Marcos 7
1 Ri fariseos e kachiꞌl ri aꞌjtijabꞌ rech ri taqanik ri kipetik pa Jerusalén xkimulij kibꞌ chrij ri Jesús.
[One day some] Pharisees and some men who teach the [Jewish] laws gathered around Jesus. They had come from Jerusalem [to investigate him].
2 Xkilo chi ri tijoxelabꞌ man xkichꞌaj taj ri kiqꞌabꞌ jetaq ri kinaqꞌatajibꞌal, are xewaꞌik.
The Pharisees and all of the [other] Jews [strictly] observe the traditions that their ancestors [taught. For example, they refuse to] eat until they first wash their hands [with a special ritual], especially after they [return] from [buying things in] the marketplace. [They think that God will be angry with them if they do not do that, because some person or thing unacceptable to God might have touched] ([them/the things they bought]). There are many other such [traditions] that they accept and try to obey. Specifically, they wash [in a special way] their cups, pots, kettles, containers, and beds [in order that using these things will not make God reject them].
3 Are kꞌu ri fariseos xuqujeꞌ ri winaq aꞌj Israel jeꞌ kakibꞌan chuchꞌajik kiqꞌabꞌ jetaq ri kubꞌij ri naqꞌatajibꞌal kech ri e riꞌjabꞌ taq winaq.
4 Are ketzalij loq pa ri kꞌayibꞌal kakichꞌaj nabꞌe ri kiqꞌabꞌ we kakitij jun jastaq. Xuqujeꞌ kakichꞌaj ri qumubꞌal, ri xaruꞌ xuqujeꞌ ri palaꞌt ri e bꞌantal che chꞌichꞌ.
5 Rumal riꞌ, ri fariseos e kachiꞌl ri aꞌjtijabꞌ rech ri taqanik xkita che ri Jesús: ¿Jas che man kakinimaj ta le atijoxelabꞌ ri kubꞌij ri naqꞌatajibꞌal ke ri nimaꞌq taq winaq, man kakichꞌaj ta le kiqꞌabꞌ are kewaꞌik?
That day, those Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws saw that some of his disciples were eating food with hands that they had not washed [using the special ritual]. So they questioned Jesus, saying, “[Your] disciples disobey the traditions of our ancestors! (You should not [let them] eat food if they have not washed their hands [using our special ritual]!/Why do you [let them] eat food if they have not washed their hands [using our special ritual]?) [RHQ]”
6 Ri Jesús xubꞌij chike: Qas tzij ri xubꞌij ri Isaías are xutzꞌibꞌaj: We tinimit riꞌ xaq che uchiꞌ kubꞌij chi kinuqꞌijilaꞌj, ri ranimaꞌ naj kꞌo wi chwe.
Jesus said to them, “Isaiah [rebuked your ancestors], and his words describe very well you people who only pretend to be good! He wrote these words [that God said]: These people speak [as if they] honor me, but they [SYN] really do not think about honoring me at all.
7 Maj kutayij kinkiqꞌijilaꞌj, ri kikꞌutuꞌn xaq kech achyabꞌ.
It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach only what people have commanded [as if I myself had commanded them].
8 Ri ix iwetzelam ri utaqanik ri Dios, are kꞌu tajin kinimaj ri kitaqanik ri achyabꞌ.
You, [like your ancestors], refuse [to do] what God has commanded. Instead, you follow only the traditions that (others/your ancestors) have [taught].”
9 Kꞌa te riꞌ xubꞌij: Jeꞌl kibꞌan chunimaxik ri inaqꞌatajibꞌal, are ijelechꞌum kanoq iwibꞌ chunimaxik ri utaqanik ri Dios.
Jesus also said to them, “[You think] [IRO] that you are clever in refusing to do what God commanded just so that you can obey your own traditions!
10 Chiwilampeꞌ, ri Moisés xubꞌij: Nim chiꞌwila ri itat inan, ri winaq ri keꞌretzelaj ri utat unan kakamisax na.
[For example, our ancestor] Moses [wrote God’s] command, ‘Honor your fathers and your mothers’. He also wrote, ‘[The authorities must] execute a person who speaks evil about his father or mother.’
11 Ri ikꞌutuꞌn ix kubꞌij chi ri alkꞌwaꞌlaxel kuyaꞌo kubꞌij chike ri utat unan: “Ri tobꞌanik ri kawaj xinya che alaq xinya che ri Dios.”
But you [teach people that it is all right that people no longer must help their parents. You teach people that it is all right if people] give their things to God [instead of giving them to their parents]. You allow them to say to their parents, ‘What I was going to give to you [to provide for you, I have now promised to] give to God. So I [cannot any longer help you]!’ As a result, you are [actually telling people] that they no longer have to help their parents!
12 We jeriꞌ kubꞌij ri alkꞌwaꞌlaxel man kakwin ta chi riꞌ kuꞌtoꞌ ri utat unan.
13 Jeriꞌ kakꞌulmataj iwukꞌ ix rumal ri naqꞌatajibꞌal ri kikꞌutu, man kinimaj ta chik ri utzij ri Dios, kꞌi jastaq jetaq we riꞌ kibꞌano.
