Matthew 2323MatthewJerusalem: conflict and teachingNdebele Bible

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1. 1NDEUJesu wasesithi emaxukwini abantu lakubafundi bakhe:BSBBSB: Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
2. 2NDE“Abafundisi bomthetho labaFarisi bahlezi esihlalweni sikaMosi.BSBBSB: “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
3. 3NDENgakho kumele libalalele lenze konke abalitshela khona. Kodwa lingakwenzi abakwenzayo, ngoba kabakulandeli lokho abakutshumayelayo.BSBBSB: So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
4. 4NDEBaqoqa imithwalo enzima bayetshate emahlombe abantu kodwa bona bengafuni lokulokotha bayithwale.BSBBSB: 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. 5NDEKonke abakwenzayo bakwenzela ukuba babonwe ngabantu, benza imicwatsho yabo yemibhalo ibe banzi lezintshaka zezigqoko zabo zibe zinde;BSBBSB: All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
6. 6NDEbathanda izindawo eziphezulu emadilini lezihlalo eziqakathekileyo emasinagogweni,BSBBSB: They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
7. 7NDEbathanda ukubingelelwa emisikeni lokuthi abantu bababize ngokuthi ‘Rabi.’BSBBSB: the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
8. 8NDEKodwa lina nxa lingabizwa kuthiwe ‘Rabi,’ ngoba munye kuphela oyiNkosi yenu njalo lina lonke liyizinini.BSBBSB: But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
9. 9NDEFuthi lingabizi muntu emhlabeni ngokuthi ‘baba,’ ngoba liloYihlo oyedwa, yena osezulwini.BSBBSB: And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10. 10NDENjalo lingabizwa ngokuthi bafundisi, ngoba liloMfundisi oyedwa, uKhristu.BSBBSB: Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
11. 11NDEOmkhulu kulani lonke phakathi kwenu uzakuba yinceku yenu.BSBBSB: The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12. 12NDENgoba lowo oziphakamisayo uzathotshiswa, lalowo ozithobayo uzaphakanyiswa.”BSBBSB: For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13. 13NDE“Maye kini, bafundisi bomthetho lakubaFarisi, lina bazenzisi! Livalela abantu umbuso wezulu. Lina ngokwenu kalingeni liphinde livimbele labo abazama ukungena. [BSBBSB: 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. 14NDEMaye kini bafundisi bomthetho lakini baFarisi, lina bazenzisi! Liphanga izindlu zabafelokazi, beselizenzisa lisenza imikhuleko emide, ngalokho lizakwamukeliswa ukulahlwa okukhulu.]BSBBSB: Not in the BSB
    Not in the earliest manuscripts
15. 15NDEMaye kini bafundisi bomthetho lakini baFarisi, lina bazenzisi! Lidabula ilizwe lihambe laphezu kolwandle lidinga ukuphendula oyedwa zwi, lithi selimzuzile limphendule abe yindodana yesihogweni okuphindwe kabili kulani.BSBBSB: 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. 16NDEMaye kini, baholi abayiziphofu! Lithi, ‘Nxa umuntu efunga ngethempeli kakutsho lutho; kodwa nxa umuntu efunga ngegolide lethempeli usezibophile ngesifungo sakhe.’BSBBSB: 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. 17NDELina ziphofundini! Yikuphi okukhulu kulokunye: igolide kumbe ithempeli elenza igolide libengcwele?BSBBSB: You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
18. 18NDELithi njalo, ‘Nxa umuntu efunga nge-alithare, akusilutho; kodwa nxa umuntu efunga ngesipho esikulo usezibophile ngesifungo sakhe.’BSBBSB: 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. 19NDELina ziphofu zabantu! Yikuphi okudlula okunye: isipho langabe i-alithari elenza isipho sibe ngcwele?BSBBSB: You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
20. 20NDENgakho lowo ofunga nge-alithare ufunga ngalo langakho konke okukulo.BSBBSB: So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21. 21NDENjalo lowo ofunga ngethempeli ufunga ngalo njalo langaye lowo ohlala kulo.BSBBSB: And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
