Mak 5
1 Ha gafere nʼofe ọzọ nke osimiri ahụ nʼakụkụ obodo Gerazin.
Jesus and his disciples arrived on the [east] side of Lake [Galilee. They landed near] where the Gerasene [people lived].
2 Mgbe Jisọs sitere nʼụgbọ ahụ pụta, otu nwoke mmụọ na-adịghị ọcha si nʼebe a na-eli ozu bịa zute ya.
There was a man in that region whom evil spirits controlled.
3 Nwoke a bi nʼetiti ili ndị ahụ. Ọ dịkwaghị onye ọbụla pụrụ ike ya agbụ, ọ bụladị iji eriri igwe kee ya.
[Because that man was violent and people were afraid of him], they had tied him up many times. [As he grew more violent], no one was able to tie him up any longer, not even with chains,
4 Nʼihi na e keela ya agbụ ụkwụ nʼaka ọtụtụ oge ma ọ dọbisiri eriri igwe ndị ahụ, gbajisiekwa mkpọrọ igwe dị ya nʼụkwụ. Ọ dịkwaghị onye nwere ike ijideli ya.
because the chains would be broken by him {he would break the chains} whenever he was bound {they bound him} with them. The iron shackles would also be smashed by him {He would also smash the iron shackles} whenever they were fastened {they fastened them} [on his feet].
5 Ọ na-agagharị nʼetiti ili ahụ ehihie na abalị na nʼugwu dị ya gburugburu, na-eti mkpu, na-eji nkume dị nkọ na-egbukasị onwe ya ahụ.
He lived in one of the caves [where they bury dead people]. During both night and day he would scream among the caves and in the hills. He would also cut himself with [sharp] stones. [That day] he came out of the caves.
6 Mgbe o sitere nʼebe dị anya hụ Jisọs, ọ gbaara ọsọ gaa gbuo ikpere nʼihu ya.
As Jesus [and his disciples got] out of the boat, that man saw Jesus from a distance. He immediately ran to Jesus, and then he knelt before him.
7 O tiri mkpu nʼoke olu sị, “Gịnị ka mụ na gị nwekọrọ, Jisọs, Ọkpara Chineke Onye kachasị ihe niile elu? Eji m aha Chineke na-arịọ gị, biko, atala m ahụhụ.”
Jesus said to the evil spirit, “You evil spirit, come out of this man!” [But the demon did not leave quickly]. It shouted very loudly, “Jesus, I [know that you are the] (Son of/man who is also) God, so (we have nothing in common./what do we have in common?) [IDM, RHQ] [So leave me alone] I ask you to promise, knowing God is listening, that you will not torture me [now]!”
8 Nʼihi na o nyela ya iwu sị, “Si nʼime nwoke a pụta, gị mmụọ na-adịghị ọcha!”
9 Mgbe ahụ Jisọs jụrụ ya sị, “Gịnị bụ aha gị?” Mmụọ ọjọọ ahụ zaghachiri ya sị, “Aha m bụ Lijiọn, nʼihi na anyị dị ọtụtụ.”
[So, in order to expel the demon more easily], Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Crowd/Mob because there are many of us [evil spirits in this man].”
10 Ma ọ rịọsiri ya arịrịọ ike ka ọ ghara ịchụpụ ha site nʼobodo ahụ.
Then the evil spirits fervently kept begging Jesus that he not send them out of the region.
11 Igwe ezi nọ nso nʼebe ahụ na-akpa nri, na ndịda ugwu dị nʼebe ahụ.
[At the same time], a large herd of pigs was (grazing/rooting for food) nearby on the hillside.
12 Mmụọ ọjọọ ndị a rịọrọ ya sị, “Biko ziga anyị nʼetiti igwe ezi ndị a, ma hapụ anyị ka anyị banye nʼime ha.”
So the evil spirits pleaded with Jesus, “Allow us to go to the pigs in order that we might enter them!”
13 Ọ hapụrụ ha; mmụọ ndị ahụ na-adịghị ọcha pụtara baa nʼime igwe ezi ndị ahụ. Igwe ezi ahụ niile, ọnụọgụgụ ha ruru puku abụọ, gbaara ọsọ site na mkputamkpu ala ọnụ mmiri dakpuo nʼime osimiri ebe mmiri riri ha niile.
He permitted them [to do that]. So the evil spirits left the man and entered the pigs. The herd, [which numbered] about 2,000, rushed down the cliff into the lake, and drowned in the lake.
14 Ndị na-elekọta igwe ezi ahụ gbaara ọsọ laa, kọsaa ihe mere nʼime obodo nakwa nʼala ahụ niile. Nʼihi nke a, ọtụtụ mmadụ pụtara ilere ihe mere.
The men who had been tending the pigs ran and reported in the town and the countryside [what had happened. Many people] went to see what had happened.
15 Ha bịakwutere Jisọs, hụ nwoke ahụ nke igwe mmụọ ọjọọ bibu nʼime ya. O yi uwe, nọdụ ala, bụrụkwa onye uche ya zuruoke; egwu jidere ha.
