Mateus 10

1 He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother; 3 Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called*10:3 NU omits "Lebbaeus, who was also called" Thaddaeus; 4 Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

5 Jesus sent these twelve out and commanded them, saying, "Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans. 6 Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’ 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,*10:8 TR adds "raise the dead," and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. 9 Don’t take any gold, silver, or brass in your money belts. 10 Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor sandals, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. 11 Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you go on. 12 As you enter into the household, greet it. 13 If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 Whoever doesn’t receive you or hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. 15 Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you. 18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. 19 But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say. 20 For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

21 "Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 22 You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved. 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man has come.

24 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul,*10:25 Literally, Lord of the Flies, or the devil how much more those of his household! 26 Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops. 28 Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.*10:28 or, Hell.

29 "Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? * 10:29 An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius. An assarion is approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor. Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows. 32 Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

34 "Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 A man’s foes will be those of his own household.✝10:36 Micah 7:6 37 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me. 38 He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me isn’t worthy of me. 39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

40 "He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. 42 Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward."

Ngā Āpōtoro Tekau mā rua

1 Ā, ka oti te karanga e ia āna ākonga i tekau mā rua, ka hoatu ki a rātou he mana hei pei i ngā wairua poke, hei whakaora hoki i ngā mate katoa me ngā tūrorotanga katoa.

2 Nā, ko ngā ingoa ēnei o ngā āpōtoro kotahi tekau mā rua; te tuatahi ko Haimona, e kīia nei ko Pita, rāua ko tōna teina ko Anaru; ko Hēmi tama a Heperi rāua ko tōna teina ko Hoani; 3 ko Piripi rāua ko Patoromu; ko Tamati rāua ko Matiu pupirikana; ko Hēmi tama a Arapiu, ko Tariu; 4 ko Haimona Kanaani rāua ko Hūrā Ikariote, nāna nei ia i tuku.

Te Tononga o Tekau mā rua

5 Ko tēnei tekau mā rua i tonoa e Īhu, i ako ia i a rātou, i mea: "Kaua e haere ki tētahi ara o ngā tauiwi, kaua anō hoki e tomo ki tētahi pā o ngā Hamari; 6 engari, me haere ki ngā hipi ngaro o te whare o Īharaira. 7 Me kauwhau haere hoki, me kī, ‘Kua tata te rangatiratanga o te rangi.’ 8 Whakaorangia ngā tūroro, meinga kia mā ngā repera, whakaarahia ngā tūpāpaku, peia ngā rēwera; ka riro noa nei i a koutou, me hoatu noa e koutou. 9 Kaua he kōura mā koutou, kaua he hiriwa, kaua he parāhi ki roto ki ō koutou whītiki; 10 kaua anō he pūtea mō te ara; kaua e takiruatia ngā koti, kaua he hū, kaua anō he tokotoko. Ka ea hoki i te kaimahi tāna kai.

11 "Ā, ka tomo koutou ki tētahi pā, ki tētahi kāinga rānei, ui atu, ko wai te tangata pai o reira; ā, hei reira noho ai, ā, haere noa. 12 Ā, nō ka tomo ki tētahi whare, me oha atu. 13 Ā, ki te pai te whare, kia tau tā koutou rangimārie ki reira; ā, ki te kāhore e pai, kia hoki tā koutou rangimārie ki a koutou. 14 Ki te kāhore hoki tētahi e manako ki a koutou, ki te kore e whakarongo ki ā koutou kupu, ka haere koutou ki waho o taua whare, o taua pā rānei, ka whakangahoro i te puehu o ō koutou waewae. 15 He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, erangi tō te whenua o Horoma rāua ko Komora ā te rā whakawā e māmā i tō taua pā."

Ngā Whakatoinga e Haere Mai nei

16 "Nanā, ka tonoa nei koutou e ahau ānō he hipi ki roto ki ngā wuruhi. Nā, kia rite ki te nākahi te mahara, ki te kūkupa hoki te māhaki. 17 Kia tūpato ia i ngā tāngata; tērā hoki koutou e tukua e rātou ki ngā rūnanga, ā, tērā koutou e whiua i roto i ō rātou whare karakia. 18 Ā, ka kawea koutou ki ngā kāwana, ki ngā kīngi, mō te whakaaro ki ahau, hei mea whakaatu ki a rātou, ki ngā tauiwi hoki. 19 Ā, nō ka tukua koutou e rātou, kaua e mānukanuka ki te pēhea, ki te aha, e kōrero ai koutou; ka hoatu ki a koutou i taua wā tā koutou e kōrero ai. 20 Ehara hoki i a koutou ngā kōrero, engari, ko te Wairua o tō koutou Matua te kōrero ana i roto i a koutou.

