Matiyu 17
1 Niwa ba tie vi tanne a, Yesu ka nji Bitru u Yakubu, U Yohana vayi ma, hi ni kiekle ngbluri baba kimba.
And after six days Jesus took Cephas, and James, and John his brother, and conducted them alone to a high mountain.
2 Iheme a kasran ni shishimba. Shishima ka shan na rji u ikpi wa a sru'a baka kpan njlan (lulu) me.
And Jesus was changed before them: and his face shone like the sun; and his vestments became white like the light.
3 U ba krli to Musa mba Iliya ba ki tre ni wu.
And there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, in conversation with him.
4 Bitru a saa nda hla ni Yesu, “Baci a bi ni tawu wa kie he niwa. U tie kpa yime mi tie bru tra-iri ni wu u ri ni Musa, uri ni Iliya.
Then Cephas answered and said to Jesus: My Lord, it is good for us to be here: and, if it please thee, we will make here three booths; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
5 Ahe ni mi si tre me u kpalu u kpan ma aye ka ba gbrjime krjutie u lan ri ye rji ni kpaa nda tre, “I wayi ahi vrenmu wa mison wu kpukpo me, ndi ni ngri ni wua. Wawu yi”.
And while he was yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and there was a voice from the cloud which said: This is my beloved Son, in whom I have pleasure; hear ye him.
6 Wa Mrli koh ma ba wo trea ba kpon sisri naa kukru ni shishi ni meme.
And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were much afraid.
7 U Yesu a ye nda kpyre mba nda tre “Wlu nde din na tie sisri na”
And Jesus came to them and touched them, and said: Arise, and be not afraid.
8 U ba nzuya nda na to ndio ri na se wawu Yesu yi megyen
And they raised their eyes, and they saw no person, except Jesus only.
9 Ba si grji ni ngblu a u Yesu ka mha ba nda tre “Na hla nhranyi ni ndio ri na se Ivren ndi tashme ni mbe”
And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, and said to them: Speak of this vision before no person, until the Son of man shall have arisen from the dead.
10 Mrli koh maa ba mye, “Wa ni tu ngye mba mala bi atawura ba tre nda hi gbigbi ndu Iliya ye ni mumla?”
And his disciples asked him, and said to him: Why then do the Scribes say, that Elijah must first come?
11 Yesu a saa nda tre “Iliya nige njanji nda nji ikpyi ba k'maye wawuu.
Jesus answered, and said to them: Elijah doth first come, to fulfill every thing.
12 U mi hla yiwu, Iliya a ye' ye. U bana towu na. Niva ani he to kia, ba' tie kpye wa sron mba son a. Ani he ni nkon bi kimayi Ivren Ndi ngame ni tie ya ni wo mba.
And I say to you. That, behold, Elijah hath come, and they did not know him; and they have done to him whatever they pleased: and, in like manner, also the Son of man is to suffer from them.
13 Ni kiyi mrli koh maa baka to nda si tre ni tu' Yohana u tie batisma.
Then the disciples understood, that he spake to them of John the Baptizer.
14 Wa baye ri ni bubu u shubia, indi ri kaye niwu, a kukhwu ni shishima nda tre,
And when they came to the multitude, a man approached him, and bowed himself on his knees,
15 “Baci, wo yimu ni tu vrenmu vrenlon, ani ku nkpyinkpi nda ni tie ya kpukpome. E azi ku ni lu ni ma.
and said to him: My Lord, compassionate me. I have a son who is a lunatic, and grievously afflicted; for often he falleth into the fire, and often into the water.
16 Mi nji wu ye ni mrli koh me, u bana toh den wu na”
And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him.
17 Yesu saa nda tre, “Bi hamma ni nkponji u ni bi nzan wa ba k'ma kpyi sran a mi zi he niyi hi ni tanyi? Mi zi vu sron niyi hi ni tonyi? Nji wu yemu wa.
Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation! How long shall I be with you? and how long bear with you? Bring him here to me.
18 Yesu a kpa nha ni brji shango a wa ka rju donwu u vren kafe si ni nton kima.
And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it departed from him: and from that hour the child was healed.
19 U mrli koh maa ba ye ni Yesu ni yoybi nda tre, “Ahi ngye mba tie u kiena toh zu brji a na?
Then came the disciples to Jesus, apart, and said to him: Why could not we heal him?
20 Yesu a hla ni bawu, “Ahe ni tu tsitsa sron mbi. E mi hla yiwu njanjimu ndi, bitie he ni kponji sron wa andi tsa (fyi) meyi to wlo su' bi hla ni ngblu yi, 'cbi rju (di) wa hi ni wamu, u ani c'bi hi u ikpye riri me na nnayi wo na.
Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, That if there be in you faith like a grain of mustard seed, ye may say to this mountain, Remove hence, and it will remove: and nothing will be too hard for you.
21 U bi brji yi na rju na hamma ni vu nyu mba tie aduwa.
But this kind goeth not out, except by fasting and prayer.
22 Ba he ni Galili u Yesu a hla ni mrli koh maa, “Ba ka Ivren Ndi nno ni wo' ndi.
And while they were resident in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men;
23 U ba wuu, u nivi u tra ani tashme” mrli koh maa ba ka'tie whie me.
and they will kill him; and the third day he will arise. And it saddened them much.
24 Wa baye ri ni Kapanahum a, bi kpa bhan inghama shekel baye ni Bitru nda tre, “Mala (Baci) bi a ni han bhan ignhama shekel a?”
And when they came to Capernaum, those who receive the two drachmas of capitation money came to Cephas, and said to him: Doth not your rabbi pay his two drachmas?
25 A tre “e” U wa Bitrus a ye ni koh a, Yesu a tre niwa nda hla ndi, “A ngye mba hi mre me sima? Bi chu ngbungblu ba kpa bhan mba ni ba nha? Rji ni mrli mba kaa rji ni ba ri?
He said to them, Yes. And when Cephas had entered the house, Jesus anticipated him and said to him: How doth it appear to thee, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute and capitation money? of their children, or of aliens?
26 Bitru a saa wu “Rji ni bari” Yesu ka tre, “Ka mrli ba bana han bhan na”
Simon said to him: Of aliens. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free.
27 U ni ndu ta na yo bi kpa bhan ba tie latre na, hi ni nne, ndi ta ngron ri yomi ndi gbi lambe wa ngron vu ni mumla rju. U ti bwu nyu ma u toh shekel ri. Cuu ka nno bi kpa bhan ba u nyu mu ni wu”
But still, lest they be stumbled with us, go thou to the sea and cast in a fish-hook, and the fish that shall first come up, open its mouth, and thou wilt find a stater: that take, and give for me and for thyself.
