledela aɖe yi nuku wu ge.
Then Jesus said many things to them in parables. He said, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow seed.
4 Esi wònɔ nukua wum la, ɖewo ge ɖe mɔ to, eye xeviwo va fɔ wo mi.
As he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and devoured them.
5 Ɖewo hã ge ɖe kpenyigba dzi, afi si ke sue aɖe ko nɔ; nuku siawo tsi vlɔvlɔvlɔ,
Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil. Immediately they sprang up, because the soil had no depth.
6 gake esi ŋdɔ ʋu ɖe wo dzi la, woyrɔ, eye woku, elabena woƒe kewo mede to o.
But when the sun had risen, they were scorched because they had no root, and they withered away.
7 Nuku bubuwo ge ɖe ŋu me, eye ŋu vu tsyɔ wo dzi woku.
Other seeds fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked them.
8 Ke nuku aɖewo hã ge ɖe anyigba nyuitɔ dzi, eye womie, tsi hetse ku geɖewo, ɖewo tse blaetɔ̃, bubuwo tse blaade, eye ɖewo hã tse alafa.
Other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
9 Ame si to senu li na la nesee.”
He who has ears, let him listen.”
10 Eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo va egbɔ va biae be, “Nu ka ta ɣe sia ɣi ko nènɔa nu fiam amewo to lododo me ɖo?”
The disciples came and said to Jesus, “Why do you talk to the crowd in parables?”
11 Eɖe eme na wo be wo nusrɔ̃lawo ko wona mɔnukpɔkpɔ be woanya nu si dziƒofiaɖuƒe la nye, ke womena mɔnukpɔkpɔ sia ame bubuwo o.
Jesus answered and said to them, “You have been given the privilege of understanding mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12 Ame si si nu le la, eyae woana nui ale be nu si le esi la nasɔ gbɔ ɖe edzi, ke ame si si nu mele o la, sue si le esi hã la, woaxɔe le esi wòatsi asi ƒuƒlu.
For whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
13 Nu sia tae metsɔa lododo fia nu amewoe ɖo be; “Togbɔ be woanɔ nua kpɔm hã la, womakpɔe adze sii o, eye woanɔ esem, gake womase egɔme o.
This is why I talk to them in parables: Though they are seeing, they do not see; and though they are hearing, they do not hear, or understand.
14 Nya sia wu nyagblɔɖila Yesaya ƒe nyagblɔɖi sia nu be, “‘Miaƒe towo ase nyawo gake miase wo gɔme o, Miaƒe ŋkuwo akpɔ nu gake miele si dze gee o.
To them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, that which says, 'While hearing you will hear, but you will in no way understand; while seeing you will see, but you will in no way perceive.
15 Elabena ame siawo ƒe dziwo ku atri; woƒe towo hã mesea nu o, eye womiã woƒe ŋkuwo. Ne menye nenema o la, woakpɔ nu kple woƒe ŋkuwo, ase nu kple woƒe towo, ase nu gɔme kple woƒe dziwo, woatrɔ ɖe ŋunye eye mayɔ dɔ wo.’
For this people's heart has become dull, and they are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so they should not see with their eyes, or hear with their ears, or understand with their hearts, so they would turn again, and I would heal them.'
16 Ke woayra miaƒe ŋkuwo, elabena wokpɔa nu kple miaƒe towo hã elabena wosea nu.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
17 Mele egblɔm na mi nyateƒetɔe be, nyagblɔɖila geɖewo kple ame dzɔdzɔe geɖewo di vevie be yewoakpɔ nu siwo kpɔm miele, eye yewoase nya siwo sem miele la, gake womete ŋui o.
Truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things that you see, and did not see them. They desired to hear the things that you hear, and did not hear them.
18 “Lo si medo tso nukuwula ŋuti la ƒe gɔmeɖeɖee nye esi!
Listen then to the parable of the farmer who sowed his seed.
19 Anyigba alo mɔ to, afi si nuku aɖewo ge ɖo la nye ame aɖe ƒe dzi. Ame sia sea nyanyui la tso mawufiaɖuƒe la ŋuti, gake mesea egɔme o, ale Satana va ɖea nyanyui la le eƒe dzi me.
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the seed that was sown beside the road.
20 Kpenyigba lae nye ame si sea nyanyui la, eye eƒe dzi xɔnɛ kple dzidzɔ,
What was sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,
21 gake abe nuku siwo miena ɖe anyigba ma ƒomevi dzi ene la, woƒe kewo medea to o, eye togbɔ be wotsina vlɔvlɔvlɔ hã la, ne yometiti va ko la, wogbɔdzɔna.
yet he has no root in himself and he endures for a while. When tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, he quickly falls away.
