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Matthew 23
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Matthew
Jerusalem: conflict and teaching
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Gofa
Berean Standard Bible
1
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ የሱሲ ሺቅዳ አሳስነ ባ ታማረታስ ሀይሳዳ ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
2
GOFE
“ህገ አስታማረትነ ፋርሳወት ሙሰ ህግያ ብላናዉ ማታራ ደኦሶና።
BSB
BSB:
“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
3
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ኤንቲ ህንተና ኪትያ ኡባ ኦꬅተነ ናግተ። ሽን ኤንቲ ኦይሳዳ ኦꬆፍተ። አይስ ጊኮ፥ ኤንቲ ኦደይሳዳ ኦꬆኮና።
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
GOFE
ኤንቲ ቶካናዉ ዳንዳኤቶና ቶሆ ቃችድ አሳ ቶሶሶና። ሽን ባንታዉ ሀር አቶሽን፥ ሄ ቶሁዋ አሳይ ቶክያ ዎደ ብራ ፄራን ቦቻናዉ ኮዮኮና።
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
GOFE
“ሽን ኤንቲ ባንታ ኦሶ ኡባ አስ በኦና መላ ኦꬆሶና። ባንታ ሶምኦንነ ቀሰን ቃችያ ማፃፋ ፅቅሰይ ደእያ ክታፈ ዳልግሶሶና፥ ባንታ ማኡዋ ማጫራ አዱሶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
6
GOFE
ሞከትያ በሳን ቦንቾ በስነ አይሁደ ዎሳ ኬꬃታን ዳሮ ሎእያ ኦይደ ዶሶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
7
GOFE
አሳይ ግያን ኤንታና ቦንቾን ሳሮꬃናይሳነ ‘አስታማርያዉ’ ግድ ፄጋናይሳ ኮዮሶና።
BSB
BSB:
the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
8
GOFE
“ሽን ህንተ አስታማረይ እሱዋ ፃላላ ግድዳ ግሾነ ህንተ ኡባይ እሻታ ግድዳ ግሾ፥ ‘አስታማርያዉ’ ጌተትድ ፄገቶፍተ።
BSB
BSB:
But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
9
GOFE
ህንተዉ ሳሎን እስ አዋ ፃላል ደእያ ግሾ፥ ሀ ሳአን ኦናካ ‘አዋዉ’ ግድ ፄጎፕተ።
BSB
BSB:
And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10
GOFE
ህንተዉ እስ ጎዳይ ክርስቶሳ ፃላል ደእያ ግሾ ‘ጎዳዉ’ ጌተትድ ፄገቶፍተ።
BSB
BSB:
Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
11
GOFE
ህንተ ግዶን ባይራተይ ህንተ አይለ ግዶ።
BSB
BSB:
The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12
GOFE
ባና ግታያ ኦንካ ካዉያና፤ ባና ካዉሽያ ኦንካ ግታታና።
BSB
BSB:
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13
GOFE
“ህንተኖ፥ ጩቦቶ፥ ህገ አስታማረቶነ ፋርሳወቶ፥ አሳ ስንꬃን ሳሎ ካዎተꬃ ጎርደይሳቶ ህንተና አየ! ህንተ፥ ህንተ ሁጰን ገለከታ ቃስ ሀራታካ ገልሰከታ።
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
GOFE
“ህንተኖ ጩቦቶ፥ ህገ አስታማረቶነ፥ ፋርሳወቶ፥ አምኤታ ኬꬃ ህንተ ቦንቅሸ፥ አስ በኦ ግድ ዎሳ አዱሰታ። ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ህንተና አየ! ኡባፈ አꬍያ ፕርዳይ ህንተና ናጌስ።
BSB
BSB:
Not in the BSB
Not in the earliest manuscripts
15
GOFE
“ህንተኖ፥ ጩቦቶ፥ ህገ አስታማረቶነ ፋርሳወቶ፥ ህንተ እስ ኡራ አማንꬃናዉ አባራነ ሳአራ ዩየታ። ሽን ህንተ እያ አማንꬅዳ ዎደ ሄ ኡራ ህንተፈ አꬅድ ጋናመስ ጊገትዳይሳ ኦꬅያ ግሾ፥ ህንተና አየ!
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
GOFE
“ኦንካ ፆሳ ኬꬃን ጫቅኮ አይኮይካ ባዋ። ሽን ፆሳ ኬꬃን ደእያ ዎርቃን ጫቅኮ፥ ሄ ጫቆይ እያ ጎማና ግያ ቆቀቶ፥ ህንተዉ ቆቅድ ሀራታ ካለይሳቶ፥ ህንተና አየ!
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
GOFE
ህንተኖ፥ ኤያቶ፥ ቆቀቶ፥ ዎርቃይ አꬍዬ? ዎርቅያ ፆሳስ ዱማያ ፆሳ ኬꬃይ አꬊ?
BSB
BSB:
You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
18
GOFE
ቃስ ‘ኦንካ ያርሾ በሳን ጫቅኮ፥ አይኮይካ ባዋ። ሽን ኦንካ እያ ቦላ ደእያ ያርሹዋን ጫቅኮ፥ ሄ ጫቆይ እያ ጎማና’ ያግድ ታማርሴታ።
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
GOFE
ህንተኖ፥ ቆቀቶ፥ ያርሾይ አꬍዬ? ያርሹዋ ፆሳስ ዱማያ በሳይ አꬊ?
