Matthew 23
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
Pe u Yesu akalivuula ilipugha lila palikimo na vavulanisivua vaake. Akati,
2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
“Avavulanisi va ndaghilo sa Moose na Vafalisayi vali nu vutavulilua uvwa kuvavulanisia avaanhu indaghilo sa Moose.
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.
Lino mugadililaghe na kuvomba sino nikuvavula, Neke namungavingililaghe amaghendele ghaave, ulwakuuva sino vivulanisia nase sino vivomba.
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.
Aveene vipinya amasigho amasitona kukuvatwika avange neke aveene navighela nambe padebe kutanga kupinda.
5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
Imbombo sooni sino vivomba, vivomba mulwa kuhufia pamaaso gha vaanhu. Vipinya pa vweni na mu mavoko ififuko ifya ng'hwembe ifikome kukila ifya vange kange vikwongelesia uvutali uvwa filundo ifya salavua mu menda ghaave.
6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
Mu fikulukulu vilonda kukukala ku fitengo ifya voghopua na mu masinagogi vilonda kukukala kuvulongolo,
7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
Kange vilonda avaanhu vavahungilaghe nu vwoghofi mu mapuulo, Vihovoka fiijo pano avaanhu vikuvatambula viiti,”M'bulanisi.”
8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
Neke umue namungatambuluaghe “M'bulanisi,” Ulwakuva u M'bulanisi ghwinu alijumo mwene umue mweni mulivavingilili.
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
Kange namungatambulaghe umuunhu mu iisi Nhaata ulwakuuva uNhaata ghwinu, alijumo mwene, alikukyanya.
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
Kange namungatambulwaghe 'Valongosi ulwakuuva umulongosi ghwinu alijumo mwene ghwebKilisite.
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
Umuunhu ghweni juno ilonda kuuva m'baha ghwinu avisaghe m'bombi ghwinu.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Ulwakuva umuunhu ghweni juno ikughinia u Nguluve alamwisila. Neke umuunhu juno ikujisia u Nguluve alamughinia.
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.
Iga umue mwe vavulanisi va ndaghilo sa Moose na jumue mwe Vafalisayi, muli vakedusi! Mukuvasigha avaanhu kukagula isila ija kwingila mu vutwa uvwa kukyanya. Jumue mwe veene namukwingila kange vano vilonda kukwingila namukuvitikisia.
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.
(Iga umue mwe vavulanisi va ndaghilo isa Moose na jumue mwe Vafalisayi muli vakedusi! Mukuvafumba avafwile ifiinu fyave neke mukufuunya inyifuunyo inhali pamaaso gha vaanhu kuuti muvoneke mulivagholofu! Ikighono ikya vuhighi mulupila ulukwegho lwa Nguluve.
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)
Iga umue mwe vavulanisi va ndaghilo isa Moose na jumue mwe Vafalisayi, mulivakedusi! Musyuta syuta mu iisi na kuloka inyanja neke mum'bangule nambe umuunhu jumo juno na Muyahudi kuuti aave Muyahudi. Neke kyande avangwike kuuva ghwinu mukum'biika upile kavili kukila umue ulupumuko ulwa mwooto ghuno naghusima lusiku. (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.’
Iga umue mwe valongosi mwe vabofu amaaso, mukuvavulanisia avaanhu mwiiti. Umuunhu angajiighe vwimila inyumba inyimike ija Nguluve, nalutalamu. Looli umuunhu angajiighe vwimila isahabu jino jili mu nyumba inyimike ija Nguluve ujuo ilondua kuvomba ndavule ajighile.
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Umue mulivajasu, kange muli vabofu amaaso kiliku ikivaha kukila? Asi, isaabu au inyumba inyimike ija Nguluve jino jipelela isahabu kuuva nyimike?
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
Kange muvulanisia avaanhu mwiti, Umuunhu angajiighe vwimila ikitekelelo nalutalamu. Looli angajiighe vwimila ilitekelo lino vavikile pa kitekelelo ujuo ilondua kuvomba ndavule ajighile.
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Umue muli vabofu, kiluki ikivaha kukila, ilitekeo au ikitekelelo kino kipelela ilitekelo liive lyimike?
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
Umuunhu juno ijigha vwimila ikitekelelo iiva ijiigha vwimila ikitekelelo ni fiinu fyoni fino fivikua pa kyene.
