Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and his disciples:
Hessafe guye, Yesuusi shiiqida asaasinne ba tamaaretas hayssada yaagis.
2 “The religious teachers and the Pharisees are responsible as interpreters of the law of Moses,
“Higge asttamaaretinne Farisaaweti Muse higgiya billanaw maatara de7oosona.
3 so obey them and do everything they tell you. But don't follow what they do, because they don't practice what they preach.
Hessa gisho, entti hinttena kiittiya ubbaa oothitenne naagite. Shin entti ootheyssada oothofite. Ays giikko, entti oodeyssada oothokona.
4 They tie up heavy burdens, and place them on people's shoulders, but they themselves don't lift a finger to help them.
Entti tookkanaw dandda7ettona tooho qachchidi asaa toossoosona. Shin banttaw hari attoshin, he toohuwa asay tookkiya wode biradhdhe xeeran bochchanaw koyokkona.
5 Everything they do is to make sure they get noticed. They make themselves large prayer boxes to wear and long tassels on their clothes.
“Shin entti bantta ooso ubbaa asi be7onna mela oothoosona. Bantta som77oninne qesen qachchiya maxaafaa xiqisey de7iya kitaafe dalggisosona, bantta ma7uwa macaraakka adussoosona.
6 They love to have the places of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues.
Mokettiya bessan bonchcho bessinne Ayhude Woosa Keethatan daro lo77iya oyde dosoosona.
7 They love to be greeted with respect in the market places, and for people to call them, ‘Rabbi.’
Asay giyan enttana bonchchon sarothanayssanne ‘Asttamaariyaw’ gidi xeeganayssa koyoosona.
8 Don't let people call you ‘Rabbi.’ Only one is your Master Teacher, and you are all brothers.
“Shin hintte asttamaarey issuwa xalaala gidida gishonne hintte ubbay ishata gidida gisho, ‘Asttamaariyaw’ geetettidi xeegettofite.
9 Don't call anyone by the title ‘Father’ here on earth. Only one is your Father, who is in heaven.
Hinttew salon issi aawa xalaali de7iya gisho, ha sa7an oonakka ‘Aawaw’ gidi xeegoppite.
10 Don't let people call you ‘Teacher.’ Only one is your Teacher, the Messiah.
Hinttew issi Goday Kiristtoosa xalaali de7iya gisho ‘Godaw’ geetetti xeegettofite.
11 The greatest among you will be your servant.
Hintte giddon bayratey hintte aylle gido.
12 Those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.
Bana gitayiya oonikka kawuyana; bana kawushshiya oonikka gitatana.
13 But what a disaster is coming on you, religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You slam shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves don't go in, yet you don't let anyone in who is trying to enter.
“Hinttenoo, cubboto, higge asttamaaretonne Farisaaweto, asa sinthan salo kawotethaa gorddeyssato hinttena ayye. Hinttee, hintte huu7en gelekketa qassi haratakka gelssekketa.
[“Hinttenoo cubboto, higge asttamaaretonne, Farisaaweto, am77eta keetha hintte bonqishe, asi be7o gidi woosa adusseeta. Hessa gisho, hinttena ayye. Ubbaafe aadhdhiya pirdday hinttena naagees.]
15 What a disaster is coming on you, religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you travel over land and sea to make a single convert, and when you do, you make him twice a son of darkness as you are yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
“Hinttenoo, cubboto, higge asttamaaretonne Farisaaweto, hintte issi uraa ammanthanaw abbaranne sa7ara yuuyeta. Shin hintte iya ammanthida wode he uraa hinttefe aathidi Gaannames giigettidayssa oothiya gisho, hinttena ayye. (Geenna g1067)
16 What a disaster is coming on those of you who say, ‘If you swear by the Temple that doesn't count, but if you swear by the gold of the Temple, then you have to keep your oath.’ How foolish and blind you are!
“Oonikka Xoossa Keethan caaqqiko aykkoyka baawa. Shin Xoossaa Keethan de7iya worqqan caaqqiko, he caaqoy iya gomana giya qooqeto, hinttew qooqidi harata kaaletheyssato, hinttena ayye.
17 What is greater—the gold, or the Temple that makes the gold holy?
Hinttenoo, eeyato, qooqeto, worqqay aadhdhiyye? Worqqiya Xoossaas dummayiya Xoossa Keethay aadhdhii?
18 You say, ‘If you swear on the altar that doesn't count, but if you swear on the sacrifice that's on the altar, then you have to keep your oath.’
Qassi ‘Oonikka yarshsho yarshshiya bessan caaqqiko, aykkoyka baawa. Shin oonikka iya bolla de7iya yarshshuwan caaqqiko, he caaqoy iya gomana’ yaagidi tamaarsseta.
19 How blind you are! What is greater—the sacrifice, or the altar that makes the sacrifice holy?
Hinttenoo, qooqeto, yarshshoy aadhdhiyye? Yarshshuwa Xoossaas dummayiya bessay aadhdhii?
20 If you swear by the altar, you swear by it and by everything that's on it.
Hessa gisho, yarshsho bessan caaqqiya uray, he yarshsho bessaaninne iya bolla de7iya ubbaban caaqqees.
