< Mak 7 >

1 Mach, wɨram untɨm Judand mɨŋam hamb nchonjɨrɨnd entaŋam mpehɨromŋganj. Mbɨ nchonjɨrɨnd enta han mpehɨroŋɨn are mbɨndɨŋ omanampɨra han usɨmah re unsa mɨnamŋgɨrɨm. Az wɨram untɨm Farisind hamb nchonjɨrɨnd entaŋam aŋkarɨpɨr mpehɨromŋganj. Mbɨ uŋkɨ eŋgweŋgwɨnd ampɨraŋ we ekwaŋg ai yamb imah re unsa mɨnamŋgɨrɨm. Mbɨ enta emŋgemŋga nchonjɨrɨv sɨmŋganj haŋam nchɨ tor sɨhomɨŋai yamb nand akŋ usuzɨnd enta han mpehɨromŋganj. Mach ave, wɨram kɨra ya Mosesɨnd injambɨr ahe sɨkahɨnd hamb, wɨram untɨm Farisind hamen awakŋi aiampɨra ohɨra Jerusalem erere Jisasɨnd pɨŋ aimŋgɨmar. Mbɨ ai wamŋgɨz Jisasɨnd sezɨr hamb mbɨndɨŋ omanampɨra ŋoz usi mɨnamŋgɨm, kɨrɨm mbɨ Yakŋ Ohɨrand ampɨn insɨŋ enta kɨvahɨnsɨnd ñi namŋgɨmar.
Then the Pharisees, with certain Scribes who had come from Jerusalem, came to Him in a body.
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They had noticed that some of His disciples were eating their food with 'unclean' (that is to say, unwashed) hands.
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(For the Pharisees and all the Jews--being, as they are, zealous for the traditions of the Elders--never eat without first carefully washing their hands,
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and when they come from market they will not eat without bathing first; and they have a good many other customs which they have received traditionally and cling to, such as the rinsing of cups and pots and of bronze utensils, and the washing of beds.)
5 Avɨz mbɨ Jisasɨh amarɨmŋgɨmar. Utɨndɨv amakɨr sezarɨv nchonjɨrɨnd enta han mpehɨromah ramŋgi arɨmŋgɨmar. Mbɨ mbɨndɨŋ omanampɨra ŋoz usi mɨnamŋgɨm ave mbɨ Yakŋ Ohɨrand ampɨn insɨŋ enta kɨvahɨnsɨnd ñi namŋgɨj arɨmŋgɨmar.
So the Pharisees and Scribes put the question to Him: "Why do your disciples transgress the traditions of the Elders, and eat their food with unclean hands?"
6 Az Jisasɨv ndɨŋ kamar. Andɨŋ wɨram kɨra yosand amar. Amɨ ya imbɨr akŋ kamŋgɨrɨnaŋg, kɨrɨm amɨ ya kehan mɨmpehɨromŋgɨrɨm amar. Aisaiah, wɨram Yakŋ Ohɨrand ya injambɨr ahe kahɨnd hamb, mbɨ andɨŋndɨv mɨŋun kamar amar. Yakŋ Ohɨrav Aisaiah kaz ya mbɨkɨr han njɨhame hanave mpamar. Osa anchɨ kehamb ihɨnd ensa han mbɨndɨŋ karupɨrɨŋon mamah ŋambiahamŋgɨj arar mpamar amar. Kɨrɨm mbɨ mbɨndɨŋ mpɨ han yandɨv meŋgwamŋgɨrɨm arar mpamar amar.
"Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites," He replied; "as it is written, "'This People honour Me with their lips, while their hearts are far away from Me:
7 Mbɨ wɨramɨnd entaŋam sɨkamŋgɨj arar mpamar amar. Ave mban Yakŋ Ohɨrand enta arar kamŋgɨj arar mpamar amar. Ave mbɨ handɨv ihɨnd ensa han mamah oreŋgeŋg yan ŋambiahamŋgɨj arar mpamar amar.
