Markus 9
1 Dann fuhr er fort: "Wahrlich, ich sage euch: Einige von denen, die hier stehen, sollen den Tod nicht schmecken, ehe sie Gottes Königreich in Kraft haben erscheinen sehen."
He also said to [his disciples], “Listen carefully! Some of you who are here now will see God ruling powerfully in [many ways]. You will see it before you die!”
2 Sechs Tage später nahm Jesus Petrus, Jakobus und Johannes mit sich und führte sie ganz allein auf einen hohen Berg. Dort trat vor ihren Augen in seinem Äußeren eine Wandlung ein;
A week later Jesus took Peter, James and [James’ younger brother] John and led them up a high mountain. [While they were] alone up there, he appeared very different to them.
3 auch seine Kleider wurden so glänzend und weiß, wie sie kein Bleicher auf Erden machen könnte.
His clothes became dazzling white. They were whiter than anyone on earth could make them by bleaching them.
4 Und es erschien ihnen Elia, begleitet von Mose, und beide hatten ein Gespräch mit Jesus.
[Two prophets who had lived long ago], Moses and Elijah, appeared to them. Then the two of them began talking with Jesus.
5 Da nahm Petrus das Wort und sprach zu Jesus: "Meister, es trifft sich gut, daß wir hier sind! Laß uns nun drei Hütten bauen: für dich eine, für Mose eine und für Elia eine."
[After a short time], Peter [interrupted by] exclaiming, “Teacher, it is wonderful to be here! So allow us to make three shelters. One [will be] for you, one [will be] for Moses, and one [will be] for Elijah!”
6 Er wußte nämlich nicht, was er sagen sollte: so überwältigt waren sie.
[He said this] because [he wanted to say something, but] he did not know what to say, because he and the other [two disciples] were very awestruck.
7 Da kam eine Wolke, die umhüllte sie, und aus der Wolke rief eine Stimme: "Die ist mein geliebter Sohn; auf den hört!"
Then a [shining] cloud appeared that covered them. [God] [EUP] spoke to them from the cloud saying, “This is my Son. I love him. [Therefore], listen to him!”
8 Da schauten sie sich um; und plötzlich sahen sie niemand mehr bei sich als Jesus allein.
When [the three disciples] looked around, they saw that suddenly Jesus was alone with them, and that there was no longer anyone [else] there.
9 Als sie dann von dem Berg herabgingen, gebot er ihnen, sie sollten das, was sie gesehen, niemand erzählen, bis der Menschensohn von den Toten auferstanden sei.
While they were coming down the mountain, Jesus told them that they should not tell anyone [yet] what had just happened to him. He said, “You may tell them after I, the one who came from heaven, (rise from the dead/become alive again) after I die.”
10 Sie behielten es auch für sich; doch sie sprachen darüber, was wohl dies Auferstehen von den Toten bedeute.
So they did not tell others about it [for a long time]. But they discussed among themselves what it meant when he said that he would (rise from the dead/become alive again) after he died.
11 Darum fragten sie ihn: "Die Schriftgelehrten behaupten doch, Elia müsse vorher kommen."
[The three disciples had just seen Elijah, but Elijah had not done anything to prepare people to accept Jesus. So] they asked Jesus, “The men who teach the [Jewish] laws say that Elijah must come back to the earth before [the Messiah comes to earth. But you have been here a long time and Elijah came just today. So is what they are teaching wrong?]”
12 Er antwortete ihnen: "Gewiß, Elia soll vorher kommen und alles in Ordnung bringen. Aber wie reimt es sich damit, daß von dem Menschensohn geschrieben steht: er soll viel leiden und für nichts geachtet werden?
