uMarko 9
1 Hangi ai uligitilye kitalao, “Kulu kuulu kuligitya kitalanyu, ang'wi anyu akoli antu neimikile papa shanga ikalulya i nsha ze akili kuihenga u utemi nuang'wa Itunda uze upembilye ku ngulu.”
He also said to [his disciples], “Listen carefully! Some of you who are here now will see God ruling powerfully in [many ways]. You will see it before you die!”
2 Hangi ze yakilaa mahiku mutandaatu, uYesu ai uahoile uPetro, Yakobo nu Yohana palung'wi nu ng'wenso mu lugulu, ing'wene duu. Uugwa akandya kukailika ntongeela ao.
A week later Jesus took Peter, James and [James’ younger brother] John and led them up a high mountain. [While they were] alone up there, he appeared very different to them.
3 Ang'wenda akwe akandya kelya nangaluu, melu ikilo, melu kukila melyi wihi mihi.
His clothes became dazzling white. They were whiter than anyone on earth could make them by bleaching them.
4 Uugwa uEliya palung'wi nu Musa ai upumie ntongeela ao, hangi ai atulaa akuligitya nu Yesu.
[Two prophets who had lived long ago], Moses and Elijah, appeared to them. Then the two of them began talking with Jesus.
5 uPetro ai usukiiye akamutambuila uYesu, “Ng'walimu, Ingi iziza usese kutula papa, ni kuzenge itala itaatu, king'wi ku nsoko ako, king'wi ku nsoko ang'wa Musa ni kiuya ku nsoko ang'wa Eliya.”
[After a short time], Peter [interrupted by] exclaiming, “Teacher, it is wonderful to be here! So allow us to make three shelters. One [will be] for you, one [will be] for Moses, and one [will be] for Elijah!”
6 (Ku nsoko shanga ai ulingile ntuni nika kuligitya, ai itumbile nangaluu.)
[He said this] because [he wanted to say something, but] he did not know what to say, because he and the other [two disciples] were very awestruck.
7 Ilunde ai lipumie nu kuakunikila, Uugwa luli lukapuma mu malunde lukuligitya, “Uyu ingi ng'wana nuane mulowa. Mutegeelyi ng'wenso.”
Then a [shining] cloud appeared that covered them. [God] [EUP] spoke to them from the cloud saying, “This is my Son. I love him. [Therefore], listen to him!”
8 Kupumpugiilya, nai atula akugoza, shanga ai amihengile wihi palung'wi ni enso, kwaala uYesu duu.
When [the three disciples] looked around, they saw that suddenly Jesus was alone with them, and that there was no longer anyone [else] there.
9 Nai atula akusima kupuma mulugulu, ai ua lagiiye kuleka kumutambuila muntu wihi ayo ihi nai ihengile, Kupikiila uNg'wana wang'wa Adamu nui kiukigwa kupuma mu ashi.
While they were coming down the mountain, Jesus told them that they should not tell anyone [yet] what had just happened to him. He said, “You may tell them after I, the one who came from heaven, (rise from the dead/become alive again) after I die.”
10 Uugwa ai amaikile i makani ao akola. Kuiti a itambuuye enso ku enso ingi ntuni i ndogoelyo akwe “kiukigwa kupuma ku ashi.”
So they did not tell others about it [for a long time]. But they discussed among themselves what it meant when he said that he would (rise from the dead/become alive again) after he died.
11 Ai amukoiye uYesu, “Ku niki i amanyi iligitya kusinja uEliya waze hanza?”
[The three disciples had just seen Elijah, but Elijah had not done anything to prepare people to accept Jesus. So] they asked Jesus, “The men who teach the [Jewish] laws say that Elijah must come back to the earth before [the Messiah comes to earth. But you have been here a long time and Elijah came just today. So is what they are teaching wrong?]”
12 Aka atambuila, “kulu kuulu uEliya ukupembya hanza kuguna i intu yihi. Ku niki ikilisigwe uNg'wana wang'wa Adamu kusinja walije ulwago lidu hangi amubipilwe?