But idle is their devotion while they lay down precepts which are mere human rules.'
8 Amɨ Yakŋ Ohɨrand enta han erere wɨramɨnd entaŋam aŋkarɨpɨr mpehɨromŋgɨrɨn amar.
"You neglect God's Commandment: you hold fast to men's traditions."
9 Mach, Jisasɨv mbahon kamar. Amandɨŋ entaŋam mpehɨroŋɨn are, amɨ handɨv Yakŋ Ohɨrand enta han ontamŋgɨrɨn amar.
"Praiseworthy indeed!" He added, "to set at nought God's Commandment in order to observe your own traditions!
10 Mach, Mosesɨv kamar amar. Amɨ yaŋar onarɨnd kwɨŋ ñi mbɨndɨŋ njɨhiŋam ŋamb arar kamar amar. Mach, Mosesɨv mbahon kamar amar. Wɨramb mɨŋɨr wanɨrɨh ya kɨvah kandari hamb, mbɨ maz arar kamar amar.
For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother' and again, 'He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.'
11 Kɨrɨm nend amar. Amɨ Yakŋ Ohɨrand ya han njɨhamɨmah re mbanave kamŋgɨrɨn amar. Wɨramb mɨŋɨr wanɨrɨh kaŋɨnj, nzɨ hanɨhan ihɨnd han ŋe andɨŋ imbɨr hɨrawɨmɨñaŋg, kɨrɨm nend arar kaŋɨnj arar kamŋgɨrɨn amar. Nzɨ hanɨhan ihɨnd han ŋe Yakŋ Ohɨra ndɨh eŋgwin arar kaŋɨnj arar kamŋgɨrɨn amar.
But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, It is a Korban (that is, a thing devoted to God), whatever it is, which otherwise you would have received from me--'
12 Wɨram mbanamb hanavɨz amɨ ndɨn kamŋgɨrɨn amar. Amɨ hanɨhan amakɨr han ŋe yaŋar onar hɨrawɨmɨn arar kamŋgɨrɨn amar.
And so you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or mother,
13 Mach, enta amɨ sɨmŋgɨrɨn hamb raz, amɨ Yakŋ Ohɨrand ya han ŋambiŋgwɨmŋgɨz, Yakŋ Ohɨrand ya hamb aŋkarɨpɨr mah amar. Amɨ enta akŋ pɨr akŋ han si wɨram emŋgemŋga han hanavav sɨkamŋgɨrɨn amar.
thus nullifying God's precept by your tradition which you have handed down. And many things of that kind you do."
14 Mach, Jisasɨv ekwaŋg wɨram akŋ anchɨ akŋ han oreŋgɨz aimŋgɨmar. Aimŋgɨz kamar. Amɨ mɨŋam ihɨnd ya njɨhame omanenta wavar amar.
Then Jesus called the people to Him again. "Listen to me, all of you," He said, "and understand.
15 Hanɨhan han wɨramb ŋe namŋgɨj han, wɨramb han ŋe ne wɨram kɨvah mahevakarɨndɨram amar. Njɨhi kɨvah kɨvah wɨramb njɨhamŋgɨj han, wɨramb njɨhi kehan njɨhame si wɨram kɨvah ahevakarɨndari amar.
There is nothing outside a man which entering him can make him unclean; but it is the things which come out of a man that make him unclean."
17 Mach, Jisasɨv wɨram akŋ anchɨ akŋ han erere oramɨŋ we ahevohe ñɨzand sezɨrɨv ndɨn ya ahɨmbɨnd ondo handɨv amarɨmŋgɨmar.
After He had left the crowd and gone indoors, His disciples began to ask Him about this figure of speech.
