Mateo 15
1 Ɛda bi, Farisifoɔ ne Yudafoɔ mpanin no bi firi Yerusalem baa Yesu nkyɛn bɛbisaa no sɛ,
Then the Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,
2 “Adɛn enti na wʼasuafoɔ no nni Yudafoɔ amanneɛ so? Yɛn amanneɛ a yɛhohoro yɛn nsa ho ansa na yɛadidi no, wɔnni so.”
"Why do your disciples disobey the Tradition of the Elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."
3 Yesu nso bisaa wɔn sɛ, “Adɛn enti na mo nso mode mo amanneɛ no bu Onyankopɔn mmaransɛm so?
And he answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
4 Ebi ne sɛ, Onyankopɔn mmara no ka sɛ, ‘Di wʼagya ne wo maame ni,’ na baako nso ne sɛ, ‘Obiara a ɔbɛka asɛmmɔne afa nʼawofoɔ ho no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum no,’
For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
5 Na mo deɛ, deɛ moka ne sɛ, sɛ obi ka kyerɛ ne maame anaa nʼagya sɛ, ‘Mewɔ adeɛ bi a anka mɛtumi de aboa mo, nanso mede rekɔma Onyankopɔn’ a, ɛnyɛ bɔne.
But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
6 Enti, mo ara monam mo mmara a moahyɛ so bu Onyankopɔn mmara a ɔhyɛɛ sɛ di wʼagya ne wo maame ni no so.
he is not to honor his father or his mother.' You have made the word of God void because of your tradition.
7 Mo nyaatwomfoɔ! Sɛ Yesaia hyɛɛ mo ho nkɔm sɛ:
You hypocrites. Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,
8 “‘Saa nnipa yi ka sɛ wɔdi me ni, nanso wɔn akoma mmɛn me.
'These people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
9 Wɔsom me ani so kɛkɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔkyerɛkyerɛ mmara a onipa ayɛ na ɛnyɛ deɛ ɛfiri Onyankopɔn.’”
And in vain do they worship me, teaching instructions that are the commandments of humans.'"
10 Afei, Yesu frɛɛ nnipadɔm no ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Montie deɛ meka no na mommɔ mmɔden nte aseɛ.
He summoned the crowd, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
11 Ɛnyɛ adeɛ a ɛbɛkɔ onipa mu no na ɛmma ne ho nte, na mmom, deɛ ɛbɛfiri ne mu aba no na ɛgu ne ho fi.”
That which enters into the mouth does not defile the person; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the person."
12 Nsɛm a Yesu kaeɛ yi maa nʼasuafoɔ no ba bɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Wonim sɛ wo nsɛm a wokaeɛ no ama Farisifoɔ no bo afu?”
Then the disciples came, and said to him, "Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?"
13 Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Dua biara a ɛnyɛ mʼagya na ɔduaeɛ no, wɔbɛtu atwene.
But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
14 Mommmua wɔn koraa! Na wɔyɛ anifirafoɔ a wɔrekyerɛ anifirafoɔ ɛkwan enti wɔn nyinaa bɛkɔ akɔte ahwe amena mu.”
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
15 Petro ka kyerɛɛ Yesu sɛ, “Kyerɛ yɛn ɛbɛ no ase.”
And answering, Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us."
16 Yesu nso bisaa no sɛ, “Ampa ara sɛ monte aseɛ?
So he said, "Do you also still not understand?
17 Monnim sɛ adeɛ a ɛfa onipa anom no fa onipadua no mu na asane aba bio?
Do you not understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?
18 Asɛm a ɛho nteɛ biara firi akoma a emu nteɛ mu ma ɛgu deɛ ɔkaa saa asɛm no ho fi.
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the person.
19 Akoma mu na adwemmɔne, awudie, ayerefasɛm, adwamammɔ, korɔno, atorɔ ne ntwatosoɔ firi.
For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.
20 Yeinom na ɛgu onipa ho fi. Nanso, sɛ obi anhohoro ne nsa sɛdeɛ mo amanneɛ teɛ no na ɔdidi a, ne ho nguu fi honhom mu.”
These are the things which defile the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the person."
21 Yesu firii ɔman no mu hɔ kɔɔ Tiro ne Sidon.
Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Kanaanni baa bi a ɔte ɔman no mu hɔ de su baa Yesu nkyɛn bɛkaa sɛ, “Awurade, Dawid Ba, hunu me mmɔbɔ! Honhommɔne hyɛ me ba mu na sɛ ɛka ne ho a, ɛma ne ho yera no.”
