Maliko 3
1 Nipele Che Yesu ŵajinjile sooni mu nyuumba ja kusimanilana Ŵayahudi ni mmomo mwaliji ni mundu jwapombotele nkono.
[On another] ([Sabbath/Jewish day of rest]), Jesus entered (the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place) again. There was a man there whose hand was shriveled.
2 Ŵandu ŵampepe ŵaliji nkusosa ligongo lya kwakamulila Che Yesu. Nipele ŵaliji nkunnolechesya panepa chanlamye mundu jo pa Lyuŵa lya Kupumulila.
[Some men of the Pharisee sect] watched him carefully in order to see whether he would heal the man (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day). They did this in order that [if he healed the man], they would accuse him of disobeying [their Jewish laws, because he worked] ([on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day]).
3 Che Yesu ŵansalile mundu jwapombotele nkono jula, “Njise paujo.”
Jesus said to the man whose hand was shriveled, “Stand up here in front of everyone!” [So the man stood up].
4 Nipele Che Yesu ŵausisye, “Ana ili yambone pa Lyuŵa lya Kupumulila kuitendekanya yambone pane yangalumbana? Kukulupusya pane kuulaga?” Nambo ŵanyawo ŵamyalele.
Then Jesus said [to the Pharisees], “Do the laws [that God gave Moses] permit people to do good ([on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day]), or do they permit people to do evil? Specifically, do his laws permit us to save a person’s life (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), or [do they permit us] to let him die [by refusing to help him]?” But they did not reply.
5 Che Yesu ŵalolechesye wose kwa lutumbilo, ni ŵasupwiche ligongo mitima jao jaliji jekakatime. Nipele ŵansalile mundu jula, “Njongole nkono wenu!” Nombejo ŵaujongwele, ni nkono wao walamile.
He looked around at them angrily. He was very distressed that they were stubbornly [not wanting to help the man]. So he said to the man, “Reach out your hand!” When the man reached out his withered hand, his hand became all right again!
6 Papopo, Mafalisayo ŵakopweche paasa pa nyuumba ja kusimanilana ni kuŵechetesyana ni ŵandu ŵa mpingo u che Helode itajile pakwaulaga Che Yesu.
Then the Pharisees [decided to get rid of Jesus. So] after they left [the meeting house], they [immediately met with some of] the Jews who supported Herod [Antipas, who ruled Galilee district]. Together they planned how they could kill Jesus.
7 Che Yesu pamo ni ŵakulijiganya ŵao ŵatyosile pelepo ni kwaula mungulugulu litanda lya Galilaya ni mpingo wa ŵandu wankuiye. Ŵandu wo ŵaumile mmisi ja ku Galilaya ni ku Yudea.
Jesus and his disciples left [that] town and went to an area further along [Galilee Lake in order to get away from the people]. But a great crowd of people followed him. They were people who came from Galilee [district],
8 Paŵapilikene iŵaitesile Che Yesu, ŵandu ŵane ŵaichilile kutyochela mmisi ja ku Yelusalemu ni ku Idumea ni mmisi jajili peesi lusulo lwa Yolodani, ni kutyochela mmisi ja ku Tilo ni ku Sidoni.
from Jerusalem [city], from [other towns of] Judea [district], from Idumea [district], from [the region on] the [east] side of the Jordan [River], and from [the region] around Tyre and Sidon [cities]. This great crowd of people came to him because they heard about what he was doing.
9 Pakuŵa ŵandu ŵaliji ŵajinji, Che Yesu ŵaasalile ŵakulijiganya ŵao ŵaŵichile chile ngalaŵa kuti ŵandu anaiche kwaŵijikanya.
Because he had healed many people, many [other] people who had various illnesses pushed forward in order that by touching him [they would come well]. So he told his disciples that they should get a small boat ready for him [to get in and teach from it]. He wanted to do this in order that the crowd would not crush him [when they pushed forward to touch him].
