Matthai 23
1 Hathnukkhu Jisuh ni a hnukkâbangnaw hoi tamimaya koe lawk a dei pouh.
Then Jesus addressed the people and his disciples,
2 Cakathutkungnaw hoi Farasinaw teh Mosi e tahungnae dawk a tahung awh.
saying, The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' chair;
3 Hatdawkvah ahnimouh ni a dei awh e pueng hah tarawi a nateh sak pouh awh. Ahnimae sak e patetlah teh sak awh hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a dei awh e patetlah a sak awh hoeh dawk doeh.
therefore observe and do whatsoever they enjoin you; nevertheless, follow not their example; for they say and do not.
4 Ahnimouh ni ka ri ni teh phu ka ru e hnonaw hah a roup awh teh taminaw e loung dawk ouk a patue awh. Amamouh ni hote hnonaw teh a kutdawn ca hoi boehai takhoe ngai awh hoeh.
Heavy and intolerable burdens they prepare for other men's shoulders, burdens to which they themselves will not put a finger.
5 A sak awh e hno pueng hah ayâ ni hmu nahanlah doeh a sak awh. A tampa dawk a kawm sin awh e akana a len sak awh teh, khohna dawk e akana a saw sak awh.
But whatever they do they do to be observed by men. For this they wear broader phylacteries than others, and larger tufts on their mantles;
6 Buvennae hoi sinakoknaw koe kahawi e tahungnae hah a lungpataw awh,
and love the uppermost places at entertainments, and the principal seats in the synagogues,
7 hno yonae koe barinae, kacangkhaikung telah kawnae hah a ngai awh.
and salutations in public places; and to hear men addressing them, cry, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8 Nangmouh teh Rabbi telah kawnae hah dâw awh hanh. Khrih buet touh dueng doeh nangmouh na kacangkhaikung na tawn awh. Nangmouh pueng teh hmaunawngha lah na o awh.
But as for you, assume not the title of Rabbi; for you have only one teacher;
9 Talai van vah apihai apa telah kaw awh hanh. Kalvan kho vah nangmae na Pa buet touh dueng doeh kaawm.
and style no man on earth your father, for he alone is your Father, who is in heaven; and all you are brothers.
10 Saya telah kawnae hai dâw awh hanh. Khrih dueng doeh nangmouh na kacangkhaikung lah ka awm.
Neither assume the title of leaders, for you have only one leader--who is the Messiah.
11 Nangmouh thung dawk kalenpounge tami teh nangmae patoun patang e lah ao han.
The greatest of you, on the contrary, shall be your servant;
12 Apipatethai amahoima kârasang e teh a rahim vah pabo lah kaawm han. Apipatethai amahoima kârahnoum e teh tawm lah kaawm han.
for whosoever will exalt himself, shall be humbled; and whosoever will humble himself, shall be exalted.
13 A laikathout e cakathutkungnaw hoi Farasinaw yawthoe lah na o awh. Kalvan uknaeram teh ayânaw hanlah na khan awh teh namamouh hai na kâen awh hoeh, kâen han kangainaw haiyah na ngang awh.
But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; and will neither enter yourselves, nor permit others that would, to enter.
14 A laikathout e cakathutkungnaw hoi Farasinaw yawthoe lah na o awh. Lahmainu e im hah na lawp awh teh a kamphawng hoeh nahanlah kasaw poung lah na ratoum awh. Hatdawkvah hoe kalen e yonphukhangnae hah na khang awh han.
Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrite! because you devour the families of widows; and use long prayers for a disguise. This will but aggravate your punishment.
15 A laikathout e cakathutkungnaw hoi Farasinaw, yawthoe lah na o awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tami buet touh hai namamae bawknae dawk kâen sak hanlah talî hoi a oung pheng na katin awh teh, na kâen sak hnukkhu teh namamouh hlak let hni e hell ca lah na o sak awh. (Geenna g1067)
Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is gained, you make him a son of hell doubly more than yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 Kahrawikung mit ka dawnnaw, yawthoe lah na o awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Bawkim hah noe lahoi thoe ka bo e teh cak hoeh. Bawkim thung e sui hah noe hoi thoe ka bo e doeh ka cak na ti awh.
Alas for you, blind guides, who say, To swear by the temple binds not, but swear by the gold of the temple is binding.
17 Tamipathu, mitdawnnaw, nâ e hno maw ka talue. Sui maw, nahoeh pawiteh sui ka thoungsak e Bawkim na ou.
Foolish and blind! which is more sacred, the gold, or the temple that consecrates the gold?
18 Thuengnae khoungroe noe lahoi thoe ka bo e teh cak hoeh, thuengnae khoungroe van kaawm e thuengnae hno hah noe lahoi thoe ka bo e teh a cak na ti awh.
and, to swear by the altar, binds not, but to swear by the offering that is upon it is binding.
19 Mitdawnnaw, bangpatet e hno maw hoe ka talue. Hote thuengnae hno na ou, Hote thuengnae hno hah ka thoungsak e thuengnae khoungroe na ou.
Foolish and blind! which is more sacred, the offering, or the altar that consecrates the offering?
20 Hatdawkvah thuengnae khoungroe hah noe lahoi thoe na bo pawiteh thuengnae khoungroe khuehoi avan e kaawm hno pueng hah mek na noe teh thoe na bo toe.
