Orthodox Jewish Bible

Mattityahu 20:21-34 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

21. And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to her, What do you wish? She says to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Say that these, my two banim, may sit, one on your right, the other on your left, in your [the Moshiach's] Malchut.

22. And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said in reply, You do not have daas of what you are asking. Are you able to drink the Kos which I am about to drink? They say, We are able.

23. Moshiach says to them, Indeed, you will drink my Kos, but to sit on the right and on the left of me, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my [Moshiach's] Av.

24. And having heard this, HaAsarah (The Ten) became indignant about the two achim (brothers).

25. But Moshiach, having summoned them, said, You have daas that those who have the rule over the Goyim domineer them like tyrants.

26. But it will not be thus among you. For whoever wishes to be gadol among you will become your mesharet (servant, minister).

27. And whoever wishes among you to be rishon (first) will be your eved (servant).

28. Just as the Ben HaAdam [Moshiach] did not come to be served, to be ministered to, but to serve, to minister, and to give his neshamah, his nefesh, as a kofer (ransom, pedut) LARABBIM (for the sake of many, for the Geulah Redemption of many, YESHAYAH 53:11).

29. And, as they were going out from Yericho, a great multitude followed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

30. And hinei! Two ivrim (blind men), sitting beside the road, having heard that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is passing by, shouted, crying out, Adoneinu, Ben Dovid, chaneinu, yhi chasedcha aleinu (have mercy on us TEHILLIM 33:22)!

31. However, the crowd rebuked the two ivrim, that they be silent, but they shouted even more, saying Chaneinu, Adoneinu Ben Dovid!

32. And having stopped, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach called to them and said, What do you wish that I should do for you?

33. They say to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach: Adoneinu, that our eyes may be opened!

34. And having been filled with rachmei shomayim (heavenly mercy, compassion), he touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes were opened and they followed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.