Matteo 5
1 ED egli, vedendo le turbe, salì sopra il monte; e postosi a sedere, i suoi discepoli si accostarono a lui.
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a hillside. He sat down [in order to teach] his disciples. They came near to him [to listen to him].
2 Ed egli, aperta la bocca, li ammaestrava, dicendo:
Then he began to teach them by saying,
3 Beati i poveri in ispirito, perciocchè il regno de' cieli è loro.
[God] is pleased with people who recognize that they have a spiritual [need]; he will allow them to be the people whose lives he rules over.
4 Beati coloro che fanno cordoglio, perciocchè saranno consolati.
[God] is pleased with people who mourn [because they have sinned; ] they will be encouraged {he will encourage them.}
5 Beati i mansueti, perciocchè essi erederanno la terra.
[God] is pleased with people who are meek; they will inherit the earth [that God will recreate].
6 Beati coloro che sono affamati ed assetati della giustizia, perciocchè saranno saziati.
[God] is pleased with people who sincerely [desire to live] righteously [just like they] desire to eat and drink [MET]; they will be enabled {he will enable them} to do all that he desires [MET].
7 Beati i misericordiosi, perciocchè misericordia sarà loro fatta.
[God] is pleased with people who act mercifully; he will act mercifully to them.
8 Beati i puri di cuore, perciocchè vedranno Iddio.
[God] is pleased with people who think only about that which pleases him; [some day] they will [be where] God is and will see him.
9 Beati i pacifici, perciocchè saranno chiamati figliuoli di Dio.
[God] is pleased with people who help other people to live peacefully; they will be considered to be {he will consider that they are} his children [MET].
10 Beati coloro che son perseguitati per cagion di giustizia, perciocchè il regno de' cieli è loro.
[God is pleased with] people to whom evil things are done {to whom [other people] do evil things} because they [conducted themselves] righteously; he will allow them to be where he rules over people.
11 Voi sarete beati, quando [gli uomini] vi avranno vituperati, e perseguitati; e, mentendo, avran detto contro a voi ogni mala parola per cagion mia.
[God is pleased with] you when [other] people insult you, when [other people] do evil things to you and when [other people] say falsely [that] you are evil because [you believe in] me.
12 Rallegratevi, e giubilate; perciocchè il vostro premio è grande ne' cieli; perciocchè così hanno perseguitati i profeti che [sono stati] innanzi a voi.
[When that happens], rejoice and be glad [DOU], because [God will give] you a great reward in heaven. [God will think highly of you], just like [he thought highly of] the prophets whom your [ancestors persecuted] long ago.
13 VOI siete il sale della terra; ora, se il sale diviene insipido, con che lo si salerà egli? non val più a nulla, se non ad esser gettato via, e ad essere calpestato dagli uomini.
“You are [able to influence] evil [people] [MTY] [and improve the way they live in order that they do not become more evil, just like] salt [is able to improve the flavor of food and to preserve it] [MET] [from spoiling]. Salt that no longer tastes salty cannot become salty again [RHQ]. As a result, that salt becomes useless. It is rejected by people, thrown on the ground, and walked on {People reject it, throw it on the ground and walk on it} [MET]. [Similarly, if the way you live no longer influences people to live in a godly manner, God will reject you].
14 Voi siete la luce del mondo; la città posta sopra un monte non può esser nascosta.
You [enable] evil [people] [MTY] [to perceive God’s truth as] a light [enables people to perceive what is around them. Just like] everyone can see [LIT] [the lights of] a city on a hill [MET], [other people can see what you do].
15 Parimente, non si accende la lampana, e si mette sotto il moggio; anzi [si mette] sopra il candelliere, ed ella luce a tutti coloro che [sono] in casa.
After people light a lamp, they never put it under a basket. Instead, [they put it] on a lampstand in their houses in order that it can shine on everyone there.
16 Così risplenda la vostra luce nel cospetto degli uomini, acciocchè veggano le vostre buone opere, e glorifichino il Padre vostro che [è] ne' cieli.
