Matthew 9
1 Jesu bọ́ sínú ọkọ̀, ó sì rékọjá odò lọ sí ìlú abínibí rẹ̀,
Jesus and his disciples got into the boat. They skirted around [the lake] and went to [Capernaum, the city where he was living].
2 àwọn ọkùnrin kan gbé arọ kan tọ̀ ọ́ wá lórí àkéte rẹ̀. Nígbà tí Jesu rí ìgbàgbọ́ wọn, ó wí fún arọ náà pé, “Ọmọ tújúká, a dárí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ jì ọ́.”
[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 Nígbà yìí ni àwọn olùkọ́ òfin wí fún ara wọn pé, “Ọkùnrin yìí ń sọ̀rọ̀-òdì!”
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 Jesu sì mọ̀ èrò inú wọn, ó wí pé, “Nítorí kín ni ẹ̀yin ṣe ń ro búburú nínú yín?
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 Èwo ni ó rọrùn jù: láti wí pé, ‘A dárí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ jì ọ,’ tàbí wí pé, ‘Dìde, kí o sì máa rìn?’
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 Ṣùgbọ́n kí ẹ̀yin kí ó lè mọ̀ pé Ọmọ Ènìyàn ní agbára ní ayé láti dárí ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ jì ni.” Ó sì wí fún arọ náà pé, “Dìde, sì gbé àkéte rẹ, kí o sì máa lọ ilé rẹ.”
[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 Ọkùnrin náà sì dìde, ó sì lọ ilé rẹ̀.
And [immediately] the man got up, [picked up his sleeping pad], and went home!
8 Nígbà tí ìjọ ènìyàn rí í ẹnu sì yà wọ́n, wọ́n yin Ọlọ́run lógo, ti ó fi irú agbára báyìí fún ènìyàn.
When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck. They praised God for giving authority to a human being [to do] such [things].
9 Bí Jesu sì ti ń rékọjá láti ibẹ̀ lọ, o rí ọkùnrin kan ti à ń pè ní Matiu, ó jókòó ní ibùdó àwọn agbowó òde, ó sì wí fún un pé, “Máa tọ̀ mí lẹ́yìn,” Matiu sì dìde, ó ń tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn.
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 Ó sì ṣe, bí Jesu tí jókòó ti ó ń jẹun nínú ilé Matiu, sì kíyèsi i, ọ̀pọ̀ àwọn agbowó òde àti ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀ wá, wọ́n sì bá a jẹun pẹ̀lú àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀.
[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 Nígbà tí àwọn Farisi sì rí i, wọ́n wí fún àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ pé, “Èéṣe tí olùkọ́ yín fi ń bá àwọn agbowó òde àti àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀ jẹun pọ̀?”
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 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí Jesu gbọ́ èyí, ó wí fún wọn pé, “Àwọn tí ara wọ́n le kò wá oníṣègùn bí kò ṣe àwọn tí ara wọn kò dá.
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 Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ lọ kọ́ ohun ti èyí túmọ̀ sí: ‘Àánú ni èmi ń fẹ́, kì í ṣe ẹbọ,’ nítorí èmi kò wá láti pe àwọn olódodo, bí kò ṣe àwọn ẹlẹ́ṣẹ̀.”
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 Nígbà náà ni àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn Johanu tọ̀ ọ́ wá láti béèrè wí pé, “Èéṣe tí àwa àti àwọn Farisi fi ń gbààwẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n tí àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ kò gbààwẹ̀?”
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 Jesu sì dáhùn pé, “Àwọn ọmọ ilé ìyàwó ha le máa ṣọ̀fọ̀, nígbà tí ọkọ ìyàwó ń bẹ lọ́dọ̀ wọn? Ṣùgbọ́n ọjọ́ ń bọ̀ nígbà tí a ó gba ọkọ ìyàwó lọ́wọ́ wọn; nígbà náà ni wọn yóò gbààwẹ̀.
[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 “Kò sí ẹni tí ń fi ìrépé aṣọ tuntun lẹ ògbólógbòó ẹ̀wù; nítorí èyí tí a fi lẹ̀ ẹ́ yóò ya ní ojú lílẹ̀, aṣọ náà yóò sì ya púpọ̀ sì i ju ti ìṣáájú lọ.
[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 Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kò sí ẹni tí fi ọtí tuntun sínú ògbólógbòó ìgò-awọ; bí a bá ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀, ìgò-awọ yóò bẹ́, ọtí á sì tú jáde, ìgò-awọ á sì ṣègbé. Ṣùgbọ́n ọtí tuntun ni wọn í fi sínú ìgò-awọ tuntun àwọn méjèèjì a sì ṣe déédé.”
