Marko 7
1 Ɛda bi, Farisifoɔ ne Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ binom a wɔfiri Yerusalem baa Yesu nkyɛn.
And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,
2 Wɔduruu hɔ no, wɔhunuu sɛ nʼasuafoɔ no bi redidi a wɔanhohoro wɔn nsa ho.
And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.
3 Na Yudafoɔ no, ne titire no Farisifoɔ no, nnidi da, gye sɛ wɔahohoro wɔn nsa ho nyinaa, sɛdeɛ wɔn amanneɛ kyerɛ, ansa na wɔadidi.
Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them:
4 Na sɛ wɔfiri dwa so ba a, wɔhohoro wɔn nsa ansa na wɔadidi. Yei yɛ mmara bebree a wɔfiri tete adi so no mu baako. Na mmara no bi ne sɛ, wɔhohoro nkuruwa, asɛn ne nwowa mu.
And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep — washings of cups and pots and brass vessels.
5 Enti, Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ no bisaa Yesu sɛ, “Adɛn enti na wʼasuafoɔ no nni yɛn amanneɛ a ɛfiri tete no so? Ɛfiri sɛ, wɔdidi a, wɔnni ɛkan nhohoro wɔn nsa sɛdeɛ amanneɛ kyerɛ no.”
And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?
6 Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Mo nyaatwomfoɔ! Asɛm a Yesaia ka faa mo ho sɛ, “‘Saa nnipa yi de wɔn ano na ɛdi me ni, nanso wɔn akoma mmɛn me ho baabiara no yɛ nokorɛ turodoo!
And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7 Wɔsom me kwa; na wɔn nkyerɛkyerɛ yɛ nnipa nsa ano mmara’
But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men.
8 Mogya Onyankopɔn mmara a wahyehyɛ no de mo ankasa mo amanneɛ si ananmu.
For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.
9 “Moahyɛ da sɛ mobɛpo Onyankopɔn mmara no, na moatiatia so, ama mo amanneɛ no atim.
And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you.
10 Ɛho nhwɛsoɔ bi ne sɛ, Mose de Onyankopɔn mmara a ɛka sɛ, ‘Di wʼagya ne wo maame ni’ no maa. Ɔkaa sɛ, ‘obiara a ɔbɛkasa atia nʼagya anaa ne maame no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum no.’
For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:
11 Nanso, moka sɛ, ɛyɛ sɛ obi bɛka akyerɛ nʼagya anaa ne maame a adeɛ bi hia no no sɛ, ‘Merentumi mmoa mo! Ɛfiri sɛ, mede deɛ anka ɛsɛ sɛ mede ma mo no ama Onyankopɔn.’
But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,
12 Enti, mobu Onyankopɔn mmara a ɔhyɛeɛ no so, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a mobɛtumi abɔ mo amanneɛ ho ban.
You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;
13 Yei yɛ nhwɛsoɔ baako pɛ. Nanso, bebree ka ho.”
Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.
14 Afei, Yesu frɛɛ nnipakuo no baa ne nkyɛn, ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Mo nyinaa montie asɛm a mereka yi yie, na monte aseɛ.
And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:
15 Adeɛ biara a ɛkɔ onipa mu no, ngu ne ho fi. Na mmom, deɛ ɛbɛfiri onipa mu aba no, na ɛgu ne ho fi.
There is nothing outside the man which, going into him, is able to make him unclean: but the things which come out of the man are those which make the man unclean.
16 Deɛ ɔwɔ aso a ɔbɛtie no ntie.”
17 Afei, Yesu firii nnipakuo no mu kɔɔ efie no, nʼasuafoɔ no bisaa no asɛm a ɔkaeɛ no ase.
And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.
18 Ɔbisaa wɔn sɛ, “Mo nso monte asɛm a mekaeɛ no ase? Monhunu sɛ, deɛ modie no ngu mo ho fi anaa?
And he said to them, Have even you so little wisdom? Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside is not able to make him unclean,
19 Ɛfiri sɛ, deɛ modie biara no ne mo akoma nni hwee yɛ, na mmom, ɛfa ɔyafunu no mu kɛkɛ.”
Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.
20 Ɔtoaa so sɛ, “Deɛ ɛfiri onipa mu ba no na ɛgu ne ho fi.
