Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Acunüng, Jesuh naw axüisaw he ja khyangpäe jah mthehki.
2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he Mosia ngawhnak üng ngawkie.
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.
“Acunakyase, aipi ami ning jah mtheha mäiha nami ve vai, cunsepi ami pawh käh nami jah läkei vai. Ami pyena mäiha i am pawh khawi u.
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.
“Aktäa yüh lü phüi sekia phüih pyang u lü khyanga ngkyang üng mtaihkie. Amimät naw ta ami kut mdawngca am pi am hnet hlü u.
5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
“Khyang he naw ami jah hmuh hmuh vaia khut pawhkie. Cangcim üng a vea kba; khyang naw ami jah münnak vaia, ami mcea sawm lü ami ban ami pinnak mehvun yüiteng ua.
6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
“Eiawknak pawia adawnak säih ngawhnak üng ngaw hlükie. Sinakoka pi akdaw säiha ngawhnak üng ngawh vai jawngnakie.
7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
“Jawihtuknaka pi ami jah leisawng vai, ‘Saja aw’ ti lü jah khü vai jawngnakie.
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
“Nangmi naw ta ‘Saja aw’ ti lü ami ning jah khü vaia käh ve ua. Isetiüng ta, nangmi cun avan tängei u lü Saja pi mat ni nami tak.
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
“Khawmdek khana u pi, ‘Pa aw,’ ti lü käh khü ua. Isetiüng ta nami pa mat däk khankhawa veki ni.
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
“Mkhawnga ami ning jah khü vaia käh ve ua. Isetiüng ta, nami mkhawng cun Mesijah mat däk ni.
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
“Nangmi üng kyäp säihki cun nami mpyaa kya yah khai.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
“Aupi, amät mhlünmtaieiki cun nem säih khai, amät mhnemeiki cun mhlünmtaia kya khai.
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.
“Nangmi thumksinge ja Pharise he, hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Isetiüng ta, khyang hea maa Khankhaw Pe ksawh khai ve uki, nanimät pi käh lut u lü lut khaie pi nami jah mkhyawhki.
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.
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangmi hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Isetiüng ta, hmeinue jah ei aw u lü ami im nami jah huteiki. Mkhyekatnak am a ngdangnak vaia, khawvei veia nami ktaiyüki. Acunakyase, ksehlen bawkia mkatnak nami khamei khai.
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)
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangmi hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Isetiüng ta, Judahea jumeinak üng khyang matca a law vaia tuilawng khawkawng naküt lümkan lü nami cit hüki. Ngpyawt lawki pi namimäta kthaka anghngiha Mulai Pea nami cehsaki. (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.’
“Khyang mikmüe aw! nami jo se ve, “Aupi Temple be lü ng’yünceki cun amdang ni, aupi Temple üngka xüi be lü ng’yünceki cun a pyena mäiha kyaki ni,” nami tiki.
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
“Amikmü yawk’ange aw, i ja adaw bawk? Xüi mä a daw bawk? Xüi ngcimsakia Temple mä a daw bawk?
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
“Kpyawngkung be lü ng’yünceki cun amdang ni, kpyawngkunga khana peta petmsawt be lü ng’yünceki cun a pyena mäiha kyaki ni,” ti lü nami jah mtheiki.
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
“Ihlawka nami mik müki ni, i ni a daw bawk? Petmsawt mä a daw bawk? Acuna petmsawt ngcimcaihsakia kpyawngkung mä a daw bawk?
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
“Acunakyase, kpyawngkung be lü ng’yünceki cun acuna kpyawngkung ja a khana vekia petmsawte, avan be lü ng’yünceki ni.
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
“Temple be lü ng’yünceki cun acuna Temple ja a khuia veki Pamhnam be lü ng’yünceki ni.
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
“Khankhaw be lü ng’yünceki cun Pamhnama ngawhnak ja acunüng ngawki be lü ng’yünceki ni.
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.
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangni hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Thingkthei yawpai ja tawikxüng ankseie xa üng mat nami peki. Acunsepi, aktung bawk thum üng jah läklam vai: ngsungpyunkia bilawhnak, mpyeneinak ja cingcainake jah hawihinkie. Ahin he cun käh jah hawih lü nami jah läklam vai.
24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
“Lam msümki khyang mikmüe aw, mkhoyang mat pi käh pa khaia tui mcim u lü sanghngüksaü nami mjaweiki.
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.
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangni hypocrite aw! nami jo se ve. Isetiüng, khawt ja kbe a kpung nami mthiki, a k’uma hleihlaknak ja ngtawngeinak am beki ni.
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
“Pharise mikmüe aw, khawt ja kbe a ngcim vaia a k’um mthi ma ua. Acunüng a kpung pi ngcim hnga khai ni.
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.
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangni hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Isetiüng ta, nangmi cun ng'utnak lungdü akbawk, a kpunga angtoa ngdang lü a k’um yuhe ja yawk kthue am be lü mtüihkhehki am nami tängki.
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
“Acukba nangmi pi akpunga khyang naküta veia ngsungpyunkia mäiha nami ngdangki, acunsepi nami mlung k’uma Pamhnam khut pawhkia nami ngsaihnak ja am dawkia ngaihnak mkhyekatnak beki.
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
“Thum mtheie ja Pharise he, nangmi hypocrite aw, nami jo se ve. Isetiüng ta, sahma hea mkhya ime jah sa u lü akdawa xüng lü awmki hea phäh yepim nami saki.
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.’
“Mi pupaea kcün üng, mi na ngtüi law hngaa ta, sahma he ami jah hnimnak üng am mi na bawibeng hnga khai sü,’ nami tiki.
31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
“Acunakyase, sahma hnimkia ksawna nami kya cun nami ksingki ni.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
“Nami pupaea mkhyekat nami kpha vaia nangmi pi mkhyekat betü ua.
33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna? (Geenna g1067)
“Nangmi kphyue ja kphyua ca he aw, mulai nami cehnak vai üngka naw ihawkba nami lät thei khai ni? (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,
“Acunakyase, cangcim üng a na pyen khawi cun, ‘Sahmae, khyang ktheme ja, ngthungcim ksinge, ka ning jah tüih law pet khai. Avang nami ja hnim khai, avang kutlamktung üng nami jah taih khai, avang sinakok k’uma jah kpai u lü, mlüh mat üngka naw mlüh mata cit lü nami jah mkhuimkha khai.
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.
“Acunakyase, khyangdüng Abelaha thisen üng tün lü, Temple k'uma ja, Temple ja kpyawngkunga nglaka nami hnim Barakiha capa Zakhariha thisen cäp, ja khawmdek khana khyangsungpyune, ami jah hnim naküta thisen cun nami khana pha khai.
36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
“Akcanga ka ning jah mthehki, khyang hnima phäh ksükcetnak avan cun tuh ka khyang hea khana pha law khai!
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!
“Aw Jerusalem, Jerusalem, sahma he jah hnim lü na veia ami jah tüih law khyang he lung am na jah vawiki aw! Ainu naw, a ca he a ngphya keha a jah mkhäma kbaa, khawvei na canae jah mkhäm be vai ka ngaihki? Cunüngpi, acun am na jumki.
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
“Acunakyase Na temple cun axawnga na veia ning hawih peta kya ve.
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!’”
“Ka ning jah mthehki, tuh üngkhyüh ‘Bawipa ngming üng lawki Pamhnam naw josennak be se’ am nami tia küt cäpa, ka hmai am na hmu ti uki,” a ti.
