Mateo 15
1 Da bi, Farisifo ne Yudafo mpanyin no bi fi Yerusalem baa Yesu nkyɛn bebisaa no se,
Then [some] Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws came from Jerusalem [to talk to] Jesus. They said,
2 “Adɛn nti na wʼasuafo no nni Yudafo amanne so? Yɛn amanne a yɛhohoro yɛn nsa ho ansa na yɛadidi no, wonni so.”
“(We think it is disgusting that your disciples disobey the traditions of our ancestors!/Why do your disciples disobey [what our ancestors wrote down and] our [elders taught us]?) [RHQ] They do not perform the proper ritual of washing their hands before they eat!”
3 Yesu nso bisaa wɔn se, “Adɛn nti na mo nso mode mo amanne no bu Onyankopɔn mmaransɛm so?
Jesus answered them, “(What is really disgusting is that you refuse to obey God’s commands [just] so that you can follow what your ancestors taught you!/Why do you refuse to obey what God commanded [people to do, just] so that you can follow your own traditions?) [RHQ]
4 Ebi ne sɛ, Onyankopɔn mmara no ka se, ‘Di wʼagya ne wo na ni,’ na baako nso ne sɛ, ‘Obiara a ɔbɛka asɛmmɔne afa nʼawofo ho no, ɛsɛ sɛ wokum no,’
God gave these [two] commands: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘People who speak evil about their father or mother must be executed.’
5 Na mo de, nea moka ne sɛ, sɛ obi ka kyerɛ ne na anaa nʼagya se, ‘Mewɔ ade bi a anka metumi de aboa mo, nanso mede rekɔma Onyankopɔn’ a, ɛnyɛ bɔne.
But you tell people, ‘You can say to your father or mother, “What I was going to give to you [to help provide for you], [I have now promised] to give [to God].”’
6 Enti mo ara monam mo mmara a moahyɛ so bu Onyankopɔn mmara a ɔhyɛɛ sɛ di wʼagya ne wo na ni no so.
And if you do that, you think that you do not need to give anything to help your parents. In [that way], [by teaching people] your traditions, you disregard what God commanded.
7 Mo nyaatwomfo! Sɛ Yesaia hyɛɛ mo ho nkɔm sɛ,
You only pretend to be good! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you [also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said],
8 “‘Saa nnipa yi ka sɛ wodi me ni, nanso wɔn koma mmɛn me.
‘These people talk [as if they] honor me [MTY], but they do not think about honoring me at all [MET].
9 Wɔsom me ani so kɛkɛ, efisɛ wɔkyerɛkyerɛ mmara a onipa ayɛ na ɛnyɛ nea efi Onyankopɔn.’”
It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up [as if I myself had commanded it].’”
10 Afei Yesu frɛɛ nnipadɔm no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Muntie nea meka no na mommɔ mmɔden nte ase.
Then Jesus [again] summoned the crowd to come [nearer] to him. Then he said to them, “Listen to [what I am about to tell you], and [try to] understand it.
11 Ɛnyɛ ade a ɛbɛkɔ onipa mu no na ɛmma ne ho ntew, na mmom, nea ebefi ne mu aba no na egu ne ho fi.”
Nothing that a person puts into his mouth [to eat] causes [God to consider] that person to be unacceptable. Instead, it is [the words] that come out of people’s mouths [SYN] that cause [God to reject them].”
12 Nsɛm a Yesu kaa yi maa nʼasuafo no ba bɛka kyerɛɛ no se, “Wunim sɛ wo nsɛm a wokaa no ama Farisifo no bo afuw?”
Later we disciples went to Jesus and said, “Do you know that the Pharisees heard what you said, and as a result they felt offended [RHQ]?”
13 Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Dua biara a ɛnyɛ mʼagya na oduae no, wobetu akyene.
Then, [to teach us what God would do to the Pharisees], Jesus told [us this parable]: “My Father in heaven [will] get rid of all [those who teach things that are contrary to his truth, just like a farmer] gets rid of plants that he did not plant, by pulling them up along with their roots [MET].
