Matayo 23
1 Yesu alobaki na ebele ya bato mpe na bayekoli na Ye:
Then Jesus conversed with the multitude and with his disciples,
2 « Balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo bazali na mokumba ya koteya bato mibeko ya Moyize.
and said to them: The Scribes and Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses.
3 Boye, bosengeli kosala keba na mateya nyonso oyo bateyaka bino, mpe bobongisa etamboli na bino kolanda mateya na bango; kasi bomekola te misala na bango, pamba te batiaka mateya na bango na misala te.
Whatever therefore they tell you to observe, that observe and do. But according to their deeds, practise ye not: for they say, and do not.
4 Babongisaka mikumba ya kilo makasi mpe batiaka yango na mapeka ya bato mosusu, kasi bango moko balingaka ata moke te kotombola mosapi oyo ya moke mpo na kosunga bato yango na komema mikumba yango.
They tie up heavy burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but will not themselves touch them with their finger.
5 Misala nyonso oyo basalaka, basalaka yango kaka mpo ete bato bamona bango. Boye, bayeisaka minene mikanda na bango, oyo bakoma biteni ya Makomi, mpe milayi, basonge ya banzambala na bango.
And all their works they do, to be seen of men: for they make their phylacteries broad, and extend the fringes of their garments.
6 Balingaka kovanda na bisika ya lokumu kati na bafeti, mpe na bisika ya liboso kati na bandako ya mayangani;
And they love the highest couches at suppers and the highest seats in the synagogues,
7 balingaka ete bato bapesa bango mbote, na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka, mpe babenga bango ‹ Moteyi. ›
and the greeting in the market places, and to be addressed by men with Rabbi.
8 Kasi bino, bolinga te ete bato babenga bino ‹ Moteyi, › pamba te bozali na Moteyi kaka moko, mpe bino nyonso bozali bandeko.
But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Rabbi, and ye are all brethren.
9 Bobenga moto moko te awa na mokili ‹ Tata, › pamba te bozali kaka na Tata moko, mpe azali kati na Likolo.
And ye shall not call yourselves Father on earth; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.
10 Bolinga te ete bato babenga bino ‹ bakonzi, › pamba te bozali kaka na Mokonzi moko, Klisto.
And be ye not called guides; for one is your Guide, the Messiah.
11 Moto oyo aleki monene kati na bino akozala mosali na bino.
And the great one among you will be your servitor.
12 Pamba te moto oyo amitombolaka, bakokitisa ye; mpe oyo amikitisaka, bakotombola ye.
For whoever shall exalt himself, will be abased: and whoever shall abase himself, will be exalted.
13 Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Bokangaka nzela mpo ete bato mosusu bakota te kati na Bokonzi ya Likolo; bino moko, bozali kokota kuna te, kasi bozali lisusu kokanga nzela mpo ete bato oyo bazali na posa ya kokota bakota te. [
Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye devour the houses of widows, under the disguise of protracting your prayers. Therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation.
14 Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Boyibaka biloko ya basi oyo bakufisa mibali, mpe bosalaka mabondeli ya milayi-milayi mpo na kokosa bato. Mpo na yango, bokozwa etumbu oyo eleki makasi.]
Woe to you. Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye hold the kingdom of heaven closed before men; for ye enter not yourselves, and those that would enter ye suffer not to enter.
15 Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo: bato ya bilongi mibale! Bosalaka mibembo na ebale mpe na mokili mpo na koluka kozwa kaka mopagano moko oyo akondima kosambela na lingomba na bino; mpe soki kaka andimi, bokomisaka ye moto ya lifelo mbala mibale koleka bino moko. (Geenna g1067)
Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is gained, ye make him a child of hell twofold more than yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 Mawa na bino, batambolisi bakufa miso! Bolobaka: ‹ Soki moto alapi ndayi na kombo ya Tempelo, wana ezali likambo te; kasi soki alapi ndayi na kombo ya wolo ya Tempelo, wana asengeli kokokisa ndayi na ye. ›
Woe to you, ye blind guides: for ye say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold that is in the temple, he is holden.
17 Bino, bakufi miso, bozali penza bazoba! Eloko nini eleki motuya: wolo to Tempelo oyo ekomisaka wolo bule?
Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18 Bolobaka lisusu: ‹ Soki moto alapi ndayi na kombo ya etumbelo, wana ezali likambo te; kasi soki alapi ndayi na kombo ya likabo oyo ezali na likolo ya etumbelo, asengeli kokokisa ndayi na ye. ›
And, whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing: but whoever shall swear by the oblation upon it, he is holden.
19 Bakufi miso! Eloko nini eleki motuya: likabo to etumbelo oyo ekomisi likabo bule?
Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the oblation, or the altar that sanctifieth the oblation?
20 Pamba te moto oyo alapi ndayi na kombo ya etumbelo alapi yango na kombo ya etumbelo yango mpe na kombo ya biloko nyonso oyo ezali na likolo na yango.
