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1 Matukũ manini maathira, Jesũ agĩcooka Kaperinaumu rĩngĩ, nao andũ makĩigua atĩ nĩoka mũciĩ.
Some days later when Jesus entered Capernaum again the news spread, "He is in the house";
2 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio andũ aingĩ makĩũngana nginya hakĩaga handũ ha gũikarwo, o na nginya nja ya mũrango, nake akĩmahunjĩria ũhoro.
and at once such a crowd gathered that there was no longer room for them, even around the door.
3 Nĩhookire andũ, makĩmũrehera mũndũ warũarĩte mũrimũ wa gũkua ciĩga, akuuĩtwo nĩ andũ ana.
While he was speaking his message, they came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four men.
4 Na tondũ matingĩahotire kũmũkinyia harĩa Jesũ aarĩ nĩ ũndũ wa ũingĩ wa andũ-rĩ, magĩtharũria nyũmba igũrũ wa hau Jesũ aarĩ na maarĩkia kũhatharia, makĩharũrũkia mũndũ ũcio wakuĩte ciĩga arĩ kĩbarĩ-inĩ kĩu aakomeire.
When they could not get him near to Jesus because of the crowd, they removed the roof under which he stood, and after making an opening, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.
5 Rĩrĩa Jesũ oonire wĩtĩkio wao, akĩĩra mũndũ ũcio wakuĩte ciĩga atĩrĩ, “Mũriũ, nĩwarekerwo mehia maku.”
Then Jesus, when he perceived their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son your sins are forgiven."
6 Na rĩrĩ, arutani amwe a watho maarĩ ho, nao makĩĩyũria na ngoro atĩrĩ,
But there were some Scribes sitting there who reasoned in their hearts.
7 “Mũndũ ũyũ ekwaria ũguo nĩkĩ? Nĩ araruma Ngai! Nũũ ũngĩ ũngĩhota kũrekanĩra mehia tiga Ngai wiki?”
"Why does this man speak like this? He blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins but One, God himself?"
8 O rĩmwe Jesũ akĩmenya thĩinĩ wa roho wake atĩ ũguo nĩguo meciiragia ngoro-inĩ ciao, nake akĩmooria atĩrĩ, “Nĩ kĩĩ gĩgũtũma mwĩciirie maũndũ macio ngoro-inĩ cianyu?
Jesus clearly perceived at once be the Spirit that they were thus reasoning in their hearts and said to them.
9 Nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ mũhũthũ: kwĩra mũndũ ũyũ ũkuĩte ciĩga atĩrĩ, ‘Nĩ warekerwo mehia maku,’ kana kũmwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Ũkĩra woe kĩbarĩ gĩaku wĩtware’?
"Why do you reason thus in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your cot and walk’?
10 No nĩgeetha mũmenye atĩ Mũrũ wa Mũndũ arĩ na ũhoti gũkũ thĩ wa kũrekanĩra mehia-rĩ ….” Akĩĩra mũndũ ũcio wakuĩte ciĩga atĩrĩ,
But to let you see that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -he said to the paralytic-
11 “Ndakwĩra atĩrĩ, ũkĩra, oya kĩbarĩ gĩaku ũinũke mũciĩ.”
"I bid you rise, take up your cot, and go home."
12 Nake agĩũkĩra, akĩoya kĩbarĩ gĩake, agĩĩthiĩra andũ othe mamwĩroreire. Ũndũ ũcio ũgĩtũma andũ othe magege, nao makĩgooca Ngai, makiuga atĩrĩ, “Kaĩ tũtirĩ tuona ũndũ ta ũyũ-ĩ!”
The man rose, at once took up his cot, and went out before them all; at which they were all astounded, and gave God glory, saying, "We never saw anything like this."
13 O rĩngĩ Jesũ nĩoimagarire agĩthiĩ hũgũrũrũ-inĩ cia iria; nakĩo kĩrĩndĩ kĩnene gĩgĩũka kũrĩ we, nake akĩambĩrĩria gũkĩruta ũhoro.
Then Jesus went again to the seaside, and the whole crowd kept coming to him, and he taught them.
14 Na hĩndĩ ĩrĩa aahĩtũkaga, akĩona Lawi mũrũ wa Alufayo aikarĩte harĩa heetagĩrio mbeeca cia igooti. Jesũ akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nũmĩrĩra,” nake Lawi agĩũkĩra akĩmũrũmĩrĩra.
As he was passing by he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting in the tax-office; and he said to him, "Follow me." So he rose and followed him.
15 Na rĩrĩa Jesũ aarĩĩaga irio cia hwaĩ-inĩ nyũmba kwa Lawi, etia mbeeca cia igooti aingĩ na ehia nĩmarĩĩanĩire nake na arutwo ake, tondũ maarĩ aingĩ nĩmamũrũmĩrĩire.
Later on Levi was sitting at table in his house, and together with Jesus and his disciples a number of tax-gatherers and sinners were guests, for there were many of them who used to follow him.
