San Mateo 13

Jun tijojbal tzij re i ticon

1 Che i ʼij-le, i Jesus xel ruʼ ja, xa ʼe chu chiʼ i alagun, y xcubi chila. 2 Are ʼuri xe moltaj tan chic uqʼuial winak ruʼ. Rumal-i, i Jesus xa ʼan chupam jun bárco, y xcubi chupam. Je niʼpa i winak ʼis xe canaj chi tak seneb.

3 Teʼuri xu jek u cʼutic juban tak tijojbal tzij chique. Xu bij:
—ʼO jun achi ca ʼe chu tiquic u ticon. 4 Are xe u quirij i rijaʼ, ʼo jubiʼ xa ʼe tzak pa be. Teʼuri xe cʼun i tzʼiquin y xqui tij bic. 5 Xak ʼo jubiʼ chic xa ʼe tzak pa tak abaj, chi n-ta kas ulew che. I ija-le, juntir xalax lok, man n-muktajnak ta mas. 6 Xui-ri, are xel li ʼij, xchakij na, man n-ta raʼ ʼenak pulew. 7 Xak juban chic xa ʼe tzak pa qʼuix; i qʼuix xqʼuiyic, y xu camsaj i ticon.

8 Xak ʼo ni ija xa ʼe tzak pa ʼutz laj ulew; lic qʼui ni u wach xu yaʼo. ʼO ni rakan xu ya jun ciénto u wach; xak ʼo i xu ya sesénta; xak ʼo i xu ya tréinta —xu bij. Teʼuri xu bij chic:

9 —We yix ʼo i xiquin chu tayic, chi ta u be ʼuri —xcha.

Wach u chac i tak tijojbal tzij xu bij i Jesus chique i winak

10 I u tijoxelab i Jesus, are xu bij ire ile, xe tejeb ruʼ. Xqui tzʼonoj che:
—¿Wuchac xa tijojbal tzij ca bij are cat tijin chu cʼutic chique i winak? —xqui bij che.

11 I Jesus xu bij ʼuri chique:
—Yix ʼut, i Dios u yom chiwe qui ta u be wach usucʼ i ʼatbal tzij aj chicaj. I juban winak (chi n-que terej ta chwij) n-quiqui ta tu be. 12 Queje oʼonom i Dios ile, man niʼpa i quiqui cʼam na wach cu sujuj ire chique, mas cu ya ʼuri chique; queje ile nim ni ʼo cuʼ. Niʼpa i n-cacaj ti u cʼamic wach cu sujuj i Dios chique, quelsax na ʼuri i jubiʼ chi ʼo cuʼ. 13 Rumal ʼuri, xa ruʼ tijojbal tzij quin cʼut chique i winak, man ique, tupu que tzunic, n-ta quiquilo; tupu que tanic, n-quiqui ta taj, xak n-quiqui ta tu be.

14 Queʼel chique pacha u bim i Dios chupam u wuj u tzʼibam can i mam Isaías chi ajbil u tzij i Dios ujer; ire xu bij:
Yix, katzij neri, qui ta na, péro n-qui ta tu be;
katzij neri, quix taken na, péro n-ta quiwil na.

15 Man i winak-i, n-cacaj ta quiqui ta u be,
xa qui tzʼapim i qui xiquin,
xak qui mutzʼum i qui baʼwach,
man n-que tzun ta ruʼ qui baʼwach,
xak n-que tan ta ruʼ qui xiquin.
N-ta quiqui ta u be piqui cʼux,
xak n-que cʼun ta wuʼ, col qui cunbej quib.
(Queje ile u bim i Dios.)
16 Xui-ri yix, n-ix ta queje ile. Lic ʼutz iwe, man i baʼwach yix que tzunic, xak i xiquin que tanic.

17 Katzij i quin bij chiwe, je qʼui i ajbil u tzij i Dios ujer, xak je qʼui i je terejnak chirij, xcaj te rilic wach quix tijin yix chi rilic woʼor, péro n-xquil taj; xak xcaj u tayic teʼek pacha i quix tijin yix chu tayic woʼor, péro n-xqui ta taj.