Whoever, therefore, swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
21 Bawkim hah noe lahoi thoe na bo pawiteh a thung kaawm e khuehoi thoe mek na bo toe.
And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it, and by Him who dwells in it;
22 Kalvan kho noe hoi thoe ka bo e teh Cathut e bawitungkhung hoi, a van ka tahung e khuehoi mek na noe teh thoe na bo toe.
and whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by Him who sits on it.
23 A laikathout cakathutkungnaw hoi Farasinaw yawthoe lah na o awh. Nangmouh ni teh anhla a pawhiknaw hoi sawngpam totouh hra touh dawk buet touh na hmoun awh. Hatei, kâlawk thung dawk hoi hoe alawkpui e lannae, pahrennae yuemnae hah lat na hnoun awh. Hete hnonaw na sak han roeroe lah ao. A lathueng lah dei e hai sak laipalah awm awh hanh.
Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you pay the tithe of mint, dill, and cummin, and omit the more important articles of the law, justice, humanity, and fidelity. These you ought to have practiced without omitting those.
24 Kahrawikung mitdawnnaw, tui dawk manging buet touh boehai ao hoeh nahanlah na raci awh ei kalauk hah na payawp awh.
Blind guides! you are skimming off the gnat, and swallowing the camel.
25 A laikathout e cakathutkungnaw hoi Farasinaw yawthoe lah na o awh. Manang hoi tongben hah avanlah na pâle awh ei a thung lah teh lawpnae hoi dumyennae hoi na kawi awh.
Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you cleanse the outside of those cups and platters, which within are laid with rapine and iniquity.
26 Mit ka dawn e Farasinaw, manang hoi tongben hah a thung lah hmaloe pâle awh. Hottelah na sak pawiteh doeh alawilah hai thoung tih.
Blind Pharisee! begin with cleansing the inside of the cup, and of the platter, if you would make even the outside clean.
27 A laikathout e cakathutkungnaw hoi Farasinaw yawthoe lah na o awh. Avan ka pangaw dui hluk e tangkom hoi na kâvan awh. Hote tangkom teh alawilah hroung ahawi. Athung teh tami hru, khinnae a cawngca hoi akawi.
Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you resemble whitened sepulchers, which without indeed, are beautiful, but within are full of corruption, and of dead men's bones.
28 Hot patetvanlah alawilah, taminaw hmalah teh tamikalan patetlah na o awh, athunglah teh laithoenae hoi dumyennae hoi na kawi awh.
Thus you outwardly appear righteous to men; but are inwardly fraught with subtlety and injustice.
29 A laikathout e cakathutkungnaw hoi Farasinaw, yawthoe lah na o awh. Profetnaw e phuen hah na sak awh teh tami kalannaw e phuen hah na pathoup awh.
Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
30 A mintoenaw e se nah kaawm awh pawiteh profetnaw theinae dawk ka bawk awh mahoeh na ti awh.
and say, Had we lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been their accomplices in the slaughter of the prophets.
31 Hottelah na tet awh pawiteh profetnaw ka thet awh e catoun lah ka o awh tie hah namamouh hoi namamouh ni na kampangkhai awh toe.
Thus you testify against yourself, that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32 Hatdawkvah mintoenaw e a sakyoe awh e totouh phat awh.
Fill you up, then, the measure of your fathers.
33 Hrunthoe catounnaw bangtelamaw lawkcengnae hell thung hoi na hlout a thai han raw vaw. (Geenna g1067)
Ah! serpents, offspring of vipers! how can you escape the punishment of hell? (Geenna g1067)
34 Hatdawkvah thai awh haw, nangmouh koevah, profetnaw, a lungkaang naw, cakathutkungnaw ka patoun han. A tangawn teh na thei awh vaiteh thingpalam dawk na pathout awh han. Atangawn hah sinakoknaw dawk na hem awh teh, kho buet touh hoi buet touh na rektap awh teh na hrek awh han.
Therefore, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will scourge in your synagogues, and banish from city to city;
35 Hatdawkvah, tamikalan Abel e thi koehoi athung bawkim hoi thuengnae khoungroe rahak na thei awh e Berekhiah capa Zekhariah e a thi totouh talai van dawk rabawk lah kaawm tangcoung e tami kalannaw e thi teh nangmae lû dawk ka bawt han.
so that all the innocent blood shed upon the earth shall be charged upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel, to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the altar and the sanctuary.
36 Atangcalah na dei pouh awh. Hete hno pueng heh, hete catounnaw van vah ka phat han.
Indeed, I say to you, all shall be charged upon this generation.
37 Oe! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, profetnaw kathetkung, nang koe patoun lah kaawm e naw talung hoi kadêikung, Âpui ni a canaw hah a rathei rahim a pâkhueng e patetlah na canaw hah kamkhueng sak hanlah avai moikapap ngainae ka tawn toe. Hatei, nang ni teh na ngai hoeh.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! who killest the prophets, and stonest them whom God sends to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!
38 Thai haw, na onae im teh tami kingkadi lah doeh ceitakhai lah ao toe.
Soon shall your habitation be turned into a desert;
39 Na dei pouh awh, Bawipa min lahoi ka tho e hah yawhawinae awm naseh telah na dei awh hoehroukrak, atu hoi teh nangmouh ni ka minhmai hah na hmawt a mahoeh toe atipouh.
for know, that you shall not henceforth see me, until you say, Blessed be He, who comes in the name of the Lord.
