Matiu 13
1 Nʼotu ụbọchị ahụ, Jisọs hapụrụ ụlọ ahụ gaa nʼọnụ mmiri ebe ọ nọdụrụ ala.
On that day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.
2 Igwe mmadụ dị ukwuu bịakwutere ya, nke mere ka ọ baa nʼime ụgbọ mmiri. Nʼime ya ka ọ nọ na-ezi ndị mmadụ nọ nʼọnụ mmiri ahụ na-ege ya ntị ihe.
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 O ji ilu gwa ha ọtụtụ ihe. Ọ gwara ha sị, “O nwere otu onye ọrụ ubi gara ịkụ mkpụrụ nʼubi ya.
Then Jesus said many things to them in parables. He said, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow seed.
4 Mgbe ọ na-agha mkpụrụ ndị a, ụfọdụ nʼime ha dara nʼakụkụ ụzọ ebe ụmụ nnụnụ bịara tụrịa ha loo.
As he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and devoured them.
5 Ma ụfọdụ nʼime ha dara nʼala dị nkume nkume. Ọ dịghị anya ha puputara, too, nʼihi na aja dị nʼebe ahụ emighị emi.
Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil. Immediately they sprang up, because the soil had no depth.
6 Ma mgbe anwụ mụkwasịrị ha, ha chanwụrụ, kpọnwụọ, nʼihi na mgbọrọgwụ ha emikpughị emikpu nʼime ala.
But when the sun had risen, they were scorched because they had no root, and they withered away.
7 Mkpụrụ ụfọdụ danyere nʼetiti ogwu, ogwu ahụ topụtara kpagbuo ha.
Other seeds fell among the thorn plants. The thorn plants grew up and choked them.
8 Ma ụfọdụ mkpụrụ dara nʼezi ala, mịakwa ọtụtụ mkpụrụ. Ụfọdụ mịrị mkpụrụ iri atọ, ụfọdụ iri isii, ụfọdụ kwa otu narị.
Other seeds fell on good soil and produced a crop, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
9 Onye ọbụla nwere ntị ịnụ ihe, ya nụrụ.”
He who has ears, let him listen.”
10 Emesịa, ndị na-eso ụzọ ya bịakwutere ya jụọ ya sị, “Gịnị mere i ji na-agwa ndị a okwu nʼilu?”
The disciples came and said to Jesus, “Why do you talk to the crowd in parables?”
11 Ọ zaghachiri, “Nʼihi na ọ bụ unu ka e nyere ịmata ihe omimi niile nke alaeze eluigwe. Emeghị ka ndị ọzọ ghọta ya.
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 Onye ahụ nwere ihe ka a ga-enyekwa ọzọ, ka o nwee karịa. Ma onye na-enweghị ihe ọbụla ka a ga-anapụ ọ bụladị ihe o nwere.
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 Nke a bụ ihe mere m ji agwa ha okwu nʼilu: “Nʼihi na ha na-ele anya, ma ha adịghị ahụ ụzọ, ha na-ege ntị, ma ha adịghị anụ ihe maọbụ aghọta ya.
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 Nke a bụkwa imezu amụma ahụ Aịzaya buru sị, “‘Unu ga na-anụ, nụkwa, ma unu agaghị aghọta ihe ọbụla. Unu ga na-ele anya, hụkwa, ma unu agaghị ahụ ihe ọbụla.
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 Nʼihi na obi ndị nke a a maala abụba, dịkwa arọ, ha adịghị ejikwa ntị ha anụ ihe, ha mechikwara anya ha ka ha ghara ịhụ ụzọ. Ma ọ bụghị otu a ha nwere ike iji anya ha hụ ụzọ, jirikwa ntị ha nụ ihe, sitekwa nʼobi ha nwe nghọta ma chigharịa bịakwute m, ka m gwọọ ha.’
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 Ma ngọzị na-adịrị anya unu, nʼihi na ha na-ahụ ụzọ, na ntị unu nʼihi na ha na-anụkwa ihe.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
17 Nʼezie agwa m unu, ọtụtụ ndị amụma na ndị ezi omume ka ọ gụrụ agụụ ịhụ ihe unu na-ahụ, ma ha ahụghị ya, na ịnụ ihe unu na-anụ, ma ha anụghị ya.
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 “Ugbu nụrụnụ nkọwa ilu ọgha mkpụrụ ahụ.
Listen then to the parable of the farmer who sowed his seed.
19 Mgbe onye ọbụla nụrụ oziọma nke alaeze ahụ, ma ọ ghọtaghị ya, ajọ onye ahụ na-abịa napụ ya ihe ahụ akụrụ nʼobi ya. Nke a bụ mkpụrụ ahụ nke dara nʼokporoụzọ.
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 Mkpụrụ nke dara nʼala nkume nọchiri anya obi mmadụ onye nụrụ oziọma ahụ, jirikwa oke ọṅụ nabata ya.
