Matthew 21
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Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1When they came near to Jerusalem and came to Bethsphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
1Pea ʻi heʻenau ofi ki Selūsalema, ʻo hoko ki Petefesi, ki he moʻunga ko ʻOlive, naʻe toki fekau ʻe Sisu ʻae ākonga ʻe toko ua,
2saying 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.
2ʻO ne pehē kiate kinaua, “Mo ō ki he potu kakai ʻoku hangatonu mai, pea te mo ʻilo leva ʻae ʻasi ʻoku noʻotaki, mo hono ʻuhiki: vevete ʻo tataki mai kiate au.
3If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”
3Pea kapau ʻe lea ha taha kiate kimoua, te mo pehē, ‘ʻOku na ʻaonga ki he ʻEiki;’ pea te ne tuku mai leva ia.”
4All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
4Naʻe fai eni kotoa pē, koeʻuhi ke fakamoʻoni ʻaia naʻe lea ʻaki ʻe he palōfita, ʻo pehē,
5“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.”
5“Mou tala ki he taʻahine ʻo Saione, ‘Vakai, ʻoku haʻu ho Tuʻi kiate koe, ʻoku angamalū, ʻo heka ki he ʻasi, mo e ʻuhiki ko e fānau ʻae ʻasi.’”
6The disciples went and did just as Jesus commanded them,
6Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻae ongo ākonga ʻo na fai ʻo hangē ko e fekau ʻa Sisu kiate kinaua,
7and brought the donkey and the colt and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
7ʻo ʻomi ʻae ʻasi, mo e ʻuhiki, pea nau ʻai ki ai honau kofu, ʻonau fakaheka, ia ki ai.
8A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
8Pea folahi atu ʻe he kakai tokolahi honau kofu ʻi he hala; pea naʻe tutuʻu hifo ʻe he niʻihi ʻae ʻuluʻuluʻi ʻakau, ʻo falikiliki ʻaki ʻae hala.
9The 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!”
9Pea ko e kakai tokolahi naʻe muʻomuʻa mo muimui atu, naʻa nau kalanga, ʻo pehē, “Hosana ki he Foha ʻo Tevita: ‘ʻOku monūʻia ia ʻoku haʻu ʻi he huafa ʻo Sihova;’ Hosana ʻi ʻolunga.”
10When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”
10Pea ʻi heʻene hoko ki Selūsalema, naʻe ngatū ʻae kolo kotoa, ʻo pehē, “Ko hai eni?”
11The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
11Pea pehē ʻe he kakai, “Ko Sisu eni, ko e palōfita ʻo Nāsaleti ʻi Kaleli.”
12Jesus 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.
12¶ Pea hū ʻa Sisu ki he falelotu lahi ʻoe ʻOtua, ʻo kapusi kituʻa ʻakinautolu kotoa pē naʻe fefakatauʻaki ʻi he falelotu lahi, ʻo ne fulihi ʻae ngaahi palepale ʻoe kau fetongi paʻanga, mo e nofoʻa ʻonautolu naʻe fakatau lupe,
13He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers!”
13ʻo ne pehēange kiate kinautolu, “Kuo tohi, ‘ʻE ui hoku fale ko e falelotu;’ ka kuo mou ngaohi ia ko e ʻana ʻoe kau kaihaʻa.”
14The lame and the blind came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
14Pea naʻe haʻu kiate ia, ʻi he falelotu lahi, ʻae kui mo e pipiki; pea ne fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu.
15But 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,
15Pea kuo mamata ʻae kau taulaʻeiki lahi mo e kau tangata tohi ki he ngaahi meʻa mana naʻa ne fai, mo e kalanga ʻae tamaiki ʻi he falelotu lahi, ʻo pehē, “Hosana ki he foha ʻo Tevita;” naʻa nau ʻita lahi,
16and 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’?”
16ʻonau pehē kiate ia, “ʻOku ke ongoʻi ʻenau lea?” Pea talaange ʻe Sisu kiate kinautolu, “ʻIo; pea ʻoku teʻeki siʻi ke mou lau, ‘Kuo ke maʻu ʻae fakamālō mei he ngutu ʻoe kau valevale mo e kei huhū?’”
17He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.
17¶ Pea tuku ʻe ia ʻakinautolu, kae ʻalu ia mei he kolo ki Pētani; pea mohe ai.
18Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
18Pea pongipongi ai, ʻi heʻene liu mai ki he kolo, kuo fiekaia ia.
19Seeing 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.
19Pea mamata ia ki he ʻakau ko e fiki ʻi he hala, pea ʻalu ia ki ai, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ai ha meʻa ka ko e lau pe, pea pehē ʻe ia ki ai, “Ngata ʻi heni, ke ʻoua naʻa tupu ha fua ʻiate koe ʻo lauikuonga.” Pea mate leva ʻae ʻakau ko e fiki.
20When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”
20Pea kuo mamata ki ai ʻae kau ākonga, pea nau ofo, ʻo pehē, “Kuo mate vave ʻae ʻakau ko e fiki!”
21Jesus 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.
21Pea lea ʻa Sisu, ʻo pehēange kiate kinautolu, “Ko ʻeku tala moʻoni atu kiate kimoutolu, Kapau ʻoku mou maʻu ʻae tui, pea ʻoua naʻa fakataʻetaʻetui, ʻe ʻikai te mou fai pe ʻa ia kuo fai ki he ʻakau ko e fiki, ka ʻoka mou ka tala ki he moʻunga ni foki, ‘Ke hiki koe, mo lī koe ki he tahi;’ ʻe fai ia.
22All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
22Pea ko e meʻa kotoa pē ʻaia te mou kole ʻi he lotu, ʻi he tui, te mou maʻu.”
23When 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?”
23¶ Pea kuo hū ia ki he falelotu lahi, pea haʻu kiate ia ʻae kau taulaʻeiki lahi mo e mātuʻa ʻoe kakai, ʻi heʻene kei malanga, ʻonau pehē, “Ko e pule fē ʻoku ke fai ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni? Pea ko hai naʻa ne tuku ʻae pule ni kiate koe?”
24Jesus 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.
24Pea lea ʻa Sisu, ʻo pehēange kiate kinautolu, “Te u fehuʻi kiate kimoutolu foki ki he meʻa ʻe taha, pea kapau te mou tala ia kiate au, te u tala foki kiate kimoutolu ʻae pule ko ia ʻoku ou fai ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni.
25The 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?’
25Ko e papitaiso ʻa Sione, naʻe mei fē? Mei he langi, pe mei he tangata?” Pea nau fealēleaʻaki, ʻo pehē, “Kapau te tau pehē, ‘Mei he langi;’ pea ʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate kitautolu, ‘Pea ko e hā naʻe ʻikai ai te mou tui kiate ia?’
26But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”
26Pea kapau te tau pehē, ‘Mei he tangata;’ ʻoku tau manavahē ki he kakai; he ʻoku lau kotoa pē ko e palōfita ʻa Sione.”
27They 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.
27Pea nau talaange kia Sisu, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku ʻikai te mau ʻilo.” Pea pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, “Pea ʻe ʻikai te u tala kiate kimoutolu ʻae pule ko ia ʻoku ou fai ai ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni.
28But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’
28¶ “Ka ko e hā homou loto? Naʻe ai ʻae tangata ʻe taha naʻe toko ua hono foha; pea haʻu ia ki hono ʻuluaki, ʻo ne pehē, ‘Foha, ʻalu ʻo ngāue ʻi heʻeku ngoue vaine he ʻaho ni.’
29He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
29Pea talaange ʻe ia ʻo pehē, ‘ʻE ʻikai:’ kae hili ia ne ne fakatomala pea ʻalu.
30He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I’m going, sir,’ but he didn’t go.
30Pea haʻu ia ki hono toko ua, ʻo ne lea pehē pe foki. Pea lea ia, ʻo pehē, ‘ʻEiki, te u ʻalu :’ ka naʻe ʻikai ʻalu ia.
31Which 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.
31Ko hai ia ʻiate kinaua naʻe fai ʻae loto ʻo ʻena tamai?” Pea nau talaange kiate ia, “Ko e ʻuluaki.” Pea pehē ʻe Sisu kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku ou tala moʻoni atu kiate kimoutolu, ʻOku tomuʻa hoko ʻae kau tānaki tukuhau mo e kau faʻa feʻauaki ki he puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua ʻiate kimoutolu.