I Jesus xu sakij wach i usucʼ i tijojbal tzij u bim

18 Teʼuri Jesus xu bij chique:
—Chi ta ʼuri u be wach usucʼ i tijojbal tzij chi xin bij mier re i aj ticol ticon. 19 Niʼpa i winak chi quiqui ta i tzij re i ʼatbal tzij aj chicaj, we n-quiqui ta tu be, queʼelok pacha xoʼon ija chi xtzak pa be. Queje i winak-le, man ca cʼun itzel, y cresaj i ʼutz laj tzij chi tictal piqui cʼux. 20 Xak i ija chi xtzak pa abaj, ile pacha i winak chi quiqui ta i ʼutz laj tzij, y que quicotic xqui cojo. 21 Xui-ri, je pacha jun ticon chi n-naj taj ʼenak i raʼ; n-que najtin taj. Are ca pe i cʼax piquiwi rumal i ʼutz laj tzij qui cojom, xak ca pe i qui yoʼyaxic cumal i winak, xa cacoʼtaj canok. 22 Xak i ija chi xtzak pa qʼuix, ile pacha i winak chi quiqui ta i ʼutz laj tzij, xui-ri, xa que cʼachir rumal i qui cʼaslemal waral chuwach i jyub taʼaj, xak i qui rayijbal re mas ubitak que; ile xa cu chup i ʼutz laj tzij. Rumal-i n-ta ca wachin chique.

23 Are ija chi xe ʼe tzak pa ʼutz laj ulew, ile pacha i winak chi quiqui ta i ʼutz laj tzij, xak quiqui ta u be. Ique lic que wachinic; ʼo jujun chique je pacha i rakan chi xu ya cien u wach; xak ʼo jujun quiqui ya sesénta u wach; xak ʼo jujun quiqui ya tréinta. (Queje ile xu bij i Jesus chique.)

Wach i xoʼon i mal laj ʼes chuxol i trígo

24 I Jesus xu bij chic jun tijojbal tzij chique, are iri:
—I ʼatbal tzij re aj chicaj, queʼelok pacha i tzij-i: ʼO jun achi xu tic i trígo pa rulew; chom laj ija xu tico. 25 Xui-ri, are ʼis que war conojel, xcʼun jun aj chʼoʼoj chirij i rajaw, y xu tic can mal laj ticon ruʼ i trígo (pacha trígo ca tzunic, péro n-are taj). 26 Are xe poʼic, junam xe qʼuiyic; xui-ri, are xpe u wach i trígo, are ʼuri xaʼalijin i juban chi n-trígo taj. 27 Teʼuri i ajchaquib xe ʼe chu bixquil ruʼ i rajaw: “Nim laj winak, i ija chi a ticom na, lic chom, ¿pa xpe wi i mal laj ʼes chi ʼo ruʼ?” xe cha. 28 I rajaw xu bij chique: “Xa are jun aj chʼoʼoj chwij xa ʼanaw ile.” Teʼuri i ajchaquib xqui bij che: “¿Cawaj ca ʼe ka michʼa i mal laj ʼes?” xe cha. 29 “Mi michʼo,” xu bij i rajaw, “man we qui michʼ i mal laj ʼes, mokxa ca michʼtaj i trígo ruʼ,” xu bij.

30 “ʼUtz chi ya che ca qʼuiy na, junam ruʼ i trígo. Are cakaj caka jek nu chʼupic u wach i trígo, are ʼuri que in tak bi i aj molonel chi relsaxic i mal laj ʼes. Teʼuri ique quiqui ʼan manoj che, man ca porox na. We xutzin ile, caka mol i trígo y caka ya pu cʼolbal,” xu bij i rajaw. (Are ile are i tijojbal tzij xu bij i Jesus chique.)

I tijojbal tzij re u qʼuiyic i ija re i mostas

31 I Jesus xak xu bij jun chic tijojbal tzij chique. Xu bij:
—I ʼatbal tzij re aj chicaj queʼelok pacha coʼon jun ija re i mostas, are jun achi cu tic pa rulew.

32 I ija-le, lic chʼutin na chiquiwach i ronojel ija. Xui-ri, we xpoʼic, mas nim na queʼel chiquiwach i ronojel i ticon. Lic nim queʼelok, pacha jun cheʼ; teʼuri i tzʼiquin que cʼunic y quiqui ʼan qui soc che tak u ʼab.

