Marko 8
1 Ɛda koro bi a nnipakuo bi aba Yesu nkyɛn no, aduane a wɔdi no saeɛ.
During those days, a large crowd of people gathered again. [After they had been there a couple days], they had no food to eat. So Jesus summoned the disciples [to come closer] and then he said to them,
2 Yesu frɛɛ nʼasuafoɔ ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Nnipa yi yɛ me mmɔbɔ. Wɔabɛdi nnansa wɔ ha a, wɔnni aduane biara a wɔbɛdi bio.
“This is the third day that these people have been with me, and they have nothing [left] to eat, so now I feel very sorry for them.
3 Sɛ megya wɔn ɛkwan sɛ wɔnkɔ a wonnidiiɛ a, anhwɛ a na wɔn mu bi atotɔ baha wɔ ɛkwan so, ɛfiri sɛ, wɔn mu bi firi akyirikyiri na wɔbaeɛ.”
Furthermore, if I send them home [while they are still] hungry, [some of] them will faint on the way home, because some of them have come from far away.”
4 Nʼasuafoɔ no bisaa no sɛ, “Ɛhefa na yɛbɛnya aduane ama saa nnipa dodoɔ yi wɔ ɛserɛ yi so ha?”
[Knowing that he was suggesting that they give the people something to eat, one of] his disciples replied, “(We cannot possibly find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live!/How can we find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live?)” [RHQ]
5 Ɔbisaa wɔn sɛ, “Burodo ahe na mowɔ?” Wɔbuaa no sɛ, “Yɛwɔ nson.”
Jesus asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They replied, “[We have] seven [flat loaves].”
6 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nnipakuo no sɛ wɔntenatena ase wɔ ɛserɛ no so. Afei, ɔfaa burodo nson no, na ɔhyiraa so, bubuu mu de maa nʼasuafoɔ no ma wɔkyɛ maa nnipa no.
Jesus commanded the crowd, “Sit down on the ground!” [After they sat down], he took the seven loaves, he thanked [God for them], he broke them [into pieces] and started giving them to his disciples in order that they might distribute them [to the people].
7 Na wɔwɔ mpataa kakra wɔ hɔ, enti Yesu hyiraa ɛno nso so, de maa asuafoɔ no sɛ wɔnkyɛ ɛno nso mma wɔn.
[They found that] they [also] had a few small [dried] fish. So after he thanked God for these, he told the disciples, “Distribute these also.” [After they distributed the bread and fish to the crowd],
8 Nnipakuo no didi meeɛ no, ɔgyaa wɔn ɛkwan.
the people ate this food and they had plenty [to] satisfy [them]. [The disciples] collected the pieces of food that were left over. [They filled] seven large baskets full of those pieces.
9 Nnipa a wɔdii aduane no dodoɔ bɛyɛ mpemnan. Na wɔtasee aseɛ nnikaeɛ no, ɛyɛɛ nkɛntɛmma nson.
[They estimated that] there were about 4,000 people [who ate on that day].
10 Yei akyi no, ɔne nʼasuafoɔ no kɔtenaa kodoɔ mu baa Dalmanuta fam.
Then Jesus dismissed the crowd. Immediately after that, he got into the boat along with his disciples, and they went [around Lake Galilee] to Dalmanutha district.
11 Farisifoɔ no tee sɛ Yesu aba hɔ no, wɔbaa ne nkyɛn bɛbisabisaa no nsɛm, de sɔɔ no hwɛɛ. Wɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Yɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bi kyerɛ yɛn. Ma nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ bi nna adi wɔ ewiem nkyerɛ yɛn. Ɛno ansa na yɛbɛgye wo adi.”
[In those days some] Pharisees came to Jesus. They asked him [to perform] a miracle [that would show that] God [had sent him]. They wanted to [find a way by which they could] convince the people to reject him. [So] they started to argue with him.
12 Yesu tee deɛ wɔkaeɛ no, ɔguu ahome, ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Deɛn enti na mohwehwɛ nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ daa yi? Nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ biara nni hɔ a mɛyɛ akyerɛ mo.”
Jesus sighed quietly to himself, and then he said, “I am disgusted that [RHQ], [even though] you people have seen how I [have healed people], you keep asking me to perform miracles! Note this: Such a miracle will certainly not be shown {I will certainly not show such a miracle} [just] for you people!”
13 Ɔsane kɔtenaa kodoɔ no mu, gyaa wɔn, tware kɔɔ asuogya nohoa.
Then he left them. He got into the boat again, along [with his disciples], and they went further around [Lake Galilee].
14 Asuafoɔ no werɛ firii sɛ wɔfa aduane bi kura ansa na wɔakɔ. Aduane a na wɔkura wɔ kodoɔ no mu no yɛ burodo baako pɛ.
The disciples had forgotten to bring along [enough] food. Specifically, they had only one flat loaf of bread with them in the boat.
