Matteo 15
1 ALLORA gli Scribi ed i Farisei di Gerusalemme vennero a Gesù, dicendo:
Then [some] Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws came from Jerusalem [to talk to] Jesus. They said,
2 Perchè trasgrediscono i tuoi discepoli la tradizion degli anziani? poichè non si lavano le mani, quando prendono cibo.
“(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!”
3 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse loro: E voi, perchè trasgredite il comandamento di Dio per la vostra tradizione?
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]
4 Poichè Iddio ha comandato in questa maniera: Onora padre, e madre; e: Chi maledice padre, o madre, muoia di morte.
God gave these [two] commands: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘People who speak evil about their father or mother must be executed.’
5 Ma voi dite: Chiunque avrà detto al padre, o alla madre: Tutto ciò, di che tu potresti esser da me sovvenuto, [è] offerta [a Dio; ]
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].”’
6 può non [più] onorar suo padre, e sua madre. Ed avete annullato il comandamento di Dio con la vostra tradizione.
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.
7 Ipocriti, ben di voi profetizzò Isaia, dicendo:
You only pretend to be good! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you [also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said],
8 Questo popolo si accosta a me con la bocca, e mi onora con le labbra; ma il cuor loro è lungi da me.
‘These people talk [as if they] honor me [MTY], but they do not think about honoring me at all [MET].
9 Ma invano mi onorano insegnando dottrine, [che son] comandamenti d'uomini.
It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up [as if I myself had commanded it].’”
10 Poi, chiamata a sè la moltitudine, le disse: Ascoltate, ed intendete:
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.
11 Non ciò che entra nella bocca contamina l'uomo; ma ben lo contamina ciò che esce dalla bocca.
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].”
12 Allora i suoi discepoli, accostatisi, gli dissero: Sai tu che i Farisei, udito questo ragionamento, sono stati scandalezzati?
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]?”
13 Ed egli, rispondendo, disse: Ogni pianta che il padre mio celeste non ha piantata sarà diradicata.
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].
14 Lasciateli; son guide cieche di ciechi; ora, se un cieco guida un [altro] cieco amendue cadranno nella fossa.
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)
15 E Pietro, rispondendo, gli disse: Dichiaraci quella parabola.
Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable [about what a person eats].”
16 E Gesù disse: Siete voi eziandio ancor privi d'intelletto?
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]
17 Non intendete voi ancora che tutto ciò che entra nella bocca se ne va nel ventre, e poi è gettato fuori nella latrina?
(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].
18 Ma le cose che escono dalla bocca procedono dal cuore, ed esse contaminano l'uomo.
[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].
19 Poichè dal cuore procedono pensieri malvagi, omicidii, adulterii, fornicazioni, furti, false testimonianze, maldicenze.
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].
20 Queste son le cose che contaminano l'uomo; ma il mangiare con mani non lavate non contamina l'uomo.
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.”
21 POI Gesù, partitosi di là, si ritrasse nelle parti di Tiro, e di Sidon.
After Jesus [took us and] left [Galilee district], we went into the region [where the cities of] Tyre and Sidon [are located].
22 Ed ecco, una donna Cananea, uscita di que' confini, gli gridò, dicendo: Abbi pietà di me, o Signore, figliuol di Davide! la mia figliuola è malamente tormentata dal demonio.
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.”
23 Ma egli non le rispondeva nulla. E i suoi discepoli, accostatisi, lo pregavano, dicendo: Licenziala, perciocchè ella grida dietro a noi.
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!”
24 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse: Io non son mandato se non alle pecore perdute della casa d'Israele.
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].”
25 Ed ella venne, e l'adorò, dicendo: Signore, aiutami.
But she came [closer] to Jesus and knelt down in front of him [to worship him]. She pled, “Lord/Sir, help me!”
26 Ma egli, rispondendo, disse: Non è cosa onesta prendere il pan de' figliuoli, e gettarlo a' cagnuoli.
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.”
27 Ed ella disse: Ben dici, Signore; poichè anche i cagnuoli mangiano delle miche che cadono dalla tavola de' lor padroni.
[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]!”
28 Allora Gesù, rispondendo, le disse: O donna, grande [è] la tua fede; siati fatto come tu vuoi. E da quell'ora, la sua figliuola fu sanata.
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.
29 E GESÙ, partendo di là, venne presso al mar della Galilea; e salito sopra il monte, si pose quivi a sedere.
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].
30 E molte turbe si accostarono a lui, le quali aveano con loro degli zoppi, dei ciechi, de' mutoli, de' monchi, ed altri molti; e li gettarono a' piedi di Gesù, ed egli li sanò;
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.
31 talchè le turbe si maravigliavano, vedendo i mutoli parlare, i monchi esser sani, gli zoppi camminare, e i ciechi vedere; e glorificarono l'Iddio d'Israele.
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!”
32 E Gesù, chiamati a sè i suoi discepoli, disse: Io ho gran pietà della moltitudine; perciocchè già tre giorni continui dimora appresso di me, e non ha di che mangiare; e pure io non voglio licenziarli digiuni, che talora non vengano meno tra via.
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].”
33 E i suoi discepoli gli dissero: Onde avremmo in un luogo deserto tanti pani, che bastassero a saziare una cotanta moltitudine?
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]”
34 E Gesù disse loro: Quanti pani avete? Ed essi dissero: Sette, e alcuni pochi pesciolini.
Jesus asked us, “How many small loaves do you have?” We said to him, “[We have] seven small loaves and a few [cooked] fish.”
35 Ed egli comandò alle turbe che si mettessero a sedere in terra.
He told the people to sit on the ground.
36 Poi prese i sette pani, e i pesci, e rese grazie, [li] ruppe, e [li] diede a' suoi discepoli; e i discepoli alla moltitudine.
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.
37 E tutti [ne] mangiarono, e furon saziati; poi levaron l'avanzo de' pezzi, [e ve ne furono] sette panieri pieni.
[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].
38 Or coloro che avean mangiato erano quattromila uomini, oltre alle donne e i fanciulli.
39 Poi, licenziate le turbe, egli montò nella navicella, e venne ne' confini di Magdala.
After Jesus dismissed the crowd, he, [along with us], got in the boat, and we sailed [around the lake] to the region called Magadan.
