Mark 7
1 Àwọn Farisi sì péjọ sí ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀, àti àwọn kan nínú àwọn akọ̀wé, tí ó wá láti Jerusalẹmu,
One day the Pharisees and some of the teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus.
2 wọ́n sì ṣe àkíyèsí wí pé díẹ̀ nínú àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn Jesu ń fi ọwọ́ àìmọ́ jẹun, èyí yìí ni wẹ ọwọ́.
They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands “defiled,” by which they meant unwashed.
3 (Àwọn Farisi, àti gbogbo àwọn Júù, bí wọ́n kò bá wẹ ọwọ́ wọn gidigidi, wọn kì í jẹun nítorí wọ́n ti pa òfin àtọwọ́dọ́wọ́ àwọn àgbà mọ́.
(For the Pharisees, and indeed all strict Jews, will not eat without first scrupulously washing their hands, holding in this to the traditions of their ancestors.
4 Nígbà tí wọ́n bá sì ti ọjà dé sílé, wọn kò gbọdọ̀ fi ọwọ́ kan oúnjẹ àfi tí wọ́n bá bu omi wẹ ara wọn. Èyí sì jẹ́ ọ̀kan nínú ogunlọ́gọ̀ àpẹẹrẹ òfin àti ìlànà tí wọ́n ti dì mú fún ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ọdún sẹ́yìn, bí i fífọ kọ́ọ̀bù, àwọn ìkòkò, àti kẹ́tù.)
When they come from market, they will not eat without first sprinkling themselves; and there are many other customs which they have inherited and hold to, such as the ceremonial washing of cups, and jugs, and copper pans).
5 Nítorí èyí àwọn Farisi àti àwọn olùkọ́ òfin béèrè lọ́wọ́ rẹ̀ pé, “Èéṣe tí àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ kò tẹ̀lé àwọn òfin àtọwọ́dọ́wọ́ àwọn àgbà nítorí wọ́n fi ọwọ́ àìmọ́ jẹun?”
So the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law asked Jesus this question – ‘How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?’
6 Jesu dá wọn lóhùn wí pé, “Ẹyin àgàbàgebè yìí, òtítọ́ ni wòlíì Isaiah ń sọtẹ́lẹ̀ nípa tí ẹ̀yin àgàbàgebè, bí a ti kọ ọ́ pé: “‘Àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí fi ẹnu wọn bu ọlá fún mi ṣùgbọ́n ọkàn wọn jìnà sí mi.
His answer was, ‘It was well said by Isaiah when he prophesied about you hypocrites in the words – “This is a people who honour me with their lips, while their hearts are far removed from me;
7 Ìsìn wọn jẹ́ lásán, ìkọ́ni wọ́n jẹ́ kìkìdá òfin tí àwọn ènìyàn fi ń kọ́ni.’
but vainly do they worship me, For they teach but human precepts.”
8 Nítorí tí ẹ̀yin fi òfin Ọlọ́run sí apá kan, ẹ̀yin ń tẹ̀lé àṣà àwọn ènìyàn.”
You neglect God’s commandments and hold to human traditions.
9 Ó si wí fún wọn: “Ẹ̀yin sá à mọ̀ bí ẹ ti ń gbé òfin Ọlọ́run jù sẹ́yìn kí ẹ lè mú òfin tiyín ṣẹ.
Wisely do you set aside God’s commandments,’ he exclaimed, ‘to keep your own traditions!
10 Mose fún un yín ní òfin yìí láti ọ̀dọ̀ Ọlọ́run pé, ‘Bọ̀wọ̀ fún baba òun ìyá rẹ.’ Ó tún sọ pé, ‘Ẹnikẹ́ni tí ó bá sọ̀rọ̀ aburú sí baba tàbí ìyá rẹ̀ ní láti kú ni.’
For while Moses said “Honour your father and your mother,” and “Let anyone who abuses their father or mother suffer death,”
11 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀yin wá sọ pé ó dára bákan náà fún ọkùnrin kan bí kò bá tilẹ̀ pèsè fún àìní àwọn òbí rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kí o sọ fún wọn pé, ‘Ẹ má ṣe bínú baba tàbí ìyá mi, n kò lè ràn yín lọ́wọ́ nísinsin yìí,’ nítorí tí mo ti fi ẹ̀bùn tí ǹ bá fi fún un yín fún Ọlọ́run.
you say “If a person says to their father or mother ‘Whatever of mine might have been of service to you is Corban’” (which means “Set apart for God”) –
12 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹ̀yin kò si jẹ́ kí ó ṣe ohunkóhun fún baba tàbí ìyá rẹ̀ mọ́.
why, then you do not allow them to do anything further for their father or mother!