[Jesus wanted them to know that John the Baptizer was the one who represented Elijah. So] he answered them, “It is true that [God promised to send Elijah to come] first [so that people would be ready when I came]. Elijah’s representative has already come, and our leaders treated him very badly, just like they wanted to do, just like it was prophesied {[the prophets] prophesied} long ago. But, (I also want you to consider what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} in the Scriptures about me, the one who came from heaven./why have you not thought about what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} about me, the one who came from heaven?) [RHQ] It is written {They wrote} that I would suffer much and that I would be rejected {that [many people] would reject me}.”
13 Trotzdem versichere ich euch: Elia ist schon gekommen; aber sie haben ihren Mutwillen an ihm geübt. Und das steht ja auch von ihm geschrieben."
14 Als er zu den anderen Jüngern zurückkam, sah er einen großen Volkshaufen und Schriftgelehrte um sie versammelt, die mit ihnen redeten.
[Jesus and those three disciples] returned to where the [other] disciples were. They saw a large crowd around the other disciples and [some] men who taught the [Jewish] laws arguing with them.
15 Sobald alle die Leute ihn erblickten, waren sie freudig überrascht: sie eilten ihm entgegen und begrüßten ihn.
As soon as the crowd saw Jesus, they were very surprised [to see him come]. So they ran to him and greeted him.
16 Da fragte er sie: "Worüber redet ihr mit ihnen?"
He asked them, “What are you arguing about?”
17 Einer aus der Menge antwortete ihm: "Meister, ich habe meinen Sohn zu dir gebracht, der ist von einem stummen Geist besessen.
A man in the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son [here in order that] you [would heal him]. There is an evil spirit in him [that makes him] unable to talk.
18 Wenn der ihn packt, so zerrt er ihn hin und her; dann tritt ihm Schaum vor den Mund, er knirscht mit den Zähnen und liegt starr da. Ich habe nun deine Jünger gebeten, ihn auszutreiben; aber sie haben es nicht gekonnt."
Whenever the spirit attacks him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, he grinds his teeth together, and he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to expel the spirit, but they were not able to do it.”
19 Da sprach Jesus zu ihnen: "Ihr ungläubige Art! Wie lange soll ich noch bei euch sein? Wie lange euch noch ertragen? Bringt ihn her zu mir!"
Jesus replied by saying to those people, “(I am very disappointed that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]!/Why is it that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]?) [RHQ] (I have been with you a long time, [and you still cannot do what I do]!/How long do I have to be with you [before you can do what I do]?) [RHQ] Bring the boy to me!”
20 Da brachten sie ihm den Knaben. Bei Jesu Anblick aber zerrte der (böse) Geist den Knaben in allen seinen Gliedern: er fiel zu Boden und wälzte sich, indem ihm Schaum vor den Mund trat.
So they brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as the evil spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy severely, and [the boy] fell on the ground. He rolled around, and he foamed at the mouth.
21 Jesus fragte den Vater: "Wie lange hat er das schon?" Der Vater antwortete: "Von Kindheit an;
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” He replied, “[This started to happen] when he was a child.
22 und oft hat ihn der Geist sogar ins Feuer und ins Wasser geworfen, um ihn zu töten. Doch wenn du kannst, so hilf uns, hab Erbarmen mit uns!"
[The spirit does not only do this], but he also often throws him into the fire or into the water in order to kill him. But, pity us and help us, if you can!”
23 Jesus sprach zu ihm: "Du sagst: 'Wenn du kannst'. Wer glaubt, kann alles."
Jesus exclaimed to him, “[Do not say] [RHQ] ‘If you can’, for [God/I] can do anything for people who believe [in him/me]!”
24 Sofort rief des Kindes Vater laut: "Ich glaube! Hilf meinem Unglauben!"
Immediately the child’s father shouted, “I believe [that you can help me, but I do not believe strongly]. Help me to believe more strongly!”
25 Als Jesus sah, daß immer mehr Leute herbeiströmten, da bedrohte er den unreinen Geist mit den Worten: "Du stummer und tauber Geist, ich gebiete dir: fahr aus von ihm und kehr nie wieder in ihn zurück!"
