Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Nipele, Che Yesu ŵausalile mpingo wa ŵandu ni ŵakulijiganya ŵao kuti,
2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
“Ŵakwiganya malajisyo ni Mafalisayo akwete ukombole wa kusala uchenene Malajisyo.
3 All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.
Kwalye ligongo lyo mpikanichisye ni kutenda chachili chose chichansalile. Nambo nkasyasya isambo yao, pakuŵa ngakutenda yele yakuisala yo.
4 For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.
Akutaŵanga misigo jakutopela ni kwatwika ŵandu mmakoyo, nambo ŵele achinsyene wo ngakusaka atamuno kukwaya ni chala.
5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
Ŵanyawo akugatenda masengo gao gose kuti apate kuloleka ni ŵandu. Akuwala indu yailembekwe malembelo ga malajisyo pachanya meeso ni konjechesya ukulu wa nguo syao kuti aloleche ali ŵandu ŵa Akunnungu.
6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
Ikwanonyela kutama peuto pa kuchimbichikwa mu indimba ni itengu ya kuchimbichikwa mmajumba ga kupopelela.
7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
Ikwanonyela kwakomasya kwa kwachimbichisya pa kusumichisya malonda ni kusaka ŵandu ŵaŵilanje, ‘Jwakwiganya.’
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
Nambo ŵanyamwe nkaŵilanjikwa ‘Jwakwiganya,’ pakuŵa jwakwiganya jwenu ali jumo pe, ni wose ndi achalongo.
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
Atamuno ngasimummilanga mundu ‘Atati’ pa chilambo pano, pakuŵa Atati ŵetu ali ŵamo pe, ŵaali kwinani.
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
Atamuno ngasimmilanjikwa ‘ilongola’ pakuŵa chilongola jwenu ali jumo pe, yaani Kilisito.
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
Nombe jwali jwankulungwa jwenu chaaŵe katumetume jwenu.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Jwakulikwesya chatuluswe ni jwakulitulusya chachikweswa.
13 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
“Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Pakuŵa nkuugala nnango wa Umwenye wa kwinani mmbujo pa ŵandu. Ni ŵanyamwe mwachinsyene ngankwinjila, atamuno ngankwaleka ŵakusaka kwinjila ajinjile.
14 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Nkwasumula ŵawililwe ni achiŵankwawo ipanje yao nchilitendaga ŵandu ŵambone nkupopela mapopelo gamaleu, kwa lye ligongo lyo kulaga kwenu chikuŵe kwakukulungwa nnope.
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
“Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Pakuŵa nkutaŵa ulendo mu bahali ni pa chilambo kuti nkombole kuntenda namose mundu jumo aŵe jwa kunkuya mwanya. Pankumpata, nkuntenda aŵe mundu jwakwinjila ku jehanamu kumpunda mwachinsyene. (Geenna g1067)
16 “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
“Ulaje uwe kukwenu ilongola ŵangalola! Ŵanyamwe nkutinji mundu alumbililaga kwa Nyuumba ja Akunnungu, kwele kulumbila ko ngaŵa chindu, nambo alumbililaga kwa sahabu ja Nyuumba ja Akunnungu, kwele kulumbilila ko kukwakanganichisya kuchitenda chalumbilile.
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Ŵanyamwe ŵangalola ŵakuloŵela! Chapi chachili cha malumbo nnope, sahabu pane Nyuumba ja Akunnungu jajikujitenda sahabu jiŵe jeswela?
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
Sooni nkutinji mundu alumbililaga pa chilisa ngaŵa chindu, nambo alumbilaga nkujikolanga mbopesi jajili pa chilisa, kwele kulumbilila ko kukwakanganichisya kuchitenda chalumbilile.
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Ŵanyamwe ŵangalola! Ana kulumbilila chi kwakuli kwamalumbo nnope, kwa mbopesi pane kwa chilisa chachikujitenda mbopesi jiŵe jeswela?
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
Jwakulumbila kwa chilisa akulumbilila kwa chele chilisa cho, ni kwa chose chachili pachanya pakwe.
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
Ni jwakulumbila kwa Nyuumba ja Akunnungu akulumbilila kwa Nyuumba ja Akunnungu ni kwa jwele jwakutama nkati mo.
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
Nombe jwakulumbila kwa kwinani akulumbilila kwa chitengu cha Umwenye wa Akunnungu, ni kwa jwele jwakutama pachanya pakwe.
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
“Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Nkupochela mbopesi kwa ŵandu, atamuno pa masamba ga kununjila, ni bisali ni jila, nkuileka indu yekulungwa yailajichikwe ni Malajisyo mpela ila kupanganya yaikwanonyelesya Akunnungu ni chanasa ni chikulupi. Gelega ni gankusachilwa kugakamulisya pangagaliŵalila gane.
24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
ilongola ŵangalola! Nkujityosya membe mu yakung'wa, nambo nkuchimila chinyama chachikuŵilanjikwa ngamia!
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.
“Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Nkosya chikombe ni mbale kwa paasa, nambo nkati nkuleka indu impatile kwa wiyi ni nsese.
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
Ugwe Mfalisayo jwangalola! Njosye chikombe nkati kaje ni paasa chipasalale.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness.
“Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Pakuŵa nkulandana ni malembe gagasililwe ni chokaa, nombe kwa paasa gakuwoneka kuŵa gambone, nambo nkati mwakwe gagumbele maupa ga ŵawe ni usakwa wejinji.
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Iyoyopeyo ni ŵanyamwe kwa paasa nkuoneka ni ŵandu kuŵa ŵambone nambo nkati ngumbele ulamba ni ungalimate.
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
“Ulaje uwe kukwenu ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ni Mafalisayo, ŵaulamba! Nkugumba malembe ga ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu ni kugasalalisya malembe ga ŵandu ŵambone.
30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
Nkutinji, ‘Tukaapali kalakala katema ka achambuje ŵetu, ngatukaŵe pamo mmaulajo ga ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu!’
31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
Kwakuŵecheta yeleyo nkulilosya mwachinsyene kuti ŵanyamwe ndi achiŵana ŵa aŵala ŵaŵauleje ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
Hayaga, mmalichisye masengo gaŵachokwele achambuje ŵenu!
33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna? (Geenna g1067)
Ŵanyamwe ŵa uŵelesi wa lijoka lya sumu! Chimmutuche chinauli ulamusi wa ku jehanamu? (Geenna g1067)
34 Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
Nipele lye ligongo lyo une ngumpelechela ŵanyamwe ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu, ŵandu ŵa lunda ni ŵakwiganya malajisyo, ŵane mwa ŵanyawo chimwaulaje ni kwaŵamba pa nsalaba, ni ŵane chimwapute ibokola mmajumba genu ga kupopelela ni kwasosa mmisi jinajose.
35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
Nipele chileŵo chichiŵe kukwenu kwa ligongo lya miasi ja ŵandu ŵambone jajijitiche mu chilambo muno. Elo chitandile chiwa chi che Habili jwanganakola chileŵo mpaka chi che Sakalia, mwana ju che Balakia, jumwammuleje pa Nyuumba ja Akunnungu pasikati ja papaswela ni chilisa.
36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Isyene ngunsalila kuti, ŵandu ŵa uŵelesi u chalamulikwe kwa ligongo lya indu yi.
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
“Yelusalemu! Ugwe Yelusalemu! Nkwaulaga ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu ni kwaputa maganga ŵelewo ŵaŵatumikwe kukwenu. Ana kalingwa nasachile kwasonganganya achiŵana ŵenu, mpela nguku ijikuti pakwasonganganya achiŵanagwe kusi kwa mapapiko gakwe, nambo mwakanile.
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
Ayaga nipele, nyuumba jenu chijisigale lisame pe.
39 For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
Ngunsalila, ngamuumona sooni mpaka pachinchiti, ‘Akole upile jwele jwakwika mu liina lya Ambuje.’”
