Matthew 23 (MNI)

1Adudagi Jisuna miyamsing amadi mahakki tung-inbasing aduda hairak-i,Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:

2“Wayel Yathanggi ojasing amasung Pharisee-singna Moses-ki phamphamda phammi.“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

3Maram aduna makhoina haiba pumnamak adu nakhoina ngak-u amasung tou. Adumakpu makhoina touba matou adugumnadi touganu, maramdi makhoina tambiba wa adu makhoina toude.So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

4Makhoina arumba amadi pubada wagadaba potlumsingbu misinggi marengbanda thonggatli, adubu makhoi masanadi makhoibu mateng pangnanaba khudombi phaoba thanggatningde.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.

5Aduga makhoina touba thabak khudingmak misingna unanaba tou-i. Makhoina Mapugi Puyagi aiba wahei haptuna sijinnaba sawunna semba upu adu pak-halli aduga makhoigi phigi phinasing adu cholhalli.All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

6Aduga makhoina chak-khangbada ikaikhumnaba misinggi phamphamda amadi Synagogue-singda akhannaba phamphamda phamba pammi.They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

7Makhoina keithelnachingba miyam tinba maphamda chatpada misingna makhoibu ikaikhumnabaga loinana koubirakpa amadi ‘Rabbi’ haina kouhanba pammi.the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.

8Adubu nakhoibudi ‘Rabbi’ kouhan-ganu, maramdi nakhoigi ojadi ama-khaktani, aduga nakhoi pumnamak nachin-nanao ngaktani.But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

9Aduga malem asida leiriba kanagumba amada ‘Ipa,’ haina kouganu maramdi nakhoigi Napa Ibungodi ama-khaktani aduga mahakti swargada lei.And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

10Aduga nakhoibudi oja kouhan-ganu, maramdi nakhoigi ojadi Christta mathantani.Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

11Nakhoigi narakta khwaidagi chaoba mahak aduna nakhoigi manai oigani.The greatest among you shall be your servant.

12Masa mathanta chaojaningba mahak adubu nolluk-han-gani, aduga masana nollukchaba mahak adubu chaohanbigani.”For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

13“Adubu aphasasinnaba, he Wayel Yathanggi ojasing amasung Pharisee-sing nakhoidi awabanida! Maramdi misingna changjagadaba swarga leibakki thong adu nakhoina thingjilli. Aduga nakhoi nasamaksu maduda changde aduga maduda changnaba hotnajariba makhoi adubusu nakhoina thing-i.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.

14Aphasasinaba, he Wayel Yathanggi ojasing amasung Pharisee-sing nakhoidi awabanida! Maramdi nakhoina lukhrabisingdagi khudongchaba louduna mayum-makei mulli, aduga misingna unanabagidamak tousinnaduna Tengban Mapuda haijaba adu sangna haijei. Maram aduna nakhoina henna kanba cheirak phanggani.Not in the BSB

15“Aphasasinaba, he Wayel Yathanggi ojasing amasung Pharisee-sing nakhoidi awabanida! Maramdi nakhoina mi amabu nakhoigi lainingda olhannabagidamak ipak kaya amasung lamdam kaya koina chatli. Aduga mahakna ollaklabada mahakpu nakhoina oiba adudagi saruk ani henna norokki macha oihalli.”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“Mittangba lamjingbasa, nakhoidi awabanida! Nakhoina hai ningnasang panduna wasakpadi karisu natte, ‘Adubu Mapugi Sanglengi sana adu panduna wasakpa mahak adu mahakki wasak aduna pullabani.’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.’

17Apangba amasung mittangbasa! Sanaga sana adubu senghalliba Mapugi Sang aduga kanana henna chaobage?You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

18Aduga nakhoina asisu tambi madudi, ‘Kanagumbana latnapung panduna wasaklabasu karisu natte, adubu latnapunggi mathakta leiba athenpot adu panduna wasakpa mahak adudi mahakki wasak aduna pullabani.’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.’

19Apangba amasung mittangbasa! Athenpotka athenpot adubu senghalliba latnapungga kanana henna chaobage?You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

20Maram aduna latnapung panduna wasakliba mahak aduna latnapung amadi madugi mathakta leiriba pot pumnamak adubu panduna wasaklabani.So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

21Aduga Mapugi sang panduna wasakliba mahak aduna madubu amasung madugi manungda leiba Tengban Mapu mahakpu panduna wasaklabani.And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

22Aduga swarga panduna wasakliba mahak aduna Tengban Mapugi phambalbu amasung madugi mathakta phamliba Tengban Mapu mahakpu panduna wasaklabani.”And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.

