Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, 23

1. tunc Jesus locutus est ad turbas et discipulos suos

1. Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,

2. dicens super cathedram Mosi sederunt scribæ et Pharisæi

2. Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of Moses.

3. omnia ergo quæcumque dixerint vobis servate et facite secundum opera vero eorum nolite facere dicunt enim et non faciunt

3. All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and do: but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not.

4. alligant autem onera gravia et inportabilia et inponunt in umeros hominum digito autem suo nolunt ea movere

4. For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men's shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them.

5. omnia vero opera sua faciunt ut videantur ab hominibus dilatant enim phylacteria sua et magnificant fimbrias

5. And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.

6. amant autem primos recubitus in cenis et primas cathedras in synagogis

6. And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,

7. et salutationes in foro et vocari ab hominibus rabbi

7. And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi.

8. vos autem nolite vocari rabbi unus enim est magister vester omnes autem vos fratres estis

8. But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master; and all you are brethren.

9. et patrem nolite vocare vobis super terram unus enim est Pater vester qui in cælis est

9. And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.

10. nec vocemini magistri quia magister vester unus est Christus

10. Neither be ye called masters; for one is you master, Christ.

11. qui major est vestrum erit minister vester

11. He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.

12. qui autem se exaltaverit humiliabitur et qui se humiliaverit exaltabitur

12. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

13. væ autem vobis scribæ et Pharisæi hypocritæ quia clauditis regnum cælorum ante homines vos enim non intratis nec intrœuntes sinitis intrare

13. But woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men, for you yourselves do not enter in; and those that are going in, you suffer not to enter.

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14. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.

15. væ vobis scribæ et Pharisæi hypocritæ quia circuitis mare et aridam ut faciatis unum proselytum et cum fuerit factus facitis eum filium gehennæ duplo quam vos

15. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, you make him the child of hell twofold more than yourselves.

16. væ vobis duces cæci qui dicitis quicumque juraverit per templum nihil est qui autem juraverit in aurum templi debet

16. Woe to you blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple, is a debtor.

17. stulti et cæci quid enim majus est aurum an templum quod sanctificat aurum

17. Ye foolish and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

18. et quicumque juraverit in altari nihil est quicumque autem juraverit in dono quod est super illud debet

18. And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is a debtor.

19. cæci quid enim majus est donum an altare quod sanctificat donum

19. Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

20. qui ergo jurat in altare jurat in eo et in omnibus quæ super illud sunt

20. He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things that are upon it:

21. et qui juraverit in templo jurat in illo et in eo qui inhabitat in ipso

21. And whosoever shall swear by temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it:

22. et qui jurat in cælo jurat in throno Dei et in eo qui sedet super eum

22. And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

23. væ vobis scribæ et Pharisæi hypocritæ quia decimatis mentam et anethum et cyminum et reliquistis quæ graviora sunt legis judicium et misericordiam et fidem hæc oportuit facere et illa non omittere

23. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law; judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not to leave those undone.

24. duces cæci excolantes culicem camelum autem gluttientes

24. Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

25. væ vobis scribæ et Pharisæi hypocritæ quia mundatis quod de foris est calicis et parapsidis intus autem pleni sunt rapina et inmunditia

25. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness.

26. Pharisæe cæce munda prius quod intus est calicis et parapsidis ut fiat et id quod de foris est mundum

26. Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.

27. væ vobis scribæ et Pharisæi hypocritæ quia similes estis sepulchris dealbatis quæ a foris parent hominibus speciosa intus vero plena sunt ossibus mortuorum et omni spurcitia

27. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear to men beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all filthiness.

28. sic et vos a foris quidem paretis hominibus justi intus autem pleni estis hypocrisi et iniquitate

28. So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just; but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

29. væ vobis scribæ et Pharisæi hypocritæ quia ædificatis sepulchra prophetarum et ornatis monumenta justorum

29. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; that build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the just,

30. et dicitis si fuissemus in diebus patrum nostrorum non essemus socii eorum in sanguine prophetarum

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. itaque testimonio estis vobismet ipsis quia filii estis eorum qui prophetas occiderunt

31. Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the sons of them that killed the prophets.

32. et vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum

32. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33. serpentes genimina viperarum quomodo fugietis a judicio gehennæ

33. You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell?

34. ideo ecce ego mitto ad vos prophetas et sapientes et scribas ex illis occidetis et crucifigetis et ex eis flagellabitis in synagogis vestris et persequemini de civitate in civitatem

34. Therefore behold I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

35. ut veniat super vos omnis sanguis justus qui effusus est super terram a sanguine Abel justi usque ad sanguinem Zacchariæ filii Barachiæ quem occidistis inter templum et altare

35. That upon you may come all the just blood that hath been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even unto the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.

36. amen dico vobis venient hæc omnia super generationem istam

36. Amen I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

37. Hierusalem Hierusalem quæ occidis prophetas et lapidas eos qui ad te missi sunt quotiens volui congregare filios tuos quemadmodum gallina congregat pullos suos sub alas et noluisti

37. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gather her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldest not?

38. ecce relinquitur vobis domus vestra deserta

38. Behold, you house shall be left to you, desolate.

39. dico enim vobis non me videbitis amodo donec dicatis benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini

39. For I say to you, you shall not see me henceforth till you say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.