22 Anyigba si dzi yɔ kple ŋuve lae nye ame si sea mawunya la, gake dzitsitsi ɖe xexemenuwo kple kesinɔnuwo ŋu hea eƒe susu ɖa tso mawunya la gbɔ, eya ta metsea ku aɖeke na Mawu o. (aiōn g165)
What was sown among the thorn plants, this is the person who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
23 Anyigba nyui lae nye ame si ƒe dzi sea mawunya la, eye wòsea egɔme, eye eya hã ɖakplɔa ame blaetɔ̃, blaade alo alafa ɖeka bubu gɔ̃ hã vaa dziƒofiaɖuƒe la mee.”
What was sown on the good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands it. He bears fruit and makes a crop, some yielding one hundred times as much as was planted, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.”
24 Lo bubu si Yesu gado hãe nye esi: “Dziƒofiaɖuƒe la le abe ame si ƒã bli ɖe eƒe agble me ene,
Jesus presented another parable to them. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25 ke esi wòmlɔ anyi le zã me la, eƒe futɔ va ƒã gbeku vɔ̃wo ɖe bliawo dome.
But while people slept, his enemy came and also sowed weeds among the wheat and then went away.
26 Esi bliawo de asi tsitsi me la, gbeku vɔ̃awo hã tsi kpli wo.
When the blades sprouted and then produced their crop, then the weeds appeared also.
27 “Agbleatɔ ƒe dɔlawo va agbletɔ la gbɔ va biae be, ‘Aƒetɔ, alo menye nuku nyui nèƒã ɖe wò abɔ me oa? Afi ka gbeku vɔ̃ siawo tso?’
The servants of the landowner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How does it now have weeds?'
28 “Agbletɔ la ɖo eŋu na wo be, ‘Futɔ aɖe kokokoe wɔ nenem nu sia.’ “Dɔlawo biae be, ‘Ekema mího gbeku vɔ̃awo ƒu gbe mahã?’
He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'So do you want us to go and pull them out?'
29 “Eɖo eŋu na wo be, ‘Gbeɖe, migawɔe o, ne miebe yewoaho gbeku vɔ̃awo la, miaho blia hã,
The landowner said, 'No. Because while you are pulling out the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them.
30 eya ta mina wo katã natsi aduadu va se ɖe nuŋeɣi, ekema mana nuŋelawo naho gbekuawo, atɔ dzo wo, eye woatsɔ bli la akɔ ɖe nye ava me!’”
Let both grow together until the harvest. At the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First pull out the weeds and tie them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”'”
31 Lo bubu si wògado na wo lae nye esi: “Dziƒofiaɖuƒe la le abe ʋuti ƒe ku si nye atikutsetse suetɔ kekeake si wodo ɖe anyigba ƒe tu me ene.
Then Jesus presented another parable to them. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field.
32 Togbɔ be enye atiku suetɔ wu le atikuwo dome hã la, ne etsi la, ezua ati gã si ƒoa atiwo katã ta, eye xeviwo va wɔa atɔ ɖe alɔawo me hekpɔa gbɔdzɔe.”
This seed is indeed the smallest of all seeds. But when it has grown, it is greater than the garden plants. It becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
33 Yesu yi edzi kple lododo bubu be, “Dziƒofiaɖuƒe la ɖi nuʋãnu si nyɔnu aɖe tsɔ de abolomɔ me, eye wòwɔ dɔ to abolomɔ blibo la me va se ɖe esime wòʋã nyuie.”
Jesus then told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen.”
34 Yesu wɔa lododo ŋu dɔ zi geɖe nenye be wòle nu ƒom na amewo; ne ele nu ƒom na wo la, lododo sɔŋ ko ŋu dɔ wòwɔna,
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; and he said nothing to them without a parable.
35 elabena woawu nya si nyagblɔɖilawo gblɔ ɖi la nu be, “Maƒo nu to lododowo me, eye maɖe nu ɣaɣla siwo li tso xexeme ƒe gɔmedzedzea me ke la gɔme.”
This was in order that what had been said through the prophet might come true, when he said, “I will open my mouth in parables. I will say things that were hidden from the foundation of the world.”
36 Azɔ egblẽ ameha la ɖe kpɔa godo, eye wòge ɖe aƒea me. Eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo va egbɔ gblɔ be, “Ɖe lo si nèdo tso bligble kple gbeku vɔ̃wo ŋuti la gɔme na mí.”
Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”
37 Egblɔ na wo be, “Enyo, maɖe egɔme na mi. Nyee nye agbledela si ƒã bli ɖe nye agble me la.
Jesus answered and said, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 Agble lae nye xexea me, eye bli lae nye ame si le mawufiaɖuƒe la me, ke gbeku vɔ̃ɖiwoe nye dzimaxɔsetɔwo.
