Mak 7
1 Farizyen yo ak kèk dirèktè lalwa te soti Jerizalèm. Yo sanble bò kote Jezi.
One day the Pharisees and some of the teachers of the Law who had come from Jerusalem gathered round Jesus.
2 Yo wè te gen nan disip li yo ki t'ap manje ak men yo tou sal, sa vle di, san yo pa t' lave men yo anvan.
They had noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with their hands “defiled,” by which they meant unwashed.
3 Farizyen yo ak tout lòt jwif yo pa t' janm manje san yo pa t' lave men yo byen lave. Nan sa, yo t'ap swiv koutim granmoun lontan yo.
(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 Lè yo soti nan mache, sa pa t' bon non plis pou yo te manje san yo pa t' pran yon beny anvan. Yo te gen yon bann lòt koutim konsa ankò yo t'ap swiv. Pa egzanp, yo te gen yon jan pou yo lave chak bagay, yon jan pou gode yo, yon jan pou krich yo, yon jan pou mamit yo, yon jan pou lave menm kabann yo.
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 Se sak fè, farizyen yo ak dirèktè lalwa yo mande Jezi: -Poukisa disip ou yo pa swiv koutim granmoun lontan yo? Men y'ap manje ak men yo tou sal.
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 Jezi reponn yo: -Bann ipokrit! Ezayi te gen rezon lè l' t'ap pale sou nou, jan sa ekri a: Se nan bouch pèp sa a respekte m', men kè yo byen lwen mwen.
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 Se tan yo y'ap pèdi lè y'ap fè sèvis pou mwen. Paske nan leson yo, se pawòl lèzòm y'ap moutre moun.
but vainly do they worship me, For they teach but human precepts.”
8 Jezi di yo konsa: -Nou mete kòmandman Bondye yo sou kote pou nou swiv koutim moun etabli.
You neglect God’s commandments and hold to human traditions.
9 Li di yo tou: -Nou byen konnen jan pou nou vire kòmandman Bondye yo voye jete, pou nou ka kenbe pwòp pawòl pa nou yo.
Wisely do you set aside God’s commandments,’ he exclaimed, ‘to keep your own traditions!
10 Tande byen. Moyiz di konsa: Respekte papa ou ak manman ou. Li di ankò: Si yon moun pale papa l' ak manman l' mal, se pou yo touye li.
For while Moses said “Honour your father and your mother,” and “Let anyone who abuses their father or mother suffer death,”
11 Men nou menm, nou di: Si yon moun di papa l' osinon manman l': Tou sa m' ta gen pou m' ede ou la, li kòban (sa vle di: se yon ofrann mwen mete apa pou Bondye),
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 nan ka sa a, li pa bezwen fè anyen pou papa l' osinon manman li.
why, then you do not allow them to do anything further for their father or mother!
13 Se konsa nou fè pawòl Bondye yo pase pou anyen ak pawòl pa nou n'ap transmèt yonn bay lòt. Nou fè anpil lòt bagay konsa ankò.
In this way you nullify the words of God by your traditions, which you hand down; and you do many similar things.’
14 Apre sa, Jezi rele foul moun yo vin bò kote l' ankò. Li di yo konsa: -Nou tout, tande byen sa m'ap di nou la a; manyè konprann sa.
Then Jesus called the people to him again, and said, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and mark my words.
15 Se pa bagay deyò ki antre anndan yon moun lè l'ap manje ki kapab mete l' nan kondisyon pou li pa ka sèvi Bondye.
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.’
16 Men, se sak sot nan kè l' ki ka mete l' nan kondisyon sa a. Si nou gen zòrèy poun tande, tande.
17 Lè l' fin kite foul moun yo dèyè, li antre nan kay la. Disip li yo mande l' esplike yo parabòl sa a.
When Jesus went indoors, away from the crowd, his disciples began questioning him about this saying.
18 Li di yo: -Nou menm tou, nou san konprann toujou? Nou pa konprann pawòl sa a: Tout bagay ki sot deyò antre anndan yon moun pa kapab mete l' nan kondisyon pou l' pa ka fè sèvis Bondye.