And, by doing that, you disregard what God commanded! You teach your own traditions to others [and tell them strongly that they should obey them] And you do many other things like that.”
14 Junmul chik ri Jesús xuꞌsikꞌij ri winaq, xubꞌij chike: Chinitatabꞌej iwonojel xuqujeꞌ chichꞌobꞌo we riꞌ:
Then Jesus again summoned the crowd [to come closer. Then] he said to them [figuratively], “All of you people listen to me! [Try to] understand [DOU] [what I am about to tell you].
15 Man are ta kachꞌulujisan ri winaq ri jastaq ri kutijo xane are kachꞌulujisan ri etzelal ri kel loq pa ranimaꞌ.
Nothing that people eat causes [God to] consider them to be unacceptable. On the contrary, it is that which comes from people’s (inner beings/hearts) that causes God to reject them.”
16 Ri Jesús xubꞌij: Qas chichomaj rij we tzij riꞌ we xinbꞌij chiꞌwe.
17 Are xtoꞌtaj chubꞌixik we riꞌ, xel bꞌik kukꞌ ri winaq, xok bꞌik pa ri ja, ri utijoxelabꞌ xkita che jas kel kubꞌij chomanik ri xubꞌij.
After Jesus had left the crowd and then entered a house with the disciples, they asked him about the parable [that he had just spoken].
18 Ri Jesús xubꞌij chike: ¿Man kichomaj ta xuqujeꞌ ne lo ix ri kinbꞌij? ¿La man kichomaj chi maj jun jastaq ri kutij ri winaq kakwin chuchꞌulujisaxik?
He replied, “([I am disappointed that] you also do not understand [what it means]!/Why can you not understand [what it means]?) [RHQ] (You ought to understand that nothing that [enters us from] outside can cause [God to] consider us unacceptable to him./Can you not understand that nothing that [enters us from] outside of us can cause [God to] consider us unacceptable to him?) [RHQ]
19 Rumal cher man pa ri ranimaꞌ taj keꞌ wi ri kutijo xane chupam, kꞌa te riꞌ kuꞌchuluj kanoq. Rukꞌ we riꞌ ri Jesús xubꞌij chi ronojel ri jastaq tijowik rij, chꞌajchꞌoj.
Instead of entering [and ruining] our minds/souls, it goes into our stomachs, and afterwards the refuse passes out [of our bodies].” By saying this, Jesus was declaring that people [can eat] any food without causing [God] to reject them.
20 Xuqujeꞌ xubꞌij: Are kachꞌulujisan ri kel loq che ri winaq.
He also said, “It is the [thoughts and actions] that come from within people that cause [God] to consider them unacceptable to him.
21 Pa ri ranimaꞌ ri winaq kape wi ri itzel taq chomanik, qꞌoyolem kukꞌ taq achyabꞌ xuqujeꞌ kukꞌ taq ixoqibꞌ, ri kamisanik, ri utzukuxik e kebꞌ ixoqibꞌ.
Specifically, it is people’s innermost being [that causes them to] think things that are evil; they act immorally, they steal [things], they commit murder.
22 Ri jiqꞌjatik, ri etzelal, ri subꞌunik, ri ubꞌanik etzelal maj uqꞌatexik, ri kꞌax ri kunaꞌ chi jun chirij jun rech winaq, ri bꞌanoj tzij, ri nimal, xuqujeꞌ are man kuya ta ribꞌ ri winaq pa sukꞌumaxik.
They [commit] adultery, they are greedy, they [act] maliciously, they deceive [people]. They [act] indecently, they envy [people], they speak evil about others, they are proud, and they [act] foolishly.
23 Ronojel we etzelal riꞌ pa ranimaꞌ ri winaq kape wi, are waꞌ ri kachꞌulujin ri ranimaꞌ ri winaq.
People think [these thoughts] and then they do these evil actions, and that is what causes [God to] consider them unacceptable to him.”
24 Xel bꞌik ri Jesús chilaꞌ, xeꞌ pa jun leꞌaj ri kꞌo pa ri tinimit Tiro rachiꞌl Sidón. Xok bꞌik pa jun ja, are xraj maj jun ketaꞌmanik jawjeꞌ kꞌo wi, man xkwin ta kꞌut rawaj ribꞌ.
After Jesus [and his disciples] left [Galilee district], they went to the region around Tyre. While he stayed at a certain house, he desired that no one know [it], but people soon found out [that he was there].
25 Kꞌo jun ixoq aninaq xretaꞌmaj chi xopan ri Jesús chilaꞌ. Ri ixoq kꞌo jun ral ali, kꞌo jun itzel uxlabꞌal che, xopanik xeꞌxukul cho ri Jesús.
A certain woman, whose daughter had an evil spirit [within her], heard about Jesus. At once she came to him and prostrated herself at his feet.