[Jesus wanted them to know that John the Baptizer was the one who represented Elijah. So] he answered them, “It is true that [God promised to send Elijah to come] first [so that people would be ready when I came]. Elijah’s representative has already come, and our leaders treated him very badly, just like they wanted to do, just like it was prophesied {[the prophets] prophesied} long ago. But, (I also want you to consider what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} in the Scriptures about me, the one who came from heaven./why have you not thought about what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} about me, the one who came from heaven?) [RHQ] It is written {They wrote} that I would suffer much and that I would be rejected {that [many people] would reject me}.”
13 Kuiti kuligitya kitalanyu uEliya ai wakondya kuza, hangi ai amutendile anga nai aloilwe, anga iti u ukilisigwa nuiligitya kutula nuanso.”
14 Hangi nai agomokile ku amanyisigwa, ai ihengile idale ikulu liapilimikiiye ni Asadukayo ai atulaa akikunguma ni enso.
[Jesus and those three disciples] returned to where the [other] disciples were. They saw a large crowd around the other disciples and [some] men who taught the [Jewish] laws arguing with them.
15 Hangi itungo nai ihengile, idale lihi ai likuiwe nu kumumankiila kumulausha.
As soon as the crowd saw Jesus, they were very surprised [to see him come]. So they ran to him and greeted him.
16 Ai uakoiye i amanyisigwa akwe, “Mukikunguma ni enso migulya antuni?”
He asked them, “What are you arguing about?”
17 Ung'wi nu ao mi idale ai umuusukiiye, “Ng'walimu, aza numuletile ng'wana nuane kitalako; ukete hing'wi naiza wimutendaa waleke kuhuma kuligitya,
A man in the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son [here in order that] you [would heal him]. There is an evil spirit in him [that makes him] unable to talk.
18 hangi wimusasha kukagata nu kumugwisa pihi, nu kupuma ipomboluu mu mulomo nu kukilisa i mino nu kugagambalaa. Aza nialompile i amanyisigwa ako kumupumya u hing'wi, kuiti shanga ahuma.
Whenever the spirit attacks him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, he grinds his teeth together, and he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to expel the spirit, but they were not able to do it.”
19 Ai uasukiiye, “Ulelwa nishanga kihuiie, kikie nu nyenye ku itungo kii? Kihoeela nu nyenye kupikiila nali? Muleti kitalane.”
Jesus replied by saying to those people, “(I am very disappointed that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]!/Why is it that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]?) [RHQ] (I have been with you a long time, [and you still cannot do what I do]!/How long do I have to be with you [before you can do what I do]?) [RHQ] Bring the boy to me!”
20 Ai amuletile u ng'wana nuakwe. U hing'wi nai umihengil uYesu, kupumpugiilya ai umuikile mu ukagati. uMuhumba ai ugwie pihi nu kupumya ipomboolu mu mulomo.
So they brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as the evil spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy severely, and [the boy] fell on the ground. He rolled around, and he foamed at the mouth.
21 uYesu ai umukoiye u tata nuakwe, “Watulaa ni hali iyi ku itungo kii?” uTata akaligitya, “Puma ung'yinya.
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” He replied, “[This started to happen] when he was a child.
22 Itungo lulya wigwizaa mu moto ang'wi mu azi, nu kugema kumulimilya. Anga ize uhumile kituma kihi kuaisiilye nu ku uailya.”
[The spirit does not only do this], but he also often throws him into the fire or into the water in order to kill him. But, pity us and help us, if you can!”
23 uYesu ai umutambuie, “Angaa ize ukoli ukondaniie? Kila i kintu kihumikile ku wihi nu uhuiie.”
Jesus exclaimed to him, “[Do not say] [RHQ] ‘If you can’, for [God/I] can do anything for people who believe [in him/me]!”
24 Kupumpugiilya u tata nua ng'wana akalila nu kuligitya, “Nihuiie nzaiilye kuhita kuhuiila ku ng'waane”
Immediately the child’s father shouted, “I believe [that you can help me, but I do not believe strongly]. Help me to believe more strongly!”
25 Matungo uYesu nai wihenga idale likumankiila kitalao, ai umukenee u hing'wi nu kuligitya, “U ewe hing'wi kimumi hangi gulu, ku ulagiilya muleke, leka kingila kitalakwe hangi.
