Marcos 7

1 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. 2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4 They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.) 5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

6 He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,

‘This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

7 They worship me in vain,

teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ✝ 7:7 Isaiah 29:13

8 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things." 9 He said to them, "Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’✝7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16 and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’✝7:10 Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9 11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban,"’"*7:11 Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God. that is to say, given to God, 12 "then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, 13 making void the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

14 He called all the multitude to himself and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand. 15 There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man. 16 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"*7:16 NU omits verse 16.

17 When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable. 18 He said to them, "Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him, 19 because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?"*7:19 NU ends Jesus’ direct quote and question after "latrine", ending the verse with "Thus he declared all foods clean. 20 He said, "That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. 21 For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts, 22 covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness. 23 All these evil things come from within and defile the man."

24 From there he arose and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice. 25 For a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet. 26 Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs."

28 But she answered him, "Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs."

29 He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."

30 She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.

31 Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee through the middle of the region of Decapolis. 32 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 He took him aside from the multitude privately and put his fingers into his ears; and he spat and touched his tongue. 34 Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!" 35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly. 36 He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it. 37 They were astonished beyond measure, saying, "He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!"

Ngā Ākonga a ngā Tūpuna

1 Nā, ka huihui ki a ia ngā Parihi, me ētahi o ngā karaipi i haere mai i Hiruhārama. 2 Ā, nō tō rātou kitenga i ētahi o āna ākonga e kai taro ana me te noa anō ngā ringa, arā, kīhai i horoia, ka whakahē rātou.

3 E kore hoki ngā Parihi me ngā Hūrai katoa e kai, ki te kāhore i āta horoia ngā ringa, e pupuri ana hoki i te whakarerenga iho a ngā kaumātua. 4 E kore anō rātou e kai ina hoki mai i te kāinga hokohoko, ki te mea kāhore i horoi. He maha hoki ērā atu mea tuku iho kia puritia e rātou, ngā horoinga o ngā kapu, o ngā pāta, o ngā mea parāhi, o ngā nohoanga.

5 Kātahi, ka ui ngā Parihi me ngā karaipi ki a ia, "He aha āu ākonga tē haere ai i runga i te whakarerenga iho a ngā kaumātua, ā, kāhore e horoi i ngā ringa ina kai taro?"

6 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou: "Tika rawa tā Ihāia i poropiti ai mō koutou, mō te hunga tinihanga, te mea hoki i tuhituhia,

‘Ko te iwi nei, ko ō rātou ngutu hei whakahōnore i ahau,

ko ō rātou ngākau ia matara noa atu i ahau.

7 Otirā, maumau karakia noa rātou ki ahau,

ko tā rātou nei hoki e whakaako ai

ko ngā whakahau a te tāngata.’

8 Kei te whakarere hoki koutou i tā te Atua kupu ako, ka mau ki te waihotanga iho a te tāngata."

9 Ā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Tēnā rā tā koutou hanga ki te whakakāhore i te whakahau a te Atua, kia mau ai koutou ki tā koutou whakarerenga iho. 10 I mea hoki a Mohi, ‘Whakahōnoretia tōu pāpā me tōu whaea’; me tēnei, ‘Ki te kōrero kino tētahi mō tōna pāpā, mō tōna whaea rānei, kia mate ia, mate rawa.’ 11 Ko koutou ia hei mea, ‘Ki te mea tētahi ki tōna pāpā, ki tōna whaea rānei, "Ko tāku mea hei atawhainga mōu he Koropana," ’ (arā, he mea i hoatu ki te Atua). 12 Kāhore koutou āianei i te tuku i a ia ki te mea i tētahi aha mā tōna pāpā, mā tōna whaea rānei; 13 ka waiho e koutou tā koutou whakarerenga iho, i whakarērea iho nei e koutou, hei whakakāhore mō tā te Atua kupu. He maha hoki ngā mea pēnā e meinga ana e koutou."

