Matthew 15
1 Then [some] Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws came from Jerusalem [to talk to] Jesus. They said,
Τότε προσέρχονται προς τον Ιησούν οι από Ιεροσολύμων γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι, λέγοντες·
2 “(We think it is disgusting that your disciples disobey the traditions of our ancestors!/Why do your disciples disobey [what our ancestors wrote down and] our [elders taught us]?) [RHQ] They do not perform the proper ritual of washing their hands before they eat!”
Διά τι οι μαθηταί σου παραβαίνουσιν την παράδοσιν των πρεσβυτέρων; διότι δεν νίπτονται τας χείρας αυτών όταν τρώγωσιν άρτον.
3 Jesus answered them, “(What is really disgusting is that you refuse to obey God’s commands [just] so that you can follow what your ancestors taught you!/Why do you refuse to obey what God commanded [people to do, just] so that you can follow your own traditions?) [RHQ]
Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε προς αυτούς· Διά τι και σεις παραβαίνετε την εντολήν του Θεού διά την παράδοσίν σας;
4 God gave these [two] commands: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘People who speak evil about their father or mother must be executed.’
Διότι ο Θεός προσέταξε, λέγων· Τίμα τον πατέρα σου και την μητέρα· και, Ο κακολογών πατέρα ή μητέρα εξάπαντος να θανατόνηται·
5 But you tell people, ‘You can say to your father or mother, “What I was going to give to you [to help provide for you], [I have now promised] to give [to God].”’
σεις όμως λέγετε· Όστις είπη προς τον πατέρα ή προς την μητέρα, Δώρον είναι ό, τι ήθελες ωφεληθή εξ εμού, αρκεί, και δύναται να μη τιμήση τον πατέρα αυτού ή την μητέρα αυτού·
6 And if you do that, you think that you do not need to give anything to help your parents. In [that way], [by teaching people] your traditions, you disregard what God commanded.
και ηκυρώσατε την εντολήν του Θεού διά την παράδοσίν σας.
7 You only pretend to be good! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you [also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said],
Υποκριταί, καλώς προεφήτευσε περί υμών ο Ησαΐας, λέγων·
8 ‘These people talk [as if they] honor me [MTY], but they do not think about honoring me at all [MET].
Ο λαός ούτος με πλησιάζει με το στόμα αυτών και με τα χείλη με τιμά, η δε καρδία αυτών μακράν απέχει απ' εμού.
9 It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up [as if I myself had commanded it].’”
Εις μάτην δε με σέβονται, διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας, εντάλματα ανθρώπων.
10 Then Jesus [again] summoned the crowd to come [nearer] to him. Then he said to them, “Listen to [what I am about to tell you], and [try to] understand it.
Και προσκαλέσας τον όχλον, είπε προς αυτούς· Ακούετε και νοείτε.
11 Nothing that a person puts into his mouth [to eat] causes [God to consider] that person to be unacceptable. Instead, it is [the words] that come out of people’s mouths [SYN] that cause [God to reject them].”
Δεν μολύνει τον άνθρωπον το εισερχόμενον εις το στόμα, αλλά το εξερχόμενον εκ του στόματος τούτο μολύνει τον άνθρωπον.
12 Later we disciples went to Jesus and said, “Do you know that the Pharisees heard what you said, and as a result they felt offended [RHQ]?”
Τότε προσελθόντες οι μαθηταί αυτού, είπον προς αυτόν· Εξεύρεις ότι οι Φαρισαίοι ακούσαντες τον λόγον τούτον εσκανδαλίσθησαν;
13 Then, [to teach us what God would do to the Pharisees], Jesus told [us this parable]: “My Father in heaven [will] get rid of all [those who teach things that are contrary to his truth, just like a farmer] gets rid of plants that he did not plant, by pulling them up along with their roots [MET].
Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε· Πάσα φυτεία, την οποίαν δεν εφύτευσεν ο Πατήρ μου ο ουράνιος, θέλει εκριζωθή.
14 Do not pay any attention to [the Pharisees]. They [do not help people who do not know God’s truth] to [understand it, just like] blind guides [do not help] blind [people to perceive where they should go] [MET]. If a blind person [tries to] lead [another] blind person, they will both fall into a big hole [MET]. [Similarly, both the Pharisees and their disciples will end up in hell].” (questioned)
Αφήσατε αυτούς· είναι οδηγοί τυφλοί τυφλών· τυφλός δε τυφλόν εάν οδηγή, αμφότεροι εις βόθρον θέλουσι πέσει.