I tijojbal tzij re i cunbal re i caxlanwa

33 I Jesus xak xu bij jun chic tijojbal tzij chique. Xu bij:
—I ʼatbal tzij re aj chicaj coʼon pacha coʼon i cunbal re i caxlanwa. Ile, we jun ixok cu chapo, y cu coj oxib almul arin ruʼ, tupu xa jubiʼ i cunbal ʼo ruʼ, cwalij u wach i ʼor ronojel. (Xak queje ile coʼon i ʼatbal tzij re aj chicaj.)

I Jesus, niʼpa i cʼutunic xoʼono, xa ruʼ i tijojbal tzij

34 I Jesus, ronojel i cʼutunic-le, xu bij chique i winak ruʼ tijojbal tzij; n-ta tzij xu bij chique, we n-are ti tijojbal tzij.

35 Xeʼelok pacha u bim can jun ajbil u tzij i Dios ujer. Xu bij:
Ruʼ i tijojbal tzij quin ʼan wi i cʼutunic chique;
quin sakirsaj niʼpa tak i uwam u wach, cʼa chu xebal ʼij sak.
(Queje ile tzʼibtal canok.)

Xu sakij wach usucʼ i tijojbal tzij re i mal laj ʼes

36 Teʼuri i Jesus xe u ʼijla bi i winak y xoc pa ja. Are ʼuri i u tijoxelab xe tejeb pan ruʼ y xqui tzʼonoj che:
—Cha sakij chake wach usucʼ i tijojbal tzij xa bij, che i mal laj ʼes tictal can pa ticon.

37 Teʼuri i Jesus xu bij:
—Are i ca ticaw i ʼutz laj ija, are yin chi in Achi aj Chicaj. 38 Are i pa quin tic wi, are i jyub taʼaj. Are i ʼutz laj ija, are i winak chi qui jachom quib pa ʼatbal tzij re i Dios; are i mal laj tak ʼes, are i winak ʼuri chi je re itzel. 39 Are i aj chʼoʼoj chirij i rajaw i ticon, are itzel chi ca ticaw i mal laj ija. Are i molonic re i ticon, are i qui molic i winak pa qʼuisbal ʼij. I ajchaquib chi quiqui mol i ticon, je are i ángel. 40 I mal laj tak ʼes, ca mol u chiʼ, y ca cʼak pa ʼaʼ porobal-re. Xak queje ca ʼan ni ile pa qʼuisbal re u wach i jyub taʼaj. 41 Yin, chi in Achi aj Chicaj, que in tak li in ángel ruʼ in ticon, col qui molbej-que niʼpa i je qui tacpum i cachiʼil pa mal, xak conojel niʼpa i que ʼanaw i mal. 42 Teʼuri que cʼak na pa ʼaʼ pa orno. Chila que oʼ na; xak quiqui kachʼachʼej uwaque rumal ni uyej quiqui tijo.

43 Teʼuri, niʼpa i je ʼutz chuwach i Dios, que qʼuiji pa cu ʼat wi tzij ire. I qui ʼij qui chomal ique, pacha ca tzun i ʼij. We yix ʼo i xiquin chu tayic, chi ta u be ʼuri. (Queje ile xu bij i Jesus chique u tijoxelab.)

I tijojbal tzij re i mer muktalic

44 (Teʼuri xu bij jun chic tijojbal tzij. Xu bij:)
—I ʼatbal tzij re aj chicaj queje pacha uqʼuial mer muktal chupam juban ulew. Ca cʼun jun achi y cu riko. N-xresaj ta lok, xa cu muk chic can u wi, y lic ca quicotic ca ʼec; ʼis que u cʼayij na niʼpa i ʼo ruʼ. Teʼuri ca petic y cu loʼ i ulew man ʼo i beyomal chupam. (Queje ile i ʼatbal tzij re aj chicaj.)

I tijojbal tzij re i chom laj ral abaj, pérla ca bix che

45 (ʼO jun chic tijojbal tzij xu bij chique, are iri:)
—I ʼatbal tzij re aj chicaj are pacha jun chom laj ral abaj, lic pakal rajil, pérla ca bix che. Jun aj cʼay pérla, ca ʼe chu tzucuxic i tak i pérla, y cu loʼo.

46 Ire, we xu rik jun chi lic chom, lic pakal rajil, ca ʼe chu cʼayixic ronojel i ubitak-re, loʼbal-re. (Queje coʼon ire ile man lic chom; xak queje ile i ʼatbal tzij re aj chicaj.)

