< Mark 6 >

1 Jesus left [Capernaum city and went to his hometown, Nazareth]. His disciples went with him.
آنگاه عیسی از آن دیار روانه شد و همراه شاگردانش به ناصره، شهری که در آن بزرگ شده بود، بازگشت.
2 (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day), [he entered] the Jewish worship house and taught [the people]. Many who were listening to him were astonished. [But some] were saying, “[This man is just an ordinary person like we are! So (we cannot believe that] this man [is able to teach us] about these things and that he has been made very wise {that [God] has made him very wise} and that he is performing such miracles![/how is it that] [RHQ] this man [is able to teach us] about these things and that he has been made very wise {that [God] has made him very wise} and that he is performing such miracles?) [RHQ]
روز شَبّات به کنیسه رفت و به تعلیم دادن پرداخت. بسیاری از مردم با شنیدن سخنان او غرق در شگفتی شده، می‌گفتند: «این مرد همۀ این حکمت و قدرت معجزات را از کجا به دست آورده است؟
3 ([We know that] he is [just an ordinary] carpenter!/Isn’t he [just an ordinary] carpenter [RHQ]?) [We know him and his family! We know] Mary his mother! ([We know] his [younger] brothers James, Joses, Judas and Simon!/Are not his [younger] brothers James, Joses, Judas and Simon?) [RHQ] And (his [younger] sisters also live here in this town!/do not his [younger] sisters also live here in this town?) [RHQ]” So they despised him.
او که همان نجّار است و مادرش مریم و برادرانش هم یعقوب و یوشا و یهودا و شمعون هستند؛ خواهرانش نیز در میان ما زندگی می‌کنند.» و بدین ترتیب به او حسادت ورزیده، بی‌احترامی کردند.
4 Jesus [knew that they refused to believe in him]. So he said to them, “[It is certainly true that] people honor [me and other] prophets [in other places, but] not in our hometowns! Even our relatives and the people who live in our own houses do not honor us!”
عیسی به ایشان فرمود: «نبی همه جا مورد احترام است، جز در وطنش و در میان خویشان و خانوادۀ خود.»
5 [So], although he healed a few sick people there by touching them, he [decided] not to perform many [other] miracles [in Nazareth] because the people there did not believe that he was the Messiah.
و او نتوانست معجزهٔ بزرگی در آن شهر انجام دهد چون مردم به او ایمان نداشتند، فقط دست خود را بر چند بیمار گذاشت و ایشان را شفا بخشید.
6 He was amazed that they did not believe [in him]. Mark 6:6b-13 Jesus [and his disciples] went from town to town [in that region] teaching [the people].
عیسی نمی‌توانست باور کند که همشهریان او تا این حد بی‌ایمان باشند. آنگاه عیسی به دهکده‌های مختلف رفته، به تعلیم دادن مردم پرداخت.
7 [One day] he summoned the twelve [disciples], and then he [told them that] he was going to send them out two-by-two [to teach people in various towns]. He gave them power [to expel] evil spirits [from people].
او دوازده شاگرد خود را فرا خواند و ایشان را دو به دو فرستاد و به ایشان اقتدار داد تا ارواح پلید را از مردم بیرون کنند.
8 He also instructed them to wear sandals and to take along a walking stick when they were traveling. He told them not to take food, nor a bag [in which travelers carry supplies], nor any money for their journey. He also did not allow them to take extra clothing. [He wanted the people who heard their message to give them what they needed].
در ضمن به ایشان فرمود: «جز چوبدستی چیزی همراه خود نبرید. نه خوراک، نه کوله‌بار، نه پول در کمربند خود،
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و نه حتی کفش و لباس اضافی.
10 He also instructed them, “After you enter a town, [if someone invites you to stay in his house], go into his house. Eat and sleep in that same home until you leave that town.
به هر خانه‌ای که وارد شدید، تا هنگام ترک آن محل، در آن خانه بمانید.
11 Wherever the people do not welcome you and wherever the people do not listen to you, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave [that place]. By doing that, you will warn them [that God will punish them for rejecting your message].”
اگر در جایی شما را نپذیرفتند و حاضر نبودند به سخنانتان گوش دهند، از آنجا بیرون بروید و گرد و خاکی را که از آن ده بر پاهایتان نشسته است پاک کنید، تا نشان دهید که آنان چه فرصتی را از دست داده‌اند.»
12 [So] after the disciples went out [to various towns], they were preaching that people should stop their sinful behavior.
پس ایشان رفته، همهٔ مردم را به توبه از گناهان دعوت کردند.
13 They were also expelling many evil spirits [from people], and they were anointing many sick people with [olive] oil and healing them.
ایشان روحهای پلید زیادی را بیرون کردند و بیماران بسیاری را با روغن تدهین کرده، شفا دادند.
