Maʻake 12
1 Pea fua lea ia kiate kinautolu, ʻi he ngaahi fakatātā, ʻo pehē, “Naʻe tō ʻe he tangata ʻae ngoue vaine, pea ne takatakai ʻaki [ia ]ʻae ʻā keli ʻae potu tataʻoʻanga uaine, pea langa ʻae fale leʻo, ʻo ne tuku ia ki he kau tangata tauhi ngoue, kae ʻalu ia ki he fonua mamaʻo.
Then Jesus began to teach them in parables. He said, “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, and dug a pit for a winepress. He built a watchtower and then leased the vineyard to vine growers. Then he went away on a journey.
2 Pea hoko hono toʻukai, naʻa ne fekau ʻae tamaioʻeiki ki he kau tauhi ngoue, koeʻuhi ke ne maʻu mei he kau tauhi ngoue ʻae fua ʻoe ngoue vaine.
At the right time, he sent a servant to the vine growers to receive from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
3 Pea naʻa nau puke ia, ʻo haha, ʻo fekau ke ʻalu taʻehaʻanemeʻa.
But they took him, beat him, and sent him away with nothing.
4 Pea toe fekau ʻe ia kiate kinautolu ʻae tamaioʻeiki ʻe taha; pea naʻa nau tolongaki ʻaki ia ʻae maka, pea foa hono ʻulu, pea fekau ke ʻalu kuo lahi ʻenau fai kovi kiate ia.
Again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully.
5 Pea toe fekau ʻe ia ʻae tokotaha kehe, pea nau tāmateʻi ia; pea mo e tokolahi; kae haha ʻae niʻihi, pea tāmateʻi ʻae niʻihi.
He sent yet another, and this one they killed. They treated many others in the same way, beating some and killing others.
6 Pea kuo kei toe kiate ia ʻa hono foha pe taha, ʻaia ko hono ʻofaʻanga, pea ne fekau fakamui foki ia kiate kinautolu, ʻo ne pehē, ‘Te nau fakaʻapaʻapa ki hoku foha.’
He had still one more person to send, a beloved son. He was the last one he sent to them. He said, 'They will respect my son.'
7 Ka naʻe fepehēʻaki ʻae kau tauhi ngoue ko ia, ‘Ko eni ʻae foha hoko; haʻu, ke tau tāmateʻi ia, pea ʻe ʻotautolu ʻae tofiʻa.’
But the vine growers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'
8 Pea naʻa nau puke, ʻo tāmateʻi ia, pea lī ia kituaʻā ngoue vaine.
They seized him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.
9 “Ko e hā ʻe fai ai ʻe he ʻeiki ʻoe ngoue vaine? ʻE haʻu ia, ʻo fakaʻauha ʻae kau tauhi ngoue, pea ʻe tuku ʻae ngoue vaine ki ha kakai kehe.
Therefore, what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine growers and will give the vineyard to others.
10 Pea naʻe ʻikai te mou lau ʻae tohi ni; ‘Ko e maka naʻe liʻaki ʻe he kau tufunga, kuo hoko ia ko e fungani ʻoe tuliki:
Have you not read this scripture? 'The stone which the builders rejected has been made the cornerstone.
11 Ko e ngāue ʻa Sihova eni, pea ko e meʻa fakaofo ʻi hotau ʻao?’”
This was from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes.'”
12 Pea naʻa nau fai ke nau puke ia, ka naʻa nau manavahē ki he kakai: ka naʻa nau ʻilo ko ʻene lea ʻaki ʻae fakatātā kiate kinautolu: pea nau tuku ia, ka nau ʻalu.
They sought to arrest Jesus, but they feared the crowd, for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them. So they left him and went away.
13 Pea naʻa nau fekau kiate ia ʻae niʻihi ʻi he kau Fālesi mo e kau Helotiane, ke nau femioekina ia, ʻi [heʻene ]lea.
Then they sent some of the Pharisees and the Herodians to him to trap him with words.
14 Pea kuo nau haʻu, pea nau pehē kiate ia, “ʻEiki ʻoku mau ʻilo ʻoku ke moʻoni koe, pea ʻoku ʻikai te ke tokanga ki ha tangata; he ʻoku ʻikai te ke filifilimānako ki he tangata, ka ʻoku ke akonaki ʻaki ʻae hala ʻoe ʻOtua ʻi he moʻoni: ʻOku ngofua ke ʻatu ʻae tukuhau kia Sisa, pe ʻikai?
When they came, they said to him, “Teacher, we know that you care for no one's opinion, and you do not show partiality between people. You truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or not?”
15 ʻE lelei ʻemau ʻatu, pe ʻikai?” Ka naʻe ʻilo ʻe ia ʻenau mālualoi, mo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko e hā ʻoku mou ʻahiʻahiʻi ai au?” ʻOmi ha tenali ke u mamata ai.