What was sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,
21 Ma ebe ha na-enweghị mgbọrọgwụ nʼime ha. Ha na-anọ nwa oge nta. Mgbe nsogbu maọbụ mkpagbu bịara nʼihi okwu ahụ, ngwangwa ha na-adachapụ.
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 Mkpụrụ nke dara nʼala ahụ ogwu ogwu dị nọchiri anya obi mmadụ onye nụrụ oziọma ahụ, ma ọchịchọ nke ụwa a, ya na itinye obi nʼakụ nke ụwa a, kpagidere okwu dị nʼime ya, mee ka ọ ghara ịmị mkpụrụ. (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 Ma mkpụrụ dara nʼala ọma ahụ nọchiri anya obi mmadụ onye gere ntị nʼoziọma ahụ, ghọtakwa ya. Ọ na-amịta mkpụrụ dị narị, maọbụ iri isii, maọbụ iri atọ karịa ihe akụnyere nʼime ya.”
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 Ọ tụụrụ ha ilu ọzọ sị, “Alaeze eluigwe dị ka mmadụ ọbụla nke kụrụ ezi mkpụrụnʼubi ya.
Jesus presented another parable to them. He said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
25 Ma nʼotu abalị, mgbe onye ọbụla nọ nʼụra, onye iro gara nʼubi ahụ kụọ mkpụrụ na-epu ahịhịa nʼetiti ezi mkpụrụ ọka wiiti ahụ ọ kụrụ ma laa.
But while people slept, his enemy came and also sowed weeds among the wheat and then went away.
26 Mgbe mkpụrụ ọka wiiti ndị ahụ puputara, mepụta isi ọka, ahịhịa ahụ bidokwara ito.
When the blades sprouted and then produced their crop, then the weeds appeared also.
27 “Ndị ọrụ onye nwe ubi ahụ bịara sị ya, ‘Nna anyị ukwu, ọ bụghị ezi mkpụrụ ọka ka ị kụrụ nʼubi gị? Ebeekwanụ ka ahịhịa ndị a si bịa?’
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 “Onye ọrụ ubi ahụ zara ha sị, ‘Ọ bụ onye iro m kụrụ ahịhịa ndị a.’ “Ndị ọrụ ya jụrụ ya sị, ‘Ị chọrọ ka anyị gaa fopụtasịa ha?’
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 “Ma onye ọrụ ubi ahụ sịrị ha, ‘Ọ dịghị, nʼihi na mgbe unu na-achọ ihopu ahịhịa ndị ahụ, unu nwere ike site na-amaghị ama hopu ezi mkpụrụ ọka wiiti.
The landowner said, 'No. Because while you are pulling out the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them.
30 Hapụnụ ọka ahụ ka ha na ahịhịa ndị ahụ na-etokọta, tutu ruo mgbe a ga-ewe ihe ubi. Nʼoge ahụ aga m enye ndị owuwe ihe ubi iwu sị, burunu ụzọ chịkọtasịa ahịhịa ndị a niile, kee ha nʼukwu nʼukwu, kpọọ ha ọkụ. Ma kpokọtanụ ọka wiiti ndị a tinye ha nʼọba m.’”
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 Ọ tụkwara ilu ọzọ sị ha, “Alaeze eluigwe dị ka mkpụrụ mọstaadị nke onye ọrụ ubi kụrụ nʼubi ya.
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 Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ mkpụrụ dịkarịsịrị nta karịa mkpụrụ ubi niile, ma mgbe mkpụrụ a toro, ọ na-adị ukwuu karịa ihe niile a kụrụ nʼubi. Ọ na-aghọ osisi buru ibu, nke ụmụ nnụnụ na-ezukwa ike nʼalaka ya.”
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 Ọ tụrụ ha ilu ọzọ sị, “Alaeze eluigwe dị ka ihe na-eko achịcha, nke nwanyị na-ewere gwakọta nʼụtụ ọka e ji eme achịcha, tutu ruo mgbe ihe iko achịcha ahụ mere ka ụtụ ọka ahụ niile koo.”
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 Oge niile ka Jisọs na-eji ilu na-agwa ndị mmadụ ndị a okwu. O nweghị oge ọbụla ọ gwara ha okwu hapụ iji ilu.
All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; and he said nothing to them without a parable.
35 O mere nke a ka okwu onye amụma kwuru mezuo, sị, “Aga m eji ilu kwuo okwu mgbe m na-agwa ha okwu. Aga m agwakwa ha ihe mmadụ ọbụla na-amaghị site nʼoge e kere ụwa.”
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 Emesịa, ọ hapụrụ igwe mmadụ ahụ baa nʼụlọ. Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya bịakwutere ya sị ya, “Kọwaara anyị ihe ilu ahụ ị tụrụ pụtara, ilu banyere ahịhịa puru nʼubi a kụrụ ọka.”
