Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus, speaking to the crowds and to his disciples, said,
Lani ki Jesu maadi yeni o nuwuligu yeni o ŋuankaabi ki tua:
2 ‘The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.
U Tienu kadabanda nba yeni farisien nba n kubi Moyiisi ñɔmaama,
3 Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they preach but do not practice.
ya tie mani ki gɔ cɔlni ban wangi yaali, ama yinbi n da nua ban tiendi yaali, kilima bi maadi ki naa tiendi.
4 While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other people’s shoulder’s they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.
Bi tungi bi niba ya tuga n kpiagi, yaali ki ban mɔno kan tuo ki taa bi nubila ki tugi.
5 All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,
Bi tie bi bona kuli ki bi niba n ya nɔbi (nuabi), yeni bi tila yia ya po ki bi diani U Tienu maama yi gbengi ki cie li liela kuli, ki bi tiadi ñɔgbana pia.
6 and like to have the place of honour at dinner, and the best seats in the synagogues,
Bani n gɔ ŋanbi ki buadi a kinkaan cincina ti wondn ni yeni bi tintaandiena nni,
7 and to be greeted in the markets with respect, and to be called “Rabbi” by everybody.
bi bua k bi ya cua bi niba nni, ban ya fuondiba ki yib canba nba.
8 But do not allow yourselves to be called “Rabbi,” for you have only one teacher, and you yourselves are all brothers and sisters.
Ama yinbi, da ŋaa mani ki bi yii canba nba, kilima i pia canba yendi, yua n ye tapoli po.
9 And do not call anyone on the earth your “Father,” for your have only one Father, the heavenly Father.
Yin gɔ da yii nul i tinga ne po i baá, kilima i pia baá yendo, yua n ye tapoli po.
10 Nor must you allow yourselves to be called “leaders,” for you have only one leader, the Christ.
Da ŋaa mani k bi yii yonbidaan, kilima, yendo baba n tie i yudaano, lani n tie klisto.
11 The person who wants to be the greatest among you must be your servant.
Yua tie kpel i siign ni ba tua i tuonsɔnlo,
12 Whoever exalts themselves will be humbled, and whoever humbles themselves will be exalted.
yua n dongi oba, b bu jiini o, ki yua jiindi oba ban doni o.
13 But alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You turn the key of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you do not go in yourselves, and do not allow those who try to go in to do so.
Yubɔnli i po, yinbi a gbanbanda yeni falisien munafigi danbi ne, kilima i pangi bi niba U Tienu diema nni kuama, yinbi mɔno, i ki bua ki kua, i gɔ kan ŋaa yaabi n bua ban kua mɔ, ban kua.
Yubɔnli i po, yinbi a gbanbanda yeni falisien mɔnafiki danba, kilima, i gbendi a pakuana (kpepuol) pianmi, k fani ki jaandi ki nan maadi ti maayuyuodi; li po n cedi ki buudi te baa bia.
15 Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You scour land and sea to make a single convert, and, when they are gained, you make them twice as deserving of Gehenna as you are yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
Fala tie i yaali yinbi a gbanbanda yeni falisien nba, ki dugni i caa ya longbana n fagn ki kpaani yaabi n bu kua i jaandi. I ya la nuyendi, o biidi gɔ yi pugni ki kuan o o muu diegu. (Geenna g1067)
16 Alas for you, you blind guides! You say “if any swear by the Temple, their oath counts for nothing; but, if anyone swears by the gold of the Temple, their oath is binding them”!
Yubɔnli i po yinbi yaabi n ki nɔ ki mɔ ji ŋmagdi i liebi, yinbi n maadi k nuli ya puoni o puoni u jaandidieciangu yeli po li ki biidi, ama nul ya puoni k li tie o jaandidieciangu wula po k k cɔlni li puoni, li kanŋaagu.
17 Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?
I ki pia yami ba waami, i tie juama paaa, le po n ji yabi ki cie o lieli, wula bii o jandidieciangu yia cedi wula yi ŋanbi U Tienu nugn ni?
18 You say, too, “If anyone swears by the altar, their oath counts for nothing, but, if anyone swears by the offering placed on it, their oath is binding on them”!
Yinbi n gɔ maadi ki nul ya poli salgbinbindli po l ki pia maami ama nul ya poli k li tie salgi yaali n maa l binbindli po k ki cɔln o maami li kan ŋaagu.
19 Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? Or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering?
I tie juama paaa, le n cie l lieli i, salgi bii li binbindli yia cedi k salgi yen mɔni U Tienu nugn ni?
20 Therefore a person, swearing by the altar, swears by it and by all that is on it,
Yua puoni bonli, altaro yeli po, o puoni yeni yaali n maa l po kuli.
