Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds, and to his disciples,
U Yesu a tre ni jbu ndji u ni mri koh Ma.
2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in the chair of Moses.
A hla, “Bi nha ni ba Farisawa ba son ni ruron Musa.
3 Therefore, all things whatsoever that they shall say to you, observe and do. Yet truly, do not choose to act according to their works. For they say, but they do not do.
Nakima, ikpye wa bi yoyi tie'a, tie ba ndi hu nji ba. Na hu ndu mba na, nitu wa ba kpi wa ba hla, bana tie ba na.
4 For they bind up heavy and unbearable burdens, and they impose them on men’s shoulders. But they are not willing to move them with even a finger of their own.
E, ba vu kpyi bi ron ma wa ba tie di lu'a ka saa ni ndji ni ngban. U ba ba kimba bana nzu vren wo ri nda ban ba na.
5 Truly, they do all their works so that they may be seen by men. For they enlarge their phylacteries and glorify their hems.
Ba tie ndu ba u ndu ndji toh. Ba wran kpo u embe mba bwu na bwu nyu wo ba nklon ba tie pli me.
6 And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,
Ba son ta ki ni bubu bi ninkon ni wrji bi tie gan mba bubu ninkon ni mi Sinagog,
7 and greetings in the marketplace, and to be called Master by men.
ni bi chi kanmu, ni ndu ndji yo ba, 'Mala.'
8 But you must not be called Master. For One is your Master, and you are all brothers.
U bi na ndu ba yoyi ndi 'Mala' na, niwa bi he ni mala rirrii, u bi mri vayi wawu mbi wu.
9 And do not choose to call anyone on earth your father. For One is your Father, who is in heaven.
Ndi na yo ndrjo ni ngbungblua ndi Tie me na, niwa wu he ni Tie ririi u wa he ni shulu.
10 Neither should you be called teachers. For One is your Teacher, the Christ.
Ndu ba na yoyi ndi 'Mala' na, niwa bi he ni Mala ririi, wawu yi Kristi.
11 Whoever is greater among you shall be your minister.
U wa ahi ninkon mbi a ni katie vren koh mbi.
12 But whoever has exalted himself, shall be humbled. And whoever has humbled himself, shall be exalted.
Indji wa a nzu tuma, ba kau grji, u wa a katu ma grji, ba nzuu.
13 So then: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you close the kingdom of heaven before men. For you yourselves do not enter, and those who are entering, you would not permit to enter.
Iya mbi bi nha ni Farisawa, bi brji! Bi hra ndji nkon u ri ni gbu u chu shulu. Biyi bina rina, ndi na nyme bi son ria ndu ba ri na.
14 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you consume the houses of widows, praying long prayers. Because of this, you shall receive the greater judgment.
Iya mbi, bi nha ni FArisawa, bi brji! Wa bi kpa mba bi kbo ni tie meme, ndi ni tsro ndi bi toh tie aduwa ngbondon ma. U nitu kima bi kpa ya gra zan.
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and by land, in order to make one convert. And when he has been converted, you make him twice the son of Hell that you are yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
Iya mbi bi nha ni Farisawa, bi brji! Bi ru gran ba nne ndi hi ba gbu ni hi wa indji ririi u to a huyi, bi kau tie meme nna vren u koh lu mla kpu hato biyi. (Geenna g1067)
16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gold of the temple is obligated.’
Iya mbi, bi tsro nkon ni fyifyen, biyi wa bi trea, 'Indji wa a shi rji ni hekali, ana kpye ri na. U ndi ndji wa a shirji ni dran u mi hekalia, shirji ma ni vuu.'
17 You are foolish and blind! For which is greater: the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Biyi ruru bi nfyen! Ahi rime bran zan, idran ka hekali wa a kpa dran tie tsratsra?
18 And you say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the altar, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gift that is on the altar is obligated.’
U, 'Iwa a shirji ni tu'u hekali a, ana kpye ri na. U wa a shirji ni kpyi wa ba tsi mba ni kima, shirji ma ni vu.
19 How blind you are! For which is greater: the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Biyi bi nfyen! A riame bran zan, ikpi mba ka tu hekali a waa ka kpyi ba tie tsratsra?
20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it.
Nakima yi, i wa a shirji ni tu hekali a, a shirji niwu mba ni ba kpi u mima.
