Mareko 4
1 HOOMAKA iho la oia e ao hou ma kapa o ka moanawai; a no ka nui loa o ka poe i akoakoa mai io na la, ee aku la ia maluna e kekahi moku, noho iho la maluna o ka wai, a pau mai la ka ahakanaka mauka, ma kapa o ka moanawai.
Once more He began to teach by the side of the Lake, and a vast multitude of people came together to listen to Him. He therefore went on board the boat and sat there, a little way from the land; and all the people were on the shore close to the water.
2 Ao nui mai la oia ia lakou ma na olelo nane, i mai la ia lakou ma kana ao ana,
Then He proceeded to teach them many lessons in figurative language; and in His teaching He said,
3 E hoolohe mai; aia hoi, hele aku la kekahi kanaka lulu hua, e lulu.
"Listen: the sower goes out to sow.
4 A i kana lulu aua, helelei iho la kekahi ma kapa alanui, a lele mai la na manu o ka lewa, a ai iho la ia mea.
As he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.
5 Helelei iho la kekahi ma kahi paaa, kahi i nui ole ai kona lepo; kupu wawe ae la ia, no ka papau o ka lepo.
Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;
6 A puka mai ka la, mae iho la ia, a maloo aku la, no ke aa ole.
but when the sun is risen, it is scorched, and through having no root it withers away.
7 A helelei ae la kekahi mawaena o na kakalaioa; kupu mai la na kakalaioa, a kahihi iho la ia mea, nolaila, aole i hua mai ka hua.
Some, again, falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.
8 Helelei iho la kekahi ma kahi lepo maikai, a pun mai la i ka hua, i kupu a mahuahua, a hua mai, pakanakolu, a pakanaono kekahi, a pahaneri kekahi.
But some of the seed falls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."
9 I mai la oia ia lakou, O ka mea pepeiao lohe la, e hoolohe mai ia.
"Listen," He added, "every one who has ears to listen with!"
10 A loaa ia ia ka mehameha, alaila, ninau aku la ia ia ka poe e ku pu ana me ia, a me ka poe umikumamalua, i ua olelonane la.
When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language.
11 I mai la oia ia lakou, Ua haawiia mai ia oukou e ike i na mea pohihihi o ke aupuni o ke Akua; aka, ua naneia'ku na mea a pau i ka poe mawaho;
"To you," He replied, "has been entrusted the secret truth concerning the Kingdom of God; but to those others outside your number all this is spoken in figurative language;
12 I nana lakou a milimili, aole nae e ike; i hoolohe hoi a lohe, aole nae e hoomaopopo, o hoohulina mai lakou, a e kalaia ko lakou hala.
that "'They may look and look but not see, and listen and listen but not understand, lest perchance they should return and be pardoned.'"
13 Alaila, i mai la oia ia lakou, Aole anei oukou i ike i keia olelonane? Pehea la oukou e ike ai i na olelonane a pau?
"Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?" He added; "how then will you understand the rest of my parables?"
14 O ke kanaka lulu hua, ua lulu i ka olelo.
"What the sower sows is the Message.
15 Eia ka poe ma kapa alanui, ma kahi i luluia i ka olelo, a lohe lakou, alaila hele koke mai o Satana a kaili aku i ka olelo i luluia iloko o ko lakou naau.
Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.
16 Eia no hoi na mea i luluia ma kahi paaa; a lohe lakou i ka olelo, hopu koke lakou ia, me ka olioli.
In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,
17 Aka, aole o lakou mole iloko o lakou, nolaila, aole i mau, a hiki mai ka pilikia a me ka hoinoia no ka olelo, alaila, lilo koke lakou.
but they have no root within them. They last for a time; then, when suffering or persecution comes because of the Message, they are immediately overthrown.
18 Eia hoi na mea i luluia iwaena o na kakalaioa, o ka poe i lohe i ka olelo,
Others there are who receive the seed among the thorns: these are they who have heard the Message,
19 A o ka manao nui i na mea o ke ao, a o ka hoopunipuni ana o ka waiwai, me ke kuko ana i na mea e, oia ka mea i iiia'i ka olelo, a lilo ia i mea hua ole. (aiōn g165)
but worldly cares and the deceitfulness of wealth and the excessive pursuit of other objects come in and stifle the Message, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
20 Eia no hoi na mea i luluia ma kahi lepo maikai; o na mea i hoolohe i ka olelo, a hoopaa iho, a hua mai i ka hua, pakanakolu kokahi, a pakanaono kekahi, a pahaneri kekahi.
Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."
21 I mai la oia ia lakou, Ua laweia mai anei he kukui e hahaoia'i malalo o ke poi, a malalo o kahi moe paha, aole anei no ke kania maluna o kahi e kau ai ke kukui?
