Matthew 15
1 Then [some] Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws came from Jerusalem [to talk to] Jesus. They said,
Kungai Mapalishayo na bhaajiganya bha Shalia gubhaikengenenje koposhela ku Yelushalemu, gubhaajendelenje a Yeshu, nikwaabhuya,
2 “(We think it is disgusting that your disciples disobey the traditions of our ancestors!/Why do your disciples disobey [what our ancestors wrote down and] our [elders taught us]?) [RHQ] They do not perform the proper ritual of washing their hands before they eat!”
“Pakuti bhaajiganywa bhenu bhakakamulanga ikubho itujigenywe na bhanangulungwa bhetu? Bhakaanabhanga makono ukoto pa shalya.”
3 Jesus answered them, “(What is really disgusting is that you refuse to obey God’s commands [just] so that you can follow what your ancestors taught you!/Why do you refuse to obey what God commanded [people to do, just] so that you can follow your own traditions?) [RHQ]
A Yeshu gubhaajangwilenje, “Pakuti numbe mmanganyanji nnalekanga Shalia ja a Nnungu, nikagulila ikubho yenunji?
4 God gave these [two] commands: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘People who speak evil about their father or mother must be executed.’
A Nnungu bhaashite, ‘Gwaajogope ainago na akwenu, pabha ishijandikwa, akwaatukana ainagwe eu akwabhe, abhulagwe.’
5 But you tell people, ‘You can say to your father or mother, “What I was going to give to you [to help provide for you], [I have now promised] to give [to God].”’
Ikabheje mmanganya nnajiganyanga kuti mundu abhaga na shindu shakwaapa ainagwe eu akwabhe, ikabheje ashibheleketa, ‘Shene shindushi njikwaapa a Nnungu,’
6 And if you do that, you think that you do not need to give anything to help your parents. In [that way], [by teaching people] your traditions, you disregard what God commanded.
bhai, akapinjikwa kabhili kwaajogopa ainagwe nikwaapa! Nnei shinkuti kulinyegeyanga lilobhe lya a Nnungu nkukagula ikubho yenunji.
7 You only pretend to be good! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you [also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said],
Mmanganya mmagulumba! A Ishaya bhalondwele ukoto genu mmanganya.”
8 ‘These people talk [as if they] honor me [MTY], but they do not think about honoring me at all [MET].
A Nnungu bhanabheleketa, “‘Bhene bhandunjibha bhananyogopanga kwa malobhepe, Ikabheje mitima jabhonji jishitalikangana na nne.
9 It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up [as if I myself had commanded it].’”
Kundindibhalila kwabhonji kwayoyo, Pabha majiganyo gabhonji ni malajilo ga shigundupe.’”
10 Then Jesus [again] summoned the crowd to come [nearer] to him. Then he said to them, “Listen to [what I am about to tell you], and [try to] understand it.
A Yeshu gubhaashemilenje bhandu bhagumbelenje bhala, gubhaalugulilenje, “Mpilikananje, na mmumanyanje!
11 Nothing that a person puts into his mouth [to eat] causes [God to consider] that person to be unacceptable. Instead, it is [the words] that come out of people’s mouths [SYN] that cause [God to reject them].”
Shindu shalya mundu shikakuntenda mundu anyate, ikabhe malobhe gakopoka nkang'wa, ni gakuntenda mundu anyate.”
12 Later we disciples went to Jesus and said, “Do you know that the Pharisees heard what you said, and as a result they felt offended [RHQ]?”
Kungai bhaajiganywa gubhaajendelenje, nikwaabhuya, “Bhuli, mmumanyi kuti Mapalishayo bhashinkutumbalanga bhakapilikananjeje malobhe genu?”
13 Then, [to teach us what God would do to the Pharisees], Jesus told [us this parable]: “My Father in heaven [will] get rid of all [those who teach things that are contrary to his truth, just like a farmer] gets rid of plants that he did not plant, by pulling them up along with their roots [MET].
A Yeshu gubhaajangwilenje, “Litepo lyolyowe lyangapandwa na Atati bha kunnungu, lipingatutumbulwa.
14 Do not pay any attention to [the Pharisees]. They [do not help people who do not know God’s truth] to [understand it, just like] blind guides [do not help] blind [people to perceive where they should go] [MET]. If a blind person [tries to] lead [another] blind person, they will both fall into a big hole [MET]. [Similarly, both the Pharisees and their disciples will end up in hell].” (questioned)
Mwaalekanje bhanganyabho, ashikalongolele nangalole. Nangalole annongoyaga nangalole mwine, bhowe bhanaabhili shibhatumbushilanje nniimbo.”
