Marko 8
1 Ameha gã aɖe gaƒo ƒu ɖe Yesu ŋu le teƒe aɖe gbe ɖeka, eye nuɖuɖu menɔ wo si woaɖu o. Yesu yɔ eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo, eye wògblɔ na wo be,
During those days, a large crowd of people gathered again. [After they had been there a couple days], they had no food to eat. So Jesus summoned the disciples [to come closer] and then he said to them,
2 “Ame siawo ƒe nu wɔ nublanui nam ŋutɔ, elabena ŋkeke etɔ̃e nye esi wole afi sia, naneke mele wo si woaɖu o.
“This is the third day that these people have been with me, and they have nothing [left] to eat, so now I feel very sorry for them.
3 Ne meɖo wo ɖe aƒe me dɔmeɣii la, ŋuzi atsɔ wo le mɔa dzi, elabena wo dometɔ aɖewo tso didiƒe ke.”
Furthermore, if I send them home [while they are still] hungry, [some of] them will faint on the way home, because some of them have come from far away.”
4 Nusrɔ̃lawo biae be, “Afi ka míakpɔ nuɖuɖu le na ameha gã sia le gbedzi afi sia?”
[Knowing that he was suggesting that they give the people something to eat, one of] his disciples replied, “(We cannot possibly find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live!/How can we find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live?)” [RHQ]
5 Ke Yesu hã bia wo be, “Abolo nenie le mia si?” Woɖo eŋu be, “Abolo adre.”
Jesus asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They replied, “[We have] seven [flat loaves].”
6 Azɔ Yesu gblɔ na ameawo be woanɔ anyi ɖe gbea dzi. Etsɔ abolo adreawo, da akpe na Mawu ɖe wo ta, ŋe wo me kakɛkakɛ hetsɔ wo na nusrɔ̃lawo, eye wotsɔ wo ɖo ameawo ƒe akɔme.
Jesus commanded the crowd, “Sit down on the ground!” [After they sat down], he took the seven loaves, he thanked [God for them], he broke them [into pieces] and started giving them to his disciples in order that they might distribute them [to the people].
7 Lã meme ʋe aɖewo hã nɔ wo si, eye Yesu da akpe ɖe woawo hã ta, eye wòna be nusrɔ̃lawo ma wo na ameawo.
[They found that] they [also] had a few small [dried] fish. So after he thanked God for these, he told the disciples, “Distribute these also.” [After they distributed the bread and fish to the crowd],
8 Ameawo ɖu nu, ɖi ƒodo nyuie. Emegbe la, nusrɔ̃lawo ƒo abolo kakɛ siwo susɔ la nu ƒu, woyɔ kusi adre.
the people ate this food and they had plenty [to] satisfy [them]. [The disciples] collected the pieces of food that were left over. [They filled] seven large baskets full of those pieces.
9 Ame siwo ɖu nua la ƒe xexlẽme anɔ akpe ene. Yesu do mɔ wo le nua ɖuɖu vɔ megbe.
[They estimated that] there were about 4,000 people [who ate on that day].
10 Le nu siawo megbe la, Yesu ge ɖe ʋu la me enumake kple eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo, wova ɖi go ɖe Dalmanuta nuto me.
Then Jesus dismissed the crowd. Immediately after that, he got into the boat along with his disciples, and they went [around Lake Galilee] to Dalmanutha district.
11 Farisitɔ siwo nɔ afi ma la se be Yesu va ɖo teƒea ale woyi be yewoahe nya kplii. Wova gblɔ nɛ be, “Wɔ dzesi aɖe tso dziƒo fifia míakpɔ, ekema míaxɔ dziwò se.”
[In those days some] Pharisees came to Jesus. They asked him [to perform] a miracle [that would show that] God [had sent him]. They wanted to [find a way by which they could] convince the people to reject him. [So] they started to argue with him.
12 Yesu ɖe hũu le eƒe gbɔgbɔ la me hegblɔ na wo be, “Nyemawɔ naneke o. Vavã mele egblɔm na mi bena womele dzesi ɖeka na ge dzidzime sia o.”
Jesus sighed quietly to himself, and then he said, “I am disgusted that [RHQ], [even though] you people have seen how I [have healed people], you keep asking me to perform miracles! Note this: Such a miracle will certainly not be shown {I will certainly not show such a miracle} [just] for you people!”
13 Yesu dzo le wo gbɔ, hetrɔ ge ɖe ʋu la me, eye wòtso ƒu la heyi ɖe go kemɛ dzi.
Then he left them. He got into the boat again, along [with his disciples], and they went further around [Lake Galilee].
14 Hafi woadzo la, nusrɔ̃lawo ŋlɔ be wometsɔ nuɖuɖu ɖe asi o, evɔ abolo ɖeka koe susɔ ɖe wo si.
The disciples had forgotten to bring along [enough] food. Specifically, they had only one flat loaf of bread with them in the boat.