He therefore who sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that is upon it.
21 Moto oyo mpe alapi ndayi na kombo ya Tempelo alapi yango na kombo ya Tempelo yango mpe na Kombo ya Ye oyo avandaka kati na yango.
And he who sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it.
22 Mpe moto oyo alapi ndayi na kombo ya Likolo alapi yango na kombo ya Kiti ya Bokonzi ya Nzambe mpe na Kombo ya Ye oyo avandelaka yango.
And he who sweareth by heaven, sweareth by throne of God, and by him that sitteth on it.
23 Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Solo, bofutaka eteni ya zomi ya bandembi, ya bamusikadi mpe ya biloko ya mike-mike ya solo kitoko; kasi bomonaka pamba makambo oyo eleki motuya kati na Mobeko: bosembo, motema mawa mpe kondima. Nzokande, bosengeli nde kotia yango na misala mpe kozwa na motuya likambo oyo wana ya kofuta eteni ya zomi.
Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and omit the graver matters of the law, judgment, and mercy, and fidelity: these ought ye to do, and those not to omit.
24 Bino, batambolisi bakufa miso! Solo, bolongolaka nzinzi oyo ekweyaka na masanga na bino, kasi bomelaka shamo mobimba.
Ye blind guides, who strain out gnats, and swallow down camels.
25 Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Bosukolaka malamu libanda ya bakopo mpe ya basani, kasi botondisaka yango na biloko ya moyibi mpe ya lokoso na bino.
Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, while within they are full of rapine and wickedness.
26 Mofarizeo mokufi miso! Banda nanu na kopetola kati ya kopo mpe ya sani, bongo libanda ekokoma peto.
Ye blind Pharisees, cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that their outside may be clean also.
27 Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Bozali lokola bakunda oyo bapakola langi ya pembe: emonanaka kitoko na libanda, kasi etonda na mikuwa ya bakufi mpe na lolenge nyonso ya mbindo.
Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear comely without, but are within full of bones of the dead and all impurity.
28 Ndenge moko mpe mpo na bino: na libanda, bomonanaka lokola bato ya sembo na miso ya bato; kasi na kati, botondi na lokuta mpe na mabe.
So ye also, outwardly, appear to men as righteous; but within, ye are full of iniquity and hypocrisy.
29 Mawa na bino, balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo, bato ya bilongi mibale! Botongaka bakunda mpo na basakoli, mpe bokomisaka kitoko malita ya bato ya sembo.
Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: for ye build the tombs of the prophets and ye adorn the sepulchres of the righteous;
30 Bolobaka: ‹ Soki tozalaki na bomoi na tango ya bakoko na biso, tolingaki kosangana te elongo na bango mpo na kotangisa makila ya basakoli. ›
and ye say: If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been participators with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Boye, na maloba na bino moko, bondimaka ete bozali penza bakitani ya bato oyo babomaki basakoli.
Wherefore ye are witnesses, against yourselves, that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets.
32 Bokoba malamu na mosala oyo batata na bino babandaki, mosala ya koboma basakoli!
And as for you, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
33 Bino, banyoka, libota ya bitupa! Ndenge nini bokoki kokanisa ete bokokima etumbu ya lifelo? (Geenna g1067)
Ye serpents, ye race of vipers: how can ye escape the condemnation of hell? (Geenna g1067)
34 Mpo na yango, Ngai nakotindela bino basakoli, bato ya bwanya mpe balakisi ya Mobeko. Bokoboma mpe bokobaka bamoko na ekulusu, bokobeta bamosusu fimbu kati na bandako na bino ya mayangani mpe bokobengana bango na engumba moko na moko,
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city:
35 mpo ete makila ya bato nyonso ya sembo, oyo basopa na mabele, etangama na mito na bino, kobanda na makila ya Abele, moto ya sembo, kino na makila ya Zakari, mwana mobali ya Barashi, oyo bobomaki kati ya Tempelo mpe etumbelo.
so that on you may come all the blood of the righteous, which hath been shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: etumbu oyo esengeli mpo na mabe wana nyonso ekokweyela bato ya ekeke oyo.
Verily I say to you, that all these things will come upon this generation.
37 Yelusalemi, Yelusalemi, yo oyo obomaka basakoli mpe obambaka bato oyo Nzambe atindelaka yo mabanga, mbala boni nalingaki kosangisa bana na yo, ndenge soso ya mwasi esangisaka bana na yango na se ya mapapu na yango, kasi boboyaki!
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children, as a hen gathereth her young under her wings, and ye would not.
38 Sik’oyo, ndako na bino ezali kosundolama.
Behold, your house is left to you desolate!
39 Pamba te, nazali koloba na bino: Kobanda lelo, bokotikala komona Ngai lisusu te kino bokoloba: ‹ Tika ete apambolama, Ye oyo ayei na Kombo ya Nkolo! › »
For I say to you, That ye shall not see me henceforth, until ye shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
