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Matthew 23
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Matthew
Jerusalem: conflict and teaching
Gamo Bible
Christ
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Jerusalem
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Moses
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Barachiah
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Abel
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Zechariah
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Berean Standard Bible
1
GMVE
ቃሴካ ዬሱሲ ዴሬዛሲኔ ባና ካሊዛይታስ፥
BSB
BSB:
Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
2
GMVE
«ሙሴ ዎጋ ታማርሲዛይቲኔ ፋርሳዌቲ ሙሴ ዎምቦራ ቦላ ኡቲዳ።
BSB
BSB:
“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
3
GMVE
ሄሳ ጊሻስ ኢስቲ ኢንቴስ ዮቲዛይሳ ኡባ ኦꬂቴኔ ናጊቴ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ኢስቲ ዶናን ሃሳይዛይሳ ማላ ኦሶን ቤሶንታ ጊሻስ ኢንቴ ኢስታ ኦሶ ካሎፍቴ።
BSB
BSB:
So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
4
GMVE
«ሄሳꬆካ ኣሲ ቶካናስ ዳንዳዮንታ ዴጾ ቶሆ ቃቺዲ ኣሳ ሃሼ ቦላ ዎꬄቴስ፤ ባስ ጊዲኮ ቢራꬌ ጼራንካ ቦቼቴና።
BSB
BSB:
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
GMVE
ኢስታ ኦሶ ኡባ ኣሲ ቤያና ማላ ኦꬄቴስ፤ ባ ኣሼንኪታቤ ጌሻ ማጻፋ ጊዶፌ ጻፊ ኤኪዳ ኢሲ ኢሲ ጺቂሴታ ኪታቤ ሲኪዲ ሊጴ ቦላ ዎይኮ ኩሼን ቃቺዛዝ ኦꬄቴስ። ባ ማይኦ ማጫራ ኣዱሴቴስ።
BSB
BSB:
All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
6
GMVE
ዲጊሳይ ዲዛሶን ቦንቾሶ ኣይሁዳ ዎሳ ኬꬃንካ ሲንꬃራ ኡታና ዶሴቴስ።
BSB
BSB:
They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
7
GMVE
ሄሳꬆካ ጊያ ጊዶን ሳሮ ጌቴታናሲኔ ኣሳይ ኢስታ፥ ‹ኣስታማሬ!› ጋና ማላ ኮዬቴስ።
BSB
BSB:
the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
8
GMVE
«ኢንቴ ጊዲኮ፥ ‹ኣስታማሬ› ጌቴቲ ጼይጌቶፍቴ፤ ኢንቴ ኣስታማሬይ ኢሳ ጻላላ ጊዲሺን ኢንቴ ዉሪካ ኢሶይ ኢሳስ ኢሻንታ።
BSB
BSB:
But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
9
GMVE
ሳሎን ኢንቴስ ኢሲ ኣዋይ ጻላላ ዲዛ ጊሻስ ቢታ ቦላ ኦናካ፥ ‹ኣዋዉ!› ጊ ጼይጎፒቴ።
BSB
BSB:
And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10
GMVE
ኢንቴ ኣስታማሬይ ኢሲ ኪርስቶሳ ጻላ ጊዲዳ ጊሻስ ኢንቴ፥ ‹ኣስታማሬንቶ!› ጌቴቶፍቴ።
BSB
BSB:
Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
11
GMVE
ኢንቴ ጊዶን ኡባፌ ኣꬊዛዴይ ኢንቴስ ኦꬂዛዴ ጊዳና።
BSB
BSB:
The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12
GMVE
ባና ꬎቂሲዛዴይ ካዉያና፤ ባና ካዉሺዛዴይ ቦንቼታና።
BSB
BSB:
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13
GMVE
«ኢንቴኖ ቆꬌፔ ቆሞን ሃኒዛይቶ፥ ሙሴ ዎጋ ታማርሲዛይቶ! ኢንቴኖ ፋርሳዌቶ! ኣሳይ ጾሳ ካዎቴꬅ ጌሎንታ ማላ ኣሳ ቦላ ኢንቴ ፔንጌ ጎርዲዛ ጊሻስ ኢንቴና ኣዬ ኣና! ኢንቴ ኢንቴስ ጌሌኬታኔ ጌላናስ ኮይዛይታካ ጌልꬄኬታ።
BSB
BSB:
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
GMVE
ኢንቴኖ ቆꬌፔ ቆሞን ሃኒዛይቶ! ሙሴ ዎጋ ታማርሲዛይቶ፥ ቃሴካ ፋርሳዌቶ! ኢንቴስ ኣዬ ኣና! ኣዚናይ ባይንዳ ማጫሳታ ኬꬅ ካሎሲሼ ኣሳ ኣይፌ ሲንꬃን ኣዱሳ ዎሳ ኢንቴ ዎሲዛ ጊሻስ ኢንቴ ኢታ ፒርዳ ፒርዴታና።
BSB
BSB:
Not in the BSB
Not in the earliest manuscripts
15
GMVE
«ኢንቴኖ ቆꬌፔ ቆሞን ሃኒዛይቶ! ሙሴ ዎጋ ታማርሲዛይቶ! ቃሴካ ፋርሳዌቶ! ኢሲ ኣስ ኣይሁዳ ኣማኖን ጌልꬃናስ ኣባ ቦላራኔ ቢታ ቦላራ ዩዪ ዳቡርዲኔ ኣማንꬂዳ ኣሳ ኢንቴፌ ናምኡ ኩሼ ኣꬂዲ ጋናሜ ና ኢንቴ ኬሲዛ ጊሻስ ኢንቴስ ኣዬ ኣና!