Because [Jesus wanted to heal the boy before] the crowd got bigger, he rebuked the evil spirit, saying, “You evil spirit, you who are [causing this boy to be] deaf and unable to talk! I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!”
26 Akalila ku ngulu nu kumaja u ng'wana nu hing'wi ai umupumile. Ung'wana ai wigee anga ukule, Uugwa idu ai aligitilye, “Wakuza.”
The evil spirit shouted, it shook the boy violently, and then it left the boy. The boy did not move. He seemed like a dead body. So many of the people there said, “He is dead!”
27 Kuiti uYesu ai umuhoile ku mukono akamunyansula, hangi u ng'wana ai wimikile.
However, Jesus took him by the hand and helped him get up. Then the boy stood up. [He was healed]!
28 Matungo uYesu nai wakingila mukati, amanyisigwa akwe akamukolya ku kimpinyimpinyi, “Ku niki shanga aza kuhumile ku mupumya?”
Later, when Jesus and his disciples were alone in a house, one of them asked him, “Why were we not able to expel [the evil spirit]?”
29 Ai uatambuie, “ku kinya iti shanga ukupuma kwaala ku malompi.”
He said to them, “You can expel this kind [of evil spirit] only by your praying [that God will give you the power to do it]. There is no other way that you can expel them.”
30 Akahega pang'wanso nu kukiila ku Galilaya. Shanga ai uloilwe muntu wihi walinge ku amoli,
After [Jesus and his disciples] left that [district], they traveled through Galilee [district]. Jesus did not want anyone [else] to know [that he was in their area]; he did not want
31 ku nsoko ai watulaa ukuamanyisa amanyisigwa akwe. Ai uatambuie, uNg'wana wang'wa Adamu ukupikigwa mu mikono a antu, hangi akumubulaga. Nuikatulaa wakuza, ze yakilaa mahiku a taatu ukiuka hangi.”
[anyone to interrupt him] as he taught his disciples. He was telling them, “[Some day my enemies] [SYN] will seize [MTY] me, the one who came from heaven, and I will be handed over [to other] men. Those men will kill me. But on the third day after I am killed {after they kill me}, I will become alive again!”
32 Kuiti shanga ikalinga uganuli uwu, hangi ai itumbile kumukolya.
But they did not understand what he was telling them. Also, they were afraid to ask him about what he had said.
33 Uugwa ai apikile ku Karperinaumu. Matungo nai ukoli mukati i ito ai uakoiye, “Aza mukisija ntuni mu nzila?”
Jesus and his disciples returned to Capernaum [town]. When they were in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing [while we were traveling] on the road?”
34 Kuiti akatula ihitwi. Kuiti ai atulaa akikunguma mu nzila kina nyenyu nai watulaa mukulu kukila.
But they did not reply. [They were ashamed to reply] because, [while they were traveling], they had been arguing with each other about which one of them [would be] the most important [when Jesus became king].
35 Ai wikie pihi akaitanga ikumi na abiili palung'wi, hangi ai uligitilye ni enso, “Anga ize wihi uloilwe kutula wang'wandyo, ingi kusinja watule wang'wisho hangi munyamulimo nua ihi.”
He sat down, he summoned the twelve disciples [to come close to him], and then he said to them, “If anyone wants [God to consider him] to be the most important person of all, he must [consider himself] to be the least important person of all, and he must serve everyone [else].”
36 Akamuhola mung'yinya muniino akamuika pakati ao. Akamuhola mu mikono akwe, akaligitya.
Then he took a child and placed him among them. He took the child in his arms and then he said to them,
37 “Wihi nuimusingiilya u mung'yinya anga uyu ku lina nilane, unsingiiye ga nu nene, hangi anga itule muntu shanga unsingiiye unene du, kuiti ga nuyu nai undagiiye.”
“Those who, [because they love] me, welcome a child like this one, [God considers that] they are welcoming me. So [it is as though] they are also welcoming [God], who sent me.”
38 uYohana ai umutambuie, “Ng'walimu aza kumihengile muntu ukupumya hing'wi ku lina nilako hangi kamugilya, ku nsoko shanga ukutyatile.
John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone who was expelling demons, ([claiming he had] authority from you [to do that/while telling people] that you [have told him to do it]). So we told him to stop doing it because he was not one of us [disciples].”
