Mateo 7
1 “Mègadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu ame bubuwo o, ne menye nenema o la, woadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu wò hã,
‘Do not judge and you will not be judged.
2 elabena ale si nèdrɔ̃a ʋɔnu ame bubuwoe la, nenema tututue woadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu wò hãe, eye dzidzenu si ŋu dɔ nèwɔ la, dzidzenu ma ke ŋu dɔ woawɔ atsɔ adzidze nu na wò hã.
For, just as you judge others, you will yourselves be judged, and the standard that you use will be used for you.
3 “Nu ka ta nèkpɔa ati fefi si le nɔviwò ƒe ŋku dzi, gake mèkpɔa atikpo si le wò ŋutɔ wò ŋku dzi o mahã?
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your friend’s eye, while you pay no attention at all to the plank of wood in yours?
4 Aleke wɔ nàgblɔ na nɔviwò be, ‘Na maɖe ati fefi le wò ŋku dzi,’ le esime atikpo le wò ŋutɔ wò ŋku dzi?
How will you say to your friend “Let me take out the speck from your eye,” when all the time there is a plank in your own?
5 Wò, alakpanuwɔla, ɖe atikpo le wò ŋutɔ wò ŋku dzi gbã, ekema àkpɔ nu nyuie ale be nàte ŋu aɖe ati fefi si le nɔviwò ƒe ŋku dzi la.
Hypocrite! Take out the plank from your own eye first, and then you will see clearly how to take out the speck from your friend’s.
6 “Migatsɔ miaƒe nu kɔkɔewo na avuwo o, eye migatsɔ miaƒe dzonu xɔasiwo ƒu gbe na hawo o. Ne menye nenema o la, woanya avuzi le wo dzi, atrɔ ɖe mia ŋu, eye woavuvu mi.
‘Do not give what is sacred to dogs; they will turn and maul you. Do not throw your pearls before pigs; they will trample them underfoot.
7 “Mibia nu, eye woana mi; midi nu, eye miakpɔe; miƒo ʋɔa, eye woaʋui na mi.
Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
8 Elabena ame sia ame si biaa nu la, wonanɛ; ame sia ame si dia nu la, ekpɔnɛ, eya ta ne mieƒo ʋɔa ko la, woaʋui na mi.
For the person who asks receives, the person who searches finds, and the door will be opened to the person who knocks.
9 “Mia dometɔ kae li nenye be Via ŋutsu bia aboloe la, wòatsɔ kpe nɛ?
Who among you, when their child asks them for bread, will give them a stone,
10 Alo nenye be ebia tɔmelãe la, wòatsɔ dalã nɛ?
or when they ask for a fish, will give them a snake?
11 Ke nenye be mi ame vɔ̃ɖiwo mienya ale si miana nu nyui mia viwo la, ɖe mia Fofo si le dziƒo la mana nu nyuiwo ame siwo bianɛ geɖe wu oa?
If you, then, wicked though you are, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask him!
12 Le nu sia nu me la, nu siwo ke miedina be amewo nawɔ na mi la, miwɔ nu mawo ke na ame bubuwo hã, elabena esiae nye Se la kple Nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe nufiafia ƒe taƒonya.
‘Do to others whatever you would wish them to do to you; for that is the teaching of both the Law and the prophets.
13 “Mige ɖe eme to agbo xaxɛ la me, elabena agbo la keke, mɔ la hã le gbadzaa, eye wòkplɔa ame yina ɖe tsɔtsrɔ̃ me, eye ame geɖewoe le eme tom le gegem ɖe eme.
Go in by the small gate. The road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and many go in by it.
14 Ke agbo si le xaxɛe, mɔ la hã le buie la kplɔa amewo yina ɖe agbe me, eye ame ʋɛ aɖewo koe toa mɔ sia.
For the gate is small, and the road narrow, that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
15 “Mikpɔ nyuie le aʋatsonyagblɔɖilawo ŋuti. Wovaa mia gbɔ abe alẽwo ene, ke le wo me la, wonye amegaxi nyanyrawo.
‘Beware of false teachers – people who come to you in the guise of sheep, but at heart they are ravenous wolves.
16 Woƒe kutsetse miatsɔ adze si woe. Ɖe woate ŋu agbe waintsetse le aŋɔka dzi alo gbotsetse le ŋuti dzia?
By the fruit of their lives you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
17 Nenema ke ati nyui sia ati nyui tsea ku nyui, ke ati manyomanyo tsea ku gbegblẽ.
So, too, every sound tree bears good fruit, while a worthless tree bears bad fruit.
18 Ati nyui mate ŋu atse ku gbegblẽ o, eye ati manyomanyo mate ŋu atse ku nyui o.
A sound tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a worthless tree bear good fruit.
19 Ati sia ati si metsea ku nyui o la, wolãnɛ dea dzo me,
Every tree that fails to bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 eya ta woƒe kutsetse miatsɔ adze si woe.
So it is by the fruit of their lives that you will know such people.
21 “Menye ame sia ame si le yɔyem be, ‘Aƒetɔ, Aƒetɔ’ lae ayi dziƒofiaɖuƒe la me o, negbe ame siwo le Fofonye si le dziƒo la ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu wɔm la koe.
Not everyone who says to me “Master! Master!” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 Ame geɖewo agblɔ nam le ŋkeke ma dzi be, ‘Aƒetɔ, Aƒetɔ, ɖe menye wò ŋkɔ mee míegblɔ nya ɖi le, míenya gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo do goe le, eye míewɔ nukunu geɖewo le oa?’
On that day many will say to me “Master, Master, was not it in your name that we taught, and in your name that we drove out demons, and in your name that we did many miracles?”
23 Ekema maɖo eŋu na wo be, ‘Nyemenya mi o, mite ɖa le gbɔnye, mi nu vɔ̃ɖi wɔlawo!’
And then I will say to them plainly “I never knew you. Go from my presence, you who live in sin.”
24 “Ame sia ame si sea nye nya, eye wòwɔna ɖe edzi la le abe nunyala si tu eƒe xɔ ɖe agakpe sesẽ dzi ene.
‘Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts on it may be compared to a prudent person, who built their house on the rock.
25 Togbɔ be tsi dza sesĩe, tɔwo ɖɔ, eye ahom tu hã la, xɔa meʋã o, elabena woɖo egɔme anyi ɖe agakpe sesẽ dzi.
The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, for its foundations were on the rock.
26 Gake ame si sea nye nyawo, eye metsɔa ɖeke le wo me o la sɔ kple ŋutsu movitɔ si tu eƒe xɔ ɖe ke me.
Everyone who listens to this teaching of mine and does not act on it may be compared to a foolish person, who built their house on the sand.
27 Azɔ esi tsi dza, tɔwo ɖɔ eye ahom tu, lɔ xɔ sia ɖe eme ko la, emu dze anyi gbloo.”
The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and struck against that house, and it fell with a great crash.’
28 Esi Yesu wu nya siawo gbɔgblɔ nu la, ameha la ƒe nu ku le eƒe nufiafia la ta,
By the time that Jesus had finished speaking, the crowd was filled with amazement at his teaching.
29 elabena efia nu wo kple kakaɖedzi blibo. Le nyateƒe me la, ale si wòfia nui la to vovo sãa tso ale si woƒe agbalẽfialawo fianɛ la gbɔ.
For he taught them like one who had authority, and not like their teachers of the Law.
