Marku 7
1 Te phoeiah Pharisee rhoek neh cadaek rhoek hlangvang te Jerusalem lamkah ha pawk uh tih Jesuh taengah tingtun uh.
One day the Pharisees and some of the Teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus.
2 Te vaengah a hnukbang rhoek hlangvang te a kut kutmuen neh tanghnong tangaih la buh a caak uh te a hmuh uh.
They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands ‘defiled,’ by which they meant unwashed.
3 Patong rhoek kah singyoe aka pom Pharisee rhoek neh Judah rhoek boeih loh kut te hlaengtangnah pawt atah caak a caak moenih.
(For the Pharisees, and indeed all strict Jews, will not eat without first scrupulously washing their hands, holding in this to the traditions of their ancestors.
4 Hnoyoih hmuen lamkah a bal uh vaengah khaw tui a hluk uh pawt atah caak ca uh pawh. Te phoeiah a tloe boengloeng, tui-um, tuidueh neh thingkong te silh ham duela a loh uh tih aka pom te muep om uh.
When they come from market, they will not eat without first sprinkling themselves; and there are many other customs which they have inherited and hold to, such as the ceremonial washing of cups, and jugs, and copper pans).
5 Te dongah Pharisee rhoek neh cadaek rhoek loh, “Balae tih patong rhoek kah singyoe bangla na hnukbang rhoek a caeh uh pawt tih kut tanghnong neh buh a caak uh?” a ti na uh.
So the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law asked Jesus this question — “How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?”
6 Te vaengah amih taengah, “Pilnam long he a hmui neh kai hinyah dae a thinko tah kai lamloh voelh nong, “tila a daek tangtae bangla nangmih hlangthai palat ham Isaiah loh a phong te thuem coeng”.
His answer was: “It was well said by Isaiah when he prophesied about you hypocrites in the words — ‘This is a people that honour me with their lips, while their hearts are far removed from me;
7 Hlang olpaek dongkah thuituennah bangla a thuituen uh tih a poeyoek la kai m'bawk uh.
but vainly do they worship me, For they teach but the precepts of men.’
8 Pathen kah olpaek aka hlahpham rhoek loh hlang kah singyoe te na muk uh,” a ti nah.
You neglect God’s commandments and hold to the traditions of men.
9 Te phoeiah amih te, “Namamih kah singyoe te thoh ham dongah Pathen kah olpaek te na hnawt uh pai he.
Wisely do you set aside God’s commandments,” he exclaimed, “to keep your own traditions!
10 Moses loh, 'Na nu neh na pa te hinyah. Tedae nu neh pa aka thet tah dueknah neh duek saeh,’ a ti.
For while Moses said ‘Honour thy father and thy mother,’ and ‘Let him who reviles his father or mother suffer death,’
11 Tedae nangmih tah hlang loh a manu neh a napa te, 'Kai lamkah na hoeikhangnah koi te Korban Te tah kutdoe la om ni,’ a ti atah,
you say ‘If a man says to his father or mother “Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is Korban”’ (which means ‘Given to God’) —
12 Te dongah a manu a napa taengah a saii ham te pakhat khaw anih taengah na hlah pah uh moenih.
why, then you do not allow him to do anything further for his father or mother!
13 Nangmih kah singyoe na pang uh te Pathen kah olka tah a hmil tih amah boeiloeih te muep na saii uh,” a ti nah.
In this way you nullify the words of God by your traditions, which you hand down; and you do many similar things.”
14 Hlangping te khaw koep a khue tih, “Hlang boeih loh kai taengah hnatun uh lamtah hmuhming uh.
Then Jesus called the people to him again, and said: “Listen to me, all of you, and mark my words.
15 Hlang kah a hmanhu ah om tih a khuila aka kun loh anih te a poeih thai moenih. Tedae hlang lamkah aka thoeng tah hlang aka poeih la om.
There is nothing external to a man, which by going into him can ‘defile’ him; but the things that come out from a man are the things that defile him.”
16 Yaak nah hamla hna aka khueh loh ya saeh,” a ti nah.
17 Te phoeiah hlangping taeng lamloh im khuila a kun vaengah Jesuh te a hnukbang rhoek loh nuettahnah a dawt uh.
When Jesus went indoors, away from the crowd, his disciples began questioning him about this saying.
18 Te dongah amih te, “Nangmih khaw lungmongkotalh la na om tangloeng. A hmanhu kah boeih tah hlang khuila a kun akhaw anih te poeih thai pawh tila na yakming uh pawt nim?
