Marko 7
1 Mafarisayo na baadhi ya walimu wa sheria waliokuwa wametoka Yerusalemu wakakusanyika mbele ya Yesu.
Now the Pharisees, and some scribes who came from Jerusalem, resorted to Jesus.
2 Wakawaona baadhi ya wanafunzi wake wakila chakula kwa mikono iliyo najisi, yaani, bila kunawa kama ilivyotakiwa na sheria ya dini ya Wayahudi.
And observing some of his disciples eating with impure hands, that is, unwashed hands;
3 (Kwa kuwa Mafarisayo na Wayahudi wote hawali chakula pasipo kunawa kwa kufuata desturi za wazee wao.
(for the Pharisees, and indeed all the Jews who observed the tradition of the elders, eat not until they have have washed their hands by pouring a little water upon them:
4 Wanapotoka sokoni hawawezi kula pasipo kunawa. Pia kuna desturi nyingine nyingi wanazofuata kama vile jinsi ya kuosha vikombe, vyungu na vyombo vya shaba.)
and if they be come from the market, by dipping them; and many other usages there are, which they have adopted, as immersions of cups and pots, and brazen vessels and beds: )
5 Kwa hiyo wale Mafarisayo na walimu wa sheria wakamuuliza Yesu, “Mbona wanafunzi wako hawafuati desturi za wazee, na badala yake wanakula kwa mikono najisi?”
then the Pharisees and Scribes asked him, Whence comes it that your disciples observe not the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?
6 Yesu akawajibu, “Nabii Isaya alisema ukweli alipotabiri juu yenu, ninyi wanafiki. Kama ilivyoandikwa: “‘Watu hawa huniheshimu kwa midomo yao, lakini mioyo yao iko mbali nami.
He answering, said to them, O hypocrites! well do you suit the character, which Isaiah gave of you, when he said, This people honor me with their lips; but their heart is estranged from me.
7 Huniabudu bure, nayo mafundisho yao ni maagizo ya wanadamu tu.’
In vain, however, they worship me, while they teach institutions merely human."
8 Ninyi mmeziacha amri za Mungu na kushika desturi za watu.”
For laying aside the commandment of God, you retain the traditions of men, immersions of pots and cups, and many other similar practices.
9 Naye akawaambia, “Ninyi mnayo njia nzuri ya kukataa amri za Mungu ili mpate kuyashika mapokeo yenu!
You judge well, continued he, in annulling the commandment of God, to make room for your traditions.
10 Kwa mfano, Mose alisema, ‘Waheshimu baba yako na mama yako,’ na, ‘Yeyote amtukanaye baba yake au mama yake, na auawe.’
For Moses has said, "Honor your father and mother" and "Whosoever reviles father or mother, shall be punished with death."
11 Lakini ninyi mwafundisha kwamba mtu akimwambia baba yake au mama yake, ‘Kile ambacho ningeweza kukusaidia ni Korbani’ (yaani kimewekwa wakfu kwa Mungu),
But you maintain, if a man say to father or mother, "Be it corban (that is, devoted) whatever of mine shall profit you";
12 basi hawajibiki tena kumsaidia baba yake au mama yake.
he must not thenceforth do anything for his father or mother;
13 Kwa njia hiyo ninyi mnabatilisha neno la Mungu kwa mapokeo yenu mliyojiwekea. Nanyi mnafanya mambo mengi ya aina hiyo.”
thus invalidating the word of God, by the tradition which you have established. And in many other instances you act thus.
14 Yesu akaita tena ule umati wa watu, akawaambia, “Nisikilizeni, kila mmoja wenu na mwelewe jambo hili.
Then having called the whole multitude, he said to them, Hearken to me all of you, and be instructed.
15 Hakuna kitu kinachomwingia mtu kimtiacho unajisi, lakini kile kimtokacho ndicho kimtiacho unajisi. [
There is nothing from without, which entering into the man, can pollute him; but the things which proceed from within the man, are the things that pollute him.
16 Kama mtu yeyote ana masikio ya kusikia na asikie.]”
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.
17 Akiisha kuuacha ule umati wa watu na kuingia ndani, wanafunzi wake wakamuuliza maana ya mfano ule.
When he had withdrawn from the people into a house, his disciples asked him the meaning of that sentence.
