Mak 3
1 Nʼoge ọzọ, ọ banyere nʼụlọ ekpere, otu nwoke aka ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ nọkwa nʼebe ahụ.
On another occasion Jesus went in to a synagogue, where there was a man whose hand was withered.
2 Ụfọdụ ha nọ na-achọ ụzọ ha ga-esi boo ya ebubo, ya mere ha lekwasịrị ya anya ịhụ ma ọ ga-agwọ ya ọrịa nʼụbọchị izuike.
And they watched Jesus closely, to see if he would cure the man on the Sabbath, so that they might have a charge to bring against him.
3 Ma ọ gwara nwoke ahụ aka ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ sị, “Bilie guzoro nʼetiti ebe a.”
“Stand out in the middle,” Jesus said to the man with the withered hand;
4 Mgbe ahụ ọ jụrụ ha sị, “Olee nke ziri ezi nʼiwu ime nʼụbọchị izuike: ọ bụ ime ezi ihe ka ọ bụ ime ihe ọjọọ, ịzọpụta ndụ ka ọ bụ ịla ndụ nʼiyi?” Ma ha gbachiri nkịtị.
and to the people he said, “Is it allowable to do good at the Sabbath – or harm? To save a life, or destroy it?”
5 O lere ha anya nʼiwe, o wutere ya nʼihi na obi ha kpọrọ nkụ. Ọ sịrị nwoke ahụ, “Setịpụ aka gị.” O setịpụrụ aka ya, aka ya dizikwara nke ọma.
As they remained silent, Jesus looked around at them in anger, grieving at the hardness of their hearts, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” The man stretched it out; and his hand had become sound.
6 Ngwangwa, ndị Farisii sitere nʼebe ahụ pụọ nʼiwe. Gaa soro ndị otu Herọd gbaa izu otu ha ga-esi laa ya nʼiyi.
Immediately on leaving the synagogue, the Pharisees and the Herodians united in laying a plot against Jesus, to put him to death.
7 Ma Jisọs na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sitere nʼebe ahụ pụọ gaa nọdụ nʼakụkụ osimiri. Igwe mmadụ ndị sitere na Galili sooro ya.
Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.
8 Mgbe ha nụrụ ihe niile ọ na-eme, ọtụtụ mmadụ bịakwutere ya site na Judịa, na Jerusalem, na Idumia na obodo ndị dị nʼofe Jọdan, na gburugburu Taịa na Saịdọn.
A great number, hearing of all that he was doing, came to him from Judea, from Jerusalem, from Edom, from beyond the Jordan, and from the country around Tyre and Sidon.
9 Nʼihi ịdị ukwuu nke igwe mmadụ ahụ, ọ gwara ndị na-eso ụzọ ya ka ha debere ya ụgbọ mmiri nta nso ka ọ banye, iji gbochie igwe mmadụ ahụ ịkpagbu ya.
So Jesus told his disciples to keep a small boat close by, so that the crowd would not crush him.
10 Nʼihi na ọ gwọọla ọtụtụ ndị ọrịa, nke mere na ndị bu ọrịa dị iche iche na-agbalịsị ike ịmetụ ya aka.
For he had cured many of them, and so people kept crowding around him, so all who were sick might touch him.
11 Mgbe ọbụla kwa ndị mmụọ na-adịghị ọcha bi nʼime ha hụrụ ya, ha na-ada nʼala nʼihu ya na-eti mkpu na-asị, “Ị bụ Ọkpara Chineke!”
The foul spirits, too, whenever they caught sight of him, flung themselves down before him, and screamed out, “You are the Son of God”!
12 Ma ọ na-enyesi ha iwu ike ka ha hapụ ịkọwa onye ọ bụ.
But he repeatedly warned them not to make him known.
13 Ọ rigooro nʼelu ugwu ma kpọrọ ndị ọ chọrọ nye onwe ya. Ha bịakwutekwara ya.
Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.
14 Ọ họpụtara mmadụ iri na abụọ ndị ya na ha ga-anọ, mee ha ndị ozi. Ndị ọ ga-ezipụ ikwusa oziọma,
He appointed twelve – whom he also named ‘apostles’ – so that they might be with him, and that he might send them out as his messengers, to preach,
15 nakwa ndị ga-enwe ikike ịchụpụ mmụọ ọjọọ.
and with power to drive out demons.
