Marko 7
1 Mafarisayo na baadhi ya walimu wa sheria waliokuwa wametoka Yerusalemu wakakusanyika mbele ya Yesu.
And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which had come from Jerusalem,
2 Wakawaona baadhi ya wanafunzi wake wakila chakula kwa mikono iliyo najisi, yaani, bila kunawa kama ilivyotakiwa na sheria ya dini ya Wayahudi.
and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.
3 (Kwa kuwa Mafarisayo na Wayahudi wote hawali chakula pasipo kunawa kwa kufuata desturi za wazee wao.
For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders:
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 [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 Kwa hiyo wale Mafarisayo na walimu wa sheria wakamuuliza Yesu, “Mbona wanafunzi wako hawafuati desturi za wazee, na badala yake wanakula kwa mikono najisi?”
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 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.
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 Huniabudu bure, nayo mafundisho yao ni maagizo ya wanadamu tu.’
But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.
8 Ninyi mmeziacha amri za Mungu na kushika desturi za watu.”
Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.
9 Naye akawaambia, “Ninyi mnayo njia nzuri ya kukataa amri za Mungu ili mpate kuyashika mapokeo yenu!
And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.
10 Kwa mfano, Mose alisema, ‘Waheshimu baba yako na mama yako,’ na, ‘Yeyote amtukanaye baba yake au mama yake, na auawe.’
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the 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 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 basi hawajibiki tena kumsaidia baba yake au mama yake.
ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;
13 Kwa njia hiyo ninyi mnabatilisha neno la Mungu kwa mapokeo yenu mliyojiwekea. Nanyi mnafanya mambo mengi ya aina hiyo.”
making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.
14 Yesu akaita tena ule umati wa watu, akawaambia, “Nisikilizeni, kila mmoja wenu na mwelewe jambo hili.
And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand:
15 Hakuna kitu kinachomwingia mtu kimtiacho unajisi, lakini kile kimtokacho ndicho kimtiacho unajisi. [
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 Kama mtu yeyote ana masikio ya kusikia na asikie.]”
17 Akiisha kuuacha ule umati wa watu na kuingia ndani, wanafunzi wake wakamuuliza maana ya mfano ule.
And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.
18 Akawajibu, “Je, hata nanyi hamwelewi? Je, hamfahamu kwamba kitu kimwingiacho mtu hakimtii unajisi?
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 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 goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? [This he said], making all meats clean.
20 Akaendelea kusema, “Kile kimtokacho mtu ndicho kimtiacho unajisi.
And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 Kwa maana kutoka ndani ya moyo wa mtu hutoka mawazo mabaya, uasherati, wizi, uuaji, uzinzi,
For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
22 tamaa mbaya, uovu, udanganyifu, ufisadi, wivu, matukano, kiburi na upumbavu.
covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
23 Maovu haya yote hutoka ndani ya mtu, nayo ndiyo yamtiayo mtu unajisi.”
all these evil things proceed from within, and defile 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.
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 Mara mwanamke mmoja, ambaye binti yake mdogo alikuwa na pepo mchafu, akaja na kumpigia magoti miguuni pake.
But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.
26 Basi huyo mwanamke alikuwa Myunani, aliyezaliwa Foinike ya Siria. Akamsihi Yesu amtoe binti yake huyo pepo mchafu.
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 Yesu akamwambia, “Waache watoto washibe kwanza, kwa maana si vyema kuchukua chakula cha watoto na kuwatupia mbwa.”
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 Lakini yule mwanamke akamjibu, “Bwana, hata mbwa walio chini ya meza hula makombo ya chakula cha watoto.”
But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord: 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.”
And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
30 Akaenda zake nyumbani akamkuta binti yake amelala kitandani, yule pepo mchafu akiwa amemtoka.
And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and the devil gone out.
31 Kisha Yesu akaondoka sehemu za Tiro, akapita katikati ya Sidoni, hadi Bahari ya Galilaya na kuingia eneo la Dekapoli.
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 Huko, watu wakamletea Yesu mtu mmoja kiziwi, ambaye pia alikuwa na kigugumizi, wakamwomba aweke mkono wake juu ya huyo mtu na amponye.
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 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.
And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;
34 Ndipo Yesu akatazama mbinguni, akavuta hewa ndani kwa nguvu akamwambia, “Efatha!” (yaani, “Funguka!”)
and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35 Mara masikio yake yakafunguka na ulimi wake ukaachiliwa, akaanza kuongea sawasawa.
And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
36 Yesu akawaamuru wasimwambie mtu yeyote habari hizi. Lakini kadiri alivyowazuia, ndivyo walivyozidi kutangaza kwa bidii.
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 Walistaajabu mno. Wakasema, “Amefanya mambo yote vizuri mno! Amewawezesha viziwi wasikie na bubu waseme!”
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.
