1And having entered, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was passing through Yericho.

2And, hinei, a man by name Zakkai was there and he was a chief moches (tax collector) and he was an oisher (rich man).

3And he was seeking to catch a look at Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach and was not able to do so, because of the multitude, and because he was komah (short of stature).

4And having run ahead to the front, he climbed up onto an etz (tree), a sycamore, that he might see Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, because by that derech (way) he was about to pass by. ²¹⁵

5And as he came to the place, having looked up, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to him, Zakkai, hurry and come down, for hayom (today) in your bais (house) it is necessary for me to remain.

6And having hurried, Zakkai came down and welcomed with Kabbalas HaMalchus (accepting his sovereignty as king) Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach with simcha (joy).

7And all, having seen this, were beginning to kvetch (complain), saying, With a choteh (sinner) he entered to rest?

8And Zakkai stood there and said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu: Hinei, half of my possessions, Adoni, I give as tzedakah (contribution to charity) to the aniyim, and if from someone I defrauded of anything, I am paying back arbatayim (four times). ²¹⁶

9And he said to him, Hayom (Today) Yeshu'at Eloheinu has come to this bais, because he also is a Ben Avraham.

10For the Bar Enosh ²¹⁷came to seek and to save the lost. ²¹⁸

11Now as they were hearing these things, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach added a mashal (parable), because he was near to Yerushalayim and they had the havamina (assumption) that the Malchut Hashem was about to appear immediately.

12Then Moshiach said, A certain man of noble birth traveled to a distant country to get for himself royal power for his malchut and to return.

13And having summoned ten avadim (servants) of his, he gave them ten minas and he said to them, Conduct business until I come.

14But his subjects were hating the man of noble birth and they sent a delegation after him saying, We do not want this one to rule over us.

15And it came about when he returned, having received the royal power of his malchut, he summoned to his presence these avadim to whom he had given the kesef, that he might have daas of what they had gained by trading.

16And the rishon (first) came, saying, With your mina, Adoni, ten minas more were gained.

17Yafeh! Eved tov! Because you have been ne'eman (faithful) in a very small thing, have shlita (authority) over ten towns. ²¹⁹

18And the sheni (second) came saying, Your mina, Adoni, made five minas.

19And the man of noble birth said also to this one, And you have shlita (authority) over five towns.

20And the other came saying, Adoni, hinei! Your mina which I had put away in a tichel (kerchief).

21For I was fearing you, because you are a big machmir (stickler), you take what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow.

22He says to him, From your own mouth I will judge you, eved rasha (bad servant). You had daas that I am a big machmir (stickler), taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

23Why then did you not put my kesef on deposit? Then when I came I would have collected ribit (interest).

24And to the ones having stood nearby he said, Take from him the mina and give it to the one having ten minas.

25And they said to him, Adoneinu, he has ten minas!

26I say to you, that to everyone having, more will be given, but from the one not having, even what he has will be taken away.

27But these oyevim of mine, the ones refusing me the Kabbalas HaMalchus (refusing my sovereignty as king) ²²⁰over them, bring here and execute them before me.

28And having said these things, he was traveling ahead, making his aliyah leregel to Yerushalayim.

29And it came about as he came near to Beit-Pagey and Beit-Anyah, by the Mount of Olives, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach sent two of the talmidim,

30Saying, Go to the shtetl ahead of you, in which entering you will find an AYIR ²²¹having been tied, upon which none among Bnei Adam ever sat, and having untied it, bring it here.

31And if someone asks you, Why are you untying it? — you will say this: HaAdon has need of it.

32And having departed, the ones having been sent found it just as Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach told them.

33And while untying the AYIR, its owners said to them, Why are you untying the AYIR?

34And they said, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu has need of it.

35And they led it to him and, having thrown their kaftans on the AYIR, they put Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach on it.

36And as Moshiach rode along, the people were spreading their garments on the road. ²²²

37And as Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was now approaching the path that makes the descent from the Mount of Olives, all the multitude of the Rebbeʼs talmidim began with simcha (joy) and with a kol gadol (a loud voice) to shout Baruch Hashem for all the nifla'ot (wonders) and gevurot (mighty deeds) of Hashem! For they had been edei reiyah (eyewitnesses) of these,

38Saying, BARUCH HABAH, HaMelech B'SHEM ADONOI! Shalom b'Shomayim! And kavod in the Highest! ²²³

39And some of the Perushim from the multitude said to him, Rabbi, rebuke your talmidim!

40And in reply he said, I say to you, if these will be silent, the avanim (stones) will cry out. ²²⁴

41And as he came near, having seen the Ir (City) [of Yerushalayim], Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach wept over it, ²²⁵

42Saying, If you had only had daas in HaYom HaZeh of the things leading to shalom, but now it was nistar from your eyes.

43Because yamim (days) will come upon you when your oyevim (enemies) will construct a siege against you and they will surround you and will hem you in from all directions. ²²⁶

44And they will dash you to the ground, you and your yeladim with you. And they will not leave an even (stone) upon an even (stone) within you, because you did not have daas of the zman (time) of your YOM PEKUDDAH (visitation, reckoning). ²²⁷

45And having entered into the Beis HaMikdash, Moshiach began to throw out the sellers,

46Saying to them, It has been written, BEITI BEIT TEFILLAH YIKAREI, ²²⁸but you made it a MEARAT PARITZIM. ²²⁹

47And he was saying shiurim yom yom in the Beis Hamikdash. But the Rashei Hakohanim and the Sofrim were seeking to kill him, and also the Rashei HaAm,

48And they were not finding what they might do, for HaAm were all hanging on his every dvar.