Matthew 23
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Meriam Mir Gospels
1Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
1Ege Iesu detager gaire le lakub, pako abara kaimeg giz,
2saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
2Kega, Aotale giz pako Faresaio giz bakiri Mose ra bas.
3All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.
3Peike uaba mamor asarare a uaba ikerare lu uridili uiaba daratagerare, mamor asarare: epe uaba nole ereuerem uiaba tonar giz; abelelam uiaba no mer detaut, a umer kak ikerare abkoreb.
4For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
4Abelelam uiaba didbare au lu beber uiaba dikemerik le giz uiaba tabo ge; ege uiaba umer kak uiaba kebi kei etadmir.
5But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
5Gaire uiaba dorge uridili ikerare, iaueakai le giz uiabi darasmerare: uiaba ikerare au filakteri, pako ko au sisero uiaba am uali,
6and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
6Uiaba au sererege eidi abele aule ra uteb leuer ero, pako aule ra bao sunago ge,
7the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
7Pako gaire le uiabi nasege segur uteb ge, a gaire le giz uiaba nei natkerauem, Rabi ae, Rabi ae.
8But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
8Ege uaba nole nei atker Rabi; abelelam netate uaba Ereuer le, abele Keriso idali, a uaba uridili keimer giz.
9Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
9Uaba nole nerute le geseb ge nei atker uaba aba; abelelam netate uaba Baba, penoka dali kotor ge.
10Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
10Uaba nole nei atker ereuer le, abelelam netate uaba Ereuer le, Keriso idali.
11But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
11Epe abele le aule uabim, E uabim memeg le.
12Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
12Ese nerute le tababu babei E aule, E ekekeli; Ese nerute le E tababu gebgeb, E bataili uiabim tumge uridili.
13“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
13Uaiai uaba aotale pako Faresaio, bes le giz! abelelam uaba dimi abele kotor baselaia lelam; abelelam uaba umer kak barot, a uaba ko daraisumdarare uader le barota.
14“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
14Uaiai uaba aotale pako Faresaio, bes le giz! abelelam uaba ais eseamulu mai kosker uiaba meta, a uaba esorerapare au pereper ikerare ispilu; abele lulam Ade ra urker aule uabi tumge.
15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
15Uaiai uaba aotale pako Faresaio, bes le giz! abelelam uaba deraueili gur ge pako sep ge iaueakai uaba nagri nerute le uaba esorerapare; ese uaba erpei, a uaba ikerare Gena ra le E au adud uabielam.
16“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
16Uaiai uaba datkimuar sadamer le, a uaba mer, Ese le iskosi abele zogo meta nolea kar, epe le iskosi abele zogo meta ra golo, niaiem peike!
17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
17Le giz paim ae, pako sadamer; abelelam nade aule, nako abele golo, pako abele zogo meta zogoem abele golo?
18And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
18A nerute, Ese le iskosi abele zegu lu bao, nolea kar; epe abele iskosi abele zegu lu abi tumge, niaiem peike.
19You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
19Le giz paim ae, pako sadamer; abelelam nade lu aule, nako zegu lu, nako bao ge zogoem abele zegu lu?
20He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
20Dasmer, abele le iskosi abele bao zegu lu, E iskosi gaire lu uridili abi tumge.
21He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
21Abele le iskosi abele zogo meta, E abi iskosi, pako le emeri muige abele zogo meta.
22He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
22Abele le iskosi abele kotor ge, E iskosi Ade ra bao, pako le abi dog egimulu.
23“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
23Uaiai uaba aotale pako Faresaio, bes le giz! uaba ikuar kebi lu abele mili pako abele aneto pako abele kumina, a gaire au lu uaba ispilu abele gelarlam, abele barkak tonar, pako abele omare, pako abele oituli: abkoreb ikelare lu ike, a nole dikaer lu peike.
24You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
24Uaba datkimuar sadamer le, uaba dirimid abele lag, a mamor irusere kemerkemer abele kamela.
25“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.
25Uaiai uaba aotale pako Faresaio, bes le giz! uaba dirup abele tanelu ge ra sor pako abele kumeti, epe muige mitkar lu itike pako abele adud tonar giz.
26You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
26Mama le Faresaio sadamer, mama kekiam dirup muige abele tanelu ge pako abele kumeti, iaueakai ogo kak kemerkemer abele sor ge.
27“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness.
27Uaiai uaba aotale pako Faresaio, bes le giz! abelelam uaba mokakalam ao giz, adige au kakekake, debele le dasmer, epe muige mitkar eud le la lid, pako gaire adud lu uridili.
28Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
28Mokakalam uaba, adige mokakalam barkak tonar le ise gaire le ra opem, epe muige uaba au mitkar abele bes mer pako abele tonar barbar.
29“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
29Uaiai uaba aotale pako Faresaio, bes le giz! abelelam uaba emoare gaire perofeta uiaba ao, a ko deiriem uiaba ao le barkak tonar giz,
30and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
30A uaba mer kega, Ese keriba abi dog emri abele kerker keriba aba giz emeret, umer kak keriba okakis uiaba narsare perofeta giz.
31Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
31Peike abele mer uabu etomeret uabim, uaba omasker gaire le giz narsare gaire perofeta giz.
32Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
32A uaba ko mitkar abele tonar lu uaba aba giz lam.
33You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
33Ege uaba tabo, tabo areg ra omasker giz, nako uaba derar abele urker Genaim?
34Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
34Dasmer abele lu, kaka uabi namarida perofeta giz, pako pardali le giz, pako aotale le giz; uader le uaba narsare, pako satauroem; a uader le uaba damarika uaba sunago, pako deraimerare nerute uteb a nerute uteb;
35that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
35Iaueakai bakedida uabi dog gaire le giz barkak tonar uiaba mam uabielam emetu epaitered abele geseb ge, ditimedelu Abela ra mam, le barkak tonar, a bakedilu Zakaria ra mam, abele Barakaio ra uerem, uaba ipiti eumid abele kesi zogo meta pako zegu lu bao ge.
36Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
36Ageakar kaka uabi detager, Gaire lu uridili tabarki tumem abele nosik.
37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
37Ierusalema ae, Ierusalema ae, le ipitare gaire perofeta giz, pako baker erboro le giz emetu namarid marim! kaka au lagelag etami mara omasker giz, mokakalam faul akuadare abara omasker muige abara peo, epe uaba nole la kak!
38Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
38Dasmer, uaba meta dikaertare a ko pisoger nagri.
39For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
39Abelelam kaka uabi detager, Uaba umer kak kari dasmer, mena keubu uaba kari daratagerare, Uerkab le tabarki Opole ra nei.
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