18 Az ndɨŋɨh kamar. Andɨŋez njɨhi mah oh a amar. Amɨ mɨwamŋgɨrɨm toh amar. Mɨrunsa injambɨrɨŋ ñɨz wɨramb ŋe namŋgɨj han, wɨramb han ŋe ne wɨram kɨvah mahevakarɨndɨram amar. Mɨrunsa kehamb mpɨ unchaŋ we akand empaŋam we akoramɨŋ oj amar. Ave unsa nanɨnd kehamb wɨram kɨvah mɨsɨrɨm amar. (Jisasɨnd ya ondo han mbanɨmb: Yakŋ Ohɨrav waz mɨrunsa endɨraparam nanɨnd han mbɨkɨr ampɨn insɨ han imbɨrvamun ñɨj.)
"Have you also so little understanding?" He replied; "do you not understand that anything whatever that enters a man from outside cannot make him unclean,
because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and passes away ejected from him?" By these words Jesus pronounced all kinds of food clean.
20 Ave Jisasɨv mbahon kamar. Njɨhi kɨvah kɨvah wɨramb njɨhamŋgɨj han, wɨramb njɨhi kehan njɨhame si wɨram kɨvah ahevakarɨndari amar.
"What comes out of a man," He added, "that it is which makes him unclean.
21 Njɨhi kɨvah kɨvah, osamen anchɨmen ndand, akɨm ŋaŋ, wɨram mamta oror, ntichij, enta kɨvah kɨvah, wɨram yosa kahɨnd, yahɨrɨz asambar ndand, ambarawɨrɨwɨr, ya mapɨŋ kah, Yakŋ Ohɨra yarahe kah, nzonam arar kah, wɨram njɨhi mah Yakŋ Ohɨrandɨv mɨnjɨhamɨrɨm, han enta kɨvah kɨvah wɨramb njɨhamŋgɨj kehamb wɨram kɨvah sɨj amar.
For from within, out of men's hearts, their evil purposes proceed--fornication, theft, murder, adultery,
covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless folly:
all these wicked things come out from within and make a man unclean."
24 Mach, Jisasɨv ŋaiahe isupɨr mban erere isupɨr aiampɨra Tairɨnd handɨh omar. We oram ahevohe ñi ndɨŋ erokare kamar. Wɨram emŋgavaŋg kamŋgɨmɨn amar. Jisasɨv mbah ñɨñmbɨri arar kamŋgɨmɨn amar. Kɨrɨm nend. Osa anchɨ hamb Jisasɨv oramɨŋ ñɨmar han, han wamŋgɨmar.
Then He rose and left that place and went into the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon. Here He entered a house and wished no one to know it, but He could not escape observation.
25 Mach, anchɨ emŋga nanch mbɨkɨr han itɨ kɨvahɨnsɨnd hamb Jisasɨv ñɨmar han njɨhamɨmar. Anchɨ kehan untɨm Judand mah. Ndɨn untɨm Fonisiand isupɨr Siriand. Az mach, pams haŋon mbɨ Jisasɨnd pɨŋ ai andamesa mpɨrorɨzɨŋgwɨmar. Ave mbɨ Jisasɨh amarɨmar. Itɨ kɨvah hamb ihɨnd nanchɨŋ ŋgɨŋe awarohe ñɨñmbɨri amar. Amɨ itɨ kɨvah han kiaŋgwɨn ihɨnd nanch han erere etoz amar.
Forthwith a woman whose little daughter was possessed by a foul spirit heard of Him, and came and flung herself at His feet.
She was a Gentile woman, a Syro-phoenician by nation: and again and again she begged Him to expel the demon from her daughter.
27 Avɨz Jisasɨv ndɨn kamar. Arɨ nornanchɨnd unsa han ŋe uvi nor han meŋkwanarɨm amar. Arɨ nornanch ŋoz unsa han eŋkwanararɨŋ amar.
"Let the children first eat all they want," He said; "it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
28 Avɨz mbɨ Jisasɨh mbɨŋ ke kamar. Wɨram Ohɨra, han mɨŋun amar. Kɨrɨm uvi nor hambez antɨm kwɨŋ ñi unsa ekeka nornanchɨv hɨrɨzɨŋgamŋgɨj han namŋgɨjaŋg amar.
