Matayo 23
1 Yesu alobaki na ebele ya bato mpe na bayekoli na Ye:
Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples,
2 « Balakisi ya Mobeko mpe Bafarizeo bazali na mokumba ya koteya bato mibeko ya Moyize.
saying, 'On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;
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.
all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do 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.
for they bind together burdens heavy and grievous to be borne, and lay upon the shoulders of men, but with their finger they will not move them.
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 by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge 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;
they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 balingaka ete bato bapesa bango mbote, na bisika oyo bato ebele bakutanaka, mpe babenga bango ‹ Moteyi. ›
and the salutations in the market-places, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8 Kasi bino, bolinga te ete bato babenga bino ‹ Moteyi, › pamba te bozali na Moteyi kaka moko, mpe bino nyonso bozali bandeko.
'And ye — ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director — the Christ, and all ye are brethren;
9 Bobenga moto moko te awa na mokili ‹ Tata, › pamba te bozali kaka na Tata moko, mpe azali kati na Likolo.
and ye may not call [any] your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,
10 Bolinga te ete bato babenga bino ‹ bakonzi, › pamba te bozali kaka na Mokonzi moko, Klisto.
nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director — the Christ.
11 Moto oyo aleki monene kati na bino akozala mosali na bino.
And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,
12 Pamba te moto oyo amitombolaka, bakokitisa ye; mpe oyo amikitisaka, bakotombola ye.
and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall 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! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.
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! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.
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! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen — ye make him a son of gehenna 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, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary — is debtor!
17 Bino, bakufi miso, bozali penza bazoba! Eloko nini eleki motuya: wolo to Tempelo oyo ekomisaka wolo bule?
Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying 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 may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it — is debtor!
19 Bakufi miso! Eloko nini eleki motuya: likabo to etumbelo oyo ekomisi likabo bule?
Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?
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 did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on 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 did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling 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 did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon 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! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law — the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved [you] to do, and those not to neglect.
24 Bino, batambolisi bakufa miso! Solo, bolongolaka nzinzi oyo ekweyaka na masanga na bino, kasi bomelaka shamo mobimba.
'Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.
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! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.
26 Mofarizeo mokufi miso! Banda nanu na kopetola kati ya kopo mpe ya sani, bongo libanda ekokoma peto.
'Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.
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! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;
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 also ye outwardly indeed do appear to men righteous, and within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs 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 say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers 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.
So that ye testify to yourselves, that ye are sons of them who did murder the prophets;
32 Bokoba malamu na mosala oyo batata na bino babandaki, mosala ya koboma basakoli!
and ye — ye fill up the measure of your fathers.
33 Bino, banyoka, libota ya bitupa! Ndenge nini bokoki kokanisa ete bokokima etumbu ya lifelo? (Geenna g1067)
'Serpents! brood of vipers! how may ye escape from the judgment of the gehenna? (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,
'Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue 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.
that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary 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, all these things shall 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!
'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that art killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto thee, how often did I will to gather thy children together, as a hen doth gather her own chickens under the wings, and ye did not will.
38 Sik’oyo, ndako na bino ezali kosundolama.
Lo, left desolate to you is your house;
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, ye may not see me henceforth, till ye may say, Blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord.'
