UMakho 7
1 AbaFarisi labanye abafundisi bomthetho ababesuka eJerusalema babuthana kuJesu
And there gathered about him Pharisees and Scribes, who had come from Jerusalem.
2 babona abanye abafundi bakhe besidla ukudla ngezandla ezazingahlanzekanga, okutsho ukuthi zazingagezwanga.
And they saw some of his disciples eating bread, with their hands unwashed; and they censured it.
3 (AbaFarisi labaJuda bonke kabadli bengagezanga izandla zabo ngokomthetho, belandela isiko labadala.
For all the Jews and the Pharisees, unless they carefully wash their hands do not eat; because they hold fast the tradition of the Elders.
4 Nxa bevela emsikeni kabadli bengaqalanga bageza. Balandela amasiko amanengi, njengokugezisa amankomitsho, indiwo lamagedlela.)
And coming from the market-place, except they baptize, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received to observe, such as the baptisms of cups, and of pots, and of brazen vessels, and of couches.
5 Ngakho abaFarisi labafundisi bomthetho bambuza uJesu bathi, “Kungani abafundi bakho bengalandeli amasiko abadala kulokudla ukudla kwabo ngezandla ‘ezingahlanzekanga na’?”
And the Scribes and Pharisees asked him: Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the Elders, but eat bread with their hands unwashed?
6 Waphendula wathi, “U-Isaya wayeqinisile aze aphrofithe ngani lina bazenzisi; njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Lababantu bangidumisa ngezindebe zabo, kodwa inhliziyo zabo zikhatshana lami.
And he said to them: Well did Isaiah the prophet prophecy concerning you, ye hypocrites; as it is written: This people honoreth me with its lips, but their heart is very far from me.
7 Bangikhonza ngeze; imfundiso yabo yimithetho kuphela evela ebantwini.’
And in vain do they give me reverence, while teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.
8 Seliyekele imilayo kaNkulunkulu labambelela emasikweni abantu.”
For ye have forsaken the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men, the baptisms of cups, and of pots, and many things like these.
9 Wasesithi kubo, “Lilendledlana yenu yokufuqela eceleni imilayo kaNkulunkulu ukuze lilandele amasiko enu!
He said also to them: Full well do ye spurn the precept of God, that ye may establish your tradition!
10 Phela uMosi wathi, ‘Hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko’njalo, ‘Lowo othuka uyise loba unina kumele abulawe.’
For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and whoever shall revile his father or his mother, shall surely die.
11 Kodwa lina lithi nxa umuntu esithi lokho obekungaba lusizo kuyise kumbe unina liKhobhani (okutsho ukuthi yisipho esabelwe uNkulunkulu),
But ye say: If a man say to his father or to his mother, Be it my oblation, whatever thou mayest gain from me:
12 beselisithi angamenzeli lutho uyise loba unina.
then ye suffer him not to do any thing for his father or his mother.
13 Ngaleyondlela lichitha ilizwi likaNkulunkulu ngamasiko enu eliwedlulisela kuzizukulwane zenu. Futhi lenza izinto ezinengi ezinjalo.”
And ye reject the word of God, on account of the tradition which ye hand down. And many things like these, ye do.
14 UJesu waphinda wabiza ixuku labantu wathi, “Lalelani kimi lonke, lizwisise lokhu.
And Jesus called all the multitude, and said to them: Hear, all ye; and understand.
15 Kakulalutho olungaphandle komuntu olungamenza ‘angahlanzeki’ ngokungena kuye. Kodwa yilokho okuphuma phakathi komuntu okuyikho okumenza ‘angahlanzeki.’ [
There is nothing without a man which, by entering him, can pollute him. But that which cometh out of him, that it is that polluteth a man.
16 Nxa ekhona olendlebe zokuzwa kezwe.]”
Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.
17 Esesukile exukwini labantu wangena endlini abafundi bakhe bambuza ngomzekeliso lo.
And when Jesus had entered the house, apart from the multitude, his disciples asked him about this similitude.
18 Wabuza wathi, “Kaliqedisisi ngani na? Kalikuboni yini ukuthi kakulalutho olungena emuntwini lusuka ngaphandle olungamenza ‘angahlanzeki’?
And he said to them: Are ye likewise so undiscerning? Do ye not know, that whatever from without entereth into a man, cannot defile him?
