1Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
1Huan, Jesu'n mipite leh a nungjuite kiang ah thu a gen a.
2saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat.
2Laigelhmite leh Pharisaite Mosi tutphah ah a tu jel ua,
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.
3huaijiak in a hon hilh peuhmah uh hih unla jui jel unla; amau thihhih bang jaw hih tuankei un, gen jaw a gen jel ua, a hih tuankei uh.
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.
4Puakgik haksatak a bawl ua, mite a suan uh, amau lah a khut zung un leng a suan nuamkei uh.
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,
5A thilhih tengteng uh tuh mihing muh ding in ahi, ahih jawk nak uh, a thil but uleh a khipte uh a hih lian ua, a puan mongkai uh a sau sak ua.
6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
6ankuangluina ah mun hoihpen bang kikhopna in ah tutphah hoihpen bang.
7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men.
7dawl mun a chibai buk bang, min, Rabbi, a chih bang uh a deihtuam se ngal nak uh.
8 But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
8Nou jaw, Rabbi chih in omkei un; sinsakpa khat na nei ua, nou tengteng tuh unaute na hi ngal ua.
9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
9Huan, leitung ah kuamah, Pa, chikei un: na Pa uh khat kia ahi, van a om.
10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ.
10Heutu chih in om samkei un, heutu khat na nei ua amah Kris ahi.
11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.
11Na lak ua thupipen na sikha ua a om jawk ding ahi.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
12Kuapeuh kiliansak tuh a dai ding, kuapeuh kingaineu tuh pahtawi in a om ding.
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.
13Himahleh nou laigelhmite leh Pharisai lepchiahte aw, na tung uh a gik hi: vangam lampi mite na khak sak ngal ua: nou lah na lut ngalkei uh, mi a lut dingte lut ding leng na phalkei jel uh.
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.
14Laigelhmite leh Pharisai lepchiahte aw, na tung uh a gik hi: meithai inte na negai ngal ua, thumna saupi mikhemna ding in na bawl ua: huaijiak in mohna liansem na mu ding uhi.
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.
15Nou laigelhmite leh Pharisaite, lepchiahte aw, na tung uh a gik hi: phungkai khat lel leng bawl ding in tuipi leh gam na pai kimvel ngal ua, huan huchi bang a a hong om tak in, amah tuh noumau lehnih in gawtmun ta in na bawl jel uh.
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.’
16Nou makai mittaw, Kuapeuh Pathian biakin lou a kichiam, huai bangmah ahikei; kuapeuh Pathian biakin a dangka-eng lou a kichiam jaw tangtunsak ding ahi, chite aw, na tung uh a gik hi:
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
17Nou mihai mittawte aw: a bang a thupi jaw a dangka-eng hia, dangka-eng siangthousak Pathian biakin?
18 ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?’
18Huan, Kuapeuh maitam lou a kichiam tuh, bangmah ahikei: a tung a thil piak om lou a kichiam peuh bel tangtunsak ding ahi, na chi uh.
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
19Nou mittawte aw, a bang a thupi jaw a, thil piak hia thilpiak siangthousak maitam?
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
20Huchi in, maitam lou a kichiam peuhmah jaw maitam leh a tung a om tengteng lou a kichiam hi ahi;
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living NU reads “lives” in it.
21huan, Pathian biakin lou a kichiam peuhmah jaw Pathian biakin leh a sung a teng pa lou a kichiam hi ahi:
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
22huan, van lou a kichiam peuhmah leng Pathian tutphah leh a tung a tupa lou a kichiam hi ahi.
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.
23Nou laigelhmi leh Pharisai, lepchiahte aw, na tung uh a gik hi: pudinate, mohurite, zirate sawm ah khat na pe jel ua, dan thu khawk jaw- diktatna te, hehpihna te, ginomna te- na limsak ngalkei ua; himahleh hiaite eive na hih ding uh, a dangte hihlou tuanlou in.
24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
24Nou makai mittawte, thousi khisiang a sangawngsau valhte aw!
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”
25Laigelhmi leh Pharisai, lepchiahte aw, na tung uh a gik hi: nou leh kuang polam na hihsiang ua, a sung lah lepgukna leh kideklouhna in a dim ngal a.
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
26Nou Pharisai mittaw, nou leh kuang sunglam hihsiang masa un, a polam leng a hong sian theihna ding in.
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.
27Laigelhmi leh Pharisai, lepchiahte aw, na tung uh gik hi: han nuhngou, polam kilawmtak a lang, a sunglam lah misi guhte leh nin chiteng a dim bangte na hi ngal ua.
28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
28Nou leng huchi bang tak in polam ah mihing mitmuh in diktat tak in na lang ua, na sunglam u bel lepchiahna leh gitlouhna in a dim ngal a.
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
29Nou laigelhmi leh Pharisai, lepchiahte aw, na tung uh a gik hi: jawlneite han in na lam ua, mi diktat hante leng na jem ua.
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.’
30I pipute damlai a na om hihta leng, Jawlneite sisan a suahna ua panglou ding hi hang a, na chi uh.
31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.
31Huchi in jawlneite thatte ta na hi uh chih na kitheisak uhi.
32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
32Na pipute uh tehna dan uh hihdim ngal mai un.
33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna or, Hell ?
33Gulte aw, gul suante aw, Gehenna vaihawmna bang chin na pel thei ding ua?
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;
34Ngai dih ua, huaiziak mah in na kiang uah, jawlneite, mipilte, laigelhmite ka hon sawl ding; khenkhat na hihlum ding ua, kros ah na kilhden ding uh, khenkhat na kikhopna in uah savun khau in na jep ding ua, kho teng ah na sawi jel ding uh.
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.
35Huchi in, Abel mi diktat tak sisan akipan, Pathian biakin leh maitam kikal a Barak tapa Zakaria na thah uh sisan tan in, leitung a mi diktat sisan a suah tengteng uh noumau tungah a hongtung thei ding.
36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
36Chihtaktakin ka hon hilh ahi, huai tengteng tuh tulai khangthakte tungah a hongtung ding.
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!
37Aw Jerusalem, Jerusalem, jawlneite that, na kiang a a honsawlte uh suang a na denglum, akpi in a noute a kha nuai a a op khawm bang in na tate bangzah vei op khawm ka tum a, himahleh na utkei uh:
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
38En un, na in uh a vuak a taisan in a omta.Ka honhilh ahi. Toupa min a hongpai hampha hi, na chih masiah uh, tuban na hon mu nawntakei ding uh, a chi a.
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
39Ka honhilh ahi. Toupa min a hongpai hampha hi, na chih masiah uh, tuban na hon mu nawntakei ding uh, a chi a.