Mattheum 14
1 In illo tempore audivit Herodes tetrarcha famam Iesu:
During that time Herod [Antipas], the ruler, heard reports about Jesus [performing miracles].
2 et ait pueris suis: Hic est Ioannes Baptista: ipse surrexit a mortuis, et ideo virtutes operantur in eo.
He said to his servants: “That must be John the Baptizer. He must have risen from the dead, and that is why he has power to perform miracles.”
3 Herodes enim tenuit Ioannem, et alligavit eum: et posuit in carcerem propter Herodiadem uxorem fratris sui.
The reason [Herod thought that was this: Herod had married] Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, [while Philip was still living. So] John had been saying to him, “[What] you [did by] marrying [your brother’s wife while your brother is still alive is against God’s] law!” Then, to [please] Herodias, Herod [told his soldiers] to arrest John. They bound him with chains and put him in prison.
4 Dicebat enim illi Ioannes: Non licet tibi habere eam.
5 Et volens illum occidere, timuit populum: quia sicut prophetam eum habebant.
Herod wanted to have John executed, but he was afraid that the people [who had accepted what John taught would riot if he did that], because they believed that John was a prophet.
6 Die autem natalis Herodis saltavit filia Herodiadis in medio, et placuit Herodi.
But when Herod [gave a party to celebrate] his birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced for [his guests]. This pleased Herod.
7 Unde cum iuramento pollicitus est ei dare quodcumque postulasset ab eo.
So he promised to give her whatever she asked, and he asked God to punish him if he did not do what he had promised.
8 At illa praemonita a matre sua, Da mihi, inquit, hic in disco caput Ioannis Baptistae.
[So Herodias’ daughter went and asked her mother what to ask for]. Her mother told her to ask for John the Baptizer’s head. [So] her daughter [went back and] said [to Herod]: “[Cut off] the head of John the Baptizer and [please] bring it here on a platter [so that my mother can know for sure that he is dead!]”
9 Et contristatus est rex: propter iusiurandum autem, et eos, qui pariter recumbebant, iussit dari.
The king was distressed because he now knew he should not have made that promise to her. [But] because he had made an oath [in front of] his guests [when he made that promise], and [he did not want] them [to think that he would not do what he had promised], he commanded that [the girl] be given [what she requested].
10 Misitque et decollavit Ioannem in carcere.
He sent [the executioner to go to] the prison and to cut off John’s head.
11 Et allatum est caput eius in disco, et datum est puellae, et attulit matri suae.
[The executioner did that, and] put John’s head on a platter and gave it to the girl. Then the girl took it to her mother.
12 Et accedentes discipuli eius, tulerunt corpus eius, et sepelierunt illud: et venientes nunciaverunt Iesu.
John’s disciples then went [to the prison], took John’s body and buried it, and they reported to Jesus [what had happened].
13 Quod cum audisset Iesus, secessit inde in naviculam, in locum desertum seorsum: et cum audissent turbae, secutae sunt eum pedestres de civitatibus.
After Jesus heard that, he took [just us disciples] with him and we went by boat [on Galilee Lake to an uninhabited place]. Matthew 14:13-21 After the crowds heard [that we had gone to an uninhabited place], they [left their towns and] followed Jesus, walking along the shore.
14 Et exiens vidit turbam multam, et misertus est eis, et curavit languidos eorum.
When Jesus came [to the shore], he saw a large crowd of people [who had gathered there, waiting for him]. He felt sorry for them, and he healed those [among them who were] sick.
15 Vespere autem facto, accesserunt ad eum discipuli eius, dicentes: Desertus est locus, et hora iam praeteriit: dimitte turbas, ut euntes in castella, emant sibi escas.
When it was [nearly] evening, we disciples came to him and said, “This is a place where nobody lives, and it is very late. Dismiss the crowds so that they can go into the [nearby] towns. [Have them do that so that they can] buy food for themselves.”
16 Iesus autem dixit eis: Non habent necesse ire: date illis vos manducare.
But Jesus said to us, “They do not need to leave [to get food. Instead], you [yourselves] give them something to eat!”
17 Responderunt ei: Non habemus hic nisi quinque panes, et duos pisces.
We said to him, “But we have only five loaves of bread and two [cooked] fish here!”
18 Qui ait eis: Afferte mihi illos huc.
He said [to us], “Bring them to me!”
