MATEO 13

Erregetzari buruzko parabolak (13,1-52)

Ereilearen parabola

(Mk 4,1-9; Lk 8,4-8)

1 Egun batez, Jesus etxetik atera eta aintzira-ertzean eseri zen. 2 Eta hainbeste jende bildu baitzitzaion ondora, txalupa batera igo eta eseri egin zen. Jende-taldea, berriz, hondartzan zegoen. 3 Eta luze hitz egin zien parabola bidez. Honela mintzatu zitzaien: «Atera zen behin ereilea hazia ereitera. 4 Ereitean, zenbait ale bide-bazterrean erori zen, eta txoriek etorri eta jan egin zuten. 5 Beste zenbait harri artean erori zen, lur handirik ez zen tokian; eta, axaleko lurra izanik, berehala erne zen; 6 baina eguzkiak jo orduko, erre egin zen eta, sustrairik ez zuelako, ihartu. 7 Beste zenbait ale sasi artean erori zen, eta sasiek, haztean, ito egin zuten hazia. 8 Gainerakoak lur onean erori ziren, eta fruitua eman zuten: bateko ehun edo hirurogei edo hogeita hamar.

9 Ulertzeko gauza denak uler beza».t

Zergatik mintzo den Jesus parabola bidez

(Mk 4,10-12; Lk 8,9-10)

10 Ondoratu zitzaizkion ikasleak Jesusi eta galdegin zioten:
—Zergatik hitz egiten diezu parabola bidez?

11 Jesusek erantzun zien:
—Zuei eman zaizue Jainkoaren erregetzaren misterioak ezagutzea; horiei, ordea, ez.t 12 Izan ere, duenari eman egingo zaio, eta gainezka izango du; ez duenari, ordea, daukan apurra ere kendu egingo zaio.t

13 Hona zergatik hitz egiten diedan parabola bidez: begiratu bai, baina ikusten ez dutelako; entzun bai, baina ez aditzen, ez ulertzen ez dutelako.

14 «Horrela, Isaias profetak esana betetzen da horiengan:
«Entzungo duzue, bai,
baina ulertu ez;
ikusiko duzue, bai, baina ohartu ez. t

15  Izan ere, herri honek
gogortu egin ditu buru-bihotzak,
gortu belarriak, itsutu begiak.
Ez bezate beren begiez ikus,
ez belarriez entzun,
ezta buruaz ulertu ere,
horrela niregana bihur ez daitezen
eta salba ez ditzadan.
16 «Zorionekoak, ordea, zuen begiak, ikusten dutelako, eta zuen belarriak, entzuten dutelako!t

17 Benetan diotsuet: Profeta eta gizon santu askok ikusi nahi izan zuten zuek ikusten duzuena, baina ez zuten ikusi, eta entzun nahi zuek entzuten duzuena, baina ez zuten entzun.t

Jesusek ereilearen parabola argitu

(Mk 4,13-20; Lk 8,11-15)

23 “Lur onak” bezala hartzen duena hauxe da: mezua entzun eta ulertzen duena; honek fruitua ematen du: bateko ehun edo hirurogei edo hogeita hamar».t

Gari arteko olo gaiztoaren parabola

30 Utzi biak batera hazten uztaroa iritsi bitartean; orduan, igitariei esango diet: Bildu lehenik olo gaiztoa, lotu eta erre; garia, berriz, jaso nire mandiora”».t

Mostaza-haziaren eta legamiaren parabolak

(Mk 4,30-32; Lk 13,18-21)

32 Hazi guztietan txikiena da; baina, hazten denean, beste barazki guztiak baino handiago bihurtzen da eta zuhaitz egiten, txoriek etorri eta adarretan habiak egiteko moduko zuhaitza».

33 Beste parabola bat ere esan zien: «Jainkoaren erregetza legamiaren antzekoa da: emakume batek anega bat irinetan nahasten du, eta oraldi guztia harrotzen da».

Parabola bidezko irakaspenaren zergatia

(Mk 4,33-34)

35 Honela bete zen Jainkoak profetaren bidez esana:
Parabola bidez mintzatuko naiz,
munduaren hasieratik
gordea zegoena azalduko. t

Jesusek olo gaiztoaren parabola argitu

36 Jesus jendetza agurtu eta etxeratu egin zen. Hurbildu zitzaizkion, orduan, ikasleak eta eskatu zioten: «Argi iezaguzu soroko olo gaiztoaren parabola».t
37 Jesusek esan zien: «Hazi ona ereiten duena Gizonaren Semea da; 38 soroa, mundua; hazi ona Jainkoaren erreinuko seme-alabak dira; olo gaiztoa, berriz, gaiztoarenak;t 39 olo gaiztoa ereiten duen etsaia deabrua da; uzta, munduaren azkena; eta uzta-biltzaileak, aingeruak.t 40 Olo gaiztoa bildu eta sutan erretzen den bezala, hala gertatuko da munduaren azkenean ere:t 41 Gizonaren Semeak bere aingeruak bidaliko ditu, eta haren erreinutik bereiziko dituzte gaizkileak eta besterentzat gaizpidet gertatzen direnak,t 42 eta su-labera botako. Negarra eta hortz-karraska izango da han.t

