Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus, speaking to the crowds and to his disciples, said,
anantaraṁ yīśu rjananivahaṁ śiṣyāṁścāvadat,
2 “The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.
adhyāpakāḥ phirūśinaśca mūsāsanē upaviśanti,
3 Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they preach but do not practice.
atastē yuṣmān yadyat mantum ājñāpayanti, tat manyadhvaṁ pālayadhvañca, kintu tēṣāṁ karmmānurūpaṁ karmma na kurudhvaṁ; yatastēṣāṁ vākyamātraṁ sāraṁ kāryyē kimapi nāsti|
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.
tē durvvahān gurutarān bhārān badvvā manuṣyāṇāṁ skandhēpari samarpayanti, kintu svayamaṅgulyaikayāpi na cālayanti|
5 All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,
kēvalaṁ lōkadarśanāya sarvvakarmmāṇi kurvvanti; phalataḥ paṭṭabandhān prasāryya dhārayanti, svavastrēṣu ca dīrghagranthīn dhārayanti;
6 and like to have the place of honor at dinner, and the best seats in the synagogues,
bhōjanabhavana uccasthānaṁ, bhajanabhavanē pradhānamāsanaṁ,
7 and to be greeted in the markets with respect, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by everybody.
haṭṭhē namaskāraṁ gururiti sambōdhanañcaitāni sarvvāṇi vāñchanti|
8 But do not allow yourselves to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and you yourselves are all brothers and sisters.
kintu yūyaṁ gurava iti sambōdhanīyā mā bhavata, yatō yuṣmākam ēkaḥ khrīṣṭaēva guru
9 And do not call anyone on the earth your ‘Father,’ for your have only one Father, the heavenly Father.
ryūyaṁ sarvvē mithō bhrātaraśca| punaḥ pr̥thivyāṁ kamapi pitēti mā sambudhyadhvaṁ, yatō yuṣmākamēkaḥ svargasthaēva pitā|
10 Nor must you allow yourselves to be called ‘leaders,’ for you have only one leader, the Christ.
yūyaṁ nāyakēti sambhāṣitā mā bhavata, yatō yuṣmākamēkaḥ khrīṣṭaēva nāyakaḥ|
11 The person who wants to be the greatest among you must be your servant.
aparaṁ yuṣmākaṁ madhyē yaḥ pumān śrēṣṭhaḥ sa yuṣmān sēviṣyatē|
12 Whoever exalts themselves will be humbled, and whoever humbles themselves will be exalted.
yatō yaḥ svamunnamati, sa nataḥ kariṣyatē; kintu yaḥ kaścit svamavanataṁ karōti, sa unnataḥ kariṣyatē|
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.
hanta kapaṭina upādhyāyāḥ phirūśinaśca, yūyaṁ manujānāṁ samakṣaṁ svargadvāraṁ rundha, yūyaṁ svayaṁ tēna na praviśatha, pravivikṣūnapi vārayatha| vata kapaṭina upādhyāyāḥ phirūśinaśca yūyaṁ chalād dīrghaṁ prārthya vidhavānāṁ sarvvasvaṁ grasatha, yuṣmākaṁ ghōrataradaṇḍō bhaviṣyati|
hanta kapaṭina upādhyāyāḥ phirūśinaśca, yūyamēkaṁ svadharmmāvalambinaṁ karttuṁ sāgaraṁ bhūmaṇḍalañca pradakṣiṇīkurutha,
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)
kañcana prāpya svatō dviguṇanarakabhājanaṁ taṁ kurutha| (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’!
vata andhapathadarśakāḥ sarvvē, yūyaṁ vadatha, mandirasya śapathakaraṇāt kimapi na dēyaṁ; kintu mandirasthasuvarṇasya śapathakaraṇād dēyaṁ|
17 Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?
hē mūḍhā hē andhāḥ suvarṇaṁ tatsuvarṇapāvakamandiram ētayōrubhayō rmadhyē kiṁ śrēyaḥ?
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’!
anyacca vadatha, yajñavēdyāḥ śapathakaraṇāt kimapi na dēyaṁ, kintu taduparisthitasya naivēdyasya śapathakaraṇād dēyaṁ|
19 Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? Or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering?
hē mūḍhā hē andhāḥ, naivēdyaṁ tannaivēdyapāvakavēdirētayōrubhayō rmadhyē kiṁ śrēyaḥ?
