Makko 8
1 Kumazuba ayo, kwakaba alubo bantu bayingi loko, alimwi kabatajisi nekuba chakulya. Jesu wakayita basikwiya bakwe mpawo wakati kulimbabo,
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 “Ndamvwa lweetelelo amakani nkaambo bakendelela kunembo kabali ambebo kale kwamazuba otatwe alimwi kabatakwe nchebakalya.
“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 Na ndabambila kuti kabaya kumyuunzi yabo katakwe nchebalya, bayoowizuka munzila. Bamwi babo bazwa musinzo mulamfu”.
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 Basikwiiya bakwe bakamusandula, “Nkukuli nkotuyojana chinkwa chizulide mubusena buyuminide buyokkutya bantu aba?”
[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 Wakababuzya, “Mujisi zinkwa zyongane?” Bakamba kuti, “Musanu azibili”.
Jesus asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They replied, “[We have] seven [flat loaves].”
6 Wakalayilila makamu kuti akkale ansi. Wakabweza zinkwa musanu azibili, wakapa kulumba alimwi wakazikwamuna. Wakapa basikwiiya bakwe kuti babikke kunembo lyabo, alimwi bakabikka kunembo lyamakamu.
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 Aboobo bakala answi ziche, nakamana kupa kulumbila mbabo, wakalayilila basikwiiya kuti baabe azezi lubo.
[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 Bakalya pele bakakkuta, pele bakabwezazelela bufwefwelenga bwakachala, insuwo mpati zilimusanu azibili.
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 Kwakachibe zyuulu zyoone zyabantu.
[They estimated that] there were about 4,000 people [who ate on that day].
10 Mpawo wakabatuma kuti beende. Nibakamana bakanjila mubwaato abasikwiiya bakwe, alimwi bakaya kuchisi chaku Dayimanuta.
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 Mpawo baFalisi bakasika anze kumukanza. Bakakumbila zitondezyo zyakujulu, kuti bamusunke.
[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 Wakagamba kapati wayoyela mukati wamba wati, “Nkambonzi izyalane eli niliyandula zitondezyo? Nchobeni ndamwambila kuti, takwe chitondezyo nchiyopegwa kuzyalane eli”.
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 Mpawo wakabasiya, wabweeda mubwaato lubo, akwiinka kulubazu lumbi.
Then he left them. He got into the boat again, along [with his disciples], and they went further around [Lake Galilee].
14 Lino basikwiiya bakaluba kubweza chinkwa beni. Tebakachilikwe chinkwa nikuba chomwe mubwaato.
The disciples had forgotten to bring along [enough] food. Specifically, they had only one flat loaf of bread with them in the boat.
15 Wakabalayilila wakati, “Mube akulangila alimwi muchenjele kubumena bwama Falisi akubumena bwa Heloda”.
[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 Basikwiiya bakabonisyana umwi awumwi, “Nkambo kakuti tatukwe chinkwa”.
[The disciples misunderstood him]. So they said to one another, “[He must have said that] because we have no bread.”
17 Jesu wakaziziba ezi, wakati kuli mbabo, “Nkambonzi nimulikubonisyana akubula chinkwa? Sa tamuna kubona? Sa tamuna kumvwisya? Sa myoyo yanu ichilimiyumu?
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 Mula ameso, tamuboni na? Mulamatwi, tamumvwi na? Sa tamuyeyi?
(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 Nindaka kwamuna zinkwa zilimusanu mumwelwe wamusanu wazyuulu, nzingane nsuwo zyakazwide zyabufwefwelenga bwazinkwa nzimwakabwezelela? Bakati kulinguwe, “Ikkumi azibili.
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 “Nindakakwamuna zinkwa zilimusanu azibili mumwele wazyuulu zine, nzingane nsuwo zyabufwefwelenga bwazinkwa nzemwakabweza?” Bakati kulinguwe, “Musanu azibili”.
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 Wakati, “Sa tamunakumvwisya 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 Bakasika kuBetisayida. Bantu bankuko bakamwetela umwi mwalumi mofu alimwi bakakumbila Jesu kuti amugume.
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 Jesu wakajata mwalumi mofu ajanza, akumutola kumbali agunzi. Nakasikaswida aansi wakanda bulongo wakamunanika kumeso akwe akumubikka janza lyakwe, wakamubuzya, “Kuli nchwabona na?”
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 Wakalanga kujulu wakati, Ndabona balumi balangika anga minsamu ilokweenda.
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 Alimwi wakabikka lubo maanza atala ameso akwe, aboobo mwalumi wakabona, meso akwe akabweda, akubona zintu zyoonse chaantanganana.
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 Jesu wakamutuma wakati koya kumunzi wanu, “Utakunjili mudolopo”.
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 Jesu wakiinka abasikwiiya bakwe mugunzi lyaKayisala Filipo. Kabachili munzila wakabuzya basikwiiya bakwe, “Bantu bandamba kuti ndimeni?”
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 Bakamusandula bakati, “Joni muBbizyi. Bamwi baamba kuti Eliya, abamwi, nduwe umwi wabasinsimi”.
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 Wakababuzya, “Pele nywebo mundamba kuti ndimeni?” Pita wakati kulinguwe, “Nduwe Kilisito”
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 Jesu wakabachenjezya kuti batambili nikuba umwi atala anguwe.
Then Jesus warned them strongly that they should not tell anyone [yet that he was the Messiah].
31 Wakasanguna kubayiisya atala akuti Mwana Muntu uyofwabisigwa muzintu zyingi, alimwi uyokukakwa abapati akuba payizi bami akubalembi, akuyojayigwa, pele mumazuba atatu uyobuka.
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 Wakamba makani aya chaantanganana. Mpawo Pita wakamutola kumbali akumukalalila
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 Pele Jesu wakachebuka akulanga basikwiiya bakwe mpawo wakakalalila Pita wakati, “Kozwa kusule lyangu, Satani! Tubikkide miyeyo yako kuzintu zya-Leza, pele kuzintu zyabantu”.
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 Mpawo wakayita makamu abasikwiiya antoomwe, wakabambila kuti, “Na kulumwi uyanda kunditobela welede kulitakata lwakwe mwini, abweze chingano chakwe, akunditobela
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 Kufumbwa uyanda kufutula buumi bwakwe uyobuswekelwa, ayoyo usweekelwa bumi bwakwe akuyanda kwangu akujwi lyangu uyobujana.
[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 Nimpindunzi njajana muntu kukuvuba nyika yoonse alimwi akuyoswekelwa buumi bwakwe?
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 Nchili muntu nchakonzya kupa kwinda buumi bwakwe?
([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 Kufumbwa ufwa nsoni akaambo kangu amajwi angu muchibaka chamamambe achibi chazyalane, Mwana aMuntu uyowusigwa nsoni anguwe nakusika mubulemu bwaWisi antoomwe abangelo basalala”.
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!”
