MATEO 23
Uspanteco
Tiesaj chi sakil jmacak mak fariseo
23 Cuando Kakaj Jesús xijmaj jwiˈl jilonli, xij chic jilonri rechak cristian ri wiˈtak claˈ pach yak ajtijol ribˈak chirij: 2 Yak ajtijoltak cristian re Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios pach mak fariseo tiesantak chi sakil Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios. 3 Jwiˈliˈli cojontak chiwchak, bˈantak juntir ri tijbˈijtak chawechak. Pero ma bˈan awechak chapcaˈ trantak rechak. Rechak tijbˈijtak lawiˈ rajwax tibˈansajc, pero jalan trantak chiwch ri tijbˈijtak. 4 Rechak tijtijojtak cristian re nicˈj pixabˈ subˈlaj cˈax jbˈanic, pero rechak taˈ titˈoˈontak chi jbˈanic ri nen tijbˈij, nicˈ riqˈuil tijyeˈtak jun al laj ikaˈn chirij cristian ri mitaˈ nen ticuyuw ralal, pero rechak ni laˈ jun bˈa jkˈabˈak titˈoˈontak chi jcˈamicbˈic. 5 Juntir ri trantak riˈke rajak tzi tiilsajtak jwiˈl cristian. Tijcˈamtak mak cˈolbˈitak wuj ri lamas tijcˈoltak mak qˈuer wuj ri tzˈibˈal Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios chiwch y tijximtakbˈi chiˈ jwichak o wichak jtelbˈak y tijcojtak itzˈik ri nimak rakan ritzˈabˈl. 6 Y cuando tibˈetak li jono nimakˈij mas kus triltak ticubˈartak laˈ mak tem ri lamas ticubˈartak yak ri wiˈ rekleˈnak lak sinagog. 7 Riˈ rajak ticˈamsaj rutzil jwichak lak cˈaybˈl pi cˈutbˈire chi nimiˈ jkˈijak y riˈ rajak tibˈijsaj ajtijonl rechak.
8 Pero atak ma yeˈtak luwar tibˈijsaj ajtijonl chawechak jwiˈlak cristian, jwiˈl xike wiˈ jun Ajtijonl y atak juntir awechˈelxiquiˈ aybˈak. 9 Y ma cojtak jun cristian pi akajak, jwiˈl xike jun Akajak y re jiˈ wiˈ lecj. 10 Y ma yeˈtak luwar tibˈijsaj jbˈabˈal chawechak jwiˈl xike jun bˈabˈal wiˈ, riˈ ri bˈil jwiˈl Kakaj Dios chi tina jtaknach wich ulew. 11 Ri mas nim jkˈij chaxoˈlak, rajwaxiˈ raneˈ lawiˈ ri rajwax jbˈanic pire nicˈj chic. 12 Jwiˈl nen tijcoj jkˈij ricˈan, taˈ ticojsaj jkˈij y nen taˈ tijcoj jkˈij, riˈ li ticojsaj jkˈij.
13 ¡Cˈur awchak atak ajtijoltak cristian re Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios y atak fariseo, ajsolcopil acaybˈalak! Atak taˈ tayeˈtak luwar tioc cristian laj jkˈabˈ Kakaj Dios pire titakon chibˈak, pero ni atak atoctak.
14 ¡Cˈur awchak atak ajtijoltak cristian re Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios y atak fariseo, ajsolcopil acaybˈalak! Atak tawesajtak kelen awechak chirijak yak anm ri camnak richjilak y pire bˈambˈi awchak chiwchak cristian, subˈlaj naj tabˈantak chi chˈaˈwem riqˈui Kakaj Dios. Jwiˈliˈli masna cˈax kˈatbˈitzij tibˈansaj chabˈak jwiˈl Kakaj Dios.
15 ¡Cˈur awch atak ajtijoltak cristian re Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios y atak fariseo, ajsolcopil acaybˈalak! Atak atwoˈcottak juntir luwar chi jtoquic jun ajtijol ribˈ chawijak. Cuando tataˈtak, tatijojtak re acˈutuˈnak y re masna etzl jnoˈj tiel chic chawchak. Jwiˈliˈli re quibˈ chi jilon cˈaxcˈol tijtij chapcaˈ ri tatij atak li man luwar re tijbˈi cˈax.
