Matye 15
1 Apre sa, kèk Farizyen ak Skrib ki te sòti Jérusalem te vin kote Jésus pou mande L:
Then [some] Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws came from Jerusalem [to talk to] Jesus. They said,
2 “Poukisa disip ou yo vyole tradisyon a lansyen nou yo? Paske yo pa lave men yo lè yo manje pen.”
“(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!”
3 Li te reponn yo: “E poukisa nou menm vyole kòmandman Bondye a pou koz a tradisyon nou yo?
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]
4 Paske Bondye te di: ‘Onore papa ou avèk manman ou,’ epi: ‘Sila ki pale mal a manman li oswa a papa li, va mete a lanmò.’”
God gave these [two] commands: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘People who speak evil about their father or mother must be executed.’
5 Men nou di: “Nenpòt moun ki di a manman l oswa papa l, tout sa mwen genyen ki ta kapab ede ou se pou Bondye,
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].”’
6 li pa oblije onore ni papa l ni manman l”. Konsa, nou te anile pawòl Bondye a pou koz tradisyon pa nou an.
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.
7 Nou menm ipokrit; anverite, Ésaïe te bay pwofesi sou nou lè l te di:
You only pretend to be good! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you [also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said],
8 Pèp sa a onore M avèk lèv yo, men kè yo byen lwen Mwen.
‘These people talk [as if they] honor me [MTY], but they do not think about honoring me at all [MET].
9 An ven yo adore M; lè yo enstwi kòm doktrin, prensip a lòm.
It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up [as if I myself had commanded it].’”
10 Apre sa, Li te rele foul akote Li a, e Li te di yo: “Tande e konprann;
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.
11 Se pa sa ki antre nan bouch la ki kontamine yon nonm, men se sa ki sòti nan bouch la ki kontamine l.”
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].”
12 Alò, disip Li yo te vin kote L. Yo te di L: “Èske Ou konnen ke Farizyen yo te blese lè yo te tande pawòl sa a?”
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]?”
13 Men Li te reponn yo e di: “Chak plant ke Papa M pa plante, ap vin rache.
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].
14 Pa okipe yo. Yo se avèg k ap gide avèg. Si yon avèg ap gide yon avèg, se toude k ap tonbe nan yon twou.”
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)
15 Pierre te reponn, e te di L: “Eksplike nou parabòl sa a.”
Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable [about what a person eats].”
16 Li te di: “Èske nou menm, nou toujou manke konprann nan?
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]
17 Èske nou pa konprann ke tout bagay ki antre nan bouch, e ki pase nan vant, ap vin elimine?
(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].
18 Men bagay ki sòti nan bouch yo, se nan kè yo sòti, e se sa yo ki kontamine yon moun.
[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].
19 “Paske se nan kè move panse yo sòti; touye moun, adiltè, imoralite seksyèl, vòlè, fo temwen, tripotay.
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].
20 Se bagay sa yo ki kontamine yon moun, men manje san lave men pa kapab kontamine yon moun.”
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.”
21 Konsa, Jésus te kite la, e retire kò l pou landwa Tyr ak Sidon.
After Jesus [took us and] left [Galilee district], we went into the region [where the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [are located].
22 Epi gade, yon fanm Canaan nan rejyon sa a te vin parèt. Li te kòmanse kriye fò e te di: “Fè m gras, Senyè, Fis a David la! Fi mwen an gen yon move lespri.”
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.”
23 Men Li pa t reponn li yon mo. Disip Li yo te vin kote L. Yo te di L: “Fè l ale; l ap rele dèyè nou tout kote nou ale”.
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!”
24 Men Li te reponn e te di: “Mwen te voye sèlman pou mouton pèdi nan lakay Israël la.”
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].”
25 Men fanm nan te vin bese devan Li, e te di: “Senyè, ede m!”
But she came [closer] to Jesus and knelt down in front of him [to worship him]. She pled, “Lord/Sir, help me!”
26 Men Li te reponn: “Li pa bon pou pran manje ki pou timoun yo pou jete l bay chen.”
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.”
27 Men li te di: “Wi Senyè, men menm chen yo manje ti kras manje k ap tonbe sòti sou tab mèt la.”
[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]!”
28 Jésus te reponn li: “Men fanm, lafwa ou gran! Ke sa fèt jan ou vle a”. Epi fi li a te geri lapoula.
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.
29 Lè Li kite la, Jésus te ale bò kote Lanmè Galilée a. Li te monte yon mòn e Li te chita la.
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].
30 Gran foul la te vin kote Li. Yo t ap mennen avèk yo sila ki te bwete, kokobe, avèg, bèbè ak anpil lòt. Yo te depoze yo bò kote pye Li e Li te geri yo.
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.
31 Konsa, foul la te vin etone lè yo te wè bèbè pale, kokobe restore, bwete mache, avèk avèg yo ki te wè e yo te bay glwa a Bondye Israël la.
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!”
32 Jésus te rele disip Li yo pou vin kote L. Li te di: “Mwen santi konpasyon pou foul la, paske yo la avè M koulye a pandan twa jou, e yo pa gen anyen pou yo manje. Mwen pa vle voye yo ale grangou, paske yo kab fennen sou wout la.”
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].”
33 Disip Li yo te mande L: “Kibò nou ta twouve kantite pen sa a nan yon andwa izole konsa pou bay yon gran foul konsa?”
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]”
34 Jésus te mande yo: “Konbyen pen nou genyen”? Yo te di: “Sèt, avèk kèk ti pwason.”
Jesus asked us, “How many small loaves do you have?” We said to him, “[We have] seven small loaves and a few [cooked] fish.”
35 Li te kòmande foul la chita atè.
He told the people to sit on the ground.
36 Li te pran sèt ti pen yo avèk pwason an. Lè Li te fin remèsye Bondye pou yo, Li te kase yo, e te bay disip Li yo, ki te bay tout foul la.
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.
37 Konsa, tout moun te manje e te satisfè. Lè yo te ranmase mòso kase ki te rete yo, te rete sèt gran panyen byen plen.
[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].
38 Sila ki te manje yo te kat mil gason plis fanm avèk timoun.
39 Apre Li voye foul la ale, Li te monte nan yon kannòt e te ale nan rejyon Magadan nan.
After Jesus dismissed the crowd, he, [along with us], got in the boat, and we sailed [around the lake] to the region called Magadan.