But Jesus knew their hypocrisy and said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius so I can look at it.”
16 Pea nau ʻomi[ia]. Pea ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko e fofonga mo e tohi eni ʻa hai?” Pea nau pehē kiate ia, “ʻA Sisa.”
They brought one to Jesus. He said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar's.”
17 Pea lea ʻa Sisu, ʻo pehēange kiate kinautolu, “ʻAnge kia Sisa ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻa Sisa, pea [ʻange ]ki he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi meʻa ʻae ʻOtua.” Pea naʻa nau ofo ʻiate ia.
Jesus said, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” They marveled at him.
18 Pea toki haʻu ʻae kau Satusi kiate ia, ʻakinautolu ʻoku pehē ʻoku ʻikai ha toetuʻu; pea nau fehuʻi kiate ia, ʻo pehē,
Then Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him. They asked him, saying,
19 “ʻEiki, naʻe tohi ʻe Mōsese kiate kimautolu, [ʻo pehē], ‘Kapau ʻe pekia ʻae tokoua ʻo ha tangata, pea ʻoku ai [hono ]uaifi, kae ʻikai haʻane fānau, ʻe maʻu ʻe hono tokoua ʻa hono uaifi, ʻo fakatupu ʻae hako ki hono tokoua.’
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us, 'If a man's brother dies and leaves a wife behind him, but no child, the man should take the brother's wife, and raise up a descendant for his brother.'
20 Naʻe ai ʻae kāinga ʻe toko fitu: pea maʻu ʻe he ʻuluaki ʻae uaifi, pea pekia ia ʻoku ʻikai hano hako.
There were seven brothers; the first took a wife and then died, leaving no children.
21 Pea maʻu ia ʻe hono toko ua, pea pekia ia, kae ʻikai hano hako; pea mo hono toko tolu foki,
Then the second took her and died, leaving no children, and the third likewise.
22 Pea maʻu ia ʻe he toko fitu, kae ʻikai ha hako: pea mate fakamui foki ʻae fefine.
The seven left no children. Last of all, the woman also died.
23 Ko ia, ʻi he toetuʻu, ʻoka nau ka tuʻu hake, ʻe hoko ia ko e uaifi ʻo hai ʻiate kinautolu? He naʻe maʻu ia ʻe he toko fitu ko[honau ]uaifi.”
In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven brothers had her as their wife.”
24 Pea lea ʻa Sisu, ʻo pehēange kiate kinautolu, “ʻIkai ko ia ʻoku mou hē ai, koeʻuhi ko hoʻomou taʻeʻilo ki he tohi, mo e mālohi ʻae ʻOtua?
Jesus said, “Is this not the reason you are mistaken, because you do not know the scriptures nor the power of God?
25 Koeʻuhi, ʻoka nau ka tuʻu hake mei he pekia, ʻoku ʻikai te nau mali, pe foaki ke mali; ka ʻoku nau tatau mo e kau ʻāngelo ʻi he langi.
For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like angels in heaven.
26 Pea koeʻuhi ko e toetuʻu ʻae pekia, naʻe ʻikai te mou lau ʻi he tohi ʻa Mōsese, ki he folofola ʻae ʻOtua kiate ia ʻi he ʻulu ʻakau, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko au ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻEpalahame, pea ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻAisake, pea ko e ʻOtua ʻo Sēkope?’
But concerning the dead that are raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account about the bush, how God spoke to him and said, 'I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'?
27 ʻOku ʻikai ko e ʻOtua ia ʻoe mate, ka ko e ʻOtua ʻoe moʻui: ko ia ʻoku mou hē lahi ai.”
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite mistaken.”
28 Pea ko e tangata tohi ʻe tokotaha, naʻa ne fanongo ki heʻenau fetauʻaki, pea ne ʻilo kuo tali lelei ʻe ia ʻakinautolu, pea haʻu ia ʻo fehuʻi kiate ia, “Ko e fekau fē ʻoku lahi ʻi he[fono ]kotoa pē?”
One of the scribes came and heard their discussion; he saw that Jesus answered them well. He asked him, “What commandment is the most important of all?”
29 Pea pehēange ʻe Sisu kiate ia, “Ko e lahi[eni ]ʻi he ngaahi fekau kotoa pē, ‘Fanongo, ʻe ʻIsileli; Ko Sihova ko hotau ʻOtua ko Sihova ʻoku taha pe:
Jesus answered, “The most important is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
30 pea ke ʻofa kia Sihova ko ho ʻOtua ʻaki ho loto kotoa, pea mo ho laumālie kotoa, mo ho ʻatamai kotoa, mo ho mālohi kotoa.’ Ko e lahi eni ʻi he fekau.
You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.'
