Mark 3 (ASJ) · Opened

1Jiso tuu gɛɛŋ lɛ li yih yi nlɛkɛ li Nyɔ-ɔ. Wi wumu tɛ̀ nuuŋ lu ɛ ŋgwɛ kɔɔ wu li kibɛnɛ-ɛ.Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.

2Bɛniiŋ bamu tɛ̀ nuuŋ lu be wɛki fiee fi nuuŋ be kayɛ li Jiso-o nsiŋ, be se toŋ lii li wuu be bichi laa gii wɔnchɛ wi wulu jobɛ chi bɛshiinshi le.In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

3Jiso se tee li wi wu ŋgwɛ tɛ̀ kɔɔ wu wɛɛ le, “Dza we ɔ bɛ fɛni.”Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”

4Le mwɛ bɛ, Jiso bii li bɛniiŋ li laa, “Fiee fi nchi beenchi le nuuŋ wi fɛ jobɛ chi bɛshiinshi nuuŋ fi la? Ɛ mfɛru fiee fi dzeeŋ, mɔɔ fi bifi le? Nsofu wi, mɔɔ ŋ'wo wi le?” Be chikɛ.And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

5Jiso dzɔ shéŋ bɛ be, bichɛ be bɛchu kɛnɛ, yi wɔɔ wu kii shéŋ yibe yi bifi. Tee li wi wu ŋgwɛ tɛ̀ kɔɔ wu li kibɛnɛ-ɛ wɛɛ le, “Nɛɛki kibɛnɛ ko.” Nɛɛki ki, ki se biee ki tɛmi.Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

6Bɛfarasii se bo, be gɛɛŋ bɛ kintutu ki bɛniiŋ bɛ Mfɔŋ Hɛrɔ-ɔ, be gɛɛŋ be lii ntsuuŋ si be gii be wo Jiso.At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

7Jiso bee bɔɔŋ bee bɛ kintutu-u dza fe be gɛɛŋ fɛ libɛ chi Galilii. Kintutu ki bɛniiŋ lɛ ki nɔŋa biee wu fe. Bɛniiŋ bamu tɛ dza kimbɛ ki Galilii bɛ ki Judiya.So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

8Bamu dza tɛ̀ Jɛrosalɛŋ bamu kimbɛ ki Idumea, bamu dzɛti liwiŋ li Dzɔɔ yi Joodaaŋ, bamu bimbɛ bi Tayɛ bɛ bi Sidɔ-ɔŋ. Kintutu ki nɔŋa kilu tɛ̀ bɛ nɛɛ lɛ kifɛ be tɛ̀ wuki biee bi Jiso tɛ̀ feti bichu.Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.

9Jiso dza tee li bɔɔŋ bee bɛ kintutu-u le be gɔɔŋ ŋgo be nachɛ be gɛɛ se lɛ le kii kintutu kilu ni dza ki ni ki fachi wu.Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.

10Tɛ tee lɛ kifɛ tɛ̀ saa wu wɔnchɛ bɛniiŋ ŋge, bɛniiŋ bɛ chigɔ-ɔŋ se mɛɛŋ be bɛɛ le be koŋ li wuu.For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.

11Le bɛniiŋ bɛ Fiana yi tii ti ŋwɛki bɛ be tuu be ŋɛŋ Jiso, be weyɛ wu limfwe be dii be tiiti le, “Ɛ wɛ Ŋwanɛ Nyɔ.”And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

12Si be tɛ̀ dii lɛ, Jiso gbɛɛnɛ chiinsɛ li bee bu chiinsinɛ le kiiŋ be ni fɛ le bɛniiŋ kɛɛ wu kɛ.But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.

13Tɛ̀ dza miri gɛɛŋ li ŋkumɛ-ɛ, teeŋ bɛniiŋ bɛ tɛ̀ gii wɛki, be bɛ lɛ wuu.Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.

14Buu bɛniiŋ yoofi ntsɔ bɛfɛ, teeŋ be le bɔɔŋ bee bɛ nto-oŋ, le ke ni nuuŋ bee be, tundi be be deŋgi be fenjisi jɛ yi Nyɔ,He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

15be ni be kɛmi tɛ buŋga bu buushɛ bɔɔŋ bɛ kiŋkundi-i li bɛniiŋ li.and to have authority to drive out demons.

