Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and his disciples:
Erah lidi Jisu ah heliphante nyia miloong damdi waantiitta.
2 “The religious teachers and the Pharisees are responsible as interpreters of the law of Moses,
“Pharisi nyia Hootthe nyootte loong ah Moses Hootthe toombaat kotsuh chaan kotcho ang rumta.
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.
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 burdens, and place them on people's shoulders, but they themselves don't lift a finger to help 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 Everything they do is to make sure they get noticed. They make themselves large prayer boxes to wear and long tassels on their clothes.
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 to have the places of honor at banquets and the best 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 They love to be greeted with respect in the market places, and for people to call them, ‘Rabbi.’
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 Don't let people call you ‘Rabbi.’ Only one is your Master 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 Don't call anyone by the title ‘Father’ here on earth. Only one is your 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 Don't let people call you ‘Teacher.’ Only one is your Teacher, the Messiah.
Adoleh sen ih o suh uh ‘Phansiitte’ ih lapoon theng, tumeah sen phansiitte ah wasiit Kristo luulu.
11 The greatest among you will be your servant.
Sendung nawa elongthoon angsuh nookte ah sen loong laksuh angjih.
12 Those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.
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 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.
“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 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)
“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 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!
“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 What is greater—the gold, or the Temple that makes the gold holy?
Edook lam ni siitte loong! Hun akom ah tam rakla tam ah Rangteenok ah rakla?
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.’
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 How blind you are! What is greater—the sacrifice, or the altar that makes the sacrifice holy?
Mamah lajat ehan! Marah ah rakla, lakkot ah tam rakla tam aleh lakkot saasiitte romthong ah rakla?
20 If you swear by the altar, you swear by it and by everything that's on it.
O ih romthong mendi thoomhoonha erah romthong dowa hukkhaak loongtang mendi thoomla;
21 If you swear by the Temple you swear by it and by the one who lives there.
erah dam ih o ih Rangteenok mendi thoomhoonha, erah Rangteenok ni tongte Rangte mendi thoomla;
22 If you swear by heaven you swear by the throne of God and the one who sits there.
erah damdi o mina rangmong hasong mendi thoomla, erah Rangte nyia Rangte tongtheng ni o tongla erah mendi thoomla.
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.
“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 what you drink to keep out a fly but then you 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 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.
“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 You blind Pharisees! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, so that the outside will also be clean.
Edook Pharisi loong oh! Khuung akhaak ah hemong ko ah chaak saachot an erah lidoh ba rangkhoh ko ah we saachot an!
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.
“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 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.
Erah likhiik, rangkhoh ni ba ese ih noisok han, enoothong hemong ni bah ethih tenthun nyia rangdah loong laklak meela.
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,
“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 times of our ancestors we would not have joined 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 But by saying this you testify against yourselves, proving that you belong to those who murdered the prophets!
Sen teeteewah ih jatthuk hali sen ah khowah loong tek haatte sutoom satoom eah!
32 So get on with it—finish it all off using your forefathers' methods!
Erah ang abah, sente senwah loong reeraang rumta rah sen we tuk reeraang an!
33 You snakes, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of condemnation? (Geenna g1067)
Pu sen loong nyia pu suh asah loong! Soolam nawa epi ete ih mamet mi banthun han? (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.
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 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.
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 I'm telling you, the consequences of all this will fall on this generation.
Ngah ih baat rumhala: erah tek haat rumta mat ah ahaangwa mina loong sak nah ang ah!
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.
“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 Now look—your house is left abandoned, totally empty.
Erah raangtaan ih Rangteenok ah hahuung et thiinhaatte anglan.
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.’”
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.”