[Similarly], you need to do [what is right] [MET] in such a manner that other people can see the good deeds that you do, and as a result they will praise your Father [who is] in heaven.”
17 NON pensate ch'io sia venuto per annullar la legge od i prefeti; io non son venuto per annullarli; anzi per adempierli.
“I came to earth, not to annul the laws [that God gave Moses] or [what] the prophets [MTY] [wrote]. Instead, I [came] to cause to happen [what the authors of those books predicted would happen]. So do not think any longer that I have come [to earth] in order that I might annul [what they wrote].
18 Perciocchè, io vi dico in verità, che, finchè sia passato il cielo e la terra, non pure un iota, od una punta della legge trapasserà, che ogni cosa non sia fatta.
Keep this in mind: [Every] point of those laws, [including those points that seem] least important, and even the smallest details of the laws [MTY] will surely be in effect [HYP, LIT] until the heavens and the earth disappear and until all [that God told their authors to write] happens.
19 Chi adunque avrà rotto uno di questi minimi comandamenti, ed avrà così insegnati gli uomini, sarà chiamato il minimo nel regno de' cieli; ma colui che [li] metterà ad effetto, e [li] insegnerà, sarà chiamato grande nel regno de' cieli.
Since [all God’s laws are important], if anyone disobeys any of those commandments, [even if it would be] one of the least [important ones], and if that person teaches people [to disobey any of those commandments], it will be said {[God] will say} that that person is the least [important] of those in the place where [EUP] God rules. But those who obey [those commandments] and teach [other people to obey them, it will be said] {[God] will say} that they are very important among those that God rules.
20 Perciocchè io vi dico che se la vostra giustizia non abbonda più che [quella de]gli Scribi e de' Farisei, voi non entrerete punto nel regno de' cieli.
Keep this in mind: [You assume that] the Pharisees and the men who teach our laws [faithfully obey] what God commands. But if you do not obey those laws better than they obey them, you will by no means enter the place where God rules.”
21 Voi avete udito che fu detto agli antichi: Non uccidere; e: Chiunque ucciderà sarà sottoposto al giudizio.
“You have heard [your religious teachers say] that it was said {that [Moses] said} to your ancestors, ‘Do not murder [anyone.’ This implied that] if someone murders [another person], the judge will condemn that person [and] sentence him to be [executed] {[say that someone must execute him]}.
22 Ma io vi dico che chiunque si adira contro al suo fratello, senza cagione, sarà sottoposto al giudizio; e chi gli avrà detto: Raca, sarà sottoposto al concistoro; e chi gli avrà detto: Pazzo, sarà sottoposto alla geenna del fuoco. (Geenna g1067)
But what I say to you is this: [If you are] angry with someone, [God] will judge you. If you say to someone, ‘[You are worthless],’ the Jewish Council will judge you. If you [hate someone], and say to them 'You fool!' you. yourself, will be in danger of being thrown into the fires in hell. (Geenna g1067)
23 Se dunque tu offerisci la tua offerta sopra l'altare, e quivi ti ricordi che il tuo fratello ha qualche cosa contro a te,
So, when you take your gift [for God] to the altar, if you remember that you have offended someone,
24 lascia quivi la tua offerta dinanzi all'altare, e va', e riconciliati prima col tuo fratello; ed allora vieni, ed offerisci la tua offerta.
leave your gift by the altar, and first go [to the person you have offended]. Tell that person that you are sorry for what you have done, and ask that person to forgive you. Then go back and offer your gift [to God].
25 Fa' presto amichevole accordo col tuo avversario, mentre sei tra via con lui; che talora il [tuo] avversario non ti dia in mano del giudice, e il giudice ti dia in mano del sergente, e sii cacciato in prigione.
[Also], when a fellow citizen [takes you to court in order to] accuse you, settle accounts with that person quickly while you are walking with that person [to court]. Do that [while there still is time to do so] in order that he will not take you to the judge, [because if] the judge [favors the person who is accusing you, he will declare that you are guilty and send you] to the prison guard, and the prison guard will put you in prison.