Because [Jesus wanted to heal the boy before] the crowd got bigger, he rebuked the evil spirit, saying, “You evil spirit, you who are [causing this boy to be] deaf and unable to talk! I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!”
26 Da fuhr der Geist laut schreiend aus und riß dabei den Knaben in heftigen Krämpfen hin und her. Der Knabe lag wie eine Leiche da, so daß die meisten sagten: "Er ist tot."
The evil spirit shouted, it shook the boy violently, and then it left the boy. The boy did not move. He seemed like a dead body. So many of the people there said, “He is dead!”
27 Aber Jesus ergriff ihn bei der Hand und richtete ihn auf: da kam er zu sich. —
However, Jesus took him by the hand and helped him get up. Then the boy stood up. [He was healed]!
28 Nach seiner Heimkehr fragten die Jünger Jesus, als sie allein mit ihm waren: "Warum haben wir den bösen Geist nicht austreiben können?"
Later, when Jesus and his disciples were alone in a house, one of them asked him, “Why were we not able to expel [the evil spirit]?”
29 Er antwortete ihnen: "Ein böser Geist von dieser Art kann durch nichts anderes ausgetrieben werden als durch Gebet und Fasten."
He said to them, “You can expel this kind [of evil spirit] only by your praying [that God will give you the power to do it]. There is no other way that you can expel them.”
30 Sie verließen dann die Gegend und wanderten durch Galiläa hin.
After [Jesus and his disciples] left that [district], they traveled through Galilee [district]. Jesus did not want anyone [else] to know [that he was in their area]; he did not want
31 Aber er wollte nicht, daß es jemand erführe. Er lehrte nämlich seine Jünger und sagte ihnen: "Der Menschensohn wird in der Menschenhände überliefert, und sie werden ihn töten; aber drei Tage nach seinem Tod wird er wieder auferstehen."
[anyone to interrupt him] as he taught his disciples. He was telling them, “[Some day my enemies] [SYN] will seize [MTY] me, the one who came from heaven, and I will be handed over [to other] men. Those men will kill me. But on the third day after I am killed {after they kill me}, I will become alive again!”
32 Sie verstanden freilich nicht, was er mit diesen Worten meinte; doch sie scheuten sich, ihn danach zu fragen.
But they did not understand what he was telling them. Also, they were afraid to ask him about what he had said.
33 Dann kam er nach Kapernaum. Zu Hause fragte er sie: "Worüber habt ihr unterwegs gesprochen?"
Jesus and his disciples returned to Capernaum [town]. When they were in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing [while we were traveling] on the road?”
34 Sie schwiegen (beschämt); denn sie hatten unterwegs davon geredet, wer von ihnen der Größte sei.
But they did not reply. [They were ashamed to reply] because, [while they were traveling], they had been arguing with each other about which one of them [would be] the most important [when Jesus became king].
35 Da setzte er sich, rief die Zwölf und sprach zu ihnen: "Wer der Erste sein will, der muß der Allerletzte werden und aller Diener."
He sat down, he summoned the twelve disciples [to come close to him], and then he said to them, “If anyone wants [God to consider him] to be the most important person of all, he must [consider himself] to be the least important person of all, and he must serve everyone [else].”
36 Dann nahm er ein kleines Kind, stellte es mitten unter sie, umarmte es und sprach zu ihnen:
Then he took a child and placed him among them. He took the child in his arms and then he said to them,
37 "Wer ein solches Kind aufnimmt, weil es meinen Namen bekennt, der nimmt mich auf. Und wer mich aufnimmt, der nimmt nicht mich auf, sondern den, der mich gesandt hat."
“Those who, [because they love] me, welcome a child like this one, [God considers that] they are welcoming me. So [it is as though] they are also welcoming [God], who sent me.”
38 Da sprach Johannes zu ihm: "Meister, wir haben gesehen, wie einer, der uns nicht nachfolgt, in deinem Namen böse Geister austrieb; aber wir haben es ihm verboten."
