Marko 2
1 Le ŋkeke aɖewo megbe la, Yesu gatrɔ yi Kapernaum. Esi wòɖo afi ma la, eƒe ŋkɔ ɖi hoo le du blibo la me le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe ko me.
A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,
2 Medidi kura hafi aƒe si me wònɔ la yɔ fũu kple amewo o. Aƒea me yɔ ale gbegbe be nɔƒe aɖeke meganɔ ʋɔtrua nu hã o. Yesu de asi mawunyagbɔgblɔ me na ameha la.
they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.
3 Sẽe la, ŋutsu ene aɖewo kɔ lãmetututɔ aɖe ɖe aba dzi gbɔna Yesu gbɔe.
Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.
4 Ke le amewo ƒe agbɔsɔsɔ ta la, womete ŋu ɖo egbɔ o. Le esia ta woyi ɖaɖe do ɖe xɔ si me Yesu nɔ la tame, heɖiɖi dɔnɔ la kple eƒe aba ɖe ekɔme.
Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.
5 Yesu kpɔ be ŋutsu eneawo xɔe se vevie be yeate ŋu ayɔ dɔ wo nɔvi la, eya ta egblɔ na dɔnɔ la be, “Vinye, wotsɔ wò nu vɔ̃wo ke wò!”
When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
6 Ke Yudatɔwo ƒe agbalẽfiala siwo nɔ afi ma la gblɔ le woƒe dzi me be,
But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,
7 “Nu ka! Ame sia gblɔ busunya! Ɖe wòbu be Mawue yenyea? Menya be Mawu ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ koe ate ŋu atsɔ nu vɔ̃wo ake oa?”
“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 Yesu nya nu si bum ameawo nɔ, eya ta egblɔ na wo enumake be, “Aleke wɔ nuwɔna sia ɖe fu na miaƒe susuwo alea?
At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.
9 Kae bɔbɔ wu, be woagblɔ na lãmetututɔ la be, ‘Wotsɔ wò nu vɔ̃wo ke wò loo alo woagblɔ nɛ be, “Tso, kɔ wò aba ne nàzɔ azɔli?”’
“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
10 Be miadze sii be wona ŋusẽ Amegbetɔ Vi la be wòatsɔ nu vɔ̃ ake le anyigba dzi.” Egblɔ na lãmetututɔ la be,
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,
11 “Mele egblɔm na wò be tsi tre! Ŋlɔ wò aba nàyi aƒe me!”
“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
12 Ŋutsu la tso enumake, kɔ eƒe aba, eye wòzɔ to ameawo dome dzo. Ameawo katã ƒe nu ku. Wokafu Mawu, eye wogblɔ be, “Míekpɔ naneke teƒe alea kpɔ o!”
And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
13 Yesu gado go yi ƒuta, eye wòfia nu ameha si kplɔe ɖo la.
Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.
14 Esi wòzɔ yina la, eva ke ɖe Levi, Alfeo ƒe vi ŋu wònɔ anyi ɖe dugadzɔƒe. Yesu gblɔ nɛ be, “Va dze yonyeme.” Levi tso enumake, eye wòdze Yesu yome.
As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
15 Le fiẽ me la, Levi kpe Yesu kple eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo be woava ɖu nu le yeƒe aƒe me. Dugadzɔlawo kple nu vɔ̃ wɔla geɖewo hã nɔ ame siwo wòkpe la dome, elabena ame siawo ƒomevi hã nɔ Yesu yome.
While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.
16 Agbalẽfiala siwo tso Farisitɔwo dome la kpɔ Yesu wònɔ nu ɖum kple dugadzɔlawo kple nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo, ale wobia eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo fewuɖutɔe be, “Nu ka ta miaƒe Aƒetɔ le nu ɖum kple nu vɔ̃ wɔla kple dugadzɔla siawo ɖo?”
When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
17 Yesu se nya siwo gblɔm wonɔ la, ale wògblɔ na wo be, “Menye lãmesesẽtɔwoe hiã gbedala o, ke boŋ dɔnɔwoe. Menye ame dzɔdzɔewo ta meva ɖo o, ke boŋ nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo ta, be woadzudzɔ nu vɔ̃ wɔwɔ.”
On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
18 Yohanes ƒe nusrɔ̃lawo kple Farisitɔwo tsia nu dɔna ɣe aɖewo ɣi. Gbe ɖeka esi wogatsi nu dɔ alea la, ame aɖewo va Yesu gbɔ va bia nu si ta eya ƒe nusrɔ̃lawo metsia nu dɔna o ɖo.
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
19 Yesu ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Ɖe wòle be ŋugbetɔsrɔ̃ xɔlɔ̃wo natsi nu adɔ, agbe nuɖuɖu le eƒe srɔ̃ɖekplɔ̃ ŋua? Gbeɖe, zi ale si ŋugbetɔsrɔ̃ la le wo gbɔ ko la, womatsi nu adɔ o
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
20 Gake ŋkeke aɖe li gbɔna, esi wole ŋugbetɔsrɔ̃ la kplɔ ge le wo gbɔ, ale woatsi nu adɔ.
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
21 “Menyo be woatsɔ avɔnuɖeɖi yeye aka avɔ vuvu o, elabena ne wowɔe alea la, avɔ yeye la aho ɖa le teƒe la, eye teƒe si vuvu la alolo ɖe edzi wu.
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
22 Womekɔa aha yeye hã ɖe lãgbalẽgolo xoxo me o, elabena ne wowɔ esia la, aha yeye la ƒe ŋusẽ ana be lãgbalẽgolo la nawó, eye aha la kple lãgbalẽgolo la katã dome agblẽ. Lãgbalẽgolo yeye mee wòle be woakɔ aha yeye ɖo.”
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”
23 Gbe ɖeka le Dzudzɔgbe dzi esi Yesu kple eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo zɔ to bligble aɖe me yina la, nusrɔ̃lawo ŋe bli aɖewo heɖu.
One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.
24 Farisitɔ aɖewo kpɔ wo, eye wobia Yesu be, “Nu ka ta wole nu si mele se nu o la wɔm le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke dzi ɖo?”
So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
25 Eɖo eŋu na wo be, “Ɖe miexlẽ nu si David kple eŋumewo wɔ, esi dɔ wu wo, eye woɖo xaxa me kpɔ oa?
Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
26 Esi Abiata nye nunɔlagã la, David yi ɖe Mawu ƒe aƒe la me eye wòtsɔ abolo tɔxɛ si wotsɔ ɖo Mawu ŋkume la, eye eya kple etɔwo mae heɖu, togbɔ be mele se nu be ame aɖeke naɖu abolo sia o, negbe nunɔlawo ko.”
During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”
27 Egblɔ yi edzi be, “Dzudzɔgbe ŋkekea la, ɖe woɖoe anyi be wòaɖe vi na ame, menye be ame nazu kluvi na Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la o.
Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.
28 Gawu la, ŋusẽ le Amegbetɔ Vi la si ɖe Dzudzɔgbe ŋkeke la dzi.”
Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