14 Mummmua wɔn koraa! Na wɔyɛ anifuraefo a wɔrekyerɛ anifuraefo kwan nti wɔn nyinaa bɛkɔ akɔtew ahwe amoa mu.”
Do not pay any attention to [the Pharisees]. They [do not help people who do not know God’s truth] to [understand it, just like] blind guides [do not help] blind [people to perceive where they should go] [MET]. If a blind person [tries to] lead [another] blind person, they will both fall into a big hole [MET]. [Similarly, both the Pharisees and their disciples will end up in hell].” (questioned)
15 Petro ka kyerɛɛ Yesu se, “Kyerɛ yɛn bɛ no ase.”
Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable [about what a person eats].”
16 Yesu nso bisaa no se, “Ampa ara sɛ monte ase?
He replied [to them], “(I am disappointed that even you, [who should understand what I teach], still do not understand!/Why is it that even you [who should understand what I teach], still do not understand?) [RHQ]
17 Munnim sɛ ade a ɛfa onipa anom no fa onipadua no mu na asan aba bio?
(You ought to understand that all [food that people] eat enters their stomachs, and later the refuse passes out of their [bodies]./Cannot you understand that all [food that people] eat enters their stomachs and later the refuse passes out [of their bodies]?) [RHQ] [Because food does not alter what we think and desire, what we eat does not cause God to consider that we are unacceptable to him].
18 Asɛm a ho ntew biara fi koma a mu ntew mu ma egu nea ɔkaa saa asɛm no ho fi.
[You should know that] what comes out of [people’s] mouths, [meaning everything that they say] [SYN], comes from their inner beings/hearts. Many of the [things that they say] cause [God to consider] them to be unacceptable [to him].
19 Koma mu na adwemmɔne, awudi, ayefasɛm, aguamammɔ, korɔn, atoro ne ntwatoso fi.
It is people’s innermost beings that [cause them] to think things that are evil, to murder people, to [commit] adultery, to commit other sexual sins, to steal things, to testify falsely, and to speak evil about [others].
20 Eyinom na egu onipa ho fi. Nanso sɛ obi anhohoro ne nsa sɛnea mo amanne te no na odidi a, ne ho nguu fi honhom mu.”
It is these actions that cause [God to consider] people to be unacceptable [to him]. To eat with unwashed hands does not cause [God to consider] people unacceptable to him.”
21 Yesu fii ɔman no mu hɔ kɔɔ Tiro ne Sidon.
After Jesus [took us and] left [Galilee district], we went into the region [where the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [are located].
22 Kanaanni bea bi a ɔte ɔman no mu hɔ de osu baa Yesu nkyɛn bɛkae se, “Awurade, Dawid Ba, hu me mmɔbɔ! Honhommɔne hyɛ me ba mu na sɛ ɛka ne ho a, ɛma ne ho yeraw no.”
A woman [from the group of people called] Canaanites who live in that region came [to the place where Jesus was staying]. She kept shouting [to him], “Lord, you are the descendant of [King] David, [you are the Messiah!] Have pity on me [and my daughter!] She is suffering very much because a demon controls her.”
23 Yesu anka hwee. Nʼasuafo no hyɛɛ no sɛ ɔmpam ɔbea no mfi hɔ. Wotii mu ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ka kyerɛ no na omfi ha nkɔ, na ɔde nʼadesrɛ no retuatua yɛn aso.”
But Jesus did not answer her at all. [We] disciples came to him, and [knowing that the woman was not a Jew], we said to him, “Tell her to leave, because she keeps [bothering us] by yelling behind us!”
24 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ ɔbea no se, “Wɔsomaa me baa Yudafo, Israel nguan a wɔayera no nkyɛn na ɛnyɛ amanamanmufo.”
But Jesus said [to her], “I have been sent {[God] has sent me} to [help] only the Israelite people [at this time] [SYN]. [They are like] sheep that have gotten lost [MET] [because they do not know the way to heaven].”
25 Ɔba bɛkotow no kɔɔ so srɛɛ no se, “Me wura, boa me!”
But she came [closer] to Jesus and knelt down in front of him [to worship him]. She pled, “Lord/Sir, help me!”
26 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Enye sɛ wobegye aduan afi mmofra nsam atow ama akraman.”
Then, [to suggest to her that he needed to help the Jews first and not the non-Jews, whom the Jews called dogs], he told her, “It is not good [for someone] to take food [that has been prepared for] the children and throw it to the [little] dogs.”
27 Ɔbea no nso buae se, “Ɛwɔ mu saa de, nanso akraman no nso tumi di mporoporowa a efi wɔn wura no pon so gu fam no.”
