Matye 16
1 Farizyen yo ak sadiseyen yo pwoche bò kot Jezi. Yo te vle pran l' nan pèlen. Yo mande l' pou l' fè yon mirak ki pou moutre se Bondye ki ba l' tout pouvwa sa a.
[Some] Pharisees and Sadducees came to [Jesus] and asked him [to perform] a miracle that would prove [that] [had sent him].
2 Jezi reponn yo: Lè solèy la pral kouche, nou di: Gade jan syèl la wouj, tan an pral bèl. Nan granmaten nou di: Jòdi a l'ap fè lapli. Gade jan syèl la kouvri, li tou wouj.
He answered them, “[In this country], in the evening you say, ‘[It will be] good weather [tomorrow], because the sky is red.’
3 Nou konn ki sans pou nou bay bagay k'ap pase nan syèl la. Poukisa, atò, nou pa konn ki sans pou nou bay bagay k'ap pase sou latè koulye a?
[Early] in the morning [you say], ‘It will be stormy weather today, because the sky is red, and dark clouds have formed.’ You understand how to predict [the weather by looking at the sky], but you cannot [seem to look at what is happening] now, [and by that] understand [what God is doing].
4 Moun alèkile yo, atout yo mechan, atout yo vire do bay Bondye, men y'ap mande mirak! Men tou, yo p'ap jwenn lòt mirak pase mirak Jonas la. Apre sa, li vire do l', li al fè wout li.
[You] evil people have seen me [perform miracles] but you do not faithfully worship God [MET]. You want to see [me perform] a miracle [that would prove that God has sent me]. But [God] will [enable you to see] only one miracle. It will be [like] what happened [MET] to Jonah, [the prophet, who was inside a huge fish for three days and then came out of it to live again].” Then Jesus left them and sailed away, [along with us disciples].
5 Lè disip yo janbe lòt bò lanmè a, yo te bliye pote pen.
[We] forgot to take bread when [we] sailed to another edge of [the lake].
6 Lè sa a, Jezi di yo: Fè atansyon, pran prekosyon nou avèk ledven farizyen yo ansanm ak ledven sadiseyen yo.
[Then] Jesus said to us, “Beware [that you do not accept] the yeast [MET] that the Pharisees and Sadducees [distribute].”
7 Disip yo yonn t'ap di lòt: Se paske nou pa pote pen kifè l'ap di sa.
Then, [not realizing that he was speaking figuratively], [we] said to one another, “[He must have said that] because we forgot to bring any bread!”
8 Jezi vin konnen sa yo t'ap di konsa. Li mande yo: Poukisa nou yonn ap di lòt se paske nou pa pote pen kifè m'ap di sa? Ala nou manke konfyans nan Bondye!
Because Jesus knew what [we were saying], he said [to us], “(I am disappointed that you are discussing among yourselves, [thinking] that [it was because] you did not bring any bread [that I talked about the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees]./Why are you discussing among yourselves thinking that it was because you did not bring any bread [that I talked about the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees]?) [RHQ] You believe only a little [what I am able to do for you].
9 Nou poko ka konprann toujou! Se bliye nou gen tan bliye lè m' te separe senk pen bay senkmil (5.000) moun lan? Nou pa chonje konbe panyen nou te pote ale?
(You should understand [that I can continue to do miracles to provide for what you need./] you not yet understand [that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food]?) [RHQ] Do you not remember that 5,000 [people ate when I multiplied the] five small loaves [and the two fish? And after everyone had enough to eat], you collected [twelve] baskets [of left-over pieces] [RHQ]!
10 Se bliye nou gen tan bliye lè m' te separe sèt pen bay katmil (4.000) moun lan? Nou pa chonje konbe panyen nou te pote ale apre sa?
[Do you not remember] [RHQ] [that] 4,000 [people ate when I multiplied the] seven small loaves [and a few fish]? And [after everyone had enough to eat], you collected [seven] large baskets [of left-over pieces]
11 Ki jan nou fè konprann se sou pen mwen t'ap pale nou, lè mwen di nou: pran prekosyon nou ak ledven farizyen yo ansanm ak ledven sadiseyen yo?
(You should have understood that I was not speaking about [real] bread [that contains yeast]./Why have you not understood that I was not speaking about [real] bread [that contains yeast?]) [RHQ] What I [was saying] was that you should [not accept what] the Pharisees and Sadducees [say, because it would affect you like] yeast [affects] [MET] [dough].”
12 Se lè sa a disip yo konprann li pa t' di yo pran prekosyon ak ledven yo fè pen, men ak tout bagay farizyen yo ak sadiseyen yo t'ap moutre moun.
Then we understood that he was not talking about the yeast that is [in] bread. Instead, [he was talking] about the [wrong] teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 Apre sa, Jezi ale nan rejyon ki toupre lavil Sezare Filip la. Li mande disip li yo: Ki moun yo di mwen ye, mwen menm, Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a?
When Jesus came with [us] disciples to the region near Caesarea Philippi [town], he asked us, “Who do people say that I, the one who came from heaven, [really] am?”
14 Yo reponn li: Gen moun ki di se Jan Batis ou ye. Gen lòt ki di ou se Eli. Gen lòt ankò ki di ou se Jeremi osinon yonn nan pwofèt yo.
We answered, “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]. [Still] others [say that you are the prophet] Jeremiah or one of the [other] prophets [who lived long ago, who has come back to life again].”
