Matthew 18
1 Ordu hartan berean ethor citecen Iesusgana discipuluac, cioitela, Nor da handiena ceruètaco resuman?2 Eta deithuric haourtchobat beregana Iesusec, eçar ceçan hura hayén artean.3 Eta erran ceçan, Eguiaz erraiten drauçuet, baldin conuerti ezpaçaitezte, eta haourtchoac beçalaca ezpaçaitezte, etzarete sarthuren ceruètaco resumán.4 Norc-ere bada bere buruä humiliaturen baitu haourtcho haur den beçala, hura da handiena ceruètaco resumán?5 Eta norc-ere recebituren baitu hunelaco haourtchobat ene icenean, ni recebitzen nau.6 Baina norc-ere scandalizaturen baitu ni baithan sinhesten duten chipi hautaric bat, harc hobe luque vrka lequión bere leppoan asto-errota harribat, eta hunda ledin itsas hundarrean.7 Maledictione munduari scandaloén causaz: ecen necessario da scandaloac datocen, badaric-ere maledictione guiçon hari, ceinez scandalo ethorten baita.8 Baldineta eure escuac edo eure oinac trebuca eraciten bahau trenca eçac hura eta iraitzac eureganic, hobe duc hire, mainguric edo escubakoitzdun vicitzean sar adin, ecen ez bi escuac edo bi oinac dituála suco gehennara iraitz adin.9 Eta baldin eure beguiac trebuca eraciten bahau, idocac hura, eta iraitzac eureganic: hobe duc hire, begui batarequin vicitzean sar adin, ecen ez bi beguiac dituala suco gehennara iraitz adin.10 Beguirauçue menosprecia ezteçaçuen chipi hautaric bat: ecen erraiten drauçuet hauen Aingueruèc bethiere dacussatela ene Aita ceruetan denaren beguithartea.11 Ecen ethorri içan da guiçonaren Semea galdu cenaren saluatzera.12 Cer irudi çaiçue? baldin guiçon batec ehun ardi baditu, eta hetaric bat errebela badadi, eztitu lauroguey eta hemeretziac vtziten, eta mendietara ioanic eztu errebelatu cena bilhatzen?13 Eta baldin guertha badadi eriden deçan hura, eguiaz erraiten drauçuet ecen bozcario guehiago duela harçaz, ecen ez lauroguey eta hemeretzi errebelatu etziradenez.14 Halaber ezta çuen Aita ceruètan denaren vorondatea chipi hautaric bat gal dadin.15 Eta baldin hire anayec hire contra faltatu badu, oha eta reprehendi eçac hura, hire eta haren beraren artean: baldin behatzen baçaic, irabaci duc eure anayea.16 Baina baldin behatzen ezpaçaic, har itzac eurequin oraino bat edo biga: biga edo hirur testimonioren ahoan hitz gucia fermu dençat.17 Eta baldin hæy behatzen ezpaçaye, erróc Eliçari: eta baldin Eliçari behatzen ezpaçayó, albeiheduca pagano eta publicano beçala.18 Eguiaz erraiten drauçuet, cer-ere lothuren baituçue lurrean, lothua içanen da ceruän: eta cer-ere lachaturen baituçue lurrean, lachatua içanen da ceruän.19 Berriz diotsuet ecen baldin çuetaric biguec consenti badeçate lurraren gainean, esca ditecen gauça gucia eguinen çayela ene Aita ceruetan denaz.20 Ecen non baitirade biga edo hirur bilduric ene icenean, han naiz hayén artean.21 Orduan harengana hurbilduric Pierrisec erran ceçan, Iauna, cembatetarano bekatu eguinen du ene contra ene anayec, eta barkaturen draucat? ala çazpitarano?22 Diotsó IESVSEC, Eztiossát çazpitarano, baina çazpitan hiruroguey eta hamarretarano.23 Halacotz da comparatu ceruètaco resumá beré cerbitzariequin contu eguin nahi vkan duen regue batequin.24 Eta contu eguiten hassi cenean, presenta cequión bat, hamar-milla talent hari çor ceraucanic.25 Eta ceren harc ezpaitzuen nondic paga, mana ceçan haren iaunac sal ledin hura, eta haren emaztea, eta haourrac, eta cituen gauça guciac: eta çorra paga ledin.26 Halacotz cerbitzari hunec bere buruä lurrera egotziric supplicatzen çuen hura, cioela, Iauna, auc patientia enegana, eta gucia pagaturen drauát.27 Orduan compassione harturic cerbitzari haren iaunac, vtzi ceçan, eta çorra quitta cieçon.28 Baina ilkiric cerbitzari hunec eriden ceçan bere cerbitzari quidetaric bat, ehun dinero çor ceraucanic: eta hura hatzamanic ithotzen çuen, cioela, Paga neçac çor duanaz.29 Eta bere cerbitzari-quideac haren oinetara bere buruä egotziric othoitz eguiten ceraucan, cioela, Auc patientia enegana, eta gucia pagaturen drauat.30 Baina harc etzuen eguin nahi vkan, aitzitic ioanic eçar ceçan hura presoinean, çorra paga liroeno.31 Bada ikussiric haren cerbitzari-quidéc cer eguin içan cen, triste citecen haguitz: eta ethorriric declara cieçoten bere iaunari eguin içan cen gucia.32 Orduan hura deithuric bere iaunac diotsa, Cerbitzari gaichtoá, çor hura gucia quittatu drauat, ceren othoitz eguin baitrautac:33 Ez-auena hic-ere eure cerbitzari-quideaz pietate vkan behar, nic-ere hiçaz pietate vkan dudan beçala?34 Orduan asserreturic bere iaunac sargeantey hura eman ciecén, hari çor ceraucan gucia paga lieçaqueono.35 Hala ene Aita ceruètan denac-ere eguinen drauçue çuey, baldin batbederac bere anayeri gogotic faltác barka ezpadietzoçue.
Matthew 18
Questions About the Greatest
1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”2 He called a child, had him stand among them,3 and said, “I tell you the truth,t unless you turn around and become like little children,s you will nevert enter the kingdom of heaven!4 Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoever welcomest a child like this in my name welcomes me.
6 “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,t it would be better for him to have a huge millstonets hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea.t7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! Itt is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.8 Ift your hand or your foot causes you to sin,s cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to havet two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
9 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to havet two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.ts
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
10 “See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.ss12 What do you think? If someonet owns a hundreds sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray?s13 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth,t he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.
Restoring Christian Relationships
15 “Ift your brothert sins,s go and show him his faultt when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.s
17 Ift he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. Ift he refuses to listen to the church, treat him liket a Gentilet or a tax collector.s
18 “I tell you the truth,t whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.19 Again, I tell you the truth,t if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.t
20 For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”
21 Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brothert who sins against me? As many as seven times?”
22 Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!t
The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave
23 “For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.t24 Ast he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talentss was brought to him.25 Becauset he was not able to repay it,t the lord ordered him to be sold, along witht his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.26 Then the slave threw himself to the groundt before him, saying,s ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.’27 The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt.28 Aftert he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins.t Sot he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him,t saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’t29 Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him,t ‘Be patient with me, and I will repay you.’30 But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.31 Whent his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place.32 Then his lord called the first slavet and said to him, ‘Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me!33 Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’34 And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture himt until he repaid all he owed.
35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive yourt brothert from your heart.”