Matthew 7
1 “Do not talk about how sinfully others have acted, in order that God will not say how sinfully you have acted.
Aza mitsara, mba tsy hotsaraina ianareo.
2 If you condemn [other people], [God] will condemn you. To the same extent that you condemn others, you will be condemned {[God] will condemn you}.
Fa araka ny fitsarana ataonareo no hitsarana anareo; ary araka ny ohatra ataonareo no hanoharana ho anareo.
3 (None of you should be concerned [about someone else’s small faults] [MET]!/Why should any of you be concerned [about someone else’s small faults]?) [MET, RHQ] [That would be like noticing] a speck in that person’s eye. But you should [be concerned about your own big faults. They are like] [MET] planks in your own eye, which you do not notice.
Ary nahoana ianao no mijery ny sombin-kazo eo amin’ ny mason’ ny rahalahinao, fa ny andry eo amin’ ny masonao dia tsy mba tsaroanao?
4 (You should not say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes!’/Why do you say to other people [about their minor faults], ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes?’) [RHQ] [You should not say that] if a plank is still in your own eye [MET].
Ary ahoana no hilazanao amin’ ny rahalahinao hoe: Aoka aho hanaisotra ny sombin-kazo eo amin’ ny masonao; nefa, indro, ny andry eo amin’ ny masonao?
5 You hypocrite, [stop committing your own sins! That will be like] removing the plank from your own eye [MET]. Then, as a result, you will be able to perceive things spiritually so that you can help other people get rid of the [faults] [MET] [that are like] specks in their eyes.”
Ry mpihatsaravelatsihy, esory aloha ny andry eo amin’ ny masonao, ary amin’ izay vao ho hitanao tsara ny hanesoranao ny sombin-kazo eo amin’ ny mason’ ny rahalahinao.
6 “You do not give holy things to dogs [that would ignore those things] and attack you [CHI]. You do not throw pearls in front of hogs, [because they would just ignore them] and trample them. [Similarly], do not give [precious spiritual truth to people you know will not value it but instead will do evil things to you].”
Aza omena ny alika izay masìna; ary aza atsipy eo anoloan’ ny kisoa ny vato soanareo, fandrao hanitsaka azy izy, dia hifotitra ka hamiravira anareo.
7 “Keep asking [God for what you need]. If you do that, [he] will give it to you. Confidently keep [expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like] [MET] looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on [praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like] [MET] knocking [on a door in order to enter a room]. And the way will be opened {[God] will open the way} for you [to get what you pray for].
Mangataha, dia homena ianareo; mitadiava, dia hahita ianareo; dondony, dia hovohana ianareo.
8 Remember that [God] will give things to everyone who continues to ask [him for them]. [He] will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. [He] will open [the way] for people [to get the things that they keep persistently praying for].
Fa izay rehetra mangataka no mahazo; ary izay mitady no mahita; ary izay mandondòna no hovohana.
9 (No man among you would give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread./Would anyone among you give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread?) [RHQ]
Ary iza moa aminareo, raha angatahan’ ny zanany mofo, no hanome azy vato?
10 Likewise, (no man would give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish./would anyone give a [poisonous] snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish?) [RHQ]
ary raha angatahany hazandrano, no hanome azy menarana?
11 You, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children. So [God], your Father who is in heaven, will certainly give good things to the people who ask him.”
Koa raha ianareo, na dia ratsy aza, mahalala hanome zava-tsoa ho an’ ny zanakareo, tsy mainka va ny Rainareo Izay any an-danitra no hanome zava-tsoa ho an’ izay mangataka aminy?
12 “So in whatever way you want others to act toward you [(pl)], that is the way you [(pl)] should act toward them, because that [sums up what Moses wrote in] the laws [that God gave him] and [also what] the prophets [wrote long ago].”
Koa amin’ izany na inona na inona tianareo hataon’ ny olona aminareo, dia mba ataovy aminy kosa tahaka izany; fa izany no lalàna sy mpaminany.
13 “[Going to] where people live eternally [with God in heaven] is difficult. [It is like] going along a narrow road [PRS, MET] that leads to a narrow gate. Not many people find that way. [The way] that most [people take] is easy, [but it results in their being punished] {[God punishing them]} [in hell. That way is like a] wide road that people walk on [PRS, MET] until they reach the wide gate, but that road and that gate lead to where [they] will be destroyed {[God] will destroy them}. Many people enter that gate. So I [am telling you to leave the wide road and] enter the narrow gate [to heaven].” (questioned)
Midìra amin’ ny vavahady èty ianareo; fa lehibe ny vavahady, ary malalaka ny lalana izay mankany amin’ ny fahaverezana, ka maro ny miditra any.
Fa èty ny vavahady, ary terỳ ny lalana izay mankany amin’ ny fiainana, ka vitsy ny mahita azy.
