Matiu 9
1 Jisọs banyekwara nʼụgbọ mmiri nke kwọọrọ ya bịaruo nʼobodo nke ya.
Afterwards Jesus got into a boat, and, crossing over, came to his own city.
2 Ndị ikom ụfọdụ butere ya otu nwoke akụkụ ahụ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ, bụ onye dina nʼute. Mgbe Jisọs hụrụ okwukwe ndị ahụ, ọ gwara onye ọrịa ahụ okwu sị ya, “Nwee obi ike nwa m nwoke nʼihi na a gbagharala gị mmehie gị niile.”
And there some people brought to him a paralysed man on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man: “Courage, Child! Your sins are forgiven.”
3 Nʼoge a, ụfọdụ ndị ozizi iwu nke ndị Juu nọ nʼebe ahụ sịrịtara onwe ha, “Nwoke a na-ekwulu Chineke.”
Then some of the teachers of the Law said to themselves: “This man is blaspheming!”
4 Ma ebe Jisọs matara ihe ha na-eche nʼobi ha, ọ sịrị, “Gịnị mere unu ji na-eche ajọ echiche nʼobi unu?
Knowing their thoughts, Jesus exclaimed: “Why do your cherish such wicked thoughts?
5 Olee nke ka mfe ikwu? Ọ bụ ị sị, ‘A gbagharala gị mmehie gị niile,’ ka ọ bụ ị sị, ‘Bilie jee ije’?
Which, I ask, is the easier? — to say ‘Your sins are forgiven’? or to say ‘Get up, and walk about’?
6 Ma ka unu mata na Nwa nke Mmadụ nwere ikike nʼụwa ịgbaghara mmehie.” Ọ sịrị onye ahụ akụkụ ahụ ya kpọnwụrụ akpọnwụ, “Bilie, chịrị ute gị laa!”
But, that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins” — then he said to the paralysed man — “Get up, take up your bed, and return to your home.”
7 Nwoke ahụ biliri, chịrị ute ya laa nʼụlọ ya.
The man got up and went to his home.
8 Mgbe igwe mmadụ a hụrụ ihe ahụ mere, akpata oyi jụrụ ha nʼahụ nʼihi egwu. Ha tokwara Chineke onye na-enye ụmụ mmadụ ikike dị otu a.
When the crowd saw this, they were awe-struck, and praised God for giving such power to men.
9 Mgbe Jisọs si nʼebe ahụ na-aga, ọ hụrụ otu nwoke a na-akpọ Matiu ka ọ nọdụrụ ala nʼụlọ ịnakọta ụtụ. Ọ sịrị ya, “Soro m.” Na-atụfughị oge, ọ hapụrụ ihe niile soro ya.
As Jesus went along, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting in the tax-office, and said to him: “Follow me.” Matthew got up and followed him.
10 Dị ka ọ nọdụrụ ala iri nri uhuruchi nʼụlọ Matiu, ọtụtụ ndị ọna ụtụ na ndị mmehie sooro ya na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya nọdụ na-eri nri.
And, later on, when he was at table in the house, a number of tax-gatherers and outcasts came in and took their places at table with Jesus and his disciples.
11 Mgbe ndị Farisii hụrụ nke a, ha jụrụ ndị na-eso ụzọ ya ajụjụ sị ha, “Gịnị mere onye ozizi unu ji eso ndị ọna ụtụ na ndị mmehie na-eri nri?”
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples: “Why does your Teacher eat in the company of tax-gatherers and outcasts?”
12 Mgbe ọ nụrụ nke a, Jisọs sịrị, “Mkpa dibịa adịghị akpa ndị ahụ dị ike, kama ọ bụ ndị ahụ na-esighị ike ka mkpa dibịa na-akpa.
On hearing this, Jesus said: “It is not those who are in health that need a doctor, but those who are ill.
13 Ma gaanụ mụta ihe okwu a pụtara, ‘Ana m achọ ebere, ọ bụghị aja.’Nʼihi na abịaghị m ịkpọ ndị ezi omume, kama abịara m ịkpọ ndị mmehie.”
