Mak 2
1 Mgbe ụbọchị ole na ole gafesịrị, ọ bataghachiri na Kapanọm. Ndị mmadụ nụrụ na ọ lọghachila.
A few days later Jesus returned home to Capernaum, and news spread that he was there.
2 Igwe mmadụ zukọtara nʼime ụlọ ahụ nke mere na ohere afọdụghị ọ bụladị nʼọnụ ụzọ. O kwusakwaara ha oziọma.
So many people crowded inside the house that it was packed, even outside the door, as Jesus told them the message.
3 Ndị ikom ụfọdụ buteere ya otu nwoke ahụ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ. Ọ bụ mmadụ anọ bu ya.
Four men had brought a man who was paralyzed,
4 Ebe ha na-enweghị ike ibutere ya Jisọs nʼihi igwe mmadụ, ha gwupuru oghere nʼelu ụlọ ebe ahụ ọ nọ. Mgbe ha gwupusiri ya, ha budatara onye ahụ ahụ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ nʼute o jiri dina.
but they could not get near Jesus because of the crowds. So they went up on the roof and took it apart. After they had made an opening above Jesus, they lowered down the mat with the paralyzed man lying on it.
5 Mgbe Jisọs hụrụ okwukwe ha, ọ sịrị onye ahụ ahụ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ, “Nwa m nwoke, agbagharala gị mmehie gị.”
When Jesus saw the trust these men had, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”
6 Ma ụfọdụ ndị ozizi iwu nọdụrụ ala nʼebe ahụ na-eche nʼime obi ha sị,
Some of the religious teachers sitting there thought to themselves,
7 “Gịnị mere onye a ji na-ekwulu Chineke? Onye pụrụ ịgbaghara mmehie ma ọ bụghị naanị Chineke?”
“Why is he talking like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins? Only God can do that!”
8 Ngwangwa Jisọs matara nʼime mmụọ ya na ha na-atule okwu a nʼime obi ha. Ọ sịrị ha, “Gịnị mere unu ji na-eche ihe dị otu a nʼobi unu?
Jesus knew right away what they were thinking. He said to them, “Why are you thinking like this?
9 Olee nke ka mfe: ọ bụ ịgwa onye a akụkụ ahụ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ, ‘A gbagharala gị mmehie gị niile,’ ka ọ bụ i sị, ‘Bilie chịrị ute gị jegharịa?’
What's easier: to say to the paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
10 Ma igosi unu na Nwa nke Mmadụ nwere ikike nʼụwa ịgbaghara mmehie.” Ọ sịrị onye ahụ akụkụ ahụ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ,
But to convince you that the Son of man has the right to forgive sins,
11 “Ana m asị gị, bilie, chịrị ute gị laa nʼụlọ gị.”
I say to you (the paralyzed man), ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.’”
12 O biliri, chịrị ute ya pụọ nʼihu mmadụ niile. Nke a juru ndị niile nọ nʼebe ahụ anya. Ha toro Chineke na-asị, “Anyị ahụbeghị ihe dị otu a mbụ!”
He stood up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of everyone there. They were all amazed, and praised God, saying “We've never ever seen anything like this!”
13 Emesịa, Jisọs pụrụ gaa nʼakụkụ osimiri ahụ. Igwe mmadụ bịakwutere ya. Ọ malitere izi ha ihe.
Jesus went out beside the sea once more and taught the crowds that came to him.
14 Mgbe ọ na-aga nʼihu, ọ hụrụ Livayị nwa Alfiọs ka ọ nọdụrụ ala nʼụlọ ịnakọta ụtụ. Ọ sịrị ya, “Soro m,” o biliri sooro ya.
As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-collector's booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him. Levi got up and followed Jesus.
15 Mgbe ọ na-eri nri uhuruchi nʼụlọ Livayị, ọtụtụ ndị ọna ụtụ na ndị mmehie soro ya na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya nọrọ ebe ahụ, nʼihi na ndị na-esogharị ya dị ọtụtụ.
That evening Jesus ate dinner at Levi's house. Many tax collectors and “sinners” joined Jesus and his disciples for the meal, for there were many of these people that followed Jesus.
16 Mgbe ndị ozizi iwu nke ndị Farisii hụrụ ya ka o so ndị mmehie na ndị ọna ụtụ na-eri nri, ha jụrụ ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sị, “Gịnị mere o ji eso ndị mmehie na ndị ọna ụtụ na-erikọ nri?”
