Mateus 23

1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, 2 saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat. 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. 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. 5 But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries*23:5 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 and enlarge the fringes*23:5 or, tassels of their garments, 6 and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, 7 the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’*23:7 NU omits the second "Rabbi". by men. 8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi’, for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers. 9 Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ. 11 But he who is greatest among you will be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

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.

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. * 23:14 Some Greek texts reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering verse 14 as 13. NU omits verse 14. 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 a son of Gehenna*23:15 or, Hell as yourselves.

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.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’ 19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it. 21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living*23:21 NU reads "lives" in it. 22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.

23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, * 23:23 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. 24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

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. * 23:25 TR reads "self-indulgence" instead of "unrighteousness" 26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.

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

29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the righteous, 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.’ 31 Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?*23:33 or, Hell 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, 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. 36 Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

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! 38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. 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!’"✝23:39 Psalms 118:26

Ka Whakatūpato a Īhu mō ngā Kaiwhakaako o te Ture, me ngā Parihi

1 Me i reira ka kōrero a Īhu ki te mano, ki āna ākonga hoki, 2 ka mea: "Kei te nohoanga o Mohi ngā karaipi rātou ko ngā Parihi e noho ana; 3 ko ngā mea katoa e mea ai rātou hei pupuri mā koutou, puritia, mahia; kei rite ia ā koutou mahi ki ā rātou mahi; ko tā rātou hoki he kōrero, kāhore he mahi. 4 E hereherea ana hoki e rātou ngā wahanga taimaha, he uaua me ka pīkaua, ā, whakawahā iho ki runga ki ngā pokohiwi o te tangata; heoi, kāhore rātou e pai kia whakakorikoria ki tētahi o ō rātou maihao.

5 "Ko ā rātou mahi katoa e meatia ana hei mātakitaki mā te tangata; e whakawhānuitia ana e rātou ā rātou pairakere; e whakanuia ana anō ngā tāniko o ō rātou kākahu. 6 Ko tā rātou e rawe ai ko ngā nohoanga rangatira i ngā hākari, me ngā nohoanga rangatira i ngā whare karakia, 7 me ngā ohatanga i ngā kāinga hokohoko, ā, kia karangatia e te tangata, ‘E Rapi.’

8 "Otiia, aua koutou e karangatia, ‘E Rapi,’ kotahi hoki tō koutou kaiwhakaako; ā, he tuākana, he tēina, koutou katoa. 9 Kaua anō tētahi e kīia hei matua mō koutou i runga i te whenua; kotahi hoki tō koutou Matua, ko tērā i te rangi. 10 Kaua anō koutou e kīia he kaiārahi, kotahi anō tō koutou kaiārahi, ko te Karaiti. 11 Ko te mea nui rawa hoki o koutou, hei kaimahi ia mā koutou. 12 Ki te whakahira hoki tētahi i a ia, ka whakaititia, ā, ki te whakaiti tētahi i a ia, ka whakahirangia."

Ka Whakahē a Īhu i ō Rātou Tinihanga

13 "Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! E tūtakina ana hoki e koutou te rangatiratanga o te rangi ki ngā tāngata. Kāhore koutou e tomo, kāhore anō e tukua te hunga e tomo ana kia tapoko. 14 Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! Nō te mea, ka pau i a koutou ngā whare o ngā pouaru, ā, e māminga ana ki te īnoi roa; mō reira he nui rawa te hē e tau ki a koutou.

15 "Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! E taiāwhiotia ana hoki e koutou te moana me te whenua, kia tahuri mai ai tētahi hei porohiraiti, ā, nō ka riro mai, ka meinga ia e koutou hei tamaiti mō Kehena, kino noa atu i a koutou.

16 "Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā kaiārahi matapō, e mea nei, ‘Ki te oatitia te whare tapu e tētahi, he mea noa anō; otirā, ki te oatitia e tētahi te kōura o te whare tapu, ka mau tāna!’ 17 E ngā kūware, e ngā matapō, ko tēhea te mea nui, ko te kōura rānei, ko te whare tapu rānei i tapu ai te kōura?