15 Wɔretwa asuo no no, Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Monhwɛ mo ho so yie wɔ Ɔhene Herode ne Farisifoɔ mmɔreka ho.”
[As they were going], Jesus warned them against [the attitudes the Pharisees and Herod Antipas had, attitudes that were having a bad effect on other people. He did this by telling them a parable]. He said, “Be careful! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!”
16 Asuafoɔ no bisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Asɛm a ɔreka yi ase ne sɛn?” Deɛ wɔn adwene kyerɛɛ wɔn ne sɛ, ebia ɔreka aduane a wɔn werɛ firii sɛ wɔbɛfa akuta no ho asɛm.
[The disciples misunderstood him]. So they said to one another, “[He must have said that] because we have no bread.”
17 Yesu hunuu deɛ wɔdwennwene no, ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Ɛnyɛ ɛno ho asɛm na mereka! Monnte yei ase anaa? Mo akoma da so pirim?
Jesus knew [what they were discussing among themselves]. So he said to them, “([I am disappointed that you are] discussing about your not having enough bread!/Why are you discussing about your not having enough bread?) [RHQ] (You should understand by now [that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food!/Why do you not yet perceive or understand that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food]?) [RHQ] (You are not thinking!/Why are you not thinking?) [RHQ]
18 Mowɔ ani nso monhunu adeɛ? Mowɔ aso nso momfa nte asɛm? Na monnkae biribi anaa?
(I am also disappointed that, although you have eyes, you do not [understand what you] see!/Why is it that, although you have eyes, you do not [understand what you] see?) [RHQ] You have ears, but you do not understand [what I say] [RHQ]!” [Then he asked], “Do you not remember [what happened]
19 Ɛberɛ a mebubuu burodo enum mu maa nnipa mpemnum no, nnikaeɛ nkɛntɛmma ahe na motaseeɛ?” Wɔkaa sɛ, “Dumienu.”
when I broke [only] five loaves [and fed] the 5.000 people [RHQ]? [Not only was everyone satisfied, but there was food left over] How many baskets full of pieces of bread [that were left over] did you collect?” They replied, “We collected twelve baskets full.”
20 “Na mesane de burodo nson maa nnipa mpemnan no nso, ahe na ɛkaeɛ?” Wɔkaa sɛ, “Nkɛntɛmma nson.”
Then he asked, “When I broke the seven loaves in order to [feed] the 4,000 people, [again when everyone had plenty to eat], how many large baskets [of pieces of bread that were left over] did you collect?” They replied, “[We collected] seven [large baskets full].”
21 Ɔbisaa wɔn bio sɛ, “Monnte ase ara anaa?”
Then he kept saying to them, “([I am disappointed that] you do not understand yet [that you should never worry that you do not have enough food]!/Why do you not understand yet [that you should never worry that you do not have enough food]?)” [RHQ]
22 Ɛberɛ a wɔduruu Betsaida no, nnipa bi de onifirani bi brɛɛ no, srɛɛ no sɛ ɔmfa ne nsa nka no, na ɔnsa no yadeɛ.
They arrived [in the boat] at Bethsaida [town]. People brought to Jesus a blind man and earnestly requested that Jesus touch him [in order to heal him].
23 Yesu sɔɔ onifirani yi nsa de no kɔɔ akuraa no kurotia. Ɔtee ntasuo guu onifirani no ani so, na ɔde ne nsa guu no so. Yesu bisaa no sɛ, “Wohunu adeɛ anaa?”
Jesus took the hand of the blind man, led him outside the town, he put his saliva on the man’s eyes, he put his hands on the man, and then he asked him, “Do you see anything?”
24 Onifirani no maa nʼani so hwɛɛ ɔsoro, buaa sɛ, “Aane, mehunu nnipa! Nanso mehunu wɔn sɛ nnua bi na wɔnenam hɔ.”
The man looked up and then he said, “[Yes], I see people! They are walking around, but I cannot see them [clearly]. They look like trees!”
25 Afei, Yesu de ne nsa kataa nʼani no so bio. Onifirani no buee nʼani, na ɛberɛ a ɔrehwɛ adeɛ haa no, nʼani no yɛɛ yie a afei deɛ na ɔhunu biribiara kann.
Then Jesus again touched the eyes of the blind man. The man looked intently and at that moment he was completely healed! He could see everything clearly.
26 Yesu ma ɔkɔɔ efie, ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Nsane nkɔ akuraa no ase bio.”
Jesus said to him, “Do not go into the town! [First go straight home and tell the people there about what I did]!” Then he sent the man to his home.
27 Yesu ne nʼasuafoɔ no firi Galilea kɔɔ Kaesarea ne Filipi nkuraa ase. Wɔnam ɛkwan so rekɔ no, ɔbisaa wɔn sɛ, “Nnipa ka sɛ mene hwan?”
