¹Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem come up to Jesus, saying,

¹Kisha Mafarisayo na walimu wa Sheria wakafika kutoka Yerusalemu, wakamwendea Yesu, wakamwuliza,

²Why do thy disciples transgress what has been delivered by the ancients? for they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

²"Kwa nini wanafunzi wako hawajali mapokeo tuliyopokea kutoka kwa wazee wetu? Hawanawi mikono yao kama ipasavyo kabla ya kula!"

³But he answering said to them, Why do *ye* also transgress the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching?

³Yesu akawajibu, "Kwa nini nanyi mnapendelea mapokeo yenu wenyewe na hamuijali Sheria ya Mungu?

⁴For God commanded saying, Honour father and mother; and, He that speaks ill of father or mother, let him die the death.

⁴Mungu amesema: Waheshimu baba yako na mama yako, na Anayemkashifu baba yake au mama yake, lazima auawe.

⁵But *ye* say, Whosoever shall say to his father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever [it be] by which [received] from me thou wouldest be profited:

⁵Lakini ninyi mwafundisha ati mtu akiwa na kitu ambacho angeweza kuwasaidia nacho baba au mama yake, lakini akasema: Kitu hiki nimemtolea Mungu,

⁶and he shall in no wise honour his father or his mother; and ye have made void the commandment of God on account of your traditional teaching.

⁶basi, hapaswi tena kumheshimu baba yake! Ndivyo mnavyodharau neno la Mungu kwa kufuata mafundisho yenu wenyewe.

⁷Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,

⁷Enyi wanafiki! Isaya alitabiri sawa kabisa juu yenu:

⁸This people honour me with the lips, but their heart is far away from me;

⁸Watu hawa, asema Mungu, huniheshimu kwa maneno tu, lakini mioyoni mwao wako mbali nami.

⁹but in vain do they worship me, teaching [as] teachings commandments of men.

⁹Kuniabudu kwao hakufai, maana mambo wanayofundisha ni maagizo ya kibinadamu tu."

¹⁰And having called to [him] the crowd, he said to them, Hear and understand:

¹⁰Yesu aliuita ule umati wa watu, akawaambia, "Sikilizeni na muelewe!

¹¹Not what enters into the mouth defiles the man; but what goes forth out of the mouth, this defiles the man.

¹¹Kitu kinachomtia mtu najisi si kile kiingiacho kinywani, bali kile kitokacho kinywani. Hicho ndicho kimtiacho mtu najisi."

¹²Then his disciples, coming up, said to him, Dost thou know that the Pharisees, having heard this word, have been offended?

¹²Kisha wanafunzi wakamwendea, wakamwambia, "Je, unajua kwamba Mafarisayo walichukizwa waliposikia maneno yako?"

¹³But he answering said, Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.

¹³Lakini yeye akawajibu, "Kila mmea ambao Baba yangu aliye mbinguni hakuupanda, utang'olewa.

¹⁴Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch.

¹⁴Waacheni wenyewe! Wao ni vipofu, viongozi wa vipofu; na kipofu akimwongoza kipofu, wote wawili hutumbukia shimoni."

¹⁵And Peter answering said to him, Expound to us this parable.

¹⁵Petro akadakia, "Tufafanulie huo mfano."

¹⁶But he said, Are *ye* also still without intelligence?

¹⁶Yesu akasema, "Hata nyinyi hamwelewi?

¹⁷Do ye not yet apprehend, that everything that enters into the mouth finds its way into the belly, and is cast forth into the draught?

¹⁷Je, hamwelewi kwamba kila kinachoingia kinywani huenda tumboni na baadaye hutupwa nje chooni?

¹⁸but the things which go forth out of the mouth come out of the heart, and those defile man.

¹⁸Lakini yale yatokayo kinywani hutoka moyoni, na hayo ndiyo yanayomtia mtu najisi.

¹⁹For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, blasphemies;

¹⁹Maana moyoni hutoka mawazo maovu yanayosababisha uuaji, uzinzi, uasherati, wizi, ushahidi wa uongo na kashfa.

²⁰these are the things which defile man; but the eating with unwashen hands does not defile man.

²⁰Hayo ndiyo yanayomtia mtu najisi. Lakini kula chakula bila kunawa mikono hakumtii mtu najisi."

