Marku 7
1 Atëherë rreth tij u mblodhën farisenjtë dhe disa skribë që kishin ardhur nga Jeruzalemi.
[One day some] Pharisees and some men who teach the [Jewish] laws gathered around Jesus. They had come from Jerusalem [to investigate him].
2 Ata vunë re se disa nga dishepujt e tij po hanin bukë me duar të papastra, domethënë të palara, dhe i paditën.
The Pharisees and all of the [other] Jews [strictly] observe the traditions that their ancestors [taught. For example, they refuse to] eat until they first wash their hands [with a special ritual], especially after they [return] from [buying things in] the marketplace. [They think that God will be angry with them if they do not do that, because some person or thing unacceptable to God might have touched] ([them/the things they bought]). There are many other such [traditions] that they accept and try to obey. Specifically, they wash [in a special way] their cups, pots, kettles, containers, and beds [in order that using these things will not make God reject them].
3 Në fakt farisenjtë dhe të gjithë Judenjtë nuk hanë pa i larë më parë me shumë kujdes duart, duke iu përmbajtur traditës së pleqve;
4 dhe, kur kthehen nga tregu, nuk hanë pa u pastruar më parë. Ka shumë gjëra të tjera që ata duhet të respektojnë për shkak të traditës: larjen e kupave, të brokave, të enëve prej bakri dhe të shtretërve.
5 Pastaj farisenjtë dhe skribët e pyetën: “Përse dishepujt e tu nuk sillen sipas traditës së pleqve, por hanë bukë pa i larë duart?”.
That day, those Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws saw that some of his disciples were eating food with hands that they had not washed [using the special ritual]. So they questioned Jesus, saying, “[Your] disciples disobey the traditions of our ancestors! (You should not [let them] eat food if they have not washed their hands [using our special ritual]!/Why do you [let them] eat food if they have not washed their hands [using our special ritual]?) [RHQ]”
6 Por ai duke u përgjigjur u tha atyre: “Mirë profetizoi Isaia për ju, hipokritë, siç është shkruar: “Ky popull me buzë më nderon, por zemra e tyre rri larg meje.
Jesus said to them, “Isaiah [rebuked your ancestors], and his words describe very well you people who only pretend to be good! He wrote these words [that God said]: These people speak [as if they] honor me, but they [SYN] really do not think about honoring me at all.
7 Por kot më bëjnë një kult, duke mësuar doktrina, të cilat janë porosi nga njerëzit”.
It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach only what people have commanded [as if I myself had commanded them].
8 Duke lënë pas dore, pra, urdhërimin e Perëndisë, ju i përmbaheni traditës së njerëzve: larje brokash dhe kupash; dhe bëni shumë gjëra të tjera të ngjashme”.
You, [like your ancestors], refuse [to do] what God has commanded. Instead, you follow only the traditions that (others/your ancestors) have [taught].”
9 U tha atyre akoma: “Ju jeni të shkathët për të anuluar urdhërimin e Perëndisë, për të zbatuar traditën tuaj.
Jesus also said to them, “[You think] [IRO] that you are clever in refusing to do what God commanded just so that you can obey your own traditions!
10 E në fakt Moisiu tha: “Ndero atin tënd dhe nënën tënde”, dhe: “Ai që mallkon atin ose nënën, të dënohet me vdekje”.
[For example, our ancestor] Moses [wrote God’s] command, ‘Honor your fathers and your mothers’. He also wrote, ‘[The authorities must] execute a person who speaks evil about his father or mother.’
11 Por ju thoni: “Në qoftë se dikush i thotë atit të vet ose nënës së vet: Gjithçka që mund të bëjë për ty është kurban, domethënë një ofertë Perëndisë”,
But you [teach people that it is all right that people no longer must help their parents. You teach people that it is all right if people] give their things to God [instead of giving them to their parents]. You allow them to say to their parents, ‘What I was going to give to you [to provide for you, I have now promised to] give to God. So I [cannot any longer help you]!’ As a result, you are [actually telling people] that they no longer have to help their parents!
