የማቴዎስ ወንጌል 23:1-12 (አማ54)
በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ ለሕዝቡና ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ ብሎ ነገራቸው። ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን በሙሴ ወንበር ተቀምጠዋል። ስለዚህ ያዘዙአችሁን ሁሉ አድርጉ ጠብቁትም፥ ነገር ግን እየተናገሩ አያደርጉትምና እንደ ሥራቸው አታድርጉ። ከባድና አስቸጋሪ ሸክም ተብትበው በሰው ትከሻ ይጭናሉ፥ እነርሱ ግን በጣታቸው ስንኳ ሊነኩት አይወዱም። ለሰውም እንዲታዩ ሥራቸውን ሁሉ ያደርጋሉ፤ ስለዚህ አሽንክታባቸውን ያሰፋሉ ዘርፉንም ያስረዝማሉ፥ በምሳም የከበሬታ ስፍራ፥ በምኵራብም የከበሬታ ወንበር፥ በገበያም ሰላምታና። መምህር ሆይ መምህር ሆይ ተብለው እንዲጠሩ ይወዳሉ። እናንተ ግን። መምህር ተብላችሁ አትጠሩ፤ መምህራችሁ አንድ ስለ ሆነ እናንተም ሁላችሁ ወንድማማች ናችሁ። አባታችሁ አንዱ እርሱም የሰማዩ ነውና በምድር ላይ ማንንም። አባት ብላችሁ አትጥሩ። ሊቃችሁ አንድ እርሱም ክርስቶስ ነውና። ሊቃውንት ተብላችሁ አትጠሩ። ከእናንተም የሚበልጠው አገልጋያችሁ ይሆናል። ራሱን ከፍ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ይዋረዳል፥ ራሱንም የሚያዋርድ ሁሉ ከፍ ይላል።
Matthew 23:1-12 (ESV)
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others. But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
