Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
Erah lidi Jisu ah heliphante nyia miloong damdi waantiitta.
2 “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
“Pharisi nyia Hootthe nyootte loong ah Moses Hootthe toombaat kotsuh chaan kotcho ang rumta.
3 So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
Erah raang ih sen neng jengchaatchaat etheng, neng ih ere etheng ih baat han radoh ah, enoothong neng reeraang abah lanyoot theng, tumeah neng ih nyoot rumha jun ih tareeraang rumka.
4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
Neng ih huijih nyia echeh echaan lajen huiji ah mih sakkhoh ni luulu khak korumha, eno neng ih erah huijih huite loong ah chosok suh neng laktiik tiksiit taan uh tamaak rumka.
5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
Jaatrep mih suh noisok suh ba reeraang rumla. Sok an neng khodek adi Rangte jengkhaap raangcho ang arah dek rum ano noisok rumha, neng sook adi khak et rum, eno neng ah elong hoonkap ih noisok rumha! Neng samsong adi jaannaat ah elootlootwah ih waangchi rum ano noisok rumha!
6 They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
Neng ih sadung theng ni tongtheng ese ni tong suh nook rumla nyia Jehudi rangsoomnok ni neng tongtheng ah ban khookham cho et thiin arah suh nook rumha;
7 the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
thaangtaam theng ni karum adi uh mih ih jengkhaapse jenglam ih toom soom he ih thun rumha adoleh ‘Nyootte’ toom et poonhe ih thun rumha.’
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
Mih ih sen suh “Nyootte” ih nak toom poon han, tumeah sen soophoh soowah loong suh nyootte abah wasiit luulu.
9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Erah dam ih sen ih arah hatoh adoh ‘Ewah’ ih o uh nak poon an, tumeah sen wah wasiit luulu rangmong dowa ah.
10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
Adoleh sen ih o suh uh ‘Phansiitte’ ih lapoon theng, tumeah sen phansiitte ah wasiit Kristo luulu.
11 The greatest among you shall be your servant.
Sendung nawa elongthoon angsuh nookte ah sen loong laksuh angjih.
12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
O ih heh teeteewah suh elong ih thiik ha erah mih ah ehin ih hoon theng, eno o heh teeteewah suh ehin et thiik ha erah mih ah elong ih hoon ah.
13 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah, sen Hootthe nyootte nyi Pharisi loong suh ah! Lonoite sen loong ah! Sen ih Rangmong Hasong kaasak ah mih uh lanop thuk ih tangsak han, senteewah uh tanop kan, erah dam ih erah doh nopte taatje abah uh sen ih tanghaam et han!
Tumthan echoojih ang ah sen, Hootthe nyootte nyi Pharisi loong suh ah! Lonoite sen loong! Sen ih thaknuh loong ah neng nok ni put kaleh, elootlootwah ih rangsoom jeng ah noisok et kohan! Erah loong ah tungthoidoh sen ethithoon ih cham thukte!
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are. (Geenna g1067)
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah, sen Hootthe nyootte nyi Pharisi loong suh ah! Lonoite sen loong! Sen ih mih wasiit leksiit suh juungko saangko deek akaan ni ih daankhoom lan, ang abah uh chojam ano erah mih ah ethithoon soolam ni we wang thuk lan sente senwah likhiikkhiik ah! (Geenna g1067)
16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
“Tumthan echoojih ah, mih lamthih ni siitte sen loong ah! Sen ih nyoot han, ‘o ih Rangteenok mendoh thoomhoon ah erah tumjih uh tah angka; enoothong o mina ih Rangteenok ni thiinha hun mendoh thoomhoon ah, erah thoomhoon jun doh re ejih jaatjaat ang ah.’
17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
Edook lam ni siitte loong! Hun akom ah tam rakla tam ah Rangteenok ah rakla?
18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’
Sen ih amah nep et nyoot han, ‘O mina ih romthong mendoh thoomhoon ah erah tumjih uh tah angka; enoothong o ih lakkot lam ih romthong ni thoomhoon ah erah thoomhoon jun doh re ejih jaatjaat ang ah.’
19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
Mamah lajat ehan! Marah ah rakla, lakkot ah tam rakla tam aleh lakkot saasiitte romthong ah rakla?
