< Mattiyu 7 >

1 “Kada ku ba wa kowa laifi, don kada a ba ku laifi ku ma.
“Do not talk about how sinfully others have acted, in order that God will not say how sinfully you have acted.
2 Gama da irin shari’ar da kuka yi wa waɗansu, da ita za a shari’anta ku. Mudun da kuka yi awo da shi, da shi za a yi muku.
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}.
3 “Don me kake duban ɗan tsinken da yake idon ɗan’uwanka, alhali kuwa ga gungume a naka ido?
(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.
4 Yaya za ka ce wa ɗan’uwanka, ‘Bari in cire maka ɗan tsinken nan daga idonka,’ alhali kuwa a kowane lokaci akwai gungume a naka ido?
(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].
5 Kai munafuki, fara cire gungumen da yake idonka, a sa’an nan ne za ka iya gani sosai yadda za ka cire ɗan tsinken da yake a idon ɗan’uwanka.
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.”
6 “Kada ku ba karnuka abin da yake mai tsarki; kada kuma ku jefa wa aladu lu’ulu’anku. In kuka yi haka za su tattake su, sa’an nan su juyo su jijji muku ciwo.
“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].”
7 “Ku roƙa za a ba ku; ku nema za ku samu; ku ƙwanƙwasa za a kuwa buɗe muku ƙofa.
“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].
8 Gama duk wanda ya roƙa, akan ba shi; wanda ya nema kuwa, yakan samu, wanda kuma ya ƙwanƙwasa, za a buɗe masa ƙofa.
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].
9 “Wane ne a cikinku in ɗansa ya roƙe shi burodi, sai yă ba shi dutse?
(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]
10 Ko kuwa in ya roƙe shi kifi, sai yă ba shi maciji?
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]
11 In ku da kuke mugaye kun san yadda za ku ba da kyautai masu kyau ga’ya’yanku, balle Ubanku na sama, ba zai fi ku iya ba da abubuwa masu kyau, ga su waɗanda suka roƙe shi ba!
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.”
12 Saboda haka, duk abin da kuke so mutane su yi muku, ku ma sai ku yi musu, domin wannan shi ne Doka da koyarwar Annabawa sun ƙunsa.
“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].”
13 “Ku shiga ta matsattsiyar ƙofa. Gama ƙofar zuwa hallaka faɗaɗɗiya ce mai sauƙin bi kuma, masu shiga ta cikinta kuwa suna da yawa.
“[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)
14 Amma ƙofar zuwa rai, ƙarama ce matsattsiya kuma, masu samunta kuwa kaɗan ne.
15 “Ku yi hankali da annabawan ƙarya. Sukan zo muku da kamannin tumaki, amma daga ciki mugayen kyarketai ne.
“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].
16 Ta wurin aikinsu za ku gane su. Mutane suna iya tsinkan inabi a jikin ƙaya, ko kuwa ɓaure a jikin sarƙaƙƙiya?
[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]
17 Haka ma kowane itace mai kyau yakan ba da’ya’ya masu kyau, kuma mummunan itace ba ya ba da’ya’ya masu kyau.
[Here is another example]: All good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all unhealthy trees produce worthless fruit.
18 Itace mai kyau ba ya ba da munanan’ya’ya, haka kuma mummunan itace ba ya ba da’ya’ya masu kyau.
No good fruit tree is able to produce worthless fruit, and no unhealthy tree is able to produce good fruit.
19 Duk itacen da ba ya ba da’ya’ya masu kyau sai a sare shi a jefa cikin wuta.
[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)
20 Ta haka, ta wurin aikinsu za ku gane su.”
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].”
21 “Ba duk mai ce mini, ‘Ubangiji, Ubangiji,’ ne zai shiga mulkin sama ba, sai dai wanda yake aikata nufin Ubana da yake sama.
“[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].
22 Da yawa za su ce mini a wannan rana, ‘Ubangiji, Ubangiji, ashe, ba mu yi annabci a cikin sunanka ba, ba kuma a cikin sunanka ne muka fitar da aljanu, muka yi abubuwan banmamaki da yawa ba?’
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]!’
23 Sa’an nan zan ce musu a fili, ‘Ban taɓa saninku ba. Ku rabu da ni, ku masu aikata mugunta!’
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!’”
24 “Saboda haka duk wanda yake jin kalmomin nan nawa yake kuma aikata su, yana kama da mutum mai hikima wanda ya gina gidansa a kan dutse.
“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.
25 Ruwan sama ya sauko, rafuffuka suka cika, iska kuma ta hura ta bugi gidan; duk da haka bai fāɗi ba, gama yana da harsashinsa a kan dutse.
[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.
26 Amma duk wanda yake jin kalmomin nan nawa bai kuwa aikata su ba, yana kama da wani wawa wanda ya gina gidansa a kan yashi.
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.
27 Ruwan sama ya sauko, rafuffuka suka cika, iska kuwa ta hura ta bugi gidan, sai ya fāɗi da mummunar ragargajewa kuwa.”
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].”
28 Sa’ad da Yesu ya gama faɗin waɗannan abubuwa, sai taron mutanen suka yi mamakin koyarwarsa,
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.
29 domin ya koyar kamar wani wanda yake da iko, ba kamar malamansu na dokoki ba.
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].

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