Matio 23
1 Ary tamin’ izany Jesosy dia niteny tamin’ ny vahoaka sy tamin’ ny mpianany ka nanao hoe:
Then Jesus, speaking to the crowds and to his disciples, said,
2 Eo amin’ ny fipetrahan’ i Mosesy no ipetrahan’ ny mpanora-dalàna sy ny Fariseo;
‘The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses.
3 koa amin’ izany, izay rehetra lazainy dia ataovy ka tandremo; fa aza mba manao araka ny asany, satria miteny ihany izy, nefa tsy manao.
Therefore practice and lay to heart everything that they preach but do not practice.
4 Eny, mamehy entana sady mavesatra no sarotra entina izy ka manaingina izany eo amin’ ny soroky ny olona, nefa ny tenany tsy mety manetsika izany na dia amin’ ny rantsan-tànany anankiray asa.
While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other people’s shoulder’s they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them.
5 Ary ny asany rehetra dia ataony mba ho hitan’ ny olona; fa ataony lehibe ny fylakiterany, ary ataony vaventy ny somotraviaviny.
All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels,
6 Ary tia ny fitoerana aloha eo amin’ ny fanasana izy, sy ny fipetrahana aloha eo amin’ ny synagoga
and like to have the place of honour at dinner, and the best seats in the synagogues,
7 sy ny hoharabain’ ny olona eny an-tsena ary ny hataon’ ny olona hoe: Raby ô!
and to be greeted in the markets with respect, and to be called “Rabbi” by everybody.
8 Fa ianareo kosa aza mba mety hatao hoe: Raby ô; fa iray ihany no mpampianatra anareo, ary ianareo rehetra dia mpirahalahy avokoa.
But do not allow yourselves to be called “Rabbi,” for you have only one teacher, and you yourselves are all brothers and sisters.
9 Ary aza milaza olona etỳ an-tany ho rainareo; fa iray ihany no Rainareo, dia Izay any an-danitra.
And do not call anyone on the earth your “Father,” for your have only one Father, the heavenly Father.
10 Ary aza mba mety hatao hoe mpitarika ianareo; fa iray ihany no Mpitarika anareo, dia Kristy.
Nor must you allow yourselves to be called “leaders,” for you have only one leader, the Christ.
11 Fa izay lehibe aminareo no ho mpanompo anareo.
The person who wants to be the greatest among you must be your servant.
12 Fa izay manandra-tena no haetry; ary izay manetry tena no hasandratra.
Whoever exalts themselves will be humbled, and whoever humbles themselves will be exalted.
13 Fa lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa arindrinareo eo anoloan’ ny olona ny fanjakan’ ny lanitra; fa ianareo tsy miditra, ary izay miditra dia tsy avelanareo hiditra.
But alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You turn the key of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you do not go in yourselves, and do not allow those who try to go in to do so.
14 (Lozanareo mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! Fa laninareo ny tranon’ ny mpitondratena, ary dia manao vavaka lavareny ho fiolahana ianareo; koa izany no hahazoanareo fahamelohana mafimafy kokoa.)
15 Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa mandeha mitety ny ranomasina sy ny tany maina ianareo mba hahazoanareo na dia iray ihany aza ho proselyta; ary rehefa azonareo izy, dia ataonareo zanaky ny helo mihoatra indroa noho ianareo aza. (Geenna g1067)
Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You scour land and sea to make a single convert, and, when they are gained, you make them twice as deserving of Gehenna as you are yourselves. (Geenna g1067)
16 Lozanareo, mpitarika jamba izay manao hoe: Raha misy mianiana amin’ ny tempoly, dia tsy mampaninona izany; fa raha misy mianiana amin’ ny volamena amin’ ny tempoly, dia haningo-tena izy.
Alas for you, you blind guides! You say “if any swear by the Temple, their oath counts for nothing; but, if anyone swears by the gold of the Temple, their oath is binding them”!
17 Ry adala sy jamba! iza no lehibe, ny volamena va, sa ny tempoly izay nahamasina ny volamena?
Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?
18 Ary koa: Raha misy mianiana amin’ ny alitara, dia tsy mampaninona izany; fa raha misy mianiana amin’ ny fanatitra eo amboniny, dia haningo-tena izy.
You say, too, “If anyone swears by the altar, their oath counts for nothing, but, if anyone swears by the offering placed on it, their oath is binding on them”!
19 Ry jamba! iza no lehibe, ny fanatitra, sa ny alitara izay mahamasina ny fanatitra?
Blind indeed! Which is the more important? The offering? Or the altar which gives sacredness to the offering?