22. 22NDENjalo lalowo ofunga ngezulu ufunga ngesihlalo sobukhosi sikaNkulunkulu langaye ohlezi phezu kwaso.BSBBSB: And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
23. 23NDEMaye kini, bafundisi bomthetho lakini baFarisi, bazenzisi! Linika okwetshumi okweziyoliso zenu, iminti ledili lekhamini. Kodwa liyekethise izinto ezimqoka emthethweni, eziyikulunga, isihawu kanye lokwethembeka. Bekufanele lithi likwenza lokhu lingawuyekethisanga umthetho.BSBBSB: 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. 24NDELina baholi abayiziphofu! Liyacenga ukukhupha ubuyane kodwa liginye ikamela.BSBBSB: You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25. 25NDEMaye kini, bafundisi bomthetho lakini baFarisi, lina bazenzisi! Ligezisa inkezo lomganu ngaphandle kodwa ngaphakathi kugcwele ubuhwaba lokuzisuthisa.BSBBSB: 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. 26NDEMFarisi oyisiphofu! Qala uhlambulule ingaphakathi yenkezo lomganu, ukuze ingaphandle layo ihlambuluke.BSBBSB: Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
27. 27NDEMaye kini, bafundisi bomthetho lakini baFarisi, lina bazenzisi! Linjengamathuna aconjiweyo, akhanya ebukeka ngaphandle, kodwa ngaphakathi agcwele amathambo abantu abafileyo lakho konke okungcolileyo.BSBBSB: 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. 28NDEKanjalo, ngaphandle libonakala ebantwini linjengabalungileyo, kodwa ngaphakathi ligcwele ukuzenzisa lobubi.BSBBSB: In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29. 29NDEMaye kini, bafundisi bomthetho lakini baFarisi, lina bazenzisi! Lakhela abaphrofethi amathuna njalo licecise amathuna abalungileyo.BSBBSB: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
30. 30NDEBeselisithi, ‘Ngabe saphila ngezinsuku zabokhokho bethu sasingeyikuhlanganyela labo ekuchitheni igazi labaphrofethi.’BSBBSB: 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. 31NDENgalokho yini elipha ubufakazi bokuthi liyisizukulwane salabo ababulala abaphrofethi.BSBBSB: So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32. 32NDENanko-ke, wohlani liqedise lesosono sabokhokho benu!BSBBSB: Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
33. 33NDELina zinyoka! Lina nzalo yezinhlangwana! Lizaphepha kanjani ukuba lilahlelwe esihogweni na?BSBBSB: You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
34. 34NDENgakho ngilithumela abaphrofethi lamadoda ahlakaniphileyo labafundisi. Abanye babo lizababulala libabethele; abanye lizababhaxabula emasinagogweni enu, lilandelelane labo kuleli laleliyana idolobho.BSBBSB: 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. 35NDENgakho-ke, lonke igazi elilungileyo elachithwayo emhlabeni kusukela egazini lika-Abheli owayelungile kusiya egazini likaZakhariya indodana kaBherekhiya elambulala phakathi laphakathi kwethempeli le-alithari lizakwehliselwa phezu kwenu.BSBBSB: 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. 36NDENgilitshela iqiniso, konke lokhu kuzakuba phezu kwalesi isizukulwane.BSBBSB: Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
37. 37NDEJerusalema, Jerusalema, wena obulala abaphrofethi, ubakhande ngamatshe labo abathunywe kuwe, sekukanengi ngiloyisa ukuqoqa ndawonye abantwabakho, njengesikhukhukazi siqoqa amatsiyane aso ngaphansi kwamaphiko aso, kodwa wena wawungathandi.BSBBSB: 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!
38. 38NDEKhangela, indlu yakho isitshiywe ilunxiwa.BSBBSB: Look, your house is left to you desolate.
39. 39NDENgoba ngiyalitshela, kalisayikungibona futhi lize lithi, ‘Ubusisiwe lowo obuya ngebizo likaThixo.’”BSBBSB: 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.’”