傳統與誡命

15 那時,有些法利賽人和經文士從耶路撒冷來到耶穌那裡,說: 「你的門徒們為什麼違犯古人的傳統呢?他們吃飯[a]的時候不洗手!」

耶穌回答他們,說:「你們為什麼為了你們的傳統而違犯神的命令呢? 神吩咐過

『你要孝敬你的父母』[b],又說
『咒罵父親或母親的人,必須處死。』[c] 你們卻說『如果有人對父親或母親說:我本該給你的已經做了聖殿奉獻, 他就可以完全不孝敬父母[d]。』這樣,為了你們的傳統,你們就廢棄了神的話語[e][f] 你們這些偽善的人哪!以賽亞指著你們所說的預言是對的,他說:
『這子民[g]用嘴唇尊重我,
他們的心卻遠離我。
他們敬拜我也是徒然的,
因為他們把人的規條當做教義教導人[h]。』[i]

汙穢由心而出

10 耶穌召來眾人,對他們說:「你們當聽,也當領悟: 11 不是進到口裡的使人汙穢;而是從口裡出來的,這才使人汙穢。」

12 那時,門徒們前來對他說:「法利賽人聽了這話很反感[j],你知道嗎?」

13 耶穌回答說:「凡不是我天父所栽種的,都將被連根拔起。 14 隨他們吧!他們是給瞎子領路的瞎子[k]。如果瞎子給瞎子領路,兩個人都會掉進坑裡。」

15 彼得對耶穌說:「請把這個比喻解釋給我們聽。」

16 耶穌說:「到如今,你們也無知嗎? 17 你們難道不明白:一切進入口裡的,要進到肚子,然後被排到廁所; 18 而從口裡出來的,是由心裡發出的,這些才使人汙穢。 19 因為從心裡發出種種惡念:殺人、通姦、淫亂、偷竊、做偽證、毀謗, 20 這些才會使人汙穢;而不洗手就吃飯,不會使人汙穢。」

外邦婦人的信心

21 耶穌離開那地方,退到提爾西頓地區。 22 這時候,忽然來了一個住在那地區的迦南婦人,她呼叫說:「主啊,大衛的後裔[l],可憐我吧!我的女兒有鬼魔附身,痛苦萬分。」

23 耶穌一句話也不回應,他的門徒們上前來求他,說:「這婦人一直跟在我們後面喊叫,請讓她走吧。」

24 耶穌回答說:「我奉差派,只到以色列家迷失的羊那裡去。」

25 那婦人來拜他,說:「主啊,求你幫助我!」

26 耶穌回答說:「拿兒女的餅扔給小狗,是不合宜的。」

27 婦人說:「是的,主啊!不過連小狗也吃得到主人桌子上掉下來的碎渣!」

28 於是耶穌回答她,說:「哦,婦人哪,你這信心[m]是大的!照你所願的,給你成全吧。」從那一刻起,她的女兒就痊癒了。

在加利利湖邊治病

29 耶穌離開那地方,來到加利利湖邊[n],上了山坐在那裡。 30 有一大群人來到他面前,帶著瘸腿的、瞎眼的、殘疾的、聾啞的還有許多其他人,把他們放在耶穌腳前;耶穌就使他們痊癒了。 31 結果眾人看見聾啞的說話,殘疾的康復,瘸腿的行走,瞎眼的看見,都感到驚奇,就榮耀以色列的神。

使四千人吃飽

32 耶穌召來他的門徒們,說:「我憐憫這群人,因為他們與我在一起已經三天了,也沒有什麼東西吃。我不願意讓他們餓著肚子回去,恐怕他們在路上暈倒。」

33 門徒們說:「我們在曠野,從哪裡得這麼多的食物讓這麼大一群人吃飽呢?」

34 耶穌問他們:「你們有多少餅?」

他們回答說:「七個,還有幾條小魚。」

35 耶穌就吩咐眾人坐在地上, 36 於是拿起這七個餅和幾條小魚,祝謝以後,掰開,不斷遞給門徒們,他們又分給眾人。 37 大家都吃了,並且吃飽了。然後,他們把剩下的碎塊收拾起來,裝滿了七個筐子。 38 吃的人,不算婦女和孩子,就有四千。 39 耶穌遣散了人群以後,就上了船,來到茉加丹[o]地區。

Footnotes

  1. 馬太福音 15:2 飯——原文直譯「餅」。
  2. 馬太福音 15:4 《出埃及記》20:12;《申命記》5:16。
  3. 馬太福音 15:4 《出埃及記》21:17;《利未記》20:9。
  4. 馬太福音 15:6 父母——有古抄本作「父親」。
  5. 馬太福音 15:6 神的話語——或譯作「神的道」。
  6. 馬太福音 15:6 話語——有古抄本作「命令」。
  7. 馬太福音 15:8 有古抄本附「用口親近我,」。
  8. 馬太福音 15:9 他們把人的規條當做教義教導人——或譯作「他們教導的教義是人的規條」。
  9. 馬太福音 15:9 《以賽亞書》29:13。
  10. 馬太福音 15:12 很反感——原文直譯「被絆倒了」。
  11. 馬太福音 15:14 給瞎子領路的瞎子——有古抄本作「瞎子的領路人」。
  12. 馬太福音 15:22 大衛的後裔——或譯作「大衛之子」。
  13. 馬太福音 15:28 信心——指「對耶穌基督的信心」。
  14. 馬太福音 15:29 湖——原文直譯「海」。
  15. 馬太福音 15:39 茉加丹——有古抄本作「茉大拉」。

15 Then Perushim and Sofrim (rabbonim) from Yerushalayim approach Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying,

Why do your talmidim transgress the Masoret HaZekenim (the Tradition of the Elders)? For they do not do the netilat yadayim before meals.