15 Esi wonɔ ƒua dzi yina la, Yesu xlɔ̃ nu wo be, “Mikpɔ nyuie le Herod kple Farisitɔwo ƒe amɔʋãnu la ŋu.”
[As they were going], Jesus warned them against [the attitudes the Pharisees and Herod Antipas had, attitudes that were having a bad effect on other people. He did this by telling them a parable]. He said, “Be careful! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!”
16 Nusrɔ̃lawo bia wo nɔewo be, “Nya sia gɔme ɖe?” Mlɔeba la, eva dze na wo abe nuɖuɖu si woŋlɔ be la ŋuti Yesu nɔ nu ƒom le ene.
[The disciples misunderstood him]. So they said to one another, “[He must have said that] because we have no bread.”
17 Yesu nya nya si gblɔm wonɔ, ale wògblɔ na wo be, “Gbeɖe, menye nu si bum miele la gblɔm mele o! Nu ka ta mietea ŋu sea nu gɔme o ɖo? Ɖe miaƒe dziwo ku atri nenema gbegbe be miate ŋu ase nu gɔme oa?
Jesus knew [what they were discussing among themselves]. So he said to them, “([I am disappointed that you are] discussing about your not having enough bread!/Why are you discussing about your not having enough bread?) [RHQ] (You should understand by now [that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food!/Why do you not yet perceive or understand that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food]?) [RHQ] (You are not thinking!/Why are you not thinking?) [RHQ]
18 Miaƒe ŋkuwo la, nu wobe miakpɔ kpli wo, ke nu ka ta miekpɔa nu o? Nu ka ta miate ŋu aʋu miaƒe towo ase nu o ɖo? Mieɖo ŋku naneke dzi kura oa?
(I am also disappointed that, although you have eyes, you do not [understand what you] see!/Why is it that, although you have eyes, you do not [understand what you] see?) [RHQ] You have ears, but you do not understand [what I say] [RHQ]!” [Then he asked], “Do you not remember [what happened]
19 “Mieɖo ŋku edzi be menyi ame akpe atɔ̃ oa? Nuɖuɖu wuwlui kusi neni miefɔ emegbe?” Woɖo eŋu nɛ be “Wuieve sɔŋ.”
when I broke [only] five loaves [and fed] the 5.000 people [RHQ]? [Not only was everyone satisfied, but there was food left over] How many baskets full of pieces of bread [that were left over] did you collect?” They replied, “We collected twelve baskets full.”
20 Egabia wo be, “Esi menyi ame akpe ene kple abolo adre ɖe, abolo kusi nenie susɔ?” Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Kusi adre.”
Then he asked, “When I broke the seven loaves in order to [feed] the 4,000 people, [again when everyone had plenty to eat], how many large baskets [of pieces of bread that were left over] did you collect?” They replied, “[We collected] seven [large baskets full].”
21 Azɔ egblɔ na wo be, “Ɖe miaƒe dziwo ku atri nenema gbegbe be miate ŋu ase nu gɔme oa?”
Then he kept saying to them, “([I am disappointed that] you do not understand yet [that you should never worry that you do not have enough food]!/Why do you not understand yet [that you should never worry that you do not have enough food]?)” [RHQ]
22 Azɔ esi wova ɖo Betsaida la, ame aɖewo kplɔ ŋkunɔ aɖe vɛ nɛ, eye woɖe kuku nɛ be wòayɔ dɔe.
They arrived [in the boat] at Bethsaida [town]. People brought to Jesus a blind man and earnestly requested that Jesus touch him [in order to heal him].
23 Yesu lé ŋkunɔ la ƒe alɔnu, eye wòkplɔe do goe le dua me. Eɖe ta ɖe eƒe ŋkuwo dzi, eye wòda asi ɖe wo dzi. Azɔ ebia ŋkunɔ la be, “Ète ŋu le nu kpɔma?”
Jesus took the hand of the blind man, led him outside the town, he put his saliva on the man’s eyes, he put his hands on the man, and then he asked him, “Do you see anything?”
24 Ame la tsa ŋku godoo, eye wòɖo eŋu be, “Ɛ̃, mele amewo kpɔm, gake nyemele wo kpɔm nyuie o, wodze abe atiwoe le zɔzɔm ene!”
The man looked up and then he said, “[Yes], I see people! They are walking around, but I cannot see them [clearly]. They look like trees!”
25 Yesu gaɖo asi ame la ƒe ŋkuwo dzi ake, ke fifia la, eƒe ŋkuawo ʋu nyuie, eye wònɔ nu kpɔm nyuie.
Then Jesus again touched the eyes of the blind man. The man looked intently and at that moment he was completely healed! He could see everything clearly.
26 Yesu ɖoe ɖe eƒe ƒometɔwo gbɔ, eye wòde se nɛ be, “Mègato kɔƒea me hafi nàyi o.”
Jesus said to him, “Do not go into the town! [First go straight home and tell the people there about what I did]!” Then he sent the man to his home.
27 Yesu kple eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo dzo le Galilea heyi Kaisarea Filipi kɔƒewo me. Esi wozɔ yina la, Yesu bia nusrɔ̃lawo be, “Ame ka amewo bu be menye? Aleke wole gbɔgblɔm tso ŋunye?”
