Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Yesu alobaki na ebele ya bato mpe na bayekoli na Ye:
2 Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.
« Balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo bazali na mokumba ya koteya bato mibeko ya Moyize.
3 All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not.
Boye, bosengeli kosala keba na mateya nyonso oyo bateyaka bino, mpe bobongisa etamboli na bino kolanda mateya na bango; kasi bomekola te misala na bango, pamba te batiaka mateya na bango na misala te.
4 For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them.
Babongisaka mikumba ya kilo makasi mpe batiaka yango na mapeka ya bato mosusu, kasi bango moko balingaka ata moke te kotombola mosapi oyo ya moke mpo na kosunga bato yango na komema mikumba yango.
5 And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.
Misala nyonso oyo basalaka, basalaka yango kaka mpo ete bato bamona bango. Boye, bayeisaka minene mikanda na bango, oyo bakoma biteni ya Makomi, mpe milayi, basonge ya banzambala na bango.
6 And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,
Balingaka kovanda na bisika ya lokumu kati na bafeti, mpe na bisika ya liboso kati na bandako ya mayangani;
7 And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi.
balingaka ete bato bapesa bango mbote, na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka, mpe babenga bango ‹ Moteyi. ›
8 But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master; and all you are brethren.
Kasi bino, bolinga te ete bato babenga bino ‹ Moteyi, › pamba te bozali na Moteyi kaka moko, mpe bino nyonso bozali bandeko.
9 And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.
Bobenga moto moko te awa na mokili ‹ Tata, › pamba te bozali kaka na Tata moko, mpe azali kati na Likolo.
10 Neither be ye called masters; for one is you master, Christ.
Bolinga te ete bato babenga bino ‹ bakonzi, › pamba te bozali kaka na Mokonzi moko, Klisto.
11 He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.
Moto oyo aleki monene kati na bino akozala mosali na bino.
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Pamba te moto oyo amitombolaka, bakokitisa ye; mpe oyo amikitisaka, bakotombola ye.
13 But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in; and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter.
Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Bokangaka nzela mpo ete bato mosusu bakota te kati na Bokonzi ya Likolo; bino moko, bozali kokota kuna te, kasi bozali lisusu kokanga nzela mpo ete bato oyo bazali na posa ya kokota bakota te. [
14 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.
Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Boyibaka biloko ya basi oyo bakufisa mibali, mpe bosalaka mabondeli ya milayi-milayi mpo na kokosa bato. Mpo na yango, bokozwa etumbu oyo eleki makasi.]
15 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, you make him the child of hell twofold more than yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo: bato ya bilongi mibale! Bosalaka mibembo na ebale mpe na mokili mpo na koluka kozwa kaka mopagano moko oyo akondima kosambela na lingomba na bino; mpe soki kaka andimi, bokomisaka ye moto ya lifelo mbala mibale koleka bino moko. (Geenna g1067)
16 Woe to you blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple, is a debtor.
Mawa na bino, batambolisi bakufa miso! Bolobaka: ‹ Soki moto alapi ndayi na kombo ya Tempelo, wana ezali likambo te; kasi soki alapi ndayi na kombo ya wolo ya Tempelo, wana asengeli kokokisa ndayi na ye. ›
17 Ye foolish and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Bino, bakufi miso, bozali penza bazoba! Eloko nini eleki motuya: wolo to Tempelo oyo ekomisaka wolo bule?
18 And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is a debtor.
Bolobaka lisusu: ‹ Soki moto alapi ndayi na kombo ya etumbelo, wana ezali likambo te; kasi soki alapi ndayi na kombo ya likabo oyo ezali na likolo ya etumbelo, asengeli kokokisa ndayi na ye. ›
19 Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Bakufi miso! Eloko nini eleki motuya: likabo to etumbelo oyo ekomisi likabo bule?
20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things that are upon it:
Pamba te moto oyo alapi ndayi na kombo ya etumbelo alapi yango na kombo ya etumbelo yango mpe na kombo ya biloko nyonso oyo ezali na likolo na yango.
