Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus conversed with the multitude and with his disciples,
Ary tamin’ izany Jesosy dia niteny tamin’ ny vahoaka sy tamin’ ny mpianany ka nanao hoe:
2 and said to them: The Scribes and Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses.
Eo amin’ ny fipetrahan’ i Mosesy no ipetrahan’ ny mpanora-dalàna sy ny Fariseo;
3 Whatever therefore they tell you to observe, that observe and do. But according to their deeds, practise ye not: for they say, and do not.
koa amin’ izany, izay rehetra lazainy dia ataovy ka tandremo; fa aza mba manao araka ny asany, satria miteny ihany izy, nefa tsy manao.
4 They tie up heavy burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but will not themselves touch them with their finger.
Eny, mamehy entana sady mavesatra no sarotra entina izy ka manaingina izany eo amin’ ny soroky ny olona, nefa ny tenany tsy mety manetsika izany na dia amin’ ny rantsan-tànany anankiray asa.
5 And all their works they do, to be seen of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and extend the fringes of their garments.
Ary ny asany rehetra dia ataony mba ho hitan’ ny olona; fa ataony lehibe ny fylakiterany, ary ataony vaventy ny somotraviaviny.
6 And they love the highest couches at suppers and the highest seats in the synagogues,
Ary tia ny fitoerana aloha eo amin’ ny fanasana izy, sy ny fipetrahana aloha eo amin’ ny synagoga
7 and the greeting in the market places, and to be addressed by men with Rabbi.
sy ny hoharabain’ ny olona eny an-tsena ary ny hataon’ ny olona hoe: Raby ô!
8 But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Rabbi, and ye are all brethren.
Fa ianareo kosa aza mba mety hatao hoe: Raby ô; fa iray ihany no mpampianatra anareo, ary ianareo rehetra dia mpirahalahy avokoa.
9 And ye shall not call yourselves Father on earth; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.
Ary aza milaza olona etỳ an-tany ho rainareo; fa iray ihany no Rainareo, dia Izay any an-danitra.
10 And be ye not called guides; for one is your Guide, the Messiah.
Ary aza mba mety hatao hoe mpitarika ianareo; fa iray ihany no Mpitarika anareo, dia Kristy.
11 And the great one among you will be your servitor.
Fa izay lehibe aminareo no ho mpanompo anareo.
12 For whoever shall exalt himself, will be abased: and whoever shall abase himself, will be exalted.
Fa izay manandra-tena no haetry; ary izay manetry tena no hasandratra.
13 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye devour the houses of widows, under the disguise of protracting your prayers. Therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation.
Fa lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa arindrinareo eo anoloan’ ny olona ny fanjakan’ ny lanitra; fa ianareo tsy miditra, ary izay miditra dia tsy avelanareo hiditra.
14 Woe to you. Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye hold the kingdom of heaven closed before men; for ye enter not yourselves, and those that would enter ye suffer not to enter.
(Lozanareo mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! Fa laninareo ny tranon’ ny mpitondratena, ary dia manao vavaka lavareny ho fiolahana ianareo; koa izany no hahazoanareo fahamelohana mafimafy kokoa.)
15 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is gained, ye make him a child of hell twofold more than yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa mandeha mitety ny ranomasina sy ny tany maina ianareo mba hahazoanareo na dia iray ihany aza ho proselyta; ary rehefa azonareo izy, dia ataonareo zanaky ny helo mihoatra indroa noho ianareo aza. (Geenna g1067)
16 Woe to you, ye blind guides: for ye say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold that is in the temple, he is holden.
Lozanareo, mpitarika jamba izay manao hoe: Raha misy mianiana amin’ ny tempoly, dia tsy mampaninona izany; fa raha misy mianiana amin’ ny volamena amin’ ny tempoly, dia haningo-tena izy.
17 Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Ry adala sy jamba! iza no lehibe, ny volamena va, sa ny tempoly izay nahamasina ny volamena?
18 And, whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing: but whoever shall swear by the oblation upon it, he is holden.
Ary koa: Raha misy mianiana amin’ ny alitara, dia tsy mampaninona izany; fa raha misy mianiana amin’ ny fanatitra eo amboniny, dia haningo-tena izy.
19 Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the oblation, or the altar that sanctifieth the oblation?
Ry jamba! iza no lehibe, ny fanatitra, sa ny alitara izay mahamasina ny fanatitra?
20 He therefore who sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that is upon it.
Koa amin’ izany, izay mianiana amin’ ny alitara, dia mianiana aminy mbamin’ ny zavatra rehetra izay eo amboniny.
