Matthew 9
1 Jesus and his disciples got into the boat. They skirted around [the lake] and went to [Capernaum, the city where he was living].
Yesu a ri ni ghuu nda rugran hi ni gbu ma.
2 [Some men] brought to him a man who was paralyzed and who was lying on a sleeping pad. When Jesus perceived that they believed [that he could heal the paralyzed man], he said to him, “Young man, be encouraged! I forgive your sins.”
Mena, ba nji indi ri wa a soo kpa'a nda kru ni tabli. Wa Yesu atoh kiekle yo suron mba, a tre ni ndi u soo kpa'a, “Vuvren ngri. ba wru latre me hlega niwu”.
3 Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws said among themselves, “[He claims that he can forgive sins! That means that he claims to be equal with God] He is insulting God!”
U bi nha bari ba tre ni kpamba, “Iguyi ni latre”
4 Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said, “(You should not think evil [thoughts], [accusing me because I claim that I am God]!/Why do you think evil [thoughts], [saying that it is wrong for me to claim that I am God]?) [RHQ]
U Yesu wa a toh imre sron mbaa' a tre “Bi ta' meme mre ngye nimi sron mbi?
5 It would [not] be risky [for someone] to say [to this man], ‘[I] forgive your sins’, [because no one could see whether or not it really happened]. But [no one, without having the power to heal], would say [to him], ‘[Get] up and walk!’, [because people could easily see whether it happened or not!] [RHQ]
Arime na he ni dii na ndu ba hla Ba wru latre me hlega 'Ka ndu bahla' wlunde ndi zren?
6 [So I am going to do something] in order that you may know that [God] has authorized [me], the one who came from heaven, to forgive the sins [of people while I am] on the earth, [as well as to heal people].” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!”
To ni ndu yi toh ndi ivren indi a he ni ngbengble u wru latre u ngbugblu hle, A tre ni indi u soo kpaa', Wlunde ndi ban bubu u kru me ndi hi koh
7 And [immediately] the man got up, [picked up his sleeping pad], and went home!
India ka wlunde nda hi ni koh.
8 When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck. They praised God for giving authority to a human being [to do] such [things].
Wa gbugbu ndi ba toh a he toyi, ma manji ma wakran, nda gbyre Irji san wa anno indi bii ngbengblen yi.
9 As Jesus was going away from there, he saw me, a man named Matthew. I was sitting at a table where I collected taxes [for the Roman government]. He said to me, “Come with me [and become my disciple]!” So I got up and went with him.
Yesu sihi nda ka toh ndi ri ni ko shishi wa ba yowu ndi Matiwu a son nitra u kpa ban. A hla wu, “Hume” A wlu huu.
10 [Then I invited] Jesus and his disciples to my home for a meal. While [they] were sitting and eating in my home, many tax collectors and [other people who were] {whom [the Pharisees]} [considered to be habitual] sinners came unexpectedly to eat with us.
Yesu a kuson nda si'rli birli u bi kpa ban nibi latre gbugbu mbawu baye kuson nda rli bi' ni ba Yesu ni bi hu'a.
11 When the Pharisees saw [that, they came] to us disciples and said, “([It is disgusting that] your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners!/Why is it that your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners?)” [RHQ]
Wa Farisawa ba ba toh nayi, ba mye bihua, “Ani tu' ngye mba tiekoh mbi si rli ni bi kpa ban u bi latre?
12 Jesus heard what [they said], so he told them [this parable]: “[It is] people who are sick who need a [doctor] [MET], not people who are well.” [What he meant by that was that it was people who knew that they were sinners who were coming to him in order to be helped spiritually].
Yesu ka wo ba' nda tre, “e bi sikpa bana wa bi den na, ahi bi lilo mu.
13 He continued by saying, “You need to learn what these words that [God said] mean: ‘I want you to [act] mercifully to people and not [just to offer] sacrifices.’ Keep in mind that I came [from heaven, not] to invite [people who think] [IRO] [that they are] righteous [to turn away from their sinful lives and come to me, but to invite people who know they are] sinners [to turn from their sins and come to me].”