26 Io ti dico in verità, che tu non uscirai di là, finchè tu non abbia pagato l'ultimo quattrino.
Keep this in mind: [If you go to prison], you will never get out [because you will never be able to] pay all that the judge says that you owe [MET]. [And remember also that] you [ought to settle accounts with God before you die, too].”
27 Voi avete udito che fu detto agli antichi: Non commettere adulterio.
“You have heard [God’s] commandment, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
28 Ma io vi dico che chiunque riguarda una donna, per appetirla, già ha commesso adulterio con lei nel suo cuore.
But what I say to you is this: If a man only looks at a woman desiring to have sex with her, [God considers that] his doing that [MET] is sin.
29 Ora, se l'occhio tuo destro ti fa intoppare, cavalo, e gettalo via da te; perciocchè egli val meglio per te che un de' tuoi membri perisca, che non che tutto il tuo corpo sia gettato nella geenna. (Geenna g1067)
If because of what you see [MTY] you [are tempted to] sin, [stop looking at those things! Even if you have to] gouge out one of your eyes and throw it away [HYP] [to avoid sinning, do it!] It is good [that you not sin and] as a result [go to heaven, even though while you are still here on earth] you lack one [or both of] your eyes. But it is not good [that you continue to have two eyes and sin and, as a result, God] sends your whole body to hell. (Geenna g1067)
30 E se la tua man destra ti fa intoppare, mozzala, e gettala via da te; perciocchè egli val meglio per te che un de' tuoi membri perisca, che non che tutto il tuo corpo sia gettato nella geenna. (Geenna g1067)
If you are [tempted to] use one of your hands to sin [MTY], [stop using your hand. Even if you have to] cut your hand off and throw it away [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good [that you do not sin and as a result you go to heaven, even though while you are still here on earth] you lack one [or both] of your [hands]. But it is not good [that you sin and, as a result, God] sends your whole body to hell.” (Geenna g1067)
31 Or egli fu detto, che chiunque ripudierà la sua moglie, le dia la scritta del divorzio.
“It is written {[Moses] wrote}, ‘If a man is divorcing his wife, he should write a document [on which he states that he is] divorcing her.’
32 Ma io vi dico, che chiunque avrà mandata via la sua moglie, salvo che per cagion di fornicazione, la fa essere adultera; e chiunque avrà sposata colei ch'è mandata via commette adulterio.
But [now listen to what] I say to you: [A man] may [divorce his wife] only if she has committed adultery, [and not for any other reason]. If a man divorces his wife [for any other reason, and he has sex with another woman], he makes his wife become one against whom he has committed adultery, [because in God’s estimation she still is his wife]. Also, if a man marries a woman who is divorced {whose husband has divorced her}, [God considers] him [guilty of] committing adultery.”
33 Oltre a ciò, voi avete udito che fu detto agli antichi: Non ispergiurarti; anzi attieni al Signore le cose che avrai giurate.
“You have also heard [your religious teachers say] that it was written {that [Moses] wrote} to your ancestors, ‘Make sure that you do what you promised the Lord that you would do!’ [DOU]
34 Ma io vi dico: Del tutto non giurate; nè per lo cielo, perciocchè è il trono di Dio;
But [now listen to what] I say to you: Never promise to do anything and then ask a superior being to affirm [that what you are saying will happen. For example, do] not [promise that you will give something and then ask spiritual beings in] heaven [MTY] [to affirm that you will do it], because heaven is where God [sits] on his throne [MTY] [to rule over people].
35 nè per la terra, perciocchè è lo scannello de' suoi piedi; nè per Gerusalemme, perciocchè è la città del gran Re.
[Also, do] not [promise that you will give something and then ask spiritual beings] on earth [MTY] [to affirm that you will do it], because the earth is where God rests his feet [MET]. [Also, do] not [promise that you will do something and ask religious authorities] in Jerusalem [to affirm that you will do it], because Jerusalem is the city where [God], the great King [rules].
