Mark 4
1 Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.
Nʼoge ọzọ, ọ malitere izi ihe nʼakụkụ osimiri. Igwe mmadụ dị ukwuu gbara ya gburugburu, nke mere na ọ banyere nʼime ụgbọ nọdụ ala nʼime ya nʼelu mmiri ahụ, ma igwe mmadụ ahụ nọkwa nʼakụkụ osimiri ahụ.
2 Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,
O bidoro i kuziri ha ọtụtụ ihe nʼilu, ma nʼozizi ya, ọ sịrị ha,
3 "Listen: the sower goes out to sow.
“Geenụ ntị! Otu onye ọrụ ubi pụrụ gaa ịkụ mkpụrụ ya.
4 As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.
Mgbe ọ na-agha mkpụrụ, ụfọdụ mkpụrụ dara nʼakụkụ ụzọ, ụmụ nnụnụ bịara tụtụrịa ha.
5 Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;
Ụfọdụ mkpụrụ dara nʼala nkume, ebe aja ntakịrị dị. Ha puputara ngwangwa nʼihi na ala dị nʼebe ahụ emighị emi.
6 but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.
Ma mgbe anwụ wara, ọ chagburu ha, ha kpọnwụọ nʼihi na ha enweghị mgbọrọgwụ.
7 Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.
Mkpụrụ ndị ọzọ dara nʼetiti ogwu; ogwu ahụ tolitere kpagbuo ha. Ha amịkwaghị mkpụrụ.
8 But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."
Mkpụrụ ndị ọzọ nke dara nʼezi ala, puru, tolite, ma mịa mkpụrụ na mmụba iri atọ, iri isii, ọ bụladị otu narị.”
9 "Listen," He added, "every one who has ears to listen with!"
Ọ sịrị ha, “Onye ọbụla nwere ntị ịnụ ihe, ya nụrụ.”
10 When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language.
Ma mgbe ọ nọ naanị ya, ndị ozi iri na abụọ ahụ na ndị ọzọ nọ ya gburugburu jụrụ ya ajụjụ banyere ilu ahụ.
11 "To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;
Ọ gwara ha sị, “Enyela unu ihe omimi nke alaeze Chineke. Ma ndị nọ nʼezi, a na-agwa ha ihe niile nʼilu,
12 that "'They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"
nke mere na, “‘Ha ga na-ele anya, hụkwa, ma ha agaghị ahụ ihe ọbụla, ha ga na-anụ, nụkwa, ma ha agaghị aghọta ihe ọbụla, ma ọ bụghị ya, ha nwere ike chigharịa bụrụ ndị a gbaghaara.’”
13 "Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?"
Mgbe ahụ, ọ jụrụ ha sị, “Ọ bụ na unu aghọtaghị ilu a? Unu ga-esikwa aṅaa ghọta ilu ndị ọzọ?
14 "What the sower sows is the Message.
Ọgha mkpụrụ ahụ na-agha okwu Chineke.
15 Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.
Mmadụ ụfọdụ dị ka mkpụrụ ndị ahụ dara nʼakụkụ ụzọ, ebe a kụrụ okwu ahụ. Ngwangwa ha nụrụ ya, ekwensu na-abịa napụ ha okwu ahụ nke a kụrụ nʼime ha.
16 In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,
Ndị ọzọ dị ka mkpụrụ a kụrụ nʼala nkume. Ha nụrụ okwu ahụ, were ọṅụ nabata ya nʼotu mgbe ahụ.
17 but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.
Ma ebe ha na-enweghị mgbọrọgwụ nʼime ha, ha na-anọ nwa oge nta. Mgbe nsogbu maọbụ mkpagbu bịara nʼihi okwu ahụ, ngwangwa ha na-adachapụ.
18 Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,
Ndị nke ọzọkwa, dị ka mkpụrụ dara nʼetiti ogwu, nụrụ okwu ahụ;
19 but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
ma nchekasị nke ndụ a, na nghọgbu nke akụnụba, na oke ọchịchọ, nakwa ihe ndị ọzọ na-abata, kpagbuo okwu ahụ, mee ka ọ ghara ịmị mkpụrụ. (aiōn g165)
20 Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."
Ndị ọzọ, dị ka mkpụrụ a kụrụ nʼezi ala, nụrụ okwu ahụ, nabata ya ma mịa mkpụrụ dị iri atọ, iri isii, maọbụ otu narị.”
21 He went on to say, "Is the lamp brought in in order to be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not rather in order that it may be placed on the lampstand?
Ọ sịrị ha, “A na-ebute oriọna ka e jiri efere kpuchie ya maọbụ dọnye ya nʼokpuru akwa ndina? Ọ bụghị ka a dọba ya nʼelu ihe ịdọba iheọkụ?