Jesus and the disciples [left Bethsaida town and went to the villages near Caesarea Philippi town]. On the way he questioned them, “Who do people say that I [really] am?”
28 Nusrɔ̃lawo ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Ame aɖewo bu be Yohanes Mawutsidetanamelae nènye, eye bubuwo gblɔ be Eliya alo Mawu ƒe Nyagblɔɖila xoxoawo dometɔ ɖekae nènye gava dzɔ.”
They replied, “[Some people say] that you are John the Baptizer, [who has come back to life again]. Others say [that you are the prophet] Elijah [who has returned from heaven as God promised]. And others say that you are one of the [other former] prophets [who has come back to life again].”
29 Ke ebia woawo ŋutɔ be, “Ame ka miawo ya miebu be menye?” Petro ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Wòe nye Kristo la!”
He asked them, “What about you? Who do you say that I am?” Peter replied to him, “[We believe that] you are the Messiah!”
30 Ke Yesu de se na wo be womegana ame aɖeke nanya esia o!
Then Jesus warned them strongly that they should not tell anyone [yet that he was the Messiah].
31 Azɔ Yesu de asi nufiafia wo me be edze be Amegbetɔ Vi la nakpe fu geɖewo. Egblɔ na wo be dumegãwo kple nunɔlagãwo agbe nu le ye gbɔ. Sefialawo hã agbe ye, eye woawu ye, gake yeagafɔ le ŋkeke etɔ̃ megbe.
Then Jesus began to teach them, “[Even though] I am the one who came from heaven, it is necessary that I suffer very much. It is also necessary that I be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the [Jewish] laws {that the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the [Jewish] laws reject me}, and that I be killed {they kill me}. But on the third day [after I am killed I] will become alive again.”
32 Yesu ƒo nu na wo faa le nya siawo ŋu, meɣla naneke ɖe wo o, eya ta Petro yɔe ɖe kpɔe heka mo nɛ be, “Mele be nànɔ nya sia ƒomevi gblɔm o.”
He said this to them clearly. But Peter took Jesus aside and then, [because he assumed that the Messiah would never die], he started to rebuke Jesus [for talking about dying].
33 Yesu trɔ kɔ kpɔ eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo, eye wògblɔ na Petro adãtɔe be, “Wò Satana, te ɖa le gbɔnye elabena èle nu siawo kpɔm le amegbetɔ ƒe susu nu, ke menye le Mawu tɔ nu o.”
Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples. Then he rebuked Peter, saying, “Stop thinking like that! Satan [is causing you to talk like that! Instead] of wanting what God wants [me to do, you are wanting] me to do [only] what [most] people [would want me to do].”
34 Azɔ eyɔ nusrɔ̃lawo kple amehawo ƒo ƒu be woaɖo to ye. Egblɔ na wo be, “Ne mia dometɔ aɖe di be yeadze yonyeme la, ele be wòaɖe asi le nu siwo katã doa dzidzɔ nɛ la ŋu, wòakɔ eƒe atitsoga akplɔm ɖo.
Then he summoned the crowd along with his disciples [so that they might listen to him]. He told them, “If any one [of you] wants to be my disciple, you must not do [only] what you yourself want to do. Specifically, you must [be willing to allow people to hurt you and to disgrace you. That is what they do to criminals] who are forced to carry crosses [MET] [to the places where they will be crucified]. That is what anyone who wants to be my disciple must do.
35 Ne miedi kokoko be miaɖe miaƒe agbe la, miabui boŋ. Ame siwo tsɔ woƒe agbe ɖo anyi le nye nyanyui la ta la, atsi agbe boŋ.
[You must do that], because those who try to save their lives [by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me] will not live [eternally], but those who are killed because of being my [disciples] and [because of telling others my] good message will live [forever with me].
36 “Viɖe ka wòanye na ame be xexea me katã nazu etɔ, gake wòabu eƒe agbe to xexemenuwo didi me?
People might get everything [they want] in this world, but (they are really gaining nothing if they do not get eternal life [because they do not become my disciples!]/what will they gain if they do not get eternal life [because they do not become my disciples]?) [RHQ]
37 Nane gaxɔ asi wu eya ŋutɔ ƒe luʋɔ le xexe sia mea?
([Think carefully about the fact that] there is absolutely nothing that people can give [to God] that would enable them to gain eternal life!/Is there anything that a person can give [to God] in order to gain eternal life?) [RHQ]
38 Le ŋkeke siawo me, esi dzimaxɔse kple nu vɔ̃ bɔ alea la, ame si nye kple nye nyawo akpe ŋu na la, Amegbetɔ Vi la akpe ŋu eya hã nenye be etrɔ va le Fofoa ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe la me kple eƒe mawudɔla kɔkɔeawo.”
And think about this: Those who refuse [to say that they belong to] me and who reject what I say in these days when many people have turned away [from God] and are very sinful, I, the one who came from heaven, will also refuse [to say that they belong to me] when I come back with the holy angels and have the glorious brightness that my Father has!”
