San Mateo 23
1 AYO nae si Jesus, jacuentuse y linajyan taotao, yan y disipuluña sija,
Then Jesus speaking to the crowds and to his disciples, said:
2 Ylegña: Y escriba yan y Fariseo sija manmatatachong gui tachong Moises;
“The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.
3 Todo y mansinangane jamyo na inadaje, fatinas yan adaje; lao chamiyo fumatitinas taegüije y finatinasñiñija, sa sija jasasangan, lao ti jafatitinas.
Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they tell preach but do not practice.
4 Sa manmangogode catga sija na manmacat ya mapot machule, ya japolo gui jilo y apagan y taotao sija; lao sija ni y calalotñija ti manmalago janacalamten.
While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other men’s shoulder’s they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.
5 Lao todo y chechoñija, jafatinas para umalie ni y taotao sija sa janaancho y filacteriañija, ya jajujuto y madoblan y magagonñija.
All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,
6 Ya yañija y finenana na saga gui guipot, yan y finenana na tachong gui sinagoga;
and like to have the place of honour at dinner, and the best seats in the Synagogues,
7 Yan y manmasaluda gui plasa, yan ufanmafanaan ni y taotao sija, Rabi.
and to be greeted in the markets with respect, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ for everybody.
8 Lao jamyo chamiyo fanmalalago manmafanaan. Rabi; sa unoja Maestronmiyo, ya todo jamyo mañelo.
But do not allow yourselves to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one Teacher, and you yourselves are all Brothers.
9 Chamiyo fanmamananaan ni uno tatanmiyo gui tano; sa unoja Tatanmiyo, na gaegue gui langet.
And do not call any one on the earth your ‘Father,’ for your have only one Father, the heavenly Father.
10 Ni infanmamanaan uno amunmiyo; sa unoja amunmiyo, si Cristo.
Nor must you allow yourselves to be called ‘Leaders,’ for you have only one Leader, the Christ.
11 Lao y mas dangculo guiya jamyo, güiya utentagonmiyo.
The man who would be the greatest among you must be your servant.
12 Sa jayeja y munadangculon namae sagüe, umumitde; ya jayeja y munaumitden namaesagüe, güiya udangculo.
Whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.
13 Lao ay ay para jamyo escriba yan Fariseo sija, hipocrita! sa injichom y raenon langet gui menan y taotao sija; ya ni jamyo ti manjalom, ni y para ufanjalom ti inpelo na ufanjalom.
But alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You turn the key of the Kingdom of Heaven in men’s faces. For you do not go in yourselves, nor yet allow those who try to go in to do so.
14 (Ay ay para jamyo, escriba yan Fariseo sija, hipocrita! sa inticho y guima y biuda sija yan inagó y tinaetae; pot este inresibe dangculo na sentensia.)
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You destroy widow’s houses, even while pretending to make long prayers; therefore you shall receive greater condemnation.
15 Ay ay para jamyo, escriba yan Fariseo sija, hipocrita! sa inlilicue y tase yan y tano para infatinas un prosélito, ya anae esta infatinas, infatitinas güe lalajin sasalaguan dosbiaje mas qui jamyo. (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 he is gained, you make him twice as deserving of the Pit as you are yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 Ay ay para jamyo, bachet na guia sija ni y ilegmiyo: Jayeja y manjula pot templo, taya este; lao jayeja y manjula pot y oron y templo, gaeisao güe.
Alas for you, you blind guides! You say ‘if any answer by the Temple, his oath counts for nothing; but, if any one swears by the gold of the Temple, his oath is binding him’!
17 Manbababa yan manbachet! Jafa mas dangculo, y oro pat y templo, ni y munasantos y oro?
Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?
18 Ya jayeja y manjula pot y attat, taya este; lao jayeja y manjula pot y ninae ni gaegue gui jiloña, gaeisao güe.
You say, too, ‘If any one swears by the altar, his oath counts for nothing, but, if any one swears by the offering placed on it, his oath is binding on him’!
19 Manbachet jamyo! Jafa mas dangculo, y ninae pat y attat ni munasantos y ninae?
Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering?