12 nuk e lejoni atë të bëjë asgjë për atin e vet ose për nënën e vet,
13 duke e anuluar kështu fjalën e Perëndisë me traditën tuaj, që ju e keni trashëguar. Dhe ju po bëni shumë gjëra të tjera të ngjashme”.
And, by doing that, you disregard what God commanded! You teach your own traditions to others [and tell them strongly that they should obey them] And you do many other things like that.”
14 Pastaj thirri gjithë turmën rreth vetes dhe i tha: “Më dëgjoni të gjithë dhe kuptoni:
Then Jesus again summoned the crowd [to come closer. Then] he said to them [figuratively], “All of you people listen to me! [Try to] understand [DOU] [what I am about to tell you].
15 Nuk ka asgjë jashtë njeriut që, duke hyrë në të, mund ta ndotë atë; përkundrazi janë ato gjëra që dalin prej tij që e ndotin.
Nothing that people eat causes [God to] consider them to be unacceptable. On the contrary, it is that which comes from people’s (inner beings/hearts) that causes God to reject them.”
16 Kush ka veshë për të dëgjuar, le të dëgjojë!
17 Më pas, kur ai u kthye në shtëpi, larg turmës, dishepujt e vet e pyetën për kuptimin e shëmbëlltyrës.
After Jesus had left the crowd and then entered a house with the disciples, they asked him about the parable [that he had just spoken].
18 Dhe ai u tha atyre: “Edhe ju qënkeni kaq të pamend? A nuk e kuptoni se çdo gjë që nga jashtë hyn te njeriu nuk mund ta ndotë,
He replied, “([I am disappointed that] you also do not understand [what it means]!/Why can you not understand [what it means]?) [RHQ] (You ought to understand that nothing that [enters us from] outside can cause [God to] consider us unacceptable to him./Can you not understand that nothing that [enters us from] outside of us can cause [God to] consider us unacceptable to him?) [RHQ]
19 sepse nuk i hyn në zemër, por në bark, dhe pastaj jashtëqitet në gjiriz?”. Duke folur kështu, ai i deklaroi të pastra të gjitha ushqimet.
Instead of entering [and ruining] our minds/souls, it goes into our stomachs, and afterwards the refuse passes out [of our bodies].” By saying this, Jesus was declaring that people [can eat] any food without causing [God] to reject them.
20 Tha akoma: “Ajo që del nga njeriu, e bën atë të ndotur.
He also said, “It is the [thoughts and actions] that come from within people that cause [God] to consider them unacceptable to him.
21 Sepse nga brenda, domethënë nga zemra e njeriut, dalin mendimet e mbrapshta, shkeljet e kurorës, kurvërimi, vrasjet,
Specifically, it is people’s innermost being [that causes them to] think things that are evil; they act immorally, they steal [things], they commit murder.
22 vjedhjet, lakmitë, ligësitë, mashtrimet, pafytyrësia, smira, blasfemia, kryelartësia, budallallëku.
They [commit] adultery, they are greedy, they [act] maliciously, they deceive [people]. They [act] indecently, they envy [people], they speak evil about others, they are proud, and they [act] foolishly.
23 Të gjitha këto të mbrapshta dalin nga brenda dhe e ndotin njeriut”.
People think [these thoughts] and then they do these evil actions, and that is what causes [God to] consider them unacceptable to him.”
24 Pastaj u nis që andej dhe shkoi në krahinën e Tiros dhe të Sidonit; hyri në një shtëpi dhe donte që askush të mos e dinte, por nuk mundi të qëndrojë i fshehur.
After Jesus [and his disciples] left [Galilee district], they went to the region around Tyre. While he stayed at a certain house, he desired that no one know [it], but people soon found out [that he was there].
25 Në fakt një grua, vajza e së cilës kishte një frymë e ndyrë, duke dëgjuar për Jezusin, erdhi dhe u hodh para këmbëve të tij.
A certain woman, whose daughter had an evil spirit [within her], heard about Jesus. At once she came to him and prostrated herself at his feet.
