¹Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

¹በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ ለሕዝቡና ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ ብሎ ነገራቸው።

²Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

²ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን በሙሴ ወንበር ተቀምጠዋል።

³All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

³ስለዚህ ያዘዙአችሁን ሁሉ አድርጉ ጠብቁትም፥ ነገር ግን እየተናገሩ አያደርጉትምና እንደ ሥራቸው አታድርጉ።

⁴For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

⁴ከባድና አስቸጋሪ ሸክም ተብትበው በሰው ትከሻ ይጭናሉ፥ እነርሱ ግን በጣታቸው ስንኳ ሊነኩት አይወዱም።

⁵But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

⁵ለሰውም እንዲታዩ ሥራቸውን ሁሉ ያደርጋሉ፤ ስለዚህ አሽንክታባቸውን ያሰፋሉ ዘርፉንም ያስረዝማሉ፥

⁶And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

⁶በምሳም የከበሬታ ስፍራ፥ በምኵራብም የከበሬታ ወንበር፥

⁷And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

⁷በገበያም ሰላምታና። መምህር ሆይ መምህር ሆይ ተብለው እንዲጠሩ ይወዳሉ።

⁸But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.

⁸እናንተ ግን። መምህር ተብላችሁ አትጠሩ፤ መምህራችሁ አንድ ስለ ሆነ እናንተም ሁላችሁ ወንድማማች ናችሁ።

⁹And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

⁹አባታችሁ አንዱ እርሱም የሰማዩ ነውና በምድር ላይ ማንንም። አባት ብላችሁ አትጥሩ።

¹⁰Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.

¹⁰ሊቃችሁ አንድ እርሱም ክርስቶስ ነውና። ሊቃውንት ተብላችሁ አትጠሩ።

¹¹But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

¹¹ከእናንተም የሚበልጠው አገልጋያችሁ ይሆናል።

¹²And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

¹²ራሱን ከፍ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ይዋረዳል፥ ራሱንም የሚያዋርድ ሁሉ ከፍ ይላል።

¹³But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

¹³እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ መንግሥተ ሰማያትን በሰው ፊት ስለምትዘጉ፥ ወዮላችሁ እናንተ አትገቡም የሚገቡትንም እንዳይገቡ ትከለክላላችሁ።

¹⁴Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

¹⁴እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ በጸሎት ርዝመት እያመካኛችሁ የመበለቶችን ቤት ስለምትበሉ፥ ወዮላችሁ፤ ስለዚህ የባሰ ፍርድ ትቀበላላችሁ።

¹⁵Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

¹⁵እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ አንድ ሰው ልታሳምኑ በባሕርና በደረቅ ስለምትዞሩ፥ በሆነም ጊዜ ከእናንተ ይልቅ ሁለት እጥፍ የባሰ የገሃነም ልጅ ስለምታደርጉት፥ ወዮላችሁ።

¹⁶Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

¹⁶እናንተ። ማንም በቤተ መቅደስ የሚምል ምንም የለበትም፤ ማንም በቤተ መቅደስ ወርቅ የሚምል ግን በመሐላው ይያዛል የምትሉ፥ ዕውሮች መሪዎች፥ ወዮላችሁ።

¹⁷Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

¹⁷እናንተ ደንቆሮዎችና ዕውሮች፥ ማናቸው ይበልጣል? ወርቁ ነውን? ወይስ ወርቁን የቀደሰው ቤተ መቅደስ?

¹⁸And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

¹⁸ደግማችሁም። ማንም በመሠዊያው የሚምል ምንም የለበትም፤ ማንም በላዩ ባለው መባ የሚምል ግን በመሐላው ይያዛል ትላላችሁ።

¹⁹Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

¹⁹እናንተ ደንቆሮዎችና ዕውሮች፥ ማናቸው ይበልጣል? መባው ነውን? ወይስ መባውን የሚቀድሰው መሠዊያው?

