Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, saying,
Tua zawkciang in Jesus in mihonpi te le a nungzui te kung ah thuhil a,
2 The scholars and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.
Thukhamhil te le Pharisee te sia Moses tokhum ah to uh hi:
3 All things therefore, however many they may tell you to observe, observe and do, but do not ye according to their works, for they say, and do not.
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.
4 For they bind heavy burdens and difficult to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders, but they do not want to move them with their finger.
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.
5 But all their works they do in order to be seen by men. And they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the hems of their garments.
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.
6 And they love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
Poai sung ah a sangbel khan sung ah to nuam in, synagogue sung ah zong tokhum thupibel tung ah to nuam hi,
7 and the greetings in the marketplaces, and to be designated by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
Sumbuk te ah ngual i paupui tu le Rabbi, Rabbi, ci in sap tu dei uh hi.
8 But be ye not designated Rabbi, for one is your leader, the Christ, and ye are all brothers.
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.
9 And do not designate a father of you upon the earth, for one is your Father, he in the heavens.
Taciang in hileitung ah kuama, pa, ci heak vun: banghangziam cile vantung a om na Pa uh khat bekma om hi.
10 And be ye not designated leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ.
Christ bekma na Topa uh ahikom kuama peuma, topa, ci in ki sam heak tahen.
11 But the greater of you will be your helper.
Ahizong note sung pan a lianbel sia na naseam uh hi tu hi,
12 And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted.
Akua mapo ama le ama a ki lamsang sia khiaksuk na thuak tu hi.
13 Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye close up the kingdom of the heavens ahead of men. For ye enter not in, nor do ye allow those who are entering to enter in.
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.
14 But woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye devour widows' houses, and praying long in pretence. Because of this ye will receive greater condemnation.
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 Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye encompass the sea and the land to make one proselyte, and when it happens, ye make him twice more a son of hell than yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
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)
16 Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.
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.
17 Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
No mi mawmaw le mittaw te: bang lianzaw ziam, kham maw, a hibale kham a thiangthosak biakinn koisia hi zaw?
18 And, Whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gift upon it, he is obligated.
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.
19 Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
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?
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it.
Tua ahikom mihing khat in biaktau sam in a kiciam le tua tung ah a om te theampo sam in kiciam a hihi.
21 And he who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.
Taciang khatpo in biakinn sam in a kiciam le tua biakinn sung ah a om sia sam in kiciam a hihi.
22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.
Taciang van le Pathian tokhum sam in a kiciam peuma tokhum tung ah a to pa sam in kiciam a hihi.
23 Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye tithe the mint and the anise and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law-justice and mercy and faith. These things must be done, and not neglecting those things.
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.
24 Ye blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.
No mittaw lamlak te, thosi no khat zong ki hel ngawl tu in hawp napi, kala-uk lopval nu hi.
25 Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of plunder and unrighteousness.
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.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, so that the outside of them may also become clean.
Nang Pharisee mittaw pa, hai le kuang te a sungsang sil masa in a, a puasang zong thiang tu hi.
27 Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
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.
28 In this way also, ye indeed outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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.
29 Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous,
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,
30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
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.
31 So then ye testify to yourselves that ye are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Tua ahikom kamsangte a that te na hi uh hi, ci noma mama tetti te na hi uh hi.
32 Then fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
Tua ahikom na pu na pa te i ki te na note in dim tavun.
33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how will ye escape from the damnation of hell? (Geenna g1067)
No ngul suan te, hell ngam thet natu pan bangbang suakta thei tu nu ziam? (Geenna g1067)
34 Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scholars. And some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city,
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.
35 so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
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.
36 Truly I say to you, that all these things will come upon this generation.
A tatak in kong ci ciang, hi thu te theampo sia tu hun mihing te tung ah theng tu hi.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who have been sent to her. How often I wanted to gathered thy children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and ye would not.
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!
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
En vun, na inn uh ngamkhing dide in ki nusia zo hi.
39 For I say to you, ye will, no, not see me henceforth, until ye say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
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.
