Matthew 15
1 Then [some] Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws came from Jerusalem [to talk to] Jesus. They said,
aparaṁ yirūśālamnagarīyāḥ katipayā adhyāpakāḥ phirūśinaśca yīśōḥ samīpamāgatya kathayāmāsuḥ,
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!”
tava śiṣyāḥ kimartham aprakṣālitakarai rbhakṣitvā paramparāgataṁ prācīnānāṁ vyavahāraṁ laṅvantē?
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]
tatō yīśuḥ pratyuvāca, yūyaṁ paramparāgatācārēṇa kuta īśvarājñāṁ laṅvadhvē|
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.’
īśvara ityājñāpayat, tvaṁ nijapitarau saṁmanyēthāḥ, yēna ca nijapitarau nindyētē, sa niścitaṁ mriyēta;
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].”’
kintu yūyaṁ vadatha, yaḥ svajanakaṁ svajananīṁ vā vākyamidaṁ vadati, yuvāṁ mattō yallabhēthē, tat nyavidyata,
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.
sa nijapitarau puna rna saṁmaṁsyatē| itthaṁ yūyaṁ paramparāgatēna svēṣāmācārēṇēśvarīyājñāṁ lumpatha|
7 You only pretend to be good! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you [also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said],
rē kapaṭinaḥ sarvvē yiśayiyō yuṣmānadhi bhaviṣyadvacanānyētāni samyag uktavān|
8 ‘These people talk [as if they] honor me [MTY], but they do not think about honoring me at all [MET].
vadanai rmanujā ētē samāyānti madantikaṁ| tathādharai rmadīyañca mānaṁ kurvvanti tē narāḥ|
9 It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up [as if I myself had commanded it].’”
kintu tēṣāṁ manō mattō vidūraēva tiṣṭhati| śikṣayantō vidhīn nrājñā bhajantē māṁ mudhaiva tē|
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.
tatō yīśu rlōkān āhūya prōktavān, yūyaṁ śrutvā budhyadhbaṁ|
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].”
yanmukhaṁ praviśati, tat manujam amēdhyaṁ na karōti, kintu yadāsyāt nirgacchati, tadēva mānuṣamamēdhyī karōtī|
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]?”
tadānīṁ śiṣyā āgatya tasmai kathayāñcakruḥ, ētāṁ kathāṁ śrutvā phirūśinō vyarajyanta, tat kiṁ bhavatā jñāyatē?
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].
sa pratyavadat, mama svargasthaḥ pitā yaṁ kañcidaṅkuraṁ nārōpayat, sa utpāvdyatē|
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)
tē tiṣṭhantu, tē andhamanujānām andhamārgadarśakā ēva; yadyandhō'ndhaṁ panthānaṁ darśayati, tarhyubhau garttē patataḥ|
15 Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable [about what a person eats].”
tadā pitarastaṁ pratyavadat, dr̥ṣṭāntamimamasmān bōdhayatu|
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]
yīśunā prōktaṁ, yūyamadya yāvat kimabōdhāḥ stha?
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].
kathāmimāṁ kiṁ na budhyadhbē? yadāsyaṁ prēviśati, tad udarē patan bahirniryāti,
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].
kintvāsyād yanniryāti, tad antaḥkaraṇāt niryātatvāt manujamamēdhyaṁ karōti|
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].
yatō'ntaḥkaraṇāt kucintā badhaḥ pāradārikatā vēśyāgamanaṁ cairyyaṁ mithyāsākṣyam īśvaranindā caitāni sarvvāṇi niryyānti|
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.”
