Matthew 18 (TDX)

1Niheo mb’amy Iesoà mb’eo henane zay o mpiama’eo nañontane ty hoe: Ia ty atao’o ho lohàñe amy fifehean-dikerañey?At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

2Tsinikao’e ty anak’ajaja naho navotra’e aivo’ iareo ao,Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

3le hoe re: To t’itaroñako t’ie naho tsy mitolike ho hambañe ami’ty ajaja toy, le tsy hizilike amy fifehean-dikerañey.“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

5Ze mandrambe ty ajaja manahake toke ami’ty añarako, mandrambe ahy.And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

6Ze mampitsikapy ty raike amo ajaja mpiato amakoo, le kitra’e andravaham-bato-pandisanañe ty an-kàto’e vaho avokovoko an-driake laleke ao.But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

7Hoy abey! amo mpimone’ ty voatse toio ty amo fampitsikapiañeo! Toe tsy mahay tsy eo ty mahatsikapy, natovo’e ty hoe: Hekoheko am’ indaty mampitsikapiy.Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

8Naho mamingañ’ azo ty fità’o ndra fandia’o, kitsiho ama’o; fa hàmake himoake an-kaveloñe ao kepeke ndra doñe irehe, ta te hatolotse añ’afo bey tsy modo ao reketse fitàñe roe naho fandia roe.If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

9Aa naho mampitsikapy azo ty fihaino’o, pirito vaho atambirivirio añe; kitra’e hizilike an-kaveloñe ao fei-pihaino raike, ta t’ie hatolotse añ’afo bey ao reke-pihaino roe.And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

10Asoao tsy ho sirikae’ areo ty raike amo anak’ ajalahio; fa itaroñako te nainai’e mahaisake o ana’ i Raeko andikerañeio o anjeli’ iareoo,See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

11vaho fa nijihetse tsy handrombak’ o rafelahio ka i Ana’ ondatiy.Not in the BSB

12Akore ty heve’ areo? Ie manañe añondry zato t’indaty, le mandifike añe ty raike, tsy henga’e am-bohitse ao heike hao i sivampolo-sive’ amby rey, vaho ho mb’eo hitsoeke i nandifikey?What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

13Ie tendreke, Eka! to t’itaroñako te handian-taroba i raikey te amy sivampolo-sive’ amby tsy nandridrìke rey.And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

14Amy te tsy lahan-dRae’ areo andindìñe ao ty hahamotso raike amo kede retiañe.In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

15Ie henane zay, hoe t’i Iesoà amy Simona atao Petera: Ie manao hakeo ama’o ty longo’o, endaho an-tolake, ie mijanjiñe, le fa azo’o i longo’oy.If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

16Aa naho tsy mañaoñe azo re, aseseho aolo ty ondaty, f’ie tsy mijanjiñe ndra fanta inoñ’ inoñe, le anovono roe ndra raike, hiatrefa’ ty valolombeloñe telo ndra roe, amy te mahajadoñe saontsy ty valolombeloñe telo ndra roe.But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

17Aa naho tsy mañaon-titike inoñe ndra sangy inon-dre, le taroño amy fivoriy; aa ie mboe tsy mete mijanjiñe i fivoriy, le ampanahafo ami’ty añombelahimavo naho ty rafelahy vaho ty piaroteñe.If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

18Eka, to t’itaroñako te ze fanta fehè’ areo an-tane atoy, ro feheñe andindiñe ao. Naho ze hahà’ areo an-tane atoy, ho hahàñe andindìñe ao.Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

19Tovoñako ama’ areo ty hoe, Naho miharo rehake amy ze ihalalia’ iareo ty roe ama’ areo an-tane atoy, le hanoen-dRaeko andindìñe ao ho a iareo.Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

20Ndra aia aia ivoria’ ty telo ndra roe ami’ty añarako le am’ iareo ao iraho.For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

21Le nisitsitse mb’ama’e t’i Petera, nanao ty hoe: O Rañandria, ie manao tahiñe amako ty rahalahiko, hiheveako pak’ impito hao?Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

22Hoe t’i Iesoà tama’e: Tsy anoako ty hoe Ampara’ ty fito, fa Sikal’ ami’ty fitom-polo-fito’amby.Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

23I fifehean-dikerañey, le ampanahafeñe ami’ty mpanjaka niambesatse nifamolily amo mpitoro’eo naho amo mpamandro’eo.Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

24Ie namototse volily, pok’eo ty nisongo bogady volamena rai-ale ama’e;As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him.

25aa ie tsy nanan-katolotse, le linili’ i talè’ey te haletake reketse keleiañe naho ze hanaña’e iaby, hañavake i songoy.Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

26Nibaboke aolo’ i talè’ey i mpitoroñey, nitoreo te hifereñaiña’e, handiñisa’e, fa fonga havaha’e.Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

27Aa le niferenaiña’ i talèy, le vinotso’e vaho hene napo’e.His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.

28Fa naho niavotse i mpitoroñey le nanjo ty mpitrao-pitoroñe nanaña’e drala zato, le tsinepa’e naho finofo’e vaho hoe ty asa’ i kinabokeyBut when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’

29Matokisa naho mahaliñisa ahy fa hene havahako.So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’

30F’ie tsy nimete nitsanoñe aze, te mone nasese’e mb’am-balabey ao ampara’ te fonga hondroha’e.But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

31Nioni’ o mpitrao-pitoroñeo i nanoe’ey le akore ty haboseha’ iareo kanao niheo mb’amy talè’ey nitalily.When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.

32Aa le kinanji’ i talè’ey vaho nanoa’e ty hoe: Ty mpitoroñe fatse toy, tsy hene niheveako hao o songo’oo amy nampihaonkaoñe’o ahiy?Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

33Aa tsy ho nitretreze’o ka hao i mpitoro’o nihalaly ama’oy hambañe amy niheveako azoy?’Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

34Niviñera’ i talè’ey vaho linili’e t’ie ho samporeraheñe ampara’ te hene avaha’e i sinongo’ey.In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

35Izay ty hanoan-dRaeko andindìñe ao ama’areo naho tsy songa miheve ty longo’e an-tro-mazava.That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

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