15 Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable [about what a person eats].”
Αποκριθείς δε ο Πέτρος είπε προς αυτόν· Εξήγησον εις ημάς την παραβολήν ταύτην.
16 He replied [to them], “(I am disappointed that even you, [who should understand what I teach], still do not understand!/Why is it that even you [who should understand what I teach], still do not understand?) [RHQ]
Και ο Ιησούς είπεν· Έτι και σεις ασύνετοι είσθε;
17 (You ought to understand that all [food that people] eat enters their stomachs, and later the refuse passes out of their [bodies]./Cannot you understand that all [food that people] eat enters their stomachs and later the refuse passes out [of their bodies]?) [RHQ] [Because food does not alter what we think and desire, what we eat does not cause God to consider that we are unacceptable to him].
Δεν εννοείτε έτι ότι παν το εισερχόμενον εις το στόμα καταβαίνει εις την κοιλίαν και εκβάλλεται εις αφεδρώνα;
18 [You should know that] what comes out of [people’s] mouths, [meaning everything that they say] [SYN], comes from their inner beings/hearts. Many of the [things that they say] cause [God to consider] them to be unacceptable [to him].
Τα δε εξερχόμενα εκ του στόματος εκ της καρδίας εξέρχονται, και εκείνα μολύνουσι τον άνθρωπον.
19 It is people’s innermost beings that [cause them] to think things that are evil, to murder people, to [commit] adultery, to commit other sexual sins, to steal things, to testify falsely, and to speak evil about [others].
Διότι εκ της καρδίας εξέρχονται διαλογισμοί πονηροί, φόνοι, μοιχείαι, πορνείαι, κλοπαί, ψευδομαρτυρίαι, βλασφημίαι.
20 It is these actions that cause [God to consider] people to be unacceptable [to him]. To eat with unwashed hands does not cause [God to consider] people unacceptable to him.”
Ταύτα είναι τα μολύνοντα τον άνθρωπον· το δε να φάγη τις με ανίπτους χείρας δεν μολύνει τον άνθρωπον.
21 After Jesus [took us and] left [Galilee district], we went into the region [where the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [are located].
Και εξελθών εκείθεν ο Ιησούς ανεχώρησεν εις τα μέρη Τύρου και Σιδώνος.
22 A woman [from the group of people called] Canaanites who live in that region came [to the place where Jesus was staying]. She kept shouting [to him], “Lord, you are the descendant of [King] David, [you are the Messiah!] Have pity on me [and my daughter!] She is suffering very much because a demon controls her.”
Και ιδού, γυνή Χαναναία, εξελθούσα από των ορίων εκείνων, εκραύγασε προς αυτόν λέγουσα· Ελέησόν με, Κύριε, υιέ του Δαβίδ· η θυγάτηρ μου κακώς δαιμονίζεται.
23 But Jesus did not answer her at all. [We] disciples came to him, and [knowing that the woman was not a Jew], we said to him, “Tell her to leave, because she keeps [bothering us] by yelling behind us!”
Ο δε δεν απεκρίθη προς αυτήν λόγον. Και προσελθόντες οι μαθηταί αυτού, παρεκάλουν αυτόν, λέγοντες· Απόλυσον αυτήν, διότι κράζει όπισθεν ημών.
24 But Jesus said [to her], “I have been sent {[God] has sent me} to [help] only the Israelite people [at this time] [SYN]. [They are like] sheep that have gotten lost [MET] [because they do not know the way to heaven].”
Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε· Δεν απεστάλην ειμή εις τα πρόβατα τα απολωλότα του οίκου Ισραήλ.
25 But she came [closer] to Jesus and knelt down in front of him [to worship him]. She pled, “Lord/Sir, help me!”
Η δε ελθούσα προσεκύνει αυτόν, λέγουσα· Κύριε, βοήθει μοι.
26 Then, [to suggest to her that he needed to help the Jews first and not the non-Jews, whom the Jews called dogs], he told her, “It is not good [for someone] to take food [that has been prepared for] the children and throw it to the [little] dogs.”
Ο δε αποκριθείς είπε· Δεν είναι καλόν να λάβη τις τον άρτον των τέκνων και να ρίψη εις τα κυνάρια.
27 [But to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God], the woman said [to Jesus], “Lord/Sir, what you [say is] correct, but even the [little] dogs eat the crumbs that fall to the floor [when] their masters [sit at] their tables [and eat]!”
