Mateus 18

1 In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?"

2 Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them 3 and said, "Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. 4 Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. 5 Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me, 6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

7 "Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes! 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. 9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna*18:9 or, Hell of fire. 10 See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. 11 For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.*18:11 NU omits verse 11.

12 "What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray? 13 If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

15 "If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. 16 But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.✝18:16 Deuteronomy 19:15 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector. 18 Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven. 19 Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them."

21 Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"

22 Jesus said to him, "I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.*18:24 Ten thousand talents (about 300 metric tons of silver) represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day’s wages for agricultural labor. 25 But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. 26 The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’ 27 The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.

28 "But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, * 18:28 100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent, or about 500 grams (1.1 pounds) of silver. and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

29 "So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’ 30 He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due. 31 So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done. 32 Then his lord called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. 33 Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’ 34 His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him. 35 So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds."

Ko Wai te Nui Rawa?

1 I taua wā, ka haere mai ngā ākonga ki a Īhu, ka mea, "Ko wai te nui rawa i te rangatiratanga o te rangi?"

2 Nā, ka karangatia e Īhu tētahi tamaiti nohinohi, ka whakatūria e ia ki waenganui i a rātou, 3 ka mea, "He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ki te kore koutou e tahuri, ā, e pēnei me ngā tamariki nonohi, e kore koutou e tomo ki te rangatiratanga o te rangi. 4 Nā, ki te whakaiti tētahi i a ia, ā, ka rite ki tēnei tamaiti nohinohi, ko ia te nui rawa i te rangatiratanga o te rangi. 5 Ā, ki te manako tētahi ki tētahi tamaiti nohinohi pēnei, he whakaaro hoki ki tōku ingoa, e manako ana ki ahau."

He Whakamātauranga ki te Hara

6 "Tēnā ko tēnei, ka hē i tētahi tangata tētahi o ēnei mea nonohi e whakapono nei ki ahau, nui kē te pai ki a ia me i whakawerewerea ki tōna kakī te kōhatu mira kāihe, me i pungaia ia ki te rire o te moana. 7 Auē te mate mō te ao i ngā take hē! Kua tino takoto rawa hoki he putanga mō ngā take hē; otiia, auē te mate mō tērā tangata e puta ai te take hē!

8 "Ki te hē koe i tōu ringa, i tōu waewae rānei, pōutoa, makā atu; pai kē hoki mōu te tomo ki te ora he kopa, he ringa mutu, i te makā ki te ahi kā tonu, he ringa rua, he waewae rua. 9 Ki te hē hoki koe i tōu kanohi, tīkarohia, makā atu; pai kē hoki mōu te tomo kanohi tahi ki te ora, i te makā kanohi rua ki te kāpura o Kehena."

Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Hipi Kotiti Kē

10 "Kia mahara kei whakahāwea ki tētahi o ēnei mea nonohi; ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, E titiro tonu ana ō rātou anahera i te rangi ki te kanohi o tōku Matua i te rangi. 11 I haere mai hoki te Tama a te tangata ki te whakaora i te mea i ngaro.

12 "Pēhea tō koutou whakaaro? Ki te mea he rau ngā hipi a tētahi tangata, ā, ka kotiti kē tētahi, e kore ianei e waiho e ia ngā iwa tekau mā iwa, ka haere i runga i ngā maunga, rapu ai i te mea i kotiti kē? 13 Ā, ki te kitea, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, tērā atu tōna hari ki taua hipi, i te hari ki ngā iwa tekau mā iwa kīhai i kotiti kē. 14 Waihoki kāhore he ngākau o tō koutou Matua i te rangi kia ngaro tētahi o ēnei mea nonohi."