18 "Me tēnei, ‘Ki te oatitia e tētahi te āta, he mea noa anō; otirā, ki te oatitia te whakahere i runga i te āta, ka mau tāna.’ 19 E ngā kūware, e ngā matapō, ko tēhea te mea nui, ko te whakahere, ko te āta rānei, i tapu ai te whakahere? 20 Nā, ki te oatitia e tētahi te āta, e oatitia ana e ia tērā mea, me ngā mea katoa i runga. 21 Ki te oatitia e tētahi te whare tapu, e oatitia ana e ia tērā mea, me te kainoho o roto. 22 Ki te oatitia hoki e tētahi te rangi, e oatitia ana e ia te torōna o te Atua, me te kainoho o runga.

23 "Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! E hoatu ana e koutou te wāhi whakatekau o te miniti, o te anihi, o te kumine, ā, kapea ake ngā mea nunui o te ture, te whakawā, te tohu tangata, te whakapono; he tika kia meatia e koutou ēnei, engari kaua tērā rā e kapea. 24 E ngā kaiārahi matapō, e tātari nei i te waeroa, ā, horomia ake te kāmera.

25 "Auē te mate mō koutou e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! E horoi nei i waho o te kapu, o te pereti, ko roto ia kī tonu i te pāhua, i te taikaha. 26 E te Parihi matapō, mātua horoia a roto o te kapu, o te pereti, kia mā ai hoki a waho.

27 "Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! He rite hoki koutou ki ngā urupā kua oti te pani ki te paru mā, ko waho he ātaahua ki te titiro atu, ko roto ia kī tonu i ngā kōiwi tūpāpaku, i ngā mea poke katoa. 28 He pēnā hoki koutou, ko waho e tika ana ki tā te tangata titiro, ko roto ia e kī ana i te tinihanga, i te kino."

Ka Waitohu a Īhu i ō Rātou Whuinga

29 "Auē te mate mō koutou, e ngā karaipi, e ngā Parihi, e te hunga tinihanga! Ko koutou nei hoki hei hanga i ngā tanumanga o ngā poropiti, hei whakapaipai i ngā urupā o ngā tāngata tika, 30 me te kī anō, ‘Me i ngā rā tātou o ō tātou mātua, kīhai tātou i uru tahi me rātou ki te whakaheke i te toto o ngā poropiti.’ 31 He whakaatu tērā nā koutou, ko koutou ngā tamariki a te hunga nāna i patu ngā poropiti. 32 Tēnā rā, kia kī i a koutou te mēhua a ō koutou mātua. 33 E ngā neke, e te uri nākahi, me aha ka rere ai koutou i te kupu tuku ki te rēinga?

34 "Nā, ka tonoa atu e ahau ki a koutou ngā poropiti, ngā tāngata mahara, ngā karaipi; ko ētahi o rātou e whakamatea e koutou, e rīpekatia; ko ētahi e whiua i roto i ō koutou whare karakia, e whāia hoki i tētahi pā ki tētahi pā. 35 Ā, ka utaina ki a koutou ngā toto katoa o te hunga tika i whakahekea ki te whenua, nō te toto o Āpera, o te tangata tika tae iho ki te toto o Hakaraia, o te tama a Parakia, i kōhurutia e koutou i waenganui o te whare tapu, o te āta. 36 He pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, tērā e pā ēnei mea katoa ki tēnei whakatupuranga."

Te Aroha o Īhu mō Hiruhārama

37 "E Hiruhārama, e Hiruhārama, e whakamate nei i ngā poropiti, e āki nei ki te kāmaka i te hunga e tonoa ana ki a koe, anō te tini o āku meatanga kia whakaminea āu tamariki, kia pērātia me te heihei e whakamine nei i āna pī ki raro i ōna parirau, ā, kīhai koutou i pai! 38 Nā, ka mahue atu ki a koutou tō koutou whare kia takoto noa ana. 39 Ko tāku kupu hoki tēnei ki a koutou, e kore koutou e kite i ahau ā mua ake nei, kia mea rā anō koutou, ‘Ka whakapaingia ia e haere mai ana i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki.’ "