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1Bhii tak, wɔ gwaa Yezu baazɛni elyo bot mbaka-mbaka nɛ boo soob na djato-djato Ghalile. Wɔ gwaa zukamwaa nɛ mot zɛsɛɛga tin, nyɛ ɛ́ boozɛni tɔ dhiiti elɛɛd. Nyɛ eezɛnɔɔ nyel, disi. Elɛɛd nadi ɛ́ tɔ dii, bot kadi ɛ́ pɛ kyiid é ngwoob dii.Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

2Nyɛ naalyo bɛ bɛtɛ nɛ mɛlyo tɔ ekana. Tɔ dhiiti kana, nyɛ naake nɛ nɔɔ náá:And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

3«Gwakeka! Dhiiti dwoo mot ngɔt naatɔ́ pɛ pyeeb'ɛ, kɛsɔs bhek.“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4Dáa nyɛ nadi esɔs bhek ɛ, kyee bhek wat nakwyit ɛ́, é gba, wɔ gwaa, enen zokazyɛ, zɛdɛ yɛ.And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

5Yak kyee bhek kakwyit ɛ́, kɔ bat ɛkok. Ààkobɔya deenek, mɛbhek eezɛkwyil etɛɛ náá, di tak nadi ɛ́, nɛ ba bim ebɔs.Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

6Bhii tak, gwyes na “ghɛ-ghɛ” zɛkɛɛza kɔ mɛbhek menek, wɔ gwaa djas zɛsyee etɛɛ náá, ekaŋal e tak nabɛ ɛ́ ààni tɔ bɔs ɛdimɛpe.But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7Dhiiti kyee bhek nakwyit ɛ́ tɔ engwyinini. Engwyinini binek wyee, kala kɔ mbɛɛ mɛbhek, ààbɛ nɛ dáa mɛbhek wyee ɛnyɔɛpe. Mɛbhek kadi ɛ́, ààwum.Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.

8Tin, dhiiti kyee bhek nakwyit kɔ mbɛɛ bɔs ɔ, naakwyil ɛnyɔɛpe, wɔ gwaa, ye kwyil mɛzɛm. É kwos wat, bhum mɛkam-mɛlɛl, é yak kwos bhum mɛkam-mɛtɛn nɛ wat, é dhiiti kwos bhum dhet.»Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

9Bhii tak, Yezu zɛke nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Yɛ bɛ náá, bi ɛ́ nɛ mɛlɔ mɛ ɛgwak ɔɔ, gwakeka ɛnyɔɛpe!»Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

10É sok bɛ nadi bɛ nɛ Yezu bɔɔ bɛ ɛmet ɛ, bot ɛ nadi egyee nɛ Yezu ɔ, zɛnɔɔ bɛdjekel bɛ kam nɛ bɛbá, naazɛdji nyɛ ɛsuk ɛ ekana binek.As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.

11Wɔ gwaa, nyɛ zɛbɔɔza nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Biyɔ, bi eezedjɛaa etsoŋ ɛgu ɛ ɛsuk ɛ Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb. Yɛ kabɛ bɛsɔ bin ɔ, bɛ gwak yɛ ɛ tɔ ekana.He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

12Deenek, “Bɛ ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛgwyák nɛ mis, ààbee. Bɛ ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛgwak nɛ mɛlɔ, ààmɛt sa ye di ekwyɛl ɛlɛɛ ɛ, é kaab náá, bɛ ɛ́ zɛkɛbula dum koŋ nɛ Zɛɛb, da bɛ ɛ́ bela ɛpelak ɛ Zɛɛb!”»so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

13Bhii tak, nyɛ eebaazɛke nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Bi ààtiibal ɛsuk ɛ kana yak ɛnyɔɛpe? “Aah” bi aagwak ɛsuk ɛ bak bɛdhiiti ekana dáa? Gwakeka ɛsuk ɛ tak:Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

14Sɔsel mɛbhek kɛsɔs ɛ́ mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb.The farmer sows the word.

15Bɛdhiiti bot ɛ́ dáa mɛbhek mɛ di é ngwoob egba é di mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb kwyit ɔ. Nɛ ɛgwak ɛ bɛ zogwak ɛ, Satan eeleezyɛ, zɛnɔɔ bɛ mɛkpa mɛ tak tɔ ebhum elyem bɔɔ.Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

16Tin, ye ɛ́ nɛ kyee bot ɛ di dáa mɛbhek kwyit kɔ bat ɛkok ɔ. Dáa bɛ gwak mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb ɛ, wɔ gwaa, bɛ myaal nɛ mɛmyaala djas.Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

17Tin, bɛ ààbet náá, mɛkpa mɛ tak gheeni bɛ ɛnyɔɛpe tɔ ebhum elyem, bɛ ààwa zii ɛbuɛpe. Tin, mezuk nɛ mɛtiiga ɛ́ tuula bɛ kɔ ɛsu ɛ mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb ɔɔ, ɛliig ɛ lɔɔ Zɛɛb koŋ ààbɔya.But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

18Bɛdhiiti tɔ lɔɔ gwak mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb ɛ́ dáa kyee bhek nakwyit tɔ engwyinini ɛ. Ye ɛ́ bot ɛ di egwak mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb ɔ,Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

19tin, esiiza esa e bɔs'ak, ɛwyeeb ɛ mɛvu, nɛ egwyes e esonok mbɛs ɛ́ di enyal mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb tɔ elyem bɔɔ. Tin, ye kadi ɛ́, ààdjɛ bhum.but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

20Bɛdhiiti bot kadi ɛ́ dáa mɛbhek mɛ kwyit kɔ mbɛɛ bɔs ɔ. Ye ɛ́ bot ɛ di egwak mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb, myaal yɛ nɛ lyem wat, da bɛ ɛ́ kɛ dáa Zɛɛb di ekwyɛl ɛ. Tin, bɛ waadjɛ bhum ɛbuɛpe, yak mɛkam-mɛlɛl, yak tak mɛkam-mɛtɛn nɛ wat, yak dhet.»Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”

21Wɔ gwaa, Yezu baazɛke nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Mot ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil zyɛ nɛ lama, da nyɛ ɛ́ butal si bhwaa, nɛghu ɛnɔɔ yɛ, da ɛ́ wa pɛ si goŋ e? Ye nɛɛgaa ɛ́ pɛ kɔ tɛɛg, etsal é?Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?

22Ye tok nɛ sa ɛsɔ aadi àànyen é mwos dwoo. Esa e mɛsɔ djas aadi ɛ́, nyen é gwyɛ.For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.

23Bɛɛka mɛlɔ min, yɛ bɛ náá, bi ɛ́ nɛ mɛlɔ mɛ ɛgwak ɔɔ, gwakeka ɛnyɔɛpe!»If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

24Bhis yenek, Yezu baazɛke nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Dika nɛ etsoŋ dum nɛ étɛp djas mɛ di elɛɛ bin ɛ! Dáa bi di edum koŋ nɛ Zɛɛb ɛ, é di tak wat, nyɛ waabil bin ɛgu. Nyɛ aalwoodal bhwaŋ'en ɛ dáa bi di elwoