Matye 23
1 Apre sa, Jezi pale ak foul moun yo ansanm ak disip li yo, li di yo:
Then Jesus, speaking to the crowds and to his disciples, said,
2 Dirèktè lalwa yo ak farizyen yo la pou esplike Lalwa Moyiz la.
‘The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.
3 Se pou nou koute yo, se pou nou fè tou sa yo di nou fè. Men, pa fè tankou yo. Paske yo menm, yo pa fè sa yo di nou fè.
Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they preach but do not practice.
4 Yo mare gwo chay lou yo mete sou zepòl lòt moun. Men, yo menm yo p'ap leve yon ti pwent dwèt pou ede moun yo pote chay la.
While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other people’s shoulder’s they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.
5 Tou sa yo fè, se pou moun kapab wè yo. Gade gwosè meday ki make ak pawòl Liv la yo mare sou fwon yo ak nan bra yo! Gade longè ganiti ki nan woulèt rad long yo!
All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,
6 Yo renmen pi bon plas nan reseptyon. Yo renmen chita kote pou tout moun wè yo nan sinagòg.
and like to have the place of honour at dinner, and the best seats in the synagogues,
7 Yo renmen pou moun di yo bonjou jouk atè lè yo sou plas piblik, pou moun rele yo: Mèt, Mèt.
and to be greeted in the markets with respect, and to be called “Rabbi” by everybody.
8 Men, nou menm, pa fè moun rele nou Mèt, paske se yon sèl mèt nou genyen. Apa sa, nou tout se frè.
But do not allow yourselves to be called “Rabbi,” for you have only one teacher, and you yourselves are all brothers and sisters.
9 Pa rele pesonn sou latè papa, paske nou gen yon sèl papa: sa ki nan syèl la.
And do not call anyone on the earth your “Father,” for your have only one Father, the heavenly Father.
10 Pa kite yo rele nou chèf, paske nou gen yon sèl chèf, se Kris la.
Nor must you allow yourselves to be called “leaders,” for you have only one leader, the Christ.
11 Moun ki pi grannèg nan mitan nou an, se moun k'ap sèvi nou an.
The person who wants to be the greatest among you must be your servant.
12 Moun ki vle leve tèt li, y'a desann li. Moun ki desann tèt li, y'a leve li.
Whoever exalts themselves will be humbled, and whoever humbles themselves will be exalted.
13 Malè pou nou, nou menm dirèktè lalwa ak farizyen, bann ipokrit! Nou fèmen pòt ki mennen nan Peyi Wa ki nan syèl la pou pesonn pa antre. Nou menm, nou pa antre ladan li. Lèfini, moun ki ta vle antre, nou enpoze yo antre.
But alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You turn the key of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you do not go in yourselves, and do not allow those who try to go in to do so.
14 Malè pou nou, nou menm dirèktè lalwa ak farizyen, bann ipokrit! N'ap piye pòv vèv yo nèt ale, an menm tan n'ap plede fè lapriyè byen long pou parèt pi bon. Se poutèt sa, kondannasyon nou pral pi rèd toujou.
15 Malè pou nou, nou menm dirèktè lalwa ak farizyen, bann ipokrit! N'ap vwayaje toupatou sou lanmè ak sou latè pou nou ka konvèti yon moun lòt nasyon nan relijyon nou an. Lè nou resi jwenn yonn, nou fè l' tounen yon pitit Satan de fwa pi mechan pase nou. (Geenna g1067)
Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You scour land and sea to make a single convert, and, when they are gained, you make them twice as deserving of Gehenna as you are yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 Malè pou nou, avèg k'ap kondi moun! Nou di konsa: Yon moun te mèt sèmante sou tanp lan, li pa bezwen kenbe pawòl li pou sa. Men, si l' sèmante sou lò ki nan tanp la, se pou l' kenbe pawòl li.
Alas for you, you blind guides! You say “if any swear by the Temple, their oath counts for nothing; but, if anyone swears by the gold of the Temple, their oath is binding them”!
17 Bann egare, bann moun je pete! Kisa ki pi konsekan: lò a osinon tanp lan kote yo fè lò a sèvi pou Bondye?
Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?
18 Nou di ankò: O wi, si yon moun sèmante sou lòtèl la, se pa anyen sa. Li pa bezwen kenbe pawòl li. Men, si l' sèmante sou ofrann ki sou lòtèl la, se pou l' kenbe pawòl li.
You say, too, “If anyone swears by the altar, their oath counts for nothing, but, if anyone swears by the offering placed on it, their oath is binding on them”!
19 Bann je pete! Kisa ki pi konsekan: ofrann lan osinon lòtèl la kote yo mete ofrann lan apa pou Bondye?
Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? Or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering?