21 And whosoever shall swear by temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it:
Moto oyo mpe alapi ndayi na kombo ya Tempelo alapi yango na kombo ya Tempelo yango mpe na Kombo ya Ye oyo avandaka kati na yango.
22 And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
Mpe moto oyo alapi ndayi na kombo ya Likolo alapi yango na kombo ya Kiti ya Bokonzi ya Nzambe mpe na Kombo ya Ye oyo avandelaka yango.
23 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law; judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not to leave those undone.
Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Solo, bofutaka eteni ya zomi ya bandembi, ya bamusikadi mpe ya biloko ya mike-mike ya solo kitoko; kasi bomonaka pamba makambo oyo eleki motuya kati na Mobeko: bosembo, motema mawa mpe kondima. Nzokande, bosengeli nde kotia yango na misala mpe kozwa na motuya likambo oyo wana ya kofuta eteni ya zomi.
24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Bino, batambolisi bakufa miso! Solo, bolongolaka nzinzi oyo ekweyaka na masanga na bino, kasi bomelaka shamo mobimba.
25 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness.
Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Bosukolaka malamu libanda ya bakopo mpe ya basani, kasi botondisaka yango na biloko ya moyibi mpe ya lokoso na bino.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.
Mofarizeo mokufi miso! Banda nanu na kopetola kati ya kopo mpe ya sani, bongo libanda ekokoma peto.
27 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men’s bones, and of all filthiness.
Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Bozali lokola bakunda oyo bapakola langi ya pembe: emonanaka kitoko na libanda, kasi etonda na mikuwa ya bakufi mpe na lolenge nyonso ya mbindo.
28 So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Ndenge moko mpe mpo na bino: na libanda, bomonanaka lokola bato ya sembo na miso ya bato; kasi na kati, botondi na lokuta mpe na mabe.
29 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just,
Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Botongaka bakunda mpo na basakoli, mpe bokomisaka kitoko malita ya bato ya sembo.
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.
Bolobaka: ‹ Soki tozalaki na bomoi na tango ya bakoko na biso, tolingaki kosangana te elongo na bango mpo na kotangisa makila ya basakoli. ›
31 Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets.
Boye, na maloba na bino moko, bondimaka ete bozali penza bakitani ya bato oyo babomaki basakoli.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Bokoba malamu na mosala oyo batata na bino babandaki, mosala ya koboma basakoli!
Bino, banyoka, libota ya bitupa! Ndenge nini bokoki kokanisa ete bokokima etumbu ya lifelo? (Geenna g1067)
34 Therefore behold I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
Mpo na yango, Ngai nakotindela bino basakoli, bato ya bwanya mpe balakisi ya Mobeko. Bokoboma mpe bokobaka bamoko na ekulusu, bokobeta bamosusu fimbu kati na bandako na bino ya mayangani mpe bokobengana bango na engumba moko na moko,
35 That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
mpo ete makila ya bato nyonso ya sembo, oyo basopa na mabele, etangama na mito na bino, kobanda na makila ya Abele, moto ya sembo, kino na makila ya Zakari, mwana mobali ya Barashi, oyo bobomaki kati ya Tempelo mpe etumbelo.
36 Amen I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: etumbu oyo esengeli mpo na mabe wana nyonso ekokweyela bato ya ekeke oyo.
37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldest not?
Yelusalemi, Yelusalemi, yo oyo obomaka basakoli mpe obambaka bato oyo Nzambe atindelaka yo mabanga, mbala boni nalingaki kosangisa bana na yo, ndenge soso ya mwasi esangisaka bana na yango na se ya mapapu na yango, kasi boboyaki!
38 Behold, you house shall be left to you, desolate.
Sik’oyo, ndako na bino ezali kosundolama.
39 For I say to you, you shall not see me henceforth till you say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Pamba te, nazali koloba na bino: Kobanda lelo, bokotikala komona Ngai lisusu te kino bokoloba: ‹ Tika ete apambolama, Ye oyo ayei na Kombo ya Nkolo! › »
