Mattheum 23
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Tunc Jesus locutus est ad turbas, et ad discipulos suos,
1Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
2dicens: Super cathedram Moysi sederunt scribæ et pharisæi.
2“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
3Omnia ergo quæcumque dixerint vobis, servate, et facite: secundum opera vero eorum nolite facere: dicunt enim, et non faciunt.
3So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
4Alligant enim onera gravia, et importabilia, et imponunt in humeros hominum: digito autem suo nolunt ea movere.
4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5Omnia vero opera sua faciunt ut videantur ab hominibus: dilatant enim phylacteria sua, et magnificant fimbrias.
5All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
6Amant autem primos recubitus in cœnis, et primas cathedras in synagogis,
6They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
7et salutationes in foro, et vocari ab hominibus Rabbi.
7the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
8Vos autem nolite vocari Rabbi: unus est enim magister vester, omnes autem vos fratres estis.
8But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
9Et patrem nolite vocare vobis super terram: unus est enim pater vester qui in cælis est.
9And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10Nec vocemini magistri: quia magister vester unus est, Christus.
10Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
11Qui major est vestrum, erit minister vester.
11The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12Qui autem se exaltaverit, humiliabitur: et qui se humiliaverit, exaltabitur.
12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13Væ autem vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia clauditis regnum cælorum ante homines ! vos enim non intratis, nec introëuntes sinitis intrare.
13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
14Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia comeditis domos viduarum, orationes longas orantes ! propter hoc amplius accipietis judicium.
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15Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia circuitis mare, et aridam, ut faciatis unum proselytum, et cum fuerit factus, facitis eum filium gehennæ duplo quam vos.
15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
16Væ vobis duces cæci, qui dicitis: Quicumque juraverit per templum, nihil est: qui autem juraverit in auro templi, debet.
16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
17Stulti et cæci: quid enim majus est? aurum, an templum, quod sanctificat aurum?
17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
18Et quicumque juraverit in altari, nihil est: quicumque autem juraverit in dono, quod est super illud, debet.
18And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’
19Cæci: quid enim majus est, donum, an altare, quod sanctificat donum?
19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
20Qui ergo jurat in altari, jurat in eo, et in omnibus quæ super illud sunt.
20So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21Et quicumque juraverit in templo, jurat in illo, et in eo qui habitat in ipso:
21And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
22et qui jurat in cælo, jurat in throno Dei, et in eo qui sedet super eum.
22And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
23Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, qui decimatis mentham, et anethum, et cyminum, et reliquistis quæ graviora sunt legis, judicium, et misericordiam, et fidem ! hæc oportuit facere, et illa non omittere.
23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
24Duces cæci, excolantes culicem, camelum autem glutientes.
24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia mundatis quod deforis est calicis et paropsidis; intus autem pleni estis rapina et immunditia !
25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
26Pharisæe cæce, munda prius quod intus est calicis, et paropsidis, ut fiat id, quod deforis est, mundum.
26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
27Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, quia similes estis sepulchris dealbatis, quæ a foris parent hominibus speciosa, intus vero pleni sunt ossibus mortuorum, et omni spurcitia !
27Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
28Sic et vos a foris quidem paretis hominibus justi: intus autem pleni estis hypocrisi et iniquitate.
28In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29Væ vobis scribæ et pharisæi hypocritæ, qui ædificatis sepulchra prophetarum, et ornatis monumenta justorum,
29Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
30et dicitis: Si fuissemus in diebus patrum nostrorum, non essemus socii eorum in sanguine prophetarum !
30And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
31itaque testimonio estis vobismetipsis, quia filii estis eorum, qui prophetas occiderunt.
31So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32Et vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum.
32Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
33Serpentes, genimina viperarum, quomodo fugietis a judicio gehennæ?
33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
34Ideo ecce ego mitto ad vos prophetas, et sapientes, et scribas, et ex illis occidetis, et crucifigetis, et ex eis flagellabitis in synagogis vestris, et persequemini de civitate in civitatem:
34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
35ut veniat super vos omnis sanguis justus, qui effusus est super terram, a sanguine Abel justi usque ad sanguinem Zachariæ, filii Barachiæ, quem occidistis inter templum et altare.
35And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
36Amen dico vobis, venient hæc omnia super generationem istam.
36Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
37Jerusalem, Jerusalem, quæ occidis prophetas, et lapidas eos, qui ad te missi sunt, quoties volui congregare filios tuos, quemadmodum gallina congregat pullos suos sub alas, et noluisti?
37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
38Ecce relinquetur vobis domus vestra deserta.
38Look, your house is left to you desolate.
39Dico enim vobis, non me videbitis amodo, donec dicatis: Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini.
39For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
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