Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Li yaa puoli Jesu den maadi leni ku niligu leni o hoadikaaba ki yedi:
2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
Li balimaama bangikaaba leni Falisieninba pia li bali ki bangi Musa n den soagini yaa balimaama.
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.
Lanwani yin yaa tuodi ki tiendi ban yedi yi yaala kuli. Ama yin da tuuni ki togidi bi bontienkaala, kelima bi maadi ki naa tiendi.
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.
Bi luo a tugikpiaga ki tungi bi niba ki naa bua ki sii baa leni bi nubili.
5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
Bi tiendi bi bontienkaala kuli ke bi niba n la. Yeni yaa po yo ke bi yabindi bi bonyilikaala, ki go foagidi bi liadicuadi.
6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
Bi ya gedi mi jecianma kani bi lingi ki kali yaa kaani n gagidi, ki go bua ki ya ka i niciankali-kaani li balimaama bangima diena nni.
7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
Bi bua bi niba n ya fuondi ki kpiagidi ba mu daamu nni, ki go yaa yi ba canba.
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
Ama yinba, yin da cedi ban ya yi yi: Canba. Kelima yendo bebe n tie yi canba, yikuli mo tie kpiiba leni yaba.
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
Yin da yini oba ki tinga nni yi baa, kelima yendo bebe n tie yi Baa, wani yua n ye tanpoli.
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
Yin da cedi ban yaa yi yi: Cabaanciamo, kelima yendo bebe n tie yi cabaanciamo, lani n tie U Tienu n Gandi Yua.
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
Yi siiga nni yua n tugi li yuli baa tie yi naacemo.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Yua n fiini o yuli kuli, U Tienu baa jiini o, yua n jiini o yuli mo kuli, U Tienu baa fiini o.
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.
Fala baa ye leni yi, yinba li balimaama bangikaaba leni Falisieninba pala lie danba, kelima yi luoni tanpoli diema kuama nitoaba po. yii kua yiba, yaaba n bua ki kua mo, yi kan cedi ban kua.
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.
Fala baa ye leni yi, yinba li balimaama bangikaaba leni Falisieninba pala lie danba, kelima yi fieni a kpepuona diema ki nan jaandi i jaandifoagi ki kpali ke yi tie jajaandimoana. Li tie lani yaa po, yi yaa buudi cuonu baa bia ki cie.
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)
Fala baa ye leni yi, yinba li balimaama bangikaaba leni Falisieninba pala lie danba, kelima yi duodi mi ñincianma ki gaandi ki tinga ki bua ki ban baa baa niyendo wan tua yi hoadikoa. Ama o ya tua yi hoadikoa yeni, yi yen teni wan tua ku fantanbuogu yua ki yaa ji bia ki cie yi taalima lie. (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.’
Fala baa ye leni yi, a gobidika-juama na, yinba yaaba n yedi: Yua n poli leni U Tienu diegu, li kan cuo o, ama yua n poli leni U Tienu diegu nni yaa wula, li baa cuo o. Bi yanluodanba leni a juama ne, li leepo n cie liyali, wula yeni bi U Tienu diegu nni yaa wula, li baa cuo o.
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Bi yanluodanba leni a juama ne, li leepo n cie liyala, wula yeni bi U Tienu diegu yaala n gagidi ki hanbi laa wula yo?
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
Yi go yedi ke o nilo ya poli leni li padibinbinli, li kan cuo o, ama yua n poli yaa padili n ye li padibinbinli po, li baa cuo o.
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Yinba, a juama ne, li leepo n cie li yali, li padili yeni bi li padibinbinli yaali n gagidi ki hanbi li padile?
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
Yua n poli leni li padibinbinli poli leni lini, leni yaala n maa lipo kuli.
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
Yua n poli leni U Tienu diegu poli leni lini, leni wani U Tienu yua n ye li niinni.