[But to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God], the woman said [to Jesus], “Lord/Sir, what you [say is] correct, but even the [little] dogs eat the crumbs that fall to the floor [when] their masters [sit at] their tables [and eat]!”
28 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ ɔbea no se, “Ɔbea, wo gyidi mu yɛ den. Mɛyɛ wʼabisade ama wo.” Ɛhɔ ara, ne babea no ho tɔɔ no.
Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, [because] you believe firmly [in me, I] will [heal your daughter] as you desire!” At that moment [the demon left] her daughter, [and she] became well.
29 Yesu san baa Galilea po no ho. Ɔforo kɔtenaa bepɔw bi so.
After Jesus, [along with us disciples], departed from that area, we went [back] to Galilee Lake [and walked] along it. Then Jesus climbed the hill [near there] and sat down [to teach the people].
30 Nnipa bebree de mpakye, anifuraefo, apirafo, mum ne wɔn a wɔyare nyarewa ahorow baa ne nkyɛn sɛ ɔnsa wɔn yare, ma ɔsaa wɔn nyinaa yare.
Crowds kept coming to him for the next two days and brought lame, crippled, and blind people, those who were unable to talk, and many others [who had various sicknesses]. They laid them in front of Jesus [so that he would heal them] [SYN]. And he healed them.
31 Nnipa no ho dwiriw wɔn. Wɔn a wɔnkasaa da kasae; mpakye nyaa ahoɔden; na mmubuafo nantew huruhuruwii na anifuraefo huu ade. Nnipadɔm no ho dwiriw wɔn ma wɔkamfoo Israel Nyankopɔn.
The crowd saw [him heal] people who could not talk, crippled people, lame people, and blind people, and they were amazed. They said, “Praise God [who rules over us who live in] Israel!”
32 Afei Yesu frɛɛ nʼasuafo no nyinaa baa ne nkyɛn ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Nnipa yi yɛ me mmɔbɔ. Wɔabedi me nkyɛn ha nnansa. Aduan a ɛwɔ ha nyinaa nso asa. Nanso mempɛ sɛ mema wɔkɔ wɔn afi mu a wonnidii, anyɛ saa a, wɔbɛtotɔ piti wɔ kwan so.”
Then Jesus called us disciples to him and said [to us], “This crowd [of people] has been with me for three days and have nothing [left] to eat. I feel sorry for them. I do not want to send them away [while they are still] hungry, [because if I did that], they might faint on the way [home].”
33 Nʼasuafo no nso bisaa no se, “Sare so ha de, ɛhe na yebenya nnipadɔm yi ano aduan?”
We disciples said to him, “In this place where nobody lives, (we cannot possibly obtain enough food to feed such a large crowd!/how can we obtain a large enough amount of food to feed such a large crowd?) [RHQ]”
34 Yesu nso bisaa wɔn se, “Brodo dodow ahe na mowɔ?” Wobuae se, “Yɛwɔ brodo ason ne mpataa kakraa bi.”
Jesus asked us, “How many small loaves do you have?” We said to him, “[We have] seven small loaves and a few [cooked] fish.”
35 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nnipadɔm no maa wɔn nyinaa tenatenaa ase wɔ sare no so.
He told the people to sit on the ground.
36 Afei ɔfaa brodo ason no ne mpataa no, hyiraa so na obubuu mu de maa asuafo no se wɔmfa mma nnipadɔm no nni.
Then he took the seven small loaves and the fish. After he thanked [God for them], he broke them [into pieces], and he kept giving [them] to us. Then we [kept distributing] them to the crowd.
37 Wɔn nyinaa dii aduan no mee pintinn.
[Because Jesus made the food multiply miraculously], all [those people] ate and had [plenty to] satisfy [them]. There were 4,000 men [who ate], but no [one counted] the women and the children [who also ate]. Then we [disciples] collected the pieces of food that were left over, and we filled seven large baskets [with them].
38 Wɔn a wodii saa aduan no, na wɔn dodow yɛ nnipa mpem anan a wɔankan mmea ne mmofra anka ho. Wodidi wiei no, akyi mporoporowa a wɔtasee no yɛɛ nkɛntɛn ason.
39 Eyi akyi na Yesu gyaa nkurɔfo no kwan, maa ɔno nso kɔtenaa ɔkorow mu twa kɔɔ Magadan.
After Jesus dismissed the crowd, he, [along with us], got in the boat, and we sailed [around the lake] to the region called Magadan.