²¹And Jesus, going forth from thence, went away into the parts of Tyre and Sidon;

²¹Yesu aliondoka mahali hapo akaenda kukaa katika sehemu za Tiro na Sidoni.

²²and lo, a Canaanitish woman, coming out from those borders, cried [to him] saying, Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.

²²Basi, mama mmoja Mkaanani wa nchi hiyo alimjia, akapaaza sauti: "Mheshimiwa, Mwana wa Daudi, nionee huruma! Binti yangu anasumbuliwa na pepo."

²³But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came to [him] and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she cries after us.

²³Lakini Yesu hakumjibu neno. Basi, wanafunzi wake wakamwendea, wakamwambia, "Mwambie aende zake kwa maana anatufuatafuata akipiga kelele."

²⁴But he answering said, I have not been sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

²⁴Yesu akajibu, "Sikutumwa ila kwa watu wa Israeli waliopotea kama kondoo."

²⁵But she came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me.

²⁵Hapo huyo mama akaja, akapiga magoti mbele yake, akasema, "Mheshimiwa, nisaidie."

²⁶But he answering said, It is not well to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.

²⁶Yesu akamjibu, "Si sawa kuchukua chakula cha watoto na kuwatupia mbwa."

²⁷But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the table of their masters.

²⁷Huyo mama akajibu, "Ni kweli, Mheshimiwa; lakini hata mbwa hula makombo yanayoanguka kutoka meza ya bwana wao."

²⁸Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, thy faith [is] great. Be it to thee as thou desirest. And her daughter was healed from *that* hour.

²⁸Hapo Yesu akamjibu, "Mama, imani yako ni kubwa; basi, ufanyiwe kama unavyotaka." Yule binti yake akapona tangu saa hiyo wakati huohuo.

²⁹And Jesus, going away from thence, came towards the sea of Galilee, and he went up into the mountain and sat down there;

²⁹Yesu alitoka hapo akaenda kando ya ziwa Galilaya, akapanda mlimani, akaketi.

³⁰and great crowds came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, crippled, and many others, and they cast them at his feet, and he healed them:

³⁰Watu wengi sana wakamjia wakiwaleta vilema, vipofu, viwete, bubu na wengine wengi waliokuwa wagonjwa, wakawaweka mbele ya miguu yake, naye Yesu akawaponya.

³¹so that the crowds wondered, seeing dumb speaking, crippled sound, lame walking, and blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

³¹Umati ule wa watu ulishangaa sana ulipoona bubu wakiongea, waliokuwa wamelemaa wamepona, viwete wakitembea na vipofu wakiona; wakamsifu Mungu wa Israeli.

³²But Jesus, having called his disciples to [him], said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

³²Basi, Yesu aliwaita wanafunzi wake, akasema, "Nawaonea watu hawa huruma kwa sababu kwa siku tatu wamekuwa nami, wala hawana chakula. Sipendi kuwaacha waende bila kula wasije wakazimia njiani."

³³And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so many loaves in [the] wilderness as to satisfy so great a crowd?

³³Wanafunzi wakamwambia, "Hapa tuko nyikani; tutapata wapi chakula cha kuwatosha watu wengi hivi?"

³⁴And Jesus says to them, How many loaves have ye? But they said, Seven, and a few small fishes.

³⁴Yesu akawauliza, "Mnayo mikate mingapi?" Wakamjibu, "Saba na visamaki vichache."

³⁵And he commanded the crowds to lie down on the ground;

³⁵Basi, Yesu akawaamuru watu wakae chini.

³⁶and having taken the seven loaves and the fishes, having given thanks, he broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, and the disciples to the crowd.

³⁶Akaitwaa ile mikate saba na vile visamaki, akamshukuru Mungu, akavimega, akawapa wanafunzi, nao wakawagawia watu.

³⁷And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments seven baskets full;

³⁷Wote wakala, wakashiba. Kisha wakakusanya makombo, wakajaza vikapu saba.

³⁸but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

³⁸Hao waliokula walikuwa wanaume elfu nne, bila kuhesabu wanawake na watoto.

³⁹And, having dismissed the crowds, he went on board ship and came to the borders of Magadan.

³⁹Basi, Yesu akawaaga watu, akapanda mashua, akaenda katika eneo la Magadani.