Mateo 9
1 Yesu gatrɔ ge ɖe ʋua me, eye wòtso ƒua va Kapernaum, si nye wo dedu me.
Afterwards Jesus got into a boat, and, crossing over, came to his own city.
2 Eɖo afi ma eteƒe medidi hafi ame aɖewo kɔ ŋutsu aɖe si le lãmetutudɔ lém la ɖe aba dzi vɛ o. Yesu kpɔ be ameawo ƒe xɔse de to ŋutɔ, eya ta egblɔ na dɔnɔ la be, “Vinye, wò dzi nedze eme, elabena wotsɔ wò nu vɔ̃wo ke wò.”
There some people brought to him a paralysed man on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, ‘Courage, child! Your sins are forgiven.’
3 Yudatɔwo ƒe agbalẽfiala aɖewo nɔ afi ma se nya siwo do le Yesu nu la, eye wogblɔ na wo nɔewo be, “Nu ka! Ame sia gblɔ busunya.”
Then some of the teachers of the Law said to themselves, ‘This man is blaspheming!’
4 Yesu nya nu si nɔ woƒe susu me, eya ta ebia wo be, “Nu ka ta miele nu baɖa siawo ƒomevi susum ɖo?
Knowing their thoughts, Jesus exclaimed, ‘Why do you cherish such wicked thoughts?
5 Mibu eŋuti kpɔ be kae le bɔbɔe wu, be woagblɔ na ame sia be, ‘Wotsɔ wò nu vɔ̃wo ke wò’ alo woagblɔ nɛ be, ‘Tso nàzɔ azɔli?’”
Which, I ask, is the easier? – to say “Your sins are forgiven”? Or to say “Get up, and walk”?
6 Be miadze sii be ŋusẽ le nye Amegbetɔ Vi la si le anyigba sia dzi be matsɔ nu vɔ̃wo ake amewo le anyigba dzi ŋuti la, Yesu trɔ ɖe lãmetututɔ la gbɔ gblɔ nɛ be, “Tsi tsitre nàŋlɔ wò aba ne nàzɔ ayi aƒe me!”
But to show you that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins’ – then he said to the paralysed man – ‘Get up, take up your bed, and return to your home.’
7 Ame la tsi tsitre enumake, eye wòfɔ eƒe nuwo heyi aƒe me.
The man got up and went to his home.
8 Nyateƒe, vɔvɔ̃ gã aɖe dze ameha blibo la dzi, elabena Yesu wɔ nukunu sia le woawo ŋutɔ ƒe ŋkume wokpɔ, eye wokafu Mawu be wòna ŋusẽ triakɔ sia tɔgbi amegbetɔ!
When the crowd saw this, they were awe-struck, and praised God for giving such power to human beings.
9 Esi Yesu nɔ tsa ɖim le dua me la, eva ke ɖe dugadzɔla aɖe si woyɔna be Mateo la ŋu wònɔ anyi ɖe dugadzɔƒe. Yesu yɔe gblɔ nɛ be, “Va dze yonyeme ne nàzu nye nusrɔ̃la.” Mateo tso enumake, eye wòdze Yesu yome.
As Jesus went along, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting in the tax office, and said to him, ‘Follow me.’ Matthew got up and followed him.
10 Gbe ma gbe fiẽ la, Mateo kpe Yesu kple eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo be woava ɖu nu le yeƒe aƒe me. Dugadzɔlawo kple nu vɔ̃ wɔla bubuwo hã nɔ ame kpekpeawo dome.
And, later on, when he was having dinner in the house, a number of tax collectors and outcasts came in and took their places at the table with Jesus and his disciples.
11 Farisitɔwo kpɔ esia, ale wobia Yesu ƒe nusrɔ̃lawo be, “Nu ka ta miaƒe nufiala dea ha kple dugadzɔlawo kple nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo, eye woɖua nu kple wo hã ɖo?”
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat in the company of tax collectors and outcasts?’
12 Yesu se nya la, eye wòɖo eŋu na wo gblɔ be, “Ame siwo mele dɔ lém o la mehiã atikewɔla o, ke boŋ ame siwo le dɔ lém lae hiãe.
On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill.
