¹Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

¹በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ ለሕዝቡና ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ ብሎ ነገራቸው።

²saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat.

²ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን በሙሴ ወንበር ተቀምጠዋል።

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.

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

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.

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

⁵ But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are small leather pouches that some Jewish men wear on their forehead and arm in prayer. They are used to carry a small scroll with some Scripture in it. See Deuteronomy 6:8. broad, enlarge the fringes or, tassels of their garments,

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

⁶ and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,

⁶በምሳም የከበሬታ ስፍራ፥ በምኵራብም የከበሬታ ወንበር፥

⁷ the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.

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

⁸ But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.

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

⁹ Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

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

¹⁰ Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.

¹⁰ሊቃችሁ አንድ እርሱም ክርስቶስ ነውና። ሊቃውንት ተብላችሁ አትጠሩ።

¹¹ But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

¹¹ከእናንተም የሚበልጠው አገልጋያችሁ ይሆናል።

¹² Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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

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.

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

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. Some Greek manuscripts reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering verse 14 as 13.

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

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 of a son of Gehenna or, Hell as yourselves.

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

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.’

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

¹⁷ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

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

¹⁸ ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?’

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

¹⁹ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

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

²⁰ He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

²⁰እንግዲህ በመሠዊያው የሚምለው በእርሱና በእርሱ ላይ ባለው ሁሉ ይምላል፤

²¹ He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living NU reads “lives” in it.

²¹በቤተ መቅደስም የሚምለው በእርሱና በእርሱ በሚኖረው ይምላል፤

²² He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

²²በሰማይም የሚምለው በእግዚአብሔር ዙፋንና በእርሱ ላይ በተቀመጠው ይምላል።

²³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice. 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.

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

²⁴ You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

²⁴እናንተ ዕውሮች መሪዎች፥ ትንኝን የምታጠሩ ግመልንም የምትውጡ።

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. TR reads “self-indulgence” instead of “unrighteousness”

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

²⁶ You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

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

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.

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

²⁸ Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

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

²⁹ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

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

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.’

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

³¹ Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.

³¹እንግዲያስ የነቢያት ገዳዮች ልጆች እንደሆናችሁ በራሳችሁ ላይ ትመሰክራላችሁ።

³² Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.

³²እናንተ ደግሞ የአባቶቻችሁን መስፈሪያ ሙሉ።

³³ You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna or, Hell ?

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

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;

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

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.

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።

³⁶ Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

³⁶እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ይህ ሁሉ በዚህ ትውልድ ላይ ይደርሳል።

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!

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

³⁸ Behold, your house is left to you desolate.

³⁸እነሆ፥ ቤታችሁ የተፈታ ሆኖ ይቀርላችኋል።

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!’” Psalm 118:26

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