Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds, and to his disciples,
Nígbà náà ni Jesu wí fún ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn àti àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ pé,
2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in the chair of Moses.
“Àwọn olùkọ́ òfin àti àwọn Farisi jókòó ní ipò Mose,
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.
nítorí náà, ẹ gbọdọ̀ gbọ́ tiwọn, kí ẹ sì ṣe ohun gbogbo tí wọ́n bá sọ fún yín. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ má ṣe ohun tí wọ́n ṣe, nítorí àwọn pàápàá kì í ṣe ohun tí wọn kọ́ yín láti ṣe.
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.
Wọ́n á di ẹrù wúwo tí ó sì ṣòro láti rù, wọ́n a sì gbé e le àwọn ènìyàn léjìká, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn tìkára wọn kò jẹ́ fi ìka wọn kan an.
5 Truly, they do all their works so that they may be seen by men. For they enlarge their phylacteries and glorify their hems.
“Ohun gbogbo tí wọ́n ń ṣe, wọ́n ń ṣe é kí àwọn ènìyàn ba à lè rí wọn ni. Wọ́n ń sọ filakteri wọn di gbígbòòrò. Wọ́n tilẹ̀ ń bùkún ìṣẹ́tí aṣọ oyè wọn nígbà gbogbo kí ó ba à lè máa tóbi sí i.
6 And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,
Wọ́n fẹ́ ipò ọlá ní ibi àsè, àti níbi ìjókòó ìyàsọ́tọ̀ ni Sinagọgu.
7 and greetings in the marketplace, and to be called Master by men.
Wọ́n fẹ́ kí ènìyàn máa kí wọn ní ọjà, kí àwọn ènìyàn máa pè wọ́n ní ‘Rabbi.’
8 But you must not be called Master. For One is your Master, and you are all brothers.
“Ṣùgbọ́n kí a má ṣe pè yín ni Rabbi, nítorí pé ẹnìkan ni Olùkọ́ yín, àní Kristi, ará sì ni gbogbo yín.
9 And do not choose to call anyone on earth your father. For One is your Father, who is in heaven.
Ẹ má ṣe pe ẹnikẹ́ni ní baba yín ni ayé yìí, nítorí baba kan náà ni ẹ ní tí ó ń bẹ ní ọ̀run.
10 Neither should you be called teachers. For One is your Teacher, the Christ.
Kí a má sì ṣe pè yín ní Olùkọ́ nítorí Olùkọ́ kan ṣoṣo ni ẹ̀yin ní, òun náà ni Kristi.
11 Whoever is greater among you shall be your minister.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó bá pọ̀jù nínú yín, ni yóò jẹ́ ìránṣẹ́ yín.
12 But whoever has exalted himself, shall be humbled. And whoever has humbled himself, shall be exalted.
Ṣùgbọ́n ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá gbé ara rẹ̀ ga ni a ó sì rẹ̀ sílẹ̀, ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá sì rẹ ara wọn sílẹ̀ ni a ó gbéga.
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.
“Ègbé ni fún yín, ẹ̀yin olùkọ́ òfin àti Farisi, ẹ̀yin àgàbàgebè! Ẹ̀yin sé ìjọba ọ̀run mọ́ àwọn ènìyàn nítorí ẹ̀yin tìkára yín kò wọlé, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹ̀yin kò jẹ́ kí àwọn tí ó fẹ́ wọlé ó wọlé.
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.
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)
“Ègbé ni fún yín, ẹ̀yin olùkọ́ òfin àti Farisi, ẹ̀yin àgàbàgebè! Nítorí ẹ̀yin rin yí ilẹ̀ àti òkun ká láti yí ẹnìkan lọ́kàn padà, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin ń sọ ọ́ di ọmọ ọ̀run àpáàdì ní ìlọ́po méjì ju ẹ̀yin pàápàá. (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.’
“Ègbé ni fún yín, ẹ̀yin afọ́jú ti ń fi ọ̀nà han afọ́jú! Tí ó wí pé, ‘Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó ba fi tẹmpili búra kò sí nǹkan kan, ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹnikẹ́ni bá fi wúrà inú tẹmpili búra, ó di ajigbèsè.’
17 You are foolish and blind! For which is greater: the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Ẹ̀yin aláìmòye afọ́jú: èwo ni ó ga jù, wúrà tàbí tẹmpili tí ó ń sọ wúrà di mímọ́?
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.’
Àti pé, ẹnikẹ́ni tó bá fi pẹpẹ búra, kò jámọ́ nǹkan, ṣùgbọ́n bí ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó ba fi ẹ̀bùn tí ó wà lórí rẹ̀ búra, ó di ajigbèsè.
19 How blind you are! For which is greater: the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Ẹ̀yin aláìmòye afọ́jú wọ̀nyí! Èwo ni ó pọ̀jù: ẹ̀bùn tí ó wà lórí pẹpẹ ni tàbí pẹpẹ fúnra rẹ̀ tí ó sọ ẹ̀bùn náà di mímọ́?
20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it.
Nítorí náà ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá ń fi pẹpẹ búra, ó fi í búra àti gbogbo ohun tí ó wà lórí rẹ̀.
21 And whoever will have sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.
Àti pé, ẹni tí ó bá fi tẹmpili búra, ó fi í búra àti ẹni tí ń gbé inú rẹ̀.
22 And whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.
Àti pé, ẹni tí ó bá sì fi ọ̀run búra, ó fi ìtẹ́ Ọlọ́run àti ẹni tí ó jókòó lórí rẹ̀ búra.
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.