To bika mla toh nayi rli, 'Ime mi wa wruhle ana indu ni mu na. Mina ye ni tu bi he tsra tsra ana miye ni tu bi latre.
14 Later, the disciples of John [the Baptizer] came to Jesus and asked him, “We [(exc)] and the Pharisees [often] abstain from food [to show that we want to please God], but your disciples do not do that. Why [do they not]?”
U bi hu Yahaya baye niwu nda tre kieta ni ba Farisawa kie vu nyu u bi hua ba ba taka ngye rli nda na tie na?
15 [Jesus wanted to show them and the Pharisees that it was not appropriate for his disciples to abstain from food and mourn while he was still with them]. So he [gave them this illustration]: “When a bridegroom is with [his friends at the time of the wedding], (his friends certainly do not mourn, do they?/do his friends mourn?) [RHQ] [No, they do not mourn, because they are not sad at that time. But when] the bridegroom is taken {[someone] takes the [/his enemies] take the bridegroom} from them, they will abstain from food, [because then they will be sad].”
Yesu a hla bawu, “Bi tie ndu nitra u logran baki ni kuklu nyu u indi u gran rli he ni ba? E, inton niye wa ba ban indi u logran niba. Nikiyi mba ba vunyu.
16 [Jesus wanted to show them that people who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like] ([abstaining from food/fasting]) [MET]. [So he said to them], “People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment [to mend a hole]. If they did that, [when they washed the garment], the patch would [shrink] and tear the garment, and the hole would become bigger.
Indi wa ani fon pli sama kanha ni cice nklon na tie to kie ni yba nklon zan u mumla
17 Neither does anyone pour freshly-[squeezed] grape juice into old skin bags [to store it]. If anyone did that, those skin bags would tear [because they would not stretch when the grape juice ferments and expands. They] would be ruined, and the wine would be spilled {spill} [on the ground]. Instead, [people] put new wine into new skin bags, [and the bags will stretch when the wine ferments]. As a result, both [the wine and the bags] are preserved.”
Indi bana sru imma sa u inabi nimi mbu ntan kmo mana. Bata tie toki, intan aniyra tie meme nda ju'mma hlega. Toyi, ba sru mma sa' u inabi nimi mbuntan sa may tie towa na ndu ba yra tu hamba wuna”
18 While Jesus was saying that, a leader of the Jewish meeting place came and bowed down before him [to show respect]. Then he said, “My daughter just died! But if you come and lay your hand on her, she will live [again]!”
Yesu si tre ni ba u ndi ri wa ani mnkon ndi ba aye kuqu niwu. A tre, “Vrenwamu quu zazanyi, yeme ndi sawo wu ni ndu wlunde”.
19 So Jesus got up, and he and [we] disciples went with the man.
U Yesu Wlunde hu hi ni mrli koh ma ba ngame.
20 Then a woman who [had been suffering constant vaginal] bleeding for twelve years came near Jesus. She was saying to herself, “[I want Jesus to heal me without anyone finding out that I have this problem of bleeding]. So if I [touch him] or even if I just touch his garment, I will be healed [without anyone finding out about it].” So she came behind him and touched the tassel of his garment.
Uwa ri ingarli wa azi juju tie se wlon don ha, a bleye konkon Yesu, nda kpyre nyu nklonma.
“A tre ni sronma, Mita kpyre nklon ma mi fe si.
22 Then Jesus turned around [to see who had touched him]. And when he saw the woman, he said to her, “Be encouraged, dear woman. Because you believed [PRS] [that I could heal you, I] have healed you.” The woman was healed at that very moment.
Yesu a k'maya nda toh wu nda tre, “Vrenwa mu, vu sron. Kikle yo sron me nnowu si”. Ni nton kima me afe si.
23 Then Jesus [and some of us disciples] came to the Jewish leader’s house. Jesus heard the flute players [playing funeral music] and the crowd [that had gathered] wailing loudly [because the girl had died].
Wa Yesu ari ni koh ninkon ndi mba, nda toh bi vrli ngba ni j'bu ndi baki hanton.