They came to [the place where] Jesus [was]. Then they saw the man whom evil spirits had [previously] controlled. He was sitting there with clothes on and mentally sound. [As a result], they became afraid [because they thought that Jesus might destroy more of their property]. (OR, [they realized that Jesus must be very powerful].)
16 Ndị hụrụ ihe mere kọọrọ ihe niile mere nwoke ahụ mmụọ ọjọọ bibu nʼime ya. Ha kọkwaara ihe mere igwe ezi ndị ahụ.
The people who had seen what had happened described what had happened to the man whom the evil spirits [previously] controlled. They also described [what had happened to] the pigs.
17 Mgbe ahụ, ha bidoro ịrịọ Jisọs ka ọ pụọra ha nʼakụkụ ala ha.
Then the people pleaded with Jesus to leave their region.
18 Dị ka ọ na-achọ ịbanye nʼime ụgbọ, nwoke ahụ mmụọ ọjọọ ndị ahụ bibu nʼime ya rịọrọ ya ka o soro ha.
As Jesus got in the boat [in order to leave], the man whom the evil spirits [previously] controlled begged Jesus, “[Please let me] go with you!”
19 Ma Jisọs ekweghị, kama ọ sịrị ya, “Laa nʼụlọ, lakwuru ndị enyi gị, kọọrọ ha ihe ọma Onyenwe anyị meere gị, na otu o si meere gị ebere.”
But Jesus did not let him [go with him]. On the contrary, he said to him, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord [God] has done for you, and tell them how [God] was kind to you.”
20 Ya mere, o si nʼebe ahụ pụọ, malitekwa ịkọsa nʼime mpaghara Dekapọlịs ihe ọma Jisọs meere ya. Ihe a juru mmadụ niile anya.
So the man left [and traveled around] the Ten Towns [district]. He told people how much Jesus had done for him. All the people [who heard what the man said] were amazed.
21 Mgbe Jisọs jiri ụgbọ mmiri gafee nʼakụkụ nke ọzọ, ọtụtụ igwe mmadụ zukọrọ gbaa ya gburugburu mgbe ọ nọ nʼakụkụ osimiri.
Jesus [and his disciples] went in a boat back around Lake [Galilee] to where they were before. When they arrived at the shore of the lake, a large crowd gathered around Jesus.
22 Ma otu nʼime ndịisi ụlọ ekpere nke aha ya bụ Jairọs bịara, mgbe ọ hụrụ ya, ọ dara nʼala nʼụkwụ ya,
One of the men who presided over a (synagogue/Jewish meeting place), whose name was Jairus, came there. When he saw Jesus, he prostrated himself at his feet.
23 rịọsie ya arịrịọ ike sị, “Ada m nwanyị nke nta nọ nʼọnụ ọnwụ ugbu a. Biko, bịa ka ị bikwasị ya aka gị ka agwọ ya, ka ọ dịkwa ndụ.”
Then he pleaded with Jesus earnestly, “My twelve-year old daughter is [sick and] nearly dead! [Please] come [to my house] and place your hands on her in order that she will be healed {to heal her}, so that she will not die!”
24 Ya mere, Jisọs soro ya gawa. Oke igwe mmadụ sokwa ya na-akpagbu ya.
So Jesus [and the disciples] went with him. A large crowd followed [Jesus] and [many] pushed close to him.
25 Ma otu nwanyị nọkwa nʼebe ahụ, onye nọrịị na-arịa ọrịa oruru ọbara afọ iri na abụọ.
There was a woman [in the crowd] who had vaginal bleeding [EUP] [every day] for twelve years.
26 Ọ taala ahụhụ dị ukwuu nʼaka ndị dibịa, mefukwaa ihe niile o nwere. Ma kama ọrịa ya ịdị mma, ọ na-aga nʼihu ịdị njọ.
She had suffered much while many doctors [treated her]. But although she had spent all [her money] to pay the doctors, she had not been helped {they had not helped her}. Instead, she had become worse [EUP].
27 Ebe ọ nụrụla akụkọ banyere Jisọs, o sooro igwe mmadụ ndị ahụ, sitere nʼazụ metụ uwe ya aka.
After she heard that Jesus [healed people], she came [to where he was and pushed] in the crowd [close] behind Jesus.
28 Nʼihi na o kwuolarị nʼime obi ya sị, “Ọ bụrụ nnọọ na m enwe ike metụ naanị uwe ya aka, a ga-agwọkwa m.”
She did that because she was thinking, “If I [touch him or] even if I touch his clothes, I will be healed {his power will heal me}.” So she touched Jesus’ clothes.
29 Ngwangwa oruru ọbara ya kwụsịrị. Ọ matakwara nʼime onwe ya na ya enwerela onwe ya site nʼọrịa ya.
At once her bleeding stopped. At the same time, she sensed that she had been cured of {that [he] had cured} her illness.
30 Nʼotu oge ahụ Jisọs matara na ike esitela ya nʼahụ pụọ. Ọ tụgharịrị gburugburu nʼetiti igwe mmadụ ahụ jụọ sị, “Onye metụrụ uwe m aka?”
