Matthew 20

20 ¹"Di kingdom of our Papa be like one man wey get land, wey comot for early morning go find workers for im vineyard. ²E gree to pay di workers full day money, den e send dem go im vineyard. ³Around nine o'clock for morning, e comot go outside come see oda people wey just dey stand for market, dem no get work to do. ⁴E tell dem, 'Una too, go inside di vineyard; wetin correct, na im I go pay una.' So dem waka go. ⁵E comot again around afternoon, den around three for evening time, e do di same ting. ⁶Around five for evening, e comot go come see oda people wey still dey stand dia. E ask dem, 'Wetin make una stand for here whole day, wey una no get work?'"

⁷"Dem talk say, 'Na because nobody hire us.' E talk say, 'Una too, go inside di vineyard.'

⁸"Wen evening reach, di vineyard owner tell im foreman, 'Call di workers, pay dem dia money, start from di last go reach di first.' ⁹So wen di ones wey e hire around five o'clock come, each one of dem collect full day money. ¹⁰Wen di first ones come, dem tink say dem go collect more, but each one collect full day money too. ¹¹So wen dem collect am, dem begin complain against di man wey get di land, ¹²dem talk say, 'Dis last people work only one hour, but you make dem equal wit us, wey carry di burden and di hot sun for di whole day.'

¹³"E answer one of dem, 'My friend, I no do you wrong. No be full day money you and me gree on?' ¹⁴Take wetin be your own comot. I wan give dis last worker di same as you. ¹⁵Abi I no fit do wetin I like wit wetin be my own? Or your eye dey red because I get big heart? ¹⁶So di last go come first, and di first go come last."

Jesus Talk Beforehand About di Cross

¹⁷As Jesus dey go up to Jerusalem, e carry di twelve for one side, den e tell dem for di road,

¹⁸"See, we dey go up to Jerusalem, and dem go hand di Pikin of Man over to di chief priests and di scribes, wey go judge am say make e die, ¹⁹and dem go hand am over to di Gentiles make dem mock am and flog am and nail am for cross—but for di third day, e go rise again."

True Greatness Na To Serve Person

²⁰Den di mama of Zebedee im sons come meet am wit her sons, she kneel down to beg am for one ting.

²¹E ask her, "Wetin you want?" She talk say, "Talk say my two sons go sit, one for your right hand, one for your left hand, for your kingdom."

²²But Jesus answer say, "Una no sabi wetin una dey ask. Una fit drink di cup wey I dey soon drink?" "We fit," na so dem talk.

²³E talk say, "Una go drink my cup, but who go sit for my right hand and my left hand, no be me go give am—e belong to di people wey my Papa don prepare am for."

²⁴Wen di ten hear dis ting, vex catch dem for di two brothers.

²⁵Jesus call dem come near, den e talk say, "Una sabi say di rulers of di Gentiles dey lord am over dem, and dia big men dey hold power over dem. ²⁶But e no suppose be so among una. Instead, whoever wan be great among una must be una servant, ²⁷and whoever wan be first among una must be una slave, ²⁸just as di Pikin of Man come, not make dem serve am, but make e serve, and to give im life as ransom to buy plenty people free."

Two Blind Men Get Dia Eye Back

²⁹As dem dey comot from Jericho, plenty crowd follow am. ³⁰Two blind men wey sidon for road side hear say Jesus dey pass, dem begin shout, "Oga, take mercy for us, Son of David!" ^a a v30 'Son of David' na title wey di Jews sabi well well for di king wey dem promise, wey go come from David im royal family line. ³¹Di crowd scold dem make dem keep quiet, but dem shout even louder, "Take mercy for us, Oga, Son of David!"

³²So Jesus stop, e call dem, den e ask, "Wetin una want make I do for una?"

³³Dem tell am, "Oga, make our eye open."

³⁴And Jesus, im belle dey pain am, touch dia eye, and immediately dem see again, den dem follow am.