Matthew 23 (MGV)

1Ndipala Yesu jugupwagila nsambi wa bandu pamu na banafunzi baki.Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:

2“Aka abola ba Malagalaki na Afalisayu ndi bababi nu uwesu gukubola Malagalaki gaka Musa.“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

3Ndienu nzetakiya nukuhenga goka gabumpwaji kuhenga. Lakini mwiipwata mahengu gabu, ndaba ngaseahenga gala gabundandi.So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

4Bombi akonga misigu jejitopiki nakatweka bandu mwamabega gabu, koni beni ngaseapai kulangi hata lukonzi nukutondabe.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.

5Bombi ahenga majambu gabu goka ili abonikana kwa bandu. Awata hipandi ikolongu yiingobu yeahandiki Malagalaki gaka Musa nukujonzuke ulasu wi ingobu yabu.All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

6Apala kutama ku tipati iteu ya sapi nu munyumba jukuketangane Ayaudi apala kutama iteu ya palongo.They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

7Apala kulamukiwa mu maguliu, kabee apala bandu baakema, ‘Mbola.’the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.

8Lakini mwanganya baankema ‘Mbola,’ ndaba mmbii nu mbola jumu pee, nu mbanganya mwaboti mwa kikilongu.But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

9Wala mwankema mundu jokapi pani pundema, ‘Atati,’ ndaba mmbii na atati bamu, ndi baabi kunani kwaka Sapanga.And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

10Wala baankema ‘Akilongosi,’ ndaba mmbii ni kilongosi jumu pee, ndi Kilisitu Nkombosi.Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

11Jojubi nkolongu kati jinu jupalika kuba ntumisi wino.The greatest among you shall be your servant.

12Jokapi jojulibeka nkolongu biitenda kunhulu, na jokapi jojilihulu ammbeka nkolongu.For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

13“Musimukiboni mwaka abola ba Malagalaki na aka Afalisayu! Mo mulikopake mwa amboni! Ndaba mwapungi bandu nndyangu ukujingi mu ukolongu ukunani kwaka Sapanga, na mwabeti ngasenzingii momu, wala ngasemwaajetakale bandu baapala kujingi ajingala.”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“Musimukiboni mwaka abola ba Malagalaki na Aka afalisayu mo mulikopake mwa amboni! Mwaanyaga aka mbomba baawii alomi babu hindu yabu, nukukopake mwa bandu baamboni sukuloba sala nasu. Henu mwitemuliwa ngani.Not in the BSB

15“Musimukiboni mwa abola ba Malagalaki na Afalisayu! Mo mulikopake mwa amboni! Nnzenda munhanga nu munndema kuhenga mundu jumu jupwata indela jinu jukumpwata Sapanga. Namuupatiki muhenga juwesa kujenda kumwotu wanga kususuka mala pabeli ngani.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“Musimukiboni mwaka kilongosi banga linga! Mwanganya mpwaaga, ‘Mundu najulapiki kwa Nyumba jaka Sapanga, kuliga jee kola nga sindu, ila najulapiki kwa zahabu yu Nyumba jaka Sapanga kuliga kwekola kwiibiya na makili.’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.’

17Mwanganya mwang'ang'a mwangakulinga! Saa sekibi sapi nakanope, zahabu au Nyumba jaka Sapanga jejihenga zahabu jibiya ja sapi.You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

18Kabee mpwaaga mundu najulapiki kwa mesa jukupiiki litambiku nga sindu, lakini najulapiki kwa matambiku gaabei panani ji litambiku, kilapu sesela suunkamu mweni.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.’

19Mwanganya mwangalinga! Saa sekibi sapi ngani, boo matambiku au mesa jukupiiki litambiku leligahenga matambiku gabia ga sapi?You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

20Henu, jojulapa kwi litambiku jukuba julapiki pa mesa jukupiki litambiku, na sokapi seabei panani jaki.So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

21Jojulapiki kwa Nyumba jaka Sapanga jukuba julapiki kwa nyumba heji na kabee jukuba julapiki kwa jojutama nkati ja nyumba jaka Sapanga heji.And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

22Najojulapa kwa kunani kwaka Sapanga, julapa kwi kiteu su ubambu saka Sapanga na kwaka Sapanga sejutami.And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.

