< 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.'
He went on to say, "In solemn truth I tell you that some of those who are standing here will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God already come in 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,
Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and brought them alone, apart from the rest, up a high mountain; and in their presence His appearance underwent a change.
3 and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten [them].
His garments also became dazzling with brilliant whiteness--such whiteness as no bleaching on earth could give.
4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.
Moreover there appeared to them Elijah accompanied by Moses; and the two 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:'
when Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, we are thankful to you that we are here. Let us put up three tents--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.
For he knew not what to say: they were filled with such awe.
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;'
Then there came a cloud spreading over them, and a voice issued from the cloud, "This is my Son, dearly loved: listen to Him."
8 and suddenly, having looked around, they saw no one any more, but Jesus only with themselves.
Instantly they looked round, and now they could no longer see any one, but themselves and 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;
As they were coming down from the mountain, He very strictly forbad them to tell any one what they had seen "until after the Son of Man has risen from among the dead."
10 and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is.
So they kept the matter to themselves, although frequently asking one another what was meant by the rising from the dead.
11 And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.
They also asked Him, "How is it that the Scribes say that Elijah must first come?"
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?
"Elijah," He replied, "does indeed come first and reforms everything; but how is it that it is written of the Son of Man that He will endure much suffering and be held in 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.'
Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him."
14 And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,
As they came to rejoin the disciples, they saw an immense crowd surrounding them and a party of Scribes disputing with them.
15 and immediately, all the multitude having seen him, were amazed, and running near, were saluting him.
Immediately the whole multitude on beholding Him were astonished and awe-struck, and yet they ran forward and greeted Him.
16 And he questioned the scribes, 'What dispute ye with them?'
"What is the subject you are discussing?" He asked them.
17 and one out of the multitude answering said, 'Teacher, I brought my son unto thee, having a dumb spirit;
"Rabbi," answered one of the crowd, "I have brought you my son. He has a dumb spirit in him;
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 comes upon him, it dashes him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I begged your disciples to expel it, but they had not the power."
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;'
"O unbelieving generation!" replied Jesus; "how long must I be with you? how long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy 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 Jesus. And the spirit, when he saw Jesus, immediately threw the youth into convulsions, so that he fell on the ground and rolled about, 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 Jesus asked the father, "How long has he been like this?" "From early childhood," he said;
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.'
"and often it has thrown him into the fire or into pools of water to destroy him. But, if you possibly can, have pity 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;'
"'If I possibly can!'" replied Jesus; "why, everything is possible to him 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 cried out, "I do believe: strengthen my weak faith."
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;'
Then Jesus, seeing that an increasing crowd was running towards Him, rebuked the foul spirit, and said to it, "Dumb and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter into 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,
So with a loud cry he threw the boy into fit after fit, and came out. The boy looked as if he were dead, so that most of them said he was dead;
27 but Jesus, having taken him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose.
but Jesus took his hand and raised him up, and he stood 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?'
After the return of Jesus to the house His disciples asked Him privately, "How is it that we could not expel the spirit?"
29 And he said to them, 'This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'
"An evil spirit of this kind," He answered, "can only be driven out by prayer."
30 And having gone forth thence, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not wish that any may know,
Departing thence they passed through Galilee, and He was unwilling that any one should know it;
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,'
for He was teaching His disciples, and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be betrayed into the hands of men, and they will put Him to death; and after being put to death, in three days He will rise to life again."
32 but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question him.
They, however, did not understand what He meant, and were afraid to question 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?'
So they came to Capernaum; and when in the house He asked them, "What were you arguing about on the way?"
34 and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;
But they remained silent; for on the way they had debated with one another who was the chief of them.
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.'
Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes 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,
And taking a young child He made him stand in their midst, then threw His arms round him and said,
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 for my sake receives one such young child as this, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not so much me as Him 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.'
"Rabbi," said John to Him, "we saw a man making use of your name to expel demons, and we tried to hinder him, on the ground that he did not 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:
"You should not have tried to hinder him," replied Jesus, "for there is no one who will use my name to perform a miracle and be able the next minute to speak evil of me.
40 for he who is not against us is for us;
He who is not against us is for us;
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;
and whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, I solemnly tell you that he will certainly not 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.
"And whoever shall occasion the fall of one of these little ones who believe, he would be better off if, with a millstone round his neck, he were lying at the bottom of 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 )
If your hand should cause you to sin, cut it off: it would be better for you to enter into Life maimed, than remain in possession of both your hands and go away into Gehenna, into the fire which cannot be put out. (Geenna )
44 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being 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 )
Or if your foot should cause you to sin, cut it off: it would be better for you to enter into Life crippled, than remain in possession of both your feet and be thrown into Gehenna. (Geenna )
46 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being 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 )
Or if your eye should cause you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God half-blind than remain in possession of two eyes and be thrown into Gehenna, (Geenna )
48 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;
where their worm does not die and the fire does not go out.
49 for every one with fire shall be salted, and every sacrifice with salt shall be salted.
Every one, however, will be salted with fire.
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 a good thing, but if the salt should become tasteless, what will you use to give it saltness? Have salt within you and live at peace with one another."