That which defiles
1The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus 2and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4When they come from the market-place they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.7:4 Some early manuscripts pitchers, kettles and dining couches)
5So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, ‘Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?’
6He replied, ‘Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
‘ “These people honour me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
7They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.”7:7 Isaiah 29:13
8You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.’
9And he continued, ‘You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe7:9 Some manuscripts set up your own traditions! 10For Moses said, “Honour your father and mother,”7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16 and, “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.”7:10 Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9 11But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God) – 12then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.’
14Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, ‘Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.’ 167:16 Some manuscripts include here the words of 4:23.
17After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. 18‘Are you so dull?’ he asked. ‘Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? 19For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.’ (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
20He went on: ‘What comes out of a person is what defiles them. 21For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come – sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23All these evils come from inside and defile a person.’
Jesus honours a Syro-Phoenician woman’s faith
24Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre.7:24 Many early manuscripts Tyre and Sidon He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. 25In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet. 26The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27‘First let the children eat all they want,’ he told her, ‘for it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.’
28‘Lord,’ she replied, ‘even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.’
29Then he told her, ‘For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter.’
30She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.
Jesus heals a deaf and mute man
31Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.7:31 That is, the Ten Cities 32There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.
33After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spat and touched the man’s tongue. 34He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, ‘Ephphatha!’ (which means ‘Be opened!’). 35At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosed and he began to speak plainly.
36Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. 37People were overwhelmed with amazement. ‘He has done everything well,’ they said. ‘He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.’
Mai tsabta da marar tsabta
(Mattiyu 15.1-9)
1Farisiyawa da waɗansu malaman dokoki waɗanda suka zo daga Urushalima, suka taru kewaye da Yesu. 2Sai suka ga waɗansu daga cikin almajiransa suna cin abinci da hannuwa marasa tsabta, wato, da ba a wanke ba. 3(Farisiyawa da dukan Yahudawa ba sa cin abinci, sai sun wanke hannuwa sarai tukuna, yadda al’adun dattawa suka ce. 4Sa’ad da suka dawo daga wurin kasuwanci, dole su wanke hannu kafin su ci abinci. Sukan kuma kiyaye waɗansu al’adu da yawa, kamar wanken kwafuna, tuluna da butoci.7.4 Waɗansu rubuce-rubucen hannu na farko-farko suna da tuluna, butoci da kujeru)
5Saboda haka, Farisiyawa da malaman dokoki suka tambayi Yesu, suka ce, “Don me almajiranka ba sa bin al’adun dattawa, a maimakon haka suna cin abinci da hannuwa marasa tsabta?”
6Ya amsa ya ce, “Daidai ne Ishaya ya yi annabci game da ku munafukai; kamar yadda yake a rubuce cewa,
“ ‘Waɗannan mutane da baki suke girmama ni,
amma zukatansu sun yi nesa da ni.
7A banza suke mini sujada,
koyarwarsu, dokokin mutane ne kawai.’7.7 Ish 29.13
8Kun yar da umarnan Allah, kuna bin al’adun mutane.”
9Ya kuma ce musu, “Kuna da hanya mai sauƙi na ajiye umarnan Allah a gefe ɗaya, don ku kiyaye al’adunku! 10Gama Musa ya ce, ‘Ka girmama mahaifinka da mahaifiyarka,’7.10 Fit 20.12; M Sh 5.16 kuma, ‘Duk wanda ya zagi mahaifinsa ko mahaifiyarsa, dole a kashe shi.’7.10 Fit 21.17; Fir 20.9 11Amma ku, kukan ce, in mutum ya ce wa mahaifinsa, ko mahaifiyarsa, ‘Duk taimakon da ya kamata ku samu daga wurina, Korban ne,’ (wato, abin da aka keɓe wa Allah), 12sa’an nan haka ba kwa ƙara barinsa yă yi wa mahaifinsa ko mahaifiyarsa wani abu. 13Ta haka kuke rushe maganar Allah ta wurin al’adun da kuke miƙa wa ’ya’yanku. Haka kuma kuke yin abubuwa da yawa.”
