Mark 8
1 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,
Cũng vào thời gian ấy, một đám đông nhóm họp với Chúa cho đến khi hết lương thực. Chúa Giê-xu gọi các môn đệ lại gần, bảo:
2 “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.
“Ta thương đoàn dân này đã ở với Ta ba ngày, thức ăn đã hết.
3 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.”
Nếu Ta để họ nhịn đói ra về, họ sẽ ngất xỉu dọc đường, vì nhiều người ở rất xa.”
4 [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]
Các môn đệ thưa: “Làm sao tìm đủ thức ăn cho họ giữa nơi hoang vắng này?”
5 Jesus asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They replied, “[We have] seven [flat loaves].”
Chúa Giê-xu hỏi: “Các con còn thức ăn không?” Họ đáp: “Thưa, còn bảy ổ bánh.”
6 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].
Chúa Giê-xu truyền lệnh cho dân chúng ngồi xuống đất, rồi cầm bảy ổ bánh tạ ơn Đức Chúa Trời, bẻ ra đưa các môn đệ phân phát cho dân chúng.
7 [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],
Các môn đệ cũng tìm được mấy con cá nhỏ; Chúa tạ ơn rồi bảo môn đệ đem phân phát.
8 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.
Sau khi tất cả đều ăn no, người ta lượm thức ăn thừa, đựng được bảy giỏ.
9 [They estimated that] there were about 4,000 people [who ate on that day].
Riêng số đàn ông dự bữa ăn ấy vào khoảng 4.000 người, rồi Chúa Giê-xu cho họ ra về sau khi ăn xong.
10 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.
Liền sau đó, Ngài và các môn đệ xuống thuyền đến Đan-ma-nu-tha.
11 [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.
Hay tin Chúa đến, các thầy Pha-ri-si tới tranh luận với Ngài. Họ muốn gài bẫy, nên xin Ngài làm một dấu lạ trên trời.
12 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!”
Nghe vậy, Chúa thở dài và đáp: “Tại sao thế hệ này đòi xem dấu lạ? Ta cho các ông biết, sẽ chẳng có dấu lạ nào theo ý muốn các ông cả.”
13 Then he left them. He got into the boat again, along [with his disciples], and they went further around [Lake Galilee].
Rồi Ngài bỏ họ xuống thuyền, sang bờ bên kia.
14 The disciples had forgotten to bring along [enough] food. Specifically, they had only one flat loaf of bread with them in the boat.
Lúc ấy các môn đệ quên mang thức ăn theo, trong thuyền chỉ còn một ổ bánh.
15 [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!”
Chúa Giê-xu khuyên: “Các con phải cẩn thận, đề phòng men của phái Pha-ri-si và đảng Hê-rốt!”
16 [The disciples misunderstood him]. So they said to one another, “[He must have said that] because we have no bread.”
Các môn đệ tranh luận với nhau vì họ quên đem bánh theo.
17 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]
Chúa Giê-xu biết được, liền quở trách: “Sao các con cứ lo không có thức ăn? Các con chẳng biết, chẳng hiểu gì ư? Lòng các con chai lì rồi sao?
18 (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]
Các con có mắt sao không nhìn, có tai sao không nghe? Các con cũng chẳng nhớ gì sao?
19 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.”
Này, khi Ta chia năm ổ bánh cho 5.000 người ăn, các con lượm bánh thừa được bao nhiêu giỏ?” Họ đáp: “Thưa, mười hai giỏ.”
20 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].”
“Còn lúc Ta chia bảy ổ bánh cho 4.000 người, các con lượm được bao nhiêu giỏ?” Họ đáp: “Thưa, bảy giỏ.”
21 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]
Chúa hỏi tiếp: “Bây giờ các con hiểu chưa?”
22 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].
Khi họ đến Bết-sai-đa, người ta đem lại một người khiếm thị, nài xin Chúa Giê-xu đặt tay chữa lành.
23 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?”
Chúa Giê-xu nắm tay anh khiếm thị dắt ra khỏi làng, thoa nước bọt vào mắt, rồi đặt tay lên. Ngài hỏi: “Con thấy gì không?”
24 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!”
Anh ngước nhìn, đáp: “Thưa có, con thấy người ta chập chờn như cây cối đi qua đi lại.”
25 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.
Chúa Giê-xu lại đặt tay trên mắt anh. Anh khiếm thị chăm chú nhìn, mắt liền được sáng, thấy rõ mọi vật.
26 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.
Chúa Giê-xu bảo anh về nhà và căn dặn: “Con đừng trở vào làng!”
27 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?”
Chúa Giê-xu và các môn đệ đi đến các làng gần thành Sê-sa-rê Phi-líp. Dọc đường, Ngài hỏi: “Người ta nói Ta là ai?”
28 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].”
Các môn đệ đáp: “Có người nói Thầy là Giăng Báp-tít, người cho là Ê-li, người bảo là nhà tiên tri.”
29 He asked them, “What about you? Who do you say that I am?” Peter replied to him, “[We believe that] you are the Messiah!”
Chúa hỏi tiếp: “Còn các con biết Ta là ai không?” Phi-e-rơ thưa: “Thầy là Đấng Mết-si-a.”
30 Then Jesus warned them strongly that they should not tell anyone [yet that he was the Messiah].
Nhưng Chúa Giê-xu nghiêm cấm họ không được nói cho ai biết.
31 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.”
Lúc ấy Chúa Giê-xu bắt đầu cho các môn đệ biết Con Người sẽ chịu nhiều thống khổ, bị các trưởng lão, trưởng tế, và các thầy dạy luật khai trừ và giết đi, nhưng sau ba ngày sẽ sống lại.
32 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].
Chúa Giê-xu trình bày thật rõ ràng. Phi-e-rơ liền đem riêng Chúa ra, trách: “Thầy chớ nên nói thế!”
33 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].”
Chúa Giê-xu quay lại nhìn các môn đệ, và quở Phi-e-rơ: “Lui đi, Sa-tan! Ngươi chỉ suy luận theo quan điểm loài người, chứ không theo ý Đức Chúa Trời.”
34 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.
Sau đó, Chúa gọi các môn đệ và dân chúng đến gần, dạy bảo: “Nếu ai muốn làm môn đệ Ta, phải phủ nhận chính mình, vác cây thập tự mình theo Ta.
35 [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].
Ai tham sống sợ chết sẽ mất mạng, nhưng ai vì Ta và vì Phúc Âm mà hy sinh tính mạng, sẽ được sống.
36 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]
Nếu một người chiếm được cả thế giới nhưng mất linh hồn thì có ích gì?
37 ([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]
Có cái gì đáng giá hơn linh hồn?
38 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!”
Ai hổ thẹn về Ta và về Đạo Ta trong thời đại tội lỗi, thông dâm này, Con Người cũng sẽ hổ thẹn về họ khi Ta trở lại trong vinh quang của Cha Ta với các thiên sứ thánh.”