13 Ẹ̀yin ń fi òfin àtọwọ́dọ́wọ́ tiyín tí ẹ fi lélẹ̀, sọ ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run di asán àti ọ̀pọ̀ irú nǹkan bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹ̀yin ń ṣe.”
In this way you nullify the words of God by your traditions, which you hand down; and you do many similar things.’
14 Lẹ́yìn náà, Jesu pe ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn láti wá gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀. Ó sì wí fún wọn pé, “Gbogbo yín ẹ tẹ́tí sílẹ̀ kí ẹ sì jẹ́ kí èyí ó yé e yín.
Then Jesus called the people to him again, and said, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and mark my words.
15 Kò sí ohunkóhun láti òde ènìyàn, tí ó wọ inú rẹ̀ lọ, tí ó lè sọ ọ́ di aláìmọ́, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn nǹkan tí ó ti inú rẹ jáde, àwọn wọ̀nyí ní ń sọ ènìyàn di aláìmọ́.”
There is nothing external to a person, which by going into them can defile them; but the things that come out of a person are the things that defile them.’
17 Nígbà tí Jesu sì wọ inú ilé kan lọ, àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn tẹ̀lé é, wọ́n sì béèrè ìtumọ̀ àwọn òwe tí ó pa.
When Jesus went indoors, away from the crowd, his disciples began questioning him about this saying.
18 Jesu béèrè wí pé, “Àbí kò sí èyí tí ó yé yín nínú ọ̀rọ̀ náà? Ẹ̀yin kò rí i wí pé ohunkóhun tí ó wọ inú ènìyàn láti òde kò lè sọ ènìyàn di aláìmọ́?
‘What, do even you understand so little?’ exclaimed Jesus. ‘Don’t you see that there is nothing external to a person, which by going into a person, can defile them,
19 Nítorí tí kò lọ sínú ọkàn rẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n sínú ara, a sì yà á jáde, a sì gbá gbogbo oúnjẹ dànù.” (Nípa sísọ èyí, Jesu fihàn pé gbogbo oúnjẹ jẹ́ “mímọ́.”)
because it does not pass into his heart, but into his stomach, and is afterwards got rid of?’ – in saying this Jesus pronounced all food clean.
20 Nígbà náà, ó fi kún un pé, “Èyí ti ó ti ọkàn ènìyàn jáde ni ń sọ ni di aláìmọ́.
‘It is what comes out from a person,’ he added, ‘that defiles them,
21 Nítorí pé láti inú ọkàn ènìyàn ni àwọn èrò búburú wọ̀nyí ti ń jáde wá: àgbèrè, olè, ìpànìyàn, panṣágà,
for it is from within, out of the hearts of people, that there come evil thoughts – sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
22 ọ̀kánjúwà, odì yíyàn, ìtànjẹ, ìmọ-tara-ẹni, ìlara, ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀yìn, ìgbéraga, òmùgọ̀.
greed, wickedness, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, haughtiness, folly;
23 Gbogbo àwọn nǹkan búburú wọ̀nyí ń tí inú wá, àwọn ló sì ń sọ yín di aláìmọ́.”
all these wicked things come from within, and do defile a person.’
24 Nígbà náà ni Jesu kúrò ní Galili, ó sí lọ sí agbègbè Tire àti Sidoni, ó sì gbìyànjú láti nìkan wà pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ fún àkókò díẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n eléyìí kò ṣe é ṣe, nítorí pé kò pẹ́ púpọ̀ tí ó wọ ìlú nígbà tí ìròyìn dídé rẹ̀ tàn káàkiri.
On leaving that place, Jesus went to the district of Tyre and Sidon. He went into a house, and did not wish anyone to know it, but could not escape notice.