19 Ngoba kalungeni enhliziyweni yakhe kodwa luya esiswini sakhe luphinde luphume emzimbeni wakhe.” (Ngokutsho lokhu uJesu waphawula ukuthi konke ukudla kuhlanzekile.)
For it doth not enter into his heart, but into his belly, and is thrown into the digestive process, which carries off all that is eaten.
20 Waqhubeka wathi: “Okuphuma phakathi komuntu yikho okumngcolisayo.
But that which proceedeth from a man, that defileth a man.
21 Ngoba okusuka ngaphakathi, okusuka enhliziyweni, kuphuma imicabango emibi, ukuhlobonga, ubusela, ukubulala, ukufeba,
For from within, from the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adultery, whoredom,
22 ubuhwaba, umona, ubuqili, ukuxhwala, umhawu, ukugcona, ubuqholo lobuthutha.
theft, murder, avarice, malice, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, reviling, haughtiness, folly.
23 Zonke lezi izono ziphuma ngaphakathi zenze umuntu angcole.”
All these evil things come from within, and defile a man.
24 UJesu wasuka kuleyondawo waya emangweni waseThire. Wangena endlini kodwa kafunanga ukuthi kwaziwe; kodwa wayengeke azifihle ukuthi ukhona.
Thence Jesus arose, and went to the border of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and wished no man to know him; but he could not be concealed.
25 Owesifazane owayelendodakazi yakhe encinyane eyayilomoya omubi wonela ukuzwa ngaye weza wayazilahla ezinyaweni zakhe.
For immediately a woman, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him; and she came, and fell before his feet,
26 Umfazi lo wayengumGrikhi, owazalelwa eFenikhe yaseSiriya. Wancenga uJesu ukuthi akhuphe idimoni endodakazini yakhe.
(the woman was a Gentile from Phenicia of Syria), and besought him, that he would expel the demon from her daughter.
27 Wamtshela wathi kuye, “Qala wekele abantwana badle basuthe, ngoba kakulunganga ukuthatha isinkwa sabantwana usiphosele izinja.”
Jesus said to her: Permit the children first to be satisfied; for it is not becoming, to take the children's bread and cast it to dogs.
28 Wathi owesifazane, “Yebo, Nkosi, kodwa izinja lazo ezingaphansi kwetafula ziyadla imvuthuluka.”
And she replied, and said to him: Yes, my Lord: and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.
29 UJesu wamtshela wathi, “Ngenxa yempendulo enhle kangaka usungahamba; idimoni seliphumile endodakazini yakho.”
Jesus said to her: Go thou; because of this speech, the demon hath departed from thy daughter.
30 Owesifazane wabuyela ekhaya wafumana umntanakhe elele embhedeni, idimoni selihambile.
And she went to her house, and found her daughter lying on a bed, and the demon gone from her.
31 UJesu wasesuka endaweni yeThire wadabula eSidoni waze wayafika oLwandle lwaseGalile wehla waya emangweni waseDekhapholisi.
Again Jesus departed from the border of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, to the border of Decapolis.
32 Khonale abantu bamlethela indoda eyayiyisacuthe isehluleka lokukhuluma, bamcela ukuthi abeke isandla sakhe phezu kwayo.
And they brought to him a deaf and stammering man, and besought him to lay his hand on him.
33 UJesu wayisusela eceleni kwexuku labantu wasefaka iminwe yakhe ezindlebeni zaleyondoda. Wasekhafula wathinta ulimi lwayo indoda.
And he led him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and spit, and touched his tongue,
34 Wakhangela ezulwini wakhokha umoya wathi kuyo, “Efifatha!” (okutsho ukuthi, “Vuleka!”).
and looked towards heaven, and sighed, and said to him: Be opened.
35 Ngalokhu indlebe zendoda zavuleka, ulimi lwayo lwatshwaphuluka yahle yaqalisa ukukhuluma kuhle.
And immediately his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plainly.
36 UJesu wabaqonqosela ukuthi bangatsheli muntu. Kodwa wathi ngokwenza njalo baqhubeka ngamandla befakaza ngakho.
And he charged them to tell no man of it: and the more he charged them, the more they proclaimed it.
37 Abantu bamangala baphela amandla. Bathi, “Konke asekwenzile kuhle. Uyenza futhi lezacuthe zizwe, lezimungulu zikhulume.”
And they admired exceedingly, and said: He doeth every thing excellently: he maketh the deaf to hear, and the speechless to talk.