Ka Hara tētahi Tangata

15 "Ā, ki te hara tōu teina ki a koe, haere, kōrerotia tōna hara ki a ia, kōrua anake; ki te whakarongo ia ki a koe, ka riro i a koe tōu teina. 16 Ā, ki te kore ia e whakarongo, kawea atu hei hoa mōu kia kotahi, kia tokorua rānei, kia mau ai ngā kupu katoa i ngā māngai o ngā kaiwhakarongo tokorua, tokotoru rānei. 17 Ā, ki te pake ia ki a rāua, kōrerotia ki te hāhi; ā, ki te pake anō ia ki te hāhi, me waiho e koe hei tautangata, hei pupirikana."

Ngā Herenga me ngā Wewete

18 "He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, Ko ā koutou e here ai i te whenua e herea anō ki te rangi; ko ā koutou e wewete ai i te whenua e wetekia anō ki te rangi.

19 "Tēnei anō tāku kupu ki a koutou, Ki te mea ka tokorua o koutou e rite tahi ana ngā whakaaro i te whenua mō tētahi mea e īnoi ai rāua, e meinga anō mō rāua e tōku Matua i te rangi. 20 Nā, ko te wāhi e whakaminea ai te hunga tokorua, tokotoru rānei, he whakaaro ki tōku ingoa, kei reira ahau kei waenganui i a rātou."

Te Kupu Whakarite mō te Pononga Murukore

21 Kātahi, ka haere a Pita ki a ia, ka mea, "E te Ariki, kia hia ngā haranga o tōku teina ki ahau, me tāku whakarere noa iho i tōna hara? Kia whitu?"

22 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "E kore ahau e mea ki a koe, Kia whitu, engari, kia whitu tekau whitu."

23 "Koia, ka rite ai te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki tētahi kīngi, i mea kia kōrerotia ki a ia āna moni e āna pononga. 24 Ā, ka tīmata ia te ui, ka kawea ki a ia he tangata, tekau mano ngā taranata i a ia. 25 Ā, tē whai rawa ia hei utu, ka mea tōna ariki kia hokona ia, tāna wahine me āna tamariki, me āna taonga katoa, hei whakautu.

26 "Nā, ka tāpapa iho taua pononga, ka koropiko ki a ia, ka mea, ‘E te Ariki, kia āta hanga ki ahau, ā, ka utua katoatia e ahau ki a koe.’ 27 Nā, ka oho i te aroha te ariki o taua pononga, tuku ana i a ia, ā, whakarērea noatia iho e ia āna moni tārewa.

28 "Heoi, te putanga o taua pononga ki waho, ka kite i tētahi o ōna hoa pononga, kotahi rau āna pene i a ia; nā, hopukia ana e ia, nōtia iho te kakī, me te kī anō, ‘Utua tāku nama.’

29 "Heoi, tāpapa ana tōna hoa pononga ki ōna waewae, ka īnoi ki a ia, ka mea, ‘Kia āta hanga ki ahau, ā, ka utua katoatia e ahau ki a koe.’ 30 Ā, kīhai ia i pai; heoi haere ana, maka ana i a ia ki te whare herehere, kia utua katoatia rā anō te nama.

31 "Heoi, nō te kitenga o ōna hoa pononga i taua meatanga, nui atu tō rātou pōuri, ā, haere ana, whakaaturia ana ki tō rātou ariki ngā mea katoa i meatia. 32 Kātahi, ka karanga tōna ariki i a ia, ka mea ki a ia, ‘Pononga kino, i whakarērea noatia e ahau taua moni tārewa katoa i a koe, nāu hoki i īnoi ki ahau. 33 Ehara oti i te tika kia tohungia e koe tōu hoa pononga, me ahau hoki i tohu i a koe?’ 34 Nā, ka riri tōna ariki, ā, tukua ana ia ki ngā kaiwhakamamae, kia utua katoatia rā anō tāna nama. 35 Tērā anō, e pērā tōku Matua i te rangi ki a koutou, ki te kore e whakarērea noatia i roto i ō koutou ngākau ngā hē o te teina o tēnei, o tēnei, o koutou."