43 Orduan, zintzoek eguzkiak bezala distira egingo dute beren Aitaren erreinuan. Ulertzeko gauza denak uler beza!t

Altxorraren eta harribitxiaren parabolak

44 «Jainkoaren erregetzarekin, landan ezkutatua dagoen altxorrarekin bezala gertatzen da. Norbaitek aurkitzen duelarik, berriro ezkutatu egiten du, eta pozaren pozez joan, dituen guztiak saldu eta landa hura erosten du.
45 «Era berean, Jainkoaren erregetzarekin, harribitxi bila dabilen tratulariarekin bezala gertatzen da.

46 Balio handiko bat aurkitzen duenean, joan, bere gauza guztiak saldu eta erosi egiten du.

Sarearen parabola

50 eta su-labera botako. Negarra eta hortz-karraska izango da han».t

Parabolen konklusioa

51 —Ulertu al duzue hau guztia? —galdetu zien Jesusek ikasleei.
—Bai —erantzun zioten.

52 Hark esan zien:
—Beraz, Jainkoaren erregetzaren jakinduriaz jantzia dagoen lege-maisua, bere altxorretik zahar eta berriak ateratzen dituen etxeko jaunaren antzekoa da.

Jesus, jende-taldeak utzirik, ikasleengana bildu (13,53—16,20)

Jesus bere jaioterrian gaitzetsia

(Mk 6,1-6; Lk 4,16-30)

56 Eta honen arrebak ez ote dira denak gure artean bizi? Nondik du, beraz, hori guztia?»

57 Eta honengatik, ezin zuten sinetsit harengant.
Jesusek esan zien: «Profeta bati edonon ematen zaio ohore, bere herrian eta etxean izan ezik».
58 Eta ez zuen han mirari askorik egin, ez baitzuten sinesten.

Matthew 13

The Parable of the Sower

1 On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.2 And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit whilet the whole crowd stood on the shore.3 Het told them many things in parables,s saying: “Listen!t A sower went out to sow.s4 And as he sowed, some seedst fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.5 Othert seeds fell on rocky grounds where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.t6 But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.7 Other seeds fell among the thorns,s and they grew up and choked them.s8 But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

9 The one who has ears had better listen!”t
10 Thent the disciples came to him and said, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”11 He replied,t “You have been givent the opportunity to knowt the secretsts of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.12 For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.s13 For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:
‘You will listen carefullytyet will never understand,
you will look closelytyet will never comprehend.

15 For the heart of this people has become dull;
they are hard of hearing,
and they have shut their eyes,
so that they would not see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.’s
16 “But your eyes are blesseds because they see, and your ears because they hear.

17 For I tell you the truth,t many prophets and righteous people longed to sees what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
18 “So listen to the parable of the sower:19 When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil ones comes and snatches what was sown in his heart;s this is the seed sown along the path.20 Thet seed sown on rocky groundt is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure;t whent trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.22 Thet seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealtht choke the word,s so it produces nothing.

23 But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”t

The Parable of the Weeds

24 He presented them with another parable:t “The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.25 But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed weedst among the wheat and went away.26 Whent the plants sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.27 So the slavest of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’28 He said, ‘An enemy has done this.’ Sot the slaves replied, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them?’29 But he said, ‘No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest. Att harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but thent gathert the wheat into my barn.”’”

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

31 He gavet them another parable:t “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seeds that a man took and sowed in his field.

32 It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree,s so that the wild birdst come and nest in its branches.”s

The Parable of the Yeast

33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed witht three measuress of flour until all the dough had risen.”ts

The Purpose of Parables

34 Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable.

35 This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet:st
“I will open my mouth in parables,
I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world.”s

Explanation for the Disciples

36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”37 Het answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.38 The field is the world and the good seed are the peoplet of the kingdom. The weeds are the peoplet of the evil one,39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.40 Ast the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age.41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers.t42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace,s where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.s The one who has ears had better listen!t

Parables on the Kingdom of Heaven

44 “The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.
45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.

46 When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.
47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish.48 When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away.49 It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous

50 and throw them into the fiery furnace,s where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
51 “Have you understood all these things?” They replied, “Yes.”

52 Then he said to them, “Therefore every expert in the lawt who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.”

Rejection at Nazareth

53 Now whent Jesus finished these parables, he moved on from there.54 Thent he came to his hometowns and began to teach the peoplet in their synagogue.s Theyt were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?55 Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary?s And aren’t his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?56 And aren’t all his sisters here with us? Where did he get all this?”t57 And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house.”

58 And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.