Matthew 22

Hawai‘i Pidgin

Da Wedding Lu‛au Story

22 One mo time Jesus tell da peopo mo stories fo teach um. ² He tell um lidis: “Wen God in da sky stay King, dass jalike one king who make one lu‛au cuz his boy goin get married. ³ Wen da time come, he send his worka guys fo tell all da peopo he wen aks fo come, fo come awready. But his friends neva like come.

⁴ “So den he send some mo odda workas. He tell um, ‘Tell all da peopo I wen aks fo come, “Time awready! I wen kill da cows an da bestes kine baby cows. I wen make all da food ready. Try come!” ’

⁵ “But da peopo he wen tell fo come, dey no care, an dey go way from da guy. Some guys go back to dea farms, an odda guys go back dea stores fo do dea own business. ⁶ Had odda guys dat wen grab da worka guys, an dey make any kine to da worka guys, an dey even wen kill da worka guys.

⁷ “An den da king wen come so wild wit dem, he wen send his army guys, fo kill da guys who wen kill his workas, an den da army guys wen burn up da whole town. ⁸ Den da king tell his odda worka guys, ‘You know, da lu‛au fo my boy stay ready now, but da guys I wen tell fo come, dey not good nuff. ⁹ So den I tell you guys, go all da main roads, an tell all da peopo you guys see ova dea fo come da wedding lu‛au.’ ¹⁰ So da worka guys wen go check out all da roads, an wen bring all da guys dey wen find ova dea fo da lu‛au. Had choke peopo, da good kine guys, an da bad kine guys.

¹¹ “Da king wen go inside fo look da peopo dat wen come ova dea, an he wen spock one guy who neva have wedding kine clotheses. ¹² He tell da guy, ‘Eh, how come you wen come inside hea, but you no mo wedding kine clotheses on?’ An da guy neva have notting fo say. ¹³ So da king tell his worka guys, ‘Eh, tie up dis guyʼs hands an feet, an throw um outside inside da dark. Ova dea goin get peopo dat goin cry real hard an grind dea teet cuz dey so huhu an futless.’ ¹⁴ I tell you, God da King tell plenny guys fo come, but ony goin get litto bit guys he goin pick fo be his own guys.”

Da Tax Money Fo King Cesar

¹⁵ Den da Pharisee guys wen start talking togedda how dey goin catch Jesus from wat he goin tell um. ¹⁶ So den dey wen send da guys dey teaching fo go by him, an some King Herod guys too. Dey say, “Eh, Teacha, we know you tell da trut, an you teach da true kine stuff bout wat God like everybody fo do, no matta wat da peopo tink o who dem. ¹⁷ So, wat? Godʼs Rules say, az right fo pay King Cesar da tax money, o wat?”

¹⁸ But Jesus know dey trying fo make um any kine, an he say, “You guys, you say one ting an do one nodda! How come you guys trying fo make me say any kine? ¹⁹ Show me da kine coin fo da tax.” An dey wen show him. ²⁰ Jesus say, “Who dis guy on top da coin? An wass his name?”

²¹ Dey say, “Dass King Cesar.”

An he tell um, “Kay den, give um to Cesar, wat his, an give to God, wat his!” ²² Wen dey hear dat, wen blow dea minds, an dey wen go way from dea.

Dey Aks If Peopo Goin Come Back Alive Again

²³ Dat same day had some Sadducee guys dat wen go by Jesus. Dis how dey teach: If you mahke, you mahke, you no goin come back alive again. ²⁴ So dey aks him, “Eh, Teacha! Da guy Moses who wen give us Godʼs Rules, he wen say, ‘Wen one guy mahke an he no mo kids, his brudda gotta marry da wife, an make kids fo carry da name fo da brudda who wen mahke.’

²⁵ “Now den, had seven bruddas ova hea by us. Da oldes brudda wen marry one wahine, den wen mahke, but neva have kids. (Dat mean da wahine goin be his nex bruddaʼs wife.) ²⁶ Da nex brudda wen marry her, an den he wen mahke, an neva have kids. Da same ting wen happen to da nex brudda. An dis same ting wen happen wit all da odda bruddas. An all dem guys neva have kids notting. ²⁷ Den afta dat, da wahine wen mahke too.

²⁸ “So, wen da time come wen all da peopo dat wen mahke come back alive, den who goin be her husban? Cuz dey all wen marry her.”

²⁹ Jesus tell um, “Eh, you guys all jam up, you know. Cuz you donno wat da Bible say from befo time, az why, an you donno Godʼs power. ³⁰ Wen da guys dat wen mahke come back alive again, dey goin be jalike da angel messenja guys in da sky; dat time dey no marry. ³¹ Wot! You guys neva read inside da Bible wat God wen tell you bout da guys who goin come back alive afta dey mahke? ³² God say, ‘I da God dat fo Abraham, an fo Isaac, an fo Jacob.’ So I telling you guys, he not da God fo da mahke guys dat no mo spirit inside dem. He da God fo da guys like Abraham an Isaac an Jacob, dat get one spirit inside dem dat stay alive, no matta dea body wen mahke.”

³³ All da peopo wen hear him teach dat, an wen blow dea minds.

Da Main Rule

³⁴ Wen da Pharisee guys wen hear dat he wen shut up da Sadducee guys, den all a dem wen go by Jesus. ³⁵ One teacha who teach Godʼs Rules wen aks him one question fo try catch um. ³⁶ He say, “Eh, Teacha, from all da Rules God wen give us, which one da main one?”

³⁷ Jesus tell um, “Get love an aloha fo da Boss yoa God, wit all yoa heart, an wit everyting inside you, an wit how you tink. ³⁸ Dis da first an mos importan Rule God wen give us. ³⁹ An da nex Rule jalike dat one: ‘Get love an aloha fo da odda guy jalike you get love an aloha fo yoaself.’ ⁴⁰ All Godʼs Rules, an everyting da guys who wen talk fo God wen say, come from dese two Rules.”

Da Spesho Guy God Wen Send, Whose Boy Him?

⁴¹ Dat time too, da Pharisee guys come togedda by Jesus, an Jesus aks um, ⁴² “Wat you guys tink? Da Spesho Guy God Wen Send, whose boy him?”

Dey say, “He from King Davidʼs ohana.”

⁴³ Jesus say, “Den how come Godʼs Spirit wen tell King David fo call Godʼs Spesho Guy ‘Boss’? Cuz David wen say,

⁴⁵ “Kay den. David call Godʼs Spesho Guy ‘Boss,’ yeah? Den how he can be Davidʼs boy, same time?” ⁴⁶ An da Pharisee guys neva have notting fo say. From dat time, everybody scared fo aks him odda questions.