BSB
BSB:
You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
20
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ያርሾ በሳን ጫቅያ ኡራይ፥ ሄ ያርሾ በሳንነ እያ ቦላ ደእያ ኡባባን ጫቄስ።
BSB
BSB:
So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21
GOFE
ፆሳ ኬꬃን ጫቅያ ኡራይ፥ ሄ ፆሳ ኬꬃንነ እያን ደእያ ፆሳን ጫቄስ።
BSB
BSB:
And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
22
GOFE
ሳሎን ጫቅያ ኡራይ ፆሳ አራታንነ ሄ አራታ ቦላ ኡትያ ፆሳን ጫቄስ።
BSB
BSB:
And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
23
GOFE
“ህንተኖ፥ ጩቦቶ፥ ህገ አስታማረቶነ ፋርሳወቶ፥ ህንተና አየ! ህንተ ካሬꬃ ሳዎፐ፥ ናትሮፐነ ኦካሸፐ አስራታ ከሴታ። ሽን ህገን ደእያ አꬍድ ኮሸይሳታ አግደታ። ሄስካ፥ ሱረ ፕርዳ፥ ቃተꬅነ ኡባባን አማነተꬅ። ሀራታካ አጎናሽን ሀይሳታ ህንተ ኦꬃናዉ በሴስ።
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
GOFE
ህንተዉ ቆቅድ ሀራ አስ ካለይሳቶ፥ ህንተ ኡሻፈ ኡዱንፀ ከስድ ግማለ ምቴታ።
BSB
BSB:
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25
GOFE
“ህንተኖ፥ ጩቦቶ፥ ህገ አስታማረቶነ ፋርሳወቶ፥ ህንተና አየ! ህንተ ሻትያስነ ከርያስ ቦላ ባጋ ጌሼታ። ሽን ኤንታዉ ጋርሳን ቦንቀይነ ኡዘተꬅ ኩም ኡትስ።
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
GOFE
ነኖ ቆቀ ፋርሳውያዉ፥ ሻትያስነ ከርያስ ጋርሳ ካሰታዳ ጌሻ። ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ቦላ ባጋይካ ጌሽ ግዳና።
BSB
BSB:
Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
27
GOFE
“ህንተኖ፥ ጩቦቶ፥ ህገ አስታማረቶነ ፋርሳወቶ፥ ህንተና አየ! ካረ ባጋራ ቃላመ ትየትድ ሎእድ፥ ግዶን መቀꬅነ ዎቅዳባይ ኩምዳ ዱፎታ ዳነታ።
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
GOFE
ሄሳዳካ፥ ቦላ ባጋራ አሳስ ሎኦ ዳነታ። ሽን ህንተ ጋርሳን ጩቦተꬅነ ኢታተꬅ ኩምስ።
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
GOFE
“ህንተኖ፥ ጩቦቶ፥ ህገ አስታማረቶነ ፋርሳወቶ፥ ህንተና አየ! ህንተ ናበታስ ዱፎ ኬፀታ፥ ቃስ ፅሎታ ዱፉዋካ ሎይꬄታ።
BSB
BSB:
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
30
GOFE
ቃስ ህንተ፥ ‘ኑኒ በን ኑ አዋታ ዎደ ደእዳባ ግድያኮ፥ ኤንታራ እስፈ ናበታ ሱꬃ ጉሶኮሽን’ ያጌታ።
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
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ህንተ ናበታ ዎꬍዳ አሳ ናይታ ግደይሳ ህንተ ህንተ ሁጰን ማርካቴታ።
BSB
BSB:
So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32
GOFE
ህዛ፥ ህንተ አዋት ዶምዳይሳ ህንተ ፖልተ።
BSB
BSB:
Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
33
GOFE
“ሀ ሾሻቶ፥ ሾሻ ናይቶ፥ ህንተ ጋናመ ፕርዳፈ ዋንድ አታኔ?
BSB
BSB:
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
34
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ሄኮ፥ ታኒ ናበታ፥ ጭንጫ አሳታነ አስታማረታ ህንተኮ ኪታና። ኤንታፈ እሶታ እሶታ ህንተ ዎꬋናነ ማስቃላ ቦላ ካቃና። ባጋታ አይሁደ ዎሳ ኬꬃታን ልሶን ጋራፋናነ ካታማፐ ካታማ 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.
35
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ፅሉዋ አበላ ዎꬍዳ ዎደፐ ዶምድ፥ ፆሳ ኬꬃስነ ያርሾ በሳፈ ግዶን ህንተ ዎꬍዳ ባራካ ናአ ዛካርያሳ ዎደ ጋካናዉ ሀይቅዳ ፅሎ አሳ ኡባ ግሾ፥ ህንተ ሴረታና።
BSB
BSB:
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
GOFE
ታኒ ህንተዉ ቱማ ኦዳይስ፤ ህንተነ ህንተ አዋት ኦꬅዳ ናጋራስ ሀ ፕርዳ ኡባይ ሀ የለተꬃ ቦላ ጋካና።
BSB
BSB:
Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
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GOFE
“የሩሳላመ፥ የሩሳላመ፥ ናበታ ዎꬍያረ! ፆሳይ ኔኮ ኪትዳይሳታ ሹቻን ጫድያረ! ኩቶይ ባ ናይታ ባ ቀፈን ሀጰይሳዳ ታኒ ነ አሳ ታ ቀስያን ገቻናዉ አፑን ቶሆ ኮያድና! ሽን ታና ድጋዳሳ።
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BSB:
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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ህዛ፥ ሄኮ፥ ህንተ ኬꬃይ ካይስ ግዳና።
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BSB:
Look, your house is left to you desolate.
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ታኒ ህንተዉ ኦዳይስ፤ ‘ጎዳ ሱንꬃን የይስ አንጀትዳይሳ’ ህንተ ጋና ጋካናዉ ናምአንꬆ ታና በኤከታ” ያግስ።
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BSB:
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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