Mateo 7
1 Huwag kayong humatol, at kayo ay hindi hahatulan.
“Do not talk about how sinfully others have acted, in order that God will not say how sinfully you have acted.
2 Sapagkat ang paghatol na iyong inihatol ay siyang ihahatol sa inyo. At ang panukat na inyong ginamit ay siya ring panukat na gagamitin sa inyo.
If you condemn [other people], [God] will condemn you. To the same extent that you condemn others, you will be condemned {[God] will condemn you}.
3 At bakit mo tinitingnan ang maliit na pirasong dayami na nasa mata ng iyong kapatid, ngunit hindi mo napapansin ang troso na nasa sarili mong mata?
(None of you should be concerned [about someone else’s small faults] [MET]!/Why should any of you be concerned [about someone else’s small faults]?) [MET, RHQ] [That would be like noticing] a speck in that person’s eye. But you should [be concerned about your own big faults. They are like] [MET] planks in your own eye, which you do not notice.
4 Paano mo sasabihin sa iyong kapatid, 'Hayaan mo akong alisin ang pirasong dayami na nasa iyong mata,' habang ang troso ay nasa iyong mata?
(You should not say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes!’/Why do you say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes?’) [RHQ] [You should not say that] if a plank is still in your own eye [MET].
5 Mapagpanggap ka! Alisin mo muna ang troso sa iyong mata, at pagkatapos ay malinaw kang makakakita upang alisin ang piraso ng dayami na nasa mata ng iyong kapatid.
You hypocrite, [stop committing your own sins! That will be like] removing the plank from your own eye [MET]. Then, as a result, you will be able to perceive things spiritually so that you can help other people get rid of the [faults] [MET] [that are like] specks in their eyes.”
6 Huwag ninyong ibigay ang anumang banal sa mga aso, at huwag ninyong ihagis ang inyong mga perlas sa harapan ng mga baboy. Kung hindi, ito ay tatapak-tapakan lang nila, at kayo ay babalingan at pagpipira-pirasuhin.
“You do not give holy things to dogs [that would ignore those things] and attack you [CHI]. You do not throw pearls in front of hogs, [because they would just ignore them] and trample them. [Similarly], do not give [precious spiritual truth to people you know will not value it but instead will do evil things to you].”
7 Humingi kayo, at ito ay ibibigay sa inyo. Humanap kayo, at kayo ay makakatagpo. Kumatok kayo, at bubuksan ito para sa inyo.
“Keep asking [God for what you need]. If you do that, [he] will give it to you. Confidently keep [expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like] [MET] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on [praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like] [MET] knocking [on a door in order to enter a room]. And the way will be opened {[God] will open the way} for you [to get what you pray for].
8 Sapagkat ang lahat na humihingi, ay makatatanggap. At ang lahat na maghahanap, ay makakatagpo. At sa kanila na kumakatok, ito ay mabubuksan.
Remember that [God] will give things to everyone who continues to ask [him for them]. [He] will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. [He] will open [the way] for people [to get the things that they keep persistently praying for].
9 O anong tao sa inyo na kapag humingi ng tinapay ang kaniyang anak ay bibigyan niya ng bato?
(No man among you would give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread./Would anyone among you give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread?) [RHQ]
10 O kapag humihingi siya ng isda, ay bibigyan niya ng ahas?
Likewise, (no man would give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish./would anyone give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish?) [RHQ]
11 Kaya kung kayong mga masasama ay marunong magbigay ng mga mabubuting kaloob sa inyong mga anak, gaano pa kaya ang inyong Amang nasa langit na nagbibigay ng mga mabubuting bagay sa mga humihingi sa kaniya?
You, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children. So [God], your Father who is in heaven, will certainly give good things to the people who ask him.”
12 Kaya kung anuman ang gusto inyong gawin ng mga tao sa inyo, ganoon din ang gawin ninyo sa kanila, sapagkat ito ang sa kautusan at ng mga propeta.
“So in whatever way you want others to act toward you [(pl)], that is the way you [(pl)] should act toward them, because that [sums up what Moses wrote in] the laws [that God gave him] and [also what] the prophets [wrote long ago].”
13 Pumasok kayo sa makipot na tarangkahan. Sapagkat malawak ang tarangkahan at malapad ang daan patungo sa kapahamakan, at maraming tao ang dumaraan doon.
“[Going to] where people live eternally [with God in heaven] is difficult. [It is like] going along a narrow road [PRS, MET] that leads to a narrow gate. Not many people find that way. [The way] that most [people take] is easy, [but it results in their being punished] {[God punishing them]} [in hell. That way is like a] wide road that people walk on [PRS, MET] until they reach the wide gate, but that road and that gate lead to where [they] will be destroyed {[God] will destroy them}. Many people enter that gate. So I [am telling you to leave the wide road and] enter the narrow gate [to heaven].” (questioned)
14 Subalit makitid ang tarangkahan at makitid ang daan na patungo sa buhay, at kakaunti ang nakakahanap nito.
15 Mag-ingat kayo sa mga bulaang propeta, na darating sa inyo na nakadamit na parang mga tupa ngunit ang katotohanan ay para silang mga gutom na gutom na mga lobo.
