Mathayo 15
1 Ndipo baadhi ya Mafarisayo na walimu wa sheria wakamjia Yesu kutoka Yerusalemu na kumuuliza,
Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, who were of Jerusalem, saying,
2 “Mbona wanafunzi wako wanakiuka mapokeo ya wazee? Kwa maana wao hawanawi mikono yao kabla ya kula!”
Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3 Yesu akawajibu, “Mbona ninyi mnavunja amri ya Mungu kwa ajili ya mapokeo yenu?
But he answered and said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
4 Kwa maana Mungu alisema, ‘Waheshimu baba yako na mama yako,’ na, ‘Yeyote amtukanaye baba yake au mama yake, na auawe.’
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 Lakini ninyi mwafundisha kwamba mtu akimwambia baba yake au mama yake, ‘Kile ambacho ningeweza kukusaidia kimewekwa wakfu kwa Mungu,’
But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever thou mightest be profited by me;
6 basi hana tena sababu ya kumheshimu baba yake nacho. Basi kwa ajili ya mafundisho yenu mnavunja amri ya Mungu.
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
7 Ninyi wanafiki! Isaya alikuwa sawa alipotabiri juu yenu kwamba:
Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 “‘Watu hawa huniheshimu kwa midomo yao, lakini mioyo yao iko mbali nami.
This people draweth near to me with their mouth, and honour me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 Huniabudu bure; nayo mafundisho yao ni maagizo ya wanadamu tu.’”
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
10 Yesu akaita ule umati wa watu, akawaambia, “Sikilizeni na mwelewe:
And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand:
11 kinachomfanya mtu kuwa najisi mbele za Mungu si kile kiingiacho kinywani mwake, bali ni kile kitokacho kinywani mwake.”
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
12 Kisha wanafunzi wake wakamjia na kumuuliza, “Je, unajua kwamba Mafarisayo walichukizwa sana waliposikia yale uliyosema?”
Then came his disciples, and said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13 Akawajibu, “Kila pando ambalo Baba yangu wa mbinguni hakulipanda, litangʼolewa.
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted out.
14 Waacheni; wao ni viongozi vipofu, wanaoongoza vipofu. Kama kipofu akimwongoza kipofu mwenzake, wote wawili watatumbukia shimoni.”
Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leadeth the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15 Petro akasema, “Tueleze maana ya huu mfano.”
Then answered Peter and said to him, Make known to us the meaning of this parable.
16 Yesu akawauliza, “Je, bado ninyi hamfahamu?
And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17 Je, hamwelewi kwamba chochote kiingiacho kinywani huenda tumboni, na hatimaye hutolewa nje kikiwa uchafu?
Do ye not yet understand, that whatever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the stomach, and is cast out into the draught?
18 Lakini kitokacho kinywani hutoka moyoni, na hiki ndicho kimtiacho mtu unajisi.
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 Kwa maana ndani ya moyo hutoka mawazo mabaya, uuaji, uzinzi, uasherati, wizi, ushahidi wa uongo na masingizio.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 Haya ndiyo yamtiayo mtu unajisi; lakini kula bila kunawa mikono hakumtii mtu unajisi.”
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defileth not a man.
21 Yesu aliondoka mahali pale, akaenda sehemu za Tiro na Sidoni.
Then Jesus went from there, and departed into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Mwanamke mmoja Mkanaani aliyeishi sehemu jirani na hizo akaja kwake akilia, akasema, “Nihurumie, Ee Bwana, Mwana wa Daudi! Binti yangu amepagawa na pepo mchafu, na anateseka sana.”
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same region, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously afflicted with a demon.
23 Lakini Yesu hakumjibu neno. Hivyo wanafunzi wake wakamwendea na kumsihi sana, wakisema, “Mwambie aende zake, kwa maana anaendelea kutupigia kelele.”
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
24 Yesu akajibu, “Nimetumwa tu kwa ajili ya kondoo wa Israeli waliopotea.”
But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
25 Lakini yule mwanamke akaja, akapiga magoti mbele ya Yesu, akasema, “Bwana, nisaidie!”
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
26 Yesu akajibu, “Si haki kuchukua chakula cha watoto na kuwatupia mbwa.”
But he answered and said, It is not good to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
27 Yule mwanamke akajibu, “Ndiyo, Bwana, lakini hata mbwa hula makombo yanayoanguka kutoka kwenye meza za bwana zao.”
And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
28 Ndipo Yesu akamwambia, “Mwanamke, imani yako ni kubwa! Iwe kwako kama unavyotaka.” Naye binti yake akapona tangu saa ile.
Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
29 Yesu akaondoka na kwenda kando ya Bahari ya Galilaya. Kisha akapanda mlimani, akaketi huko.
And Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and went up on a mountain, and sat down there.
30 Umati mkubwa wa watu ukamjia, wakiwaleta vilema, vipofu, viwete, bubu na wengine wengi, wakawaweka miguuni pake; naye akawaponya.
And great multitudes came to him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and laid them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
31 Hao watu wakashangaa walipoona bubu wakisema, vilema wakipona, viwete wakitembea na vipofu wakiona, wakamtukuza Mungu wa Israeli.
So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
32 Kisha Yesu akawaita wanafunzi wake, akawaambia, “Ninauhurumia huu umati wa watu, kwa sababu sasa wamekuwa pamoja nami kwa muda wa siku tatu, na hawana chakula chochote. Nami sipendi kuwaaga wakiwa na njaa, wasije wakazimia njiani.”
Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
33 Wanafunzi wake wakasema, “Tutapata wapi mikate ya kutosha kuwalisha umati huu wa watu mkubwa namna hii, nasi tuko nyikani?”
And his disciples say to him, Where should we get so much bread in the wilderness, as to satisfy so great a multitude?
34 Yesu akawauliza, “Mnayo mikate mingapi?” Wakamjibu, “Tunayo mikate saba na visamaki vichache.”
And Jesus saith to them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
35 Yesu akawaambia ule umati wa watu waketi chini.
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
36 Kisha akachukua ile mikate saba na wale samaki, naye akiisha kumshukuru Mungu, akavimega na kuwapa wanafunzi wake, nao wakawapa ule umati wa watu.
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
37 Wote wakala na kushiba. Baadaye wanafunzi wakakusanya vipande vilivyosalia, wakajaza vikapu saba.
And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up of the broken pieces that were left seven baskets full.
38 Idadi ya watu walikuwa wanaume 4,000, bila kuhesabu wanawake na watoto.
And they that had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 Baada ya kuaga ule umati wa watu, Yesu aliingia katika mashua, akaenda sehemu za Magadani.
And he sent away the multitude, and got into a boat, and came into the region of Magdala.
