Mak 3
1 Nʼoge ọzọ, ọ banyere nʼụlọ ekpere, otu nwoke aka ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ nọkwa nʼebe ahụ.
At another time, when He went to the synagogue, there was a man there with one arm shrivelled up.
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.
They closely watched Him to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath--so as to have a charge to bring against Him.
3 Ma ọ gwara nwoke ahụ aka ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ sị, “Bilie guzoro nʼetiti ebe a.”
"Come forward," said He to the man with the shrivelled arm.
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.
Then He asked them, "Are we allowed to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil? to save a life, or to destroy one?" They remained silent.
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.
Grieved and indignant at the hardening of their hearts, He looked round on them with anger, and said to the man, "Stretch out your arm." He stretched it out, and the arm was completely restored.
6 Ngwangwa, ndị Farisii sitere nʼebe ahụ pụọ nʼiwe. Gaa soro ndị otu Herọd gbaa izu otu ha ga-esi laa ya nʼiyi.
But no sooner had the Pharisees left the synagogue than they held a consultation with the Herodians against Jesus, to devise some means of destroying Him.
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.
Accordingly Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the Lake, and a vast crowd of people from Galilee followed Him;
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.
and from Judaea and Jerusalem and Idumaea and from beyond the Jordan and from the district of Tyre and Sidon there came to Him a vast crowd, hearing of all that He was doing.
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 He gave directions to His disciples to keep a small boat in constant attendance on Him because of the throng--to prevent their crushing 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 the people, so that all who had any ailments pressed upon Him, to 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!”
And the foul spirits, whenever they saw Him, threw themselves down at His feet, screaming out: "You are the Son of God."
12 Ma ọ na-enyesi ha iwu ike ka ha hapụ ịkọwa onye ọ bụ.
But He many a time checked them, forbidding them to say who He was.
13 Ọ rigooro nʼelu ugwu ma kpọrọ ndị ọ chọrọ nye onwe ya. Ha bịakwutekwara ya.
Then He went up the hill; and those whom He Himself chose He called, and they came 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 of them, that they might be with Him, and that He might also send them to proclaim His Message,
15 nakwa ndị ga-enwe ikike ịchụpụ mmụọ ọjọọ.
with authority to expel the demons.
16 Ndị a bụ mmadụ iri na abụọ ndị ọ họpụtara. Saimọn (onye ọ kpọrọ Pita).
These twelve were Simon (to whom He gave the surname of Peter),
17 Jemis nwa Zebedi na Jọn nwanne ya (ndị ọ gụgharịrị aha Boanajis, nke pụtara “ụmụ egbe eluigwe”),
James the son of Zabdi and John the brother of James (these two He surnamed Boanerges, that is 'Sons of Thunder'),
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 Cananaean,
19 na Judas Iskarịọt, onye raara ya nye.
and Judas Iscariot, the man who also betrayed Him.
20 Emesịa, ọ lọtara nʼụlọ, ma igwe mmadụ gbakọtakwara ọzọ nke mere na ha enweghị ohere iri nri.
And He went into a house. But again the crowd assembled, so that there was no opportunity for them even to snatch a meal.
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.”
Hearing of this, His relatives came to seize Him by force, for they said, "He is 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 Scribes, too, who had come down from Jerusalem said, "He has Baal-zebul in him; and it is by the power of the Prince of the demons that he expels the demons."
23 Ma ọ kpọrọ ha jiri ilu gwa ha okwu sị, “Ekwensu ọ pụrụ ịchụpụ ekwensu?
So He called them to Him, and using figurative language He appealed to them, saying, "How is it possible for Satan to expel Satan?
24 Ọ bụrụ na alaeze ekewa megide onwe ya alaeze ahụ apụghị iguzo.
For if civil war breaks out in a kingdom, nothing can make that kingdom last;
25 Ọ bụrụ na ezinaụlọ ekewa megide onwe ya, ezinaụlọ ahụ apụghị iguzo.
and if a family splits into parties, that family cannot continue.
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 has risen in arms and has made war upon himself, stand he cannot, but meets his end.
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.
Nay, no one can go into a strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.
28 Nʼezie agwa m unu, na a ga-agbaghara ụmụ mmadụ mmehie na nkwulu niile nke ha kwuru.
In solemn truth I tell you that all their sins may be pardoned to the sons of men, and all their blasphemies, however they may have blasphemed;
30 O kwuru nke a nʼihi na ha na-asị, “Mmụọ na-adịghị ọcha bi nʼime ya.”
This was because they said, "He is possessed by a foul spirit."
31 Mgbe ahụ, nne ya na ụmụnne ya ndị nwoke bịara, guzoro nʼezi. Ha ziri ozi ka a kpọọ ya.
By this time His mother and His brothers arrive, and standing outside they send a message to Him to call Him.
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.”
Now a crowd was sitting round Him; so they tell Him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, inquiring for you."
33 Ọ zara sị, “Onye bụ nne m, ndị ole bụkwa ụmụnne m ndị nwoke?”
"Who are my mother and my brothers?" He replied.
34 Mgbe ahụ, o lere ndị nọ ya gburugburu anya ma sị, “Ndị a bụ nne m, na ụmụnne m ndị nwoke!
And, fixing His eyes on the people who were sitting round Him in a circle, He said,
35 Onye ọbụla na-eme uche Chineke bụ nwanne m nwoke, na nwanne m nwanyị, na nne m.”
"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."