When the religious leaders of the Pharisees saw Jesus eating with such people, they asked Jesus' disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
17 Mgbe ọ nụrụ nke a, Jisọs sịrị ha, “Mkpa dibịa adịghị akpa ndị ahụ dị ike, kama ọ bụ ndị ahụ na-esighị ike. Abịaghị m ịkpọ ndị ezi omume kama ndị mmehie.”
When Jesus heard this, he told them, “It's not healthy people who need a doctor, but those who are sick. I haven't come to invite those who live right, but those who don't—the sinners.”
18 Nʼoge a, ndị na-eso ụzọ Jọn na ndị Farisii na-ebu ọnụ. Ndị mmadụ bịara jụọ ya sị, “Gịnị mere ndị na-eso ụzọ Jọn na ndị na-eso ụzọ ndị Farisii ji ebu ọnụ, ma ndị nke gị adịghị ebu ọnụ?”
Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some of them came to Jesus, and asked him, “Why is it that John's disciples and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't?”
19 Jisọs sịrị ha, “O kwesiri na ndị a kpọrọ oriri ọlụlụ di na nwunye ga-ebu ọnụ mgbe onye na-alụ nwunye ọhụrụ nọ nʼetiti ha? Ha apụghị ibu ọnụ ogologo oge ya na ha nọ.
“Do wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?” Jesus asked them. “No. While the bridegroom's with them, they can't fast.
20 Ma oge na-abịa mgbe a ga-ewepụ onye na-alụ nwunye ọhụrụ. Nʼụbọchị ahụ ka ha ga-ebu ọnụ.
But the day is coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they'll fast.
21 “Ọ dịghị onye na-eji akwa ọhụrụ kwachie ebe akwa ochie siri dọkaa. Ọ bụrụ na o mee nke a, akwa ọhụrụ ahụ ga-adọkapụ site na nke ochie mee ka ndọka ya dị njọ karịa.
No one puts a patch that's not shrunk on old clothes. Otherwise the new piece will shrink away from the old, and make the tear worse.
22 Ọ dịghị onye na-agbanye mmanya ọhụrụ na karama akpụkpọ ochie. O mee nke a, mmanya ahụ ga-agbawa karama akpụkpọ ochie ahụ, mee ka karama na mmanya laa nʼiyi. Ee, a na-agbanye mmanya ọhụrụ nʼime karama akpụkpọ ọhụrụ.”
No one puts new wine in old wineskins. Otherwise the wine will burst the wineskins, and both the wine and wineskins will be wasted. No. You put new wine in new wineskins.”
23 Otu ụbọchị izuike, ya na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya na-agafe nʼubi a kụrụ ọka. Dị ka ha na-agafe, ndị na-eso ụzọ ya malitere ịghọ ụfọdụ ogbe ọka nʼime ọka ndị ahụ.
One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through the grain fields, his disciples started picking heads of grain as they walked along.
24 Ndị Farisii siri ya, “Lee, gịnị mere ha ji na-eme ihe megidere iwu nʼụbọchị izuike.”
The Pharisees asked Jesus, “Look, why are they doing what is not permitted on the Sabbath?”
25 Ma ọ sịrị ha, “Unu agụtaghị ihe Devid na ndị so ya mere mgbe agụụ gụrụ ha?
“Haven't you ever read what David did when he and his men were hungry and in need?” Jesus asked them.
26 Nʼoge Abịata bụ onyeisi nchụaja, ọ banyere nʼụlọ Chineke taa achịcha e chere nʼihu ya, nke ziri ezi na ọ bụ naanị ndị nchụaja kwesiri ịta ya. O nyetụkwara ndị ya na ha so.”
“He went into God's house when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the consecrated bread which no one except the priests are permitted to eat, and gave it to his men too.”
27 Mgbe ahụ, ọ gwakwara ha sị, “E mere ụbọchị izuike maka mmadụ, emeghị mmadụ maka ụbọchị izuike.”
“The Sabbath was made for your benefit, not for you to benefit the Sabbath,” he told them.
28 Ya mere, Nwa nke Mmadụ bụ Onyenwe ọ bụladị ụbọchị izuike.
“So the Son of man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