31 Pea ko hono ua ʻoku tatau[mo ia], ‘Ke ke ʻofa ki ho kaungāʻapi ʻo hangē pe ko koe.’ ʻOku ʻikai ha fekau ʻe lahi hake ki he ongo [fekau ]ni.”
The second commandment is this, 'You must love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other greater commandment than these.”
32 Pea pehē ʻe he tangata tohi kiate ia, “Ko e moʻoni, ʻEiki, kuo ke lea totonu: he ʻoku ai ʻae ʻOtua pe taha; pea ʻoku ʻikai mo ha taha:
The scribe said, “Good, Teacher! You have truly said that God is one, and that there is no other besides him.
33 Pea ko e ʻofa kiate ia ʻaki ʻae loto kotoa, mo e ʻatamai kotoa, mo e laumālie kotoa, pea mo e mālohi kotoa, pea ko e ʻofa ki hono kaungāʻapi ʻo hangē pe ko ia, ʻoku lahi hake ia ʻi he ngaahi feilaulau tutu kotoa mo e ngaahi hifo kotoa pē.”
To love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is even more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34 Pea kuo ʻilo ʻe Sisu ʻoku ne lea fakapotopoto mai, pea ne pehē kiate ia, “ʻOku ʻikai te ke mamaʻo mo e puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua.” Pea hili ia, naʻe ʻikai ha tangata ʻe faʻa fehuʻi kiate ia.
When Jesus saw that he had given a wise answer, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that, no one dared to ask Jesus any more questions.
35 Pea lea ʻa Sisu, ʻo ne pehē ʻi heʻene kei akonaki ʻi he falelotu lahi, “Ko e hā ʻoku pehē ai ʻae kau tangata tohi, ‘Ko Kalaisi ko e foha ʻo Tevita?
While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, “How is it that the scribes say the Christ is the son of David?
36 He naʻe lea foki ʻe Tevita, ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, ‘Naʻe pehē ʻe Sihova ki hoku ʻEiki, Nofo koe ki hoku nima toʻomataʻu, kaeʻoua ke u ngaohi hoʻo ngaahi fili ko ho tuʻungavaʻe.”’
David himself, in the Holy Spirit, said, 'The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.”'
37 Ko ia, ʻoku ui ia ʻe Tevita, ‘ʻEiki;’ pea ko hono foha fēfē ia?” Pea fanongo fiefia kiate ia ʻae kakai lāuvale.
David himself calls him 'Lord,' so how can the Christ be David's son?” The large crowd gladly listened to him.
38 Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, ʻi heʻene akonaki, “Vakai telia ʻae kau tangata tohi, ʻoku nau manako ke ʻalu ʻi he kofu tōtōlofa, mo e fetapa ʻi he ngaahi faianga fakatau,
In his teaching Jesus said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes and they like the greetings they receive in the marketplaces
39 mo e nofoʻanga lelei ʻi he ngaahi falelotu, mo e potu māʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga;
and they like to have the chief seats in the synagogues and chief places at feasts.
40 ʻAkinautolu ʻoku nau faʻao ʻae ngaahi fale ʻoe kau fefine kuo mate honau husepāniti, mo fakakākā ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lotu fuoloa: ʻe maʻu ʻekinautolu ni ʻae malaʻia lahi.”
They also devour widows' houses, and they pray long prayers for people to see. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
41 Pea nofo ʻa Sisu ʻo hangatonu ki he [fale ]tukuʻanga koloa, ʻo ne vakai ki he lī ʻe he kakai[ʻenau ]paʻanga ki he tukuʻanga koloa: pea ko e tokolahi naʻe koloaʻia ne nau lī[ki ai ]ʻae meʻa lahi.
Then Jesus sat down across from an offering box in the temple area; he was watching people as they dropped their money into the box. Many rich people put in large amounts of money.
42 Pea haʻu ʻae fefine masiva kuo mate hono husepāniti, ʻone lī[ki ai ]ʻae kihiʻi paʻanga ʻe ua, ʻaia ʻoku tatau mo e kotani ʻe taha.
Then a poor widow came and put in two mites, worth about a penny.
43 Pea ne ui ʻene kau ākonga, mo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu, Ko e fefine paea ni, kuo ne lī [ki ai ]ʻae meʻa lahi hake ʻiate kinautolu fulipē, kuo nau lī ki he tukuʻanga koloa:
He called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them who contributed to the offering box.
44 He naʻa nau lī kotoa pē[ki ai ]mei heʻenau koloa lahi; ka ko ia, ʻi heʻene masiva, kuo ne lī [ki ai ]ʻa ia kotoa pē ne ne maʻu, ʻio, ʻa ʻene moʻui kotoa pē.”
For all of them gave out of their abundance. But this widow, out of her poverty, put in all of the money which she had to live on. “
