የማቴዎስ ወንጌል 23:23-36 (አማ54)
እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ ከአዝሙድና ከእንስላል ከከሙንም አሥራት ስለምታወጡ፥ ፍርድንና ምሕረትን ታማኝነትንም፥ በሕግ ያለውን ዋና ነገር ስለምትተዉ፥ ወዮላችሁ፤ ሌላውን ሳትተዉ ይህን ልታደርጉ ይገባችሁ ነበር። እናንተ ዕውሮች መሪዎች፥ ትንኝን የምታጠሩ ግመልንም የምትውጡ።
እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ በውስጡ ቅሚያና ስስት ሞልቶ ሳለ የጽዋውንና የወጭቱን ውጭ ስለምታጠሩ፥ ወዮላችሁ። አንተ ዕውር ፈሪሳዊ፥ ውጭው ደግሞ ጥሩ እንዲሆን አስቀድመህ የጽዋውንና የወጭቱን ውስጡን አጥራ።
እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ በውጭ አምረው የሚታዩ በውስጡ ግን የሙታን አጥንት ርኩሰትም ሁሉ የተሞሉ በኖራ የተለሰኑ መቃብሮችን ስለምትመስሉ፥ ወዮላችሁ። እንዲሁ እናንተ ደግሞ በውጭ ለሰው እንደ ጻድቃን ትታያላችሁ፥ በውስጣችሁ ግን ግብዝነትና ዓመፀኝነት ሞልቶባችኋል።
እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ የነቢያትን መቃብር ስለምትሠሩ የጻድቃንንም መቃብር ስለምታስጌጡና። በአባቶቻችን ዘመን ኖረን በሆነስ በነቢያት ደም ባልተባበርናቸውም ነበር ስለምትሉ፥ ወዮላችሁ። እንግዲያስ የነቢያት ገዳዮች ልጆች እንደሆናችሁ በራሳችሁ ላይ ትመሰክራላችሁ። እናንተ ደግሞ የአባቶቻችሁን መስፈሪያ ሙሉ። እናንተ እባቦች፥ የእፉኝት ልጆች፥ ከገሃነም ፍርድ እንዴት ታመልጣላችሁ? ስለዚህ፥ እነሆ፥ ነቢያትንና ጥበበኞችን ጻፎችንም ወደ እናንተ እልካለሁ፤ ከእነርሱም ትገድላላችሁ ትሰቅሉማላችሁ፥ ከእነርሱም በምኵራባችሁ ትገርፋላችሁ ከከተማም ወደ ከተማ ታሳድዳላችሁ፤ ከጻድቁ ከአቤል ደም ጀምሮ በቤተ መቅደስና በመሠዊያው መካከል እስከ ገደላችሁት እስከ በራክዩ ልጅ እስከ ዘካርያስ ደም ድረስ በምድር ላይ የፈሰሰው የጻድቅ ደም ሁሉ ይደርስባችሁ ዘንድ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ይህ ሁሉ በዚህ ትውልድ ላይ ይደርሳል።
Matthew 23:23-36 (ESV)
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to others, but within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
