የተናቀው ድንጋይ

የማቴዎስ ወንጌል 21:33-46 (አማ54)

ሌላ ምሳሌ ስሙ። የወይን አትክልት የተከለ ባለቤት ሰው ነበረ፤ ቅጥርም ቀጠረለት፥ መጥመቂያም ማሰለት፥ ግንብም ሠራና ለገበሬዎች አከራይቶ ወደ ሌላ አገር ሄደ። የሚያፈራበትም ጊዜ ሲቀርብ፥ ፍሬውን ሊቀበሉ ባሮቹን ወደ ገበሬዎች ላከ። ገበሬዎቹም ባሮቹን ይዘው አንዱን ደበደቡት አንዱንም ገደሉት ሌላውንም ወገሩት። ደግሞ ከፊተኞች የሚበዙ ሌሎች ባሮችን ላከ፥ እንዲሁም አደረጉባቸው። በኋላ ግን። ልጄንስ ያፍሩታል ብሎ ልጁን ላከባቸው። ገበሬዎቹ ግን ልጁን ባዩ ጊዜ እርስ በርሳቸው። ወራሹ ይህ ነው፤ ኑ፥ እንግደለውና ርስቱን እናግኝ ተባባሉ። ይዘውም ከወይኑ አትክልት አወጡና ገደሉት። እንግዲህ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ በሚመጣ ጊዜ በእነዚህ ገበሬዎች ምን ያደርግባቸዋል? እነርሱም። ክፉዎችን በክፉ ያጠፋቸዋል፥ የወይኑንም አትክልት ፍሬውን በየጊዜው ለሚያስረክቡ ለሌሎች ገበሬዎች ይሰጠዋል አሉት። ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አላቸው። ግንበኞች የናቁት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ ሆነ፤ ይህም ከጌታ ዘንድ ሆነ፥ ለዓይኖቻችንም ድንቅ ነው የሚለውን ከቶ በመጽሐፍ አላነበባችሁምን? ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከእናንተ ትወሰዳለች ፍሬዋንም ለሚያደርግ ሕዝብ ትሰጣለች። በዚህም ድንጋይ ላይ የሚወድቅ ይቀጠቀጣል፤ ድንጋዩ ግን የሚወድቅበትን ሁሉ ይፈጨዋል። የካህናት አለቆችና ፈሪሳውያንም ምሳሌዎቹን ሰምተው ስለ እነርሱ እንደ ተናገረ አስተዋሉ፤ ሊይዙትም ሲፈልጉት ሳሉ ሕዝቡ እንደ ነቢይ ስላዩት ፈሩአቸው።

Matthew 21:33-46 (ESV)

“Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit. And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.’ And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?” They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.”

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

“‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.” When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them. And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.