Mark 2 (ASJ) · Opened

1Le jo ka niiŋ, Jiso kaari to lijiŋ Kapanuŋ. Bɛniiŋ woo le wɛ fɛkuuŋ kituŋ,A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,

2be banchɛ be bɛ fe ŋge, dze foo yi nuuŋ wi tɔmi kikaa mɔɔ nuuŋ fweeŋ, se fenjisi jɛ yi Nyɔ li bee.they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.

3Bɛniiŋ bamu dza be bɛɛ be bɛnɛɛ bɛ wi wumu ɛ be sumɛ wu fɛ kida-aŋ, ɛ ŋgwɛ tɛ̀ kɔɔ wu kimbɛ kimumkpaŋ.Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.

4Fi yaa be fɛ nuuŋ be gɛɛŋ bɛ wu fɛ Jiso-o kifɛ bɛniiŋ tɛ̀ yiŋgɛ fe ŋge. Be se beeŋ nuuŋ lɛ yi-ih lɛwe, be tɔ kiyɛ. Le be tɔ lɛ, be shiiki wi wulu fɛ fiee fi tɛ̀ gimi fe fiɛɛ.Since they were unable to get to Jesus through the crowd, they uncovered the roof above Him, made an opening, and lowered the paralytic on his mat.

5Jiso ŋɛŋ si be gɛɛ shéŋ li wuu, se tee li wi wu ŋgwɛ tɛ̀ wu kɔɔ kimbɛ kimumkpaŋ wɛ-ɛ le, “Sinɛŋ, mi mfeekɔɔ bibifi bio.”When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

6Bɛniiŋ bamu bɛ tɛ̀ tiifi bɛnchi bɛ Nyɔ-ɔ bɛ tɛ̀ shee yɛ fe be wuki se bɛchi be ŋuŋini lɛ shéŋ lɛ shéŋ, be biiti laa,But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,

7“Wi wuni tiiti ni, kii la? Dzetɔɔ kintsii ki Nyɔ-ɔ. Ɛ noo wu nuuŋ feeki bibifi fuki Nyɔ nsiŋ?”“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

8Jiso biee kɛɛ li shéŋ yee li fiee fi be tɛ̀ beechi, bii li bee laa, “Nɛ kɛmi ŋwaani bani bɛmbeechɛ li shéŋ yinɛ ni kii la?At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.

9Fi tsɛkɛ fi tefɛ li wi wuni nuuŋ fi la? Ɛ ntefu le mi mfeekɔɔ bibifi biee mɔɔ le dzɔ kidaŋ kee ni giiŋgi le?“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

10Se nuuŋ le, ŋgii mfɛ nɛ kɛɛ le Ŋwanɛwi kɛmi buŋga laaŋkwiiŋ bu fekisɛ bibifi.” Le tee lɛ, biee tee li wi wu ŋgwɛ tɛ̀ kɔɔ wu wɛ-ɛ le,But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,

11“Dza we ɔ dzɔɔ kidaŋ ko ɔ ni ɔ giiŋgi li yih.”“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

12Se dza we, dzɔ kidaŋ kee buti bɛniiŋ bɛchu bichi wu. Le be nɛŋ lɛ, bimfimu wondɛ be, be bɛchi be yɔɔnchi Nyɔ, be tiiti le, “Tɛ̀ mɛɛŋ baa saa ki ŋɛŋ kɛ ŋwaani fini fiee kɛ.”And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

13Jiso tuu dza gɛɛŋ li libɛ-ɛ lichiŋ, kintutu ki bɛniiŋ lɛ bɛ fe, bɛchi tiifi be.Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.

14Le dza ni giiŋgi, ŋɛŋ Lebi wu ŋwanɛ Afiyus, ɛ wu shee fɛ kintsii kee ki nimɛ-ɛ, kundi kiŋwaati. Jiso tee li wuu le, “Ɔ biki mi!” Dza we biki wu.As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.

15Jiso bee bɔɔŋ bee bɛ kintutu gɛɛŋ be jii biee li Lebi yih bɛ bɛniiŋ bɛ tɛ̀ kundi kiŋwaati mɔɔ bɛniiŋ bamu bɛ bifi. Ŋwaani bani bɛniiŋ tɛ̀ shiiŋ be biki wu ŋge.While Jesus was dining at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.