21 If you swear by the Temple you swear by it and by the one who lives there.
Xoossa Keethan caaqqiya uray, he Xoossa Keethaninne iyan de7iya Xoossan caaqqees.
22 If you swear by heaven you swear by the throne of God and the one who sits there.
Salon caaqqiya uray Xoossaa araataninne he araata bolla uttiya Xoossan caaqqees.
23 What a disaster is coming on you, religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay a tithe of mint, aniseed, and cumin, but you neglect the vital aspects of the law—doing good, showing mercy, exercising trust. Yes, you should pay your tithe, but don't forget these other things.
“Hinttenoo, cubboto, higge asttamaaretonne Farisaaweto, hinttena ayye. Hintte kareetha sawoppe, naatiroppenne okasheppe asraata kesseta. Shin higgiyan de7iya aadhdhi koshsheyssata aggideta. Hessika xillo pirdda, qadhetethinne ubbaban ammanetethi. Haratakka aggonnashin hayssata hintte oothanaw bessees.
24 You blind guides—you strain what you drink to keep out a fly but then you swallow a camel!
Hinttew qooqidi hara asi kaaletheyssato, hintte ushshaafe udunxe kessidi gimale mitteeta.
25 What a disaster is coming on you, religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you're full of greed and self-indulgence.
“Hinttenoo, cubboto, higge asttamaaretonne Farisaaweto, hinttena ayye. Hintte shaatiyasinne keriyas bolla baggaa geeshsheeta. Shin enttaw garssan bonqeynne uuzetethi kumi uttis.
26 You blind Pharisees! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, so that the outside will also be clean.
Neno qooqe Farisaawiyaw, shaatiyasinne keriyas garssaa kasetada geeshsha. Hessafe guye, bolla baggayka geeshshi gidana.
27 What a disaster is coming on you, religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like white-washed tombs, looking good on the outside, but on the inside full of skeletons and all kinds of rottenness.
“Hinttenoo, cubboto, higge asttamaaretonne Farisaaweto, hinttena ayye. Kare baggara qalame tiyettidi lo77idi, giddon meqethinne wooqidabay kumida duufota daaneta.
28 You're just the same. On the outside you look like good people to others, but on the inside you're full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
Hessadakka, bolla baggara asas lo77o daaneta. Shin hintte garssan cubbotethinne iitatethi kumis.
29 What a disaster is coming on you, religious teachers and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs as memorials to the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the good,
“Hintteno, cubboto, higge asttamaaretonne Farisaaweto, hinttena ayye. Hintte nabetas duufo keexeta, qassi xillota duufuwakka loytheeta.
30 and you say, ‘If we had lived in the times of our ancestors we would not have joined them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
Qassi hintte, ‘Nuuni beni nu aawata wode de7idabaa gidiyakko, enttara issife nabeta suuthaa guussokoshin’ yaageeta.
31 But by saying this you testify against yourselves, proving that you belong to those who murdered the prophets!
Hessa gisho, hintte nabeta wodhida asaa nayta gideyssa hinttee hintte huu7en markkatteeta.
32 So get on with it—finish it all off using your forefathers' methods!
Hiza, hintte aawati doomidayssa hintte polite.
33 You snakes, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of condemnation? (Geenna g1067)
“Ha shooshatoo, shoosha nayto, hintte Gaanname pirddaafe waanidi attanee? (Geenna g1067)
34 That's why I'm sending you prophets, wise men, and teachers. Some of them you will kill, some of them you will crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues, hunting them from town to town.
Hessa gisho, ta odeyssa si7ite; taani nabeta, cincca asatanne asttamaareta hintteko kiittana. Enttafe issota issota hintte wodhananne masqaliya bolla kaqqana. Baggata Ayhude Woosa Keethatan lisson garaafananne katamaappe katama gooddana.
35 As a result, you will be held accountable for the blood of all the good people that has been poured out on the land—from the blood of Abel, who did what was right, to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the Temple and the altar.
Hessa gisho, xilluwaa Aabela wodhida wodiyappe doomidi, Xoossa Keethasinne yarshsho bessaafe giddon hintte wodhida Baraakiya na7aa Zakkariyaasa wode gakkanaw hayqqida xillo asa ubbaa gisho, hintte seerettana.
36 I'm telling you, the consequences of all this will fall on this generation.
Taani hinttew tuma odays; hinttenne hintte aawati oothida balaas ha pirdda ubbay ha yeletethaa bolla gakkana.
37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! So often I wanted to gather your children as a mother hen gathers her chicks under her wings—but you wouldn't let me.
“Yerusalaame, Yerusalaame, nabeta wodhiyare! Xoossay neekko kiittidayssata shuchchan caddiyare! Kuttoy ba nayta ba qefen haphpheyssada taani ne asaa ta qesiyan gechchanaw aappun toho koyadina! Shin tana diggadasa.
38 Now look—your house is left abandoned, totally empty.
Hiza, hintte Xoossaa keethay kaysi gidana.
39 I tell you this: you won't see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
Taani hinttew odays; ‘Godaa sunthan yeyssi anjjettidayssa’ hintte gaana gakkanaw nam77antho tana be7ekketa” yaagis.
