Mattheum 13
1 In illo die exiens Iesus de domo, sedebat secus mare.
On that same day, after Jesus had left the house, he took his seat on the seashore;
2 Et congregatae sunt ad eum turbae multae, ita ut naviculam ascendens sederet: et omnis turba stabat in littore,
and such a great crowd gathered about him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the crowd stood on the beach.
3 et locutus est eis multa in parabolis, dicens: Ecce exiit qui seminat, seminare semen suum.
Then he told them many truths in parables. "Behold," he said, "the sower went forth to sow;
4 Et dum seminat, quaedam ceciderunt secus viam, et venerunt volucres caeli, et comederunt ea.
and as he sowed, some seed fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate it.
5 Alia autem ceciderunt in petrosa, ubi non habebant terram multam: et continuo exorta sunt, quia non habebant altitudinem terrae.
Some fell on rocky ground where there was not much earth. Now because it had no depth of soil, it sprang up at once;
6 sole autem orto aestuaverunt: et quia non habebant radicem, aruerunt.
but when the sun rose it was scorched, and withered away because it had no root.
7 Alia autem ceciderunt in spinas: et creverunt spinae, et suffocaverunt ea.
Some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked it.
8 Alia autem ceciderunt in terram bonam: et dabant fructum aliud centesimum, aliud sexagesimum, aliud trigesimum.
But some fell on good soil, and bore a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
9 Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat.
He who has ears, let him hear!"
10 Et accedentes discipuli dixerunt ei: Quare in parabolis loqueris eis?
Now when his disciples came up to him, they said,
11 Qui respondens, ait illis: Quia vobis datum est nosse mysteria regni caelorum: illis autem non est datum.
"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.
12 Qui enim habet, dabitur ei, et abundabit: qui autem non habet, et quod habet auferetur ab eo.
"For whoever holds, to him shall more be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever does not hold, from him shall be taken away even what he holds.
13 Ideo in parabolis loquor eis: quia videntes non vident, et audientes non audiunt, neque intelligunt.
"This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
14 Ut adimpleatur in eis prophetia Isaiae dicentis: Auditu audietis, et non intelligetis: et videntes videbitis, et non videbitis:
And in them is being fulfilled that prophecy of Isaiah which says. "Hearing you will hear and not understand; Seeing you will see and not perceive;
15 Incrassatum est enim cor populi huius, et auribus graviter audierunt, et oculos suos clauserunt: nequando videant oculis, et auribus audiant, et corde intelligant, et convertantur, et sanem eos.
For the heart of his people is made fat, Their ears are dull of hearing; Their eyes, too, have they closed, Lest some day their eyes should perceive, And their ears should hear, And their heart should understand and turn, And I should heal them.
16 Vestri autem beati oculi quia vident, et aures vestrae quia audiunt.
"But happy are your eyes, because they see, and your ears because they hear.
17 Amen quippe dico vobis, quia multi prophetae, et iusti cupierunt videre quae videtis, et non viderunt: et audire quae auditis, et non audierunt.
"In solemn truth I tell you that many prophets and holy men have seen it not, and to hear what you are hearing, and have not heard it.
18 Vos ergo audite parabolam seminantis.
"Listen then, to the parable of the sower.
19 Omnis, qui audit verbum regni, et non intelligit, venit malus, et rapit quod seminatum est in corde eius: hic est qui secus viam seminatus est.
"Whenever any one hears the message of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.
20 Qui autem super petrosa seminatus est, hic est, qui verbum audit, et continuo cum gaudio accipit illud:
"This is the seed sown by the wayside. And the word, and at once receives it with joy.
21 non habet autem in se radicem, sed est temporalis. facta autem tribulatione et persecutione propter verbum, continuo scandalizatur.
"But he has no root in himself; he continues for a time, but when trouble arises, or persecutions, on account of the word, at once he stumbles and falls.
22 Qui autem seminatus est in spinis, hic est, qui verbum audit, et solicitudo saeculi istius, et fallacia divitiarum suffocat verbum, et sine fructu efficitur. (aiōn g165)
"And the seed sown among thorns is he who hears the word, but the anxieties of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
23 Qui vero in terram bonam seminatus est, hic est qui audit verbum, et intelligit, et fructum affert, et facit aliud quidem centesimum, aliud autem sexagesimum, aliud vero trigesimum.
"But the seed sown in good soil is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit, and makes now an hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty."
24 Aliam parabolam proposuit illis, dicens: Simile factum est regnum caelorum homini, qui seminavit bonum semen in agro suo.
He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven," he said, "is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;
25 cum autem dormirent homines, venit inimicus eius, et superseminavit zizania in medio tritici, et abiit.
"but while men were asleep his enemy came and sowed tares among his wheat and went away.
26 Cum autem crevisset herba, et fructum fecisset, tunc apparuerunt et zizania.
"And when the blade shot up and formed the wheat-kernel, then the tares also appeared.
27 Accedentes autem servi patrisfamilias, dixerunt ei: Domine, nonne bonum semen seminasti in agro tuo? Unde ergo habet zizania?
"The slaves of the owner went to him and said. "‘Was it not good seed, sir, that you sowed in your field? From whence then, do you get tares?’
28 Et ait illis: Inimicus homo hoc fecit: Servi autem dixerunt ei, Vis, imus, et colligimus ea?
"‘It is an enemy who has done this,’ he answered. "The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and collect them?’
29 Et ait: Non: ne forte colligentes zizania, eradicetis simul cum eis et triticum.
"‘No,’ he answered, ‘for fear lest while you are collecting the tares, you at the same time pull up the wheat.