20 Se sa ki fè, moun ki sèmante sou lòtèl la, li sèmante sou lòtèl la ansanm ak tou sa ki sou li.
Therefore a person, swearing by the altar, swears by it and by all that is on it,
21 Moun ki sèmante sou tanp lan, li sèmante sou tanp lan ansanm ak sou Bondye ki rete nan tanp lan.
and a person, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it,
22 Moun ki sèmante sou syèl la, li sèmante sou fotèy kote Bondye chita a ansanm ak sou Bondye li menm ki chita sou fotèy la.
while a person, swearing by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
23 Malè pou nou, nou menm dirèktè lalwa ak farizyen, bann ipokrit! Nou bay Bondye ladim nan rekòt pye mant, pye ani etwale ak pye pèsi, men, nou neglije bagay ki pi konsekan nan lalwa a: n'ap fè lenjistis, nou pa gen kè sansib, nou pa kenbe pawòl nou. Men sa pou n' te fè san nou pa neglije lòt bagay yo.
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law – justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first.
24 Nou menm k'ap kondi pèp la, nou se yon bann avèg pou tèt pa nou. Nou pase lèt la nan paswa pou nou wete ti mouch ki tonbe ladan li. Men, nou vale yon chwal!
You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to swallow a camel!
25 Malè pou nou, nou menm dirèktè lalwa ak farizyen, bann ipokrit! Nou netwaye tout deyò gode a ak deyò plat la byen netwaye. Men, anndan yo plen ak bagay nou pran nan vòlò, nan fè visye.
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence.
26 Farizyen avèg! Pwòpte anndan gode a ak anndan plat la anvan. Se lè sa a deyò yo va pwòp tou.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
27 Malè pou nou, nou menm dirèktè lalwa ak farizyen, bann ipokrit! Nou sanble tonm yo blanchi nan simityè. Deyò yo parèt byen bèl, anndan yo plen ak zosman mò ak tout kalite vye bagay pouri.
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed look fair outside, while inside they are filled with dead people’s bones and all kinds of filth.
28 Konsa tou, sou deyò nan je moun, nou sanble moun k'ap mache dwat devan Bondye. Men anndan kè nou, nou plen ipokrizi ak mechanste.
It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin.
29 Malè pou nou, nou menm dirèktè lalwa ak farizyen, bann ipokrit! Gade, n'ap bati bèl tonm pou pwofèt yo, nou mete flè sou kavo moun ki te mache dwat devan Bondye yo.
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the monuments of religious people,
30 Epi n'ap di: Si nou te viv nan tan zansèt nou yo, nou pa ta dakò ak yo lè yo t'ap touye pwofèt yo.
and say “Had we been living in the days of our ancestors, we should have taken no part in their murder of the prophets!”
31 Lè nou di sa, nou admèt nou menm tou se pitit pitit moun ki te ansasinen pwofèt yo nou ye.
By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the people who murdered the prophets.
32 Konsa, nou mèt fin fè sa zansèt nou yo te kòmanse fè a.
Go on then, finish what your ancestors began!
You snakes and children of snakes! How can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna? (Geenna g1067)
34 Se poutèt sa, men sa ki genyen: mwen pral voye pwofèt, moun ki gen bon konprann ak dirèktè lalwa ban nou. Nou pral touye kèk, gen ladan yo n'ap kloure sou kwa, gen ladan yo n'ap bat ak fwèt nan sinagòg nou yo, n'ap pousib yo soti yon lavil al nan yon lòt.
That is why I send you prophets, wise people, and teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from town to town;
35 Konsa, n'ap reskonsab san tout inonsan ki koule sou latè, depi san Abèl, nonm ki te fè sa ki byen devan Bondye a, jouk san Zakari, pitit Barachi, moun nou te ansasinen ant lòtèl la ak kote ki rezève apa pou Bondye nan tanp lan.
so that on your heads may fall every drop of innocent blood split on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel down to that of Zechariah, Barachiah’s son, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
36 Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Chatiman gen pou tonbe sou moun k'ap viv koulye a pou tout krim sa yo.
All this, I tell you, will come home to the present generation.
37 Jerizalèm, Jerizalèm, ou menm ki touye pwofèt yo, ou menm k'ap touye moun Bondye voye ba ou yo ak kout wòch, depi lontan mwen te vle sanble moun ou yo tankou manman poul k'ap sanble pitit li anba zèl li, men ou pa t' vle!
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! She who slays the prophets and stones the messengers sent to her – Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
38 Enben, tout kay ou yo pral rete san yon moun ladan yo.
Verily, your house is left to you desolate!
39 Paske, m'ap di ou sa: Depi jòdi a, nou p'ap wè m' ankò jouk lè a va rive pou nou di: Benediksyon pou Moun ki vini nan non Mèt la.
For nevermore, I tell you, will you see me, until you say – “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”’