20 Enao mina y manjula pot y attat, manjula pot ayo yan todo y guaja gui jiloña.
Therefore a man, swearing by the altar, swears by it and by all that is on it,
21 Ya y manjula pot y templo, manjula pot ayo yan pot güiya y sumaga gui jinalomña.
and a man, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it,
22 Ya y manjula pot y langet, manjula pot y trono Yuus, yan pot güiya ni gaegue na matatachong gui jiloña.
while a man, swearing by Heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.
23 Ay ay para jamyo, escriba yan Fariseo sija, hipocrita! sa manmanapase jamyo diesmo y yetba buena, yan anis yan comino, ya inpelo y mas dangculo gui lay; y juisio, y minaase, yan y jinenggue. Este nesesita umafatinas, ya munga mapolo na ti infatinas y otro sija.
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 Bachet jamyo na guia sija! sa inguicula y ñamo, ya inpapañot y cameyo.
You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to swallow a camel!
25 Ay ay para jamyo, escriba yan Fariseo sija, hipocrita! sa infagagase y sumanjiyeng y posuelo yan y plato; lao y sumanjalom bula inamot yan minampos.
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 Fariseo bachet jao! fagase finena y sumanjalom gui posuelo yan y plato, ya despues y sumanjiyong ugasgas locue.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
27 Ay ay para jamyo, escriba yan Fariseo sija, hipocrita! sa manparejo jamyo yan y manmablanquea na naftan na y sanjiyongña magajet na mauleg malie: lao y sumanjalomña bula tolang manmatae, yan todo y ináplacha.
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 men’s bones and all kinds of filth.
28 Taegüenao locue jamyo y sumanjiyong magajet na manunas malie jamyo ni taotao sija; lao y sumanjalom bula hipocresia yan inechong.
It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin.
29 Ay ay para jamyo escriba yan Fariseo sija, hipocrita! sa infatinas naftan y profeta sija, ya inadotna y naftan y manunas,
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 men,
30 Ya ilegmiyo: Yaguin mangaeguejam gui jaanin y tatanmame sija, ti infangachong yan sija gui jâgâ y profeta sija.
and say ‘Had we been living in the days of our ancestors, we should have taken part in their murder of the Prophets!
31 Ayo mina jamyo mismo innae testimonio contra jamyo, na jamyo famaguon ayo sija y pumuno y profeta sija.
By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the men who murdered the Prophets.
32 Jamyo locue innabula y medidan y tatanmiyo.
Fill up the measure of your ancestor’s guilt.
33 Colebla sija, rasan colebla sija! Jaf taemano jamyo insujaye gui sentensian sasalaguan? (Geenna g1067)
You serpents and brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to the Pit? (Geenna g1067)
34 Enaomina estagüeyo na junae jamyo profeta sija, yan manmalate yan escribasija; ya palo guiya sija inpino ya inatane gui quiluus; ya y palo guiya sija, inpanag gui sinagoganmiyo, ya inpetsigue sija guinin siuda asta siuda;
That is why I send you Prophets, wise men, 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 Para ufato gui jilomiyo todo y tunas na jâgâ ni y machuda gui jilo y tano, desde y jâgân Abel y tinas, asta y jâgâ Sacharias, lajin Barachias, ni inpino gui entalo templo yan y attat.
in order that upon 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 Magajet jusagane jamyo, na todo estesija ufanmato gui jilo este na generasion.
All this, I tell you, will come home to the present generation.
37 Jerusalem! Jerusalem! ni y pumuno y profeta sija, ni infagas ni acho todo y manmatago para jago, cuanto biaje malagoyo na jurecoje y famaguonmo, calang y ponedera yan jarecoje y poyitasña sija gui papa papaña, lao ti manmalago jamyo!
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 Estagüe na madingo guiya jamyo y guimanmiyo na ti mataotagüe.
Verily, your house is left to you desolate!
39 Sa guajo jamyo sumangane, na desde pago, ti inliiyo, asta qui ilegmiyo: Dichoso güe y mato. pot y naan y Señot.
For nevermore, I tell you, shall you see me, until you say — ‘Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!’”