10 Pakuŵa ŵaalamisye ŵandu ŵajinji, ŵakulwala wose ŵaliji nkututana kuti ŵakwaye.
11 Ni ŵandu ŵaŵakamwilwe ni masoka paŵammonaga, ŵaligwisisye paujo pao ni kunyanyisya achitiji, “Mmwejo ni Mwana jwa Akunnungu!”
Whenever the evil spirits saw Jesus, [they caused the people whom they controlled] to fall down in front of Jesus [in recognition of Jesus’ power]. Then they exclaimed, “You are (the Son of God/the man who is also God)!”
12 Nambo Che Yesu ŵagakanyisye kwa chikali masoka ganaamanyisye ŵandu ŵane kuti ŵele ali ŵaani.
He commanded the [evil spirits] strongly that they should not tell anyone who he was.
13 Che Yesu ŵakwesile kwitumbi ni kwaŵilanga ŵandu ŵaŵasachile nsyene, nombewo ŵajaulile.
Jesus went [with many other people] up into the hills. After he picked out [from among them] the men whom he wanted [to accompany him], they came [close] to him.
14 Nipele ŵasagwile ŵandu likumi ni ŵaŵili ŵaŵaaŵilasile achinduna ni kwasalila, “Nansagwile nnonjele pamo none, sooni chinantume kukwalalichila ŵandu Ngani Jambone,
He appointed twelve men in order that they might be with him and in order that he might send them out to preach. He called them apostles.
15 ni ŵanyamwe chinkole ulamusi wa kugakoposya masoka.”
He also gave them power in order that they might expel evil spirits [from people].
16 Ŵeleŵa ni ŵandu likumi ni ŵaŵili ŵaŵasagwile, che Simoni ajula Che Yesu juŵampele liina liine che Petulo,
These were the twelve men he appointed: Simon, to whom he gave the [new] name Peter; his [younger] brother Andrew;
17 ni Che Yakobo ni mpwakwe che Yohana ŵanache wa che Sebedayo, Che Yesu ŵapele liina liine Boanelige malumbo gakwe “Ŵandu ŵaali mpela ilindimo, pane akuŵilanjikwa ŵandu ŵaambumu.”
James, [the son] of Zebedee, and John, the [younger] brother of James, to [both of] whom he added the [new] name, ‘Men who are like Thunder’. [because of their fiery zeal];
18 Ŵane ŵaliji che Andulea ni che Filipo ni che Batolomayo ni che Matayo ni che Tomasi ni che Yakobo mwana ju che Alufayo, che Tadayo ni che Simoni jwakuŵilanjikwa Selote, ligongo ŵaliji jwakumenyanila chilambo chakwe,
Philip; Bartholomew; Levi, whose other name was Matthew; Thomas; [another] James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus; [another] Simon, who was a [member of the party that wanted] to overthrow [the Roman government];
19 ni che Yuda Isikaliote, juŵangalawiche Che Yesu.
and Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth [Town]). He was the one who [later] (betrayed Jesus/helped Jesus’ enemies seize him).
20 Nipele Che Yesu ŵausile kumangwao. Mpingo wekulungwa wa ŵandu ŵasongangene sooni, mpaka Che Yesu ni ŵakulijiganya ŵao nganakombola kulya.
Jesus [along with his disciples] went to the house where he was staying [in Capernaum. Again a crowd gathered where he was]. There were many people crowding around him, so that he and his disciples had no time when they could eat or [when they could do anything else].
21 Achalongo achinjakwe paŵapilikene yelei, ŵapite kukwajigala ligongo ŵatite kuti jwampugwe.
After his relatives heard about this, they went to take him home [with them] because (some people/they) were saying that he was insane.
22 Ŵakwiganya Malajisyo ŵaŵaumile ku Yelusalemu ŵatite, “Akwete Belesebuli! Jwankulu jwa masoka, jwakwapa machili ga kugakoposya masoka.”
[Around that time] some men who taught the [Jewish] laws came down from Jerusalem [city. They heard that Jesus was expelling demons]. So they were telling [people], “Beelzebub, who rules the evil spirits, controls him. He is the one who enables this man to expel evil spirits [from people]!”