He went on to say, "Is the lamp brought in in order to be put under the bushel or under the bed? Is it not rather in order that it may be placed on the lampstand?
22 No ka mea, aohe mea huna e koe i ka hoike ole ia, aole hoi he mea i uhi malu ia e koe i ka hu ole mawaho.
Why, there is nothing hidden except with a view to its being ultimately disclosed, nor has anything been made a secret but that it may at last come to light.
23 Ina he pepeiao ko ke kauaka e lohe ai, e hoolohe mai ia.
Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
24 I mai la oia ia lakou, E noonoo oukou i ka oukou mea e lohe ai: no ka mea, ma ke ana a oukou e ana aku ai, malaila e anaia mai no hoi oukou pela; a e haawi nui ia ia oukou, i ka poe e hoolohe mai
He also said to them, "Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest.
25 O ka mea ua loaa, e haawiia 'ku nana; aka, o ka mea ua loaa ole, e kailiia'ku kana, mai ona aku la.
For those who have will have more given them; and from those who have not, even what they have will be taken away."
26 I mai la ia, Meneia ke aupuni o ke Akua, me ke kana ana a ke kanaka i ka hua ma ka lepo;
Another saying of His was this: "The Kingdom of God is as if a man scattered seed over the ground:
27 A moe iho, a ala'e i ka po, a me ke ao, e kupu ae ana ua hua la a nui, aole nae ia i ike.
he spends days and nights, now awake, now asleep, while the seed sprouts and grows tall, he knows not how.
28 No ka mea, hoohua wale mai no ka honua, mamua ka hoomaka, mahope iho ka huhui, alaila ka hua oo maloko o ka huhui.
Of itself the land produces the crop-- first the blade, then the ear; afterwards the perfect grain is seen in the ear.
29 A i ka makaukau ana o ka hua, alaila, hookomo koke ae la ia i ka pahi, no ka mea, ua hiki mai ka wa e oki ai.
But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."
30 I mai la oia, Me ke aha la kakou e hoohalike ai i ke aupuni o ke Akua? A ma ka nane hea kakou e hoakaka aku ai ia?
Another saying of His was this: "How are we to picture the Kingdom of God? or by what figure of speech shall we represent it?
31 Ua like no ia me ka hua makeke, i ka wa i kanuia'i ma ka lepo, he hua liilii loa ia o na hua a pau i kanuia ma ka lepo.
It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds in the world;
32 Aka, i ka wa i kanuia'i, kupu no ia, a lilo i laalaau nui o na laalaau a pau, a opuu mai la na lala nui, a hiki no i na manu o ka lewa ke kau mai malalo o kona malu.
yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow."
33 Hai mai la ia i ka olelo ia lakou ma ua olelonane e like me ia he nui loa, me lakou e hiki ai ke hoolohe aku.
With many such parables He used to speak the Message to them according to their capacity for receiving it.
34 Aole ia i olelo iki aku ia lakou ma ka olelonane ole; a ma kahi mehameha, hoakaka ae la ia i na mea a pau i kana poe haumana.
But except in figurative language He spoke nothing to them; while to His own disciples He expounded everything, in private.
35 Ia la no, a ahiahi ae, i mai la ia ia lakou, E holo kakou i kela kapa.
The same day, in the evening, He said to them, "Let us cross to the other side."
36 A haalele aku la lakou i ka ahakanaka, a lawe aku la ia ia e noho ana ma ka moku: he mau moku liilii no hoi kekahi me ia pu.
So they got away from the crowd, and took Him--as He was--in the boat; and other boats accompanied Him.
37 Nou mai la ka makani ikaika, uhi mai la na ale iluna o ka moku, a piha iho la ia.
But a heavy squall came on, and the waves were now dashing into the boat, so that it was fast filling.
38 E moe ana ia ma ka uluna, ma ka hope o ka moku; hoala ae la lakou ia ia, i aku la, E ke Kumu, he mea ole anei ia oe ke make makou?
But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?"
39 Alaila ku ae la ia iluna, papa ae la i ka makani, a olelo ae la i ka moanawai, Hamau, e noho malie. Oki iho la ka makani, a pohu maikai iho la.
So He roused Himself and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, "Silence! Be still!" The wind sank, and a perfect calm set in.
40 I mai la oia ia lakou, No ke aha la oukou i makau ai? Pehea ko oukou manaoio ole ana?
"Why are you so timid?" He asked; "have you still no faith?"
41 Weliweli loa ae la lakou, i ae la kekahi i kekahi, Heaha la ke ano o ia nei, i hoolohe pono ai ka makani a me ka moanawai ia ia?
Then they were filled with terror, and began to say to one another, "Who is this, then? For even wind and sea obey Him."
