Mateus 9
1 E, entrando no barco, passou para a outra banda, e chegou à sua cidade. E eis que lhe trouxeram um paralítico deitado numa cama.
Jesus and his disciples got into the boat. They skirted around [the lake] and went to [Capernaum, the city where he was living].
2 E Jesus, vendo a sua fé, disse ao paralítico: Filho, tem bom ânimo, perdoados te são os teus pecados.
[Some men] brought to him a man who was paralyzed and who was lying on a sleeping pad. When Jesus perceived that they believed [that he could heal the paralyzed man], he said to him, “Young man, be encouraged! I forgive your sins.”
3 E eis que alguns dos escribas diziam entre si: ele blasfema.
Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws said among themselves, “[He claims that he can forgive sins! That means that he claims to be equal with God] He is insulting God!”
4 Mas Jesus, conhecendo os seus pensamentos, disse: Porque ajuizais mal em vossos corações?
Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said, “(You should not think evil [thoughts], [accusing me because I claim that I am God]!/Why do you think evil [thoughts], [saying that it is wrong for me to claim that I am God]?) [RHQ]
5 Pois qual é mais fácil? dizer: Perdoados te são os teus pecados; ou dizer: Levanta-te e anda?
It would [not] be risky [for someone] to say [to this man], ‘[I] forgive your sins’, [because no one could see whether or not it really happened]. But [no one, without having the power to heal], would say [to him], ‘[Get] up and walk!’, [because people could easily see whether it happened or not!] [RHQ]
6 Ora, para que saibais que o Filho do homem tem na terra autoridade para perdoar pecados (disse então ao paralítico): Levanta-te; toma a tua cama, e vai para tua casa.
[So I am going to do something] in order that you may know that [God] has authorized [me], the one who came from heaven, to forgive the sins [of people while I am] on the earth, [as well as to heal people].” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!”
7 E, levantando-se, foi para sua casa.
And [immediately] the man got up, [picked up his sleeping pad], and went home!
8 E a multidão, vendo isto, maravilhou-se, e glorificou a Deus, que dera tal autoridade aos homens.
When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck. They praised God for giving authority to a human being [to do] such [things].
9 E Jesus, passando adiante dali, viu assentado na alfandega um homem, chamado Mateus, e disse-lhe: Segue-me. E ele, levantando-se, o seguiu.
As Jesus was going away from there, he saw me, a man named Matthew. I was sitting at a table where I collected taxes [for the Roman government]. He said to me, “Come with me [and become my disciple]!” So I got up and went with him.
10 E aconteceu que, estando ele em casa assentado à mesa, chegaram muitos publicanos e pecadores, e assentaram-se juntamente à mesa com Jesus e seus discípulos.
[Then I invited] Jesus and his disciples to my home for a meal. While [they] were sitting and eating in my home, many tax collectors and [other people who were] {whom [the Pharisees]} [considered to be habitual] sinners came unexpectedly to eat with us.
11 E os fariseus, vendo isto, disseram aos seus discípulos: Porque come o vosso Mestre com os publicanos e pecadores?
When the Pharisees saw [that, they came] to us disciples and said, “([It is disgusting that] your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners!/Why is it that your teacher, [who claims to be righteous], eats [and associates] with tax collectors and [other] sinners?)” [RHQ]
12 Jesus, porém, ouvindo, disse-lhes: Não necessitam de médico os sãos, senão os doentes.
Jesus heard what [they said], so he told them [this parable]: “[It is] people who are sick who need a [doctor] [MET], not people who are well.” [What he meant by that was that it was people who knew that they were sinners who were coming to him in order to be helped spiritually].
13 Ide, porém, e aprendei o que significa: misericórdia quero, e não sacrifício. Porque eu não vim para chamar os justos, mas os pecadores, ao arrependimento.
