Mark 8
1 Niton mu a indi gbugbuwu ba hei ba wa bari. Yesu yo miri koma da tre bawu di
During those days, a large crowd of people gathered again. [After they had been there a couple days], they had no food to eat. So Jesus summoned the disciples [to come closer] and then he said to them,
2 “idi ba ba lo me suron, ba he mi me har vi tra ye da na hei ni kpe wa ba rhi na.”
“This is the third day that these people have been with me, and they have nothing [left] to eat, so now I feel very sorry for them.
3 Me ta turba duba he kpamba ni komba dana rina ba ki kobo ni ko bari ba ji ni gbugbamu.”
Furthermore, if I send them home [while they are still] hungry, [some of] them will faint on the way home, because some of them have come from far away.”
4 Mini koma ba mye “kife birdi nitsen-e ni wa, da ni mal ni di ba yi?”
[Knowing that he was suggesting that they give the people something to eat, one of] his disciples replied, “(We cannot possibly find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live!/How can we find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live?)” [RHQ]
5 A miba bi hei ni gble bredi ibve wa miye ba “a hi bredi bren ba bi he niwu? uba hla a ndi tangban. Ba lla ni wu'u “tan gban”
Jesus asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They replied, “[We have] seven [flat loaves].”
6 A tre du gbugbu di ku ba son ni meme da ba bredi tangpa da bre da non mini ko ma du ba ga ni bawu u ba ka ga ni di ba.
Jesus commanded the crowd, “Sit down on the ground!” [After they sat down], he took the seven loaves, he thanked [God for them], he broke them [into pieces] and started giving them to his disciples in order that they might distribute them [to the people].
7 Ba hei ni lambe game time ni womba baya wa a bre Irji, da la yo mir koma da nuba duba nu ndi ba du ba tan.
[They found that] they [also] had a few small [dried] fish. So after he thanked God for these, he told the disciples, “Distribute these also.” [After they distributed the bread and fish to the crowd],
8 Da ba ta ba wrji da vu imbru ma sisen tangpebi rigarma.
the people ate this food and they had plenty [to] satisfy [them]. [The disciples] collected the pieces of food that were left over. [They filled] seven large baskets full of those pieces.
9 Indi ba bakai dubu iziya. Ba ya ki a yo ba ninko duba hi kpamba.
[They estimated that] there were about 4,000 people [who ate on that day].
10 A ti-gbla ri ni jirgima baba mininkoma da ri nklan Dalmanuta.
Then Jesus dismissed the crowd. Immediately after that, he got into the boat along with his disciples, and they went [around Lake Galilee] to Dalmanutha district.
11 Bi mrlian ndi ba ba ye da faragbi sur ni wu'u. Ba son ba to alama wa rju ni shullu, ba son ba tser u ton.
[In those days some] Pharisees came to Jesus. They asked him [to perform] a miracle [that would show that] God [had sent him]. They wanted to [find a way by which they could] convince the people to reject him. [So] they started to argue with him.
12 A tan fuon ni mi suron da tre “a gye sa indi bi meyi ba son ba to alama na? Janji mi la yi wu idi bi meyi ba na to alama na”.
Jesus sighed quietly to himself, and then he said, “I am disgusted that [RHQ], [even though] you people have seen how I [have healed people], you keep asking me to perform miracles! Note this: Such a miracle will certainly not be shown {I will certainly not show such a miracle} [just] for you people!”
13 Wa kaba don dala ri ni jirgi da hi gar korima
Then he left them. He got into the boat again, along [with his disciples], and they went further around [Lake Galilee].
14 Miri ko bi ti ndu ma ba kparisu da na ba vredi gri na. A don riri ni mi jrigia.
The disciples had forgotten to bring along [enough] food. Specifically, they had only one flat loaf of bread with them in the boat.