And look, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and started shouting, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is severely demonized."
23 Yesu anka hwee. Nʼasuafoɔ no hyɛɛ no sɛ ɔmpam ɔbaa no mfiri hɔ. Wɔtii mu ka kyerɛɛ no bio sɛ, “Ka kyerɛ no na ɔmfiri ha nkɔ, na ɔde nʼadesrɛ no retuatua yɛn aso.”
But he did not answer her a word. His disciples came and pleaded with him, saying, "Send her away, for she keeps shouting at us."
24 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ ɔbaa no sɛ, “Wɔsomaa me sɛ memmɛboa Yudafoɔ, Israel nnwan a wɔayera no, na ɛnyɛ amanamanmufoɔ.”
But he answered, "I was not sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
25 Ɔba bɛkotoo no kɔɔ so srɛɛ no sɛ, “Me wura, boa me!”
But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
26 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔbɛgye burodo afiri mmɔfra nsam ato ama nkraman.”
But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
27 Ɔbaa no nso buaa sɛ, “Ɛwom saa deɛ, nanso nkraman no nso tumi di mporoporowa a ɛfiri wɔn wura no ɛpono so gu fam no.”
But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
28 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ ɔbaa no sɛ, “Ɔbaa, wo gyidie mu yɛ den. Mɛyɛ wʼabisadeɛ ama wo.” Ɛhɔ ara, ne babaa no ho tɔɔ no.
Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith. Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
29 Yesu sane baa Galilea ɛpo no ho. Ɔforo kɔtenaa bepɔ bi so.
Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.
30 Nnipa bebree de mpakye, anifirafoɔ, apirafoɔ, mumu ɛnna wɔn a wɔyare nyarewa ahodoɔ baa ne nkyɛn sɛ ɔnsa wɔn yadeɛ, ma ɔsaa wɔn nyinaa yadeɛ.
Large crowds came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, crippled, and many others, and they put them down at his feet; and he healed them.
31 Anwanwasɛm ni! Wɔn a wɔnkasaa da kasaeɛ; mpakye nyaa ahoɔden; na mmubuafoɔ nanteeɛ, hurihuriiɛ na anifirafoɔ hunuu adeɛ. Nnipadɔm no ho dwirii wɔn ma wɔkamfoo Israel Onyankopɔn.
So the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, crippled healthy, lame walking, and blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.
32 Afei Yesu frɛɛ nʼasuafoɔ no nyinaa baa ne nkyɛn ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Nnipa yi yɛ me mmɔbɔ. Wɔabɛdi me nkyɛn ha nnansa. Aduane a ɛwɔ ha nyinaa nso asa. Nanso mempɛ sɛ mema wɔkɔ wɔn afie mu a wɔnnidiiɛ, anyɛ saa a, wɔbɛtotɔ bera wɔ ɛkwan so.”
Jesus summoned the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
33 Nʼasuafoɔ no nso bisaa no sɛ, “Ɛserɛ so ha deɛ, ɛhe na yɛbɛnya nnipadɔm yi ano aduane?”
Then the disciples said to him, "Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a crowd?"
34 Yesu nso bisaa wɔn sɛ, “Burodo dodoɔ bɛn na mowɔ?” Wɔbuaa sɛ, “Yɛwɔ burodo nson ne mpataa kakraa bi.”
Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
35 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nnipadɔm no maa wɔn nyinaa tenatenaa ase wɔ ɛserɛ no so.
He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground;
36 Afei ɔfaa burodo nson no ne mpataa no, hyiraa so na ɔbubuu mu de maa asuafoɔ no sɛ wɔmfa mma nnipadɔm no nni.
and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.
37 Wɔn nyinaa dii aduane no mee pintinn.
They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.
38 Wɔn a wɔdii saa aduane no, na wɔn dodoɔ yɛ nnipa mpemnan a wɔankan mmaa ne mmɔfra anka ho. Wɔdidi wieeɛ no, akyire mporoporowa a wɔtaseeɛ no yɛɛ nkɛntɛmma nson.
Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
39 Yei akyi, Yesu gyaa nkurɔfoɔ no kwan, ma ɔno nso kɔtenaa kodoɔ mu tware kɔɔ Magadan.
Then he sent away the crowds, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magadan.