He continued by saying, “You need to learn what these words that [God said] mean: ‘I want you to [act] mercifully to people and not [just to offer] sacrifices.’ Keep in mind that I came [from heaven, not] to invite [people who think] [IRO] [that they are] righteous [to turn away from their sinful lives and come to me, but to invite people who know they are] sinners [to turn from their sins and come to me].”
14 Então chegaram ao pé dele os discípulos de João, dizendo: Porque jejuamos nós e os fariseus muitas vezes, e os teus discípulos não jejuam?
Later, the disciples of John [the Baptizer] came to Jesus and asked him, “We [(exc)] and the Pharisees [often] abstain from food [to show that we want to please God], but your disciples do not do that. Why [do they not]?”
15 E disse-lhes Jesus: Podem porventura andar tristes os filhos das bodas, enquanto o esposo está com eles? Dias, porém, virão em que lhes será tirado o esposo, e então jejuarão.
[Jesus wanted to show them and the Pharisees that it was not appropriate for his disciples to abstain from food and mourn while he was still with them]. So he [gave them this illustration]: “When a bridegroom is with [his friends at the time of the wedding], (his friends certainly do not mourn, do they?/do his friends mourn?) [RHQ] [No, they do not mourn, because they are not sad at that time. But when] the bridegroom is taken {[someone] takes the [/his enemies] take the bridegroom} from them, they will abstain from food, [because then they will be sad].”
16 E ninguém deita remendo de pano novo em vestido velho, porque semelhante remendo rompe o vestido, e faz-se maior o rasgão;
[Jesus wanted to show them that people who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like] ([abstaining from food/fasting]) [MET]. [So he said to them], “People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment [to mend a hole]. If they did that, [when they washed the garment], the patch would [shrink] and tear the garment, and the hole would become bigger.
17 Nem deitam vinho novo em odres velhos; aliás rompem-se os odres, e entorna-se o vinho, e os odres estragam-se; mas deitam vinho novo em odres novos, e ambos se conservam.
Neither does anyone pour freshly-[squeezed] grape juice into old skin bags [to store it]. If anyone did that, those skin bags would tear [because they would not stretch when the grape juice ferments and expands. They] would be ruined, and the wine would be spilled {spill} [on the ground]. Instead, [people] put new wine into new skin bags, [and the bags will stretch when the wine ferments]. As a result, both [the wine and the bags] are preserved.”
18 Dizendo-lhes ele estas coisas, eis que chegou um principal, e o adorou, dizendo: Minha filha faleceu agora mesmo; mas vem, impõe-lhe a tua mão, e ela viverá.
While Jesus was saying that, a leader of the Jewish meeting place came and bowed down before him [to show respect]. Then he said, “My daughter just died! But if you come and lay your hand on her, she will live [again]!”
19 E Jesus, levantando-se, seguiu-o, ele e os seus discípulos.
So Jesus got up, and he and [we] disciples went with the man.
20 E eis que uma mulher que havia já doze anos padecia de um fluxo de sangue, chegando por detraz dele, tocou a orla do seu vestido;
Then a woman who [had been suffering constant vaginal] bleeding for twelve years came near Jesus. She was saying to herself, “[I want Jesus to heal me without anyone finding out that I have this problem of bleeding]. So if I [touch him] or even if I just touch his garment, I will be healed [without anyone finding out about it].” So she came behind him and touched the tassel of his garment.
21 Porque dizia consigo: Se eu tão somente tocar o seu vestido, ficarei sã.
22 E Jesus, voltando-se, e vendo-a, disse: Tem ânimo, filha, a tua fé te salvou. E imediatamente a mulher ficou sã.
Then Jesus turned around [to see who had touched him]. And when he saw the woman, he said to her, “Be encouraged, dear woman. Because you believed [PRS] [that I could heal you, I] have healed you.” The woman was healed at that very moment.
