Mark 9
1 And he said to them, 'Verily I say to you, That there are certain of those standing here, who may not taste of death till they see the reign of God having come in power.'
And He said to them, “I tell you assuredly: there are some standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the Kingdom of God present with power.”
2 And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them,
After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John and led them up on a high mountain alone by themselves. Then He was transfigured in front of them;
3 and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten [them].
His clothing became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth is able to whiten.
4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
And Elijah appeared to them, along with Moses, and they were conversing with Jesus.
5 And Peter answering saith to Jesus, 'Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one:'
Well Peter reacted by saying to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three shelters: one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
6 for he was not knowing what he might say, for they were greatly afraid.
(Because they were terrified, he didn't know what to say.)
7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son — the Beloved, hear ye him;'
With that a cloud was covering them and a Voice came out of the cloud: “This is my Son, the beloved. Listen to Him!”
8 and suddenly, having looked around, they saw no one any more, but Jesus only with themselves.
And then, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
9 And as they are coming down from the mount, he charged them that they may declare to no one the things that they saw, except when the Son of Man may rise out of the dead;
Now as they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them not to recount to any one the things they had seen until the Son of the Man had risen from the dead.
10 and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.
So they kept this word to themselves, questioning what the ‘rising from the dead’ meant.
11 And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.
And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
12 And he answering said to them, 'Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought?
So in answer He said to them: “Elijah indeed does come first, and restores all things; also how it is written concerning the Son of the Man that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt.
13 But I say to you, That also Elijah hath come, and they did to him what they willed, as it hath been written of him.'
Still, I say to you that ‘Elijah’ has also come, and they did to him as they wished, as it is written about him.”
14 And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,
Upon coming to the disciples, He saw a large crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.
15 and immediately, all the multitude having seen him, were amazed, and running near, were saluting him.
Well as soon as the crowd saw Him they were excited and ran to greet Him.
16 And he questioned the scribes, 'What dispute ye with them?'
He asked the scribes, “What are you discussing with them?”
17 and one out of the multitude answering said, 'Teacher, I brought my son unto thee, having a dumb spirit;
In answer a man in the crowd said: “Teacher, I brought you my son, who has a mute spirit.
18 and wherever it doth seize him, it doth tear him, and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples that they may cast it out, and they were not able.'
And wherever it seizes him it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. Indeed, I spoke to your disciples, that they might cast it out, but they could not.”
19 And he answering him, said, 'O generation unbelieving, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I suffer you? bring him unto me;'
But He answered him by saying: “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you, how long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me!”
20 and they brought him unto him, and he having seen him, immediately the spirit tare him, and he, having fallen upon the earth, was wallowing — foaming.
So they brought him to Him. Upon seeing Him the spirit convulsed him, and falling to the ground he started wallowing, foaming at the mouth.
21 And he questioned his father, 'How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, 'From childhood,
Then He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said: “From childhood.
22 and many times also it cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if thou art able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.'
Really, it has often thrown him both into fire and into water to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
23 And Jesus said to him, 'If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;'
Jesus said to him, “It's ‘if you can believe’; all things are possible to the one who believes.”
24 and immediately the father of the child, having cried out, with tears said, 'I believe, sir; be helping mine unbelief.'
Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, with tears, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!”
25 Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, 'Spirit — dumb and deaf — I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;'
When Jesus saw that the crowd was running up, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You mute and deaf spirit, I am commanding you, get out of him and never enter him again!”
26 and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead,
Then it yelled, convulsed him violently, and came out. Well he looked to be dead; so much so that many said, “He's dead.”
27 but Jesus, having taken him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.
But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he stayed on his feet.
28 And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself — 'Why were we not able to cast it forth?'
Well upon His entering a house His disciples asked Him privately, “Why couldn't we cast it out?”
29 And he said to them, 'This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'
He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing except prayer and fasting.”
30 And having gone forth thence, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not wish that any may know,
Having gone out from there they were passing through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know;
31 for he was teaching his disciples, and he said to them, 'The Son of Man is being delivered to the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and having been killed the third day he shall rise,'
because He was teaching His disciples and saying to them, “The Son of the Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and once killed he will rise on the third day.”
32 but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question him.
But they were not understanding this information, yet were afraid to ask Him.
33 And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, 'What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?'
Then He came to Capernaum; and once in the house He asked them, “What were you debating among yourselves on the road?”
34 and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;
But they kept silent, because on the road they had debated among themselves who was greater.
35 and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, 'If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'
So He sat down, called the twelve and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
36 And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them,
Then He took a child and stood him in their midst, and embracing him said to them,
37 'Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'
“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me receives not only me, but the One who sent me.”
38 And John did answer him, saying, 'Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.'
So John answered Him saying, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, one who doesn't follow us; and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow us.”
39 And Jesus said, 'Forbid him not, for there is no one who shall do a mighty work in my name, and shall be able readily to speak evil of me:
But Jesus said: “Do not forbid him, because no one who works a miracle in my name can soon afterward speak evil of me.
40 for he who is not against us is for us;
For he who is not against you is for you.
41 for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;
Further, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you are Christ's, I tell you with certainty, he will by no means lose his reward.
42 and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe into me to fall, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
43 'And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire — the unquenchable — (Geenna g1067)
Further, if your hand is causing you to fall, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into the Life maimed than having both hands to go away into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire— (Geenna g1067)
44 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.
where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’
45 'And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire — the unquenchable — (Geenna g1067)
And if your foot is causing you to fall, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into the Life lame than having both feet to be thrown into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire— (Geenna g1067)
46 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.
where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’
47 And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire — (Geenna g1067)
And if your eye is causing you to fall, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye than having both eyes to be thrown into the Gehenna of fire— (Geenna g1067)
48 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;
where ‘the worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’
49 for every one with fire shall be salted, and every sacrifice with salt shall be salted.
“Further, everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.
50 The salt [is] good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season [it]? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'
Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