21 And he who sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it.
Ary izay mianiana amin’ ny tempoly dia mianiana aminy mbamin’ izay mitoetra ao anatiny.
22 And he who sweareth by heaven, sweareth by throne of God, and by him that sitteth on it.
Ary izay mianiana amin’ ny lanitra dia mianiana amin’ ny seza fiandrianan’ Andriamanitra mbamin’ izay mipetraka eo amboniny.
23 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and omit the graver matters of the law, judgment, and mercy, and fidelity: these ought ye to do, and those not to omit.
Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa mandoa ny fahafolon’ ny solila sy ny aneta ary ny komina ianareo, nefa navelanareo izay lehibe amin’ ny lalàna, dia ny rariny sy ny famindram-po ary ny finoana; ireto tokony ho nataonareo, nefa tsy tokony havelanareo ireroana.
24 Ye blind guides, who strain out gnats, and swallow down camels.
Ry mpitarika jamba! tantavaninareo ny moka, nefa atelinareo ny rameva.
25 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, while within they are full of rapine and wickedness.
Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa diovinareo ny vohon’ ny kapoaka sy ny lovia, nefa ny ao anatiny dia feno rombaka sy tsi-fahononana.
26 Ye blind Pharisees, cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that their outside may be clean also.
Ry Fariseo jamba! diovy aloha ny atin’ ny kapoaka sy ny lovia, mba ho madio koa ny vohony.
27 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear comely without, but are within full of bones of the dead and all impurity.
Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa ianareo dia tahaka ny fasana voalalotra fotsy, izay miseho tsara tarehy eo ivelany, nefa ny ao anatiny dia feno taolan’ ny maty mbamin’ ny fahalotoana rehetra.
28 So ye also, outwardly, appear to men as righteous; but within, ye are full of iniquity and hypocrisy.
Dia tahaka izany koa ianareo: raha amin’ ny eo ivelany dia miseho amin’ ny olona ho marina, nefa ny ao anatinareo dia feno fihatsaram-belatsihy sy tsi-fankatoavan-dalàna.
29 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye build the tombs of the prophets and ye adorn the sepulchres of the righteous;
Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa manao ny fasan’ ny mpaminany ianareo sady manisy haingony ny rarivatom-pasan’ ny olona marina,
30 and ye say: If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been participators with them in the blood of the prophets.
ka hoy ianareo: Raha niara-belona tamin’ ny razanay izahay, dia tsy mba nikambana taminy handatsa-drà ny mpaminany.
31 Wherefore ye are witnesses, against yourselves, that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets.
Ka dia miampanga tena ianareo fa zanak’ izay namono ny mpaminany.
32 And as for you, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
Ary ianareo koa dia mamenoa ny famaran’ ny razanareo.
Ry bibilava, taranaky ny menarana, hataonareo ahoana no fandositra ny fanamelohana ho any amin’ ny helo? (Geenna g1067)
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city:
Ary noho izany, indro, Izaho maniraka mpaminany sy olon-kendry ary mpanora-dalàna ho atỳ aminareo; koa ny sasany hovonoinareo sy hohomboanareo amin’ ny hazo fijaliana, ary ny sasany hokapohinareo ao amin’ ny synagoganareo sy henjehinareo mitety vohitra, ―
35 so that on you may come all the blood of the righteous, which hath been shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
mba hanody anareo ny rà marina rehetra, izay nalatsaka tambonin’ ny tany, hatramin’ ny ran’ i Abela marina ka hatramin’ ny ran’ i Zakaria, zanak’ i Barakia, izay novonoinareo teo anelanelan’ ny tempoly sy ny alitara.
36 Verily I say to you, that all these things will come upon this generation.
Lazaiko aminareo marina tokoa: Hanody ity taranaka ity izany rehetra izany.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children, as a hen gathereth her young under her wings, and ye would not.
Ry Jerosalema, ry Jerosalema, izay mamono ny mpaminany sy mitora-bato izay irahina ho aminao, impiry Aho no ta-hanangona ny zanakao, tahaka ny fanomban’ ny akoho ny zanany ao ambanin’ ny elany, fa tsy nety ianareo!
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate!
Indro, avela ho lao ho anareo ny tranonareo.
39 For I say to you, That ye shall not see me henceforth, until ye shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Fa lazaiko aminareo: Hatramin’ izao dia tsy hahita Ahy tokoa ianareo mandra-pilazanareo hoe: Isaorana anie Izay avy amin’ ny anaran’ i Jehovah.