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
Yua n poli leni tanpoli, poli leni U Tienu bali kalikaanu leni wani U Tienu yua n ka upo kuli.
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.
Fala baa ye leni yinba li balimaama bangikaaba leni Falisieninba pala lie danba, kelima yi coadi yaa kpinfaadi n yi mendi leni anedi leni kumini ki ñandi li dim, ama yi fali li balimaama nni yaala n pia mayuli ki cie, lani n tie ki ya tiendi yaala n tiegi, ki ya gba mi nihima, ki ya go tie nidugikaaba mo. Lani n tie yin bi pundi ki ya tiendi yaala, ki nan da cedi yaala n sieni mo.
24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Yinba a gibidika-juama ne, yi gaadi ki ñandi ki siiga, ki nan nali ku yuoyuogu.
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.
Fala baa ye leni yinba li balimaama bangikaaba leni Falisieninba pala lie danba, kelima yi yen huudi ki tadiñokaaga leni ki taditialiga puoli po, ke mu tugu nni nan gbie leni yin fenli yaala yi bonbuaka-biadila po.
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
Fini o Falisieni-juamo, kpa hanbi yaala n ye ki tadiñokaaga leni ki taditialiga tugu nni, lanwani mu puoli po moko baa hani.
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.
Fala baa ye leni yinba li balimaama bangikaaba leni Falisieninba pala lie danba, kelima yi tie nani ban pendi yaa kakula ke a hani boncianla bi niba nuni po, ama ke a tugu nni nan gbie a tinkpikpaba leni joagindi buoli kuli.
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Yi moko tie yeni, bi niba nuni po yi hani, ama yi pala nni gbie leni i boandi leni mi biadima.
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
Fala baa ye leni leni yinba li balimaama bangikaaba leni Falisieninba pala lie danba, kelima yi maa bi sawalipuaba po yaa kakula n hani,
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.’
ki hanbidi bi niteginkaaba mo yaa kakula, ki nan yedi: Ti ya den ye ti yaajanba n den ye yaa yogunu, ti kan den taani leni ba ki kpa bi sawapualiba ki wuli bi soama.
31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
Yi tiendi yi yula po seedi ke yi tie yaaba n den kpa bi sawalipuaba.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
Lanwani, suagi mani ki dudi yi yaajanba n den cili ki tiendi yaala.
33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna? (Geenna g1067)
Yinba, i we, u waalabibuolu ne, yi baa tieni lede ki sani ki faabi leni ku fantanbuogu cuonu? (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,
Li tie lani yaa po ke n tuuni yipo bi sawalipuaba, bi yanfodanba leni U Tienu laabaalihamo wangikaaba. Yi baa kpa bine, ki joani bine a dapoanpoana po, ki pua bine i baliji li balimaama bangima diena nni, ki yaa hoa ki wangi bine fala ban kua ya dogu nni kuli,
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.
ke yaaba n ki den pia tagili soama yaama n den wuli ki tinga nni kuli, ki cili o niteginkoa Abela soama, ki pundi hali Belekia bijua Sakali yaa soama yin den kpa yua U Tienu diegu nni u kaangagidihamu leni li padibinbinli siiga yeni kuli baa jiidi yi yaa yula po.
36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
N kadi ki waani yi ke lani kuli baa jiidi moala niba yula.
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!
Jelusalema, Jelusalema, fini yua n kpa bi sawalipuaba, ki lugidi U Tienu n tuuni a kani yaaba a tana ki kpaani ba, taalima ha yo ke n den bua ki gobidi ki taani a bila nani o kooñua n yen hoagini o koobila o fiabi nni maama, ama a naa den bua.
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
Lanwani bi baa yi a diegu diegbengu.
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!’”
N waani yinba Jelusalema yaaba, yi kan go la nni hali yin baa ti maadi n maama yaa yogunu ki yedi: U Tienu n seligi yua n kpendi wani o Diedo yeli nni.
