Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Panyuma pakendi, Yesu walamba ku likoto lyabantu bangi, kayi ne kuli beshikwiya bakendi.
2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
Walabambileti, “Beshikwiyisha Milawo ya Mose ne Bafalisi bakute ncito ya kusansulula Milawo ya Mose.”
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.
Ecebo cakendi mwelela kukonka byonse mbyobala mwiyishinga. kamutensanga mbyobalenshinga, pakwinga nkabakute kwinsa mbyobakute kwiyisha sobwe.
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.
Balo bakute kunyamwisha bantu mitolo yalema, njobatakumyuko ne kambombo kabo kunyamfwilisha kumanta mitolo.
5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
Bakute kwinsa bintu byonse kwambeti bantu bababone. Bakute kusungilila tukwisa tunene pankumo ne pamakasa twalembwapo maswi a Lesa! Bonani kutalimpisha mayombo kuminganjo yabo!
6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
Kayi bakute kuyanda kwikala pa bipuna byabulemu pa misena yalemekeshewa ya malyalya, ne mu manda akupaililamo.
7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
Bakute kuyandeti bantu babapenga mitende yabulemu mu misena ya makwebo, ne kubakuweti, bashikwiyisha.
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
Nomba amwe bantu kabata mukuwangeti, bashikwiyisha sobwe, pakwinga mukute shikwiyisha umowa, mwense ni pabukwenu.
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
Kamutakuwanga muntu naba umo panshi pano eti, Ta, pakwinga amwe mukute ba Meshenu bamowa, Ba meshenu bakwilu.
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
Nabo bantu kabata mukuwangeti, batangunishi sobwe, pakwinga mutangunishi wenu ni Klistu umowa.
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
Pakati penu mukulene abe musebenshi wenu.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Ee, uyo lalisumpulunga mwine, nakacepeshewe, uyo lalicepeshenga nakasumpulwe.
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.
“Malele kulinjamwe beshikwiyisha Milawo ya Mose, ne njamwe Bafalisi, bantu bandemi shibili! Mulacalanga cishinga pa menso abantu caku Bwami bwakwilu. Pakwinga mucinsheti nteti mukenglemo, neco mulashinkilishinga bantu balayandanga kwingilamo.”
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.
“Malele kulinjamwe beshikwiyisha Milawo ya Mose, ne njamwe Bafalisi, bantu bandemishibili! Mukute kubebila bamukalubingi, kubalyela buboni bwabo, pakubanyengelela ne mipailo yenu itali itali. Pacebo ico Lesa nakamomboloshe mwangofu.”
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)
“Malele kulinjamwe beshikwiyisha Milawo ya Mose, ne njamwe Bafalisi, bantu bandemishibili! Mukute kwenda nyendo shingi pa lwenje ne pamutunta, kulangaula muntu umo kwambeti mu musandule abe shikwiya wenu. Nomba kayi mwa mucana, mukute kumusandula tunkanda tubili kuba welela Gehena, kupita amwe mobene.” (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.’
Malele kulinjamwe, batangunishi bashipilwa! Amwe mukute kwiyisheti, muntu alumbileti, pa Ng'anda ya Lesa, ciliya mulandu, nsombi na ulumbileti, pamali ali mu ng'anda ya Lesa, uyo welela kusunga kulumbila kwakendi.
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Amwe bantu bapusa, kayi bashipilwa! Cinene nicipeyo, mali nambi Ng'anda ya Lesa iyo ikute kusandula mali kuba aswepa?
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
Kayi mukute kwambeti, Muntu alumbileti, panteme ya milumbo, ciliya mulandu, Nsombi na ulumbileti, pa cishikubengwa panteme, uyo welela kusunga kulumbila kwakendi.
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Amwe bantu bashipilwa! Cinene nicipeyo, cisa cishikubengwa nambi nteme ya milumbo iyo ikute kusandula cishikubengwa kuba caswepa?
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
Neco, muntu alumbileti, panteme ya milumbo, ekwambeti lalumbilili kumo ne byonse bili panteme.
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
Alumbileti, pa Ng'anda ya Lesa, ekwambeti lalumbilili kumo ne Ng'andeyo pamo ne Lesa ukute kwikalamo.
