UMakho 7
1 Kwasekubuthana kuye abaFarisi, labanye bababhali, ababevela eJerusalema;
And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which had come from Jerusalem,
2 sebebonile ukuthi abanye babafundi bakhe badla izinkwa ngezandla ezingcolileyo, okuyikuthi ezingagezwanga, basola.
and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.
3 Ngoba abaFarisi lamaJuda bonke kabadli, ngaphandle kokuthi bagezisise izandla zabo, belondoloza isiko labadala.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders:
4 Nxa bevela emdangeni, kabadli, ngaphandle kokuthi bageze; futhi zikhona ezinye izinto ezinengi abazemukelayo ukuzilondoloza, ukugezisa inkezo lembiza lezitsha zethusi lemibheda.
and [when they come] from the marketplace, except they wash themselves, they eat not: and many other things there be, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.
5 Emva kwalokhu abaFarisi lababhali bambuza bathi: Kungani abafundi bakho bengahambi ngesiko labadala, kodwa badla isinkwa ngezandla ezingahlanjwanga?
And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?
6 Kodwa waphendula wathi kubo: UIsaya waprofetha kuhle ngani lina bazenzisi, njengokulotshiweyo ukuthi: Lesisizwe singidumisa ngezindebe, kodwa inhliziyo yabo ikhatshana lami.
And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
7 Kodwa zingikhonza ngeze, zifundisa izimfundiso eziyimilayo yabantu.
But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.
8 Ngoba liyekela umlayo kaNkulunkulu, ligcine isiko labantu, ukugezisa imbiza lenkezo; lezinye izinto ezinengi ezinjalo liyazenza.
Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.
9 Wasesithi kubo: Liyachitha kuhle umlayo kaNkulunkulu, ukuze lilondoloze isiko lenu.
And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.
10 Ngoba uMozisi wathi: Hlonipha uyihlo lonyoko; lokuthi: Othuka uyise kumbe unina kumele afe ukufa;
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:
11 kodwa lina lithi: Aluba umuntu esithi kuyise kumbe kunina: Lokho obungasizwa yimi ngakho, "liKhobane", okuyikuthi umnikelo kuNkulunkulu;
but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God];
12 kalisamvumeli ukwenzela uyise kumbe unina ulutho,
ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;
13 lilenza ize ilizwi likaNkulunkulu ngesiko lenu eliliqhubayo; lezinto ezinengi ezinjalo liyazenza.
making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
14 Esebizile kuye ixuku lonke, wathi kilo: Ngilalelani lonke, liqedisise.
And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand:
15 Kalukho ulutho olungaphandle komuntu olungamngcolisa lungena kuye; kodwa izinto eziphuma kuye, yizo lezo ezingcolisa umuntu.
there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him: but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.
16 Uba ekhona olendlebe zokuzwa akezwe.
17 Esengenile endlini evela exukwini, abafundi bakhe bambuza ngomfanekiso.
And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.
18 Wasesithi kubo: Ngokunjalo lani lingabangelakuqedisisa yini? Kaliqedisisi yini ukuthi konke okungaphandle okungena emuntwini kungemngcolise?
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, [it] cannot defile him;
19 Ngoba kakungeni enhliziyweni yakhe, kodwa esiswini, kuphumele ngaphandle, kuhlambulula ukudla konke.
because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? [This he said], making all meats clean.
20 Wasesithi: Okuphumayo emuntwini, yikho okungcolisa umuntu.
And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 Ngoba kuphuma ngaphakathi enhliziyweni yabantu imicabango emibi, ukuphinga, ukufeba, ukubulala,
For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
22 ukweba, ubuhwaba, ukuxhwala, inkohliso, amanyala, ilihlo elibi, inhlamba, ukuzigqaja, ubuthutha;
covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
23 zonke lezizinto ezimbi zivela ngaphakathi, zimngcolise umuntu.
all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.
24 Wasesukuma lapho waya emikhawulweni yeTire leSidoni. Wangena endlini, engathandi ukuthi kwaziwe muntu, kodwa wayengelakufihlakala.
And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it: and he could not be hid.
25 Ngoba owesifazana, olentombazana yakhe elomoya ongcolileyo, esezwile ngaye, weza wawa phansi enyaweni zakhe;
But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
26 njalo owesifazana wayengumGriki, engumSirofenike ngokuzalwa; wasemncenga ukuthi akhuphe idimoni endodakazini yakhe.
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
27 Kodwa uJesu wathi kuye: Ake kusuthe abantwana kuqala; ngoba kakukuhle ukuthatha isinkwa sabantwana sisiphosele izinjana.
And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.
28 Kodwa waphendula wathi kuye: Yebo, Nkosi; kodwa lezinjana ezingaphansi kwetafula ziyadla imvuthuluka yabantwana.
But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord: even the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.
29 Wasesithi kuye: Ngenxa yalokhukutsho hamba-ke; idimoni liphumile endodakazini yakho.
And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
30 Wasesuka waya endlini yakhe, wafica idimoni seliphumile, lendodakazi ilele embhedeni.
And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out.
31 Wasebuya wasuka emikhawulweni yeTire leSidoni, weza elwandle lweGalili, phakathi kwemikhawulo yeDikapolisi.
And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.
32 Basebeletha kuye isacuthe esigagasayo, bamncenga ukuthi abeke isandla sakhe phezu kwaso.
And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.
33 Wasesikhupha exukwini sabasodwa, wafaka iminwe yakhe endlebeni zaso, wakhafula wathinta ulimi lwaso,
And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;
34 ekhangela phezulu ezulwini, wabubula, wathi kuso: "Efatha"; okuyikuthi: Vulwa!
and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35 Njalo zahle zavulwa indlebe zaso; yasithukululwa intambo yolimi lwaso, sasesikhuluma saqonda.
And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
36 Wasebalaya ukuthi bangatsheli muntu; kodwa lanxa wayebalayile kakhulu, kwang'khona bekumemezela ngamandla.
And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it.
37 Basebemangala kakhulukazi sibili, bathi: Uzenzile kuhle izinto zonke; wenza kokubili izacuthe ukuthi zizwe, lezimungulu ukuthi zikhulume.
And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