Jesus [also] immediately sensed that his power had healed someone. So he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sịrị, “Lee ọtụtụ igwe mmadụ gbara gị gburugburu, i sikwa aṅaa na-ajụ, ‘Onye metụrụ uwe m aka?’”
[One of] his disciples replied, “You can see that many people are crowding close to you! [Probably many people touched you]! So (why do you ask ‘Who touched me?’[/We are surprised] that you ask ‘Who touched me?’ [RHQ])”
32 Ma Jisọs gara nʼihu na-ele anya gburugburu ịhụ onye mere ya.
But Jesus kept looking around in order to see the one who had done it.
33 Ma nwanyị ahụ, ebe ọ matara ihe mere nʼahụ ya, bịara nʼegwu nʼịma jijiji daa nʼụkwụ ya, gwa ya eziokwu niile.
The woman was very afraid and trembling. [She thought that Jesus might be angry because she had violated the law that women who had such a] sickness [should not touch other people. But] she knew [that Jesus had healed her]. So she prostrated herself before him. Then she told him truthfully [about what she had done].
34 Ọ sịrị ya, “Ada m nwanyị, okwukwe gị agwọọla gị. Laa nʼudo nwerekwa onwe gị site nʼọrịa gị.”
He said to her, “(Ma’am/Young lady), because you have believed [that I could heal you], I have healed you. You may go home with peace [in your heart/inner being], [because I promise that] you will not be sick [this way any more].”
35 Mgbe ọ ka nọ na-ekwu okwu, ụfọdụ ndị mmadụ sitere nʼụlọ onyeisi ụlọ ekpere bịara sị, “Ada gị nwanyị anwụọla, olee ihe mere i ji esogbu onye ozizi a ọzọ?”
While Jesus was still speaking [to that woman], some people arrived who had come from Jairus’ house. They said [to Jairus], “Your daughter has [now] died. So (it is useless that you bother the teacher any longer [by urging him to go to your house]!/why do you bother the teacher any longer [by urging him to go to your house]?) [RHQ]”
36 Ma ka ọ nụrụ ihe ha kwuru, Jisọs gwara onyeisi ụlọ ekpere ahụ sị ya, “Atụla egwu, naanị kwere.”
But when Jesus heard what these men said, he said to Jairus, “Do not think that the situation is hopeless! Just keep believing [that she will live]!”
37 O kweghị ka onye ọbụla ọzọ soro ya ma ọ bụghị Pita, na Jemis na Jọn nwanne Jemis.
Then he allowed only [his three closest disciples], Peter, James, and John, to go with him [to Jairus’ house]. He did not allow any other people to go with him. After they arrived near the house, Jesus saw that the people there were in turmoil. They were weeping and wailing [DOU] loudly.
38 Mgbe ha bịarutere nʼụlọ onyendu ụlọ ekpere ahụ, ọ nụrụ ụzụ hụkwa ọtụtụ mmadụ ka ha nọ na-akwa akwa na-etikwa mkpu akwa.
39 Mgbe ọ batara, ọ sịrị ha, “Gịnị mere unu ji na-akwa akwa na-etikwa mkpu akwa? Nwatakịrị a anwụghị anwụ, ọ na-arahụ ụra!”
He entered the house and then he said to them, knowing that [he was going to cause her to live again], “(Do not make such a disturbance!/Why are you making such a disturbance?) [RHQ] Stop crying, for the child is not dead! On the contrary, she is [only] sleeping [HYP, EUP]!”
40 Ma ha chịrị ya ọchị. Mgbe ọ chụpụsịrị ha niile nʼezi, ọ kpọọrọ nne na nna nwantakịrị ahụ, na ndị ya na ha so, banye nʼime ụlọ ebe nwantakịrị ahụ dina.
The people laughed at him, [because they knew that she was dead]. But he sent all the other people outside the house. Then he took the child’s father and mother and the [three disciples] who were with him. He went into [the room] where the child was [lying].
41 O jidere ya nʼaka sị ya, “Talita koum!” (nke pụtara, “Nwa agbọghọ nta, asị m gị bilie!”).
He took hold of the child’s hand and said to her [in her own language], “Talitha, Koum!” That means, “Little girl, get up!”
42 Otu mgbe ahụ nwaagbọghọ nta ahụ biliri ọtọ bido ijegharị (ọ gbara afọ iri na abụọ). Nke a jụrụ ha niile anya nke ukwuu.
At once the girl got up and walked around. ([It was not surprising that she could walk], because she was twelve years old.) [When this happened, all who were present] were very astonished.
43 Ma ọ dọsiri ha aka na ntị ike, ka ha ghara ịgwa onye ọbụla ihe mere. Ọ sịrị ha, “Nyenụ ya nri ka o rie.”
Jesus ordered them strictly, “Do not tell anyone about [what I have done]!” Afterwards he told them that something to eat should be brought to the girl {that they should bring the girl something to eat}.