23 E Jesus, chegando a casa daquele principal, e vendo os instrumentistas, e o povo em alvoroço,
Then Jesus [and some of us disciples] came to the Jewish leader’s house. Jesus heard the flute players [playing funeral music] and the crowd [that had gathered] wailing loudly [because the girl had died].
24 Disse-lhes: retirai-vos, que a menina não está morta, mas dorme. E riam-se dele.
[Knowing that he would cause her to live again], he said [to them], “Go away [and stop the funeral music and wailing], because the girl is not dead! She is [just] sleeping!” [The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead].
25 E, logo que o povo foi posto fora, entrou, e pegou-lhe na mão, e a menina levantou-se.
But Jesus told them to get out of the house. Then he went into [the room where the girl was lying]. He took hold of her hand and she [became alive again and] got up.
26 E espalhou-se aquela notícia por todo aquele país.
And the [people of that] whole region heard [PRS] about it.
27 E, partindo Jesus dali, seguiram-no dois cegos, clamando, e dizendo: Tem compaixão de nós, filho de David.
As Jesus went away from there, two blind men followed him and shouted, “Have mercy on us [and heal our eyes, you who are the Messiah], the Descendant of [King] David!”
28 E, quando chegou a casa, os cegos se aproximaram dele; e Jesus disse-lhes: Credes vós que eu possa fazer isto? Disseram-lhe eles: Sim, Senhor.
Jesus went into the house, where he [was staying], and then the blind men went in, too. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able [to heal your eyes]?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord!”
29 Tocou então os olhos deles, dizendo: Seja-vos feito segundo a vossa fé.
Then he touched their eyes and he said [to them], “Because you believe [that I can heal your eyes], I am healing them [right now]!”
30 E os olhos se lhes abriram. E Jesus ameaçou-os, dizendo: olhai não o saiba alguém.
And they were able to see [IDM]! Then Jesus told them sternly, “Be sure [IDM] that you do not tell anybody [what I did for you]!”
31 Mas, tendo ele saído, divulgaram a sua fama por toda aquela terra.
But they went out and reported it throughout that whole region.
32 E, havendo-se eles retirado, trouxeram-lhe um homem mudo e endemoninhado.
When [Jesus and we disciples] left [the house], some people brought to Jesus a man who was unable to speak because he was controlled by a demon {a demon controlled him}.
33 E, expulso o demônio, falou o mudo; e a multidão se maravilhou, dizendo: Nunca tal se viu em Israel.
After Jesus had expelled the demon, the man who had been unable to speak began to speak! The crowd [who saw this] marveled. They said, “Never before have [we seen] anything as [marvelous] as this happen in Israel!”
34 Mas os fariseus diziam: ele expulsa os demônios pelo príncipe dos demônios.
But the Pharisees said, “It is [Satan], who rules the demons, who [enables this man to] expel demons [from people].”
35 E percorria Jesus todas as cidades e aldeias, ensinando nas sinagogas deles, e pregando o evangelho do reino, e curando todas as enfermidades e moléstias entre o povo.
Then [we] went [with] Jesus through many of [HYP] the cities and towns [in Galilee district. He was teaching (in the synagogues/in the Jewish meeting places)], and preaching the good message about how God rules [over people’s lives]. He also was healing the [people who had] various diseases and illnesses.
36 E, vendo a multidão, teve grande compaixão deles, porque andavam desgarrados e errantes, como ovelhas que não tem pastor.
When he saw the crowd of people, he pitied them because they were harassed and dejected. [They were] like sheep that do not have a shepherd [SIM].
37 Então disse aos seus discípulos: A seara é realmente grande, mas poucos os ceifeiros.
Then he gave [this illustration] to us disciples: “[The people who are ready to receive my message are like a] field that is ready to be harvested {for people to harvest}. But there are only a few [of you who are teaching people my message].
38 Rogai pois ao Senhor da seara que mande ceifeiros para a sua seara.
So pray and ask the Lord [God] to send [more] workers [who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers] into his [field to gather] the [MET] harvest.”
