Matthew 23
1 Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Acunüng, Jesuh naw axüisaw he ja khyangpäe jah mthehki.
2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat:
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he Mosia ngawhnak üng ngawkie.
3 all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, [these] do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.
“Acunakyase, aipi ami ning jah mtheha mäiha nami ve vai, cunsepi ami pawh käh nami jah läkei vai. Ami pyena mäiha i am pawh khawi u.
4 Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.
“Aktäa yüh lü phüi sekia phüih pyang u lü khyanga ngkyang üng mtaihkie. Amimät naw ta ami kut mdawngca am pi am hnet hlü u.
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders [of their garments],
“Khyang he naw ami jah hmuh hmuh vaia khut pawhkie. Cangcim üng a vea kba; khyang naw ami jah münnak vaia, ami mcea sawm lü ami ban ami pinnak mehvun yüiteng ua.
6 and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
“Eiawknak pawia adawnak säih ngawhnak üng ngaw hlükie. Sinakoka pi akdaw säiha ngawhnak üng ngawh vai jawngnakie.
7 and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi.
“Jawihtuknaka pi ami jah leisawng vai, ‘Saja aw’ ti lü jah khü vai jawngnakie.
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.
“Nangmi naw ta ‘Saja aw’ ti lü ami ning jah khü vaia käh ve ua. Isetiüng ta, nangmi cun avan tängei u lü Saja pi mat ni nami tak.
9 And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
“Khawmdek khana u pi, ‘Pa aw,’ ti lü käh khü ua. Isetiüng ta nami pa mat däk khankhawa veki ni.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, [even] the Christ.
“Mkhawnga ami ning jah khü vaia käh ve ua. Isetiüng ta, nami mkhawng cun Mesijah mat däk ni.
11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
“Nangmi üng kyäp säihki cun nami mpyaa kya yah khai.
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
“Aupi, amät mhlünmtaieiki cun nem säih khai, amät mhnemeiki cun mhlünmtaia kya khai.
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.
“Nangmi thumksinge ja Pharise he, hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Isetiüng ta, khyang hea maa Khankhaw Pe ksawh khai ve uki, nanimät pi käh lut u lü lut khaie pi nami jah mkhyawhki.
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangmi hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Isetiüng ta, hmeinue jah ei aw u lü ami im nami jah huteiki. Mkhyekatnak am a ngdangnak vaia, khawvei veia nami ktaiyüki. Acunakyase, ksehlen bawkia mkatnak nami khamei khai.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangmi hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Isetiüng ta, Judahea jumeinak üng khyang matca a law vaia tuilawng khawkawng naküt lümkan lü nami cit hüki. Ngpyawt lawki pi namimäta kthaka anghngiha Mulai Pea nami cehsaki. (Geenna g1067)
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
“Khyang mikmüe aw! nami jo se ve, “Aupi Temple be lü ng’yünceki cun amdang ni, aupi Temple üngka xüi be lü ng’yünceki cun a pyena mäiha kyaki ni,” nami tiki.
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
“Amikmü yawk’ange aw, i ja adaw bawk? Xüi mä a daw bawk? Xüi ngcimsakia Temple mä a daw bawk?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.
“Kpyawngkung be lü ng’yünceki cun amdang ni, kpyawngkunga khana peta petmsawt be lü ng’yünceki cun a pyena mäiha kyaki ni,” ti lü nami jah mtheiki.
19 Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
“Ihlawka nami mik müki ni, i ni a daw bawk? Petmsawt mä a daw bawk? Acuna petmsawt ngcimcaihsakia kpyawngkung mä a daw bawk?
20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
“Acunakyase, kpyawngkung be lü ng’yünceki cun acuna kpyawngkung ja a khana vekia petmsawte, avan be lü ng’yünceki ni.
21 And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
“Temple be lü ng’yünceki cun acuna Temple ja a khuia veki Pamhnam be lü ng’yünceki ni.
22 And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
“Khankhaw be lü ng’yünceki cun Pamhnama ngawhnak ja acunüng ngawki be lü ng’yünceki ni.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangni hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Thingkthei yawpai ja tawikxüng ankseie xa üng mat nami peki. Acunsepi, aktung bawk thum üng jah läklam vai: ngsungpyunkia bilawhnak, mpyeneinak ja cingcainake jah hawihinkie. Ahin he cun käh jah hawih lü nami jah läklam vai.
24 Ye blind guides, which strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.
“Lam msümki khyang mikmüe aw, mkhoyang mat pi käh pa khaia tui mcim u lü sanghngüksaü nami mjaweiki.
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangni hypocrite aw! nami jo se ve. Isetiüng, khawt ja kbe a kpung nami mthiki, a k’uma hleihlaknak ja ngtawngeinak am beki ni.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.
“Pharise mikmüe aw, khawt ja kbe a ngcim vaia a k’um mthi ma ua. Acunüng a kpung pi ngcim hnga khai ni.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangni hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Isetiüng ta, nangmi cun ng'utnak lungdü akbawk, a kpunga angtoa ngdang lü a k’um yuhe ja yawk kthue am be lü mtüihkhehki am nami tängki.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
“Acukba nangmi pi akpunga khyang naküta veia ngsungpyunkia mäiha nami ngdangki, acunsepi nami mlung k’uma Pamhnam khut pawhkia nami ngsaihnak ja am dawkia ngaihnak mkhyekatnak beki.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangmi hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Isetiüng ta, sahma hea mkhya ime jah sa u lü akdawa xüng lü awmki hea phäh yepim nami saki.
30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
“Mi pupaea kcün üng, mi na ngtüi law hngaa ta, sahma he ami jah hnimnak üng am mi na bawibeng hnga khai sü,’ nami tiki.
31 Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets.
“Acunakyase, sahma hnimkia ksawna nami kya cun nami ksingki ni.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
“Nami pupaea mkhyekat nami kpha vaia nangmi pi mkhyekat betü ua.
“Nangmi kphyue ja kphyua ca he aw, mulai nami cehnak vai üngka naw ihawkba nami lät thei khai ni? (Geenna g1067)
34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
“Acunakyase, cangcim üng a na pyen khawi cun, ‘Sahmae, khyang ktheme ja, ngthungcim ksinge, ka ning jah tüih law pet khai. Avang nami ja hnim khai, avang kutlamktung üng nami jah taih khai, avang sinakok k’uma jah kpai u lü, mlüh mat üngka naw mlüh mata cit lü nami jah mkhuimkha khai.
35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.
“Acunakyase, khyangdüng Abelaha thisen üng tün lü, Temple k'uma ja, Temple ja kpyawngkunga nglaka nami hnim Barakiha capa Zakhariha thisen cäp, ja khawmdek khana khyangsungpyune, ami jah hnim naküta thisen cun nami khana pha khai.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
“Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki, khyang hnima phäh ksükcetnak avan cun tuh ka khyang hea khana pha law khai!
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
“Aw Jerusalem, Jerusalem, sahma he jah hnim lü na veia ami jah tüih law khyang he lung am na jah vawiki aw! Ainu naw, a ca he a ngphya keha a jah mkhäma kbaa, khawvei na canae jah mkhäm be vai ka ngaihki? Cunüngpi, acun am na jumki.
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
“Acunakyase Na temple cun axawnga na veia ning hawih peta kya ve.
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
“Ka ning jah mthehki, tuh üngkhyüh ‘Bawipa ngming üng lawki Pamhnam naw josennak be se’ am nami tia küt cäpa, ka hmai am na hmu ti uki,” a ti.
