Matiu 15
1 Mgbe ahụ, ụfọdụ ndị Farisii na ndị ozizi iwu si Jerusalem bịakwute Jisọs jụrụ ya ajụjụ sị,
Then [some] Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws came from Jerusalem [to talk to] Jesus. They said,
2 “Gịnị mere ndị na-eso ụzọ gị adịghị erube isi nʼomenaala ndị okenye? Ha anaghị akwọ aka ha tupu ha erie nri.”
“(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 Ọ zara ha sị, “Gịnị mere unu ji na-ada iwu Chineke nʼihi omenaala unu?
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 Nʼihi na Chineke sịrị, ‘Sọpụrụ nne gị na nna gị,’na, ‘onye ọbụla kwujọrọ nna maọbụ nne ya ka e gbuo ya.’
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 Ma unu na-asị, ọ bụrụ na onye ọbụla ga-asị nna maọbụ nne ya, ihe ọbụla bụ nke ị gara erite nʼaka m bụ ‘onyinye dịrị Chineke.’
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 Nʼihi ya, ha agaghị eji ya asọpụrụ nna ha maọbụ nne ha. Nʼụzọ dị otu a, unu na-eme ka okwu Chineke bụrụ ihe efu nʼihi omenaala unu.
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 Ndị ihu abụọ! Amụma ahụ Aịzaya buru banyere unu bụ eziokwu. Mgbe o kwuru sị,
You only pretend to be good! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you [also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said],
8 “‘Ndị a ji egbugbere ọnụ ha na-asọpụrụ m, ma obi ha dị anya nʼebe m nọ.
‘These people talk [as if they] honor me [MTY], but they do not think about honoring me at all [MET].
9 Ofufe ha na-efe m bụ ihe efu, ozizi ha bụkwa ihe mmadụ nyere nʼiwu.’”
It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up [as if I myself had commanded it].’”
10 Mgbe ahụ, ọ kpọrọ igwe mmadụ ahụ, sị ha, “Geenụ ntị, ghọtakwanụ.
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 Ọ bụghị ihe banyere mmadụ nʼọnụ na-emerụ ya, kama ọ bụ ihe sị nʼọnụ onye ahụ pụta na-emerụ ya.”
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 Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya bịakwutere ya sị, “Ị makwa na obi adịghị ndị Farisii mma nʼihi okwu ahụ i kwuru?”
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 Ma ọ zara sị ha, “Osisi ọbụla Nna m nke eluigwe na-ejighị aka ya kụọ ka a ga-ehopu.
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 Ya mere, unu echegbula onwe unu, nʼihi na ha bụ ndị ndu kpuru ìsì. Ma ọ bụrụ na onye ìsì eduo onye ìsì ibe ya ha abụọ adaba nʼime olulu.”
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 Pita sịrị ya, “Kọwaara anyị ihe ilu a pụtara.”
Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable [about what a person eats].”
16 Ọ jụrụ ha sị, “Unu ọ ka dị ka ndị na-enweghị nghọta?
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 Ọ bụ na unu aghọtaghị na ihe ọbụla nke na-aba nʼọnụ na-aga nʼime afọ, sịkwa nʼebe ahụ a nyụpụ ya nʼụlọ nsị?
(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 Ma ihe si mmadụ nʼọnụ pụta na-esi ya nʼobi apụta. Ọ bụ ihe dị otu a na-emerụ mmadụ.
[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 Nʼihi na ọ bụ nʼime obi mmadụ ka echiche ime ihe ọjọọ ndị a si apụta: igbu mmadụ, ịkwa iko niile, ịkwa iko nke ndị ikom nwere nwunye na ndị inyom nwere di, na izu ohi, na ama ụgha, na nkwulu.
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 Ihe ndị a bụ ihe na-emerụ mmadụ, ọ bụghị ma mmadụ kwọrọ aka tupu o rie nri, maọbụ na ọ kwọghị.”
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 Jisọs hapụrụ obodo ahụ gaa nʼakụkụ obodo Taịa na Saịdọn.
After Jesus [took us and] left [Galilee district], we went into the region [where the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [are located].
