1 PBS Kaimapa, Yesus pikelete te teba nawo pa teangku-teangku-Keke, BSB BSB: Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:
2 PBS Tefa ahli Taurat pa teba-teba Farisi te eteme fujeng Musa. BSB BSB: “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
3 PBS Pea anara ing, ja lelepa, nawopepe tewe teniteme, janoele pa ekalengkoko. Pea anara, janoeleleka jatete ete-jatete ete peana tewe tenimotute peanara tejano tewe tereka. 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 PBS Tewe tewo ne atete ja-ja rangpapi pa terefemotu pawu teba hing. Pea anara, tewe tewo teongte no kang-kang tewote terepepete. 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 PBS Tewe tepungtu jate ete ung teba tefofo. Tewe a-a lupompongtete teluja pa jubah hope rong-rong teteko bapale. BSB BSB: All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
6 PBS Tewe pungtu ifu jeng tafa jeng tememe to sinagoge-sinagoge, BSB BSB: They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 PBS Tabengja tafa tete etejeng bapa, pa ana teba-teba teniete. BSB BSB: the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
8 PBS Pea anara, mewe teniete rabi peapa ana Korumeme aling, pa ewe nawo johang efa. BSB BSB: But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
9 PBS Tebafa eleng-lengka ana aimeme fitong we Aimeme aling kemule surga. BSB BSB: And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10 PBS Pera mepeng-pengka mewe teniete meba rube peana keba rubememe, keing Kristus. BSB BSB: Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.
11 PBS Pea, peana bapale te mewe, peanya me mepe jano mepememeni. BSB BSB: The greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 PBS Meba nememe mepenahomepe memana kong pa ba mene mepena kong mepe me keetitile. BSB BSB: For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 PBS Mewe fengwo, ahli-ahli Taurat pa teba-teba Farisi, teba-teba jaritangka!Ewe tilong ehate Jeng Tete Surga pete kotu to newe peana ewe ewo ewe ekengreka pa ana tewelong neweteng tekengteteka ana tekengte ko tekengtete. 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 PBS Mewe fengwo, he ahli-ahli Taurat pa eba-eba Farisi, eba-eba jalulangka! Ewe teume teba ror-ro patete eweheele ko eleluele-luele lupompong- lupompong kakafa ew leele. Petehe ing, ewe hukuman rangpapi ewewele. BSB BSB: Not in the BSB
15 PBS Ewe fengwo, he ahli-ahli Taurat pa eba-eba jalulangka!Ewe jahouekeaha pa lopefu ko kekebaung ekeare kekeng-keng lupompong e e. Pa wakote ke ekekengti kealing, ewe keeko teangku naraka la hingtung terapepe tewa ewe ewo. 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 PBS Ewe fengwo, he eba rube lutofo, teni, 'Ba janhkefa Allah Pake, jaing peti ka. Pea anara, ba kejangkefa emas Allah Pake, ke apetu jang ing.' 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 PBS Ewe, topo pa lutofo. Kene pebapale emas na Allah Pake pe emas pelotuetu ing? BSB BSB: You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
18 PBS Pa, Meba jangmefa ana altar, jang ing petika. Pea anara, ba jangmefa ja napanefunete altar ho ing, jang ingpeme apetu.' 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 PBS He ewe eba-eba lutofo. Ja pe bapale janefunete na altar pe janefunete pelotuetu ing? BSB BSB: You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
20 PBS Peana ing, ba mejangmefa te altar pa lelepa motu hopepe. BSB BSB: So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21 PBS Pa, bame jangmefa te Allah Pake, jangmefa te Tata Pake pa te Kea keroropa kemule ipepe. BSB BSB: And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
22 PBS Pa, bame jangmefa te surga, jangmefa te Allah jeng Teteke, pa e Kea ketakungmule hokeke. BSB BSB: And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
23 PBS Ewe fengwo, he ahli-ahli Taurat pa eba-eba Farisi, eba-eba jalulangka!Ewe taimbe e ewe wa selasih, adas lampi, pa jintan, peanya ana tehuteweteka ja-ja pe rangpapi wa Hukum Taurat, peana pepe, no nete pa pung, Ja-ja wea pewe ewe jano ele pehueengka ja-ja kaung. 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 PBS Ewe ebarube-ebarube lutofo, leng ewe elangpe pa unta eangheti. BSB BSB: You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25 PBS Ewe fengwo, he ahli-ahli Taurat pa eba-eba Farisi, eba-eba jalulangka!Pea, ewe ja pa apoloeewe lo peng eloleele anara i lopepe loloele pa takufeng. 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 PBS Ewe, eba-eba Farisi lutofo. Ja ifu elole to pa apolo, pea lo pengpepe pera ana pewe to. BSB BSB: Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
28 PBS Peapa ana tewe, penglowe tewe tefote nebawe bamuang pea anara, tehe lo ilo tewe jarijangka pa fengtafa. 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 PBS Ewe fengwo, ahli-ahli Taurat pa eba-eba Farisi, eba-eba jalulangka!Pea, ewe fulu-fulu eleete haele nabi fa pa nisan-nisan elekojujatatatuteba-teba saleh, BSB BSB: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
30 PBS pa tenite, 'Ana newe nemu po jobe nene, newe kang nene nereka wa tewe i fu hi teba fa nabi.' 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 PBS Pea anara, ewe hemule ne eewo pea ewe keing ana eangku-eangku tete teba fa nabiwe ea ji. BSB BSB: So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32 PBS Ana pewakotupa aha teba fa jobenene. BSB BSB: Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
33 PBS Ewe, i-i wung, tunaneko ewe ana ne ehofa wa hukuman neraka? BSB BSB: You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
34 PBS Petehe ing, Niwe nilelengteja nabi-nabi, pa ahli-ahli Taurat teteewe. Tewe narang-rang ung wa tewe ejiko tebing pa elele, tewe narang-rang ewe eare eji sinagoge-sinagoge e e, pa ewe tewe eapa nolelepa wa kota ere kota. 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 PBS Ung hi teba-teba bamuang nawo tajehete fitong ana petete ewe, wawa to Habel hike keba bamuang ing, wakote Zakharia, Berekhya oke kewe ekako kewa Allah Pake pa altar. 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 PBS Bamuangpepe, Ni lengtete ewe ja-ja lelepa kawe petetetu wa teba mowea kawe." BSB BSB: Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
37 PBS "Oh Yerusalem, Yerusalem nabi fa meji pa mepola wung tewe kelelengteewe. Peapa wapate Niwe pungle teangku-teangkumeme telulu, anara ojing ma ko-kopepe tekengte fangpepe, anara ewe eong e. BSB 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!
38 PBS Ekaleng, pameme peetumewo pa pe pina ka. BSB BSB: Look, your house is left to you desolate.
39 PBS Pea, Ni lengtete ewewa ung-angwe, ewe Ni efufukale wakotu ewe piele, Me makele Ke tetele we Tata bati." BSB 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.’”