‘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 Paske, manje pa antre nan kè moun. Men, sa pase nan vant; apre, yo jete sa nan latrin. (Lè l' pale konsa, Jezi fè yo konprann tout manje bon.)
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 Li di yo ankò: -Sa ki soti nan kè yon nonm, se sa ki mete l' nan kondisyon pou l' pa ka fè sèvis Bondye.
‘It is what comes out from a person,’ he added, ‘that defiles them,
21 Se nan kè yon moun, se anndan li tout move lide soti: lide fè ou fè tout move bagay, li fè ou vòlè, li fè ou touye moun;
for it is from within, out of the hearts of people, that there come evil thoughts – sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,
22 li fè ou fè adiltè, li fè ou renmen lajan. Li rann ou mechan, fentè, li lage ou nan libètenaj, li ba ou gwo je, li fè ou pale moun mal, li fè ou gen lògèy, li rann ou fou.
greed, wickedness, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, haughtiness, folly;
23 Tout move bagay sa yo, se nan kè moun sa soti, se yo ki mete yon moun nan kondisyon pou l' pa ka fè sèvis Bondye.
all these wicked things come from within, and do defile a person.’
24 Jezi kite kote li te ye a, li ale nan zòn ki nan vwazinaj lavil Tir la. li antre nan yon kay, li pa t' vle pesonn konnen li te la. Men, li pa t' kapab rete kache.
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 Se konsa te gen yon fanm ki te gen yon pitit fi l' ak yon move lespri sou li. Li tande pale sou Jezi. Menm lè a, li kouri vin bò kote l', li lage kò l' nan pye Jezi.
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 (Fanm sa a pa t' jwif, se moun peyi Siri, nan yon seksyon yo rele Fenisi.) Li te fè Jezi demann sa a: -Tanpri souple, chase move lespri ki sou pitit fi m' lan.
the woman was a foreigner, from Syrian Phoenicia – and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.
27 Men Jezi di l' konsa: -Kite vant ti moun yo plen anvan; paske sa pa bon pou wete pen nan bouch timoun pou bay ti chen.
‘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 Fanm lan reponn li: -Se vre wi, Mèt. Men, ti chen ki anba tab manje ti kal pen timoun jete atè.
‘Yes, Master,’ she replied. ‘Even the dogs under the table do feed on the children’s crumbs.’
29 Lè sa a Jezi di li: -Poutèt pawòl sa a, ou mèt al lakay ou: move lespri a soti sou pitit fi ou la.
‘For saying that,’ he answered, ‘you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.’
30 Lè fanm lan rive lakay li, li jwenn pitit la kouche byen trankil sou kabann lan. Move lespri a te gen tan soti sou li.
The woman went home, and found the child lying on her bed, and the demon gone.
31 Jezi kite zòn lavil Tir la. Li pase lavil Sidon, li travèse nan mitan peyi Dis Vil yo; li tounen lòt bò lanmè Galile a.
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 Yo mennen yon nonm ba li: nonm lan te soudè epi li pa t' pale byen. Yo mande Jezi pou li mete men l' sou tèt nonm lan.
Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and almost dumb, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.
33 Men Jezi pran men nonm lan, li fè l' soti nan mitan foul moun yo, li mennen l' sou kote. Li mete dwèt li nan zòrèy nonm lan, li krache, epi li manyen lang nonm lan.
Jesus took him aside from the crowd quietly, put his fingers into the man’s ears, and touched his tongue with saliva.
34 Apre sa, li leve je l' nan syèl la, li bay yon soupi. Li di: -Efata! (ki vle di: Louvri!)
Then, looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to the man, ‘Ephphatha!’ which means “Be opened.”
35 Latou, zòrèy nonm lan louvri, lang nonm lan demare nan bouch li epi li pran pale trè byen.
The man’s ears were opened, the string of his tongue was freed, and he began to talk plainly.
36 Jezi te mande yo tout pou yo pa t' di pesonn sa. Men plis li te defann yo pale se plis yo te mache pale bagay la.
Jesus insisted on their not telling anyone; but the more he insisted, the more perseveringly they made it known,
37 Moun yo te pi sezi ankò. Yo t'ap di: -Nonm sa a fè tout afè l' byen. Li fè soudè yo tande, li fè bèbè yo pale.
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!’