The field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
39 Futɔ si ƒã gbeku vɔ̃wo ɖe blia me lae nye Abosam. Nuŋeɣi lae nye xexea me ƒe nuwuwu, eye nuŋelawoe nye mawudɔlawo. (aiōn g165)
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. (aiōn g165)
40 “Le lododo sia me la, woɖe gbeku vɔ̃ɖiawo ɖe aga, eye wotɔ dzo wo; nenema ke wòanɔ le xexea me ƒe nuwuwu. (aiōn g165)
Therefore, as the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. (aiōn g165)
41 Madɔ nye dɔlawo ɖa, eye woaƒo ame vɔ̃ɖiwo kple nuɖianuwo katã nu ƒu, aɖe wo ɖa le mawufiaɖuƒe la me;
The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the things that cause sin and those who commit iniquity.
42 woatsɔ wo aƒu gbe ɖe kpodzo me, afi si avifafa kple aɖukliɖuɖu geɖe anɔ.
They will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
43 Ke ame dzɔdzɔewo aklẽ abe ɣe ene le wo Fofo ƒe fiaɖuƒe la me. Ame si to senu li na la nese nya siawo.
Then will the righteous people shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him listen.
44 “Dziƒofiaɖuƒe la le abe kesinɔnu aɖe si ŋu ame aɖe va ke ɖo le anyigba aɖe me ene. Eye le dzidzɔ si wòkpɔ le kesinɔnu sia ŋuti ta la, edzra nu sia nu si le esi la be yeakpɔ ga atsɔ aƒle anyigba sia kple kesinɔnu la katã.
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. A man found it and hid it. In his joy he goes, sells everything he possesses, and buys that field.
45 “Megale egblɔm na mi be, dziƒofiaɖuƒe la ɖi dzonusitsala si le dzonu nyuiwo dim be yeaƒle adzra la.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a merchant looking for valuable pearls.
46 Eva kpɔ dzonu aɖe si xɔ asi ŋutɔ, eya ta eyi ɖadzra nu siwo katã le esi la, eye wòƒle dzonu sia.
When he found one pearl of very great value, he went and sold everything that he possessed and bought it.
47 “Dziƒofiaɖuƒe la gasɔ kple tɔƒodela aɖe si da asabu ɖe tɔ me, eye wòɖe lã vovovowo, ɖuɖuawo kple maɖumaɖuawo siaa la.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea, and that gathered creatures of every kind.
48 Esi wòhe asabu la va gotae la, enɔ anyi tia lã ɖuɖuawo ɖe teƒe ɖeka, ke esiwo womeɖuna o la, etsɔ wo ƒu gbe.
When it was filled, the fishermen drew it up on the beach. Then they sat down and gathered the good things into containers, but the worthless things they threw away.
49 Alea tututu wòanɔ le xexea me ƒe nuwuwu hã. Mawudɔlawo ava ma ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ɖa tso ame dzɔdzɔewo gbɔ, (aiōn g165)
It will be this way at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous. (aiōn g165)
50 eye woatsɔ wo aƒu gbe ɖe kpodzo me, afi si avifafa kple aɖukliɖuɖu geɖe anɔ.”
They will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
51 Azɔ ebia nusrɔ̃lawo be, “Miese nya siawo gɔmea?” Woɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, míese wo gɔme.”
Have you understood all these things?” The disciples said to him, “Yes.”
52 Ale wòɖo eŋu na wo be, “Eya ta sefiala ɖe sia ɖe si wofia nui tso dziƒofiaɖuƒe la ŋuti la le abe aƒetɔ aɖe si ɖe eƒe kesinɔnu yeye kple xoxoa siaa do goe tso eƒe nudzraɖoƒe la ene.”
Then Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is the owner of a house, who draws out old and new things from his treasure.”
53 Esi Yesu wu lododo siawo nu la, edzo le afi ma.
Then it came about that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from that place.
54 Etrɔ yi fofoawo de, eye wòfia nu le woƒe ƒuƒoƒe, ke ewɔ nuku na wo ŋutɔ. Wobia be, “Afi ka ame sia xɔ nunya kple nukunu gã siwo wɔm wòle la tsoe mahã?
Then Jesus entered his own region and taught the people in their synagogue. The result was that they were astonished and said, “Where does this man get his wisdom and these miracles from?
55 Ɖe menye eyae nye atikpala la ƒe viŋutsu oa? Ɖe menye dadaa ŋkɔe nye Maria, eye nɔvia ŋutsuwoe nye Yakobo, Yosef, Simɔn kple Yuda oa?
Is not this man the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? Are not his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
56 Ɖe nɔvia nyɔnuwo katã mele mía dome oa? Ekema afi ka gɔ̃ ŋutsu sia kpɔ nu siawo katã tsoe?”
Are not all his sisters with us? Where did he get all these things?”
57 Ale wokpɔ nuɖiaɖia le eŋu. Ke Yesu gblɔ na wo be, “Wodea bubu Nyagblɔɖila ŋu le afi sia afi negbe le eya ŋutɔ ƒe dedu me kple eya ŋutɔ ƒe aƒe me ko.”
They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own family.”
58 Ale mewɔ nukunu geɖewo le afi ma o, le woƒe dzimaxɔse ta.
He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.
