The Teaching of the Ancestors
(Mark 7.1-13)1 About this time some Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses came from Jerusalem. They asked Jesus, 2 “Why don't your disciples obey what our ancestors taught us to do? They don't even wash their hands before they eat.”
3 Jesus answered:
Why do you disobey God and follow your own teaching? 4 Didn't God command you to respect your father and mother? Didn't he tell you to put to death all who curse their parents? 5 But you let people get by without helping their parents when they should. You let them say that what they have has been offered to God. 6 Is this any way to show respect to your parents? You ignore God's commands in order to follow your own teaching. 7 And you are nothing but show-offs! Isaiah the prophet was right when he wrote that God had said,
8 “All of you praise me
with your words,
but you never really
think about me.
9 It is useless for you
to worship me,
when you teach rules
made up by humans.”
What Really Makes People Unclean
(Mark 7.14-23)10 Jesus called the crowd together and said, “Pay attention and try to understand what I mean. 11 The food you put into your mouth doesn't make you unclean and unfit to worship God. The bad words that come out of your mouth are what make you unclean.”
12 Then his disciples came over to him and asked, “Do you know you insulted the Pharisees by what you said?”
13 Jesus answered, “Every plant that my Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up by the roots. 14 Stay away from those Pharisees! They are like blind people leading other blind people, and all of them will fall into a ditch.”
15 Peter replied, “What did you mean when you talked about the things that make people unclean?”
16 Jesus then said:
Don't any of you know by now what I am talking about? 17 Don't you know that the food you put into your mouth goes into your stomach and then out of your body? 18 But the words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God. 19 Out of your heart come evil thoughts, murder, unfaithfulness in marriage, vulgar deeds, stealing, telling lies, and insulting others. 20 These are what make you unclean. Eating without washing your hands will not make you unfit to worship God.
A Woman's Faith
(Mark 7.24-30)21 Jesus left and went to the territory near the towns of Tyre and Sidon. 22 Suddenly a Canaanite woman from there came out shouting, “Lord and Son of David, have pity on me! My daughter is full of demons.” 23 Jesus did not say a word. But the woman kept following along and shouting, so his disciples came up and asked him to send her away.
24 Jesus said, “I was sent only to the people of Israel! They are like a flock of lost sheep.”
25 The woman came closer. Then she knelt down and begged, “Please help me, Lord!”
26 Jesus replied, “It isn't right to take food away from children and feed it to dogs.”
27 “Lord, this is true,” the woman said, “but even puppies get the crumbs that fall from their owner's table.”
28 Jesus answered, “Dear woman, you really do have a lot of faith, and you will be given what you want.” At that moment her daughter was healed.
Jesus Heals Many People
29 From there, Jesus went along Lake Galilee. Then he climbed a hill and sat down. 30 Large crowds came and brought many people who were paralyzed or blind or lame or unable to talk. They placed them, and many others, in front of Jesus, and he healed them all. 31 Everyone was amazed at what they saw and heard. People who had never spoken could now speak. The lame were healed, the paralyzed could walk, and the blind were able to see. Everyone was praising the God of Israel.
Jesus Feeds Four Thousand
(Mark 8.1-10)32 Jesus called his disciples together and told them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been with me for three days, and they don't have anything to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry. They might faint on their way home.”
33 His disciples said, “This place is like a desert. Where can we find enough food to feed such a crowd?”
34 Jesus asked them how much food they had. They replied, “Seven small loaves of bread and a few little fish.”
35 After Jesus had told the people to sit down, 36 he took the seven loaves of bread and the fish and gave thanks. He then broke them and handed them to his disciples, who passed them around to the crowds.
37 Everyone ate all they wanted, and the leftovers filled seven large baskets.
38 There were 4,000 men who ate, not counting the women and children.
39 After Jesus had sent the crowds away, he got into a boat and sailed across the lake. He came to shore near the town of Magadan.
Jesus ta tangunine ovanaihelele
(Mark. 7:1-23)1 Opo nee Ovafarisai novanongo vomishangwa ova dja kuJerusalem, ve uya kuJesus ndele tava ti: 2 “Ovalongwa voye oshike hava nyono eenghulunghedi dovakulunhu? Osheshi vo ihava kosho omake avo ngeenge tava li omungome.” 3 Ndelenee Ye okwe va nyamukula ndele ta ti: “Nanye yo oshike hano hamu nyono oshipango shaKalunga omolweenghulunghedi deni? 4 Osheshi Kalunga okwa tya: ‘Fimaneka xo nanyoko, na: ou ta tuku xe ile ina, oye e nokufya shili.’ 5 Ndelenee nye ohamu ti: ‘Ou ta ti kuxe ile kuina: Oipalwifa ei nda li ndi noku ku palulifa ngeno, oyo nda yandja oshali kotembeli, oye ke nokufimaneka xe ile ina.’ 6 Osho ngaha mwa hekula eendjovo daKalunga eenghono, omolweenghulunghedi deni. 7 Ovanaihelele nye! Jesaja okwe mu xunganeka da twa eshi a tya:
8 ‘Ovanhu ava ohava fimaneke nge nomilungu,
ndele omitima davo odi li kokule naame;
9 ndelenee otava fimaneke nge ongaho
nokulonga ovanhu omalongo oipango yovanhu.’ ”
10 Ndele Ye okwa ifana eengudu dovanhu di ehene kuye, ndele ta ti kudo: “Udeni, nye mu didilike. 11 Hasheshi hashi i mokanya tashi nyateke omunhu, ndelenee osheshi hashi di mokanya tashi nyateke omunhu.”