John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone who was expelling demons, ([claiming he had] authority from you [to do that/while telling people] that you [have told him to do it]). So we told him to stop doing it because he was not one of us [disciples].”
39 Jesus antwortete: "Ihr hättet es ihm nicht verbieten sollen. Denn wer in meinem Namen Wunder tut, der kann nicht gleich darauf mich schmähen.
Jesus said, “Do not tell him [not to do that]! For no one will speak evilly about me just after he performs a miracle while saying that I [have told him to do it].
40 Wer nicht gegen uns ist, der ist für uns.
Furthermore, those who are not opposing us are trying to [achieve the same goals that] we are.
41 Ja, wer euch auch nur einen Becher Wasser zu trinken gibt, weil ihr Christi Jünger seid, der soll — das sage ich euch feierlich — seines Lohnes nicht verlustig gehen.
Also think about this: Those [who belong to me who help you in any way, even] if they [just] give you a cup of water to drink because you follow [me], the Messiah, will certainly be rewarded [by God]!”
42 Wer aber eins von den jungen Kindern, die gläubig sind, zur Sünde verführt, für den wäre es besser gewesen, man hätte ihm vorher einen großen Mühlstein um den Hals gehängt und ihn ins Meer geworfen.
[Jesus also said], “But if you cause someone who believes in me to sin, [God will severely punish you], even if that person is [socially unimportant like] this little child. If someone tied a heavy stone around your neck and you were thrown {and threw you} into the sea, [you would consider that was a severe punishment. But God will punish you more severely] than that [if you cause a person who believes in me to sin].
43 Und wenn deine Hand dich zur Sünde reizt, haue sie ab! Es ist besser für dich, du gehst verstümmelt ins Leben ein, als daß du zwei Hände hast und fährst in die Hölle: Ins Feuer, das niemand löschen kann. (Geenna g1067)
[So], if you are [wanting to use one of] [MTY, PRS] [your hands to sin, stop using your hand! Even if you have to] cut your hand off and throw it away [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and that you live eternally, [even though you lack one of] your hands [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell. There the fires never go out! (Geenna g1067)
45 Und wenn dein Fuß dich zur Sünde reizt, haue ihn ab! Es ist besser für dich, du gehst hinkend ins Leben ein, als daß du zwei Füße hast und in die Hölle geworfen wirst. (Geenna g1067)
If you are [wanting to use] one of [PRS] your feet to sin, [stop using your foot! Even if you have to] cut off your foot [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, [even though] you lack one of your feet [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and go to hell. (Geenna g1067)
47 Und wenn dich dein Auge zur Sünde reizt, reiße es aus! Es ist besser für dich, du kommst einäugig ins Gottesreich, als daß du zwei Augen hast und in die Hölle geworfen wirst, (Geenna g1067)
If because of what you see [MTY, PRS] you are tempted to sin, [stop looking at those things]! Even if you have to gouge out your eye and throw it away [HYP] [to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, even though you lack one of] your eyes [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and, as a result, God puts your whole body in hell. (Geenna g1067)
48 wo 'ihr Wurm nicht stirbt, und das Feuer nicht erlischt.'
In that place people suffer forever and the fires are never put out {never go out}.”
49 Jeder wird ja mit Feuer gesalzen.
“[You must endure difficulties in order that God will be pleased with you. Your difficulties are like] a fire [that makes things pure] [MET]. [Your enduring is also like] [MET] salt being put [on] {people putting salt on their} [sacrifices to make them pure].
50 Gut ist das Salz. Wenn aber das Salz den Geschmack verliert, womit wollt ihr's dann wieder würzen? So habt denn Salz in euch und haltet Frieden untereinander!"
Salt is useful [to put on food], but you cannot [RHQ] make salt to taste salty again if it becomes flavorless [MET]. Similarly, you must remain useful to God, [because no one can make you useful to God again if you become useless]. You must also live peacefully with each other.”
