Mateo 23
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Babala Laban sa mga Tagapagturo ng Kautusan at sa mga Pariseo(A)
23 Pagkatapos, nagsalita si Jesus sa mga tao at sa mga tagasunod niya. 2 Sinabi niya, “Ang mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan at ang mga Pariseo ang kinikilalang tagapagpaliwanag ng Kautusan ni Moises. 3 Kaya dapat ninyong pakinggan at sundin ang lahat ng itinuturo nila sa inyo. Pero huwag ninyong gayahin ang mga ginagawa nila dahil hindi nila ginagawa ang mga itinuturo nila. 4 Ipinapatupad nila sa inyo ang mahihirap nilang kautusan, pero sila mismo ay hindi sumusunod sa mga ito. 5 Ang lahat ng ginagawa nila ay pakitang-tao lang. At upang ipakita na napakarelihiyoso nila, nilalakihan nila ang kanilang mga pilakterya[a] at hinahabaan ang laylayan[b] ng kanilang mga damit. 6 Mahilig silang umupo sa mga upuang pandangal sa mga handaan at mga sambahan. 7 At gustong-gusto nilang batiin silaʼt igalang sa mga mataong lugar at tawaging ‘Guro.’ 8 Ngunit huwag kayong magpatawag na ‘Guro,’ dahil lahat kayoʼy magkakapatid at iisa lang ang inyong Guro. 9 At huwag ninyong tawaging ‘Ama’ ang sinuman dito sa lupa, dahil iisa lang ang inyong Ama, ang Amang nasa langit. 10 Huwag din kayong magpatawag na ‘Amo,’ dahil iisa lang ang inyong amo, walang iba kundi ang Cristo. 11 Ang pinakadakila sa inyo ay dapat maging lingkod ninyo. 12 Ang nagpapakataas ng kanyang sarili ay ibababa ng Dios, at ang nagpapakababa ay itataas ng Dios.”
Tinuligsa ni Jesus ang mga Tagapagturo ng Kautusan at mga Pariseo(B)
13 “Nakakaawa kayong mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan at mga Pariseo, kayong mga mapagkunwari! Hinahadlangan ninyo ang mga tao na mapabilang sa kaharian ng Dios. Kayo mismo ay ayaw mapabilang at pinipigilan pa ninyo ang mga gustong mapabilang! 14 [Nakakaawa kayong mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan at mga Pariseo, kayong mga mapagkunwari. Dinadaya ninyo ang mga biyuda para makuha ang kanilang mga ari-arian, at pinagtatakpan ninyo ang inyong mga ginagawa sa pamamagitan ng mahabang pagdarasal. Dahil dito, tatanggap kayo ng mas mabigat na parusa!] 15 Nakakaawa kayong mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan at mga Pariseo, kayong mga mapagkunwari! Nilalakbay ninyo ang dagat at lupa, mahikayat lang ang isang tao sa inyong pananampalataya. At kapag may nahikayat na kayo, ginagawa ninyo siyang mas masahol pa sa inyo at mas karapat-dapat pang parusahan sa impyerno! 16 Kaawa-awa kayong mga bulag na tagaakay! Itinuturo ninyo na kung manunumpa ang isang tao sa templo, hindi niya ito kailangang tuparin. Ngunit kung manunumpa siya sa gintong nasa templo, dapat niya itong tuparin. 17 Mga bulag! Mga hangal! Alin ba ang mas mahalaga, ang ginto o ang templo na nagpapabanal sa ginto? 18 Itinuturo rin ninyo na kung manunumpa ang isang tao sa altar, hindi niya ito kailangang tuparin. Ngunit kung manunumpa siya sa handog na nasa altar, dapat niya itong tuparin. 19 Mga bulag! Alin ba ang mas mahalaga, ang handog o ang altar na nagpapabanal sa handog? 20 Kaya nga, kapag nanumpa ang isang tao sa altar, nanunumpa rin siya pati sa handog na nasa altar. 21 Kapag nanumpa siya sa templo, nanunumpa rin siya pati sa Dios na naninirahan doon. 22 At kapag nanumpa siya sa langit, nanunumpa rin siya pati sa trono ng Dios at sa Dios mismo na nakaupo roon.
23 “Nakakaawa kayong mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan at mga Pariseo, kayong mga mapagkunwari! Ibinibigay nga ninyo kahit ang ikapu[c] ng inyong mga pampalasa,[d] ngunit hindi naman ninyo sinusunod ang mga mas mahalagang utos tungkol sa pagiging makatarungan, mahabagin, at pagiging tapat. Dapat ngang magbigay kayo ng inyong mga ikapu, pero huwag naman ninyong kaligtaang gawin ang mga mas mahalagang utos. 24 Mga bulag na tagaakay! Sinasala ninyo ang maliliit na insekto sa inyong inumin, pero lumululon naman kayo ng kamelyo!
