Chapter 105

Start Bilong Wanfela Important Day

TAEM Jesus lusim Jerusalem long Monday evening, hem go back long Bethany long east saed long Maunten Bilong Olives. Hem finisim nao tufela day bilong last ministry bilong hem long Jerusalem. Luk olsem Jesus stap moa withim fren bilong hem Lazarus long datfela naet. Start long taem wea hem kam from Jericho long Friday, diswan hem mek-foa naet wea hem stap long Bethany.

Distaem, long early morning long Tuesday, Nisan 11, hem and olketa disaepol wakabaot moa long road. Diswan hem wanfela important day insaed ministry bilong Jesus, wea hem busy for gud. Diswan hem lastfela day wea hem go long temple. And hem lastfela day bilong pablik ministry bilong hem bifor they tekem hem long kot and killim hem dae.

Jesus and olketa disaepol go followim sem road on top long Maunten Bilong Olives for go long Jerusalem. Long datfela road, Peter lukim tree wea Jesus curse-im yesterday morning. “Rabbi, lukim!” hem say, “datfela fig tree wea iu curse-im hem dae nao.”

But why nao Jesus killim dae datfela tree? Hem showim aot why taem hem say: “Tru nao mi talem iufela, Sapos iufela garem faith and no daot, bae iufela savvy duim samting wea mi duim long disfela fig tree, and tu bae iufela say long disfela maunten [Maunten Bilong Olives wea they stand ap long hem], ‘Iu aot from hia and go insaed long sea,’ and bae hem duim. And evri samting wea iufela askim insaed long prea, sapos iufela garem faith, iufela bae kasem.”

So taem hem mekem datfela tree for dae, Jesus givim wanfela really example for olketa disaepol abaotem way wea they need for garem faith long God. Olsem hem talem: “Evri samting wea iufela prea and askim, iufela mas believe iufela kasem finis, and bae iufela kasem.” Hem important samting for olketa learnim, diswan hem tru from olketa bigfela test wea klosap for kam! But, narafela samting tu hem join withim way wea datfela fig tree hem dae and way for garem faith.

Nation bilong Israel, olsem datfela fig tree, hem garem giaman fasin. Nomata datfela nation garem wanfela covenant withim God and luk olsem hem followim olketa law bilong hem, hem nating garem faith, and no garem any gudfela fruit. Bikos hem no garem faith, hem ready for rejectim Son bilong God tu! So, taem Jesus mekem datfela tree wea no garem any fruit for dae, hem barava showim aot samting wea bae kasem disfela nation wea no garem fruit and no garem faith.

Then, Jesus and olketa disaepol go insaed long Jerusalem, and olsem they savvy duim evritaem, they go long temple, and Jesus start for teach. Olketa chief priest and older man tingim samting wea Jesus duim yesterday long olketa man for change-im shilling, so they askim hem: “Wea nao iu kasem paoa for duim olketa samting hia? And hu nao givim iu disfela paoa?”

Then Jesus ansarem them: “Mi tu bae askim iufela wanfela samting. Sapos iufela talem long mi, then bae mi talem iufela abaot wea nao mi kasem paoa for duim olketa samting hia: Datfela baptism wea John duim, hem from wea? From heven or from olketa man?”

Olketa priest and older man start for story midlwan long olketa seleva long hao they bae ansa. “Sapos iumi say, ‘From heven,’ bae hem say long iumi, ‘So why nao iufela no believim hem?’ But sapos iumi say, ‘From olketa man,’ bae olketa pipol kros, bikos olketa ting long John olsem wanfela profet.”

Olketa bigman hia no savvy wanem for talem. So they ansa olsem long Jesus: “Mifela no savvy.”

So Jesus say: “Bae mi no talem iufela tu abaot wea nao mi kasem paoa for duim olketa samting hia.” Matthew 21:​19-27; Mark 11:​19-33; Luke 20:​1-8.

▪ Hao nao Tuesday, Nisan 11 hem important day?

▪ Wanem nao olketa samting wea Jesus teachim taem hem mekem wanfela fig tree for dae?

▪ Hao nao Jesus ansarem olketa wea askim hem abaot wea nao hem kasem paoa for duim olketa samting?