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
Kayi Alumbileti, mbuli kwilu, lalumbili pa Cipuna ca Bwami bwa Lesa, kubikapo ne uyo wekala pa Cipuna.
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.
“Malele kulinjamwe beshikwiyisha Milawo ya Mose, ne njamwe Bafalisi, bantu bandemi shibili! Mukute kubenga ca likumi ca tumbuto twanunkila, twakubika mucakulya, nsombi mukute kusula Milawo ya Lesa yancine ncine, mbuli kombolosha kwalulama ne nkumbo kayi ne kushomeka. Mwanga mwelela kwinseco, kutashiyapo nabimbi sobwe.
24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Amwe batangunishi bashipilwa, mukute kufunya shikanshi lawili momulanunga, nsombi mukute kumina munyama munene ukute kukwiweti ngamila.”
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.
“Malele amwe beshikwiyisha Milawo ya Mose, ne njamwe Bafalisi, bantu bandemi shibili! Mukute kusuka kunsa kwa nkomeshi ne mbale, kakuli mukati mwesula bukuma ne kuliyanda.
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
Amwe Ba falisi bashipilwa, tangunani nanshi kusuka mukati munkomeshi ne mbale, mpweshi musuke kunsa.”
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.
“Malele kulinjamwe beshikwiyisha Milawo ya Mose, ne njamwe Bafalisi, bantu bandemi shibili! Mulyeti manda ashibululwa ne laimu akute kuboneka cena kunsa, kakuli mukati mwesula mafupa abantu bafwa ne bintu bingi byabola.
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Ne njamwe ncomubele pamenso abantu mukute kuboneketi mwalulama, kakuli mukati mwenu mwesula bundenga mano ne bintu byaipa.”
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
“Malele kuli njamwe beshikwiyisha Milawo ya Mose, ne njamwe Bafalisi, bantu bandemi shibili! Mukute kubamba cena manda abashinshimi bakulu kulu, ne kushibulula bibumbwanya bya bantu balulama.
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.’
Mukute kwambeti, ne twalikubako pacindi ncobalikubako bamashali betu bakulu kulu, nshinga ne twalabula kumantako lubasu pakushina basa bashinshimi.
31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
Nomba mulalisungunga mobene, pakwinga mulasuminingeti, mobashikulu ba bantu abo balashina bashinshimi.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
Ee, lino kamupwishani ncito njobalatatika bamashali benu bakulukulu.”
33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna? (Geenna g1067)
“Mwenjoka amwe, bana bampili, ni mukayubeconi lombolosho lwa Gehena? (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,
Lino kamunyumfwani! Ni nkamutumine bashinshimi, ne bantu bamano, ne beshikwiyisha. Nabambi ni mukabashine ne kubapopa pa nsanda, nabambi ni mukabakwapule bikoti mu manda enu akupaililamo, kayi ni mukabapenshe ne kubatandanya kufuma pamunshi umo ne umo.
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.
Neco nimukacanike ne mulandu wabantu bonse balulama balashinwa pacishi capanshi, kufumina pakushinwa kwa Abele, muntu walulama, mpaka pa kushinwa kwa Sakaliya mwanendi Balakiya, uyo ngomwalashinina mu Ng'anda ya Lesa pakati pa nteme ya milumbo, ne Musena wa Swepeshesha.
36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Cakubinga ndamwambilingeti, lombolosho lulico nebintu byonse nibikenshike mu musemano uwu.”
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!
Ha! Obe Yelusalemu, Yelusalemu! Weshikushina bashinshimi, ne kupwaya mabwe bantu Lesa mbwalakutumininga. Ndayandanga kufukatila pamo banabobe tunkanda tungaye, mbuli nkuku ncekute kufukatila twana twayo mu mapepe akendi, nsombi obe ulakana!
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
Cakubinga kamubonani nomba, ng'anda yenu ineneyi nibe matongo.
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!’”
Kayi ndamwambilishingeti, kufuma cindi cino nteti mukambonepo sobwe, mpaka cindi ncoti mukambeti, “Walelekwa uyo lesanga mu Lina lya enka bulyo walibela.”