Go and learn what this means — ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice’; for I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.”
14 Emesịa, ndị na-eso ụzọ Jọn bịara jụọ ya ajụjụ sị, “Gịnị mere ndị na-eso ụzọ gị adịghị ebu ọnụ dị ka anyị onwe anyị na ndị Farisii na-eme?”
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, and asked: “Why do we and the Pharisees fast while your disciples do not?”
15 Jisọs jụrụ ha sị, “O kwesiri ka ndị enyi onye na-alụ nwunye ọhụrụ nọrọ na mwute na-erighị nri, mgbe ha na di nwanyị ọhụrụ nọ? Oge na-abịa mgbe a ga-ewepụ di nwanyị ọhụrụ nʼetiti ha, mgbe ahụ ka ha ga-ebu ọnụ.
Jesus answered: “Can the bridegroom’s friends mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom will be parted from them, and they will fast then.
16 “Ọ dịghị onye na-eji akwa ọhụrụ kwachie ebe akwa ochie siri dọkaa, nʼihi na akwa ahụ ga-esi nʼebe a kwachiri ya dọwaa; mee ka ọ dị njọ karịa ka ọ dị na mbụ.
No man ever puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for such a patch tears away from the garment, and a worse rent is made.
17 Ọ dịkwaghị onye ga-etinye mmanya ọhụrụ nʼime karama akpụkpọ ochie, nʼihi na karama ochie ahụ ga-agbawa mee ka mmanya ọhụrụ ahụ wufuo. Kama ọ dị mma itinye mmanya ọhụrụ nʼime karama akpụkpọ ọhụrụ, nke ga-echekwa ha abụọ nke ọma.”
Nor do people put new wine into old wine-skins; for, if they do, the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are lost; but they put new wine into fresh skins, and so both are preserved.”
18 Mgbe ọ nọ na-ekwu okwu, otu onyeisi ụlọ ekpere bịara kpọọ isiala nye ya, sị, “Ọ dịbeghị anya nwa m nwanyị nwụrụ. Otu ọ dị, bịa ka ị bikwasị ya aka gị. Ọ ga-ebili dịkwa ndụ ọzọ.”
While Jesus was saying this, a President of a Synagogue came up and bowed to the ground before him. “My daughter,” he said, “Has just died; but come and place your hand on her, and she will be restored to life.”
19 Nʼihi nke a, Jisọs soro ya gawa. Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sokwara ha.
So Jesus rose and followed him, and his disciples went also.
20 Ma o nwere otu nwanyị onye ahụ na-esighị ike. Nwanyị a anọọla nʼọrịa a afọ iri na abụọ. Ọ bụkwa ọrịa oruru ọbara nke na-adịghị akwụsị akwụsị ka ọ na-arịa. Nwanyị a sitere nʼazụ bịaruo ya nso, metụ ọnụ uwe ya aka.
But meanwhile a woman, who had been suffering from haemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind and touched the tassel of his cloak.
21 Nʼihi na o kwuolarị nʼime obi ya sị, “Ọ bụrụ nnọọ na m ga-enwe ike metụ ọnụ uwe ya aka, a ga-agwọ m.”
“If I only touch his cloak,” she said to herself, “I shall get well.”
22 Jisọs chigharịrị lee ya anya sị ya, “Ada m, nwee obi ike, nʼihi na e sitela nʼokwukwe gị mee ka ahụ dị gị mma.” Ahụ dịkwara nwanyị ahụ mma site nʼoge ahụ.
Turning and seeing her, Jesus said: “Courage, Daughter! your faith has delivered you.” And the woman was delivered from her malady from that very hour.
23 Mgbe Jisọs batara nʼụlọ onyendu ụlọ ekpere ndị Juu ahụ, hụ igwe mmadụ ka ha na-atụ ụzụ na ndị na-egbu ọja.
When Jesus reached the President’s house, seeing the flute players, and a number of people all in confusion,
24 Ọ sịrị ha, “Sinụ ebe a pụọ, nwata nwanyị a anwụghị anwụ, kama ọ nọ nʼụra.” Ma ha chịrị ya ọchị.
he said: “Go away, the little girl is not dead; she is asleep.” They began to laugh at him;
25 Ma mgbe achụpụsịrị igwe mmadụ ahụ, ọ banyere nʼime ụlọ, jide nwata nwanyị ahụ nʼaka, o bilie ọtọ.
but, when the people had been sent out, Jesus went in, and took the little girl’s hand, and she rose.