25 “Nakakaawa kayong mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan at mga Pariseo, kayong mga mapagkunwari! Nililinis ninyo ang labas ng tasa at pinggan ayon sa inyong seremonya, ngunit ang loob ng puso ninyoʼy puno naman ng kasakiman at katakawan.[e] 26 Mga bulag na Pariseo! Linisin muna ninyo ang loob ng tasa at baso, at magiging malinis din ang labas nito.[f] 27 Nakakaawa kayong mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan at mga Pariseo, kayong mga mapagkunwari! Katulad kayo ng mga libingang pininturahan ng puti at magandang tingnan sa labas, pero ang nasa loob ay puro kalansay at iba pang maruruming bagay. 28 Ganyang-ganyan kayo, dahil kung masdan kayo ng mga taoʼy parang tama ang ginagawa ninyo, pero sa loob ninyoʼy puno kayo ng pagkukunwari at kasalanan.”
Sinabi ni Jesus ang Kanilang Kaparusahan(C)
29 “Nakakaawa kayong mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan at mga Pariseo, kayong mga mapagkunwari! Ipinapaayos ninyo ang mga libingan ng mga propeta at ng mga taong matuwid, at pinagaganda ninyo ang mga ito. 30 At sinasabi ninyo na kung buhay sana kayo sa panahon ng inyong mga ninuno, hindi ninyo papatayin ang mga propeta tulad ng ginawa nila. 31 Kung ganoon, inaamin nga ninyo na lahi kayo ng mga taong pumatay sa mga propeta! 32 Sige, tapusin nʼyo ang sinimulan ng inyong mga ninuno! 33 Mga ahas! Lahi kayo ng mga ulupong! Hindi nʼyo matatakasan ang kaparusahan sa impyerno! 34 Kaya makinig kayo! Magpapadala ako sa inyo ng mga propeta, marurunong na tao at mga guro. Papatayin ninyo ang ilan sa kanila, at ang ibaʼy ipapako sa krus. Ang ibaʼy hahagupitin ninyo sa inyong sambahan, at uusigin ninyo sila saang lugar man sila pumunta. 35 Dahil dito, mananagot kayo sa pagpatay sa lahat ng taong matuwid mula kay Abel hanggang kay Zacarias na anak ni Berekia, na pinatay ninyo sa pagitan ng templo at ng altar. 36 Talagang kayong mga nabubuhay sa panahong ito ang mananagot sa lahat ng mga kasalanang ito.”
37 “Kayong mga taga-Jerusalem, binabato ninyo at pinapatay ang mga propeta na sinugo ng Dios sa inyo. Maraming beses ko na kayong gustong tipunin at alagaan gaya ng isang inahing manok na nagtitipon at nagkakanlong ng kanyang mga sisiw sa ilalim ng kanyang mga pakpak, pero ayaw ninyo. 38 Kaya bahala na kayo sa sarili ninyo. 39 Sapagkat hindi nʼyo na ako makikita hanggang sa dumating ang panahon na sabihin ninyo, ‘Pagpalain ang dumarating sa pangalan ng Panginoon.’ ”[g]
Footnotes
- 23:5 pilakterya: Maliit na kahon na nakabigkis sa kanilang mga noo at braso, na naglalaman ng mga talata mula sa Kasulatan.
- 23:5 laylayan: sa Ingles, “tassel.” Tingnan sa Bil. 15:37-39 at Deu. 22:12.
- 23:23 ikapu: sa Ingles, tenth o tithe.
- 23:23 pampalasa: Ang tatlong salitang ginamit sa Griego ay tumutukoy sa tatlong uri ng tanim na pampalasa sa pagkain.
- 23:25 ngunit … katakawan: o, ngunit ang laman ng mga ito ay galing naman sa inyong kasakiman at katakawan.
- 23:26 Linisin … labas nito: Ang ibig sabihin, Dapat maging malinis ang kalooban ninyo, at magiging malinis din ang inyong mga iniisip at ginagawa.
- 23:39 Salmo 118:26.
Matthew 23
New International Version
A Warning Against Hypocrisy(A)(B)
23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law(C) and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.(D)
5 “Everything they do is done for people to see:(E) They make their phylacteries[a](F) wide and the tassels on their garments(G) long; 6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;(H) 7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.(I)
8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father,(J) and he is in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant.(K) 12 For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.(L)
Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees
13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!(M) You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.(N) [14] [b]
15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert,(O) and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell(P) as you are.
