< Markuksen 8 >

1 Niinä päivinä, kun paljon kansaa taas oli koolla eikä heillä ollut mitään syötävää, kutsui hän opetuslapsensa tykönsä ja sanoi heille:
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 "Minun käy sääliksi kansaa, sillä he ovat jo kolme päivää olleet minun tykönäni, eikä heillä ole mitään syötävää.
“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 Ja jos minä lasken heidät menemään syömättä kotiinsa, niin he nääntyvät matkalla; sillä muutamat heistä ovat tulleet kaukaa."
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 Niin hänen opetuslapsensa vastasivat hänelle: "Mistä täällä erämaassa kukaan voi saada leipää näiden ravitsemiseksi?"
[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 Hän kysyi heiltä: "Montako leipää teillä on?" He sanoivat: "Seitsemän".
Jesus asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They replied, “[We have] seven [flat loaves].”
6 Silloin hän käski kansan asettua maahan. Ja hän otti ne seitsemän leipää, kiitti, mursi ja antoi opetuslapsillensa, että he panisivat ne kansan eteen. Ja he panivat.
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 Heillä oli myös joitakuita kalasia; ja siunattuaan ne hän käski panna nekin kansan eteen.
[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 Niin he söivät ja tulivat ravituiksi. Sitten he keräsivät jääneet palaset, seitsemän vasullista.
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 Ja heitä oli noin neljätuhatta. Ja hän laski heidät luotansa.
[They estimated that] there were about 4,000 people [who ate on that day].
10 Ja kohta hän astui opetuslapsineen venheeseen ja meni Dalmanutan seuduille.
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 Ja fariseukset lähtivät sinne ja rupesivat väittelemään hänen kanssaan ja vaativat häneltä merkkiä taivaasta, kiusaten häntä.
[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 Niin hän huokasi hengessään ja sanoi: "Miksi tämä sukupolvi vaatii merkkiä? Totisesti minä sanon teille: tälle sukupolvelle ei anneta merkkiä."
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 Ja hän jätti heidät ja astui taas venheeseen ja lähti pois toiselle rannalle.
Then he left them. He got into the boat again, along [with his disciples], and they went further around [Lake Galilee].
14 Ja he olivat unhottaneet ottaa mukaansa leipää, eikä heillä ollut muassaan venheessä enempää kuin yksi leipä.
The disciples had forgotten to bring along [enough] food. Specifically, they had only one flat loaf of bread with them in the boat.
15 Ja hän käski heitä sanoen: "Varokaa ja kavahtakaa fariseusten hapatusta ja Herodeksen hapatusta".
[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 Niin he puhuivat keskenään siitä, ettei heillä ollut leipää.
[The disciples misunderstood him]. So they said to one another, “[He must have said that] because we have no bread.”
17 Kun Jeesus huomasi sen, sanoi hän heille: "Mitä puhutte siitä, ettei teillä ole leipää? Ettekö vielä käsitä ettekä ymmärrä? Onko teidän sydämenne paatunut?
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 Silmät teillä on, ettekö näe? Ja korvat teillä on, ettekö kuule? Ja ettekö muista:
(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 kun minä mursin ne viisi leipää viidelletuhannelle, kuinka monta vakan täyttä palasia te keräsitte?" He sanoivat hänelle: "Kaksitoista".
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 "Ja kun minä mursin ne seitsemän leipää neljälletuhannelle, kuinka monta vasun täyttä palasia te keräsitte?" He sanoivat: "Seitsemän".
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 Niin hän sanoi heille: "Ettekö vieläkään ymmärrä?"
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 Ja he tulivat Beetsaidaan. Ja hänen tykönsä tuotiin sokea, ja he pyysivät, että hän koskisi häneen.
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 Niin hän tarttui sokean käteen, talutti hänet kylän ulkopuolelle, sylki hänen silmiinsä ja pani kätensä hänen päälleen ja kysyi häneltä: "Näetkö mitään?"
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 Tämä katsahti ylös ja sanoi: "Näen ihmiset, sillä minä erotan käveleviä, ne ovat puiden näköisiä".
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 Sitten hän taas pani kätensä hänen silmilleen; ja nyt mies näki tarkkaan ja oli parantunut ja näki kaikki aivan selvästi.
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 Ja hän lähetti hänet hänen kotiinsa sanoen: "Älä edes poikkea kylään".
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 Ja Jeesus lähti opetuslapsinensa Filippuksen Kesarean kyliin. Ja tiellä hän kysyi opetuslapsiltaan ja sanoi heille: "Kenen ihmiset sanovat minun olevan?"
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 He vastasivat hänelle sanoen: "Johannes Kastajan, ja toiset Eliaan, toiset taas jonkun profeetoista".
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 Niin hän kysyi heiltä: "Kenenkä te sanotte minun olevan?" Pietari vastasi ja sanoi hänelle: "Sinä olet Kristus".
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 Ja hän varoitti vakavasti heitä puhumasta kenellekään hänestä.
Then Jesus warned them strongly that they should not tell anyone [yet that he was the Messiah].
31 Ja hän alkoi opettaa heille, että Ihmisen Pojan piti kärsimän paljon ja joutuman vanhinten ja ylipappien ja kirjanoppineiden hyljittäväksi ja tuleman tapetuksi, ja kolmen päivän perästä nouseman ylös.
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 Ja tämän hän puhui peittelemättä. Silloin Pietari otti hänet erilleen ja rupesi häntä nuhtelemaan.
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 Mutta hän kääntyi, katsoi opetuslapsiinsa ja nuhteli Pietaria sanoen: "Mene pois minun edestäni, saatana, sillä sinä et ajattele sitä, mikä on Jumalan, vaan sitä, mikä on ihmisten".
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 Ja hän kutsui tykönsä kansan ynnä opetuslapsensa ja sanoi heille: "Jos joku tahtoo minun perässäni kulkea, hän kieltäköön itsensä ja ottakoon ristinsä ja seuratkoon minua.
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 Sillä joka tahtoo pelastaa elämänsä, hän kadottaa sen, mutta joka kadottaa elämänsä minun ja evankeliumin tähden, hän pelastaa sen.
[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 Sillä mitä se hyödyttää ihmistä, vaikka hän voittaisi omaksensa koko maailman, mutta saisi vahingon sielullensa?
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 Sillä mitä voi ihminen antaa sielunsa lunnaiksi?
([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 Sillä joka häpeää minua ja minun sanojani tässä avionrikkojassa ja syntisessä sukupolvessa, sitä myös Ihmisen Poika on häpeävä, kun hän tulee Isänsä kirkkaudessa pyhien enkelien kanssa."
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!”

< Markuksen 8 >