15 Li di yo: Bon, nou menm, ki moun nou di mwen ye?
Jesus said to us, “[What about] you? Who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Pyè reponn: Ou se Kris la, Pitit Bondye vivan an.
Simon Peter said to him, “You are the Messiah! You are the Son of the all-powerful God.”
17 Lè sa a, Jezi di li: Ou wè ou menm, Simon, pitit Jan an, ou se yon nonm Bondye beni. Paske, se pa moun ki fè ou konn verite sa a. Men, se Papa m' ki nan syèl la ki fè sa pou ou.
Then Jesus said to him, “Simon, son of Jonah, [God] is pleased with you. What you just said was not [SYN] revealed to you by any human. Instead, [it was] my Father [who lives] in heaven [who revealed this to you].
18 Mwen menm, men sa m'ap di ou: Ou se yon wòch, Pyè. Se sou wòch sa a m'ap bati legliz mwen. Ata lanmò p'ap kapab fè l' anyen. (Hadēs g86)
I will also tell you this: You are Peter, [which means rock]. [You are like] a rock. What you [and your fellow apostles teach] (OR, [what] you [do]) [will be like a foundation on which I] will create congregations of people who [believe in] me. And the demons [PRS], [who live] where the dead people who lived evil lives are, will not be able to [come and] prevent [MET] [me from doing] that.” (Hadēs g86)
19 M'ap ba ou kle Peyi Wa ki nan syèl la. Tou sa ou va defann moun fè sou latè, yo p'ap kapab fè l' nan syèl la non plis. Tou sa ou va pèmèt moun fè sou latè, y'a kapab fè l' nan syèl la tou.
[Then, speaking to all of us, he said], “I will enable you [(pl)] to have authority [MTY] over the groups of people over whose lives [God] rules. Whatever you forbid regarding those people [MTY], it will have been forbidden by God. Whatever you permit [MET] regarding them, it will have been permitted by God.”
20 Apre sa, li bay disip li yo lòd pou yo pa di pesonn se Kris la li ye.
Then Jesus warned [us] disciples strongly not to tell anyone [at that time] that he is the Messiah.
21 Depi lè sa a, Jezi kòmanse pale aklè ak disip li yo, li di: Fòk mwen moute lavil Jerizalèm. Fòk mwen soufri anpil nan men chèf fanmi yo, nan men chèf prèt yo, nan men dirèktè lalwa yo. Y'ap fè yo touye mwen. Men, sou twa jou, mwen gen pou m' leve soti vivan nan lanmò.
From that time Jesus began to teach [us] disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem [city]. There the ruling elders, the chief priests, and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws would cause him to suffer and (be killed/die). Then on the third day [after that], he would become alive again.
22 Lè sa a, Pyè rele Jezi sou kote, li di l' konsa: Mande Bondye padon, Mèt! Sa p'ap rive ou.
[Because Peter assumed that the Messiah would not suffer and die], he took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him [for talking about suffering and dying]. He said, “Lord, may [God] never permit that to happen to you! That must certainly not happen!”
23 Men, Jezi vire tèt li, li di Pyè konsa: Wete kò ou sou mwen, Satan. W'ap chache fè m' tonbe. Lide ou pa sou sa Bondye vle, men sou sa lèzòm ta vle.
Then Jesus turned [to look at] Peter, and he said to him, “Stop talking to me [like that] [MTY]! [Stop saying what] Satan [MET] [would say, and stop] trying to prevent [from happening what God has planned]! You are a hindrance to me, because you are not thinking like God thinks. Instead, [you are thinking] like people [think]!”
24 Apre sa, Jezi di disip li yo: Si yon moun vle mache dèyè m', se pou li bliye tèt li. Se pou l' chaje kwa l' sou zepòl li, epi swiv mwen.
Then Jesus said to [us] disciples, “If any one [of you] wants to be my disciple, you must not do [only] what you yourself want [to do]. [You] must be willing to [let people hurt you and disgrace you. That is like what they do to criminals whom they force to] carry a cross [MET] [to the place where the criminals will be executed. That is what anyone who wants to] be my disciple [must do].
25 Paske, moun ki ta vle sove lavi l' va pèdi li. Men, moun ki va pèdi lavi l' poutèt mwen, li va jwenn li ankò.
[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] will live [with God eternally].
26 Kisa sa ta sèvi yon moun pou l' ta genyen lemonn antye si l' pèdi lavi li? Kisa yon moun kapab bay pou l' gen lavi?
People [might] get everything [they want] in this world, but ([if they do not become my disciples], they would really be gaining nothing [because] they would not get eternal life!/what would they gain [if they do not become my disciples and thus] do not get eternal life?) [RHQ] (There is absolutely nothing that people can give [to God] that would enable them to gain eternal life./What can people give [to God] that could enable them to gain eternal life?) [MTY, RHQ]
27 Konprann sa byen, Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a gen pou l' tounen ak zanj li yo, nan tout bèl pouvwa Papa l' la. Lè sa a, li va bay chak moun sa yo merite dapre sa yo fè.
[Listen carefully: I], the one who came from heaven, [will leave this earth, but] I will return, and the angels of heaven will accompany me. At that time I will have the glorious [radiance] that my Father has, and I will reward everyone according to what they did [when they were living on earth].
28 Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Nan moun ki la koulye a, gen ladan yo ki p'ap gen tan mouri san yo pa wè Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a tounen tankou yon wa k'ap gouvènen.
Listen carefully! Some of you who are here now will see [me], the one who came from heaven, when I return to rule. You will see this before you die!”