22 Why, there is nothing hidden except with a view to its being ultimately disclosed, nor has anything been made a secret but that it may at last come to light.
Nʼihi na ihe niile e zoro ezo ga-apụta ihe ma ihe niile e kpuchiri ekpuchi ka a ga-emesịa kpughee.
23 Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
Onye ọbụla nwere ntị ịnụ ihe, ya nụrụ.”
24 He also said to them, "Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest.
Ọ sịrị ha, “Kpacharanụ anya ihe unu na-anụ. Ọ bụkwa ihe unu ji tụọrọ ndị ọzọ ka a ga-eji tụọrọ unu, maọbụ karịa.
25 For those who have will have more given them; and from those who have not, even what they have will be taken away."
Onye nwere ihe ka a ga-enye karịa; onye na-enweghị, ọ bụladị nke o nwere ka a ga-anapụ ya.”
26 Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:
Ọ sịkwara, “Alaeze Chineke yiri ihe dị otu a. Ọ dịka mgbe otu onye ghara mkpụrụ nʼala ubi.
27 he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.
Ehihie na abalị, ma ọ nọ nʼụra ma o tetara, mkpụrụ ahụ na-epupụte na-etokwa, ma ọ maghị ka o si na-eme.
28 Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.
Ala ahụ nʼonwe ya na-eme ka mkpụrụ ahụ puo. Ọ na-epupụte na mbụ, too oko, emesịa isi ọka, nʼikpeazụ ọ mịkwara mkpụrụ kara aka nʼoko ya.
29 But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."
Mgbe ọka ahụ chara ịghọ ya, o na-eji mma iwe ihe ubi ya bịa gbutuo ọka ahụ, ghọrọkwa ogbe ọka laa, nʼihi na oge iwe ihe nʼubi eruola.”
30 Another saying of His was this: "How are we to picture the Kingdom of God? or by what figure of speech shall we represent it?
Ọzọkwa, ọ sịrị, “Gịnị ọzọ ka anyị pụrụ ịsị na alaeze Chineke yiri? Ụdị ilu dị aṅaa ka anyị ga-eji kọwaa ya?
31 It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds in the world;
Ọ dị ka mkpụrụ mọstaadị, nke bụ mkpụrụ dịkarịsịrị nta nke a na-akụ nʼala.
32 yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow."
Ma mgbe a kụrụ ya, ọ na-eto bukarịa ihe niile a kụrụ nʼubi, ọ na-enwe alaka dị ukwuu nke bụ na ụmụ anụ ufe nke eluigwe na-ezukwa ike nʼokpuru ya.”
33 With many such parables He used to speak the Message to them according to their capacity for receiving it.
O jiri ọtụtụ ilu yiri ndị a gwa ha okwu dị ka ha pụrụ ịghọta.
34 But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.
O nweghị oge ọbụla ọ gwara ha okwu hapụ iji ilu. Ma ya na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya naanị nọdụ, ọ na-akọwara ha ihe niile.
35 The same day, in the evening, He said to them, "Let us cross to the other side."
Nʼụbọchị ahụ nʼoge uhuruchi, ọ gwara ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sị, “Ka anyị gafee nʼofe nke ọzọ.”
36 So they got away from the crowd, and took Him--as He was--in the boat; and other boats accompanied Him.
Ha hapụrụ igwe mmadụ ahụ ma kpọrọ ya, otu ọ dị, ya na ha banyere nʼime ụgbọ. Ụgbọ ndị ọzọ dịkwa na-eso ya.
37 But a heavy squall came on, and the waves were now dashing into the boat, so that it was fast filling.
Oke ifufe dị ike bidoro ife, ebili mmiri na-awụbakwa nʼụgbọ ahụ ruo na ụgbọ ha fọdụrụ ntakịrị ka mmiri mie ya.
38 But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?"
Ma Jisọs nọ nʼazụ azụ ụgbọ ahụ na-arahụ ụra nʼelu ohiri isi. Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya kpọtere ya sị ya, “Onye ozizi, o metụghị gị nʼobi na anyị nʼala nʼiyi?”
39 So He roused Himself and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in.
Ọ biliri ọtọ, baara ifufe ahụ mba sịkwa osimiri ahụ, “Kwụsị! Dere jii!” Ifufe ahụ kwụsịrị, ebe niile dajụrụ deere jii.
40 "Why are you so timid?" He asked; "have you still no faith?"
Ọ sịrị ndị na-eso ụzọ ya, “Gịnị mere unu ji atụ oke egwu? Ọ bụ na unu enwebeghị okwukwe?”
41 Then they were filled with terror, and began to say to one another, "Who is this, then? For even wind and sea obey Him."
Ha niile tụrụ egwu, jụrịta onwe ha sị, “Onye bụ onye a? Ọ bụladị ifufe na ebili mmiri na-erubere ya isi!”
