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Matthew 23
23
Matthew
Jerusalem: conflict and teaching
Bwile
Christ
, person
Jerusalem
, place
Moses
, person
Barachiah
, person
Abel
, person
Zechariah
, person
Bwile
Berean Standard Bible
1
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Elo Yesu aeba amabumba na basambi bakwe ukuti,
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BSB:
Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
2
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“Abafalise na bakafundisya bamafunde bekala mukipuna kyakwa Mose.
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“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
3
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Eikyo muleumfwila nokukonka fyonse fintu balemyeba, lelo mwilakita fintu bakita, pantu bena tabakita fintu basimikila.
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So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
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Bakaka ifipe ifyafinisya, babika pafipeya fyabantu, ifyo bena tabekatako nomunwe wabo pakwimya.
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They 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.
5
BWC
Ifintu fyonse fintu bakita, bakitila ukubamona kubantu. Bakaka utupande utwamalembo bafwala pampumi na kumaboko utwalepa. Elo namasenkebele yansalu syabo balayalefya!
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All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
6
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Batemwa inkende syamukinsi pamalila elo nefipuna ifyakindamisyapo mu masinagogi,
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They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
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kabili batemwa ukulabaposya nomukinsi pafisankano, nokubeta ukuti ‘Bakafundisya’.
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the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
8
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Lelo mwebo mwilaitwa ukuti, ‘Kafundisya’ pantu mwakwatafye Kafundisya umo, kabili muli bamunina.
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But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
9
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Kabili mwilaita uuli onse pano isonde ukuti, ‘Taata’, pantu mwakwatafye Wisinwe umo uwamumulu.
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And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
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Mwilaitwa ukuti, ‘kafundisya’ pantu mwakwatafye kafundisya umo uuli ni Klistu.
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Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
11
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Umukalamba pali mwebo, afwile aba umubomfi wenu bonse.
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The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12
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Pantu bonse abaisansabika bakakefesiwa, nabonse abaikefya bakasansamikwa.
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For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13
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“Akalanda kuli imwe bakafundisya bamafunde namwe Bafalise, mwebabumbimunda! Mwalisalila abantu pakuti beingila mu bufumu bwa mumulu. Mwe bene tamwingilamo elo mwalesya nabambi abalefwaya ukwingilamo.
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Woe 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.
14
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Akalanda kuli imwe, bakafundisya bamafunde namwe Bafalise! Mwebabumbimunda! Muliila bamukamfwilwa ifyuma fyabo, kabili mwatemwa ukuilanga mukupepa amapepo ayatali. Ala Lesa akamikandisya ukukilapo!
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Not in the BSB
Not in the earliest manuscripts
15
BWC
“Akalanda kuli imwe Bakafundisya bamafunde namwe Bafalise! Mweba bumbimunda! Mwenda ba bemba nemilundu pakutifye munasyepo umo abe umusambi wenu. Kabili ngamwafikilisya mulenga umuntu abipisyapo ukukila pakwamba, awaminafye ukuya kumbo ngamwebo!
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Woe 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.
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“Akalanda kuli mwentungulusi impofu mwe! Mulanda ukuti umuntu ngalapa pe Tempele ninsi tapali mulandu. Lelo ngalapa pali golide wamwi Tempele ninsi afwile afikilisya umulapo wakwe.
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Woe 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.’
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Mwempofu isipumbu mwe! Kinsi kyakindamapo pali golide ne Tempele ililenga golide ukuba iyamusilo?
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You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
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Kabili mulanda ukuti, umuntu ngalapa pa kipailo temulandu, lelo umuntu ngalapa pafyabupe fili pakipailo ninsi mulandu.
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And 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.’
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Mwempofu mwe! Ikyakindamapo kinsi pabupe nangu ikipailo ikilenga ikyabupe ukuba ikya musilo?
