Mark 9
1 a hla ni ba wu ndi janji mi hlahni yiwu ba ri ni minbi bana to iqu rhi nda to ye iko irji ni gbengle ma na
He also said to [his disciples], “Listen carefully! Some of you who are here now will see God ruling powerfully in [many ways]. You will see it before you die!”
2 da vi tane a kle yesu a vu Bitrus mba yakubu u Yohanna nda ngrji ba ka hon ni khikle gblu ri ni nkle ba hama ni ko ni doir ni ba niki ikpama a kma sraro
A week later Jesus took Peter, James and [James’ younger brother] John and led them up a high mountain. [While they were] alone up there, he appeared very different to them.
3 e nklon ma a kma zan kinkla rais zan ibluch wandi ba tindu ni wu da chu itsro wandi a centu ni mi ikpi wu gla
His clothes became dazzling white. They were whiter than anyone on earth could make them by bleaching them.
4 ba kri toh Elijah mba Musa ni mi mba ba si tre ni yesu Bitrus lukri da
[Two prophets who had lived long ago], Moses and Elijah, appeared to them. Then the two of them began talking with Jesus.
5 kpanyem ni yesu rabbi ani bi du ta khi ki niwayi wu ta kpanyem wu ka duta sro ibru itra niayi iri wu me iri wu Musa e iri wu Elijah
[After a short time], Peter [interrupted by] exclaiming, “Teacher, it is wonderful to be here! So allow us to make three shelters. One [will be] for you, one [will be] for Moses, and one [will be] for Elijah!”
6 shishi ma a fontsii nda du lu tre to ki
[He said this] because [he wanted to say something, but] he did not know what to say, because he and the other [two disciples] were very awestruck.
7 ikpa lu a lu kri kaba pyenpeme e ba lu wo lantre ni mi kpaa an di
Then a [shining] cloud appeared that covered them. [God] [EUP] spoke to them from the cloud saying, “This is my Son. I love him. [Therefore], listen to him!”
8 uwayi hi vren wu sron mu wo tre ma yi ba kma ya bana la to ndior na sai yesu
When [the three disciples] looked around, they saw that suddenly Jesus was alone with them, and that there was no longer anyone [else] there.
9 ni andi ba kma si grjhi rjhi ni tu gblua a mhmba du ba na hla ni ndoir ikpi wandi ba to ni tu ngblua na sei vren ndi ta shimen ni qu
While they were coming down the mountain, Jesus told them that they should not tell anyone [yet] what had just happened to him. He said, “You may tell them after I, the one who came from heaven, (rise from the dead/become alive again) after I die.”
10 ba kpa tre a grji sron da ki tre ndi tashen yi ni qu a gye?
So they did not tell others about it [for a long time]. But they discussed among themselves what it meant when he said that he would (rise from the dead/become alive again) after he died.
11 ba lu mye ni dongye nikon bi nha vunvu ba tre ndi Elijahni guci ye
[The three disciples had just seen Elijah, but Elijah had not done anything to prepare people to accept Jesus. So] they asked Jesus, “The men who teach the [Jewish] laws say that Elijah must come back to the earth before [the Messiah comes to earth. But you have been here a long time and Elijah came just today. So is what they are teaching wrong?]”
12 a kma hla bawu andi elijah ni ye guci da ye mla kpi ti amain gye sa ba rhe ndi vren ndi ni guci ti ya kpukpome u ba kpa a tsiri
[Jesus wanted them to know that John the Baptizer was the one who represented Elijah. So] he answered them, “It is true that [God promised to send Elijah to come] first [so that people would be ready when I came]. Elijah’s representative has already come, and our leaders treated him very badly, just like they wanted to do, just like it was prophesied {[the prophets] prophesied} long ago. But, (I also want you to consider what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} in the Scriptures about me, the one who came from heaven./why have you not thought about what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} about me, the one who came from heaven?) [RHQ] It is written {They wrote} that I would suffer much and that I would be rejected {that [many people] would reject me}.”
13 mi lha niyiwu Elijah a yeye u ndi ba thi ekpi wandi ba son ti niwua tsra ni kpi ani ba hla ni tuma
14 da ba ye zon tu ni nbru mri ko bi huzama ba ye to ndi gbugbuwu ba bi niko bi nha vuvu ba si sen nyu ni ba
[Jesus and those three disciples] returned to where the [other] disciples were. They saw a large crowd around the other disciples and [some] men who taught the [Jewish] laws arguing with them.
15 da ba to yesu ipentren di ba ghir nda tisutsu ye cie
As soon as the crowd saw Jesus, they were very surprised [to see him come]. So they ran to him and greeted him.
16 a mye mri ko ma bi huzama di bisi senyu qyemu ni ba?
He asked them, “What are you arguing about?”