Jesus and the disciples [left Bethsaida town and went to the villages near Caesarea Philippi town]. On the way he questioned them, “Who do people say that I [really] am?”
28 Asuafoɔ no buaa sɛ, “Ebinom se wone Yohane Osubɔni no, na afoforɔ nso se woyɛ Elia anaasɛ tete adiyifoɔ no mu bi a wasane aba.”
They replied, “[Some people say] that you are John the Baptizer, [who has come back to life again]. Others say [that you are the prophet] Elijah [who has returned from heaven as God promised]. And others say that you are one of the [other former] prophets [who has come back to life again].”
29 Na ɔbisaa wɔn sɛ, “Na mo nso mose meyɛ hwan?” Petro buaa no sɛ, “Wone Kristo no.”
He asked them, “What about you? Who do you say that I am?” Peter replied to him, “[We believe that] you are the Messiah!”
30 Ɔbɔɔ wɔn kɔkɔ sɛ, wɔnnka nkyerɛ obiara.
Then Jesus warned them strongly that they should not tell anyone [yet that he was the Messiah].
31 Afei, ɔhyɛɛ aseɛ ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ Onipa Ba no bɛhunu amane, na mpanimfoɔ, asɔfoɔ mpanin ne Atwerɛsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfoɔ no bɛpo no, na wɔakum no, na nnansa so, Onipa Ba no bɛsɔre.
Then Jesus began to teach them, “[Even though] I am the one who came from heaven, it is necessary that I suffer very much. It is also necessary that I be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the [Jewish] laws {that the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the [Jewish] laws reject me}, and that I be killed {they kill me}. But on the third day [after I am killed I] will become alive again.”
32 Ɔkaa asɛm no pefee a wamfa biribiara ansie wɔn. Petro twee no gyinaa nkyɛn, bisaa no sɛ, “Adɛn enti na woka asɛm a ɛte sɛɛ yi?”
He said this to them clearly. But Peter took Jesus aside and then, [because he assumed that the Messiah would never die], he started to rebuke Jesus [for talking about dying].
33 Yesu danee ne ho hwɛɛ nʼasuafoɔ no, kaa Petro anim sɛ, “Firi me so, ɔbonsam! Wʼadwene yɛ deɛ ɛfiri onipa na ɛnyɛ deɛ ɛfiri Onyankopɔn.”
Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples. Then he rebuked Peter, saying, “Stop thinking like that! Satan [is causing you to talk like that! Instead] of wanting what God wants [me to do, you are wanting] me to do [only] what [most] people [would want me to do].”
34 Afei, ɔfrɛɛ nʼasuafoɔ no ne nnipakuo no baa ne nkyɛn, ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔmmɛtie no. Ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔdi mʼakyi a, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔpa ne ho akyi, na ɔsoa nʼasɛnnua, na ɔdi mʼakyi.
Then he summoned the crowd along with his disciples [so that they might listen to him]. He told them, “If any one [of you] wants to be my disciple, you must not do [only] what you yourself want to do. Specifically, you must [be willing to allow people to hurt you and to disgrace you. That is what they do to criminals] who are forced to carry crosses [MET] [to the places where they will be crucified]. That is what anyone who wants to be my disciple must do.
35 Deɛ ɔma ne ɔkra som no bo no, ɛbɛfiri ne nsa. Na deɛ me ne Asɛmpa no enti, ɔbɛhwere ne kra no, wɔbɛgye ne nkwa.
[You must do that], because those who try to save their lives [by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me] will not live [eternally], but those who are killed because of being my [disciples] and [because of telling others my] good message will live [forever with me].
36 Na sɛ onipa nya ewiase nyinaa, na ɔhwere ne kra a, mfasoɔ bɛn na ɔbɛnya?
People might get everything [they want] in this world, but (they are really gaining nothing if they do not get eternal life [because they do not become my disciples!]/what will they gain if they do not get eternal life [because they do not become my disciples]?) [RHQ]
37 Ɛdeɛn na ɛsom bo sene ne kra?
([Think carefully about the fact that] there is absolutely nothing that people can give [to God] that would enable them to gain eternal life!/Is there anything that a person can give [to God] in order to gain eternal life?) [RHQ]
38 Na obiara a saa nna bɔne yi mu nʼani wu me ne me nsɛm ho no, ne ho bɛyɛ me, Onipa Ba no, aniwu ɛberɛ a me ne mʼabɔfoɔ kronkron no bɛsane aba wɔ mʼAgya animuonyam mu no.”
And think about this: Those who refuse [to say that they belong to] me and who reject what I say in these days when many people have turned away [from God] and are very sinful, I, the one who came from heaven, will also refuse [to say that they belong to me] when I come back with the holy angels and have the glorious brightness that my Father has!”
