Marco 5
1 E GIUNSERO all'altra riva del mare nella contrada de' Gadareni.
Jesus and his disciples arrived on the [east] side of Lake [Galilee. They landed near] where the Gerasene [people lived].
2 E, come Gesù fu uscito della navicella, subito gli venne incontro da' monumenti, un uomo posseduto da uno spirito immondo.
There was a man in that region whom evil spirits controlled.
3 Il quale avea la sua dimora fra i monumenti, e niuno potea tenerlo attaccato, non pur con catene.
[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 Perciocchè spesso era stato attaccato con ceppi, e con catene; e le catene eran da lui state rotte, e i ceppi spezzati, e niuno potea domarlo.
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 E del continuo, notte e giorno, fra i monumenti, e su per li monti, andava gridando, e picchiandosi con pietre.
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 Ora, quando egli ebbe veduto Gesù da lungi, corse e l'adorò.
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 E dato un gran grido, disse: Che [vi è] fra me e te, Gesù, Figliuol dell'Iddio altissimo? Io ti scongiuro nel nome di Dio, che tu non mi tormenti.
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 Perciocchè egli gli diceva: Spirito immondo, esci di quest'uomo.
9 E [Gesù] gli domandò: Quale è il tuo nome? Ed esso rispose, dicendo: Io ho nome Legione, perciocchè siam molti.
[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 Ed esso lo pregava molto che non li mandasse fuori di quella contrada.
Then the evil spirits fervently kept begging Jesus that he not send them out of the region.
11 Or quivi presso al monte era una gran greggia di porci che pasceva.
[At the same time], a large herd of pigs was (grazing/rooting for food) nearby on the hillside.
12 E tutti que' demoni lo pregavano, dicendo: Mandaci in que' porci, acciocchè entriamo in essi.
So the evil spirits pleaded with Jesus, “Allow us to go to the pigs in order that we might enter them!”
13 E Gesù prontamente lo permise loro; laonde quegli spiriti immondi, usciti, entraron ne' porci; e quella greggia si gettò per lo precipizio nel mare (or erano intorno a duemila), ed affogaron nel mare.
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 E coloro che pasturavano i porci fuggirono, e rapportaron [la cosa] nella città, e per li campi; e [la gente] uscì fuori, per vedere ciò che era avvenuto.
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 E venne a Gesù, e vide l'indemoniato che sedeva, ed era vestito; e colui che avea avuta la legione essere in buon senno; e temette.
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 E coloro che avean veduta [la cosa] raccontaron loro come era avvenuto all'indemoniato, e il fatto de' porci.
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 Ed essi presero a pregarlo che se ne andasse da' lor confini.
Then the people pleaded with Jesus to leave their region.
18 E come egli fu entrato nella navicella, colui ch'era stato indemoniato lo pregava di poter stare con lui.
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 Gesù non gliel permise: anzi gli disse: Va' a casa tua a' tuoi, e racconta loro quanto gran cose il Signore ti ha fatte, e [come] egli ha avuta pietà di te.
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 Ed egli andò, e prese a predicare in Decapoli quanto gran cose Gesù gli avea fatte. E tutti si maravigliavano.
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 ED essendo Gesù di nuovo passato all'altra riva, in su la navicella, una gran moltitudine si raunò appresso di lui; ed egli se ne stava appresso del mare.
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 Ed ecco, un de' capi della sinagoga, [chiamato] per nome Iairo, venne; e vedutolo, gli si gittò a' piedi.
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 E lo pregava molto instantemente, dicendo: La mia figliolina è all'estremo; deh! vieni, e metti le mani sopra lei acciocchè sia salvata, ed ella viverà.
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 Ed egli se ne andò con lui, e gran moltitudine lo seguitava, e l'affollava.
So Jesus [and the disciples] went with him. A large crowd followed [Jesus] and [many] pushed close to him.
25 Or una donna, che avea un flusso di sangue già da dodici anni,
There was a woman [in the crowd] who had vaginal bleeding [EUP] [every day] for twelve years.
26 ed avea sofferte molte cose da molti medici, ed avea speso tutto il suo, senza alcun giovamento, anzi più tosto era peggiorata;
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 avendo udito [parlar] di Gesù, venne di dietro, nella turba, e toccò il suo vestimento.
After she heard that Jesus [healed people], she came [to where he was and pushed] in the crowd [close] behind Jesus.
28 (Perciocchè diceva: Se sol tocco i suoi vestimenti, sarò salva.)
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 E in quello stante il flusso del suo sangue si stagnò; ed ella si avvide nel [suo] corpo ch'ella era guarita di quel flagello.
At once her bleeding stopped. At the same time, she sensed that she had been cured of {that [he] had cured} her illness.
30 E subito Gesù, conoscendo in se stesso la virtù ch'era proceduta da lui, rivoltosi nella turba, disse: Chi mi ha toccati i vestimenti?
Jesus [also] immediately sensed that his power had healed someone. So he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 Ed i suoi discepoli gli dissero: Tu vedi la turba che ti affolla, e dici: Chi mi ha toccato?
[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 egli guardava pure attorno, per veder colei che avea ciò fatto.
But Jesus kept looking around in order to see the one who had done it.
33 E la donna, paurosa, e tremante, sapendo ciò ch'era stato fatto in lei, venne, e gli si gittò [a' piedi], e gli disse tutta la verità.
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 Ma egli le disse: Figliuola, la tua fede ti ha salvata; vattene in pace, e sii guarita del tuo flagello.
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 Mentre egli parlava ancora, vennero [alcuni] di casa del capo della sinagoga, dicendo: La tua figliuola è morta; perchè dài più molestia al Maestro?
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 subito Gesù, udito ciò che si diceva, disse al capo della sinagoga: Non temere, credi solamente.
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 E non permise che alcuno lo seguitasse, se non Pietro, e Giacomo, e Giovanni, fratel di Giacomo.
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 E venne in casa del capo della sinagoga, e vide quivi un grande strepito, gente che piangevano, e facevano un grande urlare.
39 Ed entrato dentro, disse loro: Perchè fate [tanto] romore, e [tanti] pianti? la fanciulla non è morta, ma dorme.
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 Ed essi si ridevan di lui. Ma egli, messi fuori tutti, prese seco il padre e la madre della fanciulla, e coloro [ch'erano] con lui, ed entrò là dove la fanciulla giaceva.
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 E presa la fanciulla per la mano, le disse: Talita cumi; il che, interpretato, vuol dire: Fanciulla (io tel dico), levati.
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 E subito la fanciullina si levò, e camminava; perciocchè era [d'età] di dodici anni. Ed essi sbigottirono di grande sbigottimento.
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 Ed egli comandò loro molto strettamente, che niuno lo sapesse; e ordinò che si desse da mangiare alla fanciulla.
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}.
