Mattheum 8
1 Cum autem descendisset de monte, secutae sunt eum turbae multae:
When Jesus went down from the hillside, large crowds followed him.
2 et ecce leprosus veniens, adorabat eum, dicens: Domine, si vis, potes me mundare.
[After he left the crowds], a man who had [the skin disease called] leprosy unexpectedly came and knelt before him. He said [to Jesus], “Lord/Sir, [please heal me, because I know] you are able to heal me if you are willing to.”
3 Et extendens Iesus manum, tetigit eum, dicens: Volo. Mundare. Et confestim mundata est lepra eius.
Then Jesus, [disregarding the religious law that forbade people to come close to lepers], stretched out his hand and touched the man. He said [to him], “I am willing to [heal you], and I heal you [now]!” Immediately the man was healed from his leprosy {he was no longer a leper}.
4 Et ait illi Iesus: Vide, nemini dixeris: sed vade, ostende te sacerdoti, et offer munus, quod praecepit Moyses, in testimonium illis.
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and show yourself to a [nearby] priest [so that he can examine you and verify that you no longer have leprosy]. [Then], after he tells [the local people], they will know [that you no longer have leprosy], [and you will be able to associate with them again]. Make sure that [now] you do not report [about my healing you] to anyone [other than the priest]. Then go [to the Temple in Jerusalem and give the priest] the offering that Moses commanded [that people who have been healed from leprosy should offer] as a sacrifice to God.”
5 Cum autem introisset Capharnaum, accessit ad eum Centurio, rogans eum,
When Jesus went to Capernaum [city], a [Roman] officer who commanded 100 soldiers came to him. He begged Jesus [to help him].
6 et dicens: Domine, puer meus iacet in domo paralyticus, et male torquetur.
He said [to him], “Sir, my servant is lying [in bed] at home and is paralyzed, and he has severe pain.”
7 Et ait illi Iesus: Ego veniam, et curabo eum.
Jesus said [to him], “I will go [to your house] and heal him.”
8 Et respondens Centurio, ait: Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanabitur puer meus.
But the officer said [to him], “Lord/Sir, [do not bother to go. I am a non-Jew], so I am not worthy for you, [a Jew], to come into my house [MTY] [and associate with me]. Instead, [just] command [that] my servant [be healed], and he will be healed.
9 Nam et ego homo sum sub potestate constitutus, habens sub me milites, et dico huic: Vade, et vadit: et alio: Veni, et venit: et servo meo: Fac hoc, et facit.
I [believe this] because, as for me, I am a man under the authority of others, and I also have soldiers under my authority. When I say to one of them ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. [And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority].”
10 Audiens autem Iesus miratus est, et sequentibus se dixit: Amen dico vobis, non inveni tantam fidem in Israel.
When Jesus heard this, he marveled. He said to the crowd that was walking with him, “Listen to this: I have never before found anyone who has as firm a faith [in me as this non-Jewish man has]. Not even in Israel, [where I would expect people to believe in me], have I found anyone who has the kind of faith in me that he has!
11 Dico autem vobis, quod multi ab Oriente, et Occidente venient, et recumbent cum Abraham, et Isaac, et Iacob in regno caelorum:
I tell you truly that many [other non-Jewish people] who [will believe in me like this Roman officer] will come from [distant countries, including] those [far] to the east and far to the west [SYN], and they will sit down to eat with [MTY] Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in heaven, where God rules.
12 filii autem regni eiicientur in tenebras exteriores: ubi erit fletus, et stridor dentium.
But [the Jews] [IDM] [who should have allowed] God to rule over them will be sent to [hell, where there is] total darkness. And as a result, they will weep [because of their suffering] and will grind their teeth [because they will have severe pain] [MTY].” (questioned)
13 Et dixit Iesus Centurioni: Vade, et sicut credidisti, fiat tibi. Et sanatus est puer in illa hora.
Then Jesus said to the officer, “Go [home]. What you believed [would happen], [that I would heal your servant from a distance], will happen.” [Then the officer went home and found out that] his servant became well at the exact time [that Jesus told him that he would heal him].
14 Et cum venisset Iesus in domum Petri, vidit socrum eius iacentem, et febricitantem:
When Jesus [and some of his disciples] went to the home of Peter, Jesus saw Peter’s mother-in-law. She was lying on a bed because she had a fever.
15 et tetigit manum eius, et dimisit eam febris, et surrexit, et ministrabat eis.
He touched her hand, and as a result, [immediately] she no longer had a fever [PRS]. Then she got up and served them [some food].
16 Vespere autem facto, obtulerunt ei multos daemonia habentes: et eiiciebat spiritus verbo: et omnes male habentes curavit:
That evening [when] ([the Sabbath/the Jewish rest day]) [ended and restrictions about traveling ended], many people who were controlled by demons {whom demons controlled} [and people who were sick] [MTY] [were] brought to Jesus. He caused the demons to leave just by speaking to them, and he healed all the people who were sick.
17 ut adimpleretur quod dictum est per Isaiam prophetam, dicentem: Ipse infirmitates nostras accepit: et aegrotationes nostras portavit.