15 A hla ni bawu, son ni wuri ti ta yo shi-shi na kpa risu ni yistin Farisawa na niwu Hirudus na”
[As they were going], Jesus warned them against [the attitudes the Pharisees and Herod Antipas had, attitudes that were having a bad effect on other people. He did this by telling them a parable]. He said, “Be careful! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!”
16 Mini koma bi tindu, ba kpaye ni kpamba da tre a he wa bredi na he na.
[The disciples misunderstood him]. So they said to one another, “[He must have said that] because we have no bread.”
17 Yesu to kpe wa ba si ri mire ni dir mba, da tre. A gye sa, bi ri mre ter bredi ni suron bi? har zizan bi na tuna? Bi na ganina? Isuron mbi ba k'ma di bwu mu?
Jesus knew [what they were discussing among themselves]. So he said to them, “([I am disappointed that you are] discussing about your not having enough bread!/Why are you discussing about your not having enough bread?) [RHQ] (You should understand by now [that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food!/Why do you not yet perceive or understand that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food]?) [RHQ] (You are not thinking!/Why are you not thinking?) [RHQ]
18 Bi hei ni shi shi bi na to na? Bi hei ni ton bi na wo na? Bi na tuna na?
(I am also disappointed that, although you have eyes, you do not [understand what you] see!/Why is it that, although you have eyes, you do not [understand what you] see?) [RHQ] You have ears, but you do not understand [what I say] [RHQ]!” [Then he asked], “Do you not remember [what happened]
19 Ni wa mi zie bredi ton mba gah ni di dubu ton a bi vu kpu kpu bredi shu sisen bre?” Ba la wu di wlo don har”
when I broke [only] five loaves [and fed] the 5.000 people [RHQ]? [Not only was everyone satisfied, but there was food left over] How many baskets full of pieces of bread [that were left over] did you collect?” They replied, “We collected twelve baskets full.”
20 Ni wa me zi bredi tankpan ni di dubu zi'a bi vu kpu kpu bredi ti sisen bre?” Ba hla u di “tangban”.
Then he asked, “When I broke the seven loaves in order to [feed] the 4,000 people, [again when everyone had plenty to eat], how many large baskets [of pieces of bread that were left over] did you collect?” They replied, “[We collected] seven [large baskets full].”
21 A mie ba, har ziza'a bi na gani na?”
Then he kept saying to them, “([I am disappointed that] you do not understand yet [that you should never worry that you do not have enough food]!/Why do you not understand yet [that you should never worry that you do not have enough food]?)” [RHQ]
22 Da ba ye ni Bethsaida. Idi ba ni ki ba grji di u fei ye da bre Yesu di du sa wo ni wu.
They arrived [in the boat] at Bethsaida [town]. People brought to Jesus a blind man and earnestly requested that Jesus touch him [in order to heal him].
23 Yesu a vu indi wu fie'a niwo dakji wu hi ni mi gbu. D a' a junte sur niwu nishishi da sa wo mani wu, a mei, “wu to kpe?”
Jesus took the hand of the blind man, led him outside the town, he put his saliva on the man’s eyes, he put his hands on the man, and then he asked him, “Do you see anything?”
24 A zuya da tre, me to indi bi ya na kukro ba si zre.
The man looked up and then he said, “[Yes], I see people! They are walking around, but I cannot see them [clearly]. They look like trees!”
25 A la kawo ma sa niwu nishishi maki shishi ya ka bun to u zizan abi zan wumumla wa to ko ge tsartzar me.
Then Jesus again touched the eyes of the blind man. The man looked intently and at that moment he was completely healed! He could see everything clearly.
26 Yesu hla wu ziza'a wu he ni kome nu, na rizu ni mi gbu ga na.”
Jesus said to him, “Do not go into the town! [First go straight home and tell the people there about what I did]!” Then he sent the man to his home.
27 Yesu ba mini koma bindu ma zu ni ikoyuka wu Naesarea Filippi. A me mir ma ba nikon, “Bi ya ndi ba, mie di me nha'an?”
Jesus and the disciples [left Bethsaida town and went to the villages near Caesarea Philippi town]. On the way he questioned them, “Who do people say that I [really] am?”