26 Ri ixoq aj Fenicia rech ri tinimit Siria xuta toqꞌobꞌ che ri Jesús rech kakunax ri ral.
This woman [was not a Jew. Her ancestors came] from Greece [country], but she was born in [the region around] Phoenicia [town] in Syria district. She pleaded with Jesus that he expel the evil spirit from her daughter.
27 Ri Jesús xubꞌij che: Nabꞌe chaya bꞌe chike ri alkꞌwaꞌlaxelabꞌ kewaꞌik, rumal man kuya taj kamaj ri kiwa ri alkꞌwaꞌlaxelabꞌ kakꞌyaq chkiwach ri tzꞌiꞌ.
But he [wanted to see how strongly she believed in him. So, suggesting that he should help the Jews first and not the non-Jews whom some Jews called dogs] [MET], [he] spoke to her saying, “First let the children eat all they want, because it is not good for someone to take the food [the mother has prepared] for the children and then throw it to the [little] dogs.”
28 Ri ixoq xubꞌij: Jeꞌ tat, ri tzꞌiꞌ kakitij xuqujeꞌ ri uxeꞌr taq kiwa ri alkꞌwaꞌlaxelabꞌ ri katzaq chuxeꞌ ri mexa.
But [to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God] [MET], she replied to him, “Sir, [what you say is] correct, but even the [little] dogs, which lie under the table, eat the crumbs that the children [drop].”
29 Ri Jesús xubꞌij che: Rumal jeriꞌ xabꞌan chutzalixik uwach ri xinbꞌij chawe, ri itzel xel bꞌik che ri awal. Jat pa jororemal.
[Jesus] said to her, “Because of what you have said, [you have shown me that you believe in what I can do for you]. So I will help you. Now you may go [home, because I have caused] the evil spirit to leave your daughter.”
30 Are xopanik ri ixoq cho rachoch, xuꞌriqa ri akꞌal qꞌoyol pa ri uchꞌat. Elinaq chi bꞌik ri itzel uxlabꞌal che.
The woman returned to her house and saw that her child was lying [quietly] on the bed and that the evil spirit had left.
31 Xel loq ri Jesús pa ri tinimit Tiro, xeꞌ pa Sidón chuxukut ri plo pa Galilea, xkanaj kanoq pa ri tinimit Decápolis.
Jesus [and his disciples] left the region around Tyre [city] and went [north] through Sidon [city], then [toward the east] through the district of the Ten Towns, and then [south] to [the towns near] Lake Galilee.
32 Ri Jesús are kꞌo chilaꞌ, xkikꞌam bꞌik jun achi rukꞌ katakꞌtoꞌman kachꞌawik, xkita toqꞌobꞌ che kuya ri uqꞌabꞌ puꞌwiꞌ.
[There], people brought to him a man who was deaf and who could hardly talk. They begged [Jesus] to lay his hands on him [in order to heal him].
33 Ri Jesús xukꞌam bꞌik ri achi utukel, xujut ri uwiꞌ uqꞌabꞌ pa ri uxikin, kꞌa te riꞌ xukoj uchubꞌ cho ri raqꞌ.
[So Jesus] took him away from the crowd [in order that the two of them could be] alone. Then he put [one of] his fingers into [each of] the man’s ears. After he spat [on his fingers], he touched the man’s tongue [with his fingers].
34 Kꞌa te riꞌ xkaꞌyik cho ri kaj, xujiqꞌaj nim kyaqiqꞌ, kꞌa te riꞌ xubꞌij che ri achi: ¡Efatá! ri kel kubꞌij ¡Chatjaqatajoq!
Then he looked up toward heaven, he sighed [because he was concerned for the man], and then [in his own language] he said to the man’s [ears], “Ephphatha”, which means, “Be opened {Open up}!”.
35 Rukꞌ we riꞌ xjaqataj ri uxikin ri achi xuqujeꞌ xjaqataj ri uchꞌabꞌal, xuchapleꞌj chꞌawem jetaq kachꞌaw jun utz winaq.
At once the man could hear plainly [MTY]. He also began to speak clearly because [what was causing him to be unable to speak] was healed {Jesus healed [what was causing him to be unable to speak]}.
36 Ri Jesús xubꞌij chike ri winaq chi man kuya taj kakitzijoj ri xkꞌulmatajik, pune xuꞌpixibꞌaj, ri winaq rukꞌ chuqꞌabꞌ xkitzijoj ri xkꞌulmatajik.
Jesus told ([the people/his friends]) not to tell anyone [what he had done]. But, although he ordered them [and others] repeatedly [not to tell anyone about it], they kept talking about it very much.
37 Ri winaq sibꞌalaj xemayijanik, xkibꞌij: Utz kubꞌan chubꞌanik taq le jastaq, kuꞌkunaj ri e tꞌoꞌyabꞌ xuqujeꞌ kuya kichꞌabꞌal ri e memabꞌ.
[People who heard about it] were utterly amazed and were saying [enthusiastically], “Everything he has done is wonderful! [Besides doing other amazing things], he enables deaf people to hear! And he enables those who cannot speak to speak!”
