Matayo 23
1 Nipele, Che Yesu ŵausalile mpingo wa ŵandu ni ŵakulijiganya ŵao kuti,
Then Jesus, speaking to the crowds and to his disciples, said,
2 “Ŵakwiganya malajisyo ni Mafalisayo akwete ukombole wa kusala uchenene Malajisyo.
“The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.
3 Kwalye ligongo lyo mpikanichisye ni kutenda chachili chose chichansalile. Nambo nkasyasya isambo yao, pakuŵa ngakutenda yele yakuisala yo.
Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they preach but do not practice.
4 Akutaŵanga misigo jakutopela ni kwatwika ŵandu mmakoyo, nambo ŵele achinsyene wo ngakusaka atamuno kukwaya ni chala.
While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other people’s shoulder’s they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.
5 Ŵanyawo akugatenda masengo gao gose kuti apate kuloleka ni ŵandu. Akuwala indu yailembekwe malembelo ga malajisyo pachanya meeso ni konjechesya ukulu wa nguo syao kuti aloleche ali ŵandu ŵa Akunnungu.
All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,
6 Ikwanonyela kutama peuto pa kuchimbichikwa mu indimba ni itengu ya kuchimbichikwa mmajumba ga kupopelela.
and like to have the place of honor at dinner, and the best seats in the synagogues,
7 Ikwanonyela kwakomasya kwa kwachimbichisya pa kusumichisya malonda ni kusaka ŵandu ŵaŵilanje, ‘Jwakwiganya.’
and to be greeted in the markets with respect, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by everybody.
8 Nambo ŵanyamwe nkaŵilanjikwa ‘Jwakwiganya,’ pakuŵa jwakwiganya jwenu ali jumo pe, ni wose ndi achalongo.
But do not allow yourselves to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and you yourselves are all brothers and sisters.
9 Atamuno ngasimummilanga mundu ‘Atati’ pa chilambo pano, pakuŵa Atati ŵetu ali ŵamo pe, ŵaali kwinani.
And do not call anyone on the earth your ‘Father,’ for you have only one Father, the heavenly Father.
10 Atamuno ngasimmilanjikwa ‘ilongola’ pakuŵa chilongola jwenu ali jumo pe, yaani Kilisito.
Nor must you allow yourselves to be called ‘leaders,’ for you have only one leader, the Christ.
11 Nombe jwali jwankulungwa jwenu chaaŵe katumetume jwenu.
The person who wants to be the greatest among you must be your servant.
12 Jwakulikwesya chatuluswe ni jwakulitulusya chachikweswa.
Whoever exalts themselves will be humbled, and whoever humbles themselves will be exalted.
13 “Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Pakuŵa nkuugala nnango wa Umwenye wa kwinani mmbujo pa ŵandu. Ni ŵanyamwe mwachinsyene ngankwinjila, atamuno ngankwaleka ŵakusaka kwinjila ajinjile.
But alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You turn the key of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you do not go in yourselves, and do not allow those who try to go in to do so.
14 Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Nkwasumula ŵawililwe ni achiŵankwawo ipanje yao nchilitendaga ŵandu ŵambone nkupopela mapopelo gamaleu, kwa lye ligongo lyo kulaga kwenu chikuŵe kwakukulungwa nnope.
15 “Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Pakuŵa nkutaŵa ulendo mu bahali ni pa chilambo kuti nkombole kuntenda namose mundu jumo aŵe jwa kunkuya mwanya. Pankumpata, nkuntenda aŵe mundu jwakwinjila ku jehanamu kumpunda mwachinsyene. (Geenna g1067)
Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You scour land and sea to make a single convert, and, when they are gained, you make them twice as deserving of Gehenna as you are yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 “Ulaje uwe kukwenu ilongola ŵangalola! Ŵanyamwe nkutinji mundu alumbililaga kwa Nyuumba ja Akunnungu, kwele kulumbila ko ngaŵa chindu, nambo alumbililaga kwa sahabu ja Nyuumba ja Akunnungu, kwele kulumbilila ko kukwakanganichisya kuchitenda chalumbilile.
Alas for you, you blind guides! You say ‘if any swear by the Temple, their oath counts for nothing; but, if anyone swears by the gold of the Temple, their oath is binding them’!
17 Ŵanyamwe ŵangalola ŵakuloŵela! Chapi chachili cha malumbo nnope, sahabu pane Nyuumba ja Akunnungu jajikujitenda sahabu jiŵe jeswela?
Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?
18 Sooni nkutinji mundu alumbililaga pa chilisa ngaŵa chindu, nambo alumbilaga nkujikolanga mbopesi jajili pa chilisa, kwele kulumbilila ko kukwakanganichisya kuchitenda chalumbilile.
You say, too, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, their oath counts for nothing, but, if anyone swears by the offering placed on it, their oath is binding on them’!
19 Ŵanyamwe ŵangalola! Ana kulumbilila chi kwakuli kwamalumbo nnope, kwa mbopesi pane kwa chilisa chachikujitenda mbopesi jiŵe jeswela?
Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? Or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering?
20 Jwakulumbila kwa chilisa akulumbilila kwa chele chilisa cho, ni kwa chose chachili pachanya pakwe.
Therefore a person, swearing by the altar, swears by it and by all that is on it,
21 Ni jwakulumbila kwa Nyuumba ja Akunnungu akulumbilila kwa Nyuumba ja Akunnungu ni kwa jwele jwakutama nkati mo.
and a person, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it,
22 Nombe jwakulumbila kwa kwinani akulumbilila kwa chitengu cha Umwenye wa Akunnungu, ni kwa jwele jwakutama pachanya pakwe.
while a person, swearing by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
23 “Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Nkupochela mbopesi kwa ŵandu, atamuno pa masamba ga kununjila, ni bisali ni jila, nkuileka indu yekulungwa yailajichikwe ni Malajisyo mpela ila kupanganya yaikwanonyelesya Akunnungu ni chanasa ni chikulupi. Gelega ni gankusachilwa kugakamulisya pangagaliŵalila gane.
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law – justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first.
24 ilongola ŵangalola! Nkujityosya membe mu yakung'wa, nambo nkuchimila chinyama chachikuŵilanjikwa ngamia!
You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to swallow a camel!
25 “Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Nkosya chikombe ni mbale kwa paasa, nambo nkati nkuleka indu impatile kwa wiyi ni nsese.
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence.
26 Ugwe Mfalisayo jwangalola! Njosye chikombe nkati kaje ni paasa chipasalale.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
27 “Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Pakuŵa nkulandana ni malembe gagasililwe ni chokaa, nombe kwa paasa gakuwoneka kuŵa gambone, nambo nkati mwakwe gagumbele maupa ga ŵawe ni usakwa wejinji.
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed look fair outside, while inside they are filled with dead people’s bones and all kinds of filth.
28 Iyoyopeyo ni ŵanyamwe kwa paasa nkuoneka ni ŵandu kuŵa ŵambone nambo nkati ngumbele ulamba ni ungalimate.
It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin.
29 “Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Nkugumba malembe ga ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu ni kugasalalisya malembe ga ŵandu ŵambone.
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the monuments of religious people,
30 Nkutinji, ‘Tukaapali kalakala katema ka achambuje ŵetu, ngatukaŵe pamo mmaulajo ga ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu!’
and say ‘Had we been living in the days of our ancestors, we should have taken no part in their murder of the prophets!’
31 Kwakuŵecheta yeleyo nkulilosya mwachinsyene kuti ŵanyamwe ndi achiŵana ŵa aŵala ŵaŵauleje ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu.
By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the people who murdered the prophets.
32 Hayaga, mmalichisye masengo gaŵachokwele achambuje ŵenu!
Go on then, finish what your ancestors began!
33 Ŵanyamwe ŵa uŵelesi wa lijoka lya sumu! Chimmutuche chinauli ulamusi wa ku jehanamu? (Geenna g1067)
You snakes and children of snakes! How can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna? (Geenna g1067)
34 Nipele lye ligongo lyo une ngumpelechela ŵanyamwe ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu, ŵandu ŵa lunda ni ŵakwiganya malajisyo, ŵane mwa ŵanyawo chimwaulaje ni kwaŵamba pa nsalaba, ni ŵane chimwapute ibokola mmajumba genu ga kupopelela ni kwasosa mmisi jinajose.
That is why I send you prophets, wise people, and teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from town to town;
35 Nipele chileŵo chichiŵe kukwenu kwa ligongo lya miasi ja ŵandu ŵambone jajijitiche mu chilambo muno. Elo chitandile chiwa chi che Habili jwanganakola chileŵo mpaka chi che Sakalia, mwana ju che Balakia, jumwammuleje pa Nyuumba ja Akunnungu pasikati ja papaswela ni chilisa.
so that on your heads may fall every drop of innocent blood spilt on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel down to that of Zechariah, Barachiah’s son, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
36 Isyene ngunsalila kuti, ŵandu ŵa uŵelesi u chalamulikwe kwa ligongo lya indu yi.
All this, I tell you, will come home to the present generation.
37 “Yelusalemu! Ugwe Yelusalemu! Nkwaulaga ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu ni kwaputa maganga ŵelewo ŵaŵatumikwe kukwenu. Ana kalingwa nasachile kwasonganganya achiŵana ŵenu, mpela nguku ijikuti pakwasonganganya achiŵanagwe kusi kwa mapapiko gakwe, nambo mwakanile.
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! She who slays the prophets and stones the messengers sent to her – Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
38 Ayaga nipele, nyuumba jenu chijisigale lisame pe.
Verily, your house is left to you desolate!
39 Ngunsalila, ngamuumona sooni mpaka pachinchiti, ‘Akole upile jwele jwakwika mu liina lya Ambuje.’”
For nevermore, I tell you, will you see me, until you say – ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