28 Mini koma ba la niwu wu yohana wu Baptisma, 'U' bari ba tre wu Iliya bari batre wumba kan-kan wuri nimiyi anabawa.
They replied, “[Some people say] that you are John the Baptizer, [who has come back to life again]. Others say [that you are the prophet] Elijah [who has returned from heaven as God promised]. And others say that you are one of the [other former] prophets [who has come back to life again].”
29 A mie ba u biyi na bi tre me nha? Bitrus tre “Wu yi wu Kristi.”
He asked them, “What about you? Who do you say that I am?” Peter replied to him, “[We believe that] you are the Messiah!”
30 Yesu mam ba du ba na hla ni dro na ni tumu na.
Then Jesus warned them strongly that they should not tell anyone [yet that he was the Messiah].
31 Da soma bla bawu di vre di ni sha ya ni kpe gbugbu 'U' ba kamba ni u idi bi ninko ni bi chu ni Priestoci, ni bi nha vuvu, ba wu'u, ivi tre ni ta ti ti tashem.
Then Jesus began to teach them, “[Even though] I am the one who came from heaven, it is necessary that I suffer very much. It is also necessary that I be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the [Jewish] laws {that the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the [Jewish] laws reject me}, and that I be killed {they kill me}. But on the third day [after I am killed I] will become alive again.”
32 A hla terki tsrame. Naki Bitrus kma he ni kosan da tre da gbiton ni wu.
He said this to them clearly. But Peter took Jesus aside and then, [because he assumed that the Messiah would never die], he started to rebuke Jesus [for talking about dying].
33 Yesu kma ya miniko ma ba, da tre Bitrus ni tu “Kma tsi dimu,” Kma hi ni ko gomu wu brji wunayoshishi me ni kpe u Baci na se kpe wondi wu idi”
Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples. Then he rebuked Peter, saying, “Stop thinking like that! Satan [is causing you to talk like that! Instead] of wanting what God wants [me to do, you are wanting] me to do [only] what [most] people [would want me to do].”
34 A yo ndi baba mir koma ba ni buburi da tre ni bawu. Indi a ni iya da wume ka kparisu ni kpama da ba gieiye mu da hu me”
Then he summoned the crowd along with his disciples [so that they might listen to him]. He told them, “If any one [of you] wants to be my disciple, you must not do [only] what you yourself want to do. Specifically, you must [be willing to allow people to hurt you and to disgrace you. That is what they do to criminals] who are forced to carry crosses [MET] [to the places where they will be crucified]. That is what anyone who wants to be my disciple must do.
35 Du indi wa tre wa wu nikpa tuma ani qu, uwada kri ni suroma ma don demu ni tre Rji ani kpa tuma cuwo.
[You must do that], because those who try to save their lives [by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me] will not live [eternally], but those who are killed because of being my [disciples] and [because of telling others my] good message will live [forever with me].
36 A gye ni zo idi ni gbuglu yi wanda ia zan rai ma?
People might get everything [they want] in this world, but (they are really gaining nothing if they do not get eternal life [because they do not become my disciples!]/what will they gain if they do not get eternal life [because they do not become my disciples]?) [RHQ]
37 A gye wa indi ni ser kpama da fe sur ma?
([Think carefully about the fact that] there is absolutely nothing that people can give [to God] that would enable them to gain eternal life!/Is there anything that a person can give [to God] in order to gain eternal life?) [RHQ]
38 Indi wa klusha mu mba tre mu ni meme ugbugblu yi u la tre e iverindi ni klushama indan a ni ye ni dau kaka tima ba ba maleku ma bi ruhu tsatsra.
And think about this: Those who refuse [to say that they belong to] me and who reject what I say in these days when many people have turned away [from God] and are very sinful, I, the one who came from heaven, will also refuse [to say that they belong to me] when I come back with the holy angels and have the glorious brightness that my Father has!”