16 “Woe to you, blind guides!(Q) You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’(R) 17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?(S) 18 You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’ 19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?(T) 20 Therefore, anyone who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21 And anyone who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells(U) in it. 22 And anyone who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.(V)
23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth(W) of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness.(X) You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24 You blind guides!(Y) You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish,(Z) but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.(AA) 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
27 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs,(AB) which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. 28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets(AC) and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ 31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.(AD) 32 Go ahead, then, and complete(AE) what your ancestors started!(AF)
33 “You snakes! You brood of vipers!(AG) How will you escape being condemned to hell?(AH) 34 Therefore I am sending you prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify;(AI) others you will flog in your synagogues(AJ) and pursue from town to town.(AK) 35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel(AL) to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah,(AM) whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.(AN) 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come on this generation.(AO)
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,(AP) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(AQ) and you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.(AR) 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’[c]”(AS)
Footnotes
- Matthew 23:5 That is, boxes containing Scripture verses, worn on forehead and arm
- Matthew 23:14 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47.
- Matthew 23:39 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.
马太福音 23
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
谴责律法教师和法利赛人
23 随后,耶稣对百姓和门徒说: 2 “律法教师和法利赛人坐在摩西的位子上讲授律法。 3 你们要谨遵他们的教导,但不要效法他们的行为,因为他们言行不一。 4 他们捆好重担放在别人肩上,而自己连一根指头也不肯动!
5 “他们的所作所为是为了给人看的,他们把额上佩戴的经文盒子加宽了,又将衣裳的穗边加长了。 6 他们喜欢宴席中的上座和会堂里的首位。 7 他们喜欢别人在街市上问候他们,称呼他们为老师[a]。 8 但你们不要让别人称呼你们为老师,因为你们只有一位老师,你们彼此都是弟兄。 9 不要称呼地上的人为父亲,因为你们只有一位父亲,祂在天上。 10 不要让人称你们为导师,因为你们只有一位导师——基督。 11 你们当中谁最伟大,谁就要做你们的仆人。 12 自高的人必遭贬抑,谦卑的人必得尊荣。
13 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊,你们有祸了!因为你们当着人们的面关闭天国之门,自己不进去,也不让别人进去。
14 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊,你们有祸了!因为你们侵吞寡妇的财产,还假意做冗长的祷告。因此,你们会受到更严厉的刑罚。[b]
15 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊,你们有祸了!因为你们走遍海洋和陆地去引人入教,等人入了教,却使他沦为地狱之子,比你们还坏一倍。
16 “瞎眼的向导啊,你们有祸了!你们说,‘指着圣殿发誓,不算数;但是指着圣殿里的金子发誓,就要遵守誓言。’ 17 无知的瞎子啊!金子重要呢?还是使金子神圣的圣殿重要呢? 18 你们又说,‘指着祭坛发誓不算数,但是指着坛上的供物发誓,就要遵守誓言。’ 19 瞎眼的人啊!供物重要呢?还是使供物神圣的祭坛重要呢? 20 其实指着祭坛发誓,就是指着祭坛和坛上的一切东西发誓。 21 指着圣殿发誓,就是指着圣殿和住在里面的上帝发誓。 22 指着天发誓,就是指着上帝的宝座和坐在宝座上的那位发誓。
23 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊,你们有祸了!你们把薄荷、茴香、芹菜献上十分之一,却忽略了律法中更重要的事——公正、怜悯、信实。后者是你们本该做的,前者也不可忽略。 24 瞎眼的向导啊!你们滤出蚊虫,却吞下骆驼。
25 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊,你们有祸了!你们洗净杯盘的外面,里面却盛满了贪婪和放纵。 26 瞎眼的法利赛人啊!要先洗净杯盘的里面,好让外面也干净。[c]
27 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊,你们有祸了!你们好像粉饰的坟墓,外表好看,里面却装满了死人的骨头和各样污秽之物。 28 你们虚有公义的外表,内心却充满了各种的虚伪和罪恶。
29 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊,你们有祸了!你们为先知建墓,为义人修碑,并且说, 30 ‘如果我们活在我们祖先的时代,绝不会和他们一起去杀害先知。’ 31 这样,你们自己证明自己是杀害先知之人的后代。 32 去填满你们祖先的罪恶吧! 33 你们这些蛇,这些毒蛇的后代啊,你们怎能逃脱地狱的刑罚呢?
34 “看啊,我派先知、智者和律法教师到你们当中,有的会遭到你们的杀害,被你们钉在十字架上;有的会在会堂里被你们鞭打,被你们从这城追到那城。 35 因此,所有义人在地上所流的血,就是从义人亚伯的血,直到你们在圣所和祭坛之间所杀的巴拉加的儿子撒迦利亚的血,都要归到你们身上。 36 我实在告诉你们,这一切的罪责都要归到这个世代。
为耶路撒冷哀叹
37 “耶路撒冷啊!耶路撒冷啊!你常杀害先知,又用石头打死派到你那里的使者。我多次想要招聚你的儿女,像母鸡将小鸡聚集在翅膀底下,可是你们却不肯。 38 看啊!你们的家园将一片荒凉。 39 我告诉你们,从现在起,直到你们说‘奉主名来的当受称颂’那天之前,你们再也见不到我了。”
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