32For 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.
32He naʻe haʻu ʻa Sione kiate kimoutolu ʻi he hala ʻoe māʻoniʻoni, pea naʻe ʻikai te mou tui kiate ia: ka naʻe tui kiate ia ʻae kau tānaki tukuhau mo e kau faʻa feʻauaki: pea hili hoʻomou mamata ki ai, naʻe ʻikai te mou fakatomala ai, ke mou tui kiate ia.”
33“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.
33¶ “Fanongo ki he fakatātā ʻe taha: Naʻe ai ʻae ʻeiki ʻe taha, naʻa ne tō ʻae ngoue vaine, ʻo takatakai ʻaki ia ʻae ʻā, ʻo keli ʻi ai ʻae tataʻoʻanga uaine, ʻo ne langa ʻae fale leʻo, ʻo ne tuku ia ki he kau tangata tauhi ngoue, kae ʻalu ia ki he fonua mamaʻo:
34When the season for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the farmers to receive his fruit.
34Pea kuo ofi hono toʻukai vaine, pea fekau ʻe ia ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki ki he kau tauhi ngoue, koeʻuhi ke nau maʻu hono ngaahi fua.
35The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
35Pea puke ʻe he kau tangata ngoue ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, ʻo haha ʻae tokotaha, mo tāmateʻi ʻae tokotaha, pea tolongaki ʻaki ʻae maka ʻae tokotaha.
36Again, he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them the same way.
36Pea toe fekau ʻe ia ʻae kau tamaioʻeiki lahi hake ʻi he ʻuluaki: pea nau fai pehē pe kiate kinautolu.
37But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
37Pea fekau fakamui ʻe ia ʻa hono foha kiate kinautolu, ʻo ne pehē, ‘Te nau fakaʻapaʻapa ki hoku foha.’
38But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and seize his inheritance.’
38Ka kuo mamata ʻae kau tauhi ngoue ki he foha, pea nau fealēleaʻaki, ʻo pehē , ‘Ko eni ʻae foha hoko; haʻu, ke tau tāmateʻi ia, pea tau maʻu hono tofiʻa.’
39So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard, then killed him.
39Pea naʻa nau puke ia, ʻo lī ia kituaʻā ngoue vaine, ʻo tāmateʻi ia.
40When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”
40“Pea ko ia, ʻoka haʻu ʻae ʻeiki ʻoe ngoue vaine, ko e hā te ne fai ki he kau tauhi ngoue ko ia?”
41They 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.”
41Pea nau talaange kiate ia, “Te ne fakaʻauha fakamamahi ʻae kau tangata angakovi ko ia, pea tuku ʻene ngoue ki he kau tauhi kehe, te nau ʻoatu kiate ia ʻae fua ʻi hono ngaahi faʻahitaʻu.”
42Jesus 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’?
42Pea pehēange ʻe Sisu kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku teʻeki siʻi te mou lau ʻi he tohi, ‘Ko e maka ko ia naʻe liʻaki ʻe he kau tufunga, ko ia ia kuo hoko ko e fungani ʻoe tuliki; ko e ngāue eni ʻa Sihova, pea ko e meʻa fakaofo ʻi hotau ʻao?’
43“Therefore I tell you, God’s Kingdom will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation producing its fruit.
43“Ko ia ʻoku ou tala atu ai kiate kimoutolu, ʻE ʻave ʻae puleʻanga ʻoe ʻOtua ʻiate kimoutolu, pea ʻe ʻoatu ia ki ha kakai ʻe tupu ai hono ngaahi fua.
44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
44Pea ko ia ʻe tō ki he maka ni, ʻe mafesi ai ia: ka ko ia fulipē ʻe tō ia ki ai, te ne momosi ia ke efuefu.”
45When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.
45Pea kuo fanongo ʻae kau taulaʻeiki lahi mo e Fālesi ki heʻene ngaahi fakatātā, naʻa nau ʻilo ko ʻene lea kiate kinautolu.
46When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.
46Ka ʻi heʻenau holi ke puke ia, naʻa nau manavahē ki he kakai, he naʻa nau pehē, “Ko e palōfita ia.”
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