“Ègbé ni fún yín ẹ̀yin olùkọ́ òfin àti Farisi, ẹ̀yin àgàbàgebè! Nítorí ẹ̀yin ń gba ìdámẹ́wàá minti, dili àti kumini, ẹ̀yin sì ti fi ohun tí ó ṣe pàtàkì jùlọ nínú òfin sílẹ̀ láìṣe, ìdájọ́, àánú àti ìgbàgbọ́. Wọ̀nyí ni ó tọ́ tí ẹ̀yin ìbá ṣe, ẹ̀yin kò bá fi wọ̀n-ọn-nì sílẹ̀ láìṣe.
24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat, while swallowing a camel!
Ẹ̀yin afọ́jú tó ń fi afọ́jú mọ̀nà! Ẹ tu kòkòrò-kantíkantí tó bọ́ sì yín lẹ́nu nù, ẹ gbé ìbákasẹ mì.
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.
“Ègbé ni fún yín ẹ̀yin Farisi àti ẹ̀yin olùkọ́ òfin, ẹ̀yin àgàbàgebè. Ẹ̀yin ń fọ òde ago àti àwo ṣùgbọ́n inú rẹ̀ kún fún ìrẹ́jẹ àti ẹ̀gbin gbogbo.
26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, and then what is outside becomes clean.
Ìwọ afọ́jú Farisi, tètè kọ́ fọ inú ago àti àwo, gbogbo ago náà yóò sì di mímọ́.
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.
“Ègbé ni fún yín ẹ̀yin Farisi àti ẹ̀yin olùkọ́ òfin, ẹ̀yin àgàbàgebè. Ẹ dàbí ibojì funfun tí ó dára ní wíwò, ṣùgbọ́n tí ó kún fún egungun ènìyàn àti fún ẹ̀gbin àti ìbàjẹ́.
28 So also, you certainly appear to men outwardly to be just. But inwardly you are filled with hypocrisy and iniquity.
Ẹ̀yin gbìyànjú láti farahàn bí ènìyàn mímọ́, olódodo, lábẹ́ aṣọ mímọ́ yín ni ọkàn tí ó kún fún ìbàjẹ́ pẹ̀lú oríṣìíríṣìí àgàbàgebè àti ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ wà.
29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites, who build the sepulchers of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the just.
“Ègbé ni fún yín ẹ̀yin olùkọ́ òfin àti Farisi, ẹ̀yin àgàbàgebè, nítorí ẹ̀yin kọ́ ibojì àwọn wòlíì tí í ṣe ibojì àwọn olódodo ní ọ̀ṣọ́.
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.’
Ẹ̀yin sì wí pé, ‘Àwa ìbá wà ní àsìkò àwọn baba wa, àwa kì bá ní ọwọ́ nínú ẹ̀jẹ̀ àwọn wòlíì’.
31 And so you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets.
Ǹjẹ́ ẹ̀yin ni ẹlẹ́rìí fún ara yín pé, ẹ̀yin ni ọmọ àwọn tí ó pa àwọn wòlíì.
32 Complete, then, the measure of your fathers.
Àti pé, ẹ̀yin ń tẹ̀lé ìṣísẹ̀ àwọn baba yín. Ẹ̀yin ń kún òsùwọ̀n ìwà búburú wọn dé òkè.
“Ẹ̀yin ejò! Ẹ̀yin paramọ́lẹ̀! Ẹ̀yin yóò ti ṣe yọ nínú ẹ̀bi ọ̀run àpáàdì? (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,
Nítorí náà èmi yóò rán àwọn wòlíì àti àwọn ọlọ́gbọ́n ọkùnrin tí ó kún fún ẹ̀mí mímọ́, àti àwọn akọ̀wé sí yín. Ẹ̀yin yóò pa àwọn kan nínú wọn nípa kíkàn wọ́n mọ́ àgbélébùú. Ẹ̀yin yóò fi pàṣán na àwọn ẹlòmíràn nínú Sinagọgu yín, tí ẹ̀yin yóò sì ṣe inúnibíni sí wọn láti ìlú dé ìlú.
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.
Kí ẹ̀yin lè jẹ̀bi gbogbo ẹ̀jẹ̀ àwọn olódodo tí ẹ ta sílẹ̀ ní ayé, láti ẹ̀jẹ̀ Abeli títí dé ẹ̀jẹ̀ Sekariah ọmọ Berekiah ẹni tí ẹ pa nínú tẹmpili láàrín ibi pẹpẹ àti ibi ti ẹ yà sí mímọ́ fún Ọlọ́run.
36 Amen I say to you, all these things shall fall upon this generation.
Lóòótọ́ ni mo wí fún yín, gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí yóò wà sórí ìran yìí.
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!
“Jerusalẹmu, Jerusalẹmu, ìlú tí ó pa àwọn wòlíì, tí ó sì sọ òkúta lu àwọn tí a rán sí i. Ọ̀pọ̀ ìgbà ni èmi tí ń fẹ́ kó àwọn ọmọ rẹ jọ pọ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí àgbébọ̀ adìyẹ ti í dáàbò bo àwọn ọmọ rẹ̀ lábẹ́ ìyẹ́ rẹ, ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin kọ̀.
38 Behold, your house shall be abandoned to you, having been deserted.
Wò ó, a fi ilé yín sílẹ̀ fún yín ní ahoro.
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.’”
Nítorí èmi sọ èyí fún yín, ẹ̀yin kì yóò rí mi mọ́, títí ẹ̀yin yóò fi sọ pé, ‘Olùbùkún ni ẹni tó ń bọ̀ ní orúkọ Olúwa.’”