Η δε είπε· Ναι, Κύριε· αλλά και τα κυνάρια τρώγουσιν από των ψιχίων των πιπτόντων από της τραπέζης των κυρίων αυτών.
28 Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, [because] you believe firmly [in me, I] will [heal your daughter] as you desire!” At that moment [the demon left] her daughter, [and she] became well.
Τότε αποκριθείς ο Ιησούς είπε προς αυτήν· Ω γύναι, μεγάλη σου η πίστις· ας γείνη εις σε ως θέλεις. Και ιατρεύθη η θυγάτηρ αυτής από της ώρας εκείνης.
29 After Jesus, [along with us disciples], departed from that area, we went [back] to Galilee Lake [and walked] along it. Then Jesus climbed the hill [near there] and sat down [to teach the people].
Και μεταβάς εκείθεν ο Ιησούς, ήλθε παρά την θάλασσαν της Γαλιλαίας, και αναβάς εις το όρος εκάθητο εκεί.
30 Crowds kept coming to him for the next two days and brought lame, crippled, and blind people, those who were unable to talk, and many others [who had various sicknesses]. They laid them in front of Jesus [so that he would heal them] [SYN]. And he healed them.
Και ήλθον προς αυτόν όχλοι πολλοί έχοντες μεθ' εαυτών χωλούς, τυφλούς, κωφούς, κουλλούς και άλλους πολλούς· και έρριψαν αυτούς εις τους πόδας του Ιησού, και εθεράπευσεν αυτούς·
31 The crowd saw [him heal] people who could not talk, crippled people, lame people, and blind people, and they were amazed. They said, “Praise God [who rules over us who live in] Israel!”
ώστε οι όχλοι εθαύμασαν βλέποντες κωφούς λαλούντας, κουλλούς υγιείς, χωλούς περιπατούντας και τυφλούς βλέποντας· και εδόξασαν τον Θεόν του Ισραήλ.
32 Then Jesus called us disciples to him and said [to us], “This crowd [of people] has been with me for three days and have nothing [left] to eat. I feel sorry for them. I do not want to send them away [while they are still] hungry, [because if I did that], they might faint on the way [home].”
Ο δε Ιησούς, προσκαλέσας τους μαθητάς αυτού, είπε· Σπλαγχνίζομαι διά τον όχλον, διότι τρεις ήδη ημέρας μένουσι πλησίον μου και δεν έχουσι τι να φάγωσι· και να απολύσω αυτούς νήστεις δεν θέλω, μήποτε αποκάμωσι καθ' οδόν.
33 We disciples said to him, “In this place where nobody lives, (we cannot possibly obtain enough food to feed such a large crowd!/how can we obtain a large enough amount of food to feed such a large crowd?) [RHQ]”
Και λέγουσι προς αυτόν οι μαθηταί αυτού· Πόθεν εις ημάς εν τη ερημία άρτοι τόσοι, ώστε να χορτάσωμεν τόσον όχλον;
34 Jesus asked us, “How many small loaves do you have?” We said to him, “[We have] seven small loaves and a few [cooked] fish.”
Και λέγει προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· Πόσους άρτους έχετε; οι δε είπον· Επτά, και ολίγα οψαράκια.
35 He told the people to sit on the ground.
Και προσέταξε τους όχλους να καθήσωσιν επί την γην.
36 Then he took the seven small loaves and the fish. After he thanked [God for them], he broke them [into pieces], and he kept giving [them] to us. Then we [kept distributing] them to the crowd.
Και λαβών τους επτά άρτους και τα οψάρια, αφού ευχαρίστησεν, έκοψε και έδωκεν εις τους μαθητάς αυτού, οι δε μαθηταί εις τον όχλον.
37 [Because Jesus made the food multiply miraculously], all [those people] ate and had [plenty to] satisfy [them]. There were 4,000 men [who ate], but no [one counted] the women and the children [who also ate]. Then we [disciples] collected the pieces of food that were left over, and we filled seven large baskets [with them].
Και έφαγον πάντες και εχορτάσθησαν, και εσήκωσαν το περίσσευμα των κλασμάτων επτά σπυρίδας πλήρεις·
οι δε τρώγοντες ήσαν τετρακισχίλιοι άνδρες εκτός γυναικών και παιδίων.
39 After Jesus dismissed the crowd, he, [along with us], got in the boat, and we sailed [around the lake] to the region called Magadan.
Αφού δε απέλυσε τους όχλους, εισήλθεν εις το πλοίον και ήλθεν εις τα όρια Μαγδαλά.