23 Pelepo Che Yesu ŵaaŵilasile ŵandu ni kwasalila kwa itagu achitiji, “Ana ikukomboleka Shetani kunkoposya Shetani njakwe?
Jesus summoned those men. [Then he spoke to them] in parables [to enable them to realize that Satan would not oppose his own evil spirits. He also wanted them to realize that by expelling evil spirits, he was demonstrating that he was much more powerful than Satan]. So he said, “([It is ridiculous] to suggest that Satan would expel his own [evil spirits]!/Why would Satan expel his own [evil spirits]?) [RHQ]
24 Iŵaga umwenye usapulene mipingo mipingo jajikumenyana, umwenye wo ngaujendelechela.
If [people who live in the same] country are fighting one another, they will cease to be a single group under one ruler.
25 Sooni iŵaga ŵandu ŵa nyuumba jimo asapulanaga mipingo mipingo ni kumenyana, ŵandu wo chajonasiche.
And if [people who live in the same] house fight each other, they will certainly not remain [as one family].
26 Iyoyo peyo, umwenye wa Shetani, wasapulanaga mipingo mipingo ngaukola machili.
Similarly, if Satan and his [evil spirits] were fighting one another, instead of remaining strong, he would become powerless.
27 “Ngapagwa jwakupakombola kwinjila mu nyuumba ja jwamachili ni kunsumula ipanje yakwe yose, pangantaŵa kaje jwamachili jo. Pelepo ni pachachikombola kunsumula ipanje yakwe yose.
Contrary to [what you say about me], someone can enter the house of a strong man [like Satan] and carry off his possessions only if he first ties up the strong man. Then [and only then] will he [be able to] steal the things in that man’s house.”
28 “Isyene ngunsalila, ŵandu chaalecheleswe sambi syao syose ni kwatukana kwao Akunnungu kose.
[Jesus also said], “Consider this carefully! People may sin in many ways and they may speak evilly about God, but [if] they [then are sorry and ask God to] forgive [them], [God] will forgive them for doing that.
30 Che Yesu ŵaŵechete yeleyo ligongo ŵandu ŵaliji nkusala kuti, “Akamwilwe ni lisoka.”
[Jesus told them that] because [they refused to admit that the Holy Spirit was helping him to expel demons. Instead], they were saying, “An evil spirit is controlling him!”
31 Achikulugwe ni achapwakwe Che Yesu ŵaiche pelepo, ŵajimi paasa ni kuntuma mundu akaaŵilanje Che Yesu nkati.
Jesus’ mother and [younger] siblings arrived. While they stood outside, they sent [someone inside] in order to call him [outside].
32 Mpingo wa ŵandu watemi kwakwasyungula Che Yesu. Nipele jumo jwao ŵansalile, “Achikulu ŵenu ni achapwenu alinji paasa, akunsosa.”
A crowd was sitting around Jesus. One of them said to him, “Listen/Hey, your mother and your [younger] brothers and sisters are outside, and they are wanting (to see/to talk with) you!”
33 Nambo Che Yesu ŵaasalile, “Ana achikulu ŵangu ni achapwanga ali ŵaani?”
Jesus replied to them, “([I will tell you something about] my mother and my brothers.[/Do you know whom I consider to be like] my mother and my brothers?)” [RHQ]
34 Pelepo ŵaalolechesye ŵandu uŵansyungwile ŵala ni kuti, “Nnole, ngwaona ŵandu ŵa mpela achikulu ŵangu ni achalongo ŵangu.
After he looked around at [the disciples] who were sitting around him [in a circle], he said, “Look here! I [love these men as much as] I [love] my mother and my brothers.
35 Pakuŵa mundu jwalijose jwakuitendekanya yakuisaka Akunnungu, jwelejo ali achimwene jwangu ni mlumbwangu ni achikulu ŵangu.”
Those who habitually do what God wants are [as dear to me] [MET] as my brother, my sister, or my mother!”