25 Láìpẹ́, obìnrin kan tí ọmọbìnrin rẹ̀ ní ẹ̀mí àìmọ́ tọ̀ ọ́ wá, ó ti gbọ́ nípa Jesu, ó wá, ó sì wólẹ̀ lẹ́sẹ̀ Jesu.
For a woman, whose little daughter had a foul spirit in her, heard of him immediately, and came and threw herself at his feet –
26 Giriki ní obìnrin náà, Siro-Fonisia ní orílẹ̀-èdè rẹ̀. Ó bẹ Jesu kí ó bá òun lé ẹ̀mí èṣù náà jáde lára ọmọbìnrin òun.
the woman was a foreigner, from Syrian Phoenicia – and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27 Jesu sọ fún obìnrin yìí pé, “Ní àkọ́kọ́, ó yẹ kí a fi oúnjẹ tẹ́ àwọn ọmọ lọ́rùn ná. Nítorí kò tọ́ kí a mú oúnjẹ àwọn ọmọ fún àwọn ajá.”
‘Let the children be satisfied first,’ answered Jesus. ‘For it is not fair to take the children’s food, and throw it to dogs.’
28 Obìnrin náà dáhùn wí pé, “Òótọ́ ni ọ̀rọ̀ yín Olúwa, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọmọ ajá pàápàá a máa ní àǹfààní láti jẹ èérún oúnjẹ tí ó bá bọ́ sílẹ̀ láti orí tábìlì.”
‘Yes, Master,’ she replied. ‘Even the dogs under the table do feed on the children’s crumbs.’
29 “Ó sì wí fún un pé, nítorí ọ̀rọ̀ yìí, máa lọ, ẹ̀mí àìmọ́ náà ti jáde kúrò lára ọmọbìnrin rẹ.”
‘For saying that,’ he answered, ‘you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.’
30 Nígbà tí ó padà dé ilé, ó bá ọmọbìnrin rẹ̀ ní ìdùbúlẹ̀ jẹ́jẹ́ lórí ibùsùn, ẹ̀mí àìmọ́ náà ti fi í sílẹ̀.
The woman went home, and found the child lying on her bed, and the demon gone.
31 Nígbà náà ni Jesu fi agbègbè Tire àti Sidoni sílẹ̀, ó wá si Òkun Galili láàrín agbègbè Dekapoli.
On returning from the district of Tyre, Jesus went, by way of Sidon, to the Sea of Galilee, across the district of the Ten Towns.
32 Níbẹ̀ ọkùnrin kan tí kò lè sọ̀rọ̀ wá sí ọ̀dọ̀ Jesu, àwọn ènìyàn sì bẹ Jesu pé kí ó gbé ọwọ́ rẹ̀ lé e.
Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and almost dumb, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.
33 Jesu sì mú ọkùnrin náà kúrò láàrín ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn. Ó sì fi àwọn ìka rẹ̀ sí etí ọkùnrin náà, ó tu itọ́ ṣọ́wọ́. Ó sì fi kan ahọ́n rẹ̀.
Jesus took him aside from the crowd quietly, put his fingers into the man’s ears, and touched his tongue with saliva.
34 Nígbà náà ni Jesu wòkè ọ̀run, ó sì mí kanlẹ̀, ó sì pàṣẹ wí pé, “Efata!” (èyí ni, “Ìwọ ṣí!”).
Then, looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to the man, ‘Ephphatha!’ which means “Be opened.”
35 Lójúkan náà, etí rẹ̀ sì ṣí, okùn ahọ́n rẹ̀ sì tú, ó sì ń sọ̀rọ̀ ketekete.
The man’s ears were opened, the string of his tongue was freed, and he began to talk plainly.
36 Jesu pàṣẹ fún ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn tó wà níbẹ̀ pé kí wọn má ṣe tan ìròyìn náà ká. Ṣùgbọ́n bí ó ti ń pa wọ́n lẹ́nu mọ́ tó, náà ni wọ́n ń tan ìròyìn náà káàkiri tó.
Jesus insisted on their not telling anyone; but the more he insisted, the more perseveringly they made it known,
37 Àwọn ènìyàn sì kún fún ìyanu, wọ́n wí pé, “Ó ṣe ohun gbogbo dáradára, Ó mú kí adití gbọ́rọ̀, odi sì sọ̀rọ̀.”
and a profound impression was made on the people. ‘He has done everything well!’ they exclaimed. ‘He makes even the deaf hear and the dumb speak!’