21 And whoever will have sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.
Wa a shirji ni hekali a, a shirji niwu uni ndji wa ani son ni mi ma.
22 And whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.
U iwa a shirji ni shulu a, a shirji ni kpanci Rji mba ni ndji wa a son tuma.
23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you collect tithes on mint and dill and cumin, but you have abandoned the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, while not omitting the others.
Iya mbi, bi nha ni Farisawa, bi brji! Bi nno iri nimi wlon u yan, ni nji ni ndi ka kpi bi duu birigra ba don ni zizi, ni kponji. A biyi yi ba mla ndu yi tie a, ana wa bina ka ba don na.
24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat, while swallowing a camel!
Biyi bi tsro nkon ni fyifyen, biyi wa bi sh'bi ngblungbu rju ndi myriyen laklumi!
25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you clean what is outside the cup and the dish, but on the inside you are full of avarice and impurity.
Iya mbi, bi nha ni Farisawa, bi brji! Bi ngla kogon gbanju u gbakli kongo, u ni mi ba shu ni tie shishi ni myriyen ndji.
26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, and then what is outside becomes clean.
Ahi indji Farisi u nfyen! Guchi ngla mi gbanju a mba gbakli (kongo) a ni ndu ko ra'a tie tsratsra.
27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed sepulchers, which outwardly appear brilliant to men, yet truly, inside, they are filled with the bones of the dead and with all filth.
Iya mbi, bi nha ni Farisawa, bi brji! Bi he too babe wa ba gban meme kinklan ni bawu'a, u ko ra mba ni bi ya, uni mii kwukwu kmo ni ba kpi bi rji ba shu ni wu.
28 So also, you certainly appear to men outwardly to be just. But inwardly you are filled with hypocrisy and iniquity.
Ahi tokima bi he ni shishi ndji wa ba toh yi tsratsra me ni kora u mi mbi shuni tie brji ni meme tie.
29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites, who build the sepulchers of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the just.
Iya mbi, bi nha ni Farisawa, Bi me ba be u ba anabi ndi mla be u bi ndji tsratsra tie.
30 And then you say, ‘If we had been there in the days of our fathers, we would not have joined with them in the blood of the prophets.’
Bi tre ndi, 'Ki na he ni nzan u ba tie mbu, ki ndi na yowo ni ba ndi ka yi hle ba anabi ba hle na.'
31 And so you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets.
Nakima, biyi kimbi bi tron ndi bi mri u bi wa ba wuu ba anabi ba.
32 Complete, then, the measure of your fathers.
U biyi me bi ye shu kongo u tsra u ba tie mbi'a.
Biyi wan, imri grache, bi tie ni he ba ndi nawo ni tron u gbarji lu u kasese? (Geenna g1067)
34 For this reason, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men, and scribes. And some of these you will put to death and crucify; and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
Tokima, to yi, misi ton ba anabi ni bi he toh ni bi nha ye ni yi. Bari mba bi wuu ba ndi kpan ba ni nh'ma kunkron, u bari bi tsi ba ni sinagog mbi ndi zu mba hu ba gbu ba.
35 so that upon you may fall all the blood of the just, which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
Ikle mani he wa ni tu mbi mba iyi u bi tsratsra hle ni ngbungblua, rji ni yi Habila tsratsra hi ni yi zakariya ivren Barakiya, bi wuu gan ni hekalia nitu hekalia.
36 Amen I say to you, all these things shall fall upon this generation.
Njanjimu mi hla, ikpyi biyi baye ni tu mbi ni nzan yi.
37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and stone those who have been sent to you. How often I have wanted to gather your children together, in the way that a hen gathers her young under her wings. But you were not willing!
Urushalima, Urushalima, uwu wa u wuu anabi ba ndi ta wa ba ton ba yeni wua ni tita! Inkpu bren mba mi son mi vruyi shutie towa kuko ni vu mri ma shu ka ni ngban ma, a bi kambi!
38 Behold, your house shall be abandoned to you, having been deserted.
To, ba ka koh me don na k'bo.
39 For I say to you, you shall not see me again, until you say: ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
U mi hla yiwu, bi na la toh me rji zizan yi se bi tre, 'Lulu he nitu ndji wa a ye ni ndi Bachi'a.'”