By doing this he fulfilled the words that had been said by the prophet Isaiah {that the prophet Isaiah had said} [about the Messiah]: “He healed people who had sicknesses and he cured them of their diseases.” [DOU]
18 Videns autem Iesus turbas multas circum se, iussit discipulos ire trans fretum.
Jesus saw the crowd around him, but [he needed to rest]. So he told [his disciples to take him by boat] to the other side [of the lake].
19 Et accedens unus scriba, ait illi: Magister, sequar te, quocumque ieris.
[As they were walking toward the boat], a man who taught the [Jewish] laws came to him and said, “Teacher, I will go with you wherever you go.”
20 Et dicit ei Iesus: Vulpes foveas habent, et volucres caeli nidos: filius autem hominis non habet ubi caput suum reclinet.
[In order that the man might know what he could expect if he went with him], Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes [in the ground in which to live], and birds have nests, but [even though I] am the one who came from heaven, I do not have a home where I can sleep [MTY].”
21 Alius autem de discipulis eius ait illi: Domine, permitte me primum ire, et sepelire patrem meum.
Another man who was one of Jesus’ disciples said to him, “Sir/Lord, permit me first to go [home. After] my father [dies I will] bury him, [and then I will come with you].”
22 Iesus autem ait illi: Sequere me, et dimitte mortuos sepelire mortuos suos.
But Jesus said to him, “Come with me [now]. [God considers that people who do not have eternal life are] dead [MET]. Let those people [do the work of] burying people who die.”
23 Et ascendente eo in naviculam, secuti sunt eum discipuli eius:
Then Jesus got into the boat. The disciples also got [in, and] they [started sailing close to the shoreline around Lake Galilee].
24 et ecce motus magnus factus est in mari ita ut navicula operiretur fluctibus, ipse vero dormiebat.
Suddenly strong winds blew on the lake, and very high waves were splashing into the boat and filling it. But Jesus was sleeping.
25 Et accesserunt ad eum Discipuli eius, et suscitaverunt eum, dicentes: Domine, salva nos, perimus.
They went and woke him up, and said [to him], “Sir/Lord, rescue [us!] We are about to drown!”
26 Et dicit eis Iesus: Quid timidi estis, modicae fidei? Tunc surgens, imperavit ventis, et mari, et facta est tranquillitas magna.
He said [to them], “(You should not be terrified!/Why are you terrified?) [RHQ] I [am disappointed that in spite of all you have seen me do], (you do not believe very much [that I can rescue you./] you not believe [that I can rescue you]?) [RHQ]” Then he got up and rebuked the wind and told the waves to calm down. And [the wind stopped blowing and the lake] became calm.
27 Porro homines mirati sunt, dicentes: Qualis est hic, quia venti et mare obediunt ei?
[As a result], they were amazed, and they said [to one another], “This man is certainly an [extraordinary] person [RHQ]! [All things are under his control!] Even the winds and the waves obey him [PRS]!”
28 Et cum venisset Iesus trans fretum in regionem Gerasenorum, occurrerunt ei duo habentes daemonia, de monumentis exeuntes, saevi nimis, ita ut nemo posset transire per viam illam.
When they came to the [east] side [of the lake], they arrived in the region where the Gadarenes [lived]. [Jesus got out of the boat and began walking on the road. Then] two men who were controlled by demons {whom demons controlled} came out of the burial caves [where they were living]. Because they were extremely violent [and attacked people], no one dared to travel on the road [near where they were living].
29 Et ecce clamaverunt, dicentes: Quid nobis, et tibi, Iesu fili Dei? Venisti huc ante tempus torquere nos?
Suddenly they shouted [to Jesus], “You are the Son of God! [Because] you have nothing in common with us [IDM, RHQ], [leave us alone] Have you come here [RHQ] to torture us before the time [MTY] [God has appointed to punish us]?”
30 Erat autem non longe ab illis grex multorum porcorum pascens.
There was a large herd of pigs not far away, digging for food with their noses.
31 Daemones autem rogabant eum, dicentes: Si eiicis nos hinc, mitte nos in gregem porcorum.
So the demons begged Jesus, saying, “You are going to cast us out of the men, so send us into the herd of pigs!”
32 Et ait illis: Ite. At illi exeuntes abierunt in porcos, et ecce magno impetu abiit totus grex per praeceps in mare: et mortui sunt in aquis.
Jesus said [to them], “[If that is what you want], go!” So the demons left [the men] and entered the pigs. Suddenly the whole herd [of pigs] rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.
33 Pastores autem fugerunt: et venientes in civitatem, nunciaverunt haec omnia, et de eis, qui daemonia habuerant.
The men who were tending the pigs [became afraid and] ran into the town and reported everything [that had happened], including what had happened to the two men who had been controlled by demons {whom demons had controlled}.
34 Et ecce tota civitas exiit obviam Iesu: et viso eo rogabant eum, ut transiret a finibus eorum.
Then [it seemed as if] all [the people] [HYP] [who lived in] that town [MTY] went to meet Jesus. When they saw him [and the two men who had been controlled by the demons], they begged Jesus to leave their region [because they thought that he would destroy more things than just the pigs] (OR, [because they realized he must be very powerful]).