20 So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
O ih romthong mendi thoomhoonha erah romthong dowa hukkhaak loongtang mendi thoomla;
21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
erah dam ih o ih Rangteenok mendi thoomhoonha, erah Rangteenok ni tongte Rangte mendi thoomla;
22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
erah damdi o mina rangmong hasong mendi thoomla, erah Rangte nyia Rangte tongtheng ni o tongla erah mendi thoomla.
23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah sen, Hootthe nyootte nyia Pharisi loong suh ah! Sen lonoite loong! Sen ih Rangte suh asithiik hepoot phaksat, pochina, phantho nyia khokileeso botseh kohan, enoothong amiimi elong Hootthe jengkhaap loong ah phaang haat ehan, jengjuntiit nyia minchan adoleh toongtang reeraang loong ah. Erah loong Hootthe ah sen ih laphaang haat thang ih nyia mih uh laphaang thukthang ih, ban maak ruh etjih.
24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
Mih lamthih ni siitte loong! Sen ih joktheng joong nawa sewiik ah toonhaat et han, enoothong mokchongdoot ah elem et han!
25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah sen suh ah, Hootthe nyootte nyi Pharisi loong oh! Sen lonoite loong! Sen khuung akhaak ah rangkhoh ko ah laklak saachot han, hemong ko adi bah sen mongthet nyia nyamnyook loong ih boh nyaansiit han.
26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
Edook Pharisi loong oh! Khuung akhaak ah hemong ko ah chaak saachot an erah lidoh ba rangkhoh ko ah we saachot an!
27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah sen Pharisi nyia Hootthe nyootte loong suh ah! Lonoite sen loong ah! Sen ah mangbeng nok puungmook arah likhiik boh ah, rangkhoh ah sok koleh puungchamcham hemong ah sok koleh mih mang nyia kiing araang loong namchaam arah likhiik ah.
28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
Erah likhiik, rangkhoh ni ba ese ih noisok han, enoothong hemong ni bah ethih tenthun nyia rangdah loong laklak meela.
29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah, sen Hootthe nyootte nyia Pharisi sen loong suh ah! Lonoite sen loong! Sen ih khowah loong mangbeng theng ah jaaseemoong ih hoon han nyia elong elang loong mangbeng ah naririh ih choomraang han;
30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
eno sen ih chaang han, te awah hasong tokdoh seng mok roongjeeti bah khowah loong taroong tek haat thengti eah.
31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Sen teeteewah ih jatthuk hali sen ah khowah loong tek haatte sutoom satoom eah!
32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
Erah ang abah, sente senwah loong reeraang rumta rah sen we tuk reeraang an!
Pu sen loong nyia pu suh asah loong! Soolam nawa epi ete ih mamet mi banthun han? (Geenna g1067)
34 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
Erah thoidi ngah ih baat rumhala, ngah ih khowah, jatwah nyia nyootte loong daapkaat hang; erah dowa sen ih mararah ah tek haat et an, mararah ah bangphak nah tek haat an, rukho ah Jehudi rangsoomnok nah ruh ih buh ano hadaang hadaang nah tum phanjoh an.
35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Erah raang ih, sen ih toongtang mina mathan tek haattan chamnaang ah sen sak nah dat ha, marah Abel dowa ih Berekia sah Jekaria tuk ih romthong nyia Rangteenok chamchi ni tek haattan loong ah.
36 Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Ngah ih baat rumhala: erah tek haat rumta mat ah ahaangwa mina loong sak nah ang ah!
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Rangte ih daapjah taha khowah loong nyia ruurang baatte loong ah jong ih tekpat han! Wonuh ih hejang khui ni wothaang loong khon arah likhiik, sen loong ah nga lak ih khonjoot suh tumthan taat thuntang, ang abah uh sen ih tare thukri!
38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.
Erah raangtaan ih Rangteenok ah hahuung et thiinhaatte anglan.
39 For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
Ngah ih baat rumhala aadowa ih bah, sen ih ngah babah uh takah we japtup ri, ‘Teesu mendi raakte asuh Rangte ih romseetam koh ah,’ ih sen ih maang liili bah ah.”