20 Koa amin’ izany, izay mianiana amin’ ny alitara, dia mianiana aminy mbamin’ ny zavatra rehetra izay eo amboniny.
Therefore a person, swearing by the altar, swears by it and by all that is on it,
21 Ary izay mianiana amin’ ny tempoly dia mianiana aminy mbamin’ izay mitoetra ao anatiny.
and a person, swearing by the Temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it,
22 Ary izay mianiana amin’ ny lanitra dia mianiana amin’ ny seza fiandrianan’ Andriamanitra mbamin’ izay mipetraka eo amboniny.
while a person, swearing by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
23 Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa mandoa ny fahafolon’ ny solila sy ny aneta ary ny komina ianareo, nefa navelanareo izay lehibe amin’ ny lalàna, dia ny rariny sy ny famindram-po ary ny finoana; ireto tokony ho nataonareo, nefa tsy tokony havelanareo ireroana.
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law – justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first.
24 Ry mpitarika jamba! tantavaninareo ny moka, nefa atelinareo ny rameva.
You blind guides, to strain out a gnat and to swallow a camel!
25 Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa diovinareo ny vohon’ ny kapoaka sy ny lovia, nefa ny ao anatiny dia feno rombaka sy tsi-fahononana.
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are filled with the results of greed and self-indulgence.
26 Ry Fariseo jamba! diovy aloha ny atin’ ny kapoaka sy ny lovia, mba ho madio koa ny vohony.
You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.
27 Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa ianareo dia tahaka ny fasana voalalotra fotsy, izay miseho tsara tarehy eo ivelany, nefa ny ao anatiny dia feno taolan’ ny maty mbamin’ ny fahalotoana rehetra.
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed look fair outside, while inside they are filled with dead people’s bones and all kinds of filth.
28 Dia tahaka izany koa ianareo: raha amin’ ny eo ivelany dia miseho amin’ ny olona ho marina, nefa ny ao anatinareo dia feno fihatsaram-belatsihy sy tsi-fankatoavan-dalàna.
It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious people, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin.
29 Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa manao ny fasan’ ny mpaminany ianareo sady manisy haingony ny rarivatom-pasan’ ny olona marina,
Alas for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the monuments of religious people,
30 ka hoy ianareo: Raha niara-belona tamin’ ny razanay izahay, dia tsy mba nikambana taminy handatsa-drà ny mpaminany.
and say “Had we been living in the days of our ancestors, we should have taken no part in their murder of the prophets!”
31 Ka dia miampanga tena ianareo fa zanak’ izay namono ny mpaminany.
By doing this you are furnishing evidence against yourselves that you are true children of the people who murdered the prophets.
32 Ary ianareo koa dia mamenoa ny famaran’ ny razanareo.
Go on then, finish what your ancestors began!
33 Ry bibilava, taranaky ny menarana, hataonareo ahoana no fandositra ny fanamelohana ho any amin’ ny helo? (Geenna g1067)
You snakes and children of snakes! How can you escape being sentenced to Gehenna? (Geenna g1067)
34 Ary noho izany, indro, Izaho maniraka mpaminany sy olon-kendry ary mpanora-dalàna ho atỳ aminareo; koa ny sasany hovonoinareo sy hohomboanareo amin’ ny hazo fijaliana, ary ny sasany hokapohinareo ao amin’ ny synagoganareo sy henjehinareo mitety vohitra, ―
That is why I send you prophets, wise people, and teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from town to town;
35 mba hanody anareo ny rà marina rehetra, izay nalatsaka tambonin’ ny tany, hatramin’ ny ran’ i Abela marina ka hatramin’ ny ran’ i Zakaria, zanak’ i Barakia, izay novonoinareo teo anelanelan’ ny tempoly sy ny alitara.
so that on your heads may fall every drop of innocent blood split on earth, from the blood of innocent Abel down to that of Zechariah, Barachiah’s son, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.
36 Lazaiko aminareo marina tokoa: Hanody ity taranaka ity izany rehetra izany.
All this, I tell you, will come home to the present generation.
37 Ry Jerosalema, ry Jerosalema, izay mamono ny mpaminany sy mitora-bato izay irahina ho aminao, impiry Aho no ta-hanangona ny zanakao, tahaka ny fanomban’ ny akoho ny zanany ao ambanin’ ny elany, fa tsy nety ianareo!
Jerusalem! Jerusalem! She who slays the prophets and stones the messengers sent to her – Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not come!
38 Indro, avela ho lao ho anareo ny tranonareo.
Verily, your house is left to you desolate!
39 Fa lazaiko aminareo: Hatramin’ izao dia tsy hahita Ahy tokoa ianareo mandra-pilazanareo hoe: Isaorana anie Izay avy amin’ ny anaran’ i Jehovah.
For nevermore, I tell you, will you see me, until you say – “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”’