26 Akụkọ ọrụ ebube a gbasara nʼebe niile nʼala ahụ.
The report of this spread through all that part of the country.
27 Mgbe Jisọs si nʼebe ahụ na-apụ, ụmụ nwoke abụọ ndị kpuru ìsì sooro ya. Ha tikuru ya mkpu na-asị, “Nwa Devid, meere anyị ebere!”
As Jesus was passing on from there, he was followed by two blind men, who kept calling out: “Take pity on us, Son of David!”
28 Ha sooro ya bata nʼụlọ ebe ọ nọ. Ọ jụrụ ha ajụjụ sị, “Unu kwere na m nwere ike ime ka unu hụ ụzọ?” Ha zara sị ya, “E, Onyenwe anyị, anyị kweere.”
When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him; and Jesus asked them: “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Master!” they answered.
29 O metụrụ ha aka nʼanya sị ha, “Ya dịrị unu dị ka okwukwe unu si dị.”
Upon that he touched their eyes, and said: “It shall be according to your faith.”
30 Ngwangwa ndị ìsì ahụ bidoro ịhụ ụzọ. Jisọs maara ha ọkwa sị ha “Unu agwakwala onye ọbụla.”
Then their eyes were opened. Jesus sternly cautioned them. “See that no one knows of it,” he said.
31 Ma ha pụrụ gbasaa akụkọ a ebe niile nʼala ahụ.
But the men went out, and spread the news about him through all that part of the country.
32 Mgbe ndị a sitere nʼebe ahụ pụọ, ndị ọzọ buteere ya nwoke dara ogbi, onye mmụọ ọjọọ bikwa nʼime ya.
Just as they were going out, some people brought up to Jesus a dumb man who was possessed by a demon;
33 Mgbe ọ chụpụrụ mmụọ ọjọọ ahụ, onye ogbi ahụ bidoro ikwu okwu. Ibubo nwụrụ igwe mmadụ nọ nʼebe ahụ. Ha sịrị, “Anyị ahụtụbeghị ihe dị otu a nʼala Izrel.”
and, as soon as the demon had been driven out, the dumb man spoke. The people were astonished at this, and exclaimed: “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
34 Ma ndị Farisii sịrị, “Ọ bụ ekwensu, eze ndị mmụọ ọjọọ, na-enye ya ike ịchụpụ mmụọ ọjọọ.”
But the Pharisees said: “He drives out the demons by the help of the chief of the demons.”
35 Jisọs jegharịrị nʼobodo niile na ogbe niile dị nʼebe ahụ, ma ndị ukwu na ndị nta, na-ezi ihe nʼụlọ ekpere ndị Juu, na-ekwusakwa oziọma nke alaeze ahụ. Ọ na-agwọkwa ọrịa na nrịa nrịa niile dị iche iche.
Jesus went round all the towns and the villages, teaching in their Synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
36 Mgbe ọ hụrụ igwe mmadụ niile na-abịakwute ya, ọmịiko ha mere ya, nʼihi na ha bụ ndị a na-esogbu. Ndị na-enweghị onye inyeaka. Ndị dị ka atụrụ na-enweghị onye na-azụ ha.
But, when he saw the crowds, his heart was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and harassed, ‘like sheep without a shepherd’;
37 Mgbe ahụ, ọ sịrị ndị na-eso ụzọ ya, “Owuwe ihe ubi hiri nne nʼezie. Ma ndị ọrụ dị ole na ole.
and he said to his disciples: “The harvest is abundant, but the labourers are few.
38 Ya mere, rịọọnụ Onyenwe owuwe ihe ubi ka o zite ndị ọrụ nʼowuwe ihe ubi ya.”
Therefore pray to the Owner of the harvest to send labourers to gather in his harvest.”