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 Jisọs zara ha sị, “Nwoke ahụ kụrụ mkpụrụ ahụ bụ Nwa nke Mmadụ.
Jesus answered and said, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 Ubi ahụ a ghanyere mkpụrụ ndị ahụ bụ ụwa. Mkpụrụ nke a kụrụ nʼubi ahụ nọchiri anya ụmụ nke alaeze ahụ. Ahịhịa ahụ puru nʼubi ahụ nọchikwara anya ụmụ ajọ onye ahụ.
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 Onye iro ahụ gara kụọ mkpụrụ puru ahịhịa bụ ekwensu. Owuwe ihe ubi nọchiri anya ọgwụgwụ oge. Ndị owuwe ihe ubi bụkwa ndị mmụọ ozi. (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)
Therefore, as the weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. (aiōn g165)
41 Nwa nke Mmadụ ga-ezipụ ndị mmụọ ozi ya ka ha gaa site nʼalaeze ya fopụtasịa ihe niile na-eme ka e mee mmehie, na ndị niile na-eme ajọ ihe.
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 Ha ga-atụbakwa ha nʼime oke ọkụ ahụ, ebe ha ga-anọ na-akwa akwa, na-atakwa ikikere eze.
They will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
43 Ma ndị niile bụ ndị ezi omume ga-enwu dị ka anyanwụ nʼime alaeze Nna ha. Onye ọbụla nwere ntị ịnụ ihe, ya nụrụ.
Then will the righteous people shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him listen.
44 “Alaeze eluigwe dị ka akụ e zoro nʼubi, nke otu nwoke chọpụtara zookwa ya ọzọ. Nwoke a jiri ọṅụ ree ihe niile o nwere, ma gaa zụta ubi ahụ.
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 “Ọzọ, alaeze eluigwe yiri nkume dị oke ọnụahịa nke onye na-azụ ahịa chọtara.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a merchant looking for valuable pearls.
46 Mgbe ọ hụrụ nkume a, o ree ihe niile o nwere, were ego ya gaa zụrụ nkume a dị oke ọnụahịa.
When he found one pearl of very great value, he went and sold everything that he possessed and bought it.
47 “Ọzọkwa, alaeze eluigwe dị ka ụgbụ e ji egbu azụ, nke a wụnyere nʼime osimiri, jiri ya jide azụ dị iche iche.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea, and that gathered creatures of every kind.
48 Mgbe ụgbụ a juru, ndị ọkụ azụ ahụ na-adọpụta ya. Nọdụ ala họpụtasịa ndị dị mma tinye ha nʼime nkata, ma tufuo ndị na-adịghị mma.
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 Otu a ka ọ ga-adị nʼọgwụgwụ oge. Ndị mmụọ ozi ga-abịa kewapụ ndị ọjọọ site nʼetiti ndị ezi omume, (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 ma tụbakwa ha nʼime oke ọkụ ahụ. Ebe ha ga-anọ na-akwa akwa na-atakwa ikikere eze.”
They will throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
51 Ọ jụrụ ha sị, “Unu ghọtara ihe ndị a m na-ekwu?” Ha zara sị ya, “E.”
Have you understood all these things?” The disciples said to him, “Yes.”
52 Ọ sịrị ha, “Nʼihi nke a, onye nkuzi nke iwu ọbụla nke e mere ka ọ bụrụ onye na-eso ụzọ alaeze eluigwe, dị ka onyenwe ụlọ nke na-esite nʼụlọakụ ya na-ewepụta ihe ọhụrụ na ihe ochie.”
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 Mgbe Jisọs tụsịrị ilu ndị a, o si ebe ahụ pụọ.
Then it came about that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from that place.
54 O rutere nʼobodo ya, malite izi ha ihe nʼụlọ ekpere ha, nke a jukwara ha anya. Ha jụrịtara onwe ha ajụjụ na-asị, “Ebee ka o si nweta amamihe a? Ebee ka o si nweta ike ịrụ ọrụ ebube ndị a niile?
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 Nwoke a, ọ bụghị nwa onye kapinta? Ọ bụ na-adịghị akpọ nne ya Meri? Jemis, Josef, Saimọn na Judas, ha abụghị ụmụnne ya ndị ikom?
Is not this man the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? Are not his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
56 Ụmụnne ya ndị inyom niile, ha anọghị nʼetiti anyị? Olee ebekwa ka nwoke a si nweta ihe ndị a?”
Are not all his sisters with us? Where did he get all these things?”
57 Iwe were ha nʼebe ọ nọ. Ma Jisọs gwara ha okwu sị ha, “A na-asọpụrụ onye amụma nʼebe niile, ma a dịghị asọpụrụ ya nʼobodo a mụrụ ya, nakwa nʼezinaụlọ nke ya.”
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 Ya mere, ọ rụghị ọtụtụ ọrụ ebube nʼebe ahụ, nʼihi na ha enweghị okwukwe nʼime ha.
He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.