14 [King] Herod [Antipas] heard about [what] Jesus [was doing], because many people were talking [about it. Some] people were saying [about Jesus], “[He must be] John the Baptizer! He has come back to life! That is why he [has God’s] power to perform these miracles!”
طولی نکشید که خبر کارهای عیسی به گوش هیرودیس پادشاه رسید زیرا همه جا گفتگو دربارهٔ معجزات او بود. بعضی می‌گفتند: «بی‌شک، این همان یحیای تعمیددهنده است که زنده شده، و به همین دلیل است که می‌تواند چنین معجزاتی انجام دهد.»
15 Others were saying [about Jesus], “He is [the former prophet] Elijah, [whom God promised to send back again].” Others were saying [about Jesus], “[No], he is a [different] prophet, like one of the [other] prophets [who lived long ago].”
عده‌ای نیز بر این گمان بودند که او همان ایلیای نبی است که ظهور کرده است. دیگران نیز می‌گفتند که او پیامبری است مانند پیامبران بزرگ گذشته.
16 Having heard [what the people were saying, King] Herod [Antipas] himself repeatedly said, “The man [performing those miracles] must be John! I [commanded my soldiers to] cut off his head, but he has come back to life again [to get revenge for my killing him]!”
اما هیرودیس می‌گفت: «نه، این باید همان یحیی باشد که من سرش را از تن جدا کردم، و حالا دوباره زنده شده است.»
17 The reason [King Herod concluded that John wanted revenge is as follows: Some time before this], Herod married Herodias, while she was [still] the wife of his [younger] brother, Philip.
ماجرا از این قرار بود که هیرودیس سربازانی فرستاده، یحیی را دستگیر کرده و به زندان انداخته بود، به خاطر هیرودیا که زن فیلیپ، برادر هیرودیس بود، و حالا هیرودیس او را به زنی گرفته بود.
18 John kept telling Herod, “[God’s] law does not permit you to marry the wife of your brother [while he is still alive].” Then, because Herodias [urged him to put John in prison], Herod himself sent [soldiers to John]. They seized John and put him in prison.
یحیی به هیرودیس گفته بود: «ازدواج تو با هیرودیا، همسر برادرت فیلیپ، کار درستی نیست.»
19 But because Herodias wanted to get [further] revenge on John, she wanted [someone] to execute him. But she could not do that because [while John was in prison], Herod kept John safe [from her].
هیرودیا از یحیی کینه به دل داشت و می‌خواست او را بکشد، اما این کار بدون اجازهٔ هیرودیس ممکن نبود.
20 Herod did this because he respected/feared John, because he knew that he was a righteous and holy man. The king did not know what he should do, but he liked to listen to him.
هیرودیس به یحیی احترام می‌گذاشت چون می‌دانست که او مرد نیک و مقدّسی است؛ بنابراین، از او حمایت می‌کرد و هرگاه با یحیی گفتگو می‌نمود، وجدانش ناراحت می‌شد. با این حال دوست می‌داشت سخنان او را بشنود.
21 But [Herodias was able to have someone execute John when they honored/celebrated] the day when Herod was born. On that day, he invited the [most important] government officials, the [most important] army leaders, and the most important men in Galilee [district] in order that they might eat [and celebrate with him].
اما سرانجام فرصت مناسبی برای هیرودیا پیش آمد. به این ترتیب که هیرودیس در روز تولد خود، ضیافتی ترتیب داد و همهٔ درباریان و فرماندهان و بزرگان ایالت جلیل را دعوت کرد.
22 [While they were eating], Herodias’ daughter came into the room and danced, and that pleased [King] Herod and his guests. So the king said to her, “Ask me for whatever you desire and I will give it to you!”
آنگاه دختر هیرودیا وارد مجلس شد و رقصید و هیرودیس و میهمانانش را شاد کرد. پس هیرودیس پادشاه برای او قسم خورد و گفت: «هر چه می‌خواهی بگو تا به تو بدهم.»
23 He said to her, “Whatever you ask, I will give it to you! I will give you up to half of what I own and rule, if you ask for it. May God punish me [if I do not do what I have promised]!”
و نیز سوگند خورده گفت: «هر چه از من بخواهی، حتی نصف مملکتم را، به تو خواهم داد.»
24 The girl immediately left the room and went to her mother. She [told her what the king had said, and] asked her, “What shall I ask for?” Her mother replied, “[Ask the king to give you] the head of John the Baptizer!”
دختر بی‌درنگ نزد مادرش رفت تا با او مشورت کند. مادرش نیز به او گفت: «سر یحیی را درخواست کن!»
25 The girl quickly entered the room again. She went to the king and she requested, “I want you to command someone to [cut off] the head of John the Baptizer [and] give it to me at once on a platter, [so that my mother can know he is dead]!”