16 Ndị a bụ mmadụ iri na abụọ ndị ọ họpụtara. Saimọn (onye ọ kpọrọ Pita).
So he appointed the Twelve – Peter (which was the name that Jesus gave to Simon),
17 Jemis nwa Zebedi na Jọn nwanne ya (ndị ọ gụgharịrị aha Boanajis, nke pụtara “ụmụ egbe eluigwe”),
James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John (to whom he gave the name of Boanerges, which means the Thunderers),
18 Andru, Filip, Batalomi, Matiu, Tọmọs, Jemis nwa Alfiọs, Tadiọs, Saimọn onye a na-akpọ Zilọt,
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
19 na Judas Iskarịọt, onye raara ya nye.
and Judas Iscariot, the man who betrayed him.
20 Emesịa, ọ lọtara nʼụlọ, ma igwe mmadụ gbakọtakwara ọzọ nke mere na ha enweghị ohere iri nri.
Jesus went into a house; and again a crowd collected, so that they were not even able to eat their food.
21 Mgbe ndị ikwu ya nụrụ nke a, ha bịara gbalịa idulata ya nʼụlọ ha, nʼihi na ndị mmadụ na-asị, “Isi adịghị ya mma.”
When his relatives heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.
22 Ma ndị ozizi iwu si Jerusalem bịa sịrị, “Mmụọ Belzebub bi nʼime ya! Ọ bụkwa nʼike onyeisi ndị mmụọ ọjọọ ka o ji achụpụ mmụọ ọjọọ.”
The teachers of the Law, who had come down from Jerusalem, said, “He has Beelzebul in him! He drives the demons out by the help of their chief.”
23 Ma ọ kpọrọ ha jiri ilu gwa ha okwu sị, “Ekwensu ọ pụrụ ịchụpụ ekwensu?
So Jesus called them to him, and answered them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan?
24 Ọ bụrụ na alaeze ekewa megide onwe ya alaeze ahụ apụghị iguzo.
When a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot last;
25 Ọ bụrụ na ezinaụlọ ekewa megide onwe ya, ezinaụlọ ahụ apụghị iguzo.
and when a household is divided against itself, it will not be able to last.
26 Ọ bụrụkwa na ekwensu ebilie megide onwe ya si otu a nwee nkewa, o nweghị ike iguzo; kama ọgwụgwụ oge ya abịala nso.
So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last – his end has come!
27 Nʼezie, ọ dịghị onye nwere ike ịbanye nʼụlọ nwoke dị ike kwakọrọ ngwongwo ya niile, ma o bughị ụzọ kee nwoke ahụ siri ike agbụ. Mgbe ahụ ọ ga-enwe ike ịbanye nʼụlọ ya, zukọrọ ngwongwo ya niile.
“No man who has broken into a strong man’s house can carry off his goods, without first tying him up; and not until then will he plunder his house.
28 Nʼezie agwa m unu, na a ga-agbaghara ụmụ mmadụ mmehie na nkwulu niile nke ha kwuru.
I tell you that people will be forgiven everything – their sins, and all the slanders that they utter;
30 O kwuru nke a nʼihi na ha na-asị, “Mmụọ na-adịghị ọcha bi nʼime ya.”
This was said in reply to the charge that he had a foul spirit in him.
31 Mgbe ahụ, nne ya na ụmụnne ya ndị nwoke bịara, guzoro nʼezi. Ha ziri ozi ka a kpọọ ya.
His mother and his brothers came, and stood outside, and sent to ask him to come to them.
32 Igwe mmadụ gbara ya gburugburu mgbe ahụ gwara ya sị, “Lee, nne gị na ụmụnne gị ndị nwoke na ndị nwanyị guzo nʼezi. Ha chọrọ ịhụ gị.”
There was a crowd sitting around Jesus, and some of them said to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside, asking for you.”
33 Ọ zara sị, “Onye bụ nne m, ndị ole bụkwa ụmụnne m ndị nwoke?”
“Who is my mother? And my brothers?” was his reply.
34 Mgbe ahụ, o lere ndị nọ ya gburugburu anya ma sị, “Ndị a bụ nne m, na ụmụnne m ndị nwoke!
Then he looked around on the people sitting in a circle around him, and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!
35 Onye ọbụla na-eme uche Chineke bụ nwanne m nwoke, na nwanne m nwanyị, na nne m.”
Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”