But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, in reply to them, said, Why [do] also you transgress the mitzvat Hashem for the sake of your own masoros?

For Hashem has said, KABED ES AVICHA VES IMMECHA (honor your father and your mother, SHEMOT 20:12; DEVARIM 5:16), and MKALEL AVIV VIMMO MOT YUMAT (the one cursing his father and mother to die he must die, SHEMOT 21:17; VAYIKRA 20:9).

But you say, Whoever says to his abba or his em, whatever support you might have had from me, [it is] a gift [i.e., korban, dedicated to G-d].

By no means does [anyone who says this] honor his abba or em. And you nullify the Dvar Hashem on account of your masoros.

You tzevuim, well did Yeshayah give a dvar hanevuah concerning you, saying,

YAAN KI NIGASH HAAM HAZEH BEFIV UVISHFATAV KI-BDUNI VLIBO RICHAK MIMENI VATEHI YIRATAM OTI MITZVAT ANASHIM MELUMADAH (This people with their lips honor me, but their heart is far away from me,

and in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the mitzvot of [mere] men, YESHAYAH 29:13.)

10 And having summoned the multitude, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Listen and understand!

11 It is not the thing entering into the mouth that makes the man tameh (unclean), but the thing going out from the mouth this makes the man tameh.

12 Then Moshiach’s talmidim approached and say to him, Do you know that the Perushim took offense when they heard [this] dvar?

13 But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, in reply, said, Every plant which Avi shbaShomayim did not plant will be uprooted.

14 Leave them. They are blind morei derech (guides, teachers) of [the] blind. And if the ivver (blind man) leads the ivrim (blind), both will fall into a pit.

15 And Kefa said in reply to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Explain to us the mashal.

16 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Are you still devoid of binah (understanding)?

17 Do you not have daas that everything which enters into the mouth goes into the stomach and passes into a latrine?

18 But the things coming out from the mouth come out from the lev (heart), which makes tameh.

19 For out of the lev comes evil machshavot (thoughts): retzichot (murders), niufim (adulteries), zenunim (fornications), genevot (thefts), eduyot sheker (false testimonies), giddufim (revilements).

20 These are the things making the man tameh, but eating with hands lacking the netilat yadayim (ritual of the washing of the hands, see Mt 27:24), this does not make the man tameh.

21 And having gone from that place, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach withdrew into the districts of Tzor and Tzidon.

22 And a woman from Canaan came out from those regions, and was shouting, Have mercy on me, Adoni, Ben Dovid! My bat is in torment possessed by shedim.

23 But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach did not answer her a word. And Moshiach’s talmidim having approached, were asking him, saying, Send her away; she shouts after us.

24 But, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said in reply, I was not sent except to the Seh Oveid Beis Yisroel (the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel).

25 But she came and fell down before him, saying, Adoni, azreini (L-rd, help me).

26 But, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said in reply, It is not good to take the lechem of the Banim and throw it to the kelevim (dogs).

27 But she said, Ken, Adoni, but even the kelevim eat the crumbs falling from the tish (table) of their masters.

28 Then, in reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to her, O woman, great [is] your emunah. Let it be done for you as you wish. And the bat (daughter) of her was given refuah (healing) at that very hour.

29 And having passed over from that place, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach came beside Lake Kinneret, and having gone up the mountain, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was sitting there.

30 And great multitudes approached Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having with them pisechim (lame), ivrim (blind), the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they laid them at Moshiach’s feet, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach gave the cholim (sick persons) refuah (healing).

31 The result was that the multitude was astounded, witnessing mute people speaking, cripples made whole, the pisechim (lame) walking, and the ivrim (blind people) seeing, and they gave kavod to Elohei Yisroel.

32 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having summoned his talmidim, said, I have rachmei shomayim for the multitudes, for already shloshah yamim (three days) they remain with me and they do not have anything they may eat, and I do not want to send them away famished, lest they might faint on the way.

33 And Moshiach’s talmidim say to him, From where bamidbar (in the wilderness) is there enough lechem for us to feed such a vast multitude?

34 And he says to them, How much lechem, how many loaves do you have? And they said, Sheva, and a few dagim.

35 And when Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach gave the command for the multitude to recline on the ground,

36 Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach took the loaves numbering sheva and the dagim, and, making a bracha, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach offered the betziat halechem (the breaking of the bread) and served them to the talmidim, and Moshiach’s talmidim served them to the multitudes.

37 And everyone ate and they were satisfied, and the Rebbe’s farbrengen shirayim were numbering sheva baskets full.

38 And the ones eating were arbaat elafim (four thousand) men, not counting nashim and yeladim.

39 And having sent away the multitudes, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach embarked in the sirah (boat), and came to the region of Magadan.