Matthew 7
1 “Do not talk about how sinfully others have acted, in order that God will not say how sinfully you have acted.
Μη κρίνετε, διά να μη κριθήτε·
2 If you condemn [other people], [God] will condemn you. To the same extent that you condemn others, you will be condemned {[God] will condemn you}.
διότι με οποίαν κρίσιν κρίνετε θέλετε κριθή, και με οποίον μέτρον μετρείτε θέλει αντιμετρηθή εις εσάς.
3 (None of you should be concerned [about someone else’s small faults] [MET]!/Why should any of you be concerned [about someone else’s small faults]?) [MET, RHQ] [That would be like noticing] a speck in that person’s eye. But you should [be concerned about your own big faults. They are like] [MET] planks in your own eye, which you do not notice.
Και διά τι βλέπεις το ξυλάριον το εν τω οφθαλμώ του αδελφού σου, την δε δοκόν την εν τω οφθαλμώ σου δεν παρατηρείς;
4 (You should not say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes!’/Why do you say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes?’) [RHQ] [You should not say that] if a plank is still in your own eye [MET].
Η πως θέλεις ειπεί προς τον αδελφόν σου, Άφες να εκβάλω το ξυλάριον από του οφθαλμού σου, ενώ η δοκός είναι εν τω οφθαλμώ σου;
5 You hypocrite, [stop committing your own sins! That will be like] removing the plank from your own eye [MET]. Then, as a result, you will be able to perceive things spiritually so that you can help other people get rid of the [faults] [MET] [that are like] specks in their eyes.”
Υποκριτά, έκβαλε πρώτον την δοκόν εκ του οφθαλμού σου, και τότε θέλεις ιδεί καθαρώς διά να εκβάλης το ξυλάριον εκ του οφθαλμού του αδελφού σου.
6 “You do not give holy things to dogs [that would ignore those things] and attack you [CHI]. You do not throw pearls in front of hogs, [because they would just ignore them] and trample them. [Similarly], do not give [precious spiritual truth to people you know will not value it but instead will do evil things to you].”
Μη δώσητε το άγιον εις τους κύνας μηδέ ρίψητε τους μαργαρίτας σας έμπροσθεν των χοίρων, μήποτε καταπατήσωσιν αυτούς με τους πόδας αυτών και στραφέντες σας διασχίσωσιν.
7 “Keep asking [God for what you need]. If you do that, [he] will give it to you. Confidently keep [expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like] [MET] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on [praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like] [MET] knocking [on a door in order to enter a room]. And the way will be opened {[God] will open the way} for you [to get what you pray for].
Αιτείτε, και θέλει σας δοθή· ζητείτε, και θέλετε ευρεί, κρούετε, και θέλει σας ανοιχθή.
8 Remember that [God] will give things to everyone who continues to ask [him for them]. [He] will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. [He] will open [the way] for people [to get the things that they keep persistently praying for].
Διότι πας ο αιτών λαμβάνει και ο ζητών ευρίσκει και εις τον κρούοντα θέλει ανοιχθή.
9 (No man among you would give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread./Would anyone among you give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread?) [RHQ]
Η τις άνθρωπος είναι από σας, όστις εάν ο υιός αυτού ζητήση άρτον, μήπως θέλει δώσει εις αυτόν λίθον;
10 Likewise, (no man would give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish./would anyone give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish?) [RHQ]
και εάν ζητήση οψάριον, μήπως θέλει δώσει εις αυτόν όφιν;
11 You, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children. So [God], your Father who is in heaven, will certainly give good things to the people who ask him.”
εάν λοιπόν σεις, πονηροί όντες, εξεύρητε να δίδητε καλάς δόσεις εις τα τέκνα σας, πόσω μάλλον ο Πατήρ σας ο εν τοις ουρανοίς θέλει δώσει αγαθά εις τους ζητούντας παρ' αυτού;
12 “So in whatever way you want others to act toward you [(pl)], that is the way you [(pl)] should act toward them, because that [sums up what Moses wrote in] the laws [that God gave him] and [also what] the prophets [wrote long ago].”
Λοιπόν πάντα όσα αν θέλητε να κάμνωσιν εις εσάς οι άνθρωποι, ούτω και σεις κάμνετε εις αυτούς· διότι ούτος είναι ο νόμος και οι προφήται.
13 “[Going to] where people live eternally [with God in heaven] is difficult. [It is like] going along a narrow road [PRS, MET] that leads to a narrow gate. Not many people find that way. [The way] that most [people take] is easy, [but it results in their being punished] {[God punishing them]} [in hell. That way is like a] wide road that people walk on [PRS, MET] until they reach the wide gate, but that road and that gate lead to where [they] will be destroyed {[God] will destroy them}. Many people enter that gate. So I [am telling you to leave the wide road and] enter the narrow gate [to heaven].” (questioned)
Εισέλθετε διά της στενής πύλης· διότι πλατεία είναι η πύλη και ευρύχωρος η οδός η φέρουσα εις την απώλειαν, και πολλοί είναι οι εισερχόμενοι δι' αυτής.
Επειδή στενή είναι η πύλη και τεθλιμμένη η οδός η φέρουσα εις την ζωήν, και ολίγοι είναι οι ευρίσκοντες αυτήν.
