Mattheum 21
1 Et cum appropinquassent Ierosolymis, et venissent Bethphage ad Montem oliveti: tunc Iesus misit duos discipulos,
When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
2 dicens eis: Ite in castellum, quod contra vos est, et statim invenietis asinam alligatam, et pullum cum ea: solvite, et adducite mihi:
saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
3 et si quis vobis aliquid dixerit, dicite quia Dominus his opus habet: et confestim dimittet eos.
If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
4 Hoc autem totum factum est, ut adimpleretur quod dictum est per Prophetam dicentem:
All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
5 Dicite filiae Sion: Ecce rex tuus venit tibi mansuetus, sedens super asinam, et pullum filium subiugalis.
“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
6 Euntes autem discipuli fecerunt sicut praecepit illis Iesus.
The disciples went and did just as Jesus commanded them,
7 Et adduxerunt asinam, et pullum: et imposuerunt super eos vestimenta sua, et eum desuper sedere fecerunt.
and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
8 Plurima autem turba straverunt vestimenta sua in via: alii autem caedebant ramos de arboribus, et sternebant in via:
A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 turbae autem, quae praecedebant, et quae sequebantur, clamabant, dicentes: Hosanna filio David: benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini: hosanna in altissimis.
The multitudes who went in front of him, and those who followed, kept shouting, “Hosanna to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
10 Et cum intrasset Ierosolymam, commota est universa civitas, dicens: Quis est hic?
When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
11 Populi autem dicebant: Hic est Iesus propheta a Nazareth Galilaeae.
The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 Et intravit Iesus in templum Dei, et eiiciebat omnes vendentes, et ementes in templo, et mensas numulariorum, et cathedras vendentium columbas evertit:
Jesus entered into the temple of God and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.
13 et dicit eis: Scriptum est: Domus mea domus orationis vocabitur: vos autem fecistis illam speluncam latronum.
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
14 Et accesserunt ad eum caeci, et claudi in templo: et sanavit eos.
The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
15 Videntes autem principes sacerdotum, et Scribae mirabilia, quae fecit, et pueros clamantes in templo, et dicentes: Hosanna filio David: indignati sunt,
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,
16 et dixerunt ei: Audis quid isti dicunt? Iesus autem dixit eis: Utique. Numquam legistis: Quia ex ore infantium, et lactentium perfecisti laudem?
and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of children and nursing babies, you have perfected praise’?”
17 Et relictis illis, abiit foras extra Civitatem in Bethaniam: ibique mansit.
He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
18 Mane autem revertens in Civitatem, esuriit.
Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
19 Et videns fici arborem unam secus viam, venit ad eam: et nihil invenit in ea nisi folia tantum, et ait illi: Numquam ex te fructus nascatur in sempiternum. Et arefacta est continuo ficulnea. (aiōn g165)
Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away. (aiōn g165)
20 Et videntes discipuli, mirati sunt, dicentes: Quomodo continuo aruit?
When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
21 Respondens autem Iesus, ait eis: Amen dico vobis, si habueritis fidem, et non haesitaveritis, non solum de ficulnea facietis, sed et si monti huic dixeritis, Tolle, et iacta te in mare, fiet.
Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.
22 Et omnia quaecumque petieritis in oratione credentes, accipietis.
All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
23 Et cum venisset in templum, accesserunt ad eum docentem, principes sacerdotum, et seniores populi, dicentes: In qua potestate haec facis? Et quis tibi dedit hanc potestatem?
When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
24 Respondens Iesus dixit eis: Interrogabo vos et ego unum sermonem: quem si dixeritis mihi, et ego vobis dicam in qua potestate haec facio.
Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
25 Baptismus Ioannis unde erat? e caelo, an ex hominibus? At illi cogitabant inter se, dicentes:
The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
26 Si dixerimus, e caelo, dicet nobis: Quare ergo non credidistis illi? Si autem dixerimus, ex hominibus, timemus turbam: omnes enim habebant Ioannem sicut prophetam.
But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
27 Et respondentes Iesu, dixerunt: Nescimus. Ait illis et ipse: Nec ego dico vobis in qua potestate haec facio.
They answered Jesus, and said, “We don’t know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
28 Quid autem vobis videtur? Homo quidam habebat duos filios, et accedens ad primum, dixit: Fili, vade hodie, operare in vinea mea.
But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
29 Ille autem respondens, ait: Nolo. Postea autem, poenitentia motus, abiit.
He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
30 Accedens autem ad alterum, dixit similiter. At ille respondens, ait: Eo, domine, et non ivit.
He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
31 quis ex duobus fecit voluntatem patris? Dicunt ei: Primus. Dicit illis Iesus: Amen dico vobis, quia publicani, et meretrices praecedent vos in regnum Dei.
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.
32 Venit enim ad vos Ioannes in via iustitiae, et non credidistis ei. publicani autem, et meretrices crediderunt ei: vos autem videntes nec poenitentiam habuistis postea, ut crederetis ei.
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
33 Aliam parabolam audite: Homo erat paterfamilias, qui plantavit vineam, et sepem circumdedit ei, et fodit in ea torcular, et aedificavit turrim, et locavit eam agricolis, et peregre profectus est.
“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.
34 Cum autem tempus fructuum appropinquasset, misit servos suos ad agricolas, ut acciperent fructus eius.
When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
35 Et agricolae, apprehensis servis eius, alium ceciderunt, alium occiderunt, alium vero lapidaverunt.
The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
36 Iterum misit alios servos plures prioribus, et fecerunt illis similiter.
Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.
37 Novissime autem misit ad eos filium suum, dicens: Verebuntur forte filium meum.
But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
38 Agricolae autem videntes filium, dixerunt intra se: Hic est haeres, venite, occidamus eum, et habebimus hereditatem eius.
But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’
39 Et apprehensum eum eiecerunt extra vineam, et occiderunt.
So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
40 Cum ergo venerit dominus vineae, quid faciet agricolis illis?
When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
41 Aiunt illi: Malos male perdet: et vineam suam locabit aliis agricolis, qui reddant ei fructum temporibus suis.
They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit in its season.”
42 Dicit illis Iesus: Numquam legistis in Scripturis: Lapidem, quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli? A Domino factum est istud, et est mirabile in oculis nostris:
Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes’?
43 ideo dico vobis, quia auferetur a vobis regnum Dei, et dabitur genti facienti fructus eius.
“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.
44 Et qui ceciderit super lapidem istum, confringetur: super quem vero ceciderit, conteret eum.
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
45 Et cum audissent principes sacerdotum, et Pharisaei parabolas eius, cognoverunt quod de ipsis diceret.
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
46 Et quaerentes eum tenere, timuerunt turbas: quoniam sicut prophetam eum habebant.
When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