15 “Beware of people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you [what God has said]. [They seem to be harmless, but they are extremely harmful. They are like] wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins [to make people believe that they are sheep] [MET], but they actually are wolves that attack people [MET].
Mitandrema ianareo, fandrao ho voafitaky ny mpaminany sandoka, izay mankao aminareo amin’ ny fitafian’ ny ondry, fa ao anatiny dia amboadia mitoha izy.
16 [So how will you know that they are false?] Well, by seeing what plants produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are [MET]. [For example, thornbushes cannot produce grapes], so (no one can pick grapes from thornbushes./can anyone pick grapes from thornbushes?) [RHQ] And [thistles cannot produce figs], so (no one can pick figs from thistles./can anyone pick figs from thistles?) [RHQ]
Ny voany no hahafantaranareo azy. Manoty voaloboka amin’ ny tsilo va ny olona, na aviavy amin’ ny songosongo?
17 [Here is another example]: All good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all unhealthy trees produce worthless fruit.
Dia toy izany, ny hazo tsara rehetra dia mamoa voa tsara; fa ny hazo ratsy rehetra dia mamoa voa ratsy.
18 No good fruit tree is able to produce worthless fruit, and no unhealthy tree is able to produce good fruit.
Ny hazo tsara tsy mety mamoa voa ratsy, ary ny hazo ratsy tsy mety mamoa voa tsara.
19 [And] all the trees that do not produce good fruit are chopped down and burned in a fire {people chop them down and burn them in a fire} [to get rid of them]. [Similarly], those who falsely claim to be prophets [will be thrown] {[God will throw false prophets]} [into the fires of hell]. (questioned)
Ny hazo rehetra izay tsy mamoa voa tsara dia hokapaina ka hatsipy any anaty afo.
20 By seeing [what plants] produce, you know [what kind of plants] they are. [Similarly, when you see what the people who come to you do], [you will know if they are false prophets].”
Ka dia ny voany no hahafantaranareo azy.
21 “[Even though many] people [habitually] call me ‘Lord’, [pretending that they have my authority], some of them will not go to heaven where God rules, [because they do not do what he desires]. [Only] those people who do what my Father, who is in heaven, desires [will go there].
Tsy izay rehetra manao amiko hoe: Tompoko, Tompoko, no hiditra amin’ ny fanjakan’ ny lanitra, fa izay manao ny sitrapon’ ny Raiko Izay any an-danitra.
22 On the day [MTY] [that God judges everyone], many [people, trying to tell me that they deserve to go to heaven], will say to me, ‘Lord, we(exc) spoke God’s message as your representatives [MTY, RHQ]! As your representatives we(exc) expelled demons from [people] [RHQ]! And as your representatives, many times we(exc) performed miracles [RHQ]!’
Maro no hanao amiko amin’ izany andro izany hoe: Tompoko, Tompoko, tsy efa naminany tamin’ ny anaranao va izahay? ary tsy efa namoaka demonia tamin’ ny anaranao va izahay? Ary tsy efa nanao asa lehibe maro tamin’ ny anaranao va izahay?
23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I have never said that you belonged to me. Go away from me, you who do what is evil!’”
Ary dia hambarako aminy marimarina hoe: Tsy mba fantatro akory ianareo hatrizay hatrizay; mialà amiko, ianareo mpanao meloka.
24 “So then, anyone who hears what I say and does what I command, will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
Koa amin’ izany na zovy na zovy no mandre izany teniko izany ka mankatò azy, dia hoharina amin’ ny lehilahy manan-tsaina izy, izay nanorina ny tranony teo ambonin’ ny vatolampy.
25 [Even though] the rain came down and the river flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it did not fall down because it had been built {he built it} on a solid foundation.
Ary latsaka ny ranonorana, ka nisy riaka be, sady nifofofofo ny rivotra ka namely izany trano izany; nefa tsy nianjera izy, satria efa naorina teo ambonin’ ny vatolampy.
26 On the other hand, anyone who hears what I say but does not obey what I say will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
Fa izay rehetra mandre izany teniko izany, nefa tsy mankatò azy, dia hoharina amin’ ny lehilahy adala, izay nanorina ny tranony teo ambonin’ ny fasika.
27 When the rain fell and the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it crashed down and broke completely apart, [because it was built on the sand. So it is important for you to obey what I teach you].”
Ary latsaka ny ranonorana, ka nisy riaka be, sady nifofofofo ny rivotra ka namely izany trano izany; dia nianjera izy, ka loza ny fianjerany.
28 When Jesus finished saying all those things, the [who had been listening to him were] amazed at the [new] teaching that he had taught them.
Ary nony efa vitan’ i Jesosy izany teny izany, dia talanjona ny vahoaka noho ny fampianarany,
29 The reason they were amazed was that he was teaching as a person does who has authority. He was not teaching like the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, [who just repeated what other people had taught them].
satria nampianatra azy toy izay manana fahefana Izy, fa tsy tahaka ny mpanora-dalàna teo aminy.
