Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Erah lidi Jisu ah heliphante nyia miloong damdi waantiitta.
2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
“Pharisi nyia Hootthe nyootte loong ah Moses Hootthe toombaat kotsuh chaan kotcho ang rumta.
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.
Erah raang ih sen neng jengchaatchaat etheng, neng ih ere etheng ih baat han radoh ah, enoothong neng reeraang abah lanyoot theng, tumeah neng ih nyoot rumha jun ih tareeraang rumka.
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.
Neng ih huijih nyia echeh echaan lajen huiji ah mih sakkhoh ni luulu khak korumha, eno neng ih erah huijih huite loong ah chosok suh neng laktiik tiksiit taan uh tamaak rumka.
5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
Jaatrep mih suh noisok suh ba reeraang rumla. Sok an neng khodek adi Rangte jengkhaap raangcho ang arah dek rum ano noisok rumha, neng sook adi khak et rum, eno neng ah elong hoonkap ih noisok rumha! Neng samsong adi jaannaat ah elootlootwah ih waangchi rum ano noisok rumha!
6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
Neng ih sadung theng ni tongtheng ese ni tong suh nook rumla nyia Jehudi rangsoomnok ni neng tongtheng ah ban khookham cho et thiin arah suh nook rumha;
7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
thaangtaam theng ni karum adi uh mih ih jengkhaapse jenglam ih toom soom he ih thun rumha adoleh ‘Nyootte’ toom et poonhe ih thun rumha.’
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
Mih ih sen suh “Nyootte” ih nak toom poon han, tumeah sen soophoh soowah loong suh nyootte abah wasiit luulu.
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
Erah dam ih sen ih arah hatoh adoh ‘Ewah’ ih o uh nak poon an, tumeah sen wah wasiit luulu rangmong dowa ah.
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
Adoleh sen ih o suh uh ‘Phansiitte’ ih lapoon theng, tumeah sen phansiitte ah wasiit Kristo luulu.
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
Sendung nawa elongthoon angsuh nookte ah sen loong laksuh angjih.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
O ih heh teeteewah suh elong ih thiik ha erah mih ah ehin ih hoon theng, eno o heh teeteewah suh ehin et thiik ha erah mih ah elong ih hoon ah.
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.
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah, sen Hootthe nyootte nyi Pharisi loong suh ah! Lonoite sen loong ah! Sen ih Rangmong Hasong kaasak ah mih uh lanop thuk ih tangsak han, senteewah uh tanop kan, erah dam ih erah doh nopte taatje abah uh sen ih tanghaam et han!
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.
Tumthan echoojih ang ah sen, Hootthe nyootte nyi Pharisi loong suh ah! Lonoite sen loong! Sen ih thaknuh loong ah neng nok ni put kaleh, elootlootwah ih rangsoom jeng ah noisok et kohan! Erah loong ah tungthoidoh sen ethithoon ih cham thukte!
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)
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah, sen Hootthe nyootte nyi Pharisi loong suh ah! Lonoite sen loong! Sen ih mih wasiit leksiit suh juungko saangko deek akaan ni ih daankhoom lan, ang abah uh chojam ano erah mih ah ethithoon soolam ni we wang thuk lan sente senwah likhiikkhiik ah! (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.’
“Tumthan echoojih ah, mih lamthih ni siitte sen loong ah! Sen ih nyoot han, ‘o ih Rangteenok mendoh thoomhoon ah erah tumjih uh tah angka; enoothong o mina ih Rangteenok ni thiinha hun mendoh thoomhoon ah, erah thoomhoon jun doh re ejih jaatjaat ang ah.’
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Edook lam ni siitte loong! Hun akom ah tam rakla tam ah Rangteenok ah rakla?
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
Sen ih amah nep et nyoot han, ‘O mina ih romthong mendoh thoomhoon ah erah tumjih uh tah angka; enoothong o ih lakkot lam ih romthong ni thoomhoon ah erah thoomhoon jun doh re ejih jaatjaat ang ah.’
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Mamah lajat ehan! Marah ah rakla, lakkot ah tam rakla tam aleh lakkot saasiitte romthong ah rakla?
