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,
In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself and 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.
“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days and have nothing to eat.
3 Ne meɖo wo ɖe aƒe me dɔmeɣii la, ŋuzi atsɔ wo le mɔa dzi, elabena wo dometɔ aɖewo tso didiƒe ke.”
If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”
4 Nusrɔ̃lawo biae be, “Afi ka míakpɔ nuɖuɖu le na ameha gã sia le gbedzi afi sia?”
His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?”
5 Ke Yesu hã bia wo be, “Abolo nenie le mia si?” Woɖo eŋu be, “Abolo adre.”
He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”
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.
He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
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 also had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
8 Ameawo ɖu nu, ɖi ƒodo nyuie. Emegbe la, nusrɔ̃lawo ƒo abolo kakɛ siwo susɔ la nu ƒu, woyɔ kusi adre.
They ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
9 Ame siwo ɖu nua la ƒe xexlẽme anɔ akpe ene. Yesu do mɔ wo le nua ɖuɖu vɔ megbe.
Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.
10 Le nu siawo megbe la, Yesu ge ɖe ʋu la me enumake kple eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo, wova ɖi go ɖe Dalmanuta nuto me.
Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
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.”
The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven and testing 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.”
He sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
13 Yesu dzo le wo gbɔ, hetrɔ ge ɖe ʋu la me, eye wòtso ƒu la heyi ɖe go kemɛ dzi.
He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side.
14 Hafi woadzo la, nusrɔ̃lawo ŋlɔ be wometsɔ nuɖuɖu ɖe asi o, evɔ abolo ɖeka koe susɔ ɖe wo si.
They forgot to take bread; and they didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with them.
15 Esi wonɔ ƒua dzi yina la, Yesu xlɔ̃ nu wo be, “Mikpɔ nyuie le Herod kple Farisitɔwo ƒe amɔʋãnu la ŋu.”
He warned them, saying, “Take heed: 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.
They reasoned with one another, saying, “It’s 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, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet or understand? Is your heart still hardened?
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?
Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
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 the five loaves amongst the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Twelve.”
20 Egabia wo be, “Esi menyi ame akpe ene kple abolo adre ɖe, abolo kusi nenie susɔ?” Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Kusi adre.”
“When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Seven.”
21 Azɔ egblɔ na wo be, “Ɖe miaƒe dziwo ku atri nenema gbegbe be miate ŋu ase nu gɔme oa?”
He asked them, “Don’t you understand yet?”
22 Azɔ esi wova ɖo Betsaida la, ame aɖewo kplɔ ŋkunɔ aɖe vɛ nɛ, eye woɖe kuku nɛ be wòayɔ dɔe.
He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch 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?”
He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw 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!”
He looked up, and said, “I see men, but I see them like walking trees.”
25 Yesu gaɖo asi ame la ƒe ŋkuwo dzi ake, ke fifia la, eƒe ŋkuawo ʋu nyuie, eye wònɔ nu kpɔm nyuie.
Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
26 Yesu ɖoe ɖe eƒe ƒometɔwo gbɔ, eye wòde se nɛ be, “Mègato kɔƒea me hafi nàyi o.”
He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”
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 went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I 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 told him, “John the Baptiser, and others say Elijah, but others, one of the prophets.”
29 Ke ebia woawo ŋutɔ be, “Ame ka miawo ya miebu be menye?” Petro ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Wòe nye Kristo la!”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”
30 Ke Yesu de se na wo be womegana ame aɖeke nanya esia o!
He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.
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.
He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise 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 spoke to them openly. Peter took him and began to rebuke him.
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.”
But he, turning around and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.”
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.
He called the multitude to himself with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
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.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
36 “Viɖe ka wòanye na ame be xexea me katã nazu etɔ, gake wòabu eƒe agbe to xexemenuwo didi me?
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
37 Nane gaxɔ asi wu eya ŋutɔ ƒe luʋɔ le xexe sia mea?
For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
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.”
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
