UMakho 5
1 Basebefika ngaphetsheya kolwandle, elizweni lamaGadarene.
Then they came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gadarenes.
2 Esephumile emkhunjini, wahle wamhlangabeza umuntu ovela emangcwabeni elomoya ongcolileyo,
As Jesus got out of the boat, he was immediately met by a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit.
3 owayehlala emangcwabeni; njalo kwakungelamuntu owayengambopha ngitsho langamaketane,
This man lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him, not even with chains.
4 ngoba wayebotshiwe kanengi ngezibopho langamaketane, kodwa amaketane ayeqanyulwa nguye, lezibopho zaqanyuqanyulwa; njalo kwakungekho owayengamthambisa;
For he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he tore the chains apart and broke the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.
5 langezikhathi zonke, ebusuku lemini, wayesezintabeni lemangcwabeni eklabalala ezisika ngamatshe.
Night and day, on the mountains and among the tombs, he would continually cry out and cut himself with stones.
6 Kwathi ebona uJesu ekhatshana, wagijima wamkhonza,
When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.
7 wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu esithi: Ngilani lawe, Jesu, Ndodana kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke? Ngikufungisa ngoNkulunkulu, ungangihluphi.
Then he cried out with a loud voice and said, “What do yoʋ have to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure yoʋ by God, do not torment me.”
8 Ngoba wathi kuye: Phuma emuntwini, moya ongcolileyo.
For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of the man, yoʋ unclean spirit!”
9 Wasembuza wathi: Ibizo lakho ungubani? Wasephendula, wathi: Ibizo lami nginguLegiyoni, ngoba sibanengi.
Then Jesus asked him, “What is yoʋr name?” He answered, “My name is Legion, for we are many.”
10 Wasemncenga kakhulu, ukuthi angabaxotsheli ngaphandle kwelizwe.
And he earnestly begged Jesus not to send them out of that region.
11 Kwakukhona lapho ngasezintabeni umhlambi omkhulu wengulube usidla;
Now there was a large herd of pigs feeding there near the mountain.
12 lamadimoni wonke amncenga, athi: Sithume engulubeni, singene kuzo.
All the demons begged Jesus, “Send us into the pigs, so that we may go into them.”
13 Njalo uJesu wahle wawavumela. Omoya abangcolileyo basebephuma bangena ezingulubeni; umhlambi wasuphaphatheka eliweni usiya olwandle; njalo zazingaba zinkulungwane ezimbili; zaminzwa olwandle.
So he immediately gave them permission, and the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the sea, and were drowned in the sea.
14 Abazelusayo ingulube basebebaleka, bayabika emzini lemaphandleni. Basebephuma ukubona ukuthi kuyini okwenzakeleyo;
Those who had been feeding the pigs then ran off and reported it in the city and in the countryside. So the people went out to see what had happened.
15 bafika kuJesu, bambona obengenwe ngamadimoni ehlezi egqokile eqondile, yena owayelelegiyoni; basebesesaba.
They came to Jesus and saw the man who had been possessed by demons sitting there, clothed and in his right mind—the man who had been possessed by the “Legion”—and they were afraid.
16 Labo ababekubonile babatshela ukuthi kwenzeke njani kowayengenwe ngamadimoni, langengulube.
Those who had seen it told them what had happened to the man who had been possessed by demons, and they also told them about the pigs.
17 Basebeqala ukumncenga ukuthi asuke elizweni lakibo.
Then the people began begging Jesus to depart from their region.
18 Wathi engena emkhunjini, owayengenwe ngamadimoni wamncenga, ukuthi abe laye.
When Jesus got into the boat, the man who had been possessed by demons begged to go with him.
19 Kodwa uJesu kamvumelanga, kodwa wathi kuye: Hamba uye ekhaya kwabakini, ubatshele ukuthi iNkosi ikwenzele okungakanani, ikuhawukele.
But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, “Go to yoʋr house and to yoʋr people, and report to them all that the Lord has done for yoʋ and how he has had mercy on yoʋ.”
20 Wasesuka ehamba waqala ukutshumayela eDikapolisi ukuthi uJesu umenzele okungakanani; basebemangala bonke.
So the man went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him, and all the people were amazed.
21 UJesu esebuye wachaphela ngaphetsheya ngomkhumbi, kwabuthana kuye ixuku elikhulu, futhi wayengaselwandle.
When Jesus had again crossed over in the boat to the other side of the sea, a large crowd was gathered around him, and he was by the sea.
