Marku 7
1 Te phoeiah Pharisee rhoek neh cadaek rhoek hlangvang te Jerusalem lamkah ha pawk uh tih Jesuh taengah tingtun uh.
[One day some] Pharisees and some men who teach the [Jewish] laws gathered around Jesus. They had come from Jerusalem [to investigate him].
2 Te vaengah a hnukbang rhoek hlangvang te a kut kutmuen neh tanghnong tangaih la buh a caak uh te a hmuh uh.
The Pharisees and all of the [other] Jews [strictly] observe the traditions that their ancestors [taught. For example, they refuse to] eat until they first wash their hands [with a special ritual], especially after they [return] from [buying things in] the marketplace. [They think that God will be angry with them if they do not do that, because some person or thing unacceptable to God might have touched] ([them/the things they bought]). There are many other such [traditions] that they accept and try to obey. Specifically, they wash [in a special way] their cups, pots, kettles, containers, and beds [in order that using these things will not make God reject them].
3 Patong rhoek kah singyoe aka pom Pharisee rhoek neh Judah rhoek boeih loh kut te hlaengtangnah pawt atah caak a caak moenih.
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.
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 nauh.
That day, those Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws saw that some of his disciples were eating food with hands that they had not washed [using the special ritual]. So they questioned Jesus, saying, “[Your] disciples disobey the traditions of our ancestors! (You should not [let them] eat food if they have not washed their hands [using our special ritual]!/Why do you [let them] eat food if they have not washed their hands [using our special ritual]?) [RHQ]”
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”.
Jesus said to them, “Isaiah [rebuked your ancestors], and his words describe very well you people who only pretend to be good! He wrote these words [that God said]: These people speak [as if they] honor me, but they [SYN] really do not think about honoring me at all.
7 Hlang olpaek dongkah thuituennah bangla a thuituen uh tih a poeyoek la kai m'bawk uh.
It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach only what people have commanded [as if I myself had commanded them].
8 Pathen kah olpaek aka hlahpham rhoek loh hlang kah singyoe te na muk uh,” a ti nah.
You, [like your ancestors], refuse [to do] what God has commanded. Instead, you follow only the traditions that (others/your ancestors) have [taught].”
9 Te phoeiah amih te, “Namamih kah singyoe te thoh ham dongah Pathen kah olpaek te na hnawt uh pai he.
Jesus also said to them, “[You think] [IRO] that you are clever in refusing to do what God commanded just so that you can obey 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 example, our ancestor] Moses [wrote God’s] command, ‘Honor your fathers and your mothers’. He also wrote, ‘[The authorities must] execute a person who speaks evil about his father or mother.’
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,
But you [teach people that it is all right that people no longer must help their parents. You teach people that it is all right if people] give their things to God [instead of giving them to their parents]. You allow them to say to their parents, ‘What I was going to give to you [to provide for you, I have now promised to] give to God. So I [cannot any longer help you]!’ As a result, you are [actually telling people] that they no longer have to help their parents!
12 Te dongah a manu a napa taengah a saii ham te pakhat khaw anih taengah na hlah pah uh moenih.
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.
And, by doing that, you disregard what God commanded! You teach your own traditions to others [and tell them strongly that they should obey them] And you do many other things like that.”
14 Hlangping te khaw koep a khue tih, “Hlang boeih loh kai taengah hnatun uh lamtah hmuhming uh.
Then Jesus again summoned the crowd [to come closer. Then] he said to them [figuratively], “All of you people listen to me! [Try to] understand [DOU] [what I am about to tell you].
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.
Nothing that people eat causes [God to] consider them to be unacceptable. On the contrary, it is that which comes from people’s (inner beings/hearts) that causes God to reject them.”
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.
After Jesus had left the crowd and then entered a house with the disciples, they asked him about the parable [that he had just spoken].
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?
He replied, “([I am disappointed that] you also do not understand [what it means]!/Why can you not understand [what it means]?) [RHQ] (You ought to understand that nothing that [enters us from] outside can cause [God to] consider us unacceptable to him./Can you not understand that nothing that [enters us from] outside of us can cause [God to] consider us unacceptable to him?) [RHQ]
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.