(Mattiyu 15.10-20)
14Sai Yesu ya sāke kiran taron wurinsa ya ce, “Ku saurare ni dukanku, ku kuma fahimci wannan. 15Ba abin da yake shiga mutum daga waje ba ne yake ƙazantar da shi. Sai dai abin da ya fita daga cikin mutum ne, yake ƙazantar da shi.”7.15 Waɗansu rubuce-rubucen hannu na farko-farko suna da “marar tsabta.” 16 Duk mai kunnuwan ji, yă ji
17Bayan ya bar taron, ya shiga gida, sai almajiransa suka tambaye shi ma’anar wannan misali. 18Ya ce, “Ashe, ba ku da saurin ganewa? Ba ku gane cewa ba abin da yake shiga mutum daga waje ba ne yake ƙazantar da shi. 19Gama ba ya shiga cikin zuciyarsa, sai dai cikin tumbinsa, sa’an nan kuma yă fita daga jikinsa.” (Da faɗin haka, Yesu ya nuna tsabtar kowane irin abinci.)
20Ya ci gaba, “Abin da yake fitowa daga mutum ne yake ƙazantar da shi. 21Gama daga ciki, daga zuciyar mutane, mugayen tunani suke fitowa, fasikanci, sata, kisankai, zina, 22kwaɗayi, ƙeta, ruɗu, ƙazantaccen sha’awa, kishi, ɓata suna, girman kai da kuma wauta. 23Duk waɗannan mugayen abubuwa daga cikin suke fitowa, suna kuma ƙazantar da mutum.”
Bangaskiyar Baheleniya
(Mattiyu 15.21-28)
24Sai Yesu ya bar wurin, ya kuma tafi wajajen Taya. Ya shiga wani gida, bai kuwa so kowa yă sani ba. Duk da haka, bai iya ɓoye kasancewarsa ba. 25Da jin labarinsa, sai wata mace wadda ƙaramar diyarta tana da mugun ruhu, ta zo ta durƙusa a gabansa. 26Macen kuwa mutuniyar Hellenawa ce, an haife ta a Funisiya a Suriya. Ta roƙi Yesu yă fitar da aljani da yake jikin diyarta.
27Yesu ya ce mata, “Da farko, bari ’ya’ya su ci su ƙoshi tukuna, gama ba daidai ba ne, a ɗauki burodin yara a jefa wa karnukansu.”
28Ta amsa, ta ce, “I, Ubangiji, ko karnuka ma da suke ƙarƙashin tebur, sukan ci burbuɗin da suke fāɗuwa daga abincin yara.”
29Sai ya ce mata, “Saboda irin wannan amsa, ki tafi, aljanin ya rabu da diyarki.”
30Ta tafi gida, ta tarar da diyarta kwance a gado, aljanin kuwa ya fita.
Warkar da kurma wanda yake kuma bebe
31Sai Yesu ya bar wajajen Taya, ya bi ta Sidon har zuwa Tekun Galili da kuma cikin yankin Dekafolis.7.31 Wato, Birane Goma 32A can ne waɗansu mutane suka kawo masa wani kurma, wanda da ƙyar yake magana. Sai suka roƙe shi yă ɗibiya hannunsa a kan mutumin.
33Bayan da ya jawo shi gefe, sai Yesu ya sa yatsotsinsa a kunnuwan mutumin, ya tofa miyau ya kuma taɓa harshen mutumin. 34Ya ɗaga kai sama, ya ja numfashi mai zurfi, sa’an nan ya ce masa,“Effata!” (Wato, “Buɗe!”). 35Bayan ya faɗa haka, sai kunnuwan mutumin suka buɗe, harshensa kuma ya kunce, sai ya fara magana sarai.
36Yesu ya umarce su, kada su gaya wa kowa. Amma ƙara yawan kwaɓarsu ƙara yawan yaɗa labarin suke ta yi. 37Mutane suka cika da mamaki, suka ce, “Kai, ya yi kome daidai. Har ma yana sa kurame su ji, bebaye kuma su yi magana.”