22 Nʼebe ahụ, otu nwanyị onye Kenan bi nʼobodo ahụ bịakwutere ya rịọọ ya sị, “Onyenwe m, nwa Devid, biko meere m ebere. Ada m nwanyị nwere ajọ mmụọ nʼime ya nke na-esogbu ya oge niile.”
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 Ma ọ gbara ya nkịtị. Emesịa ndị na-eso ụzọ ya bịakwutere ya rịọ ya sị ya, “Chụlaa nwanyị a! Lee ka o si eti mkpu na-esogharị anyị!”
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 Ọ zara sị, “Ezitere m naanị ijekwuru atụrụ furu efu nke ụlọ Izrel.”
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 Ma ọ bịara daa nʼụkwụ ya rịọọ ya sị, “Onyenwe m, nyere m aka!”
But she came [closer] to Jesus and knelt down in front of him [to worship him]. She pled, “Lord/Sir, help me!”
26 Ọ zara sị, “O zighị ezi na a ga-ewere nri ụmụntakịrị tụpụrụ nkịta.”
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 Ọ zara sị, “Ọ bụ eziokwu Onyenwe m. Ma a na-ekwekwa ka ụmụ nkịta nọ nʼokpuru tebul rie iberibe nri nke na-esi nʼelu tebul ha daa nʼala.”
[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 Jisọs zara sị ya, “Nwanyị, okwukwe gị dị ukwuu! Laa, e meelara gị ihe ị na-arịọ.” Nʼotu oge ahụ a gwọrọ ada ya.
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 Jisọs hapụrụ ebe ahụ lọghachi nʼakụkụ osimiri Galili. Ọ rịgooro nʼelu ugwu nọdụ ala.
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 Igwe mmadụ dị ukwuu bịakwutere ya. Ha duteere ya ndị ngwụrọ, na ndị ìsì, na ndị aka ha na ndị ụkwụ ha kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ, na ndị ogbi, na ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ. Ha tọgbọrọ ha nʼụkwụ ya, ọ gwọkwara ha niile.
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 Ọ tụrụ mmadụ niile nʼanya mgbe ha hụrụ ndị ogbi ka ha bidoro ikwu okwu. Mgbe ha hụkwara na a gwọrọ ndị aka ha, na ndị ụkwụ ha nwụrụ anwụ, o jukwara ha anya ịhụ na ndị ngwụrọ gara ije, na ndị ìsì hụkwara ụzọ. Ha toro Chineke nke Izrel.
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 Jisọs kpọrọ ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sị ha, “Ana m emere igwe mmadụ ndị a obi ebere, nʼihi na mụ na ha anọọla ụbọchị atọ nʼebe a, ma ha eribeghị nri ọbụla. Agaghị m ezilaga ha na-erighị nri, nʼihi na ha nwere ike ịda nʼụzọ.”
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 Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sịrị, “Ebee ka anyị ga-enweta nri ga-ezuru igwe mmadụ ndị a nʼọzara a?”
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 Jisọs jụrụ ha sị, “Ogbe achịcha ole ka unu nwere?” Ha sịrị ya, “Ogbe achịcha asaa na azụ ole na ole.”
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 Ọ gwara igwe mmadụ ahụ ka ha nọdụ ala.
He told the people to sit on the ground.
36 O weere ogbe achịcha asaa na azụ ole na ole ahụ kelee Chineke ekele. Ọ nyawasịrị ha, nye ndị na-eso ụzọ ya. Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya nyekwara igwe mmadụ ahụ.
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 Onye ọbụla nʼime ha riri, rijuo afọ. Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya tụtụkọtara iberibe ndị fọdụrụ nke juru nkata asaa.
[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 Ndị riri nri ahụ dị puku ụmụ nwoke anọ, nʼagụnyeghị ndị nwanyị na ụmụntakịrị.
39 Mgbe o zilagara igwe mmadụ ahụ, ọ banyere nʼụgbọ mmiri gafee osimiri, bịaruo nʼobodo Magadan.
After Jesus dismissed the crowd, he, [along with us], got in the boat, and we sailed [around the lake] to the region called Magadan.