ētāni manuṣyamapavitrī kurvvanti kintvaprakṣālitakarēṇa bhōjanaṁ manujamamēdhyaṁ na karōti|
21 After Jesus [took us and] left [Galilee district], we went into the region [where the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [are located].
anantaraṁ yīśustasmāt sthānāt prasthāya sōrasīdōnnagarayōḥ sīmāmupatasyau|
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.”
tadā tatsīmātaḥ kācit kinānīyā yōṣid āgatya tamuccairuvāca, hē prabhō dāyūdaḥ santāna, mamaikā duhitāstē sā bhūtagrastā satī mahāklēśaṁ prāpnōti mama dayasva|
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!”
kintu yīśustāṁ kimapi nōktavān, tataḥ śiṣyā āgatya taṁ nivēdayāmāsuḥ, ēṣā yōṣid asmākaṁ paścād uccairāhūyāgacchati, ēnāṁ visr̥jatu|
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].”
tadā sa pratyavadat, isrāyēlgōtrasya hāritamēṣān vinā kasyāpyanyasya samīpaṁ nāhaṁ prēṣitōsmi|
25 But she came [closer] to Jesus and knelt down in front of him [to worship him]. She pled, “Lord/Sir, help me!”
tataḥ sā nārīsamāgatya taṁ praṇamya jagāda, hē prabhō māmupakuru|
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.”
sa uktavān, bālakānāṁ bhakṣyamādāya sāramēyēbhyō dānaṁ nōcitaṁ|
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]!”
tadā sā babhāṣē, hē prabhō, tat satyaṁ, tathāpi prabhō rbhañcād yaducchiṣṭaṁ patati, tat sāramēyāḥ khādanti|
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.
tatō yīśuḥ pratyavadat, hē yōṣit, tava viśvāsō mahān tasmāt tava manōbhilaṣitaṁ sidyyatu, tēna tasyāḥ kanyā tasminnēva daṇḍē nirāmayābhavat|
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].
anantaraṁ yīśastasmāt sthānāt prasthāya gālīlsāgarasya sannidhimāgatya dharādharamāruhya tatrōpavivēśa|
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.
paścāt jananivahō bahūn khañcāndhamūkaśuṣkakaramānuṣān ādāya yīśōḥ samīpamāgatya taccaraṇāntikē sthāpayāmāsuḥ, tataḥ sā tān nirāmayān akarōt|
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!”
itthaṁ mūkā vākyaṁ vadanti, śuṣkakarāḥ svāsthyamāyānti, paṅgavō gacchanti, andhā vīkṣantē, iti vilōkya lōkā vismayaṁ manyamānā isrāyēla īśvaraṁ dhanyaṁ babhāṣirē|
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].”
tadānīṁ yīśuḥ svaśiṣyān āhūya gaditavān, ētajjananivahēṣu mama dayā jāyatē, ētē dinatrayaṁ mayā sākaṁ santi, ēṣāṁ bhakṣyavastu ca kañcidapi nāsti, tasmādahamētānakr̥tāhārān na visrakṣyāmi, tathātvē vartmamadhyē klāmyēṣuḥ|
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]”
tadā śiṣyā ūcuḥ, ētasmin prāntaramadhya ētāvatō martyān tarpayituṁ vayaṁ kutra pūpān prāpsyāmaḥ?
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.”
yīśurapr̥cchat, yuṣmākaṁ nikaṭē kati pūpā āsatē? ta ūcuḥ, saptapūpā alpāḥ kṣudramīnāśca santi|
35 He told the people to sit on the ground.
tadānīṁ sa lōkanivahaṁ bhūmāvupavēṣṭum ādiśya
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.
tān saptapūpān mīnāṁśca gr̥hlan īśvarīyaguṇān anūdya bhaṁktvā śiṣyēbhyō dadau, śiṣyā lōkēbhyō daduḥ|
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].
tataḥ sarvvē bhuktvā tr̥ptavantaḥ; tadavaśiṣṭabhakṣyēṇa saptaḍalakān paripūryya saṁjagr̥huḥ|
tē bhōktārō yōṣitō bālakāṁśca vihāya prāyēṇa catuḥsahasrāṇi puruṣā āsan|
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.
tataḥ paraṁ sa jananivahaṁ visr̥jya tarimāruhya magdalāpradēśaṁ gatavān|