19 Et cum iussisset turbam discumbere super foenum, acceptis quinque panibus, et duobus piscibus, aspiciens in caelum benedixit, et fregit, et dedit discipulis panes, discipuli autem dederunt turbis.
He told the people [who had gathered there] to sit on the grass. Then he took the five flat loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven, thanked [God for them], and broke [them into pieces]. Then he gave them to us disciples, and we distributed them to the crowd.
20 Et manducaverunt omnes, et saturati sunt. Et tulerunt reliquias, duodecim cophinos fragmentorum plenos.
All [the people in the crowd] ate until they had enough to eat. Then we [disciples] gathered the pieces that were left over, [and we] filled twelve baskets with them.
21 Manducantium autem fuit numerus, quinque millia virorum, exceptis mulieribus, et parvulis.
Those who ate were about 5,000 men. [We did] not [count the] women and children!
22 Et statim compulit Iesus discipulos ascendere in naviculam, et praecedere eum trans fretum, donec dimitteret turbas.
Right after that happened, Jesus told us disciples to get in the boat and to go ahead of him further around [the lake] while he dismissed the crowds.
23 Et dimissa turba, ascendit in montem solus orare. Vespere autem facto solus erat ibi.
After he dismissed them, he went up into the hills to pray by himself. When it was evening, he was [still] there alone.
24 navicula autem in medio mari iactabatur fluctibus: erat enim contrarius ventus.
[By this time] we were already many hundred meters from the shore. The boat was being severely tossed around by the waves {The waves were severely tossing the boat} because the wind was [blowing] against [it].
25 Quarta enim vigilia noctis, venit ad eos ambulans supra mare.
[Then Jesus came down from the hills to the lake]. Some time between three and six o’clock in the morning he walked on the water toward our [boat].
26 Et videntes eum supra mare ambulantem, turbati sunt, dicentes: Quia phantasma est. Et prae timore clamaverunt.
When we disciples saw someone walking on the water, we thought that [we must be seeing] a ghost. We were terrified, and we screamed out because we were afraid.
27 Statimque Iesus locutus est eis, dicens: Habete fiduciam: ego sum, nolite timere.
Immediately Jesus said to us, “Cheer up! It is I. Do not be afraid!”
28 Respondens autem Petrus dixit: Domine, si tu es, iube me ad te venire super aquas.
Peter said to him, “Lord, if it is you, tell me to walk on the water to you!”
29 At ipse ait: veni. Et descendens Petrus de navicula, ambulabat super aquam ut veniret ad Iesum.
Then Jesus said, “Come!” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus.
30 Videns vero ventum validum, timuit: et cum coepisset mergi, clamavit dicens: Domine, salvum me fac.
But when Peter looked at the [tossing waves which] the strong wind [caused], he became afraid. He began to sink, and cried out, “Lord, save me!”
31 Et continuo Iesus extendens manum, apprehendit eum: et ait illi: Modicae fidei, quare dubitasti?
Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and grabbed him. He said to Peter, “You only trust a little bit [in my power] (Why did you doubt [that I could keep you from sinking]?/You should not have doubted [that I could keep you from sinking]!) [RHQ]”
32 Et cum ascendisset in naviculam, cessavit ventus.
Then Jesus and Peter got in the boat, and the wind [immediately] stopped blowing.
33 Qui autem in navicula erant, venerunt, et adoraverunt eum, dicentes: Vere filius Dei es.
All [of us disciples] who were in the boat worshipped Jesus and said, “Truly you are the (Son of/man two is also) God!”
34 Et cum transfretassent, venerunt in terram Genesar.
When we had gone further around [the lake in the boat], we came ashore at Gennesaret [town].
35 Et cum cognovissent eum viri loci illius, miserunt in universam regionem illam, et obtulerunt ei omnes male habentes:
The men of that area recognized Jesus. So they sent [people to inform those who lived] in that whole surrounding region [MTY] [that Jesus was in their area]. [So the people] brought to Jesus all the sick people [who lived in that region].
36 et rogabant eum ut vel fimbriam vestimenti eius tangerent. Et quicumque tetigerunt, salvi facti sunt.
[The sick people] kept begging him to allow them to touch [him or] just to touch the edge of his robe [so that they would be healed]. And all who touched [him or his robe] were healed {he healed all who touched [him or his clothing]}.
