Jesus' Teaching on Prayer
(Matthew 6.9-13Matthew 7.7-11)1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
2 Jesus said to them, “When you pray, say this:
‘Father:
May your holy name be honored;
may your Kingdom come.
3 Give us day by day the food we need.
4 Forgive us our sins,
for we forgive everyone who does us wrong.
And do not bring us to hard testing.’”
5 And Jesus said to his disciples, “Suppose one of you should go to a friend's house at midnight and say, ‘Friend, let me borrow three loaves of bread. 6 A friend of mine who is on a trip has just come to my house, and I don't have any food for him!’ 7 And suppose your friend should answer from inside, ‘Don't bother me! The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can't get up and give you anything.’ 8 Well, what then? I tell you that even if he will not get up and give you the bread because you are his friend, yet he will get up and give you everything you need because you are not ashamed to keep on asking. 9 And so I say to you: Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. 10 For those who ask will receive, and those who seek will find, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks. 11 Would any of you who are fathers give your son a snake when he asks for fish? 12 Or would you give him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? 13 As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Jesus and Beelzebul
(Matthew 12.22-30Mark 3.20-27)14 Jesus was driving out a demon that could not talk; and when the demon went out, the man began to talk. The crowds were amazed, 15 but some of the people said, “It is Beelzebul, the chief of the demons, who gives him the power to drive them out.”
16 Others wanted to trap Jesus, so they asked him to perform a miracle to show that God approved of him. 17 But Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he said to them, “Any country that divides itself into groups which fight each other will not last very long; a family divided against itself falls apart. 18 So if Satan's kingdom has groups fighting each other, how can it last? You say that I drive out demons because Beelzebul gives me the power to do so. 19 If this is how I drive them out, how do your followers drive them out? Your own followers prove that you are wrong! 20 No, it is rather by means of God's power that I drive out demons, and this proves that the Kingdom of God has already come to you.
21 “When a strong man, with all his weapons ready, guards his own house, all his belongings are safe. 22 But when a stronger man attacks him and defeats him, he carries away all the weapons the owner was depending on and divides up what he stole.
23 “Anyone who is not for me is really against me; anyone who does not help me gather is really scattering.
The Return of the Evil Spirit
(Matthew 12.43-45)24 “When an evil spirit goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can't find one, it says to itself, ‘I will go back to my house.’ 25 So it goes back and finds the house clean and all fixed up. 26 Then it goes out and brings seven other spirits even worse than itself, and they come and live there. So when it is all over, that person is in worse shape than at the beginning.”
True Happiness
27 When Jesus had said this, a woman spoke up from the crowd and said to him, “How happy is the woman who bore you and nursed you!”
28 But Jesus answered, “Rather, how happy are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”
The Demand for a Miracle
(Matthew 12.38-42)29 As the people crowded around Jesus, he went on to say, “How evil are the people of this day! They ask for a miracle, but none will be given them except the miracle of Jonah. 30 In the same way that the prophet Jonah was a sign for the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign for the people of this day. 31 On the Judgment Day the Queen of Sheba will stand up and accuse the people of today, because she traveled all the way from her country to listen to King Solomon's wise teaching; and there is something here, I tell you, greater than Solomon. 32 On the Judgment Day the people of Nineveh will stand up and accuse you, because they turned from their sins when they heard Jonah preach; and I assure you that there is something here greater than Jonah!
The Light of the Body
(Matthew 5.15Matthew 6.22Matthew 23)33 “No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a bowl; instead, it is put on the lampstand, so that people may see the light as they come in. 34 Your eyes are like a lamp for the body. When your eyes are sound, your whole body is full of light; but when your eyes are no good, your whole body will be in darkness. 35 Make certain, then, that the light in you is not darkness. 36 If your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, it will be bright all over, as when a lamp shines on you with its brightness.”
Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law
(Matthew 23.1-36Mark 12.38-40)37 When Jesus finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and sat down to eat. 38 The Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus had not washed before eating. 39 So the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of your cup and plate, but inside you are full of violence and evil. 40 Fools! Did not God, who made the outside, also make the inside? 41 But give what is in your cups and plates to the poor, and everything will be ritually clean for you.
42 “How terrible for you Pharisees! You give to God one tenth of the seasoning herbs, such as mint and rue and all the other herbs, but you neglect justice and love for God. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.
43 “How terrible for you Pharisees! You love the reserved seats in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces. 44 How terrible for you! You are like unmarked graves which people walk on without knowing it.”
45 One of the teachers of the Law said to him, “Teacher, when you say this, you insult us too!”
46 Jesus answered, “How terrible also for you teachers of the Law! You put onto people's backs loads which are hard to carry, but you yourselves will not stretch out a finger to help them carry those loads. 47 How terrible for you! You make fine tombs for the prophets—the very prophets your ancestors murdered. 48 You yourselves admit, then, that you approve of what your ancestors did; they murdered the prophets, and you build their tombs. 49 For this reason the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and messengers; they will kill some of them and persecute others.’ 50 So the people of this time will be punished for the murder of all the prophets killed since the creation of the world, 51 from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the Holy Place. Yes, I tell you, the people of this time will be punished for them all!