Ngā Mea e Poke ana i te Tangata

14 Nā, karangatia ana anō e ia te mano ki a ia, ā, mea ana ki a rātou, "Whakarongo mai koutou katoa, kia mātau hoki. 15 Kāhore he mea o waho o te tāngata ka tapoko nei ki roto ki a ia hei whakanoa i a ia; engari, ngā mea e puta ana mai i roto i a ia, mā ēnā e noa ai te tāngata. 16 Ki te whai taringa tētahi hei whakarongo, kia rongo ia."

17 Ā, nō ka mawehe kē ia i te mano ki te whare, ka ui āna ākonga ki a ia ki te tikanga o tēnā kupu whakarite. 18 Nā, ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Ha, he kūware anō koutou? Kāhore koutou i mātau, ko ngā mea katoa o waho e tapoko nei ki te tangata, e kore ia e noa i ērā; 19 Nō te mea e kore e tapoko ki tōna ngākau, engari, ki te kōpū a puta ana ki te poka?" He kōrero tēnei nāna kia kīia ai he mā ngā kai katoa.

20 I mea anō ia, "Ko te mea e puta ake ana i te tangata, mā tērā e noa ai te tangata. 21 Nō roto hoki, nō te ngākau o ngā tāngata te putanga o ngā whakaaro kino, o ngā moepuku, 22 o ngā tāhae, o ngā kōhuru, o ngā pūremu, o ngā hiahia apo, o ngā kino, o te tinihanga, o te hiahia taikaha, o te kanohi kino, o te kohukohu, o te whakapehapeha, o te wairangi. 23 Nō roto te putanga ake o ēnei kino katoa, ā, mā reira e noa ai te tangata."

Te Whakapono o tētahi Wahine

24 Nā, ka whakatika atu ia i reira, ka haere ki ngā wāhi o Tāira, o Hairona; ā, tomo ana ki tētahi whare, kīhai hoki ia i pai kia rongo tētahi tangata. Otiia, kīhai ia i ngaro. 25 I reira hoki, ka rangona ia e tētahi wahine, he wairua poke tō tāna kōtiro, ā, haere ana mai, takoto ana ki ōna waewae. 26 He wahine Kariki hoki ia, ko Hairopinihia tōna iwi. Ka īnoi ki a ia kia peia e ia te rēwera i roto i tāna kōtiro.

27 Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "Tukua kia mātua mākona ngā tamariki. E kore hoki e pai kia tangohia te taro a ngā tamariki, kia makā mā ngā kurī."

28 Otirā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a ia, "Āe rā, e te Ariki, e kai ana anō ngā kurī i raro i te tēpu i ngā kongakonga a ngā tamariki."

29 Nā, ka mea ia ki a ia, "Koia kei tēnā kupu, haere; kua puta te rēwera i roto i tāu kōtiro."

30 Ā, ka haere atu ia ki tōna whare, nā, rokohanga atu e takoto ana tāna kōtiro i runga i te moenga, kua puta te rēwera.

Ka Whakaoratia e Īhu tētahi Tangata, e Turi Whango ana

31 Ā, i hoki anō ia i ngā wāhi o Tāira, o Hairona, haere ana ki te moana o Karirī, rā waenga o ngā wāhi o Rekaporihi. 32 Nā, ka mauria mai ki a ia he turi e whango ana; ka tohe ki a ia kia whakapākia iho tōna ringa ki a ia.

33 Nā, ka tangohia ia e ia i roto i te mano ki tahaki, ā, kuhua ana ōna maihao ki ōna taringa, nā, ka tuwha, ka whakapā ki tōna arero. 34 Ka titiro ki te rangi, ka whakapūmanawa, ka mea ki a ia, "Epata," arā, "Kia puare." 35 Nā, puare tonu iho ōna taringa, korokoro noa ana te here o tōna arero, nā, kua tika āna kōrero.

36 Kātahi ia ka whakatūpato i a rātou kia kaua e kōrerotia ki te tangata. Otirā, ahakoa te nui o tāna whakatūpato i a rātou, nui noa atu tā rātou kōrero haere. 37 Ā, tino mīharo rawa rātou, ka mea, "Pai tonu tāna meatanga i ngā mea katoa; e mea ana ia i ngā turi kia rongo, i ngā wahangū kia kōrero."