Matio 23
1 Le nitaroñe’ Iesoà amy lahialeñey naho amo mpiama’eo,
Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples.
2 ty hoe: Fiambesa’ o Fariseoo naho o Androanavio ty fiambesa’ i Mosè;
"The Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat;
3 ze itsara’e, ambeno naho ano; fe ko oriheñe o fepè’ iareo ndra o sata’ iareoo, amy t’ie misaontsy fa tsy manao.
"therefore do and observe whatever they bid you; but do not do as they do, for they preach, but do not practise.
4 Mitakàroke iereo, manolotse voròngo jabajaba saro-jinie’ ty soro’ ondaty, f’ie mifoneñe tsy hañonjoñe ndra ty rambom-pitàñe hameve aze.
"For they bind heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger to move them.
5 Fonga anoe’ iereo ho fisambañe o fitoloña’ iareoo; itare’ iereo ty kontra’iareo, naho halavae’ iereo o lifin-tsarimbo’ iareoo.
"For they do all their good deeds to be gazed on of men. They widen their phylacteries,
6 Tea’ iereo ty hàndre an-dohà’e eo amo sabadidakeoo, naho ty ampiambesareñe aolo am-pivory ao,
"and lengthen the tassels, and are fond of the best places at banquets, and the front seats in the synagogues.
7 naho ty mibaboke an-damoke ao, vaho ty hikanjiañe ty hoe: Raby.
"They enjoy salutations in the market-places, and to have men call them ‘Rabbi.’
8 Fe ko irie’areo te hanoeñe ty hoe Talè, amy te raike ty Talè’ areo, vaho mpiroahalahy iaby nahareo.
"But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’; for one is your Teacher, and you are all brothers;
9 Tsy ho kanjie’ areo ty hoe Rae t’indaty an-tane atoy, fa raike t’i Rae’ areo, i andindìñey.
"and call no one ‘Father’ on earth, for One is your Father in heaven.
10 Tsy hatao Mpiaolo ka nahareo, fa raike ty Mpiaolo’ areo, i Norizañey.
"And call no one ‘Leader,’ because One is your leader, even the Christ.
11 Ty bey ama’areo ty hitoroñe anahareo.
"Whoever is great among you shall be your minister;
12 Harèke ty mitoabotse, haonjoñe ty miambane.
"whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
13 Hankàñe ama’ areo Fariseo naho Androanavio, ty mpamañahy! amy te agabe’ areo am’ondatio i fifehean-dikerañey; tsy imoaha’ areo, le sebañe’ areo tsy himoake ao o te hizilikeo.
"But woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces; for you do not enter, yourselves, nor do you permit those who are about to come in, to enter.
14 Hankàñe ama’ areo Fariseo naho Androanavio, ty mpamañahy! Abotse’ areo naho infanjara’ areo ty hanaña’ o vantotseo ami’ty kora-lava. Aa le ho fandilovañ’ ela ty anahareo.
(Is wanting in the oldest manuscripts.)
15 Mañariary riake naho tane nahareo hamehe ty tro’ ondaty raike ho ami’ty fiantofa’areo, ie mivahotse ao le fa indroe’ i taoloy ty haratia’e. (Geenna g1067)
"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you scour sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is gained, you make him twofold more a son of hell than you are, yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 Hankàñe ama’ areo ry fifañosoña’ ty goa, ie atao’ areo ty hoe: Tsy hañavake ty mifanta amy anjomban’ Añaharey, fe azi’areo hañavake ty mifanta aman-dra inoñ’ inoñe natokañe ami’ty firafi’ i anjomban’ Añaharey!
"Woe unto you, blind guides, who say, If any one swears by the Sanctuary, it is nothing, but if any one swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, the oath is binding.
17 Ry ondaty dagola naho goao! ty aia ty ambone, o raha natokan-ko amy anjombay, ke i anjombay?
"You fools and blind; for which is greater, the gold, or the Sanctuary which hallows the gold?
18 Le tsy ampañavaha’areo ka ty mifanta amy kitreliy, fe azi’areo hañenga ty mifanta amy engaeñe amy kitreliy.
"You say, too, that whoever swears by the offering that is upon it, his oath is binding.
19 Ty goa; aia ty ambone, i engaeñey hera i kitreliy, i engay ke i anjombay?
"You blind! Which is greater, the offering or the altar which hallows the offering?
20 Ty mifanta amy kitreliy mifanta ama’e naho amy ze he’e ama’e.
"He then, who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it;
"and he who swears by the Sanctuary swears by it and by Him who dwells therein;
22 Ze mifanta amy fiambesan’ Añaharey, mifanta ama’e naho amy mpiambesatse ama’ey.
"and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits thereon.
