1. And when they came near to Yerushalayim, and came to Bĕyth Phag̅i, at the Mount of Olives, then יהושע sent two taught ones,
2. saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and straightaway you shall find a donkey tied, and a colt with her, loosen them, and bring them to Me.
3. “And if anyone says whatever to you, you shall say, ‘The Master needs them,’ and immediately he shall send them.”
4. And all this took place that it might be filled what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
5. “Say to the daughter of Tsiyon, ‘See, your Sovereign is coming to you, meek, and sitting on a donkey, even a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
6. And the taught ones went, and having done as יהושע ordered them,
7. they brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their garments on them, and He sat on them.
8. And most of the crowd spread their garments on the way, while others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the way.
9. And the crowds who went before and those who followed cried out, saying, “Hoshia-na to the Son of Dawiḏ! Blessed is He who is coming in the Name of יהוה! Hoshia-na in the highest!”
10. And as He entered into Yerushalayim, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”
11. And the crowds said, “This is יהושע, the prophet from Natsareth of Galil.”
12. And יהושע went into the Set-apart Place of Elohim and drove out all those buying and selling in the Set-apart Place, and overturned the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of those who sold doves.
13. And He said to them, “It has been written, ‘My House shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers.’ ”
14. And blind and lame ones came to Him in the Set-apart Place, and He healed them.
15. But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonders which He did, and the children crying out in the Set-apart Place and saying, “Hoshia-na to the Son of Dawiḏ!” they were greatly displeased,
16. and said to Him, “Do You hear what these say?” And יהושע said to them, “Yea, have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nurslings You have perfected praise’?”