16 ¡Cˈur awchak atak ajcˈamaltak bˈe ri pur atak moy! Atak tabˈijtak: Nen jonok tijbˈij chi tranaˈ jun kelen y wi tijcoj nimi richoch Kakaj Dios laj jyolj chi jbˈij chi tzˈetiˈ tran ri tijbˈij, nicˈ riqˈuil taˈ ni jun kelen bˈil jwiˈl. Pero nen tijcoj mak oro re nimi richoch Kakaj Dios laj jyolj chi jbˈij chi tzˈetiˈ tran ri tijbˈij, rajwaxiˈ tran, atcheˈtak.
17 ¡Atak pur atak sons y pur atak moy! ¿Nencˈu mas nim jkˈij, roniˈ man oro o riˈ nimi richoch Kakaj Dios ri quiek jwiˈl nim jkˈij man oro?
18 Y tabˈijtak: Nen jonok tijbˈij chi tranaˈ jun kelen y wi tijcoj altar laj jyolj chi jbˈij chi tzˈetiˈ tran ri tijbˈij, nicˈ riqˈuil taˈ nen bˈil jwiˈl. Pero nen tijcoj mak kelen ri sipal re Kakaj Dios ri wiˈ chibˈ man altar laj jyolj chi jbˈij chi tzˈetiˈ tran ri tijbˈij, rajwaxiˈ tran, atcheˈtak.
19 ¡Atak pur atak moy! ¿Nencˈu mas nim jkˈij, roniˈ mak kelen ri sipal re Kakaj Dios o man altar ri quiek jwiˈl nim jkˈij mak kelen ri sipal re Kakaj Dios? 20 Nen tijcoj man altar laj jyolj chi jbˈij chi tzˈetiˈ tran ri tijbˈij, maˈ xitaˈke man altar tijcoj laj jyolj chi jbˈij chi tranaˈn, tijcojaˈ juntir ri wiˈ chibˈ. 21 Y nen tijcoj nimi richoch Kakaj Dios laj jyolj chi jbˈij chi tzˈetiˈ tran ri tijbˈij, maˈ xitaˈke nimi richoch Kakaj Dios tijcoj laj jyolj chi jbˈij chi tranaˈn, tijcojaˈ jbˈij Kakaj Dios ri wiˈ li nimi richoch. 22 Nen tijcoj man luwar lecj lamas wiˈ Kakaj Dios laj jyolj chi jbˈij chi tzˈetiˈ tran ri tijbˈij, maˈ xitaˈke man luwar lecj lamas wiˈ Kakaj Dios tijcoj laj jyolj chi jbˈij chi tzˈetiˈ tran ri tijbˈij, tijcojaˈ jbˈij jcubˈarbˈ Kakaj Dios laj jyolj chi jbˈij chi tzˈetiˈ tran y tijcojaˈ jbˈij Kakaj Dios ri ticubˈar laˈ man cubˈarbˈ.
23 ¡Cˈur awchak atak ajtijoltak cristian re Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios y atak fariseo, ajsolcopil acaybˈalak! Atak tayaˈtakaˈ jlájuj kelen awechak re Kakaj Dios tayaˈtakaˈ jlájuj mak woron ri jbˈij menta, anis y comino. Pero taˈ tijin tabˈantak lawiˈ ri mas rajwax jbˈanic ri tijbˈij Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios. Ri rajwax jbˈanic riˈ bˈantak juntir pi jcholajl chiwch Kakaj Dios, iltak cˈur jwich jun cristian y bˈantak laj acˈaslemalak lawiˈ raj Kakaj Dios tabˈantak. Riˈ li rajwax tabˈantak y mi can ayeˈtak jbˈanic.
24 Atak ajcˈamaltak bˈe, pur atak moy. Atak jor tacwentij aybˈak pire maˈ tabˈikˈtak jun usum, pero taˈ tawicˈajtak tabˈikˈaˈtakaˈbˈi jun camello.
25 ¡Cˈur awchak atak ajtijoltak cristian re Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios y atak fariseo, ajsolcopil acaybˈalak! Atakaˈ nicˈ riqˈuil man vas pach man lak ri chˈajal rij, pero tzˈil jpam jwiˈl alkˈanc y mak etzltak raybˈl ri tabˈantak. 26 ¡Atak fariseo, pur atak moy! Chˈajtak nabˈe jpam man vas pach man lak y jilonli tisakabˈiˈ rij.