21 "Nā, ka tukua te tuakana e te teina ki te mate, te tama hoki e te pāpā; ka whakatika ngā tamariki ki ngā mātua, ka mea kia whakamatea; 22 ā, ka kinongia koutou e ngā tāngata katoa, he mea hoki mō tōku ingoa; ko te tangata ia e ū ana ā taea noatia te mutunga, ka ora ia. 23 Nā, ki te whakatoia koutou i tēnei pā, rere atu ki tētahi; he pono hoki tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, e kore e poto i a koutou ngā pā o Īharaira te haere, ko te Tama a te tangata kua tae mai.

24 "Kāhore e nui ake te ākonga i tōna kaiwhakaako, kāhore hoki te pononga e nui ake i tōna rangatira. 25 Heoi, mā te ākonga ko ia kia rite ki tōna kaiwhakaako, mā te pononga kia rite ki tōna rangatira. Ki te kīia e rātou te rangatira o te whare ko Perehepura, tērā noa ake tā rātou mō ngā tāngata o tōna whare."

Te Mea hei Wehi

26 "Nā, kaua e wehi i a rātou; kāhore hoki he mea i hīpokina e mahue te hura, he mea rānei i huna e mahue te mōhio. 27 Ko tāku e kōrero nei ki a koutou i te pōuri, me kōrero e koutou i te mārama; ko tā ō koutou taringa e rongo ai, me kauwhau ki runga i ngā whare. 28 Ā, kaua e wehi i te hunga e whakamate nei i te tinana, ā, e kore nei e āhei te whakamate i te wairua; engari ia ko tā koutou e wehi ai, ko ia e kaha nei ki te whakangaro i te wairua rāua tahi ko te tinana ki roto ki Kehena. 29 Kāhore ianei e hokona ngā pīhoihoi e rua ki te pātene kotahi? Ā, ki te kāhore tō koutou Matua e mea, e kore tētahi o rāua e taka ki te whenua. 30 Otiia, ko ngā makawe o ō koutou mātenga kua oti katoa te tatau. 31 Nō reira, kaua e wehi; erangi rā koutou i ngā pīhoihoi maha."

Te Whākinga, te Whakahāwea rānei, i a te Karaiti

32 "Nā, ki te whakaae tētahi ki ahau i te aroaro o ngā tāngata, ka whakaaetia ia e ahau i te aroaro o tōku Matua i te rangi. 33 Ā, ki te whakakāhore tētahi i ahau i te aroaro o ngā tāngata, ka whakakāhoretia hoki ia e ahau i te aroaro o tōku Matua i te rangi."

Ehara i te Rangimārie, engari he Raru

34 "Kei mea i haere mai ahau ki te kawe mai i te rangimārie ki te whenua; kīhai ahau i haere mai ki te kawe mai i te rangimārie, engari i te hoari.

35 I haere mai hoki ahau ki te mea i te tangata kia whawhai ki tōna pāpā,

i te tamāhine ki tōna whaea,

i te hunaonga wahine ki tōna hungawai wahine;

36 ā, ko ō te tangata hoariri ko ngā tāngata anō o tōna whare.

37 "Ki te nui ake te aroha o tētahi ki tōna pāpā, whaea rānei, i tōna ki ahau, e kore ia e tikangatia māku; ki te nui ake hoki te aroha o tētahi ki tāna tama, tamāhine rānei, i tōna ki ahau, e kore ia e tikangatia māku. 38 Ki te kore hoki tētahi e mau ki tōna rīpeka, e aru i muri i ahau, e kore ia e tikangatia māku. 39 Ko te tangata i whiwhi ki te ora e mate anō ia, ā, ki te mate tētahi mōna i whakaaro ki ahau, ka whiwhi anō ia ki te ora."

Ngā Utu

40 "Ki te manako tētahi ki a koutou, e manako ana ia ki ahau, ā, ki te manako tētahi ki ahau, e manako ana ia ki tōku kaitono mai. 41 Ki te manako tētahi ki te poropiti i runga i te ingoa o te poropiti, ka riro i a ia te utu o te poropiti; ā, ki te manako tētahi ki te tangata tika i runga i te ingoa o te tangata tika, e riro i a ia te utu o te tangata tika. 42 Ā, ki te whakainumia e tētahi, tētahi o ēnei mea nonohi, ahakoa kotahi anō te kapu wai mātao, i runga i te ingoa o te ākonga, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, e kore rawa ia e hapa i tōna utu."