And he said, That which comes out of the man, that makes the man unclean.
21 Afei, deɛ ɛfiri nnipa akoma mu ba no, ɛde adwamammɔ, korɔno, awudie,
Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
22 adifudepɛ, amumuyɛ, nsisie, ahohwie, anibereɛ, abususɛm, ahantan ne nkwaseasɛm ba.
The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:
23 Saa nnebɔne yi nyinaa firi onipa mu na ɛba, na ɛnonom na ɛgu onipa ho fi a ɛmma ɔmfata Onyankopɔn anim.”
All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.
24 Yesu firi hɔ no, ɔkɔɔ Tiro ne Sidon fam pɛɛ sɛ ɔrekɔhyɛ hɔ komm a, obiara nte ne nka, nanso anyɛ yie. Ɛda a ɔduruu hɔ ara pɛ, na nkurɔfoɔ tee ne nka sɛ waba hɔ.
And he went away from there to the country of Tyre and Sidon. And he went into a house, desiring that no man might have knowledge of it: and he was not able to keep it secret.
25 Ɛhɔ ara na ɔbaa bi a honhommɔne hyɛ ne babaa ketewa bi mu baa ne nkyɛn. Na wate Yesu nka enti, ɔbɛbuu no nkotodwe.
But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.
26 Ɔbaa no srɛɛ no sɛ ɔntu saa honhommɔne no mfiri ne ba no mu mma no. Na saa ɔbaa yi yɛ Helani a wɔwoo no wɔ Siro-Foinike.
Now the woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by birth: and she made a request to him that he would send the evil spirit out of her daughter.
27 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛsɛ sɛ mma no mee ansa. Na ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔde mma aduane ma nkraman.”
And he said to her, Let the children first have their food: for it is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.
28 Ɔbaa no nso buaa no sɛ, “Owura, ɛyɛ nokorɛ deɛ, nanso ɛyɛ a, wɔde aduane a aka wɔ mmɔfra no prɛte mu no bi ma nkraman a wɔhyehyɛ ɛpono no ase no.”
But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children.
29 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Wo mmuaeɛ pa no enti, masa wo babaa no yadeɛ. Kɔ efie. Honhommɔne no afiri ne mu afi.”
And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.
30 Ɔduruu efie no, ɔhunuu sɛ ne babaa no da mpa so dinn a honhommɔne no afiri ne mu ampa ara.
And she went away to her house, and saw the child on the bed, and the evil spirit gone out.
31 Yesu firi Tiro no, ɔfaa Sidon mansini a emu nkuro yɛ edu no so, bɛduruu Galilea Po so.
And again he went out from Tyre, and came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the country of Decapolis.
32 Wɔde ɔsotifoɔ bi a ɔsane yɛ mumu brɛɛ no. Wɔn a wɔwɔ hɔ no nyinaa srɛɛ Yesu sɛ, ɔmfa ne nsa nka ɔyarefoɔ no, na ɔnsa no yadeɛ.
And they came to him with one who had no power of hearing and had trouble in talking; and they made a request to him to put his hands on him.
33 Yesu sɔɔ ne mu de no firii nnipakuo no mu. Afei, ɔde ne nsateaa hyɛɛ ɔbarima no asom, tee ntasuo de kaa ne tɛkrɛma.
And he took him on one side from the people privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he put water from his mouth on the man's tongue with his finger;
34 Ɔhwɛɛ soro, guu ahome teaam sɛ, “Hefata!” Aseɛ ne, “bue!”
And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.
35 Amonom hɔ ara, ɔbarima no tumi tee asɛm, na ɔhyɛɛ aseɛ kasaeɛ!
And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.
36 Yesu bɔɔ nnipakuo no ano sɛ, wɔmmmɔ asɛm no dawuro nkyerɛ obiara. Nanso, mpɛn dodoɔ a ɔbraa wɔn no, na trɛ ara na wɔn nso wɔretrɛ asɛm no mu.
And he gave them orders not to give news of it to anyone; but the more he made this request, so much the more they made it public.
37 Saa asɛm yi maa wɔn ho dwirii wɔn yie. Enti, wɔkaa sɛ, “Yesu ayɛ adeɛ nyinaa yie, ɔma asotifoɔ mpo te asɛm, na mumu nso kasa!”
And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.