23 Hankàñe ama’ areo, Fariseo naho Androanavio, Asese’ areo ty faha-folo’ o añam-poretrakeo, ty beañe, naho ty taikombelahy, fe apo’ areo ty vente’ o lili’ i Hake zao: ty fatarihañe, ty hatò, naho ty figahiñañe; toe hanoeñe i lily rezay fe tsy handikofañe o ila’eo.
"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and neglect the weightier matters of the Law - justice and mercy and good faith; these latter you ought to have done, and not to have left the former undone.
24 Ry tirim-piaolo goa, mpanatavañe lale-dronono vaho mpampigedran-drameva.
"You blind guides! who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!
25 Hankàñe ama’ areo, Fariseo naho Androanavio, ty mpamañahy! Liove’ areo alafe’e ty fitovy naho ty akalañe, f’ie lifo-katramo naho haleorañe ty ao.
"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but within they are filled with extortion and excess.
26 Ty mpamañahy, liovo hey ty am-po’e ao, le halio ka ty alafe’e.
"You blind Pharisees, first clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside of it may be clean also.
27 Hankàñe ama’ areo, Fariseo naho Androanavio, ty mpamañahy! fa mpihambañe amo kibory nifotieñeo, ie fanjàka ho a ondatio ty alafe’e eo, fe minitse taolan-dolo naho hativàñe ty ao.
"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like white- washed sepulchers. They look beautiful without, but within they are filled with dead men’s bones and all rottenness.
28 Ie mieva h’ondaty vañoñe añatrefa’ ondatio, te mone atsa-pamañahiañe vaho halo-tsereke ty an-tro’ areo ao.
"Just so you also outwardly appear to men, just, but within you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29 Hankàñe ama’ areo, mpamañahy, Fariseo naho Androanavio! Fa aore’ areo ty lona’ o mpitokio naho volovoloe’ areo ty kibori’ o mahitio,
"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You rebuild the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous, and say,
30 vaho manao ty hoe: Naho teo zahay tañ’ andron-droae’ay le tsy ho nomei’ay ty hañohofan-doza amo mpitokio.
"‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been their comrades in the murder of the prophets.’
31 Aa le mpitalily vatañe t’ie ana’ o mpamono mpitokio.
"So you bear witness against yourselves, that you are the descendants of those who slew the prophets!
32 Fanoe’ areo o satan-droae’ areoo.
"Fill up then the measure of your fathers!
33 Ty mereñe! Tariran-dapetake, akore ty hipotitsiha’ areo ty fa’ i tsikeokeokey naho tsy mitolike am-pisolohoañe? (Geenna g1067)
"You serpents! You vipers brood! How shall you escape the judgment of hell? (Geenna g1067)
34 Aa le: Inao, hañitrifako mpitoky naho mahihitse naho Androanavy; ho vonoe’ areo ty ila’e, ho lafae’ areo am-pivori’ areo ao ty ila’e, vaho ho horidañe’ areo an-tanañe pak’an-drova.
"For this cause, behold! I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and pursue from city to city;
35 Soa te hene hafetsake ama’ areo ze lio miavake nadoañe an-tane atoy, mifototse ami’ty lio’ i Abela vañoñey, pak’ami’ty lio’ i Zakaria ana’ i Barakia vinono’ areo añivo’ i anjomban’ Añaharey naho i kitreliy.
"that upon your heads may come every drop of innocent blood spilt upon the earth, from the blood of Abel, the just, to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the Sanctuary and the altar.
36 Eka! to t’itaroñako te, hidoñe ami’ty tariratse toy i he’e zay,
"In solemn truth I tell you that all these things will come upon this generation.
37 naho am’ Ierosaleme, mpamono mpitoky, naho manintake o niraheñeo; impire hao ty nisalalako hatontoñe o ana’oo, hambañe ami’ty anontona’ ty rene akoho o ana’e ambanen’ ela’eo, fe tsy nimete nahareo!
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not!
38 Aa le hengañe mangoakoake ama’areo o anjomba’areoo;
"Behold, your house is left to you desolate!
39 Eka! itaroñako te tsy ho oni’ areo iraho henane zao, ampara’ te hanoe’ areo ty hoe: Andriañeñe ty mitotsak’ ami’ty tahina’ Iehovà!
"For I tell you that never shall you see me again until you say, "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord." "nor did they know until the deluge came and swept them away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.
