The Teaching of the Ancestors
(Mark 7.1-13)1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the Law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked him, 2 “Why is it that your disciples disobey the teaching handed down by our ancestors? They don't wash their hands in the proper way before they eat!”
3 Jesus answered, “And why do you disobey God's command and follow your own teaching? 4 For God said, ‘Respect your father and your mother,’ and ‘If you curse your father or your mother, you are to be put to death.’ 5 But you teach that if people have something they could use to help their father or mother, but say, ‘This belongs to God,’ 6 they do not need to honor their father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching. 7 You hypocrites! How right Isaiah was when he prophesied about you!
8 ‘These people, says God, honor me with their words,
but their heart is really far away from me.
9 It is no use for them to worship me,
because they teach human rules as though they were my laws!’”
The Things That Make a Person Unclean
(Mark 7.14-23)10 Then Jesus called the crowd to him and said to them, “Listen and understand! 11 It is not what goes into your mouth that makes you ritually unclean; rather, what comes out of it makes you unclean.”
12 Then the disciples came to him and said, “Do you know that the Pharisees had their feelings hurt by what you said?”
13 “Every plant which my Father in heaven did not plant will be pulled up,” answered Jesus. 14 “Don't worry about them! They are blind leaders of the blind; and when one blind man leads another, both fall into a ditch.”
15 Peter spoke up, “Explain this saying to us.”
16 Jesus said to them, “You are still no more intelligent than the others. 17 Don't you understand? Anything that goes into your mouth goes into your stomach and then on out of your body. 18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these are the things that make you ritually unclean. 19 For from your heart come the evil ideas which lead you to kill, commit adultery, and do other immoral things; to rob, lie, and slander others. 20 These are the things that make you unclean. But to eat without washing your hands as they say you should—this doesn't make you unclean.”
A Woman's Faith
(Mark 7.24-30)21 Jesus left that place and went off to the territory near the cities of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman who lived in that region came to him. “Son of David!” she cried out. “Have mercy on me, sir! My daughter has a demon and is in a terrible condition.”
23 But Jesus did not say a word to her. His disciples came to him and begged him, “Send her away! She is following us and making all this noise!”
24 Then Jesus replied, “I have been sent only to the lost sheep of the people of Israel.”
25 At this the woman came and fell at his feet. “Help me, sir!” she said.
26 Jesus answered, “It isn't right to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs.”
27 “That's true, sir,” she answered, “but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their masters' table.”
28 So Jesus answered her, “You are a woman of great faith! What you want will be done for you.” And at that very moment her daughter was healed.
Jesus Heals Many People
29 Jesus left there and went along by Lake Galilee. He climbed a hill and sat down. 30 Large crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the dumb, and many other sick people, whom they placed at Jesus' feet; and he healed them. 31 The people were amazed as they saw the dumb speaking, the crippled made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they praised the God of Israel.
Jesus Feeds Four Thousand
(Mark 8.1-10)32 Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I feel sorry for these people, because they have been with me for three days and now have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away without feeding them, for they might faint on their way home.”
33 The disciples asked him, “Where will we find enough food in this desert to feed this crowd?”
34 “How much bread do you have?” Jesus asked.
“Seven loaves,” they answered, “and a few small fish.”
35 So Jesus ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. 36 Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks to God, broke them, and gave them to the disciples; and the disciples gave them to the people. 37 They all ate and had enough. Then the disciples took up seven baskets full of pieces left over. 38 The number of men who ate was four thousand, not counting the women and children.
39 Then Jesus sent the people away, got into a boat, and went to the territory 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.
