Armenian Bible, New Testament (Zohrab)

ACCORDING TO MATTHEW

25 * Be in agreement with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the road; lest the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be cast
26 into prison. * Truly I say to you, you will not come out from there until you have paid the last penny penny: original "նաքարակիտ" (nak'arakit), refers to the Roman quadrans, the smallest copper coin. * You have
27 heard that it was said, "Do not commit adultery." * But
28 I say to you, that everyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. * If your
29 right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish, and
30 not that your whole body be cast into Gehenna Gehenna: original "գեհեն" (gehen), a valley near Jerusalem associated with fiery judgment. * And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish, and not that your whole body be cast into
31 Gehenna. * Furthermore it was said, that whoever divorces his wife,
32 let him give her a certificate of divorce. * But I say to you, that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the cause of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever takes the divorced woman
33 commits adultery. * Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old: do not swear falsely, but fulfill your oaths to the
34 Lord original: "տն" (tn), abbreviation for Diarn (Lord). * But I say to you, do not swear at
35 all; not by heaven, for it is the throne of God original: "այ" (ay), abbreviation for Asdudzo (God), * and not by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; and not by Jerusalem original: "յեեմ" (yeem), abbreviation for Yerusaghem, for it is the city
36 of the Great King. * And do not swear by your head, for
37 you cannot make one hair white or black. * But let your word be, "Yes, yes," and "No, no"; for whatever is more than
38 that is from the evil one. * You have heard that it was said, "An eye
39 for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." * But I say to you, do not resist the evil one. But if anyone strikes
40 your right cheek, turn to him the other also. * And if anyone wants to sue you and take your tunic tunic: original "շապիկ" (shapik), an inner garment worn next to the skin, let him have
41 your cloak cloak: original "բաճկոն" (bachkon), the more expensive outer garment as well. * And whoever compels compels: original "տարապարհակ" (taraparhak), referring to the legal right of Roman soldiers to press civilians into service you to go one mile, go with him
42 two. * Give to him who asks of you; and from him who wants to borrow from you, do not
43 turn away. * You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy."

(25) Some [manuscripts]: Be of a just mind... to the judge. (30) Missing in the [standard] copy: Your whole body. (30) Some: Be cast into Gehenna. (31) Some: If one divorces his wife. (32) Some: Takes the divorced one. (34) Some: Do not swear at all. (37) Some: Your word... for more. (39) General reading: Resist the evil. (39) Some: If anyone strikes. (40) Some: Leave to him also the cloak. (41) Some: Compels you to go. (42) Voskan Voskan Yerevantsi, the 17th-century editor of the first printed Armenian Bible: Whoever asks of you.