BSB
BSB:
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.
16
GMVE
«ኢንቴኖ ኢንቴስ ቆቂ ኡቲዲ ሃራታ ካሌꬂዛይቶ! ኢንቴስ ኣዬ ኣና! ‹ኦኒካ ጾሳ ኬꬃን ጫቂኮ ኣይኮይ ባ› ጊዶ ኣቲን፥ ‹ጾሳ ኬꬃ ጊዶን ዲዛ ዎርቃን ጫቂኮ ጫቆ ጎሜይ ጋካና› ጌታ።
BSB
BSB:
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.’
17
GMVE
ኢንቴኖ ቆቂዳይቶ! ባሌቲዳይቶ! ዎርቃፌኔ ዎርቃ ዱማሲዳ ጾሳ ኬꬃፌ ኣዋይሲ ኣꬊዜ?
BSB
BSB:
You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
18
GMVE
ሄሳꬆካ፥ ‹ኦኒካ ያርሾ ያርሺዛሶ ቦላ ጫቂኮ ኣይኮይ ባ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ያርሺዛሶን ዲዛ ያርሾዛ ቦላ ጫቂኮ ጫቆይ ጎሜስ› ጌታ።
BSB
BSB:
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.’
19
GMVE
ኢንቴኖ ቆቄቶ! ያርሾፌኔ ያርሾ ሺሺዛሶፔ ኣዋይሴ ኣꬊዛይ?
BSB
BSB:
You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
20
GMVE
ሄሳ ጊሻስ ያርሾ ሺሺዛሶ ቦላ ጫቂዛዴይ ያርሾሶዛ ቦላኔ ያርሺዛሶ ቦላ ዲዛ ኡባ ሚሻን ጫቄስ።
BSB
BSB:
So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21
GMVE
ሄሳꬆካ ጾሳ ኬꬃዛ ቦላ ጫቂዳይ ጾሳ ኬꬃኒኔ ኢዛ ጊዶን ኣቂዛይሳን ጫቄስ።
BSB
BSB:
And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
22
GMVE
ሳሎን ጫቂዛዴይካ ጾሳ ኣልጋኒኔ ኣልጋ ቦላ ኡቲዳይሳን ጫቄስ።
BSB
BSB:
And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
23
GMVE
«ኢንቴኖ ቆꬌፔ ቆሞን ሃኒዛይቶ፥ ሙሴ ዎጋ ታማርሲዛይቶ፥ ፋርሳዌቶ! ኢንቴስ ኣዬ ኣና! ኣሱታፔ፥ ኣኑጋፔኔ ካትካልኣፌ ታማፌ ኢሲኖ ኢሜታ፤ ጊዶ ኣቲን ዎጋታፔ ዋናቲዛይታ ሄይቲካ ቱማ ፒርዳ፥ ማሮቴꬂኔ ኣማኔቴꬅ ጊዲኮ ካꬊዴታ። ሄይታ ኣጎንታ ዲሼ ሃይታንታ ኢንቴ ኦꬃናስ ኢንቴስ ቤሴስ ሺን ኣጊዴታ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
24
GMVE
ኢንቴኖ ቆቂ ኡቲዲ ካሌꬂዛይቶ! ኡኤ ጋጪዲ ኡዬታ ሺን ጋሜላ ሙሜ ሚቴታ!
