Matthew 15
1 Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,
Kisha Mafarisayo na walimu wa Sheria wakafika kutoka Yerusalemu, wakamwendea Yesu, wakamwuliza,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.
“Kwa nini wanafunzi wako hawajali mapokeo tuliyopokea kutoka kwa wazee wetu? Hawanawi mikono yao kama ipasavyo kabla ya kula!”
3 But he answering said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?
Yesu akawajibu, “Kwa nini nanyi mnapendelea mapokeo yenu wenyewe na hamuijali Sheria ya Mungu?
4 For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.
Mungu amesema: Waheshimu baba yako na mama yako, na Anayemkashifu baba yake au mama yake, lazima auawe.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me thou wouldest be profited:
Lakini ninyi mwafundisha ati mtu akiwa na kitu ambacho angeweza kuwasaidia nacho baba au mama yake, lakini akasema: Kitu hiki nimemtolea Mungu,
6 and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.
basi, hapaswi tena kumheshimu baba yake! Ndivyo mnavyodharau neno la Mungu kwa kufuata mafundisho yenu wenyewe.
7 Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,
Enyi wanafiki! Isaya alitabiri sawa kabisa juu yenu:
8 This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;
Watu hawa, asema Mungu, huniheshimu kwa maneno tu, lakini mioyoni mwao wako mbali nami.
9 but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.
Kuniabudu kwao hakufai, maana mambo wanayofundisha ni maagizo ya kibinadamu tu.”
10 And having called to [him] the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:
Yesu aliuita ule umati wa watu, akawaambia, “Sikilizeni na muelewe!
11 Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.
Kitu kinachomtia mtu najisi si kile kiingiacho kinywani, bali kile kitokacho kinywani. Hicho ndicho kimtiacho mtu najisi.”
12 Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?
Kisha wanafunzi wakamwendea, wakamwambia, “Je, unajua kwamba Mafarisayo walichukizwa waliposikia maneno yako?”
13 But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.
Lakini yeye akawajibu, “Kila mmea ambao Baba yangu aliye mbinguni hakuupanda, utang'olewa.
14 Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.
Waacheni wenyewe! Wao ni vipofu, viongozi wa vipofu; na kipofu akimwongoza kipofu, wote wawili hutumbukia shimoni.”
15 And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.
Petro akadakia, “Tufafanulie huo mfano.”
16 But he said, Are ye also still without intelligence?
Yesu akasema, “Hata nyinyi hamwelewi?
17 Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?
Je, hamwelewi kwamba kila kinachoingia kinywani huenda tumboni na baadaye hutupwa nje chooni?
18 but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.
Lakini yale yatokayo kinywani hutoka moyoni, na hayo ndiyo yanayomtia mtu najisi.
19 For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;
Maana moyoni hutoka mawazo maovu yanayosababisha uuaji, uzinzi, uasherati, wizi, ushahidi wa uongo na kashfa.
20 these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.
Hayo ndiyo yanayomtia mtu najisi. Lakini kula chakula bila kunawa mikono hakumtii mtu najisi.”
21 And Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the parts of Tyre and Sidon;
Yesu aliondoka mahali hapo akaenda kukaa katika sehemu za Tiro na Sidoni.
22 and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried [to him] saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.
Basi, mama mmoja Mkaanani wa nchi hiyo alimjia, akapaaza sauti: “Mheshimiwa, Mwana wa Daudi, nionee huruma! Binti yangu anasumbuliwa na pepo.”
23 But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to [him] and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.
Lakini Yesu hakumjibu neno. Basi, wanafunzi wake wakamwendea, wakamwambia, “Mwambie aende zake kwa maana anatufuatafuata akipiga kelele.”
24 But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.
Yesu akajibu, “Sikutumwa ila kwa watu wa Israeli waliopotea kama kondoo.”
25 But she came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me.
Hapo huyo mama akaja, akapiga magoti mbele yake, akasema, “Mheshimiwa, nisaidie.”
26 But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.
Yesu akamjibu, “Si sawa kuchukua chakula cha watoto na kuwatupia mbwa.”
27 But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.
Huyo mama akajibu, “Ni kweli, Mheshimiwa; lakini hata mbwa hula makombo yanayoanguka kutoka meza ya bwana wao.”
28 Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith [is] great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Hapo Yesu akamjibu, “Mama, imani yako ni kubwa; basi, ufanyiwe kama unavyotaka.” Yule binti yake akapona tangu saa hiyo wakati huohuo.
29 And Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;
Yesu alitoka hapo akaenda kando ya ziwa Galilaya, akapanda mlimani, akaketi.
30 and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:
Watu wengi sana wakamjia wakiwaleta vilema, vipofu, viwete, bubu na wengine wengi waliokuwa wagonjwa, wakawaweka mbele ya miguu yake, naye Yesu akawaponya.
31 so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
Umati ule wa watu ulishangaa sana ulipoona bubu wakiongea, waliokuwa wamelemaa wamepona, viwete wakitembea na vipofu wakiona; wakamsifu Mungu wa Israeli.
32 But Jesus, having called his disciples to [him], said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.
Basi, Yesu aliwaita wanafunzi wake, akasema, “Nawaonea watu hawa huruma kwa sababu kwa siku tatu wamekuwa nami, wala hawana chakula. Sipendi kuwaacha waende bila kula wasije wakazimia njiani.”
33 And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in [the] wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?
Wanafunzi wakamwambia, “Hapa tuko nyikani; tutapata wapi chakula cha kuwatosha watu wengi hivi?”
34 And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? But they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.
Yesu akawauliza, “Mnayo mikate mingapi?” Wakamjibu, “Saba na visamaki vichache.”
35 And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;
Basi, Yesu akawaamuru watu wakae chini.
36 and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.
Akaitwaa ile mikate saba na vile visamaki, akamshukuru Mungu, akavimega, akawapa wanafunzi, nao wakawagawia watu.
37 And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;
Wote wakala, wakashiba. Kisha wakakusanya makombo, wakajaza vikapu saba.
38 but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
Hao waliokula walikuwa wanaume elfu nne, bila kuhesabu wanawake na watoto.
39 And, having dismissed the crowds, he went on board ship and came to the borders of Magadan.
Basi, Yesu akawaaga watu, akapanda mashua, akaenda katika eneo la Magadani.