21 and a person, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it,
Yua n ́ puoni bonli k taa u jaandidieciangu yeli, u ta yeni U Tienu yeli, wani U le yeni li jaandidieli.
22 while a person, swearing by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
Ki yua n gɔ puoni bonli tapoli po yeli po, wan bandi k o puoni U Tienu kankaanu yeli po i, o taani yeni U Tienu kuli.
23 Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law – justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first.
Yubɔnli i po yinbi a gbanbanda yeni farisien nba munafiki danbi ne, kilkima i paa......... k ŋaan yaali n mɔni, lani n tie k n kuni i mɔni, sugli yeni ti ŋandi nni.
24 You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to swallow a camel!
Yinbi bi juanbi mɔ u, ki ji b dadi i lieba! Yinbi n yedi ki bua mi ñunŋanbi, ki bi tindi ki ñani i naasiigi ki nan sieni o taamo ki nali.
25 Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence.
Fala tie i yali, yinbi a gbanbanda yeni ŋalacidanba, kilima i ŋanbd i jieditiadi yeni i ñuñubona puoli po i, ki ŋaa yaali n ye lien nni, k li gbieyeni ti naayignmi yeni o faagu.
26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
Fini farisien juamo ne, cili ki ŋanbi a ñuñubonli nni yeni a jeditagdgin no, ki li puoli po n mɔn fidi ki ya ŋani.
27 Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed look fair outside, while inside they are filled with dead people’s bones and all kinds of filth.
Yubɔnli i po yinbi a gbanbanda yeni farisien ŋalacidanbi ne, kilima i tie nani ya kakula (kula) k bi yi ŋanbi li puoli po lan bedi ama k li tingi po gbieyeni a kpab bedma yeni i cincibiadmu buoli kuli.
28 It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin.
I mɔ tie yeni, cincanli po i naan yen nimɔnbi yeni ama ki tukdn nan gbie yeni ŋalaci yeni biid.
29 Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the monuments of religious people,
Yubonli, i po yinba gbanbanda yeni farisienba ŋalacidanba, kelima, i maa bi sawalpuaba kakula ki ŋanbdi bi nimɔnba kakula.
30 and say “Had we been living in the days of our ancestors, we should have taken no part in their murder of the prophets!”
I maadi: “Ti ya bo ye ti yaajanba yogu, ti bo kan kuani ti nuu yaaba wuli sawalpuaba sɔma.
31 By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the people who murdered the prophets.
Lanwani ii, i tuo ki tieni kasiedi ke i tie yaaba n wuli bi sawalpuaba sɔma bila i.
32 Go on then, finish what your ancestors began!
I mɔko gbie yeni i yaajanba tuonbiadi i.
Waalaba, walabiada buolu, i ba fidi ki ciadi ku mubuogu yeni li daajuodkaali buudi jiama aa? (Geenna g1067)
34 That is why I send you prophets, wise people, and teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from town to town;
Lanyapo i ke n ba sɔni i kani bi sawalpuaba, bi yanfodanba, yeni yiko gbanbanda. I ba kpa bine, ki kpaa tianba li daapɔnpɔnli po, yaaba n sieni mo, yin pua ba a finfiba i yikodi cogdiena nni, ki beli ki ñani ba i dogu nni.
35 so that on your heads may fall every drop of innocent blood split on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel down to that of Zechariah, Barachiah’s son, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
Lan ba baa maama, li tie ke ban wuli ya niteginkaaba sɔma ki tinga po, ki cili o niteginka Abeli, ki ban juodi Berekia bijua Sakari, yin bo kpa yua ku jaandiegu yeni li jaanbinbindli siiga baa maa i yula po i.
36 All this, I tell you, will come home to the present generation.
N maadi yi i mɔmɔni, ya bona ne kuli ba tieni ya nifiima ne ya yogu i.
37 Jerusalem! Jerusalem! She who slays the prophets and stones the messengers sent to her – Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
Jerusalema, Jerusalema, fini yua n kpa bi sawalpuaba, ki lugdi ban sɔni yaaba i kani a tana! bonmŋa i ke n bi sugni min taani a bila na ya koomado n yi taani o koobimu o fiabi nni yeni, ama a naa pia li buama.
38 Verily, your house is left to you desolate!
Diidi, a diegu ba tua diegbenli.
39 For nevermore, I tell you, will you see me, until you say – “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”’
Kelima N maadi yi, i ji kan la nni, ki cili mɔla hali yeni yin yedi, “Mi yediŋanma ye yeni yua kpendi o Diedo yeli po.”