BSB
BSB:
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25
GMVE
«ኢንቴኖ ቆꬌፔ ቆሞን ሃኒዛይቶ፥ ሙሴ ዎጋ ታማርሲዛይቶኔ ፋርሳዌቶ! ኢንቴስ ኣዬ ኣና! ጹኣሲኔ ኬሬስ ቦላ ባጋ ቁጬታ ሺን ኢዛ ጊዶን ዲዛይሳ ኢንቴ ቦንቃኒኔ ኡዜቴꬃን ሺሺዴታ።
BSB
BSB:
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
GMVE
ኔኖ ቆቄ ፋርሳዌዞ! ኮይሮታዳ ጹኣሲኔ ኬሬስ ጊዶ ባጋ ጌሻ! ሄሳፌ ጉዬ ካሬ ባጋይ ጌሽ ጊዳና።
BSB
BSB:
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
27
GMVE
«ኢንቴኖ ቆꬌፔ ቆሞን ሃኒዛይቶ፥ ሙሴ ዎጋ ታማርሲዛይቶ፥ ቃሴ ፋርሳዌቶ! ቦላ ባጋይ ኖራን ሜሼቲዲ ሎኢዛይቲ ጊዶይ ጊዲኮ ሃይቂዳይታ ሜቄꬂኔ ዳሮ ቱናቴꬃን ኩሚዳ ዱፎታ ሚሳቲዛ ጊሻስ ኢንቴስ ኣዬ ኣና!
BSB
BSB:
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.
28
GMVE
ኢንቴካ ቦላ ባጋራ ኣሳስ ጺሎ ኣሳታ ሚሳቴታ፤ ኢንቴ ጊዶይ ጊዲኮ ጪሞኒኔ ኢታቴꬃን ኩሚዴስ።
BSB
BSB:
In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29
GMVE
«ኢንቴኖ ዶናን ጪሚዛይቶ! ሙሴ ዎጋ ኣስታማሬቶ፥ ቃሴካ ፋርሳዌቶ! ኢንቴስ ኣዬ ኣና! ናቤታ ዱፎ ሎኤꬂዛይቶ! ጺሎ ኣሳታ ዱፎ ሃዉልቴራ ጊግሲዛይቶ!
BSB
BSB:
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
30
GMVE
ኑ ኣዋቲ ናቤታ ዎꬊዛ ዎዴ ኑ ዲዛኮ ኢስታራ ዙፔቶኮ ሺን፥
BSB
BSB:
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.’
31
GMVE
ኢንቴ ናቤታ ዎꬊዳ ኣሳታ ናይታ ጊዲዳይሳ ኢንቴ ዶናራ ኢንቴርካ ኢንቴ ኢንቴ ቦላ ማርካቴታ።
BSB
BSB:
So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32
GMVE
ሂስቲኮ ኦሴቲዲ ፖሌቶንታ ኦጌ ቦላ ዲዛ ኢንቴ ኣዋታ ኦሶ ፖሊቴ።
BSB
BSB:
Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
33
GMVE
«ኢንቴኖ ዱኪዛ ኢታ ሾሻ ናይቶ! ጋናሜ ታማ ፒርዳፌ ኢንቴ ዋኒ ኣታኔ?
BSB
BSB:
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
34
GMVE
ሄሳ ጊሻስ ናቤታኔ ኤራንቻታ ኣስታማሬታካ ታ ኢንቴስ ዬዳና። ኢንቴ ኢስታ ጊዶፌ ኢሲ ኢሲ ኣሳታ ዎꬋና። ባጋይታ ኢንቴ ካቃና፤ ባጋይታ ኢንቴ ኣይሁዳ ዎሳ ኬꬃን ጋራፋናኔ ሄ ካታማፔ ሃራ ካታማ ኢንቴ ጎዳና።
BSB
BSB:
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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GMVE
ሄሳ ጊሻስ ጺሎ ኣቤሌ ሱꬃፌ ሃ ሲሚን ጾሳ ኬꬃኒኔ ያርሾ ያርሺዛሶ ጊዶን ኢንቴ ዎꬊዳ ባራኪዮ ና ዛካራሳ ሱꬃ ጋካናስ ቢታ ቦላ ጉኪዳ ጺሎታ ሱꬃ ኡባስ ኢንቴ ኦይሼታና።
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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.
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ታ ኢንቴስ ቱሙ ጋይስ፤ ካሴ ኣꬊዳ ዮኦ ኡባስ ሃይሲ ሃ ዬሌታይ ኦይሼታና።
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Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
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«ሃኔ ዬሩሳላሜ! ናቤታ ዎꬊዛሬ! ኔኮ ኪቴቲዳይታ ሹቻራ ጫዲዛሬ! ሃኔ ዬሩሳላሜ፥ ኩቶ ኣያ ባ ጪዬታ ባ ቄፌ ጊዶ ሺሺዛ ማላ ታ ኔ ናይታ ሺሻናስ ኣፑን ዎዴ ኮያዲናሺን ኔ ጊዲኮ ኮያቤካ።
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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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ሄኮ ኢንቴ ኬꬂ ካይስ ጊዲ ኣታና።
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Look, your house is left to you desolate.
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ታ ኢንቴስ ቱሙ ጋይስ፤ ኢንቴ ጎዳ ሱንꬃን ዪዛዴይ ኣንጄቲዳዴ ጋና ዎዴይ ጋካናስ ናምኣንꬆ ታና ቤዬኬታ» ጊዴስ።
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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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