52 “How terrible for you teachers of the Law! You have kept the key that opens the door to the house of knowledge; you yourselves will not go in, and you stop those who are trying to go in!”
53 When Jesus left that place, the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees began to criticize him bitterly and ask him questions about many things, 54 trying to lay traps for him and catch him saying something wrong.
XI.
Lyugšonas paraugs.
1 Un nūtyka, ka Jys kaidā vītā lyudzēs. Kad pabeidze, vīns nu mōceklim lyudze: Kungs, izmōc myus lyugtīs, kai un Jōņs sovus mōcekļus izmōceja.
2 Un Jys saceja: Lyudzūtīs sokit:
Tāvs, lai ir svēteits Tovs vōrds,
lai atnōk Tova vaļsteiba,
3 dūdi mums ikdīnas myusu ikdīniškū maizi,
4 atlaid mums myusu vaiņas, kai mes atlaižam ikvīnam
myusu porōdnīkam,
naved myusu kārdynōšonā!
5 Tōļōk jim saceja: Jo kaidam nu jums byutu draugs, kas atītu ap pušnaktim un lyugtu: Draugs, īdūd maņ porōdā trejs maizes kukuļus, 6 jo muns draugs, īdams pa ceļu, ir pi manis īgōjis un maņ navā, kū jam nūlikt prīškā. 7 Bet tys, īkšā byudams, atbyldātu saceidams: Naapgryutynoj manis, durovas tadei jau ir aizdareitas, un es ar bārnim asmu gultā; es navaru pīsaceļt un tev īdūt. 8 (Un, kad jyus ilgōk klaudzynōtu), tad Es jums soku, ka, lai gon nagrybātu ceļtīs un dūt tōpēc, ka tys ir jō draugs, tūmār, uzbōzeibas dēļ, pīsaceļs un īdūs, cik tam ir vajadzeigs.
9 Taipat Es jums soku: Lyudzit, un jums tiks dūts; meklejit un atrassit, klaudzynojit, un jums atdareis. 10 Tadei ikvīns, kas lyudz, sajam, kas meklej, atrūn, un tam, kas klaudzynoj, atdora. 11 Jo kaids lyugtu nu sova tāva maizes, vai tad tys padūtu jam akmini? 12 Jo zivis lyugtu nu jō, vai tad zivis vītā čyusku īdūs? Vai ari, ka ūlas lyugs, skorpiju īdūs? 13 Un jo jyus, ļauni byudami, saprūtat sovim bārnim dūt lobas dōvonas, tū vairōk dabasu Tāvs īdūs Svātū Goru tim, kas Jō lyudz.
Farizeji zaimoj K. Jezus.
14 Jezus izdzyna ōrā ļaunū goru, kas beja māms. Kad ļaunais gors izgōja, māmais sōce runōt. Ļaužu pulks breinōjōs. 15 Bet daži nu jim saceja: Jys ļaunūs gorus izdzan caur Beelzebuba, ļaunūs goru vērsinīka, spāku. 16 Citi otkon gribēja Jū pōrbaudeit un pīpraseja nu dabasim zeimes.
17 Bet Jys, zynōdams jūs dūmas, jim saceja: Ikvīna vaļsts, kurā nav saticeibas, īt būjā, un vīna mōja kreit uz ūtras. 18 Tai tad, jo ļaunajam goram patim ar sevi nav saticeibas, kai tad var pastōvēt, jō vaļsts. Jyus tadei sokat, ka Es caur Beelzebubu dzanu ōrā ļaunūs gorus. 19 Un jo Es caur Beelzebubu ļaunūs gorus izdzanu, caur kū tad jūs izdzan ōrā jyusu dāli? Tōdēļ jī byus jyusu tīsōtōji. 20 Bet jo Es ļaunūs gorus izdzanu caur Dīva pērstu, tad, patīši, uz jums ir atgōjuse Dīva vaļsteiba. 21 Jo styprais apsabrūņōjis sorgoj sovu sātu, tad vyss, kas jam ir, ir drūšeibā. 22 Bet jo īsalauzs īškā styprōks un jū paveiks, tad pajims brūņas, kurom tys uzaticēja, un cytu laupejumu izdaleis. 23 Kas nava ar Mani, tys ir pret Mani, un kas ar Mani navōc kūpā, tys izbōrsta.
Atpakaļ krisšona grākā.
24 Kad ļaunais gors izīt nu cylvāka, tad jys moldōs pa tukšom vītom un maklej sev atpyutas; bet naatradis jys soka: īšu atpakaļ uz sovu mōju, nu kurīnes asu izgōjis. 25 Atgōjis, atrūn jū izslauceitu un izpuškōtu. 26 Tad nūgōjis pajam leidza ar sevi septeņus cytus gorus, ļaunōkus par sevi, un, sagōjuši īškā, tur dzeivoj. Un pādejōs taida cylvāka lītas ir ļaunōkas par pyrmajom.