27 ¡Cˈur awchak atak ajtijoltak cristian re Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios y atak fariseo, ajsolcopil acaybˈalak! Atak pur atak mak mukbˈi camnak ri tzˈajal rij laˈ chun, subˈlaj kus rilic rij, pero jpamak nojsaliˈ chi jbˈakeltak camnak y chi jtioˈjlak cristian ri kˈaˈysal. 28 Y jilon atak, rilic chapcaˈ sucˈuliˈ awanmak chiwch Kakaj Dios, pero awanmak nojsaliˈ chi solcopiltak yoloj y etzltak noˈj.
29 ¡Cˈur awchak atak ajtijoltak cristian re Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios y atak fariseo, ajsolcopil acaybˈalak! Tabˈantak jwaˈx mak mukbˈi camnak ri lamas mukultak yak ajkˈasaltak Jyolj Kakaj Dios y tacojtak ritzˈabˈl mak mukbˈi camnak ri lamas mukultak yak cristian ri sucˈul ranmak chiwch Kakaj Dios. 30 Y tabˈijtak: Witi wojchak wich ulew laˈ mak junabˈ cuando xwaˈxtak kamam katitˈ wich ulew taˈ roj xojtˈoˈon chi jcamsajcak yak ajkˈasaltak Jyolj Kakaj Dios, atcheˈtak.
31 Jilonli chirijke ayoljak ticˈutun chi atak, atakaˈ rijajl mak ri xcamsantak rechak yak ajkˈasaltak Jyolj Kakaj Dios. 32 ¡Qˈuistak jbˈanic lawiˈ ri cholanch jbˈanic jwiˈlak amam atitˈak ojr!
33 ¡Pur atak cumatz y rijajl cumatz ri ticamsanc! Taˈ ni jono chawechak ticolmaj laj jkˈabˈ man cˈaxlaj jkˈatbˈitzij Kakaj Dios ri petzal chabˈak jwiˈl jiˈ atbˈetak li man luwar re tijbˈi cˈax. 34 Jwiˈliˈli in tantakch ajkˈasaltak Jyolj Kakaj Dios chaxoˈlak pach cristian ri wiˈ mas jnoˈjak jwiˈl Lokˈlaj Jsantil Kakaj Dios pachak ajtijonl, pero atak tacamsajtak y tatzˈonajtak chi ticamsaj jujun rechak wich curs. Y jujun chic tasecˈtak lak sinagog y tatakejtak jbˈanic cˈax rechak lak juntir tilmit.
35 Atakaˈ attojowtak re jcamicak juntir tzitaklaj cristian ri xcamsajtak, ticholmajch rajlaj riqˈui jcamic Abel ri sucˈul ranm chiwch Kakaj Dios asta jcamic Zacarías ri jcˈajol Berequías ri xcamsaj jwiˈl amamak laj xoˈlak man luwar ri tosol re Kakaj Dios pach man altar re cˈatbˈi awaj. 36 Kes tzˈetel tzˈet tambˈij chawechak chi yak cristian ri wiˈtak wich ulew lajori riˈ rechak ticˈuluwtak subˈlaj cˈax chirij juntir mak mac li, xcheˈ Kakaj Jesús rechak yak ajtijoltak cristian re Jpixbˈ Kakaj Dios y mak fariseo.
Ri cˈax wiˈ laj ranm Kakaj Jesús
37 ¡Atak aj Jerusalén, atak aj Jerusalén, ri tacamsajtak yak ajkˈasaltak Jyolj Kakaj Dios y tacamsajtak chi abˈaj yak jtakoˈn Kakaj Dios ri takaltakch aacˈlak! ¡Qˈuilaj bˈwelt chwaj roj ximmulbˈaˈ awchak chapcaˈ tran jun chuch acˈ tijmulbˈaˈ tra jkˈun ralaj jxicˈ, pero atak taˈ chawajak! 38 Tatak jcholajl, awichochak tina canna pi caneˈl ja. 39 Y tambˈij chawechak chi lajori taˈ chiquiˈ tawiltak inwch, ajriˈ tawiltak chic inwch cuando tabˈijtak:
¡Nim jkˈij ri petzal laj jbˈij Kakaj Dios ri Kajawl! atcheˈtak, xcheˈ Kakaj Jesús rechak.
Matthew 23
International Children’s Bible
Jesus Accuses the Leaders
23 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his followers. Jesus said, 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees have the authority to tell you what the law of Moses says. 3 So you should obey and follow whatever they tell you. But their lives are not good examples for you to follow. They tell you to do things, but they don’t do the things themselves. 4 They make strict rules and try to force people to obey them. But they themselves will not try to follow any of those rules.
