Matthew 7
1 “Do not talk about how sinfully others have acted, in order that God will not say how sinfully you have acted.
Nkulonga, nawe wahayilongwa.
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}.
Alonje shuloonga nawe wahayilongwa na shuhubhapimila abhantu nawe wahayi pimilwa shinisho.
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.
Yeenu uhwenya ishipande shikwi sheshili mwilyinso holo waho suminye ishipande shikwi shesheli mwilyinso lyaho ikwi liliho mwilyinso lyaho?
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].
Unganda bhuli ayanje hwa holo waho aje ambaihwefwe ishipande sheshili mwilinso lyaho, wakati nawe wayo ulinasho mwilinso lyaho?
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.”
Ulinilenga awe; kwanza uyefwe ishipande sheshili mwilinso lyaho, nkubhahwefwe ahinza ishipande isha mwilinso lyaholo waho.
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].”
Usahazipele imbwa ivintu ivyinza usahazisumbile ungurubhi ishalye ishinza zinzananganye na khanye ni vinama habhili bhanza hulye nawe.
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].
Labha ubhaposhele. Anza, nawe ubhapate. Khoma ihodi, anzahuhwigulile.
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].
Pipo ya labha aposhela, na wowonti yahwanza aposhela. Umuntu yakhoma ihodi, ahumwigulila.
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]
Aliho humwinyu umuntu umwana wakwe nkalabha umukate ahupela iwe?
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]
Au nkanabha isamaki ahupela inzoha?
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.”
Nkushele, mubhimbibhi muminye hubhapele abhana bhinyu ivintu ivyinza, Je! Ungulubhi wenyu uwahumwanya sangabhapela hanii ivyinza bhebha hunabha umweene?
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].”
Ishi shuhwanza huje ubhombelwe na bhanji, nawe shubhombaje hwamwinyu, pipo izyo ndajizyo zya kuwa.
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)
Mwinjile mulwiji unyeela. Pipo ulwiji lugosi idala ligosi lyelilongozya humwoto abhantu bhinji bhebhabhala idala ilyo.
Ulwiji unyeela lwa huwomi, abhantu bhadodo bhebhahwinjila umwo.
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].
Muyenyaje na kuwa abhilenga, bhebhahwinza bhakwite ikwembe ilyingole, lakini muhati mbwa londe ihali.
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]
Mubhabhamanye amadondo gabho. Je abhantu bhangatungula amadondo muminvwa, au mwikwi humbeyu iyi mbaruti?
17 [Here is another example]: All good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all unhealthy trees produce worthless fruit.
Ishi ikwi lyolyonti, ilyinza lipapa amadondo aminza, lakini ikwi ibhibhi lipapa amadondo amabhibhi.
18 No good fruit tree is able to produce worthless fruit, and no unhealthy tree is able to produce good fruit.
Ikwi ilyinza salingapapa amadondo amabhibhi, wala ikwi ibhibhi selingapapa amadondo aminza.
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)
Ikwi lyolyonti lyesagalipapa amadondo aminza litemwa na pembele umwoto.
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].”
Abhantu abha bhibhi ubhabhamanye amadondo gabho.
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].
Siga muntu wowonti yayiga, 'Ngurubhi, Ngulubhi,' yahayiyinjila hubhumwini uwahumwanya, ila yuyula yabhomba inyinza zya Ngulubhi uwahumwanya.
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]!’
Abhantu abhinji isiku ilyo bhahayiyiga 'Ngulubhi, Ngulubhi, twahafumizye ukuwa hwitawa lyaho, hwitawa lyaho twahabhombile amambo minji aminza amagosi?'
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!’”
U Ngulubhi ahayibhabhu aje, 'simbaminye mwepe! Ipa amwe, mubhabhomba imbibhi!'
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.
Ishi kila muntu yahwinvwa amazwi gani na hugitishe alingana nu muntu uwihekima yazenjile inyumba yakwe pamwanya pa mawe.
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.
Invura yatonya, awinzi gamema ahanvulungwe hinza hayikhoma inyumba iyo seya, gwa pansi pipo yahazengwilwe pamwanya pamawe.
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.
Lelo umutu wowonti yahwunvwa uzwi lyani lyani sahulyitiha uyo abhafane nu muntu umpumbavu yazenga inyumba yakwe pamwanya pansanga.
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].”
Invula yinza, na minzi gamema na hamvulungwi hinza hayikhoma inyumba iyo yagwa na malishe pepala.”
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.
U Yesu lwa hamala ayanje amazwi iga, abhantu bhahaswijile lwa hamanyizyaga.
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].
Pipo ahamanyizyaga ndeshe umuntu uwimamlaka siyo ndeshe asimbi bhabho.