39 Kuiti uYesu akaligitya, “Leki kumugilyi, ku nsoko kutili nuikituma u mulimo nu ukulu ku lina nilane hangi uugwa panyambele waligitye lukani nu lubi lihi migulya ane
Jesus said, “Do not tell him [not to do that]! For no one will speak evilly about me just after he performs a miracle while saying that I [have told him to do it].
40 Wihi nui kutilye nsuta nu sese ukoli nkika itu.
Furthermore, those who are not opposing us are trying to [achieve the same goals that] we are.
41 Wihi nuika kinkiilya i kikombe nika mazi a kung'wa ku nsoko ukoli nu Kristo, tai kumuila, shanga ukulimilya i kinyamulimo kikakwe.
Also think about this: Those [who belong to me who help you in any way, even] if they [just] give you a cup of water to drink because you follow [me], the Messiah, will certainly be rewarded [by God]!”
42 Wihi nuika asasha awa ni aniino nianihuiie unene, aza izeetula iziza kitalakwe kutungiiligwa ulwala mu nkingo nu kugumilwa mu luzi.
[Jesus also said], “But if you cause someone who believes in me to sin, [God will severely punish you], even if that person is [socially unimportant like] this little child. If someone tied a heavy stone around your neck and you were thrown {and threw you} into the sea, [you would consider that was a severe punishment. But God will punish you more severely] than that [if you cause a person who believes in me to sin].
43 Anga u mukono nuako ukusashe uteme. Ingi ibahu kingila mu upanga bila mukono kukila kingila mu ulamulwa uze ukete mikono ihi. Mu moto ni “shanga wimimaa. (Geenna g1067)
[So], if you are [wanting to use one of] [MTY, PRS] [your hands to sin, stop using your hand! Even if you have to] cut your hand off and throw it away [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and that you live eternally, [even though you lack one of] your hands [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell. There the fires never go out! (Geenna g1067)
44 '(Komaniilya; U lukiili ulu, Nkika naiza i ngunyi shanga ikuza nu moto shanga wilimaa.” umutili mu mbugulu nia kali).
45 Anga u mugulu ukusashe, udumule. Ingi iziza kigila mu upanga wize wimulema, kukila kugung'wa mu ulamulwa ni migulu ibiili. (Geenna g1067)
If you are [wanting to use] one of [PRS] your feet to sin, [stop using your foot! Even if you have to] cut off your foot [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, [even though] you lack one of your feet [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and go to hell. (Geenna g1067)
46 (Komaniilya; Ulukiili ulu, “Kianza naiza i ngunyi shanga ikuzaa nu moto nishanga wilimaa” Umutili mu mbugulu nia kali).
47 Anga ize i liho likusashe lipe. Ingi iziza kitalako kingila mu Utemi nuang'wa Itunda uze ukete liho ling'wi, kukila kutula ni miho abiili hangi ugung'we ku ulungu. (Geenna g1067)
If because of what you see [MTY, PRS] you are tempted to sin, [stop looking at those things]! Even if you have to gouge out your eye and throw it away [HYP] [to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, even though you lack one of] your eyes [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and, as a result, God puts your whole body in hell. (Geenna g1067)
48 Kianza niimoli i ngunyi ni shanga ikuza, nu moto ni shanga wilimaa.
In that place people suffer forever and the fires are never put out {never go out}.”
49 Ku nsoko kila ung'wi uku aswa nu moto.
“[You must endure difficulties in order that God will be pleased with you. Your difficulties are like] a fire [that makes things pure] [MET]. [Your enduring is also like] [MET] salt being put [on] {people putting salt on their} [sacrifices to make them pure].
50 uMunyu ingi uziza, anga u munyu ulimilye i kinagunagu kakwe, uku utenda uli utule niki nagunagu kakwe hangi? Mutule nu munyu mukati anyu akola, hangi mutule nu ulyuuku ku kila ung'wi.”
Salt is useful [to put on food], but you cannot [RHQ] make salt to taste salty again if it becomes flavorless [MET]. Similarly, you must remain useful to God, [because no one can make you useful to God again if you become useless]. You must also live peacefully with each other.”