I tijojbal tzij re i ataraya

47 (Teʼuri xu bij i Jesus chique:)
—I ʼatbal tzij re aj chicaj queje pacha jun ataraya. I je aj chapol car, are quiqui cʼak bi i ataraya pa ya, ʼis bi chi caril cu chap lok. 48 Are nojnak chic i ataraya, caquesaj li ʼuri chu chiʼ i ya. Teʼuri que cubi chi qui tzucuxic i ʼutz chique i car. Niʼpa i ʼutz, que qui cʼol na chupam jun chicach; i ne te ʼutz, que qui cʼak bic. 49 Queje coʼon ni ile pa qʼuisbal ʼij; que ʼel ni ángel chi qui chayic i ne te ʼutz chiquixol i je ʼutz.

50 Teʼuri que cʼak na pa ʼaʼ pa orno. Chila que oʼ na; xak quiqui kachʼachʼej uwaque rumal qui bis. (Queje ile i tijojbal tzij xu bij i Jesus chique.)

ʼO i cʼutunic cʼacʼ, xak ʼo i cʼutunic re ujer

51 Teʼuri i Jesus xu tzʼonoj chique:
—¿Xi ta u be ronojel iri? —coʼono.
Katzij —xqui bij—, xka ta.

52 Teʼuri xu bij chique:
—Jun tijonel re i ʼatbal tzij tzʼibtal can rumal i mam Moises, we ire nawnak che i tzij chi quin bij yin re i ʼatbal tzij aj chicaj, ʼutz re ire ʼuri. Queʼel ire pacha jun rajaw ja chi ʼo ubitak-re cʼacʼ, xak ʼo i re ujer. Che i queb-le ʼis cu chapo.t (Queje ile xu bij chique u tijoxelab.)

I Jesus n-xajwax ta cumal i rach aj tinimit

53 I Jesus, are xutzin chu bixquil i tak tijojbal tzij-le, xel chila pa Capernaum y xa ʼe pa Nazaret.

54 Chila xoc chu cʼutic chique i aj Israel winak pa qui molbalʼib. Ique, are xqui ta, lic xqui bisoj che. Xqui bij ʼuri:
—¿Ipa xa ʼe u nawsaj wi rib i achi-le, chi lic ʼo u nojbal? ¿Wach u tiquilem che i milágro-le? 55 Ire xa are racʼal i mam chi aj ʼanol mexa, xak i u chuch xa are ati Mariy. I je u chaʼ xa are i a-Jacóbo, i a-Jose, xak i a-Simon, i a-Júdas.

56 Xak i ranab je jekel chi kuʼ yoj. ¿Ipa xretamaj wi ʼut ronojel ile? —xqui bij.

57 Rumal-i, lic n-xcaj taj wach i xu bij, wach i xu ʼano. Are ʼuri i Jesus xu bij chique:
—Jun ajbil u tzij i Dios, conojel i winak quiqui coj u ʼij, xui i je rach aj tinimit n-quiqui coj tu ʼij, xak queje i je aj ruʼ rachoch —xu bij.
58 Ire n-ta kas milágro ʼuri xu ʼan chila, man ique n-ta u cubibal qui cʼux che.

Matthew 13

The Parable of the Sower

(Mk 4.1–9; Lk 8.4–8)

1 That same day Jesus left the house and went to the lakeside, where he sat down to teach. 2 The crowd that gathered round him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it, while the crowd stood on the shore.t

3 He used parables to tell them many things.
“Once there was a man who went out to sow corn. 4  As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5  Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn't deep. 6  But when the sun came up, it burnt the young plants; and because the roots had not grown deep enough, the plants soon dried up. 7  Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants.

8  But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants produced corn; some produced a hundred grains, others sixty, and others thirty.”

9 And Jesus concluded, “Listen, then, if you have ears!”

The Purpose of the Parables

(Mk 4.10–12; Lk 8.9–10)

10 Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?”
11 Jesus answered, “The knowledge about the secrets of the Kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. 12 For the person who has something will be given more, so that he will have more than enough; but the person who has nothing will have taken away from him even the little he has.t 13 The reason I use parables in talking to them is that they look, but do not see, and they listen, but do not hear or understand.