17 indi ihii ni mi gbugbu ndi ba sa wu da tre ndi ndi wu tsoro mi nji vren mu ye ni wu a hei ni suron ibrji wandi ani zu bubu tre
A man in the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son [here in order that] you [would heal him]. There is an evil spirit in him [that makes him] unable to talk.
18 a nita lu niwu a ni ban u whurtaga da du ta zran da fu nfom ni nyu da tan nyere du kma kru kpen me mi mye mri ko me do ba zu mcmebrji rju u ba ti wa kran
Whenever the spirit attacks him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, he grinds his teeth together, and he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to expel the spirit, but they were not able to do it.”
19 a si tre ni bawu ndi kba bi hon kpanye ni son ni yi tsar ni tan? mi vu sron ni yi hi ni tanmu? njivren ye nimu
Jesus replied by saying to those people, “(I am very disappointed that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]!/Why is it that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]?) [RHQ] (I have been with you a long time, [and you still cannot do what I do]!/How long do I have to be with you [before you can do what I do]?) [RHQ] Bring the boy to me!”
20 ba nji vivren ye niwu ni tu yesu meme brji a kri tru ku kma vivren a rjoku da zran da ni kran nfo ni nyu
So they brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as the evil spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy severely, and [the boy] fell on the ground. He rolled around, and he foamed at the mouth.
21 yesu a mye thima azi he toyi rji ni tan? ti ma a halawu ndi rhi ni tistea
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” He replied, “[This started to happen] when he was a child.
22 a nita lu nivu ani ban wu taga ni lu ani bawu yo ni ma kama ani wuuu wuta ni ti kpe ni tu ma wuka ya ta ni lo suron ni sikpa
[The spirit does not only do this], but he also often throws him into the fire or into the water in order to kill him. But, pity us and help us, if you can!”
23 yesu a myee wuta ni to ti ko nge na zan gbenglen na ni indi wandi a kpanyema
Jesus exclaimed to him, “[Do not say] [RHQ] ‘If you can’, for [God/I] can do anything for people who believe [in him/me]!”
24 hari iti vren a dbu da tre ndi mi kpanyme zo khanyme mu
Immediately the child’s father shouted, “I believe [that you can help me, but I do not believe strongly]. Help me to believe more strongly!”
25 da yesu a to ikpa ndi ba tsutsu si ye ni ba a kri nacho ni meme ibrji nda tre di wu brji manbi ba nkpram me nacho ni wu rhu ni kpa ma dina la kma ri na
Because [Jesus wanted to heal the boy before] the crowd got bigger, he rebuked the evil spirit, saying, “You evil spirit, you who are [causing this boy to be] deaf and unable to talk! I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!”
26 a kpagro da ru do vivren joku ku kpin kpiri nda rhu ni kpama vivren a kru naa que u gra ndi ba tre di a qui
The evil spirit shouted, it shook the boy violently, and then it left the boy. The boy did not move. He seemed like a dead body. So many of the people there said, “He is dead!”
27 aman yesu a zu wama hon u vivren a lu de kirkir
However, Jesus took him by the hand and helped him get up. Then the boy stood up. [He was healed]!
28 da yesu a kmaye ni ko mri koma ba mye ni kosan angye zuta bubu zu rhu?
Later, when Jesus and his disciples were alone in a house, one of them asked him, “Why were we not able to expel [the evil spirit]?”
29 a lha ba wu ndi bibiyi ba na zu ba rhu megen na sai de ni bre irji
He said to them, “You can expel this kind [of evil spirit] only by your praying [that God will give you the power to do it]. There is no other way that you can expel them.”
30 ba rhu niki nda zren zu ni Galilee ana son do ndi du ba toh wrji wandi ba hye na
After [Jesus and his disciples] left that [district], they traveled through Galilee [district]. Jesus did not want anyone [else] to know [that he was in their area]; he did not want
31 a sira tsro mri ko bi hua da ila bawu ndi vivren ndi ni ku ni woh mri ndi ba wuu u ni vi u tra ani tashmem da lunde ngari
[anyone to interrupt him] as he taught his disciples. He was telling them, “[Some day my enemies] [SYN] will seize [MTY] me, the one who came from heaven, and I will be handed over [to other] men. Those men will kill me. But on the third day after I am killed {after they kill me}, I will become alive again!”
32 bana to tu tre a na siri zuba bubu myea
But they did not understand what he was telling them. Also, they were afraid to ask him about what he had said.
33 mle bari ni capernaum da ba rhi niko a mye ba ndi bisiyatre ni tu gye niko?
Jesus and his disciples returned to Capernaum [town]. When they were in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing [while we were traveling] on the road?”
34 ba kma khi ni gbangbi ba siya sen nhu ni kpamba ni tu nha zan mbrumba
But they did not reply. [They were ashamed to reply] because, [while they were traveling], they had been arguing with each other about which one of them [would be] the most important [when Jesus became king].