15 “Beware of people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you [what God has said]. [They seem to be harmless, but they are extremely harmful. They are like] wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins [to make people believe that they are sheep] [MET], but they actually are wolves that attack people [MET].
Προσέχετε δε από των ψευδοπροφητών, οίτινες έρχονται προς εσάς με ενδύματα προβάτων, έσωθεν όμως είναι λύκοι άρπαγες.
16 [So how will you know that they are false?] Well, by seeing what plants produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are [MET]. [For example, thornbushes cannot produce grapes], so (no one can pick grapes from thornbushes./can anyone pick grapes from thornbushes?) [RHQ] And [thistles cannot produce figs], so (no one can pick figs from thistles./can anyone pick figs from thistles?) [RHQ]
Από των καρπών αυτών θέλετε γνωρίσει αυτούς. Μήποτε συνάγουσιν από ακανθών σταφύλια ή από τριβόλων σύκα;
17 [Here is another example]: All good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all unhealthy trees produce worthless fruit.
ούτω παν δένδρον καλόν κάμνει καλούς καρπούς, το δε σαπρόν δένδρον κάμνει κακούς καρπούς.
18 No good fruit tree is able to produce worthless fruit, and no unhealthy tree is able to produce good fruit.
Δεν δύναται δένδρον καλόν να κάμνη καρπούς κακούς, ουδέ δένδρον σαπρόν να κάμνη καρπούς καλούς.
19 [And] all the trees that do not produce good fruit are chopped down and burned in a fire {people chop them down and burn them in a fire} [to get rid of them]. [Similarly], those who falsely claim to be prophets [will be thrown] {[God will throw false prophets]} [into the fires of hell]. (questioned)
Παν δένδρον μη κάμνον καρπόν καλόν εκκόπτεται και εις πυρ βάλλεται.
20 By seeing [what plants] produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are. [Similarly, when you see what the people who come to you do], [you will know if they are false prophets].”
Άρα από των καρπών αυτών θέλετε γνωρίσει αυτούς.
21 “[Even though many] people [habitually] call me ‘Lord’, [pretending that they have my authority], some of them will not go to heaven where God rules, [because they do not do what he desires]. [Only] those people who do what my Father, who is in heaven, desires [will go there].
Δεν θέλει εισέλθει εις την βασιλείαν των ουρανών πας ο λέγων προς εμέ, Κύριε, Κύριε, αλλ' ο πράττων το θέλημα του Πατρός μου του εν τοις ουρανοίς.
22 On the day [MTY] [that God judges everyone], many [people, trying to tell me that they deserve to go to heaven], will say to me, ‘Lord, we(exc) spoke God’s message as your representatives [MTY, RHQ]! As your representatives we(exc) expelled demons from [people] [RHQ]! And as your representatives, many times we(exc) performed miracles [RHQ]!’
Πολλοί θέλουσιν ειπεί προς εμέ εν εκείνη τη ημέρα, Κύριε, Κύριε, δεν προεφητεύσαμεν εν τω ονόματί σου, και εν τω ονόματί σου εξεβάλομεν δαιμόνια, και εν τω ονόματί σου εκάμομεν θαύματα πολλά;
23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I have never said that you belonged to me. Go away from me, you who do what is evil!’”
Και τότε θέλω ομολογήσει προς αυτούς ότι ποτέ δεν σας εγνώρισα· φεύγετε απ' εμού οι εργαζόμενοι την ανομίαν.
24 “So then, anyone who hears what I say and does what I command, will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
Πας λοιπόν όστις ακούει τους λόγους μου τούτους και κάμνει αυτούς, θέλω ομοιώσει αυτόν με άνδρα φρόνιμον, όστις ωκοδόμησε την οικίαν αυτού επί την πέτραν·
25 [Even though] the rain came down and the river flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it did not fall down because it had been built {he built it} on a solid foundation.
και κατέβη η βροχή και ήλθον οι ποταμοί και έπνευσαν οι άνεμοι και προσέβαλον εις την οικίαν εκείνην, και δεν έπεσε· διότι ήτο τεθεμελιωμένη επί την πέτραν.
26 On the other hand, anyone who hears what I say but does not obey what I say will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Και πας ο ακούων τους λόγους μου τούτους και μη κάμνων αυτούς θέλει ομοιωθή με άνδρα μωρόν, όστις ωκοδόμησε την οικίαν αυτού επί την άμμον·
27 When the rain fell and the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it crashed down and broke completely apart, [because it was built on the sand. So it is important for you to obey what I teach you].”
και κατέβη η βροχή και ήλθον οι ποταμοί και έπνευσαν οι άνεμοι και προσέβαλον εις την οικίαν εκείνην, και έπεσε, και ήτο η πτώσις αυτής μεγάλη.
28 When Jesus finished saying all those things, the [who had been listening to him were] amazed at the [new] teaching that he had taught them.
Ότε δε ετελείωσεν ο Ιησούς τους λόγους τούτους, εξεπλήττοντο οι όχλοι διά την διδαχήν αυτού·
29 The reason they were amazed was that he was teaching as a person does who has authority. He was not teaching like the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, [who just repeated what other people had taught them].
διότι εδίδασκεν αυτούς ως έχων εξουσίαν, και ουχί ως οι γραμματείς.