“Beware of people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you [what God has said]. [They seem to be harmless, but they are extremely harmful. They are like] wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins [to make people believe that they are sheep] [MET], but they actually are wolves that attack people [MET].
16 Sa pamamagitan ng kanilang mga bunga sila ay inyong makikilala. Makapipitas ba ang tao ng mga ubas mula sa puno ng dawag, o ng mga igos sa mga matitinik na halaman?
[So how will you know that they are false?] Well, by seeing what plants produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are [MET]. [For example, thornbushes cannot produce grapes], so (no one can pick grapes from thornbushes./can anyone pick grapes from thornbushes?) [RHQ] And [thistles cannot produce figs], so (no one can pick figs from thistles./can anyone pick figs from thistles?) [RHQ]
17 Sa gayon ding paraan, ang lahat ng puno na namumunga ng mabuti ay mabuti, ngunit ang masamang puno ay namumunga ng masamang bunga.
[Here is another example]: All good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all unhealthy trees produce worthless fruit.
18 Ang mabuting puno ay hindi maaaring magbunga ng masamang bunga, hindi rin magbubunga ng mabuti ang masamang puno.
No good fruit tree is able to produce worthless fruit, and no unhealthy tree is able to produce good fruit.
19 Bawat puno na hindi namumunga ng mabuting bunga ay puputulin at itatapon sa apoy.
[And] all the trees that do not produce good fruit are chopped down and burned in a fire {people chop them down and burn them in a fire} [to get rid of them]. [Similarly], those who falsely claim to be prophets [will be thrown] {[God will throw false prophets]} [into the fires of hell]. (questioned)
20 Sa gayon, makikilala ninyo sila sa pamamagitan nang kanilang mga bunga.
By seeing [what plants] produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are. [Similarly, when you see what the people who come to you do], [you will know if they are false prophets].”
21 Hindi lahat ng nagsasabi sa akin, 'Panginoon, Panginoon,' ay makakapasok sa kaharian ng langit, kundi ang gumagawa lamang sa kagustuhan ng aking Amang nasa langit.
“[Even though many] people [habitually] call me ‘Lord’, [pretending that they have my authority], some of them will not go to heaven where God rules, [because they do not do what he desires]. [Only] those people who do what my Father, who is in heaven, desires [will go there].
22 Maraming tao ang magsasabi sa akin sa araw na iyon, 'Panginoon, Panginoon, hindi ba kami nagsabi ng propesiya sa iyong pangalan, sa iyong pangalan ay nagpalayas ng mga demonyo, at sa iyong pangalan ay gumawa ng maraming makapangyarihang gawain?'
On the day [MTY] [that God judges everyone], many [people, trying to tell me that they deserve to go to heaven], will say to me, ‘Lord, we(exc) spoke God’s message as your representatives [MTY, RHQ]! As your representatives we(exc) expelled demons from [people] [RHQ]! And as your representatives, many times we(exc) performed miracles [RHQ]!’
23 At hayagan kong sasabihin sa kanila, 'Hindi ko kayo nakikilala! Lumayo kayo sa akin, kayong gumagawa ng masama!'
Then I will declare to them, ‘I have never said that you belonged to me. Go away from me, you who do what is evil!’”
24 Kaya ang lahat ng nakikinig sa aking mga salita at sumusunod sa kanila ay maihahalintulad sa isang matalinong tao na nagtayo ng kaniyang bahay sa isang bato.
“So then, anyone who hears what I say and does what I command, will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
25 Bumuhos ang ulan at bumaha, umihip ang hangin at hinagupit ang bahay ngunit hindi ito bumagsak, sapagkat ito ay natatayo sa bato.
[Even though] the rain came down and the river flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it did not fall down because it had been built {he built it} on a solid foundation.
26 Subalit lahat ng nakarinig sa aking mga salita at hindi sinusunod ang mga ito ay mahahalintulad sa isang taong mangmang na nagtayo ng kaniyang bahay sa buhanginan.
On the other hand, anyone who hears what I say but does not obey what I say will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
27 Bumuhos ang ulan, bumaha, umihip ang hangin at hinagupit ang bahay. At ito ay bumagsak at nawasak nang tuluyan.”
When the rain fell and the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it crashed down and broke completely apart, [because it was built on the sand. So it is important for you to obey what I teach you].”
28 At pagkatapos sabihin ni Jesus ang mga salitang ito, namangha ang maraming tao sa kaniyang pagtuturo,
When Jesus finished saying all those things, the [who had been listening to him were] amazed at the [new] teaching that he had taught them.
29 sapagkat nagturo siya sa kanila tulad ng isang may kapangyarihan, at hindi kagaya ng kanilang mga eskriba.
The reason they were amazed was that he was teaching as a person does who has authority. He was not teaching like the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, [who just repeated what other people had taught them].