35 a kuson da yo mri ko ma itso ba nda bha bawu ndi wa nison hye mu mlan ka kma tuma yo kogon da tindu ni mbru ba
He sat down, he summoned the twelve disciples [to come close to him], and then he said to them, “If anyone wants [God to consider him] to be the most important person of all, he must [consider himself] to be the least important person of all, and he must serve everyone [else].”
36 a ban vivren tsitsa nda kau zi ni tsutsu mba nda baun nji ni ngban ma nda tre ndi
Then he took a child and placed him among them. He took the child in his arms and then he said to them,
37 ko nha wandi a kpa vivren tsitsa yi ni ndemu a kpa me ndi wa a kpa me ana me megen a kpa na a kpa ndi wa ton me
“Those who, [because they love] me, welcome a child like this one, [God considers that] they are welcoming me. So [it is as though] they are also welcoming [God], who sent me.”
38 Yohana hla ni wu di tico u khi to ndi rhi si zu brji ni rhu ni kpa ndi ni ndeme khi zuu ndi a ana huta na
John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone who was expelling demons, ([claiming he had] authority from you [to do that/while telling people] that you [have told him to do it]). So we told him to stop doing it because he was not one of us [disciples].”
39 yesu asa niwu da tre ndi na zuu na ndi wandi a ni ti khikle kpe ni ndemu ana kman tre kpe meme ni tu muna
Jesus said, “Do not tell him [not to do that]! For no one will speak evilly about me just after he performs a miracle while saying that I [have told him to do it].
40 ndi wandi ana komani ta na a wubu
Furthermore, those who are not opposing us are trying to [achieve the same goals that] we are.
41 ko nha wandi anuyi kofima u so ni ndemu nitu bi hye wu kristi mi lha tre janji ni yiwu ana hon kpa lidima na
Also think about this: Those [who belong to me who help you in any way, even] if they [just] give you a cup of water to drink because you follow [me], the Messiah, will certainly be rewarded [by God]!”
42 indi wandi a do iri tsitsa biyi biwandi ba kpa nyme ni me ba kubuza ani zan do ba nkpi tita glo ni toh ma nda tru yo ni lon ma
[Jesus also said], “But if you cause someone who believes in me to sin, [God will severely punish you], even if that person is [socially unimportant like] this little child. If someone tied a heavy stone around your neck and you were thrown {and threw you} into the sea, [you would consider that was a severe punishment. But God will punish you more severely] than that [if you cause a person who believes in me to sin].
43 e wome nita do kbuza ha taga ani zan wuka ri ni ko rji ni kpurhuwo ni do riko lu wandi ana kle na ni wome bambawu (Geenna g1067)
[So], if you are [wanting to use one of] [MTY, PRS] [your hands to sin, stop using your hand! Even if you have to] cut your hand off and throw it away [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and that you live eternally, [even though you lack one of] your hands [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell. There the fires never go out! (Geenna g1067)
44 chiche vunvu mumla bi bana hye nitre aya 44 hi ni 46 na bubu wandi intso bi andi ba he nike bana kwu na e lu na ybe na
45 iza me nita du kbu za han ihu ani bi zandu ri ni ko irji hama ni za ni du he ni za me hamba e baka truyo ni mi lu (Geenna g1067)
If you are [wanting to use] one of [PRS] your feet to sin, [stop using your foot! Even if you have to] cut off your foot [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, [even though] you lack one of your feet [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and go to hell. (Geenna g1067)
46 chiche vunvu bi sen wa ba bizen bana he ni nha 44 mba 46 na wa ntson mba bana kwuna e bana ybi lu ma na
47 shishi me nita du kbu 39 chuu rhu ani bi zan wuke ri ni ko irji ni shishi ri ni du hye ni shishi ha ni do ba truu yo ni lu (Geenna g1067)
If because of what you see [MTY, PRS] you are tempted to sin, [stop looking at those things]! Even if you have to gouge out your eye and throw it away [HYP] [to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, even though you lack one of] your eyes [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and, as a result, God puts your whole body in hell. (Geenna g1067)
48 wandi ba tson niki bana kwu na ilua na ybi na
In that place people suffer forever and the fires are never put out {never go out}.”
49 ba hii ko nha ni ma wu ba gon toni ma
“[You must endure difficulties in order that God will be pleased with you. Your difficulties are like] a fire [that makes things pure] [MET]. [Your enduring is also like] [MET] salt being put [on] {people putting salt on their} [sacrifices to make them pure].
50 ima bi anita chu ro ma ru wu kmaahi ro ngari? he nii ro ma ni kpambi ni du sisuron hei ni minbi
Salt is useful [to put on food], but you cannot [RHQ] make salt to taste salty again if it becomes flavorless [MET]. Similarly, you must remain useful to God, [because no one can make you useful to God again if you become useless]. You must also live peacefully with each other.”
