Matius 15
1 Kemudian datanglah beberapa orang Farisi dan ahli Taurat dari Yerusalem kepada Yesus dan berkata:
Then [some] Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws came from Jerusalem [to talk to] Jesus. They said,
2 "Mengapa murid-murid-Mu melanggar adat istiadat nenek moyang kita? Mereka tidak membasuh tangan sebelum makan."
“(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 Tetapi jawab Yesus kepada mereka: "Mengapa kamupun melanggar perintah Allah demi adat istiadat nenek moyangmu?
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 Sebab Allah berfirman: Hormatilah ayahmu dan ibumu; dan lagi: Siapa yang mengutuki ayahnya atau ibunya pasti dihukum mati.
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 Tetapi kamu berkata: Barangsiapa berkata kepada bapanya atau kepada ibunya: Apa yang ada padaku yang dapat digunakan untuk pemeliharaanmu, sudah digunakan untuk persembahan kepada Allah,
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 orang itu tidak wajib lagi menghormati bapanya atau ibunya. Dengan demikian firman Allah kamu nyatakan tidak berlaku demi adat istiadatmu sendiri.
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 Hai orang-orang munafik! Benarlah nubuat Yesaya tentang kamu:
You only pretend to be good! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you [also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said],
8 Bangsa ini memuliakan Aku dengan bibirnya, padahal hatinya jauh dari pada-Ku.
‘These people talk [as if they] honor me [MTY], but they do not think about honoring me at all [MET].
9 Percuma mereka beribadah kepada-Ku, sedangkan ajaran yang mereka ajarkan ialah perintah manusia."
It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up [as if I myself had commanded it].’”
10 Lalu Yesus memanggil orang banyak dan berkata kepada mereka:
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 "Dengar dan camkanlah: bukan yang masuk ke dalam mulut yang menajiskan orang, melainkan yang keluar dari mulut, itulah yang menajiskan orang."
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 Maka datanglah murid-murid-Nya dan bertanya kepada-Nya: "Engkau tahu bahwa perkataan-Mu itu telah menjadi batu sandungan bagi orang-orang Farisi?"
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 Jawab Yesus: "Setiap tanaman yang tidak ditanam oleh Bapa-Ku yang di sorga akan dicabut dengan akar-akarnya.
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 Biarkanlah mereka itu. Mereka orang buta yang menuntun orang buta. Jika orang buta menuntun orang buta, pasti keduanya jatuh ke dalam lobang."
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 Lalu Petrus berkata kepada-Nya: "Jelaskanlah perumpamaan itu kepada kami."
Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable [about what a person eats].”
16 Jawab Yesus: "Kamupun masih belum dapat memahaminya?
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 Tidak tahukah kamu bahwa segala sesuatu yang masuk ke dalam mulut turun ke dalam perut lalu dibuang di jamban?
(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 Tetapi apa yang keluar dari mulut berasal dari hati dan itulah yang menajiskan orang.
[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 Karena dari hati timbul segala pikiran jahat, pembunuhan, perzinahan, percabulan, pencurian, sumpah palsu dan hujat.
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 Itulah yang menajiskan orang. Tetapi makan dengan tangan yang tidak dibasuh tidak menajiskan orang."
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 Lalu Yesus pergi dari situ dan menyingkir ke daerah Tirus dan Sidon.
After Jesus [took us and] left [Galilee district], we went into the region [where the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [are located].
22 Maka datanglah seorang perempuan Kanaan dari daerah itu dan berseru: "Kasihanilah aku, ya Tuhan, Anak Daud, karena anakku perempuan kerasukan setan dan sangat menderita."
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 Tetapi Yesus sama sekali tidak menjawabnya. Lalu murid-murid-Nya datang dan meminta kepada-Nya: "Suruhlah ia pergi, ia mengikuti kita dengan berteriak-teriak."
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 Jawab Yesus: "Aku diutus hanya kepada domba-domba yang hilang dari umat Israel."
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 Tetapi perempuan itu mendekat dan menyembah Dia sambil berkata: "Tuhan, tolonglah aku."
But she came [closer] to Jesus and knelt down in front of him [to worship him]. She pled, “Lord/Sir, help me!”
26 Tetapi Yesus menjawab: "Tidak patut mengambil roti yang disediakan bagi anak-anak dan melemparkannya kepada anjing."
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 Kata perempuan itu: "Benar Tuhan, namun anjing itu makan remah-remah yang jatuh dari meja tuannya."
[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 Maka Yesus menjawab dan berkata kepadanya: "Hai ibu, besar imanmu, maka jadilah kepadamu seperti yang kaukehendaki." Dan seketika itu juga anaknya sembuh.
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 Setelah meninggalkan daerah itu, Yesus menyusur pantai danau Galilea dan naik ke atas bukit lalu duduk di situ.
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 Kemudian orang banyak berbondong-bondong datang kepada-Nya membawa orang lumpuh, orang timpang, orang buta, orang bisu dan banyak lagi yang lain, lalu meletakkan mereka pada kaki Yesus dan Ia menyembuhkan mereka semuanya.
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 Maka takjublah orang banyak itu melihat orang bisu berkata-kata, orang timpang sembuh, orang lumpuh berjalan, orang buta melihat, dan mereka memuliakan Allah Israel.
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 Lalu Yesus memanggil murid-murid-Nya dan berkata: "Hati-Ku tergerak oleh belas kasihan kepada orang banyak itu. Sudah tiga hari mereka mengikuti Aku dan mereka tidak mempunyai makanan. Aku tidak mau menyuruh mereka pulang dengan lapar, nanti mereka pingsan di jalan."
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 Kata murid-murid-Nya kepada-Nya: "Bagaimana di tempat sunyi ini kita mendapat roti untuk mengenyangkan orang banyak yang begitu besar jumlahnya?"
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 Kata Yesus kepada mereka: "Berapa roti ada padamu?" "Tujuh," jawab mereka, "dan ada lagi beberapa ikan kecil."
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 Lalu Yesus menyuruh orang banyak itu duduk di tanah.
He told the people to sit on the ground.
36 Sesudah itu Ia mengambil ketujuh roti dan ikan-ikan itu, mengucap syukur, memecah-mecahkannya dan memberikannya kepada murid-murid-Nya, lalu murid-murid-Nya memberikannya pula kepada orang banyak.
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 Dan mereka semuanya makan sampai kenyang. Kemudian orang mengumpulkan potongan-potongan roti yang sisa, tujuh bakul penuh.
[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 Yang ikut makan ialah empat ribu laki-laki, tidak termasuk perempuan dan anak-anak.
39 Lalu Yesus menyuruh orang banyak itu pulang. Ia naik perahu dan bertolak ke daerah 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.