5 “The reason they do good things is so other people will see them. They make the boxes[a] of Scriptures that they wear bigger and bigger. And they make their special prayer clothes very long so that people will notice them. 6 Those Pharisees and teachers of the law love to have the most important seats at the feasts. And they love to have the most important seats in the synagogues. 7 They love people to show respect to them in the marketplaces. And they love to have people call them ‘Teacher.’
8 “But you must not be called ‘Teacher.’ You are all brothers and sisters together. You have only one Teacher. 9 And don’t call any person on earth ‘Father.’ You have one Father. He is in heaven. 10 And you should not be called ‘Master.’ You have only one Master, the Christ. 11 He who serves you as a servant is the greatest among you. 12 Whoever makes himself great will be made humble. Whoever makes himself humble will be made great.
13 “How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You close the door for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don’t enter, and you stop others who are trying to enter. 14 [How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees. You are hypocrites. You take away widows’ houses, and you make long prayers so that people can see you. So you will have a worse punishment.][b]
15 “How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You travel across land and sea to find one person who will follow your ways. When you find that person, you make him more fit for hell than you are.
16 “How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You guide the people, but you are blind. You say, ‘If anyone swears by the Temple when he makes a promise, that means nothing. But if anyone swears by the gold that is in the Temple, then he must keep that promise.’ 17 You are blind fools! Which is greater: the gold or the Temple? The Temple makes that gold holy. 18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar when he makes a promise, that means nothing. But if he swears by the gift on the altar, then he must keep his promise.’ 19 You are blind! Which is greater: the gift or the altar? The altar makes the gift holy. 20 The person who swears by the altar is really using the altar and also everything on the altar. 21 And the person who uses the Temple to make a promise is really using the Temple and also everything in the Temple. 22 The person who uses heaven to make a promise is also using God’s throne and the One who sits on that throne.
23 “How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You give to God one-tenth of everything you earn—even your mint, dill, and cummin.[c] But you don’t obey the really important teachings of the law—being fair, showing mercy, and being loyal. These are the things you should do, as well as those other things. 24 You guide the people, but you are blind! You are like a person who picks a fly out of his drink and then swallows a camel![d]
25 “How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You wash the outside of your cups and dishes. But inside they are full of things that you got by cheating others and pleasing only yourselves. 26 Pharisees, you are blind! First make the inside of the cup clean and good. Then the outside of the cup can be truly clean.
27 “How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees. You are hypocrites! You are like tombs that are painted white. Outside, those tombs look fine. But inside, they are full of the bones of dead people, and all kinds of unclean things are there. 28 It is the same with you. People look at you and think you are good. But on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and evil.
29 “How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees! You are hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets. You show honor to the graves of people who lived good lives. 30 And you say, ‘If we had lived during the time of our fathers, we would not have helped them kill the prophets.’ 31 But you give proof that you are children of those people who murdered the prophets. 32 And you will complete the sin that your fathers started!
33 “You are snakes! A family of poisonous snakes! You will not escape God. You will all be judged guilty and be sent to hell! 34 So I tell you this: I am sending to you prophets and wise men and teachers. You will kill some of these people. You will nail some of them to crosses. You will beat some of them in your synagogues. You will chase them from town to town. 35 So you will be guilty for the death of all the good people who have been killed on earth. You will be guilty for the murder of that good man Abel. And you will be guilty for the murder of Zechariah[e] son of Berakiah. He was murdered when he was between the Temple and the altar. 36 I tell you the truth. All of these things will happen to you people who are living now.
Jesus Feels Sorry for Jerusalem
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and kill with stones those men God sent to you. Many times I wanted to help your people! I wanted to gather them together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings. But you did not let me. 38 Now your home will be left completely empty. 39 I tell you, you will not see me again until that time when you will say, ‘God bless the One who comes in the name of the Lord.’”[f]
Footnotes
- 23:5 boxes Small leather boxes containing four important Scriptures. Some Jews tied these to the forehead and left arm, probably to show they were very religious.
- 23:14 How . . . punishment. Some Greek copies do not contain the bracketed text.
- 23:23 mint, dill, and cummin Small plants grown in gardens and used for spices. Only very religious people would be careful enough to give a tenth of these plants.
- 23:24 You . . . camel! Meaning, “You worry about the smallest mistakes but commit the biggest sin.”
- 23:35 Abel . . . Zechariah In the Hebrew Old Testament, the first and last men to be murdered.
- 23:39 ‘God . . . Lord.’ Quotation from Psalm 118:26.
Matthew 23
King James Version
23 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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