Instead of entering [and ruining] our minds/souls, it goes into our stomachs, and afterwards the refuse passes out [of our bodies].” By saying this, Jesus was declaring that people [can eat] any food without causing [God] to reject them.
20 Te phoeiah, “Hlang lamkah aka thoeng loh hlang a poeih.
He also said, “It is the [thoughts and actions] that come from within people that cause [God] to consider them unacceptable to him.
21 Hlang thinko khui lamkah tah a thae poeknah, Cukhalnah, huencannah, ngawnnah,
Specifically, it is people’s innermost being [that causes them to] think things that are evil; they act immorally, they steal [things], they commit murder.
22 samphaihnah, halhkanah, halangnah, tuengkhuepnah, omthenbawnnah, mikmuelh kholaeh, soehsalnah, kohangnah, anglatnah khaw thoeng coeng.
They [commit] adultery, they are greedy, they [act] maliciously, they deceive [people]. They [act] indecently, they envy [people], they speak evil about others, they are proud, and they [act] foolishly.
23 Hekah a thae boeih tah a khui lamkah ha thoeng dongah hlang a poeih,” a ti nah.
People think [these thoughts] and then they do these evil actions, and that is what causes [God to] consider them unacceptable to him.”
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.
After Jesus [and his disciples] left [Galilee district], they went to the region around Tyre. While he stayed at a certain house, he desired that no one know [it], but people soon found out [that he was there].
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.
A certain woman, whose daughter had an evil spirit [within her], heard about Jesus. At once she came to him and prostrated 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.
This woman [was not a Jew. Her ancestors came] from Greece [country], but she was born in [the region around] Phoenicia [town] in Syria district. She pleaded with Jesus that he expel the evil spirit from 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.
But he [wanted to see how strongly she believed in him. So, suggesting that he should help the Jews first and not the non-Jews whom some Jews called dogs] [MET], [he] spoke to her saying, “First let the children eat all they want, because it is not good for someone to take the food [the mother has prepared] for the children and then throw it to the [little] 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.
But [to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God] [MET], she replied to him, “Sir, [what you say is] correct, but even the [little] dogs, which lie under the table, eat the crumbs that the children [drop].”
29 Te vaengah anih te, “Hekah ol dongah cet laeh, rhaithae te na canu taeng lamkah cet coeng,” a ti nah.
[Jesus] said to her, “Because of what you have said, [you have shown me that you believe in what I can do for you]. So I will help you. Now you may go [home, because I have caused] the evil spirit to leave 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 returned to her house and saw that her child was lying [quietly] on the bed and that the evil spirit had left.
31 Te phoeiah Tyre vaang lamkah koep nong tih Sidon longah Decapolis vaang khui kah Galilee tuili la pawk.
Jesus [and his disciples] left the region around Tyre [city] and went [north] through Sidon [city], then [toward the east] through the district of the Ten Towns, and then [south] to [the towns near] Lake Galilee.
32 Te vaengah hnapang olmueh te a khuen uh tih anih te kut tloeng thil ham Jesuh a hloep uh.
[There], people brought to him a man who was deaf and who could hardly talk. They begged [Jesus] to lay his hands on him [in order to heal 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.
[So Jesus] took him away from the crowd [in order that the two of them could be] alone. Then he put [one of] his fingers into [each of] the man’s ears. After he spat [on his fingers], he touched the man’s tongue [with his fingers].
34 Vaan la oeloe tih a huei phoeiah anih te, “Ephphatha (khui saeh tila om),” a ti nah.
Then he looked up toward heaven, he sighed [because he was concerned for the man], and then [in his own language] he said to the man’s [ears], “Ephphatha”, which means, “Be opened {Open up}!”.
35 Te vaengah a hnavue te tlek khui tih a lai aka khom te yaih tih balh cal.
At once the man could hear plainly [MTY]. He also began to speak clearly because [what was causing him to be unable to speak] was healed {Jesus healed [what was causing him to be unable to speak]}.
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 told ([the people/his friends]) not to tell anyone [what he had done]. But, although he ordered them [and others] repeatedly [not to tell anyone about it], they kept talking about it very much.
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.
[People who heard about it] were utterly amazed and were saying [enthusiastically], “Everything he has done is wonderful! [Besides doing other amazing things], he enables deaf people to hear! And he enables those who cannot speak to speak!”