16Bɛniiŋ bɛlu tɛ̀ nuuŋ: Simu, wu tɛ nyɛ bukooŋ bwee bumu le Pita.These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),

17Jeeŋ bee ŋwaani wu Jɔɔŋ bɛ tɛ nuuŋ bɔɔŋ bɛ Dzɛbɛdii, bɛ tɛ̀ nyɛ mɛŋkooŋ mɛ bee le, “Bohanɛgɛs,” mɛ nuuŋ le, “Bɔɔŋ bɛ dzaaŋ yi wɛndi-i.”James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),

18Bamu se nuuŋ Andolo, Fili, Batolomu, Maacho, Tomɛ, Jeeŋ wu ŋwanɛ Afiyus, Tajɔ, Simu wu tɛ nuuŋ wi wu kintutu ki Bɛsilɔ-ɔ,Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

19mɔɔ Judas Iskaliyɔ wu tɛ̀ wɛɛŋ kabɛ Jiso.and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

20Jiso tɛ̀ dza gɛɛŋ fɛ tɛ̀ tsiiŋ, kintutu ki bɛniiŋ lɛ tuu ki banchɛ fe, bee bɔɔŋ bee bɛ kintutu se foo dze yi jɛ biee.Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

21Le kini kee woo, ki gɛɛŋ le ki dzɔɔ wu kifɛ bɛniiŋ tɛ̀ kweŋgi le yoomfɔɔ.When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”

22Bɛniiŋ bɛ tɛ̀ tiifi bɛnchi bɛ Nyɔ-ɔ tɛ̀ dza Jɛrosalɛŋ be bɔɔ le, be se tuu be tiiti le, “Bɛɛsɛbu wɛ li wuu bwiŋ, busɔɔ bɔɔŋ bɛ kiŋkundi-i ni, nuuŋ bɛ buŋga bu mfɔŋ wu bɛnchindaa wulu-u.”And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”

23Jiso teeŋ be, bii li bee lɛ ŋgaŋgaa li laa, “Nuuŋ Sataŋ tuu ni busi yi yee li wi-i nindee?So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?

24Ɛ kitoŋ dza ki gatɛ ki gwii kiki, ki tɛ naa leŋ kɛ.If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

25Ɛ yih dza yi gatɛ yi gwii yi yi, yi tɛ naa leŋ kɛ.If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

26Nɛɛ lɛ, ɛ Sataŋ dza wu gatɛ bee kintutu kee bee be tuu be gwii li yi yi bee, be tɛ naa leŋ kɛ, ni nuuŋ kimɛrisɛ kee.And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.

27Nɛ kɛɛ le wih nuuŋ yɛ lu wu nuuŋ naa lɛ li yih yi wi wu buŋga-a, kotɛ biee biee chɛɛŋ letɛ bɛ bi, fuki fɛ wu saa wu kaŋ wi wu buŋga wulu, se kotɛ biee bi li mwɛ yi nsiŋ kɛ.Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.

28Ntee beŋ chɛɛŋ le, Nyɔ gii yi feeki bibifi mɔɔ jɛ́ yi bifi chichi yi bɛniiŋ tiiti kii yi.Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.

29Se nuuŋ le, ɛ wi kweeŋ jɛ yi bifi kii Fiana yi Waaŋ, Nyɔ nuuŋ tɛ naa feeki wɛɛ wi kɛ, kifɛ wu fɛɔ bubiɛɛ bu kimakɛ.”But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”

30Jiso tɛ̀ kweeŋ lɛ kifɛ bɛniiŋ bɛlu tɛ̀ kweŋgi le fiana yi tii yɛɛ li wuu bwiŋ.Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”

31Ni Jiso bee bɛŋwaani Jiso biee be fɛsi, be leŋ lɛkuuŋ, be toŋ wi le mwɛ teeŋ wu.Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,

32Ɛ kintutu ki bɛniiŋ lɛ tɛ̀ shee yɛ ki kɛnɛ wu ki tasɛ. Be tee li wuu le, “Na bee bɛŋwaana biiti baa wɛ lɛkuuŋ.”and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”

33Jiso se bii laa, “Naaŋ bee bɛŋwaanɛŋ nuuŋ baŋ?”But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

34Si tɛ̀ bii lɛ bichɛ bɛniiŋ bɛ tɛ̀ shee yɛ be kɛnɛ wu baa, tee le, “Baaŋ bɛnaaŋ bee bɛŋwaanɛŋ.Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

35Wi kwikwi wu feti fiee fi Nyɔ wɛki, ɛ wu wu nuuŋ ŋwaanɛŋ bɛ dzɛ́mi yɛŋ mɔɔ bɛnaaŋ.”For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

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