Jesus Enters Jerusalem
(Matthew 21.1-11Luke 19.28-40John 12.12-19)1 Jesus and his disciples reached Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives. When they were getting close to Jerusalem, Jesus sent two of them on ahead. 2 He told them, “Go into the next village. As soon as you enter it, you will find a young donkey that has never been ridden. Untie the donkey and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks why you are doing this, say, ‘The Lord needs it and will soon bring it back.’ ”
4 The disciples left and found the donkey tied near a door that faced the street. While they were untying it, 5 some of the people standing there asked, “Why are you untying the donkey?” 6 They told them what Jesus had said, and the people let them take it.
7 The disciples led the donkey to Jesus. They put some of their clothes on its back, and Jesus got on. 8 Many people spread clothes on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.
9 In front of Jesus and behind him, people went along shouting,
“Hooray!
God bless the one who comes
in the name of the Lord!
10 God bless the coming kingdom
of our ancestor David.
Hooray for God
in heaven above!”
11 After Jesus had gone to Jerusalem, he went into the temple and looked around at everything. But since it was already late in the day, he went back to Bethany with the twelve disciples.
Jesus Puts a Curse on a Fig Tree
(Matthew 21.18Matthew 19)12 When Jesus and his disciples left Bethany the next morning, he was hungry. 13 From a distance Jesus saw a fig tree covered with leaves, and he went to see if there were any figs on the tree. But there were none, because it wasn't the season for figs. 14 So Jesus said to the tree, “Never again will anyone eat fruit from this tree!” The disciples heard him say this.
Jesus in the Temple
(Matthew 21.12-17Luke 19.45-48John 2.13-22)15 After Jesus and his disciples reached Jerusalem, he went into the temple and began chasing out everyone who was selling and buying. He turned over the tables of the moneychangers and the benches of those who were selling doves. 16 Jesus would not let anyone carry things through the temple. 17 Then he taught the people and said, “The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a place of worship for all nations.’ But you have made it a place where robbers hide!”
18 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses heard what Jesus said, and they started looking for a way to kill him. They were afraid of him, because the crowds were completely amazed at his teaching.
19 That evening, Jesus and the disciples went outside the city.
A Lesson from the Fig Tree
(Matthew 21.20-22)20 As the disciples walked past the fig tree the next morning, they noticed that it was completely dried up, roots and all. 21 Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the tree. Then Peter said, “Teacher, look! The tree you put a curse on has dried up.”
22 Jesus told his disciples:
Have faith in God! 23 If you have faith in God and don't doubt, you can tell this mountain to get up and jump into the sea, and it will. 24 Everything you ask for in prayer will be yours, if you only have faith.
25-26 Whenever you stand up to pray, you must forgive what others have done to you. Then your Father in heaven will forgive your sins.
A Question about Jesus' Authority
(Matthew 21.23-27Luke 20.1-8)27 Jesus and his disciples returned to Jerusalem. And as he was walking through the temple, the chief priests, the nation's leaders, and the teachers of the Law of Moses came over to him. 28 They asked, “What right do you have to do these things? Who gave you this authority?”
29 Jesus answered, “I have just one question to ask you. If you answer it, I will tell you where I got the right to do these things. 30 Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”
31 They thought it over and said to each other, “We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John. 32 On the other hand, these people think that John was a prophet. So we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize.”
They were afraid of the crowd 33 and told Jesus, “We don't know.”
Jesus replied, “Then I won't tell you who gave me the right to do what I do.”
Jesus ta i kuJerusalem
(Mat. 21:1-11Luk. 19:28-40Joh. 12:12-19)1 Hano vo eshi ve uya popepi naJerusalem, puBetfage naBetania, pOmhunda yEemono, okwa tuma ovalongwa vaye vavali,…ve uya pOmhunda yeemono. 2 ndele ta ti kuvo: “Indeni komukunda u li komesho yeni, ndele diva, ngeenge tamu i mo, otamu ka mona okambulwena ka pandekwa, inaka londwa natango nande okomunhu, ka pandekululeni nye mu ka ete oku. 3 Ndele ngeenge oku na ou ta ti kunye: ‘Oshike tamu ningi osho’, tyeni: Omwene okwe ka pumbwa, ndele te ka shunifa oku diva.” 4 Ndele vo ova ya ko, ndele va mona okambulwena ka pandekwa pondje poshivelo moluvanda, ndele ove ka pandekulula. 5 Ndele vamwe vomwaava va li ofika penya, ova tya kuvo: “Oshike tamu pandekulula okambulwena?” 6 Ndele vo ove va nyamukula ngaashi va lombwelwa kuJesus, ndele vo ove va efa. 7 Ndele ova eta okambulwena kuJesus, ndele vo tava yale ko oikutu yavo kombada yako, ndele Ye ta kala ko omutumba. 8 Ndele vahapu ova yala oikutu yavo mondjila, vamwe ova teta oitai yomiti ndele tave i yale mondjila. 9 Ndele ovo va li komesho naavenya va shikula ko ova ingida: “Hosianna, na nangekwe noupuna, ou te uya medina lOmwene. 10 Ouhamba watate David, ou tau uya, nau nangekwe noupuna. Hosianna mokombada.”
