¹Baadhi ya Mafarisayo na walimu wa Sheria waliokuwa wametoka Yerusalemu walikusanyika mbele ya Yesu.

¹And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem,

²Waliona kwamba baadhi ya wanafunzi wake walikula mikate kwa mikono najisi, yaani bila kunawa.

²and had seen that some of his disciples ate their bread with defiled, that is, unwashen, hands.

³Maana Mafarisayo na Wayahudi wengine wote huzingatia mapokeo ya wazee wao: hawali kitu kabla ya kunawa mikono ipasavyo.

³(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands diligently, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders;

⁴Tena hawali kitu chochote kutoka sokoni mpaka wamekiosha kwanza. Kuna pia desturi nyingine walizopokea kama vile namna ya kuosha vikombe, sufuria na vyombo vya shaba.

⁴and [when they come] from the market-place, except they bathe themselves, they eat not; and many other things there are, which they have received to hold, washings of cups, and pots, and brasen vessels.)

⁵Basi, Mafarisayo na walimu wa Sheria wakamwuliza Yesu, "Mbona wanafunzi wako hawayajali mapokeo tuliyopokea kwa wazee wetu, bali hula chakula kwa mikono najisi?"

⁵And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with defiled hands?

⁶Yesu akawajibu, "Wanafiki ninyi! Nabii Isaya alitabiri ukweli juu yenu alipoandika: Watu hawa, asema Mungu, huniheshimu kwa maneno matupu, lakini mioyoni mwao wako mbali nami.

⁶And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

⁷Kuniabudu kwao hakufai, maana mambo wanayofundisha ni maagizo ya kibinadamu tu.

⁷But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men.

⁸Ninyi mnaiacha amri ya Mungu na kushikilia maagizo ya watu."

⁸Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.

⁹Yesu akaendelea kusema, "Ninyi mnajua kuepa kwa ujanja sheria ya Mungu kwa ajili ya kufuata mapokeo yenu.

⁹And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.

¹⁰Maana Mose aliamuru: Waheshimu baba yako na mama yako, na, Anayemlaani baba au mama, lazima afe.

¹⁰For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

¹¹Lakini ninyi mwafundisha, Kama mtu anacho kitu ambacho angeweza kuwasaidia nacho baba au mama yake, lakini akasema kwamba kitu hicho ni Korbani (yaani ni zawadi kwa Mungu),

¹¹but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God];

¹²basi, halazimiki tena kuwasaidia wazazi wake.

¹²ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;

¹³Hivyo ndivyo mnavyodharau neno la Mungu kwa ajili ya mafundisho mnayopokezana. Tena mnafanya mambo mengi ya namna hiyo."

¹³making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do.

¹⁴Yesu aliuita tena ule umati wa watu, akawaambia, "Nisikilizeni nyote, mkaelewe.

¹⁴And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand:

¹⁵Hakuna kitu kinachoingia ndani ya mtu toka nje ambacho chaweza kumtia mtu najisi. Lakini kinachotoka ndani ya mtu ndicho kinachomtia mtu najisi."

¹⁵there is nothing from without the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

¹⁶Mwenye masikio na asikie!

¹⁶[If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.]

¹⁷Alipouacha umati wa watu na kuingia nyumbani, wanafunzi wake walimwuliza maana ya huo mfano.

¹⁷And when he was entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked of him the parable.

¹⁸Naye akawaambia, "Je, hata ninyi hamwelewi? Je, hamwelewi kwamba kitu kinachomwingia mtu toka nje hakiwezi kumtia unajisi,

¹⁸And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Perceive ye not, that whatsoever from without goeth into the man, [it] cannot defile him;

¹⁹kwa maana hakimwingii moyoni, ila tumboni, na baadaye hutolewa nje chooni?" (Kwa kusema hivyo, Yesu alivihalalisha vyakula vyote.)

¹⁹because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? [This he said], making all meats clean.

²⁰Akaendelea kusema, "Kinachotoka ndani ya mtu ndicho kinachomtia najisi.

²⁰And he said, That which proceedeth out of the man, that defileth the man.

²¹Kwa maana kutoka ndani, katika moyo wa mtu, hutoka mawazo mabaya, uasherati, wizi, uuaji,

²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, evil thoughts proceed, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

²²uzinzi, uchoyo, uovu, udanganyifu, ufisadi, wivu, kashfa, kiburi na upumbavu.

²²covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:

²³Maovu hayo yote yatoka ndani ya mtu, nayo humtia mtu najisi."

²³all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.

²⁴Yesu aliondoka hapo, akaenda hadi wilaya ya Tiro. Huko aliingia katika nyumba moja na hakutaka mtu ajue; lakini hakuweza kujificha.

²⁴And from thence he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered into a house, and would have no man know it; and he could not be hid.

²⁵Mwanamke mmoja ambaye binti yake alikuwa na pepo, alisikia habari za Yesu. Basi, akaja akajitupa chini mbele ya miguu yake.

²⁵But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

²⁶Mama huyo alikuwa Mgiriki, mwenyeji wa Sirofoinike. Basi, akamwomba Yesu amtoe binti yake pepo mchafu.

²⁶Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. And she besought him that he would cast forth the demon out of her daughter.

²⁷Yesu akamwambia, "Kwanza watoto washibe; kwa maana si vizuri kuchukua chakula cha watoto na kuwatupia mbwa."

²⁷And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

²⁸Lakini huyo mama akasema, "Sawa, Bwana, lakini hata mbwa walio chini ya meza hula makombo ya watoto."

²⁸But she answered and saith unto him, Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

²⁹Yesu akamwambia, "Kwa sababu ya neno hilo, nenda. Pepo amemtoka binti yako!"

²⁹And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the demon is gone out of thy daughter.

³⁰Basi, akaenda nyumbani kwake, akamkuta mtoto amelala kitandani, na pepo amekwisha mtoka.

³⁰And she went away unto her house, and found the child laid upon the bed, and the demon gone out.

³¹Kisha Yesu aliondoka wilayani Tiro, akapitia Sidoni, akafika ziwa Galilaya kwa kupitia nchi ya Dekapoli.

³¹And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.

³²Basi, wakamletea bubu-kiziwi, wakamwomba amwekee mikono.

³²And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to lay his hand upon him.

³³Yesu akamtenga na umati wa watu, akamtia vidole masikioni, akatema mate na kumgusa ulimi.

³³And he took him aside from the multitude privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue;

³⁴Kisha akatazama juu mbinguni, akapiga kite, akamwambia, "Efatha," maana yake, "Funguka."

³⁴and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

³⁵Mara masikio yake yakafunguka na ulimi wake ukafunguliwa, akaanza kusema sawasawa.

³⁵And his ears were opened, and the bond of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

³⁶Yesu akawaamuru wasimwambie mtu juu ya jambo hilo. Lakini kadiri alivyowakataza, ndivyo walivyozidi kutangaza habari hiyo.

³⁶And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it.

³⁷Watu walishangaa sana, wakasema, "Amefanya yote vyema: amewajalia viziwi kusikia, na bubu kusema!"

³⁷And they were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh even the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.