23“Musimukiboni mwaka abola ba Malagalaki na Afalisayu mwe mwilikopake mwa amboni! Mwaalepesa bandu pandu pamu pa komi ya hindu isoku, ngati manyoi gaganungi sapi, binzali na kalafu na ndimbalila, lakini nkotoka kukamu majambu makolongu ga Malagalaki, kuhenga gajwagapai Sapanga na kuba ni ikia nu kunhobale Sapanga. Ananhengiki haga na mwikotoka na gangi haga.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.

24Mwakikilongosi mwangakulinga! Mmboa lunzenzema musindu sakunywa sinu, lakini mukimila kinyama sebikikema ngamia!You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

25“Musimukiboni mwaabola bamalagalaki na Afalisayu! Mwenkopake mwaamboni mwanganya! Nngoloo nzipuli ni kibega kunza lakini mukuleka nkati kutweli hindu yempatiki kukukwepatu nuusoju.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.

26Weapa mfalisayu jwangalinga! Gulonguliya oti kugolo nnzipuli nkati nikibega, ndienu kunza kwiibiya sapi.Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

27“Musimukiboni mwaabola bamalagalaki na Afalisayu! Mo mulikopake mwaamboni! Mbii ngati matenge gaapaki langi nhuu, gagabonikana ga sapi sakunza, lakini nkati gatweli maupa ga bandu na kila sindu kibaja.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.

28Ahelahe na mwanganya mbonekana na bandu kwa kunza nnhenga gajupala Sapanga, lakini nkati jii mwaabaja nu usapu wa kila namuna.In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

29“Musimukiboni mwaabola ba Malagalaki na Afalisayu momlikopake mwaamboni na mwaabaja! Nzengale matenge ga alota baka Sapanga nu kugapamba matenge ga bandu bababi baamboni.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

30Mpwaga, ‘Ana twepani twakabia masoba gaka hoku bitu nga twakajongini nabu kwaakoma alota baka Sapanga!’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.’

31Henu nndangi mwabeti ndi mwa bana babaakoma alota baka Sapanga.So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

32Hena, nhendilia kuhenga batumbulia kuhenga aka hoku bii!Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

33Mwanganya majoka ni kibeleku si lijoka! Nhwesa boo kukijepa kutemuliwa ku mwotu wangakususuka?You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

34Henu nundete alota baka Sapanga, bandu babii na malangu na abola. Bangi babu mwitenda kaakoma na bandu bangi mwiitenda kwaabambali pu nsalaba, na bangi mwaalapula iboku munyumba yinu yukuketangane Ayaudi nakaabenga kuhuma mmusi gumu kujenda mmusi gongi.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.

35Sapanga jammbona mwa bandu biliya ndaba mwaakomiki bandu boti ba amboni, toka kukomeka kwaka Abeli mundu jwa amboni jola mbaka kukomeka kwaka Zakalia mwana waka Balakia jomunkoma pikilanda ja Nyumba jaka Sapanga na mesa jukupiki litambiku.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.

36Numpwagi sakaka, kibeleku senze kitenda kutemuliwa ndaba ja majambu ganga.Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

37“Mwabandu buku Yelusalemu! Mwabandu buku Yelusalemu! Mwanganya mwaakoma alota nakalapu malibu babatumiki kwinu, natokuli ngamaa kwaabeka pamu bana binu ngati ingoku eijobate ibana yaki kwa mapapati gaki lakini mwanganya ngasemwapaile.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!

38Henu nyumba ji jaka Sapanga bijilei lihami.Look, your house is left to you desolate.

39Numpwaji ngamwimoni kabee mbaka lisoba lemwipwaaga, ‘Jupengilika jojuhika ku lihina laka Bambo.’ ”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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