26 Tani ajo grua ishte greke, me prejardhje sirofenikase; dhe iu lut që ta dëbonte demonin nga e bija;
This woman [was not a Jew. Her ancestors came] from Greece [country], but she was born in [the region around] Phoenicia [town] in Syria district. She pleaded with Jesus that he expel the evil spirit from her daughter.
27 por Jezusi i tha: “Lëri më parë fëmijët të ngopen, sepse nuk është mirë të merret buka e fëmijëve e t’u hidhet këlyshëve të qenve”.
But he [wanted to see how strongly she believed in him. So, suggesting that he should help the Jews first and not the non-Jews whom some Jews called dogs] [MET], [he] spoke to her saying, “First let the children eat all they want, because it is not good for someone to take the food [the mother has prepared] for the children and then throw it to the [little] dogs.”
28 Por ajo u përgjigj dhe i tha: “Mirë po flet, o Zot, por edhe këlyshët nën tryezë hanë thërimet e fëmijëve!”
But [to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God] [MET], she replied to him, “Sir, [what you say is] correct, but even the [little] dogs, which lie under the table, eat the crumbs that the children [drop].”
29 Atëherë ai i tha: “Për këtë fjalën tënde, shko; demoni doli nga vajza jote!”.
[Jesus] said to her, “Because of what you have said, [you have shown me that you believe in what I can do for you]. So I will help you. Now you may go [home, because I have caused] the evil spirit to leave your daughter.”
30 Dhe ajo, kur u kthye në shtëpinë e vet, e gjeti të bijën në shtrat, dhe demoni i kishte dalë.
The woman returned to her house and saw that her child was lying [quietly] on the bed and that the evil spirit had left.
31 Mbasi u nis përsëri nga krahina e Tiros dhe e Sidonit, Jezusi arriti te deti i Galilesë, në mes të krahinës së Dekapolit.
Jesus [and his disciples] left the region around Tyre [city] and went [north] through Sidon [city], then [toward the east] through the district of the Ten Towns, and then [south] to [the towns near] Lake Galilee.
32 Dhe i paraqitën një të shurdhët që mezi fliste, dhe iu lutën t’i vërë duart mbi të.
[There], people brought to him a man who was deaf and who could hardly talk. They begged [Jesus] to lay his hands on him [in order to heal him].
33 Si e mori veçmas, larg turmës, ia shtiu gishtrinjtë në vesh dhe mbasi e pështyu ia preku gjuhën.
[So Jesus] took him away from the crowd [in order that the two of them could be] alone. Then he put [one of] his fingers into [each of] the man’s ears. After he spat [on his fingers], he touched the man’s tongue [with his fingers].
34 Pastaj i drejtoi sytë nga qielli, psherëtiu dhe i tha: “Effatha”, që do të thotë: “Hapu!”.
Then he looked up toward heaven, he sighed [because he was concerned for the man], and then [in his own language] he said to the man’s [ears], “Ephphatha”, which means, “Be opened {Open up}!”.
35 Dhe menjëherë iu hapën veshët, iu zgjidh nyja e gjuhës dhe foli rrjedhshëm.
At once the man could hear plainly [MTY]. He also began to speak clearly because [what was causing him to be unable to speak] was healed {Jesus healed [what was causing him to be unable to speak]}.
36 Dhe Jezusi i urdhëroi ata që të mos i tregojnë askujt; por sa më tepër ua ndalonte, aq më tepër ata e përhapnin.
Jesus told ([the people/his friends]) not to tell anyone [what he had done]. But, although he ordered them [and others] repeatedly [not to tell anyone about it], they kept talking about it very much.
37 Dhe, të habitur shumë, thonin: “Ai çdo gjë e ka bërë mirë: ai i bën që të shurdhët të dëgjojnë dhe memecët të flasin!”.
[People who heard about it] were utterly amazed and were saying [enthusiastically], “Everything he has done is wonderful! [Besides doing other amazing things], he enables deaf people to hear! And he enables those who cannot speak to speak!”
