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

¹Ary tamin'izany Jesosy dia niteny tamin'ny vahoaka sy tamin'ny mpianany ka nanao hoe:

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

²Eo amin'ny fipetrahan'i Mosesy no ipetrahan'ny mpanora-dalàna sy ny Fariseo;

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.

³koa amin'izany, izay rehetra lazainy dia ataovy ka tandremo; fa aza mba manao araka ny asany, satria miteny ihany izy, nefa tsy manao.

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.

⁴Eny, 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.

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,

⁵Ary ny asany rehetra dia ataony mba ho hitan'ny. olona; fa ataony lehibe ny fylakiterany, ary ataony vaventy ny somotraviaviny.

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

⁶Ary tia ny fitoerana aloha eo amin'ny fanasana izy, sy ny fipetrahana aloha eo amin'ny synagoga

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

⁷sy ny hoharabain'ny olona eny an-tsena ary ny hataon'ny olona hoe: Raby ô!

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

⁸Fa ianareo kosa aza mba mety hatao hoe: Raby ô; fa iray ihany no mpampianatra anareo, ary ianareo rehetra dia mpirahalahy avokoa.

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

⁹Ary aza milaza olona etỳ an-tany ho rainareo; fa iray ihany no Rainareo, dia Izay any an-danitra.

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

¹⁰Ary aza mba mety hatao hoe mpitarika ianareo; fa iray ihany no Mpitarika anareo, dia Kristy.

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

¹¹Fa izay lehibe aminareo no ho mpanompo anareo.

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

¹²Fa izay manandra-tena no haetry; ary izay manetry tena no hasandratra.

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.

¹³Fa 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.[Ampio hoe:]

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.

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 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.

¹⁵Lozanareo, 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.

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.’

¹⁶Lozanareo, 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.

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

¹⁷Ry adala sy jamba! iza no lehibe, ny volamena va, sa ny tempoly izay nahamasina ny volamena?

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

¹⁸Ary koa: Raha misy mianiana amin'ny alitara, dia tsy mampaninona izany; fa raha misy mianiana amin'ny fanatitra eo amboniny, dia haningo-tena izy.

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

¹⁹Ry jamba! iza no lehibe, ny fanatitra, sa ny alitara izay mahamasina ny fanatitra?

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

²⁰Koa amin'izany, izay mianiana amin'ny alitara, dia mianiana aminy mbamin'ny zavatra rehetra izay eo amboniny.

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

²¹Ary izay mianiana amin'ny tempoly dia mianiana aminy mbamin'izay mitoetra ao anatiny.

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

²²Ary izay mianiana amin'ny lanitra dia mianiana amin'ny seza fiandrianan'Andriamanitra mbamin'izay mipetraka eo amboniny.

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.

²³Lozanareo, 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.[Anaran-java-maniry ireo]

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

²⁴Ry mpitarika jamba! tantavaninareo ny moka, nefa atelinareo ny rameva.

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”

²⁵Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa diovinareo ny vohon'ny kapoaka sy ny lovia, nefa ny ao anatiny dia feno rombaka sy tsi-fahononana.

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

²⁶Ry Fariseo jamba! diovy aloha ny atin'ny kapoaka sy ny lovia, mba ho madio koa ny vohony.

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.

²⁷Lozanareo, 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.

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

²⁸Dia 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.

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

²⁹Lozanareo, mpanora-dalàna sy Fariseo, mpihatsaravelatsihy! fa manao ny fasan'ny mpaminany ianareo sady manisy haingony ny rarivatom-pasan'ny olona marina,

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.’

³⁰ka hoy ianareo: Raha niara-belona tamin'ny razanay izahay, dia tsy mba nikambana taminy handatsa-drà ny mpaminany.

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

³¹Ka dia miampanga tena ianareo fa zanak'izay namono ny mpaminany.

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

³²Ary ianareo koa dia mamenoa ny famaran'ny razanareo.

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

³³Ry bibilava, taranaky ny menarana, hataonareo ahoana no fandositra ny fanamelohana ho any amin'ny helo?

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;

³⁴Ary 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,-

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.

³⁵mba 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.

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

³⁶Lazaiko aminareo marina tokoa: Hanody ity taranaka ity izany rehetra izany.

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!

³⁷Ry 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!

³⁸ Behold, your house is left to you desolate.

³⁸Indro, avela ho lao ho anareo ny tranonareo.Fa lazaiko aminareo: Hatramin'izao dia tsy hahita Ahy tokoa ianareo mandra-pilazanareo hoe: Isaorana anie Izay avy amin'ny anaran'i Jehovah.

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

³⁹Fa lazaiko aminareo: Hatramin'izao dia tsy hahita Ahy tokoa ianareo mandra-pilazanareo hoe: Isaorana anie Izay avy amin'ny anaran'i Jehovah.