16Bɛfarasii bɛ tɛ̀ tiifi bɛnchi bɛ Nyɔ-ɔ ŋɛŋ si Jiso jii biee bee bɛniiŋ bɛ bifi mɔɔ bɛ tɛ̀ kundi kiŋwaati, be se bii li bɔɔŋ bee bɛ kintutu-u laa, “Ɛ kii la fi jii biee bee bɛniiŋ bɛ kundi kiŋwaati mɔɔ bɛniiŋ bɛ bifi bamu?”When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

17Le Jiso woo si be bii lɛ, tee li bee le, “Bɛniiŋ bɛ tɛɛmi ti wɛki yɛ wi wu ntsi kɛ. Ɛ bɛniiŋ bɛ gendi bɛ ti wɛki. Mɛɛŋɔ ki mbɛ kɛ le nteeŋ nuuŋ bɛniiŋ bɛ nuuŋ tsaaŋ kɛ. Mi mbɛ le nteeŋ nuuŋ bɛ bifi.”On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

18Tɛ nuuŋ mfi wumu ɛ bɔɔŋ bɛ Jɔɔŋ lɛ bɛ kintutu-u, mɔɔ bɛ Bɛfarasii tɛ̀ jiti biee. Bɛniiŋ bamu tuu be bɛ be bii li Jiso laa, “Fi geeŋ fi bɔɔŋ bɛ kintutu-u bɛ Jɔɔŋ lɛ, mɔɔ bɛ Bɛfarasii jiti biee, se bɔɔŋ bo bɛ kintutu-u tɛ ji tɛ kɛ?”Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”

19Jiso tuu li bee le, “Nuuŋ bɛ teeŋ bɛniiŋ fɛ bugoo li be gɛɛŋ be tuu be ni be jiti biee nyuŋ wutso mɛɛŋ bee be ni? Nuuŋ be tɛ ji biee bijɛ fɛ mɛɛŋ bee be kɛ.Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.

20Se nuuŋ le, mfi gii naa bɛ wu bɛ gii bɛ fi nyuŋ wutso wulu li bee, be se bɛchi be ni be jiti biee bijɛ li mfi wulu-u.But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

21Nuuŋ wi tɛ dzɔ shɛŋgɛ yi ndu yi fiɛŋ le tuushɛ ndu yi fichi lu kɛ. Ɛ wu fɛ lɛ, nshɛŋgɛ yi ndu yilu mɛɛshi yi gaamɛ ndu yi fichi yilu bu gaamɛ, fiooŋ yi nuuŋ fe se mɛɛshi yi ko yi yaa si yi tɛ saa yi nuuŋ.No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.

22Nuuŋ wi tɛ gɛɛ mbiiŋ mɛ fɛŋ lɛ kibɛɛŋ ki bɛ nachɛ bɛ dzi yi nyaŋ, yi kɔɔ yi doŋ kɛ. Ɛ wu fɛ lɛ, mbiiŋ mɛ fɛŋ mɛlu wo kibɛɛŋ ki fichi kilu, mbiiŋ bɛ kibɛɛŋ kilu la li yee li. Fi chɛɛŋ fiɛɛ le, bɛ kɛmi le bɛ gɛɛ mbiiŋ mɛ fɛŋ nuuŋ lɛ kibɛɛŋ ki fɛ-ɛŋ.”And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”

23Tɛ̀ nuuŋ jobɛ chi bɛshiinshi chimu, Jiso bee bɔɔŋ bee bɛ kintutu-u tɛ̀ deŋgi be kɛti li wɛ wu giiŋ wumu-u. Bɔɔŋ bee bɛ kintutu-u bɛchi be soomi bikoo bi giiŋ lɛ be jii.One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

24Bɛfarasii ŋɛŋ lɛ, be bii li Jiso laa, “Bichɛ ɔ ŋɛŋ, fi geeŋ fi bɔɔŋ bo bɛ kintutu-u feti fiee fi nchi mɛɛŋ ki be-eŋ le wi fɛ jobɛ chi bɛshiinshi kɛ?”So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

25Jiso bii tɛ li bee laa, “Nɛ mɛɛŋ baa saa ki teeŋ kɛ lɛ Kiŋwaati ki Nyɔ-ɔ si dzeeŋ tɛ̀ wuu Mfɔŋ Daafi bee bɛniiŋ bee fɛ ni?Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

26Tɛ̀ nuuŋ mfi wu Abiata tɛ̀ nuuŋ kikoo ki bɛte muntofi-i, Daafi lɛ li yih yi Nyɔ-ɔ dzɔ kibele ki bɛ tɛ̀ tsaa bɛ gɛɛ le ɛ ki Nyɔ-ɔ ki te muntofi tɛ̀ nyɛ wu, ji nyɛ mɔɔ bɛniiŋ bee, ɛ tɛ̀ nuuŋ nchi le nuuŋ wi tɛ ji kibele kilu fuki bɛte muntofi nsiŋ kɛ.”During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”

27Jiso se mɛɛshi tee li bee le, “Nyɔ tɛ̀ gɛɛ jobɛ chi bɛshiinshi kii wi. Tɛ̀ mɛɛŋ ki tɔŋ kɛ wi kii jobɛ chi bɛshiinshi kɛ.Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

28Se nuuŋ le, Ŋwanɛwi nuuŋ Te Kikoo wu bwɛɛshiinshi.”Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

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