14 So the prophecy of Isaiah applies to them:t
‘This people will listen and listen, but not understand;
they will look and look, but not see,

15  because their minds are dull,
and they have stopped up their ears
and have closed their eyes.
Otherwise, their eyes would see,
their ears would hear,
their minds would understand,
and they would turn to me, says God,
and I would heal them.’
16  “As for you, how fortunate you are! Your eyes see and your ears hear. t

17 I assure you that many prophets and many of God's people wanted very much to see what you see, but they could not, and to hear what you hear, but they did not.

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Sower

(Mk 4.13–20; Lk 8.11–15)

18  “Listen, then, and learn what the parable of the sower means. 19  Those who hear the message about the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path. The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them. 20  The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who receive the message gladly as soon as they hear it. 21  But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the message, they give up at once. 22  The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear the message; but the worries about this life and the love for riches choke the message, and they don't bear fruit.

23  And the seeds sown in the good soil stand for those who hear the message and understand it: they bear fruit, some as much as a hundred, others sixty, and others thirty.”

The Parable of the Weeds

24 Jesus told them another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man sowed good seed in his field. 25 One night, when everyone was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. 26 When the plants grew and the ears of corn began to form, then the weeds showed up. 27 The man's servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, it was good seed you sowed in your field; where did the weeds come from?’ 28 ‘It was some enemy who did this,’ he answered. ‘Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?’ they asked him. 29 ‘No,’ he answered, ‘because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them.

30 Let the wheat and the weeds both grow together until harvest. Then I will tell the harvest workers to pull up the weeds first, tie them in bundles and burn them, and then to gather in the wheat and put it in my barn.’ ”

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

(Mk 4.30–32; Lk 13.18–19)

31 Jesus told them another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man takes a mustard seed and sows it in his field.

32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it grows up, it is the biggest of all plants. It becomes a tree, so that birds come and make their nests in its branches.”

The Parable of the Yeast

(Lk 13.20–21)

33 Jesus told them still another parable: “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A woman takes some yeast and mixes it with forty litres of flour until the whole batch of dough rises.”

Jesus' Use of Parables

(Mk 4.33–34)

34 Jesus used parables to tell all these things to the crowds; he would not say a thing to them without using a parable.

35 He did this to make what the prophet had said come true:t
“I will use parables when I speak to them;
I will tell them things unknown since the creation of the world.”

Jesus Explains the Parable of the Weeds

36 When Jesus had left the crowd and gone indoors, his disciples came to him and said, “Tell us what the parable about the weeds in the field means.”
37 Jesus answered, “The man who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man; 38 the field is the world; the good seed is the people who belong to the Kingdom; the weeds are the people who belong to the Evil One; 39 and the enemy who sowed the weeds is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvest workers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds are gathered up and burnt in the fire, so the same thing will happen at the end of the age: 41 the Son of Man will send out his angels to gather up out of his Kingdom all those who cause people to sin and all others who do evil things, 42 and they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and grind their teeth.

43 Then God's people will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Listen, then, if you have ears!

The Parable of the Hidden Treasure

44  “The Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man happens to find a treasure hidden in a field. He covers it up again, and is so happy that he goes and sells everything he has, and then goes back and buys that field.

The Parable of the Pearl

45  “Also, the Kingdom of heaven is like this. A man is looking for fine pearls,

46  and when he finds one that is unusually fine, he goes and sells everything he has, and buys that pearl.

The Parable of the Net

47  “Also, the Kingdom of heaven is like this. Some fishermen throw their net out in the lake and catch all kinds of fish. 48  When the net is full, they pull it to shore and sit down to divide the fish: the good ones go into their buckets, the worthless ones are thrown away. 49  It will be like this at the end of the age: the angels will go out and gather up the evil people from among the good

50  and will throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and grind their teeth.

New Truths and Old

51  “Do you understand these things?” Jesus asked them.
“Yes,” they answered.

52 So he replied, “This means, then, that every teacher of the Law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who takes new and old things out of his storeroom.”

Jesus is Rejected at Nazareth

(Mk 6.1–6; Lk 4.16–30)

53 When Jesus finished telling these parables, he left that place 54 and went back to his home town. He taught in the synagogue, and those who heard him were amazed. “Where did he get such wisdom?” they asked. “And what about his miracles? 55 Isn't he the carpenter's son? Isn't Mary his mother, and aren't James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas his brothers? 56 Aren't all his sisters living here? Where did he get all this?”

57 And so they rejected him.t
Jesus said to them, “A prophet is respected everywhere except in his home town and by his own family.” 58 Because they did not have faith, he did not perform many miracles there.