23“Aphasasinnba, he Wayel Yathanggi ojasing amasung pharisee-sing nakhoidi awabanida! Maramdi nakhoina nungsihidak, hop, amadi jira phaoba saruk taragi ama katli adubu nakhoina Wayel Yathanggi maru oiba hiramsing haibadi achumba wayel, chanbiba, amasung thajaba yaba adubudi thou-oide. Hoi nakhoina madusu tougadabani adubu henna maruoibasing adubu thou-oidaba touroidabani.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.

24Mittangba lamjingbasa! Nakhoina nakhoigi thaknanaba isingdagi tumitpudi phijumda chumthok-i adubu chaoraba utpudi yotsilli!”You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

25“Aphasasinnaba, he Wayel Yathanggi ojasing amasung Pharisee-sing nakhoidi awabanida! Maramdi nakhoigi pukham tenggotki mapan thangba saruk adubudi sengdok-i, adubu manungdadi mihouba amasung masa khudum chanjadabana pik thalli.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.

26Mittangba Pharisee-sa! Nakhoina ahanbada pukham tenggotki manung thangba saruk adu hanna sengdok-u, aduga mapan thangba adusu senglakkani.”Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

27“Aphasasinnaba, he Wayel Yathanggi ojasing amasung Pharisee-sing nakhoidi awabanida! Maramdi nakhoidi mapanthongda phajana uba adubu manungdadi asibasinggi saru amasung amotpa pumnamakna pik thanba angouba teiba mongphamsingumbani.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.

28Matou adugumna nakhoisu mapanthongda misinggi maphamda achumba chatpa oina ui, adubu manungdadi aphasasinnaba amasung papna pik thalli.”In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

29“Aphasasinnaba, he Wayel Yathanggi ojasing amasung Pharisee-sing nakhoidi awabanida! Maramdi nakhoina Tengban Mapugi wa phongdokpasinggi phajaba mongphamsing sai amasung achumba chatpasinggi mongphamgi phurasingbu ningthina leiteng-i.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

30Aduga nakhoina hai, ‘Eikhoina eikhoigi ipa ipusinggi haktakta hinglamba tarabadi, eikhoina Tengban Mapugi wa phongdokpasingbu makhoina hatpa aduda eikhoina saruk yaramloi.’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.’

31Adubu nakhoina madu haiba matamda Tengban Mapugi wa phongdokpasingbu hatkhibasing adugi macha masusingni haiba nakhoi nasana phongdokchare.So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

32Adu oirabadi, nakhoigi napa-napusingna houramlaba adu nakhoina mapung phahallu.Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

33He lilsa, he lindugi machasa, norokki wayen adudagi nakhoina karamna nanthokkadage?You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

34Maram aduna, yeng-u, eina nakhoida hairi, eina nakhoida Tengban Mapugi wa phongdokpasing, asingba mising amasung ojasingbu thagani. Aduga nakhoina makhoi kharabu hatkani amasung kharabuna cross-ta hatkani. Amasung atoppa ateisingbuna nakhoina nakhoigi Synagogue-singda phugani amasung makhoibu sahar amadagi sahar amada tannaduna ot-neigani.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.

35Masi achumba chatpa Abel hatpadagi houraga Mapugi Sanglen amasung latnapunggi marakta hatkhiba Barachiah-gi machanupa Zechariah hatkhiba matam phaobada malemda takhiba achumba chatpa mi pumnamakki eegi cheirak adu nakhoigi nathakta tananabani.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.

36Eina nakhoida tasengnamak hairibasini, masi pumnamaksing asigi cheirak adu miron asigi mathakta tagani!”Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

37“Mapu Ibungogi wa phongdokpasingbu hatpa amasung nangonda thakhiba Mapu Ibungogi pao pubasingbu nungna thaba, he Jerusalem Jerusalem! Yenbina machasingbu mathanungda konsinbagumna kayamuk thoina nahakki nachasingbu eina ithanungda konjaningkhiba! Adubu nakhoina kolhankhide.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!

38Yeng-u, nakhoigi yum adu thadokkadouri amasung itak takkadouri.Look, your house is left to you desolate.

39Maramdi eina nakhoida hairibasini, ‘MAPU IBUNGO-gi mingda lenglakliba Ibungo mahak adu yaiphabani haibasi nakhoina haidriphaoba nakhoina eibu keidounungda amuk hanna uraroi.’ ”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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