24 [Knowing that he would cause her to live again], he said [to them], “Go away [and stop the funeral music and wailing], because the girl is not dead! She is [just] sleeping!” [The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead].
A tre “Hiyi, e vrenwa na quu na, asi kru na “U baka zanwu u kpa tsri.
25 But Jesus told them to get out of the house. Then he went into [the room where the girl was lying]. He took hold of her hand and she [became alive again and] got up.
Wa ba ndu ndi barjuhi raa', a rihi mitraa nda vu wo vren wa nji, u vrenwa wlunde.
26 And the [people of that] whole region heard [PRS] about it.
Itre yi ka yan shu ni nh'ma kokii.
27 As Jesus went away from there, two blind men followed him and shouted, “Have mercy on us [and heal our eyes, you who are the Messiah], the Descendant of [King] David!”
Yesu rji ki zren y'ba sihi, u bi fyen harli bari baka hu, nda kla nglo nyu nda nitre,”Ivren Doda, to yah mbu ndi zota”.
28 Jesus went into the house, where he [was staying], and then the blind men went in, too. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able [to heal your eyes]?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord!”
Yesu a ri hi ni koh rie u bi fyen ba baka wawu hi. Yesu hla bamu, “Bi kpay'me ndi mihe ngbengble utie tomba?” U baka kpay'me, 'e' Baci”.
29 Then he touched their eyes and he said [to them], “Because you believe [that I can heal your eyes], I am healing them [right now]!”
U Yesu ka kpyre shishi mba nda tre, “Ndu he yiwu na wa bi yo sron mbi a.
30 And they were able to see [IDM]! Then Jesus told them sternly, “Be sure [IDM] that you do not tell anybody [what I did for you]!”
U shishi mba baka bwu'. Yesu a mha ba nda tre, “Na ndu ndio wowa na.”
31 But they went out and reported it throughout that whole region.
Ma'memu, bahi nda ka bla tre kangon nklan kima.
32 When [Jesus and we disciples] left [the house], some people brought to Jesus a man who was unable to speak because he was controlled by a demon {a demon controlled him}.
Wa bi fyen ba ba hia, baka nji indi u con l'me u me'me' brji yeni Yesu.
33 After Jesus had expelled the demon, the man who had been unable to speak began to speak! The crowd [who saw this] marveled. They said, “Never before have [we seen] anything as [marvelous] as this happen in Israel!”
Wa a cu me'me' brji rju ni niwu a, indi u con l'mea katre. J'bu ndii baka manji ma wakran, ndatre, “kae, bii kpye yi bana toh wu ni Israila na!”
34 But the Pharisees said, “It is [Satan], who rules the demons, who [enables this man to] expel demons [from people].”
U fansawa ba baka tre, “E a ni rju me'me' brji ba ni ngbenglen u chu bi brjii.”
35 Then [we] went [with] Jesus through many of [HYP] the cities and towns [in Galilee district. He was teaching (in the synagogues/in the Jewish meeting places)], and preaching the good message about how God rules [over people’s lives]. He also was healing the [people who had] various diseases and illnesses.
Yesu a zren kagon gbu bi rlig ra ni bi tsitsa ba wawuu. Azi tsro tre Rji ni tra Rji, nda zi bla lan zizi u mwkai nda den bi kru kpa ni lilo bla wo.
36 When he saw the crowd of people, he pitied them because they were harassed and dejected. [They were] like sheep that do not have a shepherd [SIM].
Wa a toh kpentren ndii ba, a ka tie wie me ni tie yah' ni qungble mba. Bana he na nta'ma wa ba hama ni ndii u k'maba.
37 Then he gave [this illustration] to us disciples: “[The people who are ready to receive my message are like a] field that is ready to be harvested {for people to harvest}. But there are only a few [of you who are teaching people my message].
A hla ni mrli koh ma, birli hi gbugbu, wa, u bi ndu ba ba fyi meyi.
38 So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his [field to gather] the [MET] harvest.”
Ahe nayi bika bre Baci u birli gbagbla me ni ndu tru bindu ba hi.