22 Njalo khangela, kwafika omunye wabaphathi besinagoge, uJayirosi ngebizo; embona, wawa phansi enyaweni zakhe,
And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, whose name was Jairus. When he saw Jesus, he fell down at his feet
23 wamncenga kakhulu, esithi: Indodakazi yami encane isiphela; ake uze ubeke izandla phezu kwayo, ukuze isindiswe, njalo izaphila.
and begged him earnestly, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Please come and lay yoʋr hands on her so that she may be healed. Then she will live.”
24 Wasehamba laye; ixuku elikhulu laselimlandela, lamminyezela.
So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him.
25 Njalo owesifazana othile owayelomopho wegazi okweminyaka elitshumi lambili,
Now there was a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years.
26 ehluphekile kakhulu kubelaphi abanengi, echithile konke ayelakho, engasizakalanga, kodwa kulokhu kumqinela,
She had suffered a great deal under many physicians and had spent all she had, yet received no benefit from it, but had only grown worse.
27 esezwile ngoJesu, weza exukwini ngemuva, wathinta isembatho sakhe;
When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.
28 ngoba wathi: Aluba ngithinta izembatho zakhe nje, ngizasindiswa.
For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be healed.”
29 Futhi wahle woma umthombo wegazi lakhe, wasesizwa emzimbeni ukuthi usilile esifweni.
Immediately her flow of blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she had been healed from her affliction.
30 Njalo uJesu wahle wazi phakathi kwakhe ukuthi amandla aphumile kuye, watshibilika esexukwini, wathi: Ngubani othinte izembatho zami?
Jesus immediately perceived in himself that power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?”
31 Abafundi bakhe basebesithi kuye: Uyabona ixuku likuminyezela, kodwa uthi: Ngubani ongithintileyo?
His disciples said to him, “Yoʋ see the crowd pressing in on yoʋ, and yet yoʋ say, ‘Who touched me?’”
32 Wasethalaza ukuthi ambone owenze lokhu.
But he kept looking around to see who had done it.
33 Kodwa owesifazana esesaba ethuthumela, ekwazi okwenzekileyo kuye, weza wawa phambi kwakhe, wamtshela iqiniso lonke.
Now the woman was frightened and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, so she came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.
34 Wasesithi kuye: Ndodakazi, ukholo lwakho lukusindisile; hamba ngokuthula, siliswa esifweni sakho.
Then Jesus said to her, “Daughter, yoʋr faith has healed yoʋ. Go in peace, and be healed of yoʋr affliction.”
35 Esakhuluma, kwafika abanye bomphathi wesinagoge, bathi: Indodakazi yakho isifile; usamkhathazelani uMfundisi?
While he was still speaking, some people came from the ruler of the synagogue's house and said, “Yoʋr daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any further?”
36 Kwahle kwathi uJesu esizwa ilizwi elikhulunywayo wathi kumphathi wesinagoge: Ungesabi, kholwa kuphela.
But when Jesus heard what they said, he immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”
37 Futhi kavumelanga muntu ukuthi amlandele, ngaphandle kukaPetro loJakobe loJohane umfowabo kaJakobe.
From that point he did not allow anyone to accompany him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.
38 Wafika-ke endlini yomphathi wesinagoge, wabona isiphithiphithi, labakhalayo labalilayo kakhulu,
When he came to the ruler of the synagogue's house, he saw a commotion, with people weeping and wailing loudly.
39 esengenile wathi kubo: Liphithizelelani, likhala? Umntwana kafanga, kodwa ulele.
Then he went in and said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.”
40 Basebemhleka usulu. Kodwa yena, esebakhuphile bonke, wathatha uyise womntwana omncane lonina lalabo ababelaye, wangena lapho okwakulele khona umntwana omncane.
And they began laughing at him. But he put them all outside, took the child's father and mother and those who were with him, and went in to where the child was lying down.
41 Wabamba isandla somntwana omncane, wathi kuye: "Thalitha, kumi"; okuyikuthi ngokuphendulelwa: Wena ntombazana encane, ngithi kuwe, vuka.
Then he took hold of the child's hand and said to her, “Talitha koumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to yoʋ, arise.”
42 Njalo yahle yavuka intombazana encane, yahamba, ngoba yayileminyaka elitshumi lambili; basebesanganiseka ngokusanganiseka okukhulu.
Immediately the girl got up and began to walk (for she was twelve years old), and they were overcome with great amazement.
43 Wasebalayisisa kakhulu ukuthi lokhu kungaziwa muntu; wathi kayinikwe ukudla.
Then he gave them strict orders not to let anyone know about it, and he told them to give her something to eat.
