Mattheum 23
1 Tunc Iesus locutus est ad turbas, et ad discipulos suos,
Then Yeshua spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
2 dicens: Super cathedram Moysi sederunt Scribae, et Pharisaei.
saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
3 Omnia ergo quaecumque dixerint vobis, servate, et facite: secundum opera vero eorum nolite facere: dicunt enim, et non faciunt.
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.
4 Alligant enim onera gravia, et importabilia, et imponunt in humeros hominum: digito autem suo nolunt ea movere.
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.
5 Omnia vero opera sua faciunt ut videantur ab hominibus: dilatant enim phylacteria sua, et magnificant fimbrias.
But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
6 Amant autem primos recubitus in coenis, et primas cathedras in synagogis,
and love the place of honour at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
7 et salutationes in foro, et vocari ab hominibus Rabbi.
the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
8 Vos autem nolite vocari Rabbi. unus est enim Magister vester, omnes autem vos fratres estis.
But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your Rabbi, the Messiah, and all of you are brothers.
9 Et patrem nolite vocare vobis super terram: unus est enim Pater vester, qui in caelis est.
Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
10 Nec vocemini magistri: quia Magister vester unus est, Christus.
Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Messiah.
11 Qui maior est vestrum, erit minister vester.
But he who is greatest amongst you will be your servant.
12 Qui autem se exaltaverit, humiliabitur: et qui se humiliaverit, exaltabitur.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
13 Vae autem vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae: quia clauditis regnum caelorum ante homines. vos enim non intratis, nec introeuntes sinitis intrare.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretence you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
14 Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae: quia comeditis domos viduarum, orationes longas orantes: propter hoc amplius accipietis iudicium.
“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.
15 Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae: quia circuitis mare, et aridam, ut faciatis unum proselytum: et cum fuerit factus, facitis eum filium gehennae duplo quam vos. (Geenna g1067)
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 Gehinnom as yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 Vae vobis duces caeci, qui dicitis: Quicumque iuraverit per templum, nihil est: qui autem iuraverit in auro templi, debet.
“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.’
17 Stulti et caeci: Quid enim maius est, aurum, an templum, quod sanctificat aurum?
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
18 Et quicumque iuraverit in altari, nihil est: quicumque autem iuraverit in dono, quod est super illud, debet.
And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
19 Caeci: quid enim maius est, donum, an altare, quod sanctificat donum?
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
20 Qui ergo iurat in altari, iurat in eo, et in omnibus quae super illud sunt.
He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
21 et quicumque iuraverit in templo, iurat in illo, et in eo, qui habitat in ipso:
He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.
22 et qui iurat in caelo, iurat in throno Dei, et in eo, qui sedet super eum.
He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
23 Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae: qui decimatis mentham, et anethum, et cyminum, et reliquistis quae graviora sunt legis, iudicium, et misericordiam, et fidem. haec oportuit facere, et illa non omittere.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the Torah: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
24 Duces caeci, excolantes culicem, camelum autem glutientes.
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
25 Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypochritae, qui mundatis quod deforis est calicis, et paropsidis: intus autem pleni estis rapina, et immunditia.
“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.
26 Pharisaee caece, munda prius quod intus est calicis, et paropsidis, ut fiat id, quod deforis est, mundum.
You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
27 Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae: quia similes estis sepulchris dealbatis, quae aforis parent hominibus speciosa, intus vero pleni sunt ossibus mortuorum, et omni spurcitia.
“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.
28 sic et vos aforis quidem paretis hominibus iusti: intus autem pleni estis hypocrisi, et iniquitate.
Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Vae vobis Scribae, et Pharisaei hypocritae, qui aedificatis sepulchra prophetarum, et ornatis monumenta iustorum,
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
30 et dicitis: Si fuissemus in diebus patrum nostrorum, non essemus socii eorum in sanguine prophetarum.
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.’
31 itaque testimonio estis vobismetipsis, quia filii estis eorum, qui prophetas occiderunt.
Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
32 Et vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum.
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgement of Gehinnom? (Geenna g1067)
34 Ideo ecce ego mitto ad vos prophetas, et sapientes, et scribas, et ex illis occidetis, et crucifigetis, et ex eis flagellabitis in synagogis vestris, et persequemini de civitate in civitatem:
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,
35 ut veniat super vos omnis sanguis iustus, qui effusus est super terram, a sanguine Abel iusti usque ad sanguinem Zachariae, filii Barachiae, quem occidistis inter templum et altare.
that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
36 Amen dico vobis, venient haec omnia super generationem istam.
Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
37 Ierusalem Ierusalem, quae occidis prophetas, et lapidas eos, qui ad te missi sunt, quoties volui congregare filios tuos, quemadmodum gallina congregat pullos suos sub alas, et noluisti?
“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!
38 Ecce relinquetur vobis domus vestra deserta.
Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
39 Dico enim vobis, non me videbitis amodo, donec dicatis: Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini.
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!’”