Marijas sveicynōšona.
27 Kad Jys šytū runōja, vīna sīvīte nu ļaužu pulka pacēle sovu bolsu un saceja: Svēteiga ir mīsa, kas tevi nosōja, un kryuts, kuras Tevi barōja. 28 Jys saceja: Jā, patīši, svēteigi ir ari tī, kas Dīva vōrda klausōs un jū sorgoj.
Jonasa zeime.
29 Ļaužu pulkim klōt plyustūt, Jys saceja: Šytei ciļts ir ļauna. Jei pīprosa zeimes; bet jai tiks dūta tikai pravīša Jonasa zeime. 30 Kai Jonass beja par zeimi ninivīšim, tai Cylvāka Dāls byus šytai ciļtei. 31 Dīnvydu kēnenīne pi tīsas uzastōs šōs ciļts veiru vydā un jūs nūtīsōs; jo jei nu pasauļa gola atgōja, lai dzērdātu Salomona gudreibu, bet raug, šyte ir par Salomonu lelōks. 32 Ninivīši, pīsacāluši reizē ar šytū ciļti, jū nūtīsōs, jo jī Jonasa sludynōšonas dēļ dareja grāku vaidēšonu, bet raug, te ir par Jonasu lelōks.
Leidzeiba par gaismu.
33 Nivīns tadei, aizdedzis guni, nalīk jōs apslāptā styurī, vai zam sīka, bet gon līk jū uz luktura, lai īejūt varātu redzēt jōs gaismu. 34 Par mīsas apgaismōtōju ir (tova) acs. Jo tova acs ir vasala, tad vysa tova mīsa ir apgaismōta. Jo acs navasala, tod ari mīsa palīk tymsumā. 35 Sorgojīs, ka gaisma tevī napalyktu par tymsumu. 36 Jo vysa mīsa ir apgaismōta un ni vīna jōs daļa nav tymsa, tod vyss ir apgaismōts, itkai gaisma ar sovim storim tevi apspeidātu.
K. Jezus nūsūda farizeju līkuleibu.
37 Kad Jys vēļ runōja, vīns farizejs īlyudze Jū pi sevis āstu. Jys, īgōjis īškā, atsasāda pi golda. 38 Farizejs radzādams, ka Jys pyrms ēsšonas nasamozgoj, breinōjōs.
39 Tad Kungs jam saceja: Jyus, farizeji, tagad teirejat bikeram un bļūdai tikai ōrpusi, bet jyusu īkšīne ir laupeišonas un ļaunuma pylna. 40 Un muļki, vai tad Tys pats, kas radeja ōrpusi, naradeja ari īkšpuses? 41 Dūdit lobōk, kas īškā ir, kai žāļsirdeibas dōvonu, un teirs dēļ jums byus vyss. 42 Bet bāda jums, farizeji, jyus gon dūdat mātru, dillu un citu dōrzu augu dasmytū daļu, bet par Dīva taisneibu un mīleibu nimoz nasaryupejat. 43 Šytys gon doroms, bet ari tys nav atstōjams nūvōrtā.
44 Bāda jums, farizeji, jyus labprōt ījamat synagogōs pyrmōs vītas un grybat byut sveicynōti uz īlom. Bāda jums, jo esit leidzeigi nūslāptom kopa dūbem, par kurom ļaudis staigoj pōri, jūs namonūt.
45 Vīns lykuma zynōtōjs atbiļdēja: Mōceitōj, Tu ar taidim vōrdim ari myusus nycynoj!?
46 Tad Jys saceja: Bāda ari jums, lykuma zynōtōjim! Jyus ļaudim kraunat uz placim napanasamas nostas, bet tūs nostu poši nagrybat ni ar pērstu aizskōrt. 47 Bāda jums! Jyus ceļat pravīšim pīminēkļus, bet jyusu tāvi tūs nūnōvēja. 48 Jyus, patīseibā, atzeistat un slavejat sovu tāvu dorbus, jī tadei nūnōvēja, bet jyus ceļat. 49 Tōdēļ ari Dīva Gudreiba saceja: Syuteišu pi jim pravīšus un apostolus, bet jī dažus nu tim nūnōvēs un vojōs, 50 tai, ka nu šytōs ciļts vajadzēs pīpraseit vysu pravīšu ašņa, kas ir izlīts, sōcūt nu pasauļa radeišonas, 51 nu Abeļa ašņa leidz Zacharija ašņam, kas storp svētneicu un oltori nūmyra. Tai tad, Es jums soku, ka nu šytōs ciļts tiks pīpraseits.
52 Bāda jums, lykuma zynōtōjim! Jyus pajēmet zynōšonas atslāgu, bet poši naīgōjot un tim, kas gribēja īīt, naļōvet.
53 Kad Jys nu turīnes gōja prūjom, farizeji un mōceitī sōce sīvi brukt Jam vērsā, apbārdami Jū ar dažaidim jautōjumim. 54 Jī ļūti uzmaneja, lai nu Jō lyupom sagyutu kaidu vōrdu (lai Jū apsyudzātu).