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
Kange umuunhu ghweni juno ijigha vwimila inyumba inyimike, ija Nguluve iiva ijiigha vwimila inyumba ijio na kwa Nguluve juno ikukala mu nyumba ijio.
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
Ghwope juno ijiigha vwimila kukyanya ijiigha vwimila ikitengo kya Nguluve na kwa Nguluve juno ikukala pa kitengo ikio.
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.
Iga umue, mwe vavulanisi va ndaghilo sa Moose, najumue mwe Vafalisayi, muli vakedusi! Mughina kukuntavulila u Nguluve ilitekelo ilya saka mu fiinu ifya ndalama indebe ndavule inyungu ni filungo ifingi ifya kyakulia. Neke namuvikila mwojo kuvomba imbaha sino silungikua mu ndaghilo ndavule kuuva mu vwakyang'haani, kuuva vanyalusungu na kuuva nu lwitiko. Isio se munoghile kuvomba, palikimo na madebe aghuo ghano muvomba.
24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Umue mwe valongosi vabofu amaaso! Muhuuja ifiinu ifidebe mu fino munyua neke mugulubika ingamila!
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.
Iga umue, mwe vavulanisi na Vafalisayi, mulivakedusi! Mukuviika vagholofu pamaaso gha vaanhu neke ifiinu fino muli nafyo fya vulyasi nu vugholofu Mulindavule umuunhu juno isuka ikikombe ni sahani, kunji kwene neke ileka munkate muno munyalile uvunyali vuno vuli papinga.
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
Uve ghwe Mfalisayi ghwe m'bofu amaaso, valasia taasi uvuhosi vuno mwevule munkate mulyuve neke imbombo jaako jiiva nofu.
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.
Iga umue, mwe va vulanisi na Vafalisayi, muli vakedusi! Muli ndavule imbiipa sino vimata ilikeeji, sivoneka nofu, kunji neke munkate simemile amafupa gha vafue nu vunyali uvunge.
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Fye lulivuo na jumue kunji muvoneka muli vagholofu neke nkate mu moojo ghinu mumemile uvukedusi nu vuhosi.
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
Iga umue, mwe vavulanisi na Vasalisayi, muli vakedusi! Ulwkuuva mujenga imbiipa isa vavili va Nguluve na kulava imbiipa isa vagholofu.
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.’
Pe mujova mwiiti, Pwetusavisagha amasiki gha vakuulu viitu, natwale tukuvatanga kukuvabuda avavili va Nguluve.
31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
Mu njovele ijiomuvonia kuuti umue mulivahosi ndavule avakuulu viinu vano valyavabudile avavili va Nguluve.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
Lino, mukwilanisie uvuhosi vuno avakuulu viinu valyatengwile.
33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna? (Geenna g1067)
Umue mwe kisina ikihosi, mulindavule injoka, inyasumu ing'haali, Nde pobu mupunga ndaani uvuhighi vwa Nguluve uvwa kuvataanga ku lupumuko lwa mwoto ghunobnaghusima lusiku? (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,
Pulikisia, lino, nikuvasung'ha kulyumue avavili, na vaanhu avanya luhala, na vavulanisi vandaghilo sa Moose neke umue mulikuvabuda ni mijeledi mu masinagogi ghiinu na kukuvadagha kuhuma ilikaaja ni likaaja.
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.
Mu uluo u Nguluve ilikuvahigha umue vwimila kukuvabuda avaanhu vooni avagholofu, kuhuma ibudua u Abeli juno nalyahokile kiinu kuhanga ibudua uSakalia unkina Balakia, juno alyabudilue pakate pa nyumba inyimike ija Nguluve na pa kitekelelo.
36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Kyang'haani nikuvavuula avaanhu ava kisina iki valupila ulukwegho lwa Nguluve vwimila uvuhosi uvuo vwoni.
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!
Pe pano u Yesu akati, Yelusalemu, Yelusalemu! Ghubuda avavili na vaanhu vanovvisung'hua kulyuve ukuvatova na mavue! kekinga nilondile kukuvakong'hania avaanhu vaako ndavule ing'uku vule jikong'hania na kughumbatila ifyanaake neke namukunda!
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
Lolagha! u Nguluve ikujeleka inyumba jiinu kuuva mahaame.
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!’”
Kyang'haani nikuvavuula kuuti, kutengulila lino namunganyaaghe, kange kuhanga unsiki pano muliiti,'Afunyilue juno ikwisa mulitavua lya Mutwa u Nguluve.”'
