¹ “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

¹ «Noonu nguuru Yàlla Aji Kawe ji dafa mel ni boroom kër bu génn ci suba teel, ngir jël ay liggéeykat ndax toolu réseñam.

² When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor. a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

² Mu juboo ak liggéeykat ya ci bëccëg posetu denariyon, door leen a yebal ca toolam.

³ He went out about the third hour, Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM. and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

³ Ci yoor-yoor mu génn, gis ñeneen ñu toog ca pénc ma te liggéeyuñu.

⁴ To them he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.

⁴ Mu ne leen: “Demleen yéen itam ca tool ba, te dinaa leen fey lu jaadu.”

⁵ Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, noon and 3:00 P. M. and did likewise.

⁵ Ñu dem ca. Mu génnaat ci digg-bëccëg ak ci tisbaar, defaat noonu.

⁶ About the eleventh hour 5:00 PM he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

⁶ Mu génnati ci tàkkusaan, gis ñeneen di tendeefal. Mu ne leen: “Lu tax ngeen yendoo tendeefal, te liggéeyiwuleen?”

⁷ “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

⁷ Ñu tontu ko: “Kenn jëlu nu.” Mu ne leen: “Demleen yéen itam ca tool ba.”

⁸ When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

⁸ «Bi nga xamee ne timis jot na, boroom tool ba ne jawriñ ja: “Woowal liggéeykat yi te fey leen seen bëccëg, tàmbali ci ñi mujj a ñëw, ba ci ñi fi jëkk.”

⁹ “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

⁹ Noonu ñi mu jël ci tàkkusaan ñëw, ku nekk jot posetu denariyon.

¹⁰ When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

¹⁰ Gannaaw ga nag ñi mu jëkk a jël ñëw, yaakaar ne dinañu jot lu ëpp loolu, waaye ñoom itam ñu jot ku nekk benn denariyon.

¹¹ When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

¹¹ Bi ñu ko jotee nag, ñu tàmbalee ñaxtu ca boroom kër ga,

¹² saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’

¹² naan: “Ñi mujj a ñëw, benn waxtu rekk lañu liggéey, ba noppi nga yemale leen ak nun, ñi yenu coonob bëccëg bi ak naaj wu metti wi.”

¹³ “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?

¹³ Waaye boroom kër ga tontu kenn ci ñoom ne ko: “Sama waay tooñuma la. Ndax juboowunu woon ci benn denariyon?

¹⁴ Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

¹⁴ Kon fabal li nga moom te dem. Su ma bëggee fey ku mujj a ñëw, li ma la fey yaw,

¹⁵ Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

¹⁵ ndax sañumaa def ak sama alal li ma neex? Walla ndax danga am kiñaan ci li ma yéwén?”

¹⁶ So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

¹⁶ Noonu ñi mujj ñooy jiituji, ñi jiitu ñooy mujj.»

¹⁷As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

¹⁷ Gannaaw loolu Yeesu di dem Yerusalem, ànd ak fukki taalibe yi ak ñaar. Noonu mu wéetoo ak ñoom, di leen xamal ci yoon wi lii:

¹⁸ “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

¹⁸ «Nu ngi jëm Yerusalem, te dees na jébbal Doomu nit ki saraxalekat yu mag ya ak xutbakat ya. Dinañu ko àtte, teg ko dee,

¹⁹ and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”

¹⁹ jébbal ko ñi dul Yawut, ngir ñu di ko ñaawal te di ko dóor ay yar, ba noppi daaj ko ci bant. Waaye ca ñetteelu fan ba dina dekki.»

²⁰Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.

²⁰ Ci kaw loolu doomi Sebede ya ànd ak seen ndey, ñëw ci Yeesu. Ndey ja sukk, di ko ñaansi lenn.

²¹He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”

²¹ Yeesu ne ko: «Loo bëggoon?» Mu tontu ko ne: «Damaa bëggoon nga santaane ne, boo nekkee ci sa nguur, sama ñaari doom ñii toog ak yaw, kenn ci sa ndeyjoor, ki ci des ci sa càmmooñ.»

²²But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”

²² Yeesu ne ko: «Xamuleen li ngeen di ñaan. Ndax man ngeen a naan kaasu naqar, bi may naan?» Ñu tontu ko: «Man nañu ko.»

²³He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

²³ Yeesu ne leen: «Ci dëgg dingeen naan sama kaas, waaye toog ci sama ndeyjoor mbaa sama càmmooñ, du man maa koy maye, waaye sama Baay moo koy may ñi mu ko waajal.»

²⁴When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

²⁴ Bi nga xamee ne fukki taalibe ya dégg nañu loolu, ñu mere ñaari doomi ndey ya.

²⁵But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

²⁵ Waaye Yeesu woo leen ne leen: «Xam ngeen ne ci xeeti àddina, njiit yi dañu leen di dóor yetu nguur, te kilifa yi dañu leen di noot.

²⁶ It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be TR reads “let him be” instead of “shall be” your servant.

²⁶ Buleen mel ni ñooñu. Waaye ku bëgg a nekk kilifa ci yéen, na nekk seen surga,

²⁷ Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

²⁷ te ku bëgg a nekk njiit, na nekk seen jaam.

²⁸ even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

²⁸ Ndaxte noonu la Doomu nit ki ñëwe, du ngir ñu nekk ay surgaam, waaye muy seen surga, ba joxe bakkanam ngir njotug ñu bare.»

²⁹As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

²⁹ Gannaaw loolu Yeesu génn Yeriko, te mbooloo mu bare topp ko.

³⁰Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

³⁰ Fekk ñaari gumba toog ci wetu yoon wa. Bi gumba ya déggee ne, Yeesu di jaar, ñu daldi yuuxu ne ko: «Sang bi, yaw Sëtu Daawuda bi, yërëm nu!»

³¹The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

³¹ Waaye nit ña gëdd leen, ngir ñu noppi. Teewul gumba ya gën a yuuxu naan: «Sang bi, yaw Sëtu Daawuda bi, yërëm nu!»

³²Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”

³² Noonu Yeesu daldi taxaw, woo leen ne: «Lu ngeen bëgg, ma defal leen ko?»

³³They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”

³³ Ñu tontu ko: «Sang bi, na sunuy bët ubbiku.»

³⁴Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

³⁴ Noonu Yeesu yërëm leen, laal seeni bët, ñu daldi gis ca saa sa, topp ci moom.