20 Therefore a person, swearing by the altar, swears by it and by all that is on it,
ataḥ kēnacid yajñavēdyāḥ śapathē kr̥tē taduparisthasya sarvvasya śapathaḥ kriyatē|
21 and a person, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it,
kēnacit mandirasya śapathē kr̥tē mandiratannivāsinōḥ śapathaḥ kriyatē|
22 while a person, swearing by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
kēnacit svargasya śapathē kr̥tē īśvarīyasiṁhāsanataduparyyupaviṣṭayōḥ śapathaḥ kriyatē|
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.
hanta kapaṭina upādhyāyāḥ phirūśinaśca, yūyaṁ pōdināyāḥ sitacchatrāyā jīrakasya ca daśamāṁśān dattha, kintu vyavasthāyā gurutarān nyāyadayāviśvāsān parityajatha; imē yuṣmābhirācaraṇīyā amī ca na laṁghanīyāḥ|
24 You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to swallow a camel!
hē andhapathadarśakā yūyaṁ maśakān apasārayatha, kintu mahāṅgān grasatha|
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.
hanta kapaṭina upādhyāyāḥ phirūśinaśca, yūyaṁ pānapātrāṇāṁ bhōjanapātrāṇāñca bahiḥ pariṣkurutha; kintu tadabhyantaraṁ durātmatayā kaluṣēṇa ca paripūrṇamāstē|
26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
hē andhāḥ phirūśilōkā ādau pānapātrāṇāṁ bhōjanapātrāṇāñcābhyantaraṁ pariṣkuruta, tēna tēṣāṁ bahirapi pariṣkāriṣyatē|
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.
hanta kapaṭina upādhyāyāḥ phirūśinaśca, yūyaṁ śuklīkr̥taśmaśānasvarūpā bhavatha, yathā śmaśānabhavanasya bahiścāru, kintvabhyantaraṁ mr̥talōkānāṁ kīkaśaiḥ sarvvaprakāramalēna ca paripūrṇam;
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.
tathaiva yūyamapi lōkānāṁ samakṣaṁ bahirdhārmmikāḥ kintvantaḥkaraṇēṣu kēvalakāpaṭyādharmmābhyāṁ paripūrṇāḥ|
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,
hā hā kapaṭina upādhyāyāḥ phirūśinaśca, yūyaṁ bhaviṣyadvādināṁ śmaśānagēhaṁ nirmmātha, sādhūnāṁ śmaśānanikētanaṁ śōbhayatha
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!’
vadatha ca yadi vayaṁ svēṣāṁ pūrvvapuruṣāṇāṁ kāla asthāsyāma, tarhi bhaviṣyadvādināṁ śōṇitapātanē tēṣāṁ sahabhāginō nābhaviṣyāma|
31 By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the people who murdered the prophets.
atō yūyaṁ bhaviṣyadvādighātakānāṁ santānā iti svayamēva svēṣāṁ sākṣyaṁ dattha|
32 Go on then, finish what your ancestors began!
atō yūyaṁ nijapūrvvapuruṣāṇāṁ parimāṇapātraṁ paripūrayata|
rē bhujagāḥ kr̥ṣṇabhujagavaṁśāḥ, yūyaṁ kathaṁ narakadaṇḍād rakṣiṣyadhvē| (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;
paśyata, yuṣmākamantikam ahaṁ bhaviṣyadvādinō buddhimata upādhyāyāṁśca prēṣayiṣyāmi, kintu tēṣāṁ katipayā yuṣmābhi rghāniṣyantē, kruśē ca ghāniṣyantē, kēcid bhajanabhavanē kaṣābhirāghāniṣyantē, nagarē nagarē tāḍiṣyantē ca;
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.
tēna satpuruṣasya hābilō raktapātamārabhya bērikhiyaḥ putraṁ yaṁ sikhariyaṁ yūyaṁ mandirayajñavēdyō rmadhyē hatavantaḥ, tadīyaśōṇitapātaṁ yāvad asmin dēśē yāvatāṁ sādhupuruṣāṇāṁ śōṇitapātō 'bhavat tat sarvvēṣāmāgasāṁ daṇḍā yuṣmāsu varttiṣyantē|
36 All this, I tell you, will come home to the present generation.
ahaṁ yuṣmānta tathyaṁ vadāmi, vidyamānē'smin puruṣē sarvvē varttiṣyantē|
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 around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
hē yirūśālam hē yirūśālam nagari tvaṁ bhaviṣyadvādinō hatavatī, tava samīpaṁ prēritāṁśca pāṣāṇairāhatavatī, yathā kukkuṭī śāvakān pakṣādhaḥ saṁgr̥hlāti, tathā tava santānān saṁgrahītuṁ ahaṁ bahuvāram aicchaṁ; kintu tvaṁ na samamanyathāḥ|
38 Verily, your house is left to you desolate!
paśyata yaṣmākaṁ vāsasthānam ucchinnaṁ tyakṣyatē|
39 For nevermore, I tell you, will you see me, until you say – ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
ahaṁ yuṣmān tathyaṁ vadāmi, yaḥ paramēśvarasya nāmnāgacchati, sa dhanya iti vāṇīṁ yāvanna vadiṣyatha, tāvat māṁ puna rna drakṣyatha|
