Mateo 15
1 Ɛda bi, Farisifoɔ ne Yudafoɔ mpanin no bi firi Yerusalem baa Yesu nkyɛn bɛbisaa no sɛ,
Then [some] Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws came from Jerusalem [to talk to] Jesus. They said,
2 “Adɛn enti na wʼasuafoɔ no nni Yudafoɔ amanneɛ so? Yɛn amanneɛ a yɛhohoro yɛn nsa ho ansa na yɛadidi no, wɔnni 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 sɛ, “Adɛn enti na mo nso mode mo amanneɛ 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 sɛ, ‘Di wʼagya ne wo maame ni,’ na baako nso ne sɛ, ‘Obiara a ɔbɛka asɛmmɔne afa nʼawofoɔ ho no, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkum 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 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 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 maame 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 nyaatwomfoɔ! 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 wɔdi me ni, nanso wɔn akoma 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, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔkyerɛkyerɛ mmara a onipa ayɛ na ɛnyɛ deɛ ɛfiri 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 sɛ, “Montie deɛ meka no na mommɔ mmɔden nte aseɛ.
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 adeɛ a ɛbɛkɔ onipa mu no na ɛmma ne ho nte, na mmom, deɛ ɛbɛfiri ne mu aba no na ɛgu 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 kaeɛ yi maa nʼasuafoɔ no ba bɛka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Wonim sɛ wo nsɛm a wokaeɛ no ama Farisifoɔ no bo afu?”
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 sɛ, “Dua biara a ɛnyɛ mʼagya na ɔduaeɛ no, wɔbɛtu atwene.
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 Mommmua wɔn koraa! Na wɔyɛ anifirafoɔ a wɔrekyerɛ anifirafoɔ ɛkwan enti wɔn nyinaa bɛkɔ akɔte ahwe amena 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 sɛ, “Kyerɛ yɛn ɛbɛ no ase.”
Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable [about what a person eats].”
16 Yesu nso bisaa no sɛ, “Ampa ara sɛ monte aseɛ?
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 Monnim sɛ adeɛ a ɛfa onipa anom no fa onipadua no mu na asane 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 ɛho nteɛ biara firi akoma a emu nteɛ mu ma ɛgu deɛ 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 Akoma mu na adwemmɔne, awudie, ayerefasɛm, adwamammɔ, korɔno, atorɔ ne ntwatosoɔ firi.
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 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.”
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 firii 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 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.”
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. 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 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 ɔbaa no sɛ, “Wɔsomaa me sɛ memmɛboa Yudafoɔ, Israel nnwan a wɔayera no, na ɛnyɛ amanamanmufoɔ.”
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 bɛkotoo no kɔɔ so srɛɛ no sɛ, “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 sɛ, “Ɛnyɛ sɛ wɔbɛgye burodo afiri mmɔfra nsam ato ama nkraman.”
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 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 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 ɔbaa no sɛ, “Ɔbaa, wo gyidie mu yɛ den. Mɛyɛ wʼabisadeɛ ama wo.” Ɛhɔ ara, ne babaa 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 sane baa Galilea ɛpo no ho. Ɔforo kɔtenaa bepɔ 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, anifirafoɔ, apirafoɔ, mumu ɛnna wɔn a wɔyare nyarewa ahodoɔ baa ne nkyɛn sɛ ɔnsa wɔn yadeɛ, ma ɔsaa wɔn nyinaa yadeɛ.
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 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.
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 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.”
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 Nʼasuafoɔ no nso bisaa no sɛ, “Ɛserɛ so ha deɛ, ɛhe na yɛbɛnya nnipadɔm yi ano aduane?”
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 sɛ, “Burodo dodoɔ bɛn na mowɔ?” Wɔbuaa sɛ, “Yɛwɔ burodo nson 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 ɛserɛ no so.
He told the people to sit 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.
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 aduane 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 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.
39 Yei akyi, Yesu gyaa nkurɔfoɔ no kwan, ma ɔno nso kɔtenaa kodoɔ mu tware 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.