18 Akawajibu, “Je, hata nanyi hamwelewi? Je, hamfahamu kwamba kitu kimwingiacho mtu hakimtii unajisi?
He answered, Are you also void of understanding? Do you not perceive, that whatsoever from without enters into the man, can not pollute him;
19 Mtu akila kitu hakiingii moyoni mwake bali tumboni, na baadaye hutolewa nje ya mwili wake.” (Kwa kusema hivi, Yesu alivihalalisha vyakula vyote kuwa ni “safi.”)
because it enters not into his heart, but into his stomach, whence all impurities in the victuals pass into the sink.
20 Akaendelea kusema, “Kile kimtokacho mtu ndicho kimtiacho unajisi.
But, added he, that which proceeds out of the man, is what pollutes the man:
21 Kwa maana kutoka ndani ya moyo wa mtu hutoka mawazo mabaya, uasherati, wizi, uuaji, uzinzi,
for from within the human heart proceed vicious machinations, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,
22 tamaa mbaya, uovu, udanganyifu, ufisadi, wivu, matukano, kiburi na upumbavu.
insatiable desires, malevolence, fraud, immodesty, envy, calumny, arrogance, levity.
23 Maovu haya yote hutoka ndani ya mtu, nayo ndiyo yamtiayo mtu unajisi.”
All these evils issue from within, and pollute the man.
24 Ndipo Yesu akaondoka hapo akaenda sehemu za Tiro. Akaingia katika nyumba moja, naye hakutaka mtu yeyote ajue kwamba yuko humo. Lakini hakuweza kujificha.
Then he arose, and went to the frontiers of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered a house, he desired that none might know of him; but he could not be concealed.
25 Mara mwanamke mmoja, ambaye binti yake mdogo alikuwa na pepo mchafu, akaja na kumpigia magoti miguuni pake.
For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, hearing of him, came and threw herself at his feet,
26 Basi huyo mwanamke alikuwa Myunani, aliyezaliwa Foinike ya Siria. Akamsihi Yesu amtoe binti yake huyo pepo mchafu.
(the woman was a Greek, a native of Syrophenicia, ) and entreated him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.
27 Yesu akamwambia, “Waache watoto washibe kwanza, kwa maana si vyema kuchukua chakula cha watoto na kuwatupia mbwa.”
Jesus answered, Let the children first be satisfied; for it is not seemly to take the children bread, and throw it to the dogs.
28 Lakini yule mwanamke akamjibu, “Bwana, hata mbwa walio chini ya meza hula makombo ya chakula cha watoto.”
She replied, True, Sir; yet even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
29 Ndipo Yesu akamjibu, “Kwa sababu ya jibu lako, nenda zako nyumbani; yule pepo mchafu amemtoka binti yako.”
He said to her, For this answer go home; the demon is gone out of your daughter.
30 Akaenda zake nyumbani akamkuta binti yake amelala kitandani, yule pepo mchafu akiwa amemtoka.
Immediately she went home, and found her daughter lying upon the bed, and freed from the demon.
31 Kisha Yesu akaondoka sehemu za Tiro, akapita katikati ya Sidoni, hadi Bahari ya Galilaya na kuingia eneo la Dekapoli.
Then leaving the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he returned to the sea of Galilee, through the precincts of Decapolis.
32 Huko, watu wakamletea Yesu mtu mmoja kiziwi, ambaye pia alikuwa na kigugumizi, wakamwomba aweke mkono wake juu ya huyo mtu na amponye.
And they brought to him a deaf man, who had also an impediment in his speech, and entreated him to lay his hand upon him.
33 Baadaye Yesu akampeleka yule kiziwi kando mbali na watu, Yesu akatia vidole vyake masikioni mwa yule mtu. Kisha akatema mate na kuugusa ulimi wa yule mtu.
Jesus having taken him aside from the crowd, spit upon his own fingers, and put them into the man's ears, and touched his tongue.
34 Ndipo Yesu akatazama mbinguni, akavuta hewa ndani kwa nguvu akamwambia, “Efatha!” (yaani, “Funguka!”)
Then looking up to heaven, and sighing, he said, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35 Mara masikio yake yakafunguka na ulimi wake ukaachiliwa, akaanza kuongea sawasawa.
Immediately his ears were opened, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke distinctly.
36 Yesu akawaamuru wasimwambie mtu yeyote habari hizi. Lakini kadiri alivyowazuia, ndivyo walivyozidi kutangaza kwa bidii.
He charged them to tell no person: but the more he charged them, the more they published it,
37 Walistaajabu mno. Wakasema, “Amefanya mambo yote vizuri mno! Amewawezesha viziwi wasikie na bubu waseme!”
saying with inexpressible amazement, He does everything well: he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