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 Bí ó ti ń sọ nǹkan wọ̀nyí fún wọn, kíyèsi i, ìjòyè kan tọ̀ ọ́ wá, ó sì wólẹ̀ níwájú rẹ̀ wí pé, “Ọmọbìnrin mi kú nísinsin yìí, ṣùgbọ́n wá fi ọwọ́ rẹ̀ lé e, òun yóò sì yè.”
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 Jesu dìde ó sì bá a lọ àti àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀.
So Jesus got up, and he and [we] disciples went with the man.
20 Sì kíyèsi i, obìnrin kan ti ó ní ìsun ẹ̀jẹ̀ ní ọdún méjìlá, ó wá lẹ́yìn rẹ̀, ó fi ọwọ́ kan ìṣẹ́tí aṣọ rẹ̀.
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 Nítorí ó wí nínú ara rẹ̀ pé, “Bí mo bá sá à le fi ọwọ́ kan ìṣẹ́tí aṣọ rẹ̀, ara mi yóò dá.”
22 Nígbà tí Jesu sì yí ara rẹ̀ padà tí ó rí i, ó wí pé, “Ọmọbìnrin, tújúká, ìgbàgbọ́ rẹ mú ọ láradà.” A sì mú obìnrin náà láradá ni wákàtí kan náà.
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 Nígbà tí Jesu sí i dé ilé ìjòyè náà, ó bá àwọn afunfèrè àti ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn tí ó ń pariwo.
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 Ó wí fún wọn pé, “Ẹ máa lọ; nítorí ọmọbìnrin náà kò kú, sísùn ni ó sùn.” Wọ́n sì fi i rín ẹ̀rín ẹlẹ́yà.
[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 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí a ti àwọn ènìyàn jáde, ó wọ ilé, ó sì fà ọmọbìnrin náà ní ọwọ́ sókè; bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ọmọbìnrin náà sì dìde.
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 Òkìkí èyí sì kàn ká gbogbo ilẹ̀ náà.
And the [people of that] whole region heard [PRS] about it.
27 Nígbà tí Jesu sì jáde níbẹ̀, àwọn ọkùnrin afọ́jú méjì tọ̀ ọ́ lẹ́yìn, wọ́n ń kígbe sókè wí pé, “Ṣàánú fún wa, ìwọ ọmọ Dafidi.”
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 Nígbà tí ó sì wọ̀ ilé, àwọn afọ́jú náà tọ̀ ọ́ wá, Jesu bi wọ́n pé, “Ẹ̀yin gbàgbọ́ pé mo le ṣe èyí?” Wọn sì wí fún un pé, “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni Olúwa, ìwọ lè ṣe é.”
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 Ó sì fi ọwọ́ bà wọ́n ní ojú, ó wí pé, “Kí ó rí fún yín gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìgbàgbọ́ yín.”
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 Ojú wọn sì là; Jesu sì kìlọ̀ fún wọn gidigidi, wí pé, “Kíyèsi i, kí ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí ẹnìkan kí ó mọ̀ nípa èyí.”
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 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí wọ́n lọ, wọ́n ròyìn rẹ̀ yí gbogbo ìlú náà ká.
But they went out and reported it throughout that whole region.
32 Bí wọ́n tí ń jáde lọ, wò ó wọ́n mú ọkùnrin odi kan tí ó ní ẹ̀mí èṣù tọ Jesu wá.
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 Nígbà tí a lé ẹ̀mí èṣù náà jáde, ọkùnrin tí ó ya odi sì fọhùn. Ẹnu sì ya àwọn ènìyàn, wọ́n wí pé, “A kò rí irú èyí rí ní Israẹli.”
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 Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn Farisi wí pé, “Agbára olórí àwọn ẹ̀mí èṣù ni ó fi ń lé àwọn ẹ̀mí èṣù jáde.”
But the Pharisees said, “It is [Satan], who rules the demons, who [enables this man to] expel demons [from people].”
35 Jesu sì rìn yí gbogbo ìlú ńlá àti ìletò ká, ó ń kọ́ni nínú Sinagọgu wọn, ó sì ń wàásù ìyìnrere ìjọba ọrun, ó sì ń ṣe ìwòsàn ààrùn àti gbogbo àìsàn ní ara àwọn ènìyàn.
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 Nígbà tí ó rí ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn, àánú wọn ṣe é, nítorí àárẹ̀ mú wọn, wọn kò sì rí ìrànlọ́wọ́, bí àwọn àgùntàn tí kò ní olùṣọ́.
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 Nígbà náà ni ó wí fún àwọn ọmọ-ẹ̀yìn rẹ̀ pé, “Lóòótọ́ ni ìkórè pọ̀ ṣùgbọ́n àwọn alágbàṣe kò tó nǹkan.
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 Nítorí náà, ẹ gbàdúrà sí Olúwa ìkórè kí ó rán àwọn alágbàṣe sínú ìkórè rẹ̀.”
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.”
