Mateus 23
1 Então fallou Jesus á multidão, e aos seus discipulos,
Then Jesus speaking to the crowds and to his disciples, said:
2 Dizendo: Na cadeira de Moysés estão assentados os escribas e phariseos.
“The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.
3 Observae, pois, e practicae tudo o que vos disserem; mas não procedaes em conformidade com as suas obras, porque dizem e não praticam:
Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they tell preach but do not practice.
4 Pois atam fardos pesados e difficeis de supportar, e os põem aos hombros dos homens; elles, porém, nem com o dedo querem movel-os;
While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other men’s shoulder’s they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.
5 E fazem todas as obras a fim de serem vistos pelos homens; pois trazem largas phylacterias, e estendem as franjas dos seus vestidos,
All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,
6 E amam os primeiros logares nas ceias e as primeiras cadeiras nas synagogas,
and like to have the place of honour at dinner, and the best seats in the Synagogues,
7 E as saudações nas praças, e o serem chamados pelos homens--Rabbi, Rabbi.
and to be greeted in the markets with respect, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ for everybody.
8 Vós, porém, não queiraes ser chamados Rabbi, porque um só é o vosso Mestre, a saber, o Christo: e todos vós sois irmãos.
But do not allow yourselves to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one Teacher, and you yourselves are all Brothers.
9 E a ninguem na terra chameis vosso pae, porque um só é o vosso Pae, o qual está nos céus.
And do not call any one on the earth your ‘Father,’ for your have only one Father, the heavenly Father.
10 Nem vos chameis mestres, porque um só é o vosso Mestre, que é o Christo.
Nor must you allow yourselves to be called ‘Leaders,’ for you have only one Leader, the Christ.
11 Porém o maior d'entre vós será vosso servo.
The man who would be the greatest among you must be your servant.
12 E o que a si mesmo se exaltar será humilhado; e o que a si mesmo se humilhar será exaltado.
Whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.
13 Mas ai de vós, escribas e phariseos, hypocritas! pois que fechaes aos homens o reino dos céus; porque nem vós entraes nem deixaes entrar aos que entram.
But alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You turn the key of the Kingdom of Heaven in men’s faces. For you do not go in yourselves, nor yet allow those who try to go in to do so.
14 Ai de vós, escribas e phariseos, hypocritas! pois que devoraes as casas das viuvas, e isto com pretexto de prolongadas orações; por isso soffrereis mais rigoroso juizo.
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You destroy widow’s houses, even while pretending to make long prayers; therefore you shall receive greater condemnation.
15 Ai de vós, escribas e phariseos, hypocritas! pois que percorreis o mar e a terra para fazer um proselyto; e, depois de o terdes feito, o fazeis filho do inferno duas vezes mais do que vós. (Geenna g1067)
Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You scour land and sea to make a single convert, and, when he is gained, you make him twice as deserving of the Pit as you are yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 Ai de vós, conductores cegos! pois que dizeis: Qualquer que jurar pelo templo isso nada é; mas o que jurar pelo oiro do templo é devedor.
Alas for you, you blind guides! You say ‘if any answer by the Temple, his oath counts for nothing; but, if any one swears by the gold of the Temple, his oath is binding him’!
17 Insensatos e cegos! Pois qual é maior: o oiro, ou o templo, que sanctifica o oiro?
Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?
18 E aquelle que jurar pelo altar isso nada é; mas aquelle que jurar pela offerta que está sobre o altar é devedor.
You say, too, ‘If any one swears by the altar, his oath counts for nothing, but, if any one swears by the offering placed on it, his oath is binding on him’!
19 Insensatos e cegos! Pois qual é maior: a offerta, ou o altar, que sanctifica a offerta?
Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering?
20 Portanto, o que jurar pelo altar jura por elle e por tudo o que sobre elle está:
Therefore a man, swearing by the altar, swears by it and by all that is on it,
21 E o que jurar pelo templo jura por elle e por aquelle que n'elle habita:
and a man, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it,
22 E o que jurar pelo céu jura pelo throno de Deus e por aquelle que está assentado n'elle.
while a man, swearing by Heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.
23 Ai de vós, escribas e phariseos, hypocritas! pois que dizimaes a hortelã, o endro e o cominho, e desprezaes o mais importante da lei, o juizo, a misericordia e a fé: deveis, porém, fazer estas coisas, e não omittir aquellas.
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law — justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first.
24 Conductores cegos! que coaes o mosquito e engulis o camelo.
You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to swallow a camel!
25 Ai de vós, escribas e phariseos, hypocritas! pois que limpaes o exterior do copo e do prato, mas o interior está cheio de rapina e iniquidade.
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence.
26 Phariseo cego! limpa primeiro o interior do copo e do prato, para que tambem o exterior fique limpo.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
27 Ai de vós, escribas e phariseos, hypocritas! pois que sois similhantes aos sepulchros caiados, que por fóra realmente parecem formosos, mas interiormente estão cheios d'ossos de mortos e de toda a immundicia.
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed look fair outside, while inside they are filled with dead men’s bones and all kinds of filth.
28 Assim tambem vós exteriormente pareceis justos aos homens, mas interiormente estaes cheios de hypocrisia e iniquidade.
It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin.
29 Ai de vós, escribas e phariseos, hypocritas! pois que edificaes os sepulchros dos prophetas e adornaes os monumentos dos justos.
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You build the tombs of the Prophets, and decorate the monuments of religious men,
30 E dizeis: Se existissemos no tempo de nossos paes, nunca nos associariamos com elles para derramar o sangue dos prophetas.
and say ‘Had we been living in the days of our ancestors, we should have taken part in their murder of the Prophets!
31 Assim, vós mesmos testificaes que sois filhos dos que mataram os prophetas.
By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the men who murdered the Prophets.
32 Enchei vós pois a medida de vossos paes.
Fill up the measure of your ancestor’s guilt.
You serpents and brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to the Pit? (Geenna g1067)
34 Portanto, eis que eu vos envio prophetas, sabios e escribas; e a uns d'elles matareis e crucificareis; e a outros d'elles açoitareis nas vossas synagogas e os perseguireis de cidade em cidade;
That is why I send you Prophets, wise men, and Teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from town to town;
35 Para que sobre vós caia todo o sangue justo, que foi derramado sobre a terra, desde o sangue d'Abel, o justo, até ao sangue de Zacharias, filho de Baraquias, que matastes entre o templo e o altar.
in order that upon your heads may fall every drop of innocent ‘blood split on earth,’ from the blood of innocent Abel down to that of Zechariah, Barachiah’s son, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
36 Em verdade vos digo que todas estas coisas hão de vir sobre esta geração.
All this, I tell you, will come home to the present generation.
37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, que matas os prophetas, e apedrejas os que te são enviados! quantas vezes quiz eu ajuntar os teus filhos, como a gallinha ajunta os seus pintos debaixo das azas, e vós não quizestes!
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! She who slays the Prophets and stones the messengers sent to her — Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
38 Eis que a vossa casa vae ficar-vos deserta;
Verily, your house is left to you desolate!
39 Porque eu vos digo que desde agora me não vereis mais, até que digaes: Bemdito o que vem em nome do Senhor.
For nevermore, I tell you, shall you see me, until you say — ‘Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!’”