15 Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable [about what a person eats].”
A Petili gubhashite, “Nntulugulile ukoto ga lutango.”
16 He replied [to them], “(I am disappointed that even you, [who should understand what I teach], still do not understand!/Why is it that even you [who should understand what I teach], still do not understand?) [RHQ]
A Yeshu gubhashite, “Nkali mmanganya mpaka nnaino nkanabhe kumumanyanga?
17 (You ought to understand that all [food that people] eat enters their stomachs, and later the refuse passes out of their [bodies]./Cannot you understand that all [food that people] eat enters their stomachs and later the refuse passes out [of their bodies]?) [RHQ] [Because food does not alter what we think and desire, what we eat does not cause God to consider that we are unacceptable to him].
Bhuli, nkakumumanyanga kuti shoshowe shijinjila nkang'wa shinakwenda nnipitiu na kungai shinaepukwa kulilindi?
18 [You should know that] what comes out of [people’s] mouths, [meaning everything that they say] [SYN], comes from their inner beings/hearts. Many of the [things that they say] cause [God to consider] them to be unacceptable [to him].
Ikabheje malobhe gakopoka nkang'wa mugakoposhele muntima, na genego ni gakuntenda mundu anyate.
19 It is people’s innermost beings that [cause them] to think things that are evil, to murder people, to [commit] adultery, to commit other sexual sins, to steal things, to testify falsely, and to speak evil about [others].
Pabha muntima inakoposhela ng'aniyo ya nyata, kubhulaga na labhalabha na gwii na kong'ondela unami na matukano.
20 It is these actions that cause [God to consider] people to be unacceptable [to him]. To eat with unwashed hands does not cause [God to consider] people unacceptable to him.”
Genego ni gakuntenda mundu anyate. Ikabheje kulya shalya gwangali nabha makono kukakuntenda mundu anyate.”
21 After Jesus [took us and] left [Galilee district], we went into the region [where the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [are located].
A Yeshu gubhajabhwile pepala gubhapite tama mmbali ja ku Tilo na ku Shidoni.
22 A woman [from the group of people called] Canaanites who live in that region came [to the place where Jesus was staying]. She kept shouting [to him], “Lord, you are the descendant of [King] David, [you are the Messiah!] Have pity on me [and my daughter!] She is suffering very much because a demon controls her.”
Bhai, bhakongwe bhamo Bhakanaani bha shene shilambosho gubhaaishile, gubhautiye lilobhe bhalinkuti, “Mmakulungwa, Bhaulongo gwa a Daudi, mmonele shiya! Mwali jwangu analaga kaje lioka.”
23 But Jesus did not answer her at all. [We] disciples came to him, and [knowing that the woman was not a Jew], we said to him, “Tell her to leave, because she keeps [bothering us] by yelling behind us!”
Ikabheje a Yeshu bhangaajangula. Bhai, bhaajiganywa bhabho gubhaajendelenje, nikwaabhalanjila, “Mwaalugulile bhajabhule, pabha bhanakutukagula bhalijobhela.”
24 But Jesus said [to her], “I have been sent {[God] has sent me} to [help] only the Israelite people [at this time] [SYN]. [They are like] sheep that have gotten lost [MET] [because they do not know the way to heaven].”
A Yeshu gubhajangwile, “Nangatumwa ikabhe kubhandu bha ku Ishilaeli bhalinginji malinga ngondolo iobhile.”
25 But she came [closer] to Jesus and knelt down in front of him [to worship him]. She pled, “Lord/Sir, help me!”
Penepo bhakongwe bhala gubhaatindibhalile, bhalinkuti, “Mmakulungwa, nnjiye kunnyangutile.”
26 Then, [to suggest to her that he needed to help the Jews first and not the non-Jews, whom the Jews called dogs], he told her, “It is not good [for someone] to take food [that has been prepared for] the children and throw it to the [little] dogs.”
A Yeshu gubhaajangwile, “Nngabha mmbone tola shalya sha bhana nikwiijaila mbwa.”
27 [But to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God], the woman said [to Jesus], “Lord/Sir, what you [say is] correct, but even the [little] dogs eat the crumbs that fall to the floor [when] their masters [sit at] their tables [and eat]!”
Bhakongwe bhala gubhashite, “Kweli, Mmakulungwa, ikabheje nkali mbwa inalya malepeyo gagwa pa mesha ya ashinangologwe.”