13 Ke miyi miasrɔ̃ nu si gblɔm mawunya sia le la be, ‘Nublanuikpɔkpɔe medi, ke menye vɔsa o.’ Nyemeva be mayɔ ame dzɔdzɔewo o, ke boŋ nu vɔ̃ wɔlawo.”
Go and learn what this means – “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice”; for I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.’
14 Gbe ɖeka la, Yohanes Mawutsidetanamela ƒe nusrɔ̃lawo va Yesu gbɔ va biae be, “Nu ka ta wò nusrɔ̃lawo metsia nu dɔna abe ale si mí kple Farisitɔwo míewɔna ene o ɖo?”
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, and asked, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast while your disciples do not?’
15 Yesu hã bia wo be, “Ɖe wòle be ŋugbetɔsrɔ̃ la xɔlɔ̃wo nanɔ konyi fam, atsi nu adɔ le esime wòle wo gbɔa? Ɣeyiɣi li gbɔna esime woakplɔe adzoe le wo gbɔ, eye le ɣe ma ɣi me la, woagbe nuɖuɖu atsi nu adɔ.
Jesus answered, ‘Can the groom’s friends mourn as long as the groom is with them? But the days will come, when the groom will be taken away from them, and they will fast then.
16 “Womate ŋu atsɔ avɔnuɖeɖi yeye aka avɔ vuvu o. Ne wowɔe alea la, avɔ yeye la aho ɖa le teƒea, eye teƒe si vuvu la akeke ɖe edzi wu.
Nobody ever puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for such a patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.
17 Nenema ke womekɔa aha yeye hã ɖe lãgbalẽgolo xoxo me o. Ne wowɔ esia la, aha yeye la ƒe ŋusẽ awɔe be lãgbalẽgolo la nawo, eye aha la kple goe la katã dome agblẽ. Lãgbalẽgolo yeye ko me woate ŋu akɔ aha yeye ɖo. Ekema aha la kple lãgbalẽgolo la katã woanɔ dedie.”
Nor do people put new wine into old wine-skins; for, if they do, the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are lost; but they put new wine into fresh skins, and so both are preserved.’
18 Esime Yesu nɔ nya siawo gblɔm la, Yudatɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒe ƒe amegã aɖe va dze klo ɖe eƒe ŋkume hede ta agu nɛ. Egblɔ na Yesu be, “Vinye nyɔnuvi ku fifi laa, gake mexɔe se be àte ŋu ana wòagagbɔ agbe nenye be èva ka asi eŋu ko.”
While Jesus was saying this, a synagogue leader came up and bowed to the ground before him. ‘My daughter,’ he said, ‘has just died; but come and place your hand on her, and she will be restored to life.’
19 Yesu kple eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo dze mɔ ɖo ta amegã la ƒe aƒe me enumake.
So Jesus rose and followed him, and his disciples went also.
20 Esime wonɔ mɔa dzi la, nyɔnu aɖe si nɔ ʋusisidɔ lém ƒe wuieve sɔŋ la va ka asi eƒe awu to,
But meanwhile a woman, who had been suffering from haemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind and touched the tassel of his cloak.
21 elabena egblɔ le eɖokui me be, “Nenye be meka asi eƒe awu to teti ko la, nye lãme asẽ.”
‘If I only touch his cloak,’ she said to herself, ‘I will get well.’
22 Yesu trɔ ɖe eŋu gblɔ nɛ be, “Vinyɔnuvi, wò dzi nedze eme! Wò xɔse la da gbe le ŋuwò.” Tso gbe ma gbe ko la, nyɔnu la ƒe dɔa vɔ nɛ keŋ.
Turning and seeing her, Jesus said, ‘Courage, daughter! Your faith has delivered you.’ And at that very moment she became well.
23 Esi Yesu va ɖo amegã la ƒe aƒe me la, ekpɔ be amewo nɔ avi fam hoo, eye wonɔ kuteƒehawo hã dzim.
When Jesus reached the leader’s house, seeing the flute players, and a number of people all in confusion,
24 Yesu gblɔ be, “Mina ame siawo katã nado go le xɔa me, elabena ɖevi la meku o, alɔ̃ ko dɔm wòle.” Ame siwo se nya sia la ɖu fewu le eŋu, eye ɖewo hã koe.
he said, ‘Go away, the little girl is not dead; she is asleep.’ They began to laugh at him;
25 Wonya ameha la do goe mlɔeba. Yesu yi afi si wokɔ ɖevi la mlɔe la, eye wòlé eƒe alɔnu. Nyɔnuvi la nyɔ enumake; eti kpo ɖi le aba la dzi, eye eƒe lãme sẽ.
but, when the people had been sent out, Jesus went in, and took the little girl’s hand, and she rose.
