< Matthew 15 >

1 Then [some] Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws came from Jerusalem [to talk to] Jesus. They said,
Na Amafarisayo na asimbi bhahenzele wha Yesu afume Huyerusalemu. Na yanje,
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!”
“Yenu abhanafunzi bhananganya amalisizi gazehe? Afwatanaje sagabhanawa inyobhe zyawo lwabhalya ishalye.”
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]
U Yesu abhajibu nahubhawozya, “Namwe yenu munanganya indajizyo ya Gosi kwa ajili yamalisizi genyu?
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.’
Afwatanaje o Ngolobhi ayanjile, 'Ubheninshinshi wha baba waho nu maye waho; na 'Wayanga imbibhi wha baba wakwe na whamaye wakwe, na hakika afwe.'
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].”’
Ila amwe muyanga, na wahumozya ubaba wakwe nu maye wakwe, “Kila ulwavwe ambalo andapatile afume huline eshe mpesya afume wha Ngolobhi,”
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.
“Umuntu oyo sagaalinihaja yabheninshinshi wha baba wakwe. Katika inamuna ene mubadilisizye izulya Ngolobhi kwa ajili yimalisizi genyu.
7 You only pretend to be good! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you [also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said],
Amwe bhanafiki, shinza hansi u Isaya shakuwilwe pamwanya yenyu shayanjile,
8 ‘These people talk [as if they] honor me [MTY], but they do not think about honoring me at all [MET].
'Abhantu ebha bhahwfpanyila inshinshi ane humalomu gawo, ila amioyo gawo galihutali nane.
9 It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up [as if I myself had commanded it].’”
Bhahunsaya wene, kwa sababu bhafundizya amamanyizyo agali malajizyo gabhanadamu.”
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.
Epo abhakwizizye ikusanyiho na hubhawozye, “Tejelezi na mumanye
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].”
Nahamo ahantu hahahinjila mwilomu lya muntu nahumombe ubhibhi. Ila, shila shishifuma mwilomu eshi shesho shimomba umuntu abhe mibhi.”
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]?”
Epo abhanafunzi bhamalila nayanje nu Yesu, “Eshi!, Uwhele Amafarisayo lwabhalyevwa lila izu bhavisiwilwe?”
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].
U Yesu abhajibu na yanje, “Kila likwi lwasagatotile ubaba wane wahumwanya lyayisenywa.
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)
Bhaleshi bhene, abhene bhalongozi bhivipofu. Hansi umuntu shipofu abhahunongozye ushipofu uwamwawo, wonti bhabhele bhanzagwe mwilende.”
15 Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable [about what a person eats].”
Upetro ajibu na humozye u Yesu, “Tiwozye umfano ogu hulite,
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]
U Yesu ajibu, “Namwe bado sagamuhelewa?
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].
Namwe sagamuwhenya aje shila shishi bhala mwilomu shishilila muvyanda na bhale muchoho?
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].
Ila ivintu vyonti vivifuma mwilomu vifuma mhati yimoyo. Shesho ivintu vihumeha umuntu ubhibhi.
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].
Afwatanaje katika umoyo gafuma amawazo amabhibhi, ugoji, uumalaya, uashelati, uwibha, uashuda wilenga ni ndigo.
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.”
Ega gamambo gahumeha umuntu ubhibhi. Ila alye bila anawe inyobhe sagahuumomba umuntu abhe mibhi.”
21 After Jesus [took us and] left [Galilee district], we went into the region [where the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [are located].
Epo u Yesu ayepa isehemu ela nahujisegusye aeleshela uhupande wi miji gi Tiro ni Sidoni.
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.”
Enya ayenza onshe Umkanani afume uwupande owo. Azuvya isauti ayanga, “Ndolele inkombo, Gosi, Mwana wa Daudi; umwale wane ayemba hani ni mpepo.”
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!”
Ila u Yesu sagaajibule izu. Abhanafunzi bhakwe bhenza bhanabha bhayanga, “Mwefwe abhaje ulwakwe, maana ahutikhomela ihalanga.”
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].”
U Yesu abhajibule nayanje, Saganatumwile wha muntu wowonti ila whingole zizitejile zinyumba yi Israeli.”
25 But she came [closer] to Jesus and knelt down in front of him [to worship him]. She pled, “Lord/Sir, help me!”
Ila ahenzele na whiname whilongolela lyakwe, ayanga, “Gosi navwe.”
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.”
Ajibule na yanje, “Sagashinza awheje ishalye shabhana na huzitajile embwa.”
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]!”
Ayanga, “Eshi, Gosi, hata esho embwa indodo zilya ishalye shishigwa pameza pa Gosi wawo.”
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.
Epo u Yesu ajibu na yanje “Anshe, ulweteho lwaho gosi.” Na ifanyishe huliwe hansi shuwhanza.” Nu mwale wakwe ali aponile husala yeyo.
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].
U Yesu asogoye isehemu ela nabhale karibu ni bahari yi Galilaya. Tena abhala humwanya yigamba na khale oho.
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.
Empoga ingosi yahenza hukwakwe. Na hunetele bhasaga bhajenda avipofu, abubu, bhishilema na bhanje vinji, bhabhali bhabhinile. Bhabhabheshele pamanama ga Yesu abhaponyla.
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!”
Na bhene empoga bhaswijile lwabhalolile amabubu bhayanga, ni vilema bhabhewha womi, aviwete bhajenda, nivipofu bhalola. Bhatemele Ongolobhi wi Israeli.
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].”
U Yesu abhakwizizye abhanafunzi bhakwe nayanje, “Imbaloleye inkombo impoga, husababu bhali nane hinsiku zitatu bila alye ahantu hohonti, sigimbahubhalaje bhabhale humwawo bila alye, bhasa hazimile mwidala.”
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]”
Abhanafunzi bhakwe bhamozya, “Tibhawezye apate amabumunda gatosye epa pinyiha awhigutizye empoga ingosi eshi?”
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.”
U Yesu abhawozya, “Muli na mabumunda galenga?” Bhayanga, “Saba, neswe indodo ndodo.”
35 He told the people to sit on the ground.
U Yesu ayiwozya empoga ikhale pansi.
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.
Ahejile gala amabumunda saba neswe, na baada ya husalifwe, agamensula na hubhapele abhanafunzi. Abhanafunzi bhabhapela empoga.
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].
Abhantu bhonti bhalya natosewe. Bwawonganya gagasyalile ivipande vivyalye vya vyasageye vipande vipande, vyamemile iviseje saba.
Wonti bhabhaliye bhali alume elfu zene bila abhashe na bhana.
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.
Tena u Yesu alaga empoga bhabha bhewo na ayinjila mkasi yi mashua na bhale isehemu zi Magadani.

< Matthew 15 >