36 Non giurare eziandio per lo tuo capo, conciossiachè tu non possa fare un capello bianco, o nero.
[Also, do not promise that you will do something and then say that] your head [should be cut off] {[someone should cut off] your head} [if you do not do it]. You are not [even] able to [change the color of the hair of your head by] making one [black] hair white or one [white] hair black.
37 Anzi, sia il vostro parlare: Sì, sì; no, no; ma ciò che è di soverchio sopra queste [parole], procede dal maligno.
[If you talk about doing something], just say ‘Yes, I [will do it],’ or ‘No, I [will not do it].’ [If you say] anything more than that, it is from [Satan], the Evil One.”
38 Voi avete udito che fu detto: Occhio per occhio, e dente per dente.
“You have heard [your religious teachers say] that [it is written] {[Moses wrote]}, ‘[Retaliate like this]: [If someone damages] one of your eyes, [someone should damage] one of that person’s eyes. [If someone damages] one of your teeth, [someone should damage] one of that person’s teeth.’
39 Ma io vi dico: Non contrastate al male; anzi, se alcuno ti percuote in su la guancia destra, rivolgigli ancor l'altra.
But [now listen to what] I say to you: Do not take revenge for evil [deeds done] {[that other people do]} [to you]. Instead, if someone [insults you by] striking you on one cheek, turn your other cheek toward that person [in order that he can strike it also].
40 E se alcuno vuol contender teco, e torti la tonica, lasciagli eziandio il mantello.
If someone wants to sue you and take your (inner garment/shirt), give him your (outer garment/coat) also.
41 E se alcuno ti angaria un miglio, vanne seco due.
If a [military authority] compels you to go with him one mile [and carry his gear], go with him two miles [and carry his gear].
42 Da' a chi ti chiede, e non rifiutar la domanda di chi vuol prendere [alcuna cosa] in prestanza da te.
Also, if someone asks you for [something], give [him what he is asking for]. If someone requests you to lend him [something], do not refuse [to lend it to him].”
43 Voi avete udito ch'egli fu detto: Ama il tuo prossimo, e odia il tuo nemico.
“You have heard [your religious teachers say that it is written that Moses wrote], ‘Love the citizens of your country and hate your enemies.’
44 Ma io vi dico: Amate i vostri nemici, benedite coloro che vi maledicono, fate bene a coloro che vi odiano, e pregate per coloro che vi fanno torto, e vi perseguitano;
But [now listen to what] I say to you: Love your enemies [as well as your friends], and pray for those who cause you to suffer.
45 acciocchè siate figliuoli del Padre vostro, che [è] ne' cieli; poichè egli fa levare il suo sole sopra i buoni, e sopra i malvagi; e piovere sopra i giusti, e sopra gl'ingiusti.
Do that in order to imitate what [God], your Father [who is] in heaven, does. He desires that you [MET] do [like he does]. [He acts kindly to all people. For example, he causes] the sun to shine [equally] on wicked [people] and on good [people], and [he sends] rain [both] on righteous [people] and on unrighteous [people].
46 Perciocchè, se voi amate coloro che vi amano, che premio ne avrete? non fanno ancora i pubblicani lo stesso?
If you love [only] the people who love you, ([do not expect God to] reward you [in heaven]!/will [God] reward you [in heaven]?) [RHQ] [This is based on the fact that everyone], even the tax collectors, [who you think are very great sinners], love [RHQ] those who love them. [If you act like them], ([you are not any different from tax collectors!/in what way are you different from tax collectors]?) [RHQ]
47 E se fate accoglienza solo a' vostri amici, che fate di singolare? non fanno ancora i pubblicani il simigliante?
If you want [God] to bless only your friends, (you are not acting any better than other people!/are you acting any better than other people?) [RHQ] Even the non-Jews, [who you think sin very much] (OR, [you think are unacceptable to God]), want God to bless their friends [RHQ], [but God does not reward them for that].
48 Voi adunque siate perfetti, come è perfetto il Padre vostro, che [è] ne' cieli.
[You need to love those who do not love you], and in that way become perfect as [God] your Father, [who is] in heaven, is perfect.”
