Matthew 23
1 Hanchu, Jisua'n mipuingei le a ruoisingei kôm chong a rila.
Then Yeshua spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
2 “Balam minchupungei le Phariseengei hih Moses Balamngei rilminthârpu ngei ni ranga phal an ni.
saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
3 Masikin itho ranga nangni an be murdi chu nin jômin nin jûi rang ani; Hannirese, an omchan chu jûi no roi, an misîr ngei hih an mang ngâi loi sikin.
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.
4 Puok arik le apêl intak takngei an siema, mingei chunga an bâng ngâia, aniatachu, ha mingei sanna rangin an kutpârngei luo mang nuom ngâi mak ngei.
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.
5 An sintho murdi khom miriem mu rangin kêng an sin ngâi. An machalngei le an bânngei khitna hih Pathien chong miziek ngei hih en ta u, an inrol bâk na! An kâncholiinchuol minvona ngei khom hih en ta u, asei bâk na!
But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
6 Ruolhoi thona muna munhoi tatakna ngei le synagog ngeia sukmun asa an ngên ngâia;
and love the place of honour at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
7 Bazar mun ngeia min chubai an mûk le ‘Minchupu’ tia an koingei an minlut ngâia.
the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
8 Nangni chu ‘Minchupu’ tiin koi ni tet no tunui, urêng korong nin nia, minchupu inkhat mang nin dôn sikin.
But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your Rabbi, the Messiah, and all of you are brothers.
9 Pilchung hin tute O, Pa, ti no roi, Pa inkhat mamang invâna nin dôn sikin.
Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
10 ‘Ruoipu’ ti khomin koi ni no tunui. Messiah mang hih nin ruoipu ani sikin.
Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Messiah.
11 Nin lâia a roiinpuitak chu nin tîrlâm ani rang ani.
But he who is greatest amongst you will be your servant.
12 Tutu a omlien kai chu chîn an ta, a omchîn kai chu minlutin om an tih.”
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 “Nangni Balam minchupungei le Pharisee asarotholngei! Nin chung arik! Invân Rêngram inkhâr hah mingei nin khâr pea; nangni laka lût uol mak cheia mi a lût rang ngei khom nin khap ngâi.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretence you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
14 Nangni Balam minchupungei le Pharisee asarotholngei! Nin chung arik! Meithâingei sum nin sâk pea, mi huongnân asôt zazan chubai nin tho ngâi; masikin nin dûk tuong rik uol ok atih!
“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.
15 Nangni Balam minchupungei le Pharisee asarotholngei! Nin chung arik! Mi inkhat insîrna rangin tuikhanglien le ram pumpui nin sir ngâia; a hong inletin chu ha mi hah nangni nêka bâknika dûkmuna se rangin nin tho ngâi! (Geenna g1067)
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 Gehinnom as yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 Nangni ruoipu mitcho, Tukhom Biekin dêna khomâkinsâm chu ite nâng ngâi maka; aniatachu tukhom Biekina rângkachak dêna khomakinsâm chu anângna aom.” Ti ngâi ngei nin chung arik.
“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.’
17 Mitcho inmôlngei! Imo akâm aom uol, rângkachak mo aninônchu rângkachak inthieng Biekin hah mo?
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
18 Mapêna Tukhom mâichâm dêna khomakinsâm chu ite anângna omaka, ania mâichâm chunga neinunpêk dêna khomakinsâm chu anângna aom, nin ti sa ngâi.
And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
19 Idôra mitcho nin ni! Imo akâmaom uol, neinunpêk minthieng ngâipu mâichâm ha mo, mo neinunpêk ha mo?
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
20 Masikin tukhom mâichâm le a chunga neinunpêk aom murdi'n ânsâmdelsa ani.
He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
21 Tukhom Biekin dêna khomâkinsâm kaiin chu Biekin leh a sûnga Pathien om hah dênin ân sâm ania;
He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
22 male tukhom invân dêna khomâkinsâm chu Pathien sukmun le a chunga insungpu dênin ân sâm ani.
He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
23 Nangni Balam minchupungei le Pharisee asarotholngei! Nin chung arik! Sâkruo avâng ngâi chimungei, lêngmesêr le sâkbakhêr tenah khom sômakhat nin pêk ngâia, hannirese, Balama akâm aom uol, dikna ngei le mulungjûrpuina le iemomna ngei jôm rangin chu lunghâng tho ngâi mak chei. Hi ngei hih nin jôm rang ani, adangngei khom mathân uol loiin.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the Torah: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
24 Ruoipu mitcho ngei! Nin tui nêkna thoihir chu nin rithît minsâia, ania saringsei chu nin movol ngâi ani.
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
25 Nangni Balam minchupungei le Pharisee asarotholngei! Nin chung arik! Nin kilât le nin mâirâng pêntieng nin minsâia, a sûngtieng chu, inrûksâkna le indînloi nân ai sip ani.
“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.
26 Pharisee mitcho ngei! Kilât sûngtieng hah minsâi bak ungla, hanchu apêntieng khom sâi sâng atih!
You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
27 “Nangni Balam minchupungei le Pharisee asarotholngei! Thân lung, nôtminvâra apêntieng chu en ahoi zata, hannirese, asûngtieng chu ru le ruok athûa sip angha nin ni.
“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.
28 Ma anghan mitin mitmua pêntieng chu asa anghan nin inlanga, hannirese, nin sûngtieng chu asarotholna le sietnangeia sipmat nin ni.
Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 “Nangni Balam minchupungei le Pharisee asarotholngei! Nin chung arik! Dêipungei thân nin sinsiama, midikngei riettit nân lungngei nin minvo ngâia;
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
30 male ei richibulngei om lâia han ei lei omsai nikhom senla, dêipungei thisen an musuok han chu inchel no ih, nin ti ngâi.
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.’
31 Masikin Dêipungei lei that ngei richia mi nin ni ti nin minlang chak ani.
Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
32 Se ungla, nin richibulngeiin an lei phut hah minzoi roi.
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
33 Nangni murûlngei le murûl nâingei! Dûkmuna se ranga jêkmasatna renga inmo jôk thei rangin nin insabei? (Geenna g1067)
You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgement of Gehinnom? (Geenna g1067)
34 Masikin nangni ki ril, nin kôm dêipungei, mivârngei, minchupungei juongtîr ka ta, an lâia senkhat chu that nin ta, senkhat chu jêmdel nin ta, senkhat chu synagog ngeia jêm nin ta, khopui ankhat renga khopui ankhata rujûlpai nin tih.
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,
35 Masikin midiktak Abel thisen renga Biekin le mâichâm kâra Barakia nâipasal, theiloinaboi, Zakaria nin that thisen tena han, pilchunga midikngei thatna sika dûktuongna chu nin chunga la chul atih.
that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
36 Adiktakin nangni ki ril: ha mingei thatna sika dûktuongna ngei murdi chu atûna mingei chunga chul let atih.
Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Dêipungei thata, Pathien'n no kôma thangthei a hongtîr ngei lung leh a dêng thatpu! Ârpuinu'n ate ngei a mantha nuoia ai opbûm ngâi anghan ni mingei anrêngin voizet mo ka bân nuoia opbûm rang ko bôka, hankhoma nuom mak che!
“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!
38 Masikin nin Biekin hah mâkrakin, a korongin om atih.
Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
39 Nangni ki ril, ‘Pumapa riminga hong chu Pathien'n satvur rese,’ nin ti mâka chu atûn renga ni mu nôk khâi no tunui a tia.”
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!’”
