Matthew 15
1 Then come to Jesus Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem, saying,
Kisha Mafarisayo na walimu wa Sheria wakafika kutoka Yerusalemu, wakamwendea Yesu, wakamwuliza,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not 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 answered and said to them, Why do ye too transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
Yesu akawajibu, “Kwa nini nanyi mnapendelea mapokeo yenu wenyewe na hamuijali Sheria ya Mungu?
4 For God commanded, saying, “Honor thy father and thy mother;” and, “He that curseth father or mother, let him surely die.”
Mungu amesema: Waheshimu baba yako na mama yako, na Anayemkashifu baba yake au mama yake, lazima auawe.
5 But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever thou mightst receive in aid from me is a gift [[to God]],
Lakini ninyi mwafundisha ati mtu akiwa na kitu ambacho angeweza kuwasaidia nacho baba au mama yake, lakini akasema: Kitu hiki nimemtolea Mungu,
6 he shall not honor his father or his mother. Thus have ye made void the law of God for the sake of your tradition.
basi, hapaswi tena kumheshimu baba yake! Ndivyo mnavyodharau neno la Mungu kwa kufuata mafundisho yenu wenyewe.
7 Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying,
Enyi wanafiki! Isaya alitabiri sawa kabisa juu yenu:
8 “This people honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far 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 doctrines the commandments of men.”
Kuniabudu kwao hakufai, maana mambo wanayofundisha ni maagizo ya kibinadamu tu.”
10 And calling the multitude, he said to them, Hear, and understand.
Yesu aliuita ule umati wa watu, akawaambia, “Sikilizeni na muelewe!
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
Kitu kinachomtia mtu najisi si kile kiingiacho kinywani, bali kile kitokacho kinywani. Hicho ndicho kimtiacho mtu najisi.”
12 Then come the disciples, and say to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard that saying?
Kisha wanafunzi wakamwendea, wakamwambia, “Je, unajua kwamba Mafarisayo walichukizwa waliposikia maneno yako?”
13 But he answered and said, Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant will be rooted up.
Lakini yeye akawajibu, “Kila mmea ambao Baba yangu aliye mbinguni hakuupanda, utang'olewa.
14 Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the 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, Explain to us that dark saying.
Petro akadakia, “Tufafanulie huo mfano.”
16 And he said, Are ye too still without discernment?
Yesu akasema, “Hata nyinyi hamwelewi?
17 Do ye not understand, that whatever entereth the mouth goeth into the stomach, and is cast out into the drain?
Je, hamwelewi kwamba kila kinachoingia kinywani huenda tumboni na baadaye hutupwa nje chooni?
18 But the things which proceed from the mouth come out of the heart; and these defile a man.
Lakini yale yatokayo kinywani hutoka moyoni, na hayo ndiyo yanayomtia mtu najisi.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimony, blasphemies.
Maana moyoni hutoka mawazo maovu yanayosababisha uuaji, uzinzi, uasherati, wizi, ushahidi wa uongo na kashfa.
20 These are the things which defile a man; but to eat with unwashed hands defileth not a man.
Hayo ndiyo yanayomtia mtu najisi. Lakini kula chakula bila kunawa mikono hakumtii mtu najisi.”
21 And Jesus, going from thence, withdrew to the parts of Tyre and Sidon.
Yesu aliondoka mahali hapo akaenda kukaa katika sehemu za Tiro na Sidoni.
22 And, lo! a woman of Canaan came out from those borders, and cried out, saying, Have compassion on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is grievously afflicted with 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 and besought him, saying Send her away, for she is crying out after us.
Lakini Yesu hakumjibu neno. Basi, wanafunzi wake wakamwendea, wakamwambia, “Mwambie aende zake kwa maana anatufuatafuata akipiga kelele.”
24 But he answered and said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Yesu akajibu, “Sikutumwa ila kwa watu wa Israeli waliopotea kama kondoo.”
25 Then she came and fell down before him, saying, Lord, help me!
Hapo huyo mama akaja, akapiga magoti mbele yake, akasema, “Mheshimiwa, nisaidie.”
26 But he answering said, It is not allowable to take the children's bread, and throw it to the little dogs.
Yesu akamjibu, “Si sawa kuchukua chakula cha watoto na kuwatupia mbwa.”
27 And she said, Yea, Lord; for the little 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, great is thy faith; be it done to thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was cured 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 departing thence, Jesus came near the lake of Galilee; and going up the mountain, he sat down there.
Yesu alitoka hapo akaenda kando ya ziwa Galilaya, akapanda mlimani, akaketi.
30 And great multitudes came to him, having with them those who were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down 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 multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed sound, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they gave glory to 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 And Jesus having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have remained with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am not willing to send them away fasting, lest they faint on the road.
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 the disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
Wanafunzi wakamwambia, “Hapa tuko nyikani; tutapata wapi chakula cha kuwatosha watu wengi hivi?”
34 And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.
Yesu akawauliza, “Mnayo mikate mingapi?” Wakamjibu, “Saba na visamaki vichache.”
35 And bidding the multitude to lie down on the ground,
Basi, Yesu akawaamuru watu wakae chini.
36 he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
Akaitwaa ile mikate saba na vile visamaki, akamshukuru Mungu, akavimega, akawapa wanafunzi, nao wakawagawia watu.
37 And they all ate, and were filled; and they took up of the fragments that remained, seven baskets full.
Wote wakala, wakashiba. Kisha wakakusanya makombo, wakajaza vikapu saba.
38 And they who ate were four thousand men, besides children and women.
Hao waliokula walikuwa wanaume elfu nne, bila kuhesabu wanawake na watoto.
39 Then he sent away the multitudes, and went on board the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.
Basi, Yesu akawaaga watu, akapanda mashua, akaenda katika eneo la Magadani.
