Marko 7
1 Mafarisayo na baadhi ya walimu wa sheria waliokuwa wametoka Yerusalemu wakakusanyika mbele ya Yesu.
The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him.
2 Wakawaona baadhi ya wanafunzi wake wakila chakula kwa mikono iliyo najisi, yaani, bila kunawa kama ilivyotakiwa na sheria ya dini ya Wayahudi.
They saw that some of his disciples ate bread with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed.
3 (Kwa kuwa Mafarisayo na Wayahudi wote hawali chakula pasipo kunawa kwa kufuata desturi za wazee wao.
(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands, because they hold to 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.)
When the Pharisees come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe themselves, and they hold fast to many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pots, copper vessels, and the couches upon which they eat.)
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?”
The Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, for they eat their bread 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.
But he said to them, “Isaiah prophesied well about you hypocrites. He wrote, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 Huniabudu bure, nayo mafundisho yao ni maagizo ya wanadamu tu.’
Empty worship they offer me, teaching the rules of men as their doctrines.'
8 Ninyi mmeziacha amri za Mungu na kushika desturi za watu.”
You abandon the commandment of God and hold fast to the tradition of men.”
9 Naye akawaambia, “Ninyi mnayo njia nzuri ya kukataa amri za Mungu ili mpate kuyashika mapokeo yenu!
He also said to them, “How well you reject the commandment of God so you 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, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of his father or mother will surely die.'
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 say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, “Whatever help you would have received from me is Corban”' (that is to say, 'Given to God'),
12 basi hawajibiki tena kumsaidia baba yake au mama yake.
then you no longer permit him to do anything 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.”
You are making the commandment of God void by your tradition which you have handed down. And many similar things you do.”
14 Yesu akaita tena ule umati wa watu, akawaambia, “Nisikilizeni, kila mmoja wenu na mwelewe jambo hili.
He called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and understand.
15 Hakuna kitu kinachomwingia mtu kimtiacho unajisi, lakini kile kimtokacho ndicho kimtiacho unajisi. [
There is nothing from outside of a person that can defile him when it enters into him. It is what comes out of the person that defiles him.”
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.
Now when Jesus left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
18 Akawajibu, “Je, hata nanyi hamwelewi? Je, hamfahamu kwamba kitu kimwingiacho mtu hakimtii unajisi?
Jesus said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever enters into a person from outside 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 cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the latrine?” With this statement Jesus declared all foods clean.
20 Akaendelea kusema, “Kile kimtokacho mtu ndicho kimtiacho unajisi.
He said, “It is that which comes out of the person that defiles him.
21 Kwa maana kutoka ndani ya moyo wa mtu hutoka mawazo mabaya, uasherati, wizi, uuaji, uzinzi,
For from within a person, out of the heart, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
22 tamaa mbaya, uovu, udanganyifu, ufisadi, wivu, matukano, kiburi na upumbavu.
adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, folly.
23 Maovu haya yote hutoka ndani ya mtu, nayo ndiyo yamtiayo mtu unajisi.”
All these evils come from within, and they are what defile a person.”
24 Ndipo Yesu akaondoka hapo akaenda sehemu za Tiro. Akaingia katika nyumba moja, naye hakutaka mtu yeyote ajue kwamba yuko humo. Lakini hakuweza kujificha.
He got up from there and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. There he went into a house and he wanted no one to know where he was, but he could not be hidden.
25 Mara mwanamke mmoja, ambaye binti yake mdogo alikuwa na pepo mchafu, akaja na kumpigia magoti miguuni pake.
In fact, as soon a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him, she 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 descent. She begged him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
27 Yesu akamwambia, “Waache watoto washibe kwanza, kwa maana si vyema kuchukua chakula cha watoto na kuwatupia mbwa.”
He said to her, “Let the children first be fed. For it is not right to take the children's 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.”
But she answered and said to him, “Yes, Lord, even the dogs under the table eat 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, “Because you have said this, you are free to go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
30 Akaenda zake nyumbani akamkuta binti yake amelala kitandani, yule pepo mchafu akiwa amemtoka.
She went back to her house and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon was gone.
31 Kisha Yesu akaondoka sehemu za Tiro, akapita katikati ya Sidoni, hadi Bahari ya Galilaya na kuingia eneo la Dekapoli.
Then he went out again from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee up into the region of the Decapolis.
32 Huko, watu wakamletea Yesu mtu mmoja kiziwi, ambaye pia alikuwa na kigugumizi, wakamwomba aweke mkono wake juu ya huyo mtu na amponye.
They brought to him someone who was deaf and had difficulty speaking, and they begged him to lay his hand on 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.
He took him aside from the crowd privately, and he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.
34 Ndipo Yesu akatazama mbinguni, akavuta hewa ndani kwa nguvu akamwambia, “Efatha!” (yaani, “Funguka!”)
He looked up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is to say, “Open!”
35 Mara masikio yake yakafunguka na ulimi wake ukaachiliwa, akaanza kuongea sawasawa.
At once his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.
36 Yesu akawaamuru wasimwambie mtu yeyote habari hizi. Lakini kadiri alivyowazuia, ndivyo walivyozidi kutangaza kwa bidii.
Jesus ordered them to tell no one. But the more he ordered them, the more abundantly they proclaimed it.
37 Walistaajabu mno. Wakasema, “Amefanya mambo yote vizuri mno! Amewawezesha viziwi wasikie na bubu waseme!”
They were extremely astonished, saying, “He has done all things well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
