Matiu 15
1 Mgbe ahụ, ụfọdụ ndị Farisii na ndị ozizi iwu si Jerusalem bịakwute Jisọs jụrụ ya ajụjụ sị,
Then there came to Jesus a party of Pharisees and Scribes from Jerusalem, who inquired,
2 “Gịnị mere ndị na-eso ụzọ gị adịghị erube isi nʼomenaala ndị okenye? Ha anaghị akwọ aka ha tupu ha erie nri.”
"Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders by not washing their hands before meals?"
3 Ọ zara ha sị, “Gịnị mere unu ji na-ada iwu Chineke nʼihi omenaala unu?
"Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition?
4 Nʼihi na Chineke sịrị, ‘Sọpụrụ nne gị na nna gị,’na, ‘onye ọbụla kwujọrọ nna maọbụ nne ya ka e gbuo ya.’
For God said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother'; and 'Let him who reviles father or mother be certainly put to death';
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--this is what you say: 'If a man says to his father or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise you should have received from me--
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.
he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition.
7 Ndị ihu abụọ! Amụma ahụ Aịzaya buru banyere unu bụ eziokwu. Mgbe o kwuru sị,
Hypocrites! well did Isaiah prophesy of you,
8 “‘Ndị a ji egbugbere ọnụ ha na-asọpụrụ m, ma obi ha dị anya nʼebe m nọ.
"'This is a People who honour Me with their lips, while their heart is far away from Me;
9 Ofufe ha na-efe m bụ ihe efu, ozizi ha bụkwa ihe mmadụ nyere nʼiwu.’”
but it is in vain they worship Me, while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'"
10 Mgbe ahụ, ọ kpọrọ igwe mmadụ ahụ, sị ha, “Geenụ ntị, ghọtakwanụ.
Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.
11 Ọ bụghị ihe banyere mmadụ nʼọnụ na-emerụ ya, kama ọ bụ ihe sị nʼọnụ onye ahụ pụta na-emerụ ya.”
It is not what goes into a man's mouth that defiles him; but it is what comes out of his mouth--that defiles a man."
12 Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya bịakwutere ya sị, “Ị makwa na obi adịghị ndị Farisii mma nʼihi okwu ahụ i kwuru?”
Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were greatly shocked when they heard those words?"
13 Ma ọ zara sị ha, “Osisi ọbụla Nna m nke eluigwe na-ejighị aka ya kụọ ka a ga-ehopu.
"Every plant," He replied, "which my Heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up.
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.”
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind; and if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into some pit."
15 Pita sịrị ya, “Kọwaara anyị ihe ilu a pụtara.”
"Explain to us this figurative language," said Peter.
16 Ọ jụrụ ha sị, “Unu ọ ka dị ka ndị na-enweghị nghọta?
"Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence?
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?
Do you not understand that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is afterwards ejected from the body?
18 Ma ihe si mmadụ nʼọnụ pụta na-esi ya nʼobi apụta. Ọ bụ ihe dị otu a na-emerụ mmadụ.
But the things that come out of the mouth proceed from the heart, and it is these that defile the man.
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.
For out of the heart proceed wicked thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, perjury, impiety of speech.
20 Ihe ndị a bụ ihe na-emerụ mmadụ, ọ bụghị ma mmadụ kwọrọ aka tupu o rie nri, maọbụ na ọ kwọghị.”
These are the things which defile the man; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile."
21 Jisọs hapụrụ obodo ahụ gaa nʼakụkụ obodo Taịa na Saịdọn.
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew into the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon.
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.”
Here a Canaanitish woman of the district came out and persistently cried out, "Sir, Son of David, pity me; my daughter is cruelly harassed by a demon."
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 He answered her not a word. Then the disciples interposed, and begged Him, saying, "Send her away because she keeps crying behind us."
24 Ọ zara sị, “Ezitere m naanị ijekwuru atụrụ furu efu nke ụlọ Izrel.”
"I have only been sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel," He replied.
25 Ma ọ bịara daa nʼụkwụ ya rịọọ ya sị, “Onyenwe m, nyere m aka!”
Then she came and threw herself at His feet and entreated Him. "O Sir, help me," she said.
26 Ọ zara sị, “O zighị ezi na a ga-ewere nri ụmụntakịrị tụpụrụ nkịta.”
"It is not right," He said, "to take the children's bread and throw it to the 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.”
"Be it so, Sir," she said, "for even the dogs eat the scraps which fall from their masters' tables."
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.
"O woman," replied Jesus, "great is your faith: be it done to you as you desire." And from that moment her daughter was restored to health.
29 Jisọs hapụrụ ebe ahụ lọghachi nʼakụkụ osimiri Galili. Ọ rịgooro nʼelu ugwu nọdụ ala.
Again, moving thence, Jesus went along by the Lake of Galilee; and ascending the hill, He sat down there.
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.
Soon great crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were crippled in feet or hands, blind or dumb, and many besides, and they hastened to lay them at His feet. And He cured 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.
so that the people were amazed to see the dumb speaking, the maimed with their hands perfect, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they gave the glory to the God of 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.”
But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."
33 Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sịrị, “Ebee ka anyị ga-enweta nri ga-ezuru igwe mmadụ ndị a nʼọzara a?”
"Where can we," asked the disciples, "get bread enough in this remote place to satisfy so vast a multitude?"
34 Jisọs jụrụ ha sị, “Ogbe achịcha ole ka unu nwere?” Ha sịrị ya, “Ogbe achịcha asaa na azụ ole na ole.”
"How many loaves have you?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they said, "and a few small fish."
35 Ọ gwara igwe mmadụ ahụ ka ha nọdụ ala.
So He bade all the people sit down 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.
and He took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks He broke them up and then distributed them to the disciples, and they to the people.
37 Onye ọbụla nʼime ha riri, rijuo afọ. Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya tụtụkọtara iberibe ndị fọdụrụ nke juru nkata asaa.
And they all ate and were satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they took up--seven full hampers.
38 Ndị riri nri ahụ dị puku ụmụ nwoke anọ, nʼagụnyeghị ndị nwanyị na ụmụntakịrị.
Those who ate were 4,000 adult men, without reckoning women and children.
39 Mgbe o zilagara igwe mmadụ ahụ, ọ banyere nʼụgbọ mmiri gafee osimiri, bịaruo nʼobodo Magadan.
He then dismissed the people, went on board the boat, and came into the district of Magadan.
