Maʻake 12
1And he began to speak to them in parables.“A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.
1PEA 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.
2When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
2Pea 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.
3And they took him and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.
3Pea naʻa nau puke ia, ʻo haha, ʻo fekau ke ʻalu taʻehaʻanemeʻa.
4Again he sent to them another servant, and they struck him on the head and treated him shamefully.
4Pea 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.
5And he sent another, and him they killed. And so with many others: some they beat, and some they killed.
5Pea toe fekau ʻe ia ʻae tokotaha kehe, pea nau tāmateʻi ia; pea mo e tokolahi; kae haha ʻae niʻihi, pea tāmateʻi ʻae niʻihi.
6He had still one other, a beloved son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
6Pea 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.’
7But those tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
7Ka naʻe fepehēʻaki ʻae kau tauhi ngoue ko ia, ‘Ko eni ʻae foha hoko; haʻu, ke tau tāmateʻi ia, pea ʻe ʻotautolu ʻae tofiʻa.’
8And they took him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard.
8Pea naʻa nau puke, ʻo tāmateʻi ia, pea lī ia kituaʻā ngoue vaine.
9What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others.
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.
10Have you not read this Scripture: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;
10Pea 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:
11this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”
11Ko e ngāue ʻa Sihova eni, pea ko e meʻa fakaofo ʻi hotau ʻa ō? ’|”
12And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.
12Pea 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.
13And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.
13Pea naʻa nau fekau kiate ia ʻae niʻihi ʻi he kau Fālesi mo e kau Helotiane, ke nau femioekina ia, ʻi heʻene lea.
14And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?”
14Pea 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?
15But, knowing their hypocrisy, he said to them,“Why put me to the test? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.”
15ʻE 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.
16And they brought one. And he said to them,“Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
16Pea nau ʻomi ia. Pea ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko e fofonga mo e tohi eni ʻa hai?” Pea nau pehē kiate ia, “ʻA Sisa.”
17Jesus said to them,“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” And they marveled at him.
17Pea 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.”
18And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying,
18Pea toki haʻu ʻae kau Satusi kiate ia, ʻakinautolu ʻoku pehē ʻoku ʻikai ha toetuʻu; pea nau fehuʻi kiate ia, ʻo pehē,
19“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
19“ʻEiki, naʻe tohi ʻe Mōsese kiate kimautolu, ʻo pehē, ‘Kapau ʻe pekia ʻae tokoua ʻo ha tangata, pea ʻoku ai hono ʻunoho, kae ʻikai haʻane fānau, ʻe maʻu ʻe hono tokoua ʻa hono ʻunoho, ʻo fakatupu ʻae hako ki hono tokoua.’
20There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no offspring.
20Naʻe ai ʻae kāinga ʻe toko fitu: pea maʻu ʻe he ʻuluaki ʻae ʻunoho, pea pekia ia ʻoku ʻikai hano hako.
21And the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise.
21Pea maʻu ia ʻe hono toko ua, pea pekia ia, kae ʻikai hano hako; pea mo hono toko tolu foki,
22And the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died.
22Pea maʻu ia ʻe he toko fitu, kae ʻikai ha hako: pea mate fakamui foki ʻae fefine.
23In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”
23Ko ia, ʻi he toetuʻu, ʻoka nau ka tuʻu hake, ʻe hoko ia ko e ʻunoho ʻo hai ʻiate kinautolu? He naʻe maʻu ia ʻe he toko fitu ko honau ʻunoho.”
24Jesus said to them,“Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God?
24Pea 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?
25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
25Koeʻuhi, 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.
26And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
26Pea 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?’
27He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are quite wrong.”
27ʻOku ʻikai ko e ʻOtua ia ʻoe mate, ka ko e ʻOtua ʻoe moʻui: ko ia ʻoku mou hē lahi ai.”
28And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
28Pea 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?”
29Jesus answered,“The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
29Pea 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:
30And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
30pea 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.
31The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”
31Pea 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.”
32And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that he is one, and there is no other besides him.
32Pea 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:
33And 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 much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
33Pea 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.”
34And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him,“You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
34Pea 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.
35And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said,“How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?
35Pea 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?
36David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.’
36He 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.”|’
37David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.
37Ko ia, ʻoku ui ia ʻe Tevita, ‘ʻEiki;’ pea ko hono foha fēfē ia?” Pea fanongo fiefia kiate ia ʻae kakai lāuvale.
38And in his teaching he said,“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces
38Pea 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,
39and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts,
39mo e nofoʻanga lelei ʻi he ngaahi falelotu, mo e potu māʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi kātoanga;
40who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
40ʻAkinautolu ʻoku nau faʻao ʻae ngaahi fale ʻoe kau fefine kuo mate honau ʻunoho, mo fakakākā ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lotu fuoloa: ʻe maʻu ʻekinautolu ni ʻae malaʻia lahi.”
41And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.
41Pea 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.
42And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny.
42Pea haʻu ʻae fefine masiva kuo mate hono ʻunoho, ʻone lī ki ai ʻae kihiʻi paʻanga ʻe ua, ʻaia ʻoku tatau mo e kotani ʻe taha.
43And he called his disciples to him and said to them,“Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box.
43Pea 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:
44For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
44He 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.”