11 Ye okwa fika kuJerusalem ndele ta i motembeli, ndele eshi a tala aishe, okwa ya naava omulongo navavali kuBetania, osheshi etango ola hangika la toka.
Omukwiyu tau fingwa notembeli tai yapulwa
(Mat. 21:12-22Luk. 19:45-48Joh. 2:13-22)12 Ongula yefiku la shikula, eshi va dja kuBetania, okwa li a fya ondjala. 13 Ndele eshi a monena kokule omukwiyu u nomafo, okwa ya ko a tale ngeenge ta mono ko sha, ndele eshi e uya kuwo, ina mona ko sha, omafo aeke. Osheshi efimbo olo kala li leenghwiyu. 14 Opo nee Ye okwa popya ndele ta ti: “Inaku kala vali ou ta li oshiimati shomwoove fiyo alushe.” Novalongwa vaye ove shi uda.
15 Ndele opo nee ove uya kuJerusalem. Ndele Ye okwa ya motembeli, ndele ta hovele okuta mo oonakulandifa noonakulanda motembeli, okwa undulila poshi oitaafula yovakumaani voimaliwa noipundi yovalandifi veenghuti, 16 Ye ina efa nande umwe a humbate oshiyuma motembeli. 17 Ndele okwe va longa ndele ta ti: “Hamba, inaku shangwa: ‘ongulu yange i nokwiifanwa ongulu yeilikano yovanhu aveshe?’ Ndele nye omwe i ninga oshikololo shovanyeki.”
18 Ovapristeli ovakulunhu novanongo vomishangwa ove shi uda, ndele va diladila nhumbi tava ningi va shiive oku mu dipaa, osheshi ove mu tila, osheshi elongo laye ola kumwifa ovanhu aveshe.
19 Onguloshi eshi ye uya, Ye okwa dja mo moshilando.
Eenghono deitavelo
20 Hano ongula inene eshi va enda po, ova mona omukwiyu wa kukuta fiyo okomidi. 21 Ndele Petrus okwa dimbulukwa, ndele ta ti kuye: “Rabbi, tala, omukwiyu ou wa finga, owa kukuta.” 22 Ndele Jesus okwa nyamukula ndele ta ti kuvo: “Kaleni mwa itavela Kalunga. 23 Oshili handi mu lombwele, ngeno pa kale pe na ou ta lombwele omhunda ei: ‘Litumba po, u liekele mefuta’, ye ina limbililwa momutima waye ndele ye okwe shi itavela kutya, osho e shi tonga, otashi ningwa, ngeno ote shi ningilwa. 24 Onghee hano handi mu lombwele: Ashishe eshi tamu shi indile mokwiilikana kweni, itaveleni kutya, omwe shi pewa, ndele otamu ke shi pewa. 25 Ndele nge tamu kala ofika tamu ilikana, kufilei po, ngeenge mu na sha namukweni, Xo yeni yomeulu e mu kufile po yo omatauluko eni. 26 Ndele ngeenge itamu kufile po, naXo yeni yomeulu ita kufa po yo omatauluko eni.”
Epangelo laJesus
(Mat. 21:23-27Luk. 20:1-8)27 Ndele vo ove uya vali kuJerusalem. Ye eshi a li ta ende motembeli, ovapristeli ovakulunhu novanongo vomishangwa novakulunhu, ove uya kuye, 28 ndele tava ti kuye: “Ei oho i longo kepangelo lilipi? Ile olyelye e ku pa epangelo lokulonga ei?” 29 Ndele Jesus okwa tya kuvo: “Naame onda hala oku mu pula sha, lombweleni nge, opo naame handi mu lombwele, okepangelo lilipi handi longo ei. 30 Eshasho laJohannes ola dja meulu ile omovanhu? Lombweleni nge.” 31 Ndele vo ova kundafana muvo vene va tya: “Ngeenge hatu ti: ‘omeulu’, opo nee Ye ota ti: oshike hano inamu mu itavela? 32 Ile ngeno tu tye: ‘omovanhu?’ Eshi ove shi tila omolwoshiwana, osheshi va tala Johannes oye shili omuxunganeki.” 33 Vo ova nyamukula va tya kuJesus: “Katu shi shii.” Jesus okwa tya kuvo: “Hano, naame itandi mu lombwele okepangelo lilipi handi longo ei.”