26 Nukunu sia kaka ɖe nuto blibo la katã me le ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe ko megbe.
The report of this spread through all that part of the country.
27 Esime Yesu do go le aƒea me yina la, ŋkuagbãtɔ eve kplɔe ɖo henɔ ɣli dom be, “O, Fia David ƒe Vi, kpɔ nublanui na mí.”
As Jesus was passing on from there, he was followed by two blind men, who kept calling out, ‘Take pity on us, Son of David!’
28 Wokplɔe ɖo yi aƒe si me wòge ɖo la. Tete Yesu trɔ ɖe wo ŋu bia wo be, “Miexɔe se be mate ŋu aʋu ŋku na mia?” Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Ɛ̃, Aƒetɔ.”
When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him; and Jesus asked them, ‘Do you believe that I am able to do this?’ ‘Yes, Master!’ they answered.
29 Ale Yesu ka asi woƒe ŋkuwo ŋu hegblɔ be, “Ava eme na mi abe ale si miexɔe se ene.”
Then he touched their eyes, and said, ‘It will be according to your faith.’
30 Enumake woƒe ŋkuwo ʋu, eye wode asi nukpɔkpɔ me nyuie. Yesu de se na wo vevie bena, womegagblɔ nu si yewɔ na wo la na ame aɖeke o.
Then their eyes were opened. Jesus sternly cautioned them. ‘See that no one knows of it,’ he said.
31 Ke ameawo mewɔ ɖe Yesu ƒe didi dzi o; esi wodo ɖe ablɔ dzi ko la, wokaka nu si wòwɔ na wo la, eye eƒe ŋkɔ ɖi hoo le nuto blibo la me.
But the men went out, and spread the news about him through all that part of the country.
32 Esi Yesu nɔ dzodzom le afi ma la, wokplɔ ŋutsu aɖe si me gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃ nɔ, eye metea ŋu ƒoa nu o la vɛ nɛ.
Just as they were going out, some people brought up to Jesus a dumb man who was possessed by a demon;
33 Yesu nya gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃ la do goe le ame la me, eye wòde asi nuƒoƒo me enumake. Nu sia wɔ nuku na ameha la ŋutɔ, ale wogblɔ na wo nɔewo be, yewomekpɔ esia tɔgbi kpɔ le Israel o.
and, as soon as the demon had been driven out, the dumb man spoke. The people were astonished at this, and exclaimed, ‘Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!’
34 Ke Farisitɔwo ya gblɔ be, “Nu si ta wòtea ŋu nyaa gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃woe ɖo lae nye be, gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃wo ƒe fia la le eya ŋutɔ me.”
But the Pharisees said, ‘He drives out the demons by the help of the chief of the demons.’
35 Yesu tsa le kɔƒe kple du siwo le nuto ma me la kpe ɖo. Enɔ mawunya gblɔm le Yudatɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒewo, eye wònɔ gbeƒã ɖem mawufiaɖuƒe la ƒe nyanyui la hã, eye afi sia afi si wòyi la, edaa gbe le dɔ ƒomevi vovovo lélawo ŋu.
Jesus went round all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
36 Ameawo ƒe nu wɔ nublanui nɛ ŋutɔ, elabena nu geɖewo nɔ fu ɖem na wo, ke womenya nu si woawɔ o. Ɖeko wonɔ abe alẽha si kplɔla meli na o la ene.
But, when he saw the crowds, his heart was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and harassed, like sheep without a shepherd;
37 Yesu gblɔ na eƒe nusrɔ̃lawo be, “Nuŋeŋe la sɔ gbɔ, gake dɔwɔlawo mede ha o.
and he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is abundant, but the labourers are few.
38 Eya ta miɖe kuku na nuŋeŋe ƒe Aƒetɔ la bena, wòadɔ dɔwɔlawo aɖo ɖe eƒe nuŋeŋe la me.”
Therefore pray to the owner of the harvest to send labourers to gather in his harvest.’