"True, Sir," she replied, "and yet the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps."
29 Az Jisasɨv kamar. Amɨ ya han imbɨrun kan amar. Handɨv itɨ kɨvah hamb nancharɨh ndɨh ereri amar. Amɨ ekwaŋg ov amar.
"For those words of yours, go home," He replied; "the demon has gone out of your daughter."
30 Hanave kaz anchɨ mbanamb mbɨkɨr oramɨŋ ekwaŋg we waz itɨ kɨvah hamb etoz, nanchɨrɨv antɨmɨŋ ŋgañɨmar.
So she went home, and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
31 Mach, Jisasɨv isupɨr aiampɨra Tairɨnd erere ekwaŋg we aiampɨra Saidon ahevakarɨmar. Ahevakare avɨhohe isupɨr ohɨra Dekapolis uhɨmɨŋun akoke yamb ohɨra ondɨhondɨh Galilind ahevakarɨmar.
Returning from the neighbourhood of Tyre, He came by way of Sidon to the Lake of Galilee, passing through the district of the Ten Towns.
32 Ahevakare handɨh ñɨzand wɨram emŋgemŋga hamb wɨram njemɨn kɨvahɨnsɨnd han ŋe ndɨn hɨraimŋgɨmar. Mbɨ ya hɨreŋɨnd kanj. Mach, mbɨ wɨram kehan hɨrai Jisasɨh ndɨn omanaka insɨŋ ŋgamamɨndɨv mbahon mbahon amarɨmŋgɨmar.
Here they brought to Him a deaf man that stammered, on whom they begged Him to lay His hands.
33 Avɨz Jisasɨv wɨram mban ŋe osa anchɨ han erere hɨrohe, mbon ikumun ñɨmŋgɨmar. Ñɨmŋgɨz Jisasɨv omanamp mbɨkɨr han njemɨn ŋkiŋg ŋkiŋg sɨhoŋamar. Sɨhoŋe omanamp mbɨkɨr han mpɨñ atazivi wɨram mband zɨhina han mparɨwamar.
So Jesus taking him aside, apart from the crowd, put His fingers into his ears, and spat, and moistened his tongue;
34 Mach, Jisasɨv ñaŋ sɨhawarohe wɨr aŋkarɨpɨr savɨzɨŋgwi ndɨn kamar. Efata amar. (Jisasɨnd ya mbanand ondo han mbanɨmb: njemɨn uyaki amar.)
and looking up to Heaven He sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" (that is, "Open!")
35 Hanave kaz njemɨn mbɨkɨr hamb uyakaz zɨhina mbɨkɨr hamb imbɨr raz, ya omanenta kamar.
And the man's ears were opened, and his tongue became untied, and he began to speak perfectly.
36 Avɨz Jisasɨv osa anchɨ han erokare kamar. Wɨram emŋgemŋga kamŋgɨmɨn amar. Az nend. Jisasɨv ndɨŋ erokarɨzaŋg, osa anchɨ hamb ya aŋkarɨpɨr kampɨhe Jisasɨv utuhutuh sɨmar handɨv kamŋgɨmar.
Then Jesus charged them to tell no one; but the more He charged them, all the more did they spread the news far and wide.
37 Ave ndɨŋ zɨŋɨmb aŋkarɨpɨr pɨrorɨŋgaz kamŋgɨmar. Aia arɨmŋgɨmar. Jisasɨv utuhutuh omanenta raj arɨmŋgɨmar. Njemɨn kɨvahɨnsɨnd han, Jisasɨv ndɨŋ omanenta sɨz mbɨ njɨhamŋgɨj arɨmŋgɨmar. Ave karupɨr mahɨnsɨnd han, Jisasɨv ndɨŋez omanenta sɨz mbɨ kamŋgɨj arɨmŋgɨmar.
The amazement was extreme. "He succeeds in everything he attempts," they exclaimed; "he even makes deaf men hear and dumb men speak!"

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