12 Opo ovalongwa vaye ve uya kuye ndele tava ti: “Ou shi shii tuu kutya Ovafarisai eshi va uda eendjovo odo, ova ninga omwenyo mwii?” 13 Ndelenee Ye okwa nyamukula: “Okeshe tuu onhwika inai twikwa kuTate meulu, otai dudwa mo nomidi dayo. 14 Va efeni; ovo ovakwatiketi vovapofi; ngeenge ku nomupofi ta kwata omupofi mukwao komhango, aveshe vavali otava wile moshilambo.” 15 Ndele Petrus okwe mu lombwela ta ti: “Tu fatululila efaneko eli.” 16 Ndelenee Jesus ota ti: “Nanye yo kamu neendunge natango. 17 Kamu shi wete, keshe eshi hashi i mokanya, otashi i medimo notashi piti mo vali. 18 Ndelenee keshe osho hashi di mokanya ohashi di komitima, ndele tashi nyateke omunhu. 19 Osheshi momutima omo hamu di omadiladilo mai, omadipao, omanyonohombo, oluhaelo, oulunga, omalundilafano, omasheko. 20 Oyo tuu ei tai nyateke omunhu; ndele okulya nomake inaa koshwa itaku nyateke omunhu.”
Jesus ta velula omona womukainhu Omukaanan novanaudu vamwe
(Mark. 7:24-30)21 Ndele Jesus okwa dja ko oko ndele ta i komikunda daTirus naSidon. 22 Ndele tala, okwa dja omukainhu Omukaanan okoshikandjo tuu osho, a popya mokule ta ti: “Omwene, Omona waDavid, file nge onghenda! Omumwange okakadona ota hepekwa nai kondemoni.” 23 Ndelenee Ye ine mu nyamukula nande ondjovo. Ovalongwa vaye ove uya ndele tava indile tava ti: “Mu nyamukula, ote tu weelele monima yetu.” 24 Ndelenee Ye okwa nyamukula, ndele ta ti: “Ame inandi tuminwa kovanhu vamwe, okeedi odo da kana domeumbo laIsrael odo adike.” 25 Ndele ye okwe uya ndele ta tu eengolo koshipala shaye ndele ta ti: “Omwene, kwafe nge!” 26 Ndelenee Ye okwa nyamukula ndele ta ti: “Inashi wapala okukufa omungome wounona noku u ekela oumbwena.” 27 Ndele omukainhu ta ti: “Heeno Omwene, noumbwena ohava li oundjaumukile ava hava u koshililo shoovene vavo.” 28 Opo nee Jesus okwe mu nyamukula ndele ta ti: “Omukainhu ove, eitavelo loye olinene, ningilwa ngaashi wa hala.” Nopefimbo tuu olo omona okakadona oka veluka.
Jesus ta velula ovanaudu vahapu
(Mark. 7:31-37)29 Jesus okwa dja oko ndele ta i kefuta laGalilea; okwa londa komhunda ndele ta kala ko omutumba. 30 Ndele eengudu dinene dovanhu de uya kuye, ndele da eta oingudu noilema novapofi novafitamatwi navakwao vahapu, ndele tadi va nangeke keemhadi daye; Oye okwe va velula. 31 Ndele ongudu yovanhu oya kumwa eshi va mona ovafitamatwi tava udu ko, noingudu ya veluka, noilema ya enda, novapofi ova twikuluka; ndele va hambelela Kalunga kaIsrael.
Jesus ta pakele po ovalumenhu omayovi ane
(Mark. 8:1-10)32 Ndele Jesus okwa ifana ovalongwa vaye ndele ta ti: “Ame ondi uditile ovanhu ava onghenda, osheshi vo ova menekela pwaame omafiku atatu, vo vehe na eshi tava li; ndele Ame inandi hala oku va lekela nondjala, vaha lolokele mondjila.” 33 Ndele ovalongwa tava ti kuye: “Omingome di fike apa ohatu di hange peni mombuwa omu, okukutifa ongudu i fike apa?” 34 Jesus ta ti kuvo: “Omu nomingome ingapi?” Vo ova tya: “Heyali neeshi dimwe.” 35 Oye okwa lombwela ovanhu va kale omutumba poshi. 36 Ndele okwa kufa omingome edi heyali neeshi, ndele ta pandula, ndele okwe di pambula ndele te di pe ovalongwa vaye, novalongwa ve di yandja kovanhu. 37 Ndele aveshe ova lya ndele va kuta. Ndele va toola po oundjaumukile ava va xupa po, oimbale iheyali i yadi. 38 Ndele ovo va lya, va li ovalumenhu omayovi ane, ovakainhu nounona inava valwa. 39 Ndele Ye okwa lekela ovanhu ndele okwa londa mowato, ndele okwa ya koshilongo shaMagadan.