دختر با عجله برگشت و درخواستش را به پادشاه گفت: «از تو می‌خواهم سر یحیای تعمید‌دهنده را همین الان در یک طَبَق به من بدهی.»
26 The king became very distressed [when he heard what she asked for], because he knew John was a very righteous man (OR, because he now knew that he should not have made that promise to her). But he could not refuse [what she requested because] he had promised [that he would give her anything she asked for], and because his guests [had heard him promise that].
پادشاه از گفتۀ خود سخت پشیمان شد، اما چون در حضور میهمانانش قسم خورده بود، نتوانست درخواست او را رد کند.
27 So the king at once ordered the man who executes prisoners to go and [cut off] John’s head and bring it [to the girl]. That man went to the prison and cut off John’s head.
یکی از جلادان را به زندان فرستاد تا سر یحیی را از تن جدا کند و برایش بیاورد.
28 He [put it on] a platter, brought it back, and gave it to the girl. The girl took it to her mother.
جلاد نیز به زندان رفت و سر یحیی را برید و آن را در یک سینی برای دختر آورد. او نیز سر بریده را نزد مادرش برد.
29 After John’s disciples heard [what happened], they went [to the prison] and took John’s body and then they buried [it in a burial cave].
هنگامی که شاگردان یحیی از ماجرا باخبر شدند، آمدند و بدن او را برده، به خاک سپردند.
30 The [twelve] apostles returned to Jesus [from the places to which they had gone]. They reported to him what they had done and what they had taught [to people].
پس از مدتی، رسولان نزد عیسی برگشتند و او را از کارهایی که کرده و تعالیمی که داده بودند آگاه ساختند.
31 He said to them, “Come [with me] to a place where no people are living, in order that we can be alone and rest a little while!” [He said this] because many people were continually coming to them and going [away again], with the result that [Jesus and] his disciples did not have time to eat [or do anything else].
عیسی به ایشان گفت: «بیایید از غوغای جمعیت کمی دور شویم و استراحت کنیم.» رفت و آمد مردم آنقدر زیاد بود که حتی فرصت نمی‌کردند چیزی بخورند.
32 So they went away by themselves in a boat to a place where no people were living.
پس سوار قایقی شدند تا به جای خلوتی بروند.
33 [But many] people saw them leaving. They also recognized [that they were Jesus and the disciples, and they saw where they were going]. So they ran [ahead on land] from all the [nearby] towns to the place [where Jesus and his disciples were going]. They [actually] arrived there before [Jesus and the disciples].
وقتی مردم دیدند که ایشان می‌روند، در کنار دریا آنقدر دویدند تا به مقصد ایشان رسیدند و پیش از آنکه عیسی و شاگردانش از قایق پیاده شوند، در آن محل حاضر بودند.
34 As Jesus [and his disciples] got out of the boat, Jesus saw this large crowd. He felt sorry for them because they were [confused], like sheep that do not have a shepherd. So he taught them many things.
وقتی عیسی از قایق پیاده شد، جمعیتی انبوه را دید، و دلش به حال ایشان سوخت، زیرا مانند گوسفندانی بی‌شبان بودند، پس چیزهای بسیاری به ایشان آموخت.
35 Late [in the afternoon], the disciples came to him and said, “This is a place where no people live and it is very late.
نزدیک غروب، شاگردان نزد او آمدند و گفتند: «در این جای دور افتاده، چیزی برای خوردن پیدا نمی‌شود. هوا نیز رو به تاریکی می‌رود.
36 [So] send the people away in order that they may go to the surrounding farms and villages in order that they can buy for themselves something to eat!”
پس به مردم بگو به دهات و مزرعه‌های اطراف بروند و برای خود خوراک تهیه کنند.»
37 But he replied, “[No], you [yourselves] give them something to eat!” They replied, “(We could not buy enough bread to feed [this crowd], even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days!/How could we buy enough bread to feed [this mob], even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days?)” [RHQ]
ولی عیسی فرمود: «شما خودتان به ایشان خوراک بدهید.» پرسیدند: «با دست خالی؟ ما دویست دینار لازم داریم تا بتوانیم غذا بخریم و آنها را سیر کنیم!»
38 But he replied to them, “How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and find out!” They [went and] found out and then they told him, “We have [only] five flat loaves and two [cooked] fish!”
عیسی فرمود: «بروید ببینید چقدر نان داریم.» پس از پرس و جو، آمدند و گفتند که پنج نان و دو ماهی دارند.
39 He instructed [the disciples to tell] all the people to sit down on the green grass.
آنگاه عیسی به شاگردانش فرمود تا مردم را دسته‌دسته بر سبزه‌ها بنشانند.