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You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
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Eikyo onse uwalapa pakipailo ninsi alapa napali fyonse ifili pakipailo,
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So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
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Kabili naonse uwalapa pe Tempele ninsi alapa pali lyena napali Lesa uwikalamo,
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And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
22
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kabili naonse uwalapa pamyulu, ninsi alapa pakipuna kyakwa Lesa napa waikalapo.
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And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
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“Akalanda kuli imwe bakafundisya Bamafunde namwe Bafalise! Mwe babumbimunda mwe! Mulapela Lesa ikyekumi napamisalufye iyakuwamya ifyakulya ifili nga Minti, dilli nakumuni, lelo mwalisula ukukonka amafundisyo ayakankala mu Mafunde yakwa Mose ayali ngo, umulinganya, uluse nekisinka. Ifi efintu mufwile ukulakita ukwabula ukusula ayantansi.
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Woe 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.
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Mwentungulusi impofu mwe! Mususa akasisi akanono, lelo mumina ingamila!
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You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
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“Akalanda kuli imwe bakafundisya Bamafunde namwe Bafalise! Mwe babumbimunda mwe! Musamfya inkombo nensani kunse, elo ninsi mukati mwaisulafye ubulili no bukakasi.
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Woe 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.
26
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Mwe Bafalise impofu mwe! Mbale samfyeni mukati kalukombo, kabili nakunse nako kulewama!
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Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
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“Akalanda kuli imwe bakafundisya Bamafunde namwe Bafalise! Mweba bumbimunda mwe! Mwaba nge manda bashingulako ulupemba, kunse simoneka isyayemba lelo mukati mwaisula amafupa yabafwa, nafimbi fyonse ifyakowela.
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Woe 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.
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Munsila imoine, kunse mumoneka abasuma kubantu bonse, lelo mukati kenu mwaisulamo bubumbimunda kabili ne membu.
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In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
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“Akalanda kuli imwe bakafundisya Bamafunde namwe Bafalise! Mweba bumbimunda mwe! Mukulilila imanda syaba kasesema, nokuwaminisya imanda syabalungami,
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
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kabili mulanda ukuti, twingaba nifwebo ngatatwakitile fintu ifikolwe fyesu fyakitile mukusumya umulopa waba kasesema.
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And 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.’
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Kansi mwaliisinina ukuti muli lupwa lwa fipondo fyaipeye bakasesema!
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So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
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Kansi pitilisyeni, pwisyeni fintu ifikolwe fyenu fyatampile!
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Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
33
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Imwe mwensoka! Imwe mwebana bansoka! Kuti mwafyuka syani ukuya ku Gehena?
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You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
34
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Eikyo nalamitumina bakasesema, abaume bamano naba kafundisya, bamo mukabepaya, bambi mukabatanika, kabili bambi mukabalopola musinagogi nokubatamfya mu musumba nomusumba.
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Because 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 from town to town.
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Kansi pali mwebo pakaponena umulopa onse uwabalungami, uwasumine pesonde ukufuma pamulopa wakaele uwakwa Abeli, ukufika pamulopa wakwa Sakariya mwana Belekiya, untu mwaipaile pakati ke Tempele nekipailo.
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And 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.
36
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Ndemyeba ikinekine ukuti, fyonse ifi fikaponena pabantu baino nkulo!
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Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
37
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“We Yerusalemu, we Yerusalemu! Wipaya bakasesema, nokwipaya kumabwe intumi sintu Lesa aakutumine! Miku inga nalefwaya ukufukatila abana bobe ngafintu inkoko ifukatila utwana mumapindo, lelo tawansuminisye!
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O 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!
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Mona iŋanda yobe ikaba umwabula nangu kimo.
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Look, your house is left to you desolate.
39
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Pantu ndekweba ukuti, tawakatale mbonapo nakabili mpaka ukalande ukuti, ‘Alipalwa uwisila mwisina lya Mfumu.’”
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For 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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Bwile. Copyright © 2025 The Word for the World International. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Text from eBible.org; verses renumbered to the KJV scheme where they differ, otherwise unchanged.
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