28 Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, [because] you believe firmly [in me, I] will [heal your daughter] as you desire!” At that moment [the demon left] her daughter, [and she] became well.
Penepo a Yeshu gubhajangwile, “Mama, ngulupai jenu jikulungwa, bhai, ntendelwe malinga shinkupinga.” Lioka jula akunshokaga mwali jula, nigwalamile malanga gala.
29 After Jesus, [along with us disciples], departed from that area, we went [back] to Galilee Lake [and walked] along it. Then Jesus climbed the hill [near there] and sat down [to teach the people].
A Yeshu gubhashoshile pepala gubhapite nnyenje litanda lya Galilaya, gubhajombweshe ku shitumbi, nigubhatemi.
30 Crowds kept coming to him for the next two days and brought lame, crippled, and blind people, those who were unable to talk, and many others [who had various sicknesses]. They laid them in front of Jesus [so that he would heal them] [SYN]. And he healed them.
Bhandu bhabhagwinji gubhaaishilenje bhalikwaapeleshelanga bhalemelenje na ashinangalole na ashinangwabha na bhubhu na bhalwelenji bhabhagwinji, gubhaabhishilenje mmujo jabho, nabhalabho a Yeshu gubhaalamiyenje.
31 The crowd saw [him heal] people who could not talk, crippled people, lame people, and blind people, and they were amazed. They said, “Praise God [who rules over us who live in] Israel!”
Lugwinjili lwa bhandu lula lwashinkulapa bhakaabhonanjeje ashibhubhu bhalibheleketanga, bhalemelenje bhalamilenje, ashinangwabha bhalijimajimanga, na ashinangalole bhalilolanga, bhandu gubhaainiyenje a Nnungu bha Ishilaeli.
32 Then Jesus called us disciples to him and said [to us], “This crowd [of people] has been with me for three days and have nothing [left] to eat. I feel sorry for them. I do not want to send them away [while they are still] hungry, [because if I did that], they might faint on the way [home].”
Bhai, a Yeshu gubhaashemilenje bhaajiganywa bhabho, gubhashite, “Ngunakwaabhonelanga shiya bhandunjibha, pabha bhashitamangana na nne mobha gatatu, nnaino bhangalinginji shalya. Ngapinga kwaalekanga bhajabhulangane gwangali kulya shalya, bhanaondokanga mumpanda.”
33 We disciples said to him, “In this place where nobody lives, (we cannot possibly obtain enough food to feed such a large crowd!/how can we obtain a large enough amount of food to feed such a large crowd?) [RHQ]”
Bhaajiganywa bhabho gubhaalugulilenje, “Putulipano paanga, shitupate kwei shalya sha jukuta bhandu bhabhagwinji nnei?”
34 Jesus asked us, “How many small loaves do you have?” We said to him, “[We have] seven small loaves and a few [cooked] fish.”
A Yeshu gubhaabhushiyenje, “Mikate jilingwa jinkwetenje?” Gubhaajangwilenje, “Shabha na yamaki ishokope.”
35 He told the people to sit on the ground.
Bhai, a Yeshu gubhaamulishenje bhandu bhatamangane pai.
36 Then he took the seven small loaves and the fish. After he thanked [God for them], he broke them [into pieces], and he kept giving [them] to us. Then we [kept distributing] them to the crowd.
Gubhatolile mikate shabha jila na yamaki ila, gubhatendile eja kwa a Nnungu, gubhagebhenye, gubhaapelenje bhaajiganywa bhabho, na bhalabhonji gubhaagabhanishiyenje bhandunji.
37 [Because Jesus made the food multiply miraculously], all [those people] ate and had [plenty to] satisfy [them]. There were 4,000 men [who ate], but no [one counted] the women and the children [who also ate]. Then we [disciples] collected the pieces of food that were left over, and we filled seven large baskets [with them].
Bhowe gubhalilenje nijukuta. Kungai gubhakundikenyenje malepei, gubhagumbeyenje ikapu shabha yaikulungwa.
Bhalilenjebho pubhalinginji bhanabhalume elupu nsheshe, gwangali kubhalanganishiya bhanabhakongwe na bhana.
39 After Jesus dismissed the crowd, he, [along with us], got in the boat, and we sailed [around the lake] to the region called Magadan.
Bhai, a Yeshu gubhaalajilenje bhandunji, gubhakwelile muntumbwi, gubhapite mmbali ja ku Magadani.