40 So the people sat in groups. There were 50 people in some groups and 100 people in other groups.
طولی نکشید که مردم در گروه‌های پنجاه نفری و صد نفری، بر زمین نشستند.
41 Jesus took the five flat loaves and the two fish. He looked up towards heaven and thanked [God] for them. Then he broke the loaves and fish into pieces and kept giving them to the disciples in order that they would distribute them to the people.
عیسی آن پنج نان و دو ماهی را برداشت و به سوی آسمان نگاه کرده، برکت داد. سپس نانها را تکه‌تکه کرد و به شاگردانش داد تا پیش مردم بگذارند؛ دو ماهی را نیز بین همه تقسیم کرد.
42 Everyone ate [this food] until they all had enough to eat!
همه خوردند و سیر شدند
43 The disciples then collected twelve baskets full of pieces [of bread] and of the fish [that were left over].
و شاگردان از خُرده‌های نان و ماهی، دوازده سبدِ پر برداشتند.
44 There were approximately 5,000 men who ate the bread [and fish. They did not even count the women and children].
جمعاً پنج هزار مرد با خانواده‌هایشان نان خوردند.
45 Right away Jesus told his disciples to get into the boat and then go ahead of him to Bethsaida [town, which was] further around [Lake Galilee. He stayed and] dismissed the many people who were there.
بلافاصله پس از آن، عیسی با اصرار، از شاگردانش خواست تا سوار قایق شوند و به بیت صیدا در آن طرف دریاچه بروند، و خودش مردم را مرخص کرد.
46 After he said goodbye to the people, he went up into the hills in order to pray.
پس عیسی مردم را مرخص فرمود و خودش به کوه رفت تا دعا کند.
47 When it was evening, the [disciples’] boat was in the middle of the lake and Jesus was by himself on the land.
به هنگام غروب، قایق شاگردان به وسط دریاچه رسیده بود و عیسی هنوز در تنهایی مشغول دعا بود.
48 He saw that the wind was [blowing] against them as they rowed. As a result, they were having great difficulty. He approached them early in the morning, when it was still dark, by walking on the water. He intended to walk by them.
در این هنگام، او دید که ایشان در زحمت افتاده‌اند، زیرا بادِ تندی می‌وزید. اما نزدیک ساعت سه صبح، عیسی در حالی که روی آب راه می‌رفت، به آنها نزدیک شد و می‌خواست از ایشان بگذرد
49 They saw him walking on the water, but they thought that he was a ghost. They screamed
که شاگردان او را در حال راه رفتن روی آب دیدند، و به گمان اینکه روحی می‌بینند، از ترس فریاد زدند،
50 because they all were terrified when they saw him. But he talked to them. He said to them, “Be calm! Do not be afraid, [because] it is I!”
چون همه او را می‌دیدند و مضطرب شده بودند. ولی عیسی بی‌درنگ با ایشان صحبت کرده، گفت: «قوی باشید! نترسید! منم!»
51 He got into the boat [and sat down] with them and the wind [immediately] blowing. They were completely amazed [about what he had done].
آنگاه سوار قایق شد و باد از وزیدن بازایستاد. شاگردان سخت حیرت‌زده شده بودند.
52 [Although they had seen Jesus multiply] the [bread and the fish], they did not understand [from that how powerful he was, as they should have]. They did not think clearly about it.
چون هنوز به اهمیت معجزۀ نانها پی نبرده بودند و دلشان سخت شده بود.
53 After they went further around [Lake Galilee in a boat, they came to the shore at Gennesaret town]. Then they tied up the boat there.
وقتی به آن سوی دریاچه رسیدند، در ساحل جنیسارت از قایق پیاده شدند و در آنجا لنگر انداختند.
54 As soon as they got out of the boat, [the people there] recognized Jesus.
از قایق که بیرون آمدند، مردم فوری او را شناختند
55 So they ran throughout the whole district [in order to tell others that Jesus was there]. Then the people [placed] those who were sick on stretchers and carried them to any place where they heard [people say] that Jesus was.
و در سراسر آن ناحیه خبر ورود او را پخش کردند. طولی نکشید که از هر طرف بیماران را روی تختها نزد او آوردند.
56 In whatever village, town or other place where he entered, they would bring to the marketplaces those who were sick. Then the [sick people] would beg Jesus to let them touch [him or] even the edge of his clothes [in order that Jesus might heal them]. All those who touched [him or his robe] were healed.
عیسی هر جا قدم می‌گذاشت، چه در دهات و چه در شهرها و چه در مزرعه‌ها، مردم بیماران را بر سر راه او می‌گذاشتند و التماس می‌کردند که لااقل اجازه دهد به لبۀ ردایش دست بزنند؛ و هر که به او دست می‌زد، شفا می‌یافت.

< Mark 6 >