30 Sinite utraque crescere usque ad messem, et in tempore messis dicam messoribus: Colligite primum zizania, et alligate ea in fasciculos ad comburendum, triticum autem congregate in horreum meum.
"Let both grow together until harvest, and at harvest-time I will tell the reapers to first gather the tares and tie them in bundles for burning, but to bring all the wheat into my store-house.’"
31 Aliam parabolam proposuit eis dicens: Simile est regnum caelorum grano sinapis, quod accipiens homo seminavit in agro suo:
He set forth to them another parable, saying. "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard-seed which a man took and planted in his field.
32 quod minimum quidem est omnibus seminibus: cum autem creverit, maius est omnibus oleribus, et fit arbor, ita ut volucres caeli veniant, et habitent in ramis eius.
"This is indeed the smallest of seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than any herb, and becomes a tree, so that the winged things of the sky come and roost in its branches."
33 Aliam parabolam locutus est eis. Simile est regnum caelorum fermento, quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinae satis tribus, donec fermentatum est totum.
He told them another parable. He said, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until the whole was leavened."
34 Haec omnia locutus est Iesus in parabolis ad turbas: et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis:
Jesus told all this to the crowd in parables; indeed he never spoke to them except in parables,
35 ut impleretur quod dictum erat per Prophetam dicentem: Aperiam in parabolis os meum, eructabo abscondita a constitutione mundi.
in fulfilment of the word spoken by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things kept secret since the foundation of the world."
36 Tunc, dimissis turbis, venit in domum: et accesserunt ad eum discipuli eius, dicentes: Edissere nobis parabolam zizaniorum agri.
After he had sent the people away and gone into the house, his disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."
37 Qui respondens ait illis: Qui seminat bonum semen, est Filius hominis.
"The sower of the seed," he answered, "is the Son of man;
38 Ager autem, est mundus. Bonum vero semen, hi sunt filii regnum. Zizania autem, filii sunt nequam.
"the field is the world; the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; the weeds, the sons of the Evil One.
39 Inimicus autem, qui seminavit ea, est diabolus. Messis vero, consummatio saeculi est. Messores autem, angeli sunt. (aiōn g165)
"The enemy who sows the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age. The reapers are the angels. (aiōn g165)
40 Sicut ergo colliguntur zizania, et igne comburuntur: sic erit in consummatione saeculi. (aiōn g165)
"Just as the weeds are collected together and burnt with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. (aiōn g165)
41 mittet filius hominis angelos suos, et colligent de regno eius omnia scandala, et eos, qui faciunt iniquitatem:
"The son of man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all hindrances, and whoever practises iniquity,
42 et mittent eos in caminum ignis. Ibi erit fletus, et stridor dentium.
"and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
43 Tunc iusti fulgebunt sicut sol in regno Patris eorum. Qui habet aures audiendi, audiat.
"And then shall the just shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears to hear, listen!
44 Simile est regnum caelorum thesauro abscondito in agro: quem qui invenit homo, abscondit, et prae gaudio illius vadit, et vendit universa quae habet, et emit agrum illum.
"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in the ground, which a man finds but buries again, and then in his joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that land.
45 Iterum simile est regnum caelorum homini negotiatori, quaerenti bonas margaritas.
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of beautiful pearls.
46 Inventa autem una pretiosa margarita, abiit, et vendidit omnia quae habuit, et emit eam.
"When he finds one of great price, he goes and sells everything he has and buys it.
47 Iterum simile est regnum caelorum sagenae missae in mare, et ex omni genere piscium congreganti.
"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.
48 Quam, cum impleta esset, educentes, et secus littus sedentes, elegerunt bonis in vasa, malos autem foras miserunt.
"When it was full they hauled it upon the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets, but threw the worthless fish away.
49 Sic erit in consummatione saeculi: exibunt angeli, et separabunt malos de medio iustorum, (aiōn g165)
"So will it be at the end of the age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from the righteous, and fling them into the furnace of fire. (aiōn g165)
50 et mittent eos in caminum ignis: ibi erit fletus, et stridor dentium.
"There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
51 Intellexistis haec omnia? Dicunt ei: Etiam.
"Have you understood all this?" he asked. "We have," they answered him.
52 Ait illis: Ideo omnis scriba doctus in regno caelorum, similis est homini patrifamilias, qui profert de thesauro suo nova et vetera.
"Then," said he, "every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."
53 Et factum est, cum consummasset Iesus parabolas istas, transiit inde.
After Jesus had finished these parables, he withdrew from that place,
54 Et veniens in patriam suam, docebat eos in synagogis eorum, ita ut mirarentur, et dicerent: Unde huic sapientia haec, et virtutes?
and came into his own country, where he continued teaching the people in their synagogues, until they were amazed. "Where did he get such wisdom?" they said, "and such wondrous powers?
55 Nonne hic est fabri filius? Nonne mater eius dicitur Maria, et fratres eius, Iacobus, et Ioseph, et Simon, et Iudas:
"Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers Jamesand Joseph and Simon and Judas?
56 et sorores eius, nonne omnes apud nos sunt? Unde ergo huic omnia ista?
"Are not his sisters all living among us? Where, then, did he get all these powers?"
57 Et scandalizabantur in eo. Iesus autem dixit eis: Non est propheta sine honore nisi in patria sua, et in domo sua.
This kept them from believing in him. Wherefore Jesus said, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and among his own family."
58 Et non fecit ibi virtutes multas propter incredulitatem illorum.
And he did no mighty works there, because of their lack of faith.