²⁰Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

²⁰እንግዲህ በመሠዊያው የሚምለው በእርሱና በእርሱ ላይ ባለው ሁሉ ይምላል፤

²¹And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

²¹በቤተ መቅደስም የሚምለው በእርሱና በእርሱ በሚኖረው ይምላል፤

²²And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

²²በሰማይም የሚምለው በእግዚአብሔር ዙፋንና በእርሱ ላይ በተቀመጠው ይምላል።

²³Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

²³እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ ከአዝሙድና ከእንስላል ከከሙንም አሥራት ስለምታወጡ፥ ፍርድንና ምሕረትን ታማኝነትንም፥ በሕግ ያለውን ዋና ነገር ስለምትተዉ፥ ወዮላችሁ፤ ሌላውን ሳትተዉ ይህን ልታደርጉ ይገባችሁ ነበር።

²⁴Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

²⁴እናንተ ዕውሮች መሪዎች፥ ትንኝን የምታጠሩ ግመልንም የምትውጡ።

²⁵Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

²⁵እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ በውስጡ ቅሚያና ስስት ሞልቶ ሳለ የጽዋውንና የወጭቱን ውጭ ስለምታጠሩ፥ ወዮላችሁ።

²⁶Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

²⁶አንተ ዕውር ፈሪሳዊ፥ ውጭው ደግሞ ጥሩ እንዲሆን አስቀድመህ የጽዋውንና የወጭቱን ውስጡን አጥራ።

²⁷Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

²⁷እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ በውጭ አምረው የሚታዩ በውስጡ ግን የሙታን አጥንት ርኩሰትም ሁሉ የተሞሉ በኖራ የተለሰኑ መቃብሮችን ስለምትመስሉ፥ ወዮላችሁ።

²⁸Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

²⁸እንዲሁ እናንተ ደግሞ በውጭ ለሰው እንደ ጻድቃን ትታያላችሁ፥ በውስጣችሁ ግን ግብዝነትና ዓመፀኝነት ሞልቶባችኋል።

²⁹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

²⁹እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ የነቢያትን መቃብር ስለምትሠሩ የጻድቃንንም መቃብር ስለምታስጌጡና።

³⁰And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

³⁰በአባቶቻችን ዘመን ኖረን በሆነስ በነቢያት ደም ባልተባበርናቸውም ነበር ስለምትሉ፥ ወዮላችሁ።

³¹Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

³¹እንግዲያስ የነቢያት ገዳዮች ልጆች እንደሆናችሁ በራሳችሁ ላይ ትመሰክራላችሁ።

³²Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

³²እናንተ ደግሞ የአባቶቻችሁን መስፈሪያ ሙሉ።

³³Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

³³እናንተ እባቦች፥ የእፉኝት ልጆች፥ ከገሃነም ፍርድ እንዴት ታመልጣላችሁ?

³⁴Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

³⁴ስለዚህ፥ እነሆ፥ ነቢያትንና ጥበበኞችን ጻፎችንም ወደ እናንተ እልካለሁ፤ ከእነርሱም ትገድላላችሁ ትሰቅሉማላችሁ፥ ከእነርሱም በምኵራባችሁ ትገርፋላችሁ ከከተማም ወደ ከተማ ታሳድዳላችሁ፤

³⁵That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

³⁵ከጻድቁ ከአቤል ደም ጀምሮ በቤተ መቅደስና በመሠዊያው መካከል እስከ ገደላችሁት እስከ በራክዩ ልጅ እስከ ዘካርያስ ደም ድረስ በምድር ላይ የፈሰሰው የጻድቅ ደም ሁሉ ይደርስባችሁ ዘንድ።

³⁶Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

³⁶እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ይህ ሁሉ በዚህ ትውልድ ላይ ይደርሳል።

³⁷O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

³⁷ኢየሩሳሌም ኢየሩሳሌም ሆይ፥ ነቢያትን የምትገድል ወደ እርስዋ የተላኩትንም የምትወግር፥ ዶሮ ጫጩቶችዋን ከክንፎችዋ በታች እንደምትሰበስብ ልጆችሽን እሰበስብ ዘንድ ስንት ጊዜ ወደድሁ! አልወደዳችሁምም።

³⁸Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

³⁸እነሆ፥ ቤታችሁ የተፈታ ሆኖ ይቀርላችኋል።

³⁹For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

³⁹እላችኋለሁና፥ በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ የተባረከ ነው እስክትሉ ድረስ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ አታዩኝም።