Matthew 23
1 Tua zawkciang in Jesus in mihonpi te le a nungzui te kung ah thuhil a,
Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:
2 Thukhamhil te le Pharisee te sia Moses tokhum ah to uh hi:
The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;
3 Tua ahikom amate in vawt a hong sawl peuma zui vun a, ahihang amate ngamtat bang in ngamta heak vun, banghangziam cile amate in a son uh bang in seam ngawl uh hi.
All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.
4 Banghangziam cile amate in a puak zawk ngawl tu vanngit te sia hen in mihing te i liangko tung ah suan uh a, puasak uh a hi hang amate a hile, a khutme dawn taw zong tham nuam ngawl uh hi.
They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.
5 Ahihang amate i a vawt theampo te sia, mite mu thei tu in vawt uh hi: Amate lai thiangtho bu koi na savun ip te nangawn a lianpui in vawt uh a, a puan kiil te zong a zai tatak in vawt uh hi.
But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
6 Poai sung ah a sangbel khan sung ah to nuam in, synagogue sung ah zong tokhum thupibel tung ah to nuam hi,
And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,
7 Sumbuk te ah ngual i paupui tu le Rabbi, Rabbi, ci in sap tu dei uh hi.
And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
8 Hi kale note sia, Rabbi ci in sap tu uk heak vun; banghangziam cile, na Topa uh khatbek om a, tua in Christ a hihi, note sia u nau khat na hi uh hi.
But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
9 Taciang in hileitung ah kuama, pa, ci heak vun: banghangziam cile vantung a om na Pa uh khat bekma om hi.
And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
10 Christ bekma na Topa uh ahikom kuama peuma, topa, ci in ki sam heak tahen.
And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
11 Ahizong note sung pan a lianbel sia na naseam uh hi tu hi,
But let the greatest among you be your servant.
12 Akua mapo ama le ama a ki lamsang sia khiaksuk na thuak tu hi.
And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
13 Ahihang thukhamhil te le Pharisee te, a ki hitheamsak te, na mailam uh bing hi, banghangziam cile, vantung kumpingam na khaktan uh a, noma le tum nuam ngawl bekdom ngawl a tum nuam te zong na tumsak bua uh hi.
But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.
14 Thukhamhil te le Pharisee te awng! na mailam uh bing hi! banghangziam cile note in meingong te inn te sia ngongtat in na suttol uh a, a sau theiza in thu ki ngen theamsak nu hi: Tua ahikom dan a lianzaw na thuak tu uh hi.
15 Thukhamhil te le Pharisee te, a kihitheamsak te, na mailam uh bing hi! banghangziam cile mi khat biakna lai tu in tuipi le leitung kimveal in na vak uh a, a ki kheal zawkciang note sang in a se ni tamzaw Hell ngam i ta na suaksak uh hi. (Geenna g1067)
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 No mittaw lamlak te, na mailam uh bing hi, khatpo in biakinn sam in a kiciam le bangma poimaw ngawl hi, ahihang a kuamapo biakinn a om kham sam in a kiciam le ama sia leiba nei hi, na ci uh hi.
A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.
17 No mi mawmaw le mittaw te: bang lianzaw ziam, kham maw, a hibale kham a thiangthosak biakinn koisia hi zaw?
You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
18 Khat po in biaktau sam in a kiciam le bangma poimaw ngawl hi, ahihang khatpo in tua tung ah biakpiakna a ki piasia sam in a kiciam le ama sia mawnei hi.
And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.
19 No mi mawmaw le mittaw te! bang lianzaw ziam; biaktau ah a ki pia sia maw, a hibale a ki pia sia a thiangsak biaktau lianzaw ziam?
You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?
20 Tua ahikom mihing khat in biaktau sam in a kiciam le tua tung ah a om te theampo sam in kiciam a hihi.
He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.
21 Taciang khatpo in biakinn sam in a kiciam le tua biakinn sung ah a om sia sam in kiciam a hihi.
And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.
22 Taciang van le Pathian tokhum sam in a kiciam peuma tokhum tung ah a to pa sam in kiciam a hihi.
And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.
23 Thukhamhil te, Pharisee te le a ki hitheamsak te, na mailam uh bing hi! banghangziam cile note in lenmui, thihawm le, lonamsia te se sawm sua se khat pia tek napi, thukham sung ah a thupi zaw thukhenna, hesuakna le upna thu te zui ngawl in khe nu hi: tua te sia na vawt tu uh hi a, a dang te zong vawt ngawl in nusiat thong tu hi ngawl hi.
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.
24 No mittaw lamlak te, thosi no khat zong ki hel ngawl tu in hawp napi, kala-uk lopval nu hi.
You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.
25 Thukhamhil te, Pharisee te le a ki hitheamsak te, na mailam uh bing hi! banghangziam cile hai le kuang na sil uh ciang in, a puasang bek na sil uh a, a sungsang sia ngual neisa na lak uh le duhopna taw kidim hi.
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.
26 Nang Pharisee mittaw pa, hai le kuang te a sungsang sil masa in a, a puasang zong thiang tu hi.
You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.
27 Thukhamhil te, Pharisee te le a ki hitheamsak te, na mailam uh bing hi! banghangziam cile, note sia za ngo a ki zut thankul taw na kibang uh hi, a puasang sia a hoi tu bang in kilang napi, a sungsang sia mithi ngu le a thiang ngawl taw kidim hi.
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.
28 Tasia bangma in note zong na puasang uh sia mihing te mai ah a thutang in kilang napi, na sungsang uh sia ki hitheamsak na le siatna taw dim hi.
Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.
29 Thukhamhil te, Pharisee te le a ki hitheamsak te, na mailam uh bing hi! banghangziam cile kamsang te thankul na sa uh a, mi thutang te thankul te zong a hoi mama in zeam nu hi,
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,
30 Ka pu ka pa te hun lai koma om kana le ung, kamsang te thisan luan na ah ki hel ngawl tu kana khu hi, ci nu hi.
If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Tua ahikom kamsangte a that te na hi uh hi, ci noma mama tetti te na hi uh hi.
So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.
32 Tua ahikom na pu na pa te i ki te na note in dim tavun.
Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.
You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell? (Geenna g1067)
34 Tua ahikom, en vun, note kung ah kamsang te, mipil te le thukhamhil te kong paisak a, pawlkhat te sia that in thinglamte tung ah khai tu nu hi; taciang pawlkhat te sia synagogue sung ah vel in le khuapi khat zawkciang khat ah vawtsia tu nu hi.
For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;
35 Tua ahikom a thutang Abel thisan pan kipan biakinn le biaktau ki kal ah na thalup uh Barachias tapa Zachariah thisan ciangdong, leitung ah a luang thisan theampo note tung ah hong theng tu hi.
So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.
36 A tatak in kong ci ciang, hi thu te theampo sia tu hun mihing te tung ah theng tu hi.
Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.
37 Maw Jerusalem, Jerusalem, kamsang te na that a, na kung ah hongpai te suangtum taw sep ni hi, akpui in a no te a a thakhui nuai ah a uap bang in, tamveipi hong uap nuam hi kaleng, na uk bua hi!
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!
38 En vun, na inn uh ngamkhing dide in ki nusia zo hi.
See, your house is made waste.
39 Banghangziam cile Topa min taw hongpai pa sia thuphatoai hi, na ci uh mateng, note in hong mu nawn ngawl tu nu hi, ci in kong son hi, ci hi.
For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord.