“What, do even you understand so little?” exclaimed Jesus. “Do not you see that there is nothing external to a man, which by going into a man, can ‘defile’ him,
19 Te te thinko khuiah pawt tih a bungpuei khui lam ni a kun tih naat khui ni a pha. Te dongah cakok he boeih cimcaih,” a ti nah.
because it does not pass into his heart, but into his stomach, and is afterwards got rid of? — in saying this Jesus pronounced all food ‘clean.’
20 Te phoeiah, “Hlang lamkah aka thoeng loh hlang a poeih.
“It is what comes out from a man,” he added, “that defiles him,
21 Hlang thinko khui lamkah tah a thae poeknah, Cukhalnah, huencannah, ngawnnah,
for it is from within, out of the hearts of men, that there come evil thoughts — unchastity, theft, murder, adultery,
22 samphaihnah, halhkanah, halangnah, tuengkhuepnah, omthenbawnnah, mikmuelh kholaeh, soehsalnah, kohangnah, anglatnah khaw thoeng coeng.
greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, haughtiness, folly;
23 Hekah a thae boeih tah a khui lamkah ha thoeng dongah hlang a poeih,” a ti nah.
all these wicked things come from within, and do defile a man.”
24 Te lamkah thoo tih Tyre vaang la cet. Te vaengah im pakhat ah a kun te ming sak ham ngaih pawt dae phah thai pawh.
On leaving that place, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, and did not wish anyone to know it, but could not escape notice.
25 Tedae a kawng te huta pakhat loh tlek a yaak. Anih te a canu tah mueihla thae loh a kaem pah dongah cet tih Jesuh kho khugah bakop.
For a woman, whose little daughter had a foul spirit in her, heard of him immediately, and came and threw herself at his feet —
26 Tahae kah huta tah Syrophoenician kah Greek hoel la om dae a canu kah rhaithae te haek sak ham Jesuh a hloep.
the woman was a foreigner, a native of Syrian Phoenicia — and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27 Te vaengah anih te, “Camoe rhoek te lamhma la hah sak dae saeh. Ca kah buh rhawt pah tih ui taengah lun pah ham tah hnothen la a om moenih,” a ti nah.
“Let the children be satisfied first,” answered Jesus. “For it is not fair to take the children’s food, and throw it to dogs.”
28 Tedae huta loh a doo tih Jesuh te, “Boeipa, camoe kah buhdik te caboei hmuikah uica rhoek loh a caak uh van ta,” a ti nah.
“Yes, Master,” she replied; “even the dogs under the table do feed on the children’s crumbs.”
29 Te vaengah anih te, “Hekah ol dongah cet laeh, rhaithae te na canu taeng lamkah cet coeng,” a ti nah.
“For saying that,” he answered, “you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
30 Amah im la a caeh vaengah thingkong soah aka yalh camoe te a hmuh. Te vaengah rhaithae khaw ana suntla coeng.
The woman went home, and found the child lying on her bed, and the demon gone.
31 Te phoeiah Tyre vaang lamkah koep nong tih Sidon longah Decapolis vaang khui kah Galilee tuili la pawk.
On returning from the district of Tyre, Jesus went, by way of Sidon, to the Sea of Galilee, across the district of the Ten Towns.
32 Te vaengah hnapang olmueh te a khuen uh tih anih te kut tloeng thil ham Jesuh a hloep uh.
Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and almost dumb, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.
33 Te dongah anih te hlangping taeng lamloh amah bueng a hoep tih a hna khuila kutdawn a puei. Te phoeiah a timthoeih tih a lai te a taek pah.
Jesus took him aside from the crowd quietly, put his fingers into the man’s ears, and touched his tongue with saliva.
34 Vaan la oeloe tih a huei phoeiah anih te, “Ephphatha (khui saeh tila om),” a ti nah.
Then, looking up to Heaven, he sighed, and said to the man: “Ephphatha!” which means ‘Be opened.’
35 Te vaengah a hnavue te tlek khui tih a lai aka khom te yaih tih balh cal.
The man’s ears were opened, the string of his tongue was freed, and he began to talk plainly.
36 Te phoeiah hlang taengah thui pawt ham amih te ol a paek. Amih te muep ol a paek dae amih loh a nah la muep a hoe uh.
Jesus insisted upon their not telling any one; but the more he insisted, the more perseveringly they made it known,
37 Te dongah let uh khungdaeng tih, “Cungkuem la balh a saii dongah hnapang te a yaak ham a saii tih olmueh te a cal sak,” a ti uh.
and a profound impression was made upon the people. “He has done everything well!” they exclaimed. “He makes even the deaf hear and the dumb speak!”