16 Rĩrĩa arutani a watho arĩa maarĩ Afarisai moonire akĩrĩĩanĩra na andũ ehia na etia mbeeca cia igooti, makĩũria arutwo ake atĩrĩ, “Arĩĩanagĩra na etia mbeeca cia igooti na ehia nĩkĩ?”
But when some scribes of the Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax-gatherers, they said to his disciples, "Is he eating and drinking with tax-gatherers and sinners?"
17 Nake Jesũ aigua ũguo akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Andũ arĩa agima mĩĩrĩ ti o mabataragio nĩ ndagĩtarĩ, no nĩ arĩa arũaru. Ndiokire gwĩta andũ arĩa athingu, no nĩ arĩa ehia.”
On hearing this Jesus said to them. "It is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
18 Na rĩrĩ, arutwo a Johana na Afarisai nĩmehingĩte kũrĩa irio. Andũ amwe magĩũka makĩũria Jesũ atĩrĩ, “Nĩkĩ gĩtũmaga arutwo a Johana na arutwo a Afarisai mehinge kũrĩa irio, no arutwo aku matiĩhingaga?”
Now the disciples of Johnand the Pharisees were keeping a fast, and people came to ask him, "How is it that the disciples of Johnand the Pharisees are fasting, but your disciples are not?"
19 Nake Jesũ akĩmacookeria atĩrĩ, “Ageni a mũhikania mangĩĩhinga kũrĩa irio atĩa rĩrĩa arĩ hamwe nao? Matingĩhinga rĩrĩa rĩothe marĩ hamwe nake.
"Can friends of the bridegroom fast while he is still with them?" asked Jesus. "As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
20 No ihinda nĩrĩgakinya rĩrĩa mũhikania akeeherio kuuma kũrĩ o, na hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩmakehinga kũrĩa irio.”
But the days will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then, on that day, they will fast.
21 “Gũtirĩ mũndũ wĩkagĩra nguo ngũrũ kĩraka kĩerũ. Angĩĩka ũguo, kĩraka kĩu kĩerũ no kĩguucie nguo ĩyo ngũrũ, nakĩo gĩtũme hau hatarũku hatũrĩke makĩria.
No one ever sews a piece of unshrunk cloth onto an old garment, otherwise the patch tears away from it - the new from the old - and a worse tear is made.
22 Ningĩ gũtirĩ mũndũ wĩkĩraga ndibei ya mũhihano mondo-inĩ ngũrũ. Angĩĩka ũguo, ndibei ĩyo no ĩtarũre mondo icio, nayo ndibei ĩyo ĩitĩke, nacio mondo ithũke. No rĩrĩ, ndibei ya mũhihano ĩĩkĩragwo thĩinĩ wa mondo njerũ.”
And no one ever pours new wine into old wine-skins, else the wine would burst the skins, and both wine and skins would be lost. New wine is poured into fresh wine-skins.
23 Na mũthenya ũmwe warĩ wa Thabatũ-rĩ, Jesũ nĩatuĩkanĩirie mĩgũnda-inĩ ya ngano. Na rĩrĩa aathiiaga arĩ hamwe na arutwo ake, arutwo makĩambĩrĩria gũtua ngira cia ngano.
One Sabbath he was walking along through the wheat-fields, and his disciples, as they began to make their way across, were pulling the heads of wheat.
24 Nao Afarisai makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ta rora, nĩ kĩĩ kĩratũma arutwo aku meke ũrĩa watho ũtetĩkĩrĩtie mũthenya wa Thabatũ?”
"Look," said the Pharisees to him, "Why are they doing on the Sabbath Day what is against the law?"
25 Nake akĩmacookeria atĩrĩ, “Kaĩ mũtarĩ mwathoma ũrĩa Daudi we mwene na arĩa maarĩ nake meekire rĩrĩa maarĩ ahũtu na makabatario nĩ gĩa kũrĩa?
He answered them. "Have you never read what David did when he was needy and hungry, he and his men?
26 Aatoonyire nyũmba ya Ngai rĩrĩa Abiatharu aarĩ mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũrĩa mũnene, akĩrĩa mĩgate ĩrĩa yamũrĩirwo Ngai, o ĩrĩa yetĩkĩrĩtio kũrĩĩagwo nĩ athĩnjĩri-Ngai oiki. Na agĩcooka akĩhe arĩa maarĩ nake ĩmwe yayo.”
How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which none but priests may eat, and gave some to his men?
27 Ningĩ akĩmeera atĩrĩ, “Mũthenya wa Thabatũ wekĩrirwo ho nĩ ũndũ wa mũndũ, no mũndũ ndombirwo nĩ ũndũ wa Thabatũ.
"The Sabbath," he told them, "was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;
28 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio, Mũrũ wa Mũndũ nĩ Mwathani o na wa mũthenya wa Thabatũ.”
so the Son of man is Master even of the Sabbath."