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
O ih romthong mendi thoomhoonha erah romthong dowa hukkhaak loongtang mendi thoomla;
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
erah dam ih o ih Rangteenok mendi thoomhoonha, erah Rangteenok ni tongte Rangte mendi thoomla;
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
erah damdi o mina rangmong hasong mendi thoomla, erah Rangte nyia Rangte tongtheng ni o tongla erah mendi thoomla.
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.
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah sen, Hootthe nyootte nyia Pharisi loong suh ah! Sen lonoite loong! Sen ih Rangte suh asithiik hepoot phaksat, pochina, phantho nyia khokileeso botseh kohan, enoothong amiimi elong Hootthe jengkhaap loong ah phaang haat ehan, jengjuntiit nyia minchan adoleh toongtang reeraang loong ah. Erah loong Hootthe ah sen ih laphaang haat thang ih nyia mih uh laphaang thukthang ih, ban maak ruh etjih.
24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Mih lamthih ni siitte loong! Sen ih joktheng joong nawa sewiik ah toonhaat et han, enoothong mokchongdoot ah elem et han!
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.
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah sen suh ah, Hootthe nyootte nyi Pharisi loong oh! Sen lonoite loong! Sen khuung akhaak ah rangkhoh ko ah laklak saachot han, hemong ko adi bah sen mongthet nyia nyamnyook loong ih boh nyaansiit han.
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
Edook Pharisi loong oh! Khuung akhaak ah hemong ko ah chaak saachot an erah lidoh ba rangkhoh ko ah we saachot an!
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.
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah sen Pharisi nyia Hootthe nyootte loong suh ah! Lonoite sen loong ah! Sen ah mangbeng nok puungmook arah likhiik boh ah, rangkhoh ah sok koleh puungchamcham hemong ah sok koleh mih mang nyia kiing araang loong namchaam arah likhiik ah.
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Erah likhiik, rangkhoh ni ba ese ih noisok han, enoothong hemong ni bah ethih tenthun nyia rangdah loong laklak meela.
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
“Tumthan echoojih ang ah, sen Hootthe nyootte nyia Pharisi sen loong suh ah! Lonoite sen loong! Sen ih khowah loong mangbeng theng ah jaaseemoong ih hoon han nyia elong elang loong mangbeng ah naririh ih choomraang han;
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.’
eno sen ih chaang han, te awah hasong tokdoh seng mok roongjeeti bah khowah loong taroong tek haat thengti eah.
31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
Sen teeteewah ih jatthuk hali sen ah khowah loong tek haatte sutoom satoom eah!
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
Erah ang abah, sente senwah loong reeraang rumta rah sen we tuk reeraang an!
33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna? (Geenna g1067)
Pu sen loong nyia pu suh asah loong! Soolam nawa epi ete ih mamet mi banthun han? (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,
Erah thoidi ngah ih baat rumhala, ngah ih khowah, jatwah nyia nyootte loong daapkaat hang; erah dowa sen ih mararah ah tek haat et an, mararah ah bangphak nah tek haat an, rukho ah Jehudi rangsoomnok nah ruh ih buh ano hadaang hadaang nah tum phanjoh an.
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.
Erah raang ih, sen ih toongtang mina mathan tek haattan chamnaang ah sen sak nah dat ha, marah Abel dowa ih Berekia sah Jekaria tuk ih romthong nyia Rangteenok chamchi ni tek haattan loong ah.
36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Ngah ih baat rumhala: erah tek haat rumta mat ah ahaangwa mina loong sak nah ang ah!
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!
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Rangte ih daapjah taha khowah loong nyia ruurang baatte loong ah jong ih tekpat han! Wonuh ih hejang khui ni wothaang loong khon arah likhiik, sen loong ah nga lak ih khonjoot suh tumthan taat thuntang, ang abah uh sen ih tare thukri!
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
Erah raangtaan ih Rangteenok ah hahuung et thiinhaatte anglan.
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!’”
Ngah ih baat rumhala aadowa ih bah, sen ih ngah babah uh takah we japtup ri, ‘Teesu mendi raakte asuh Rangte ih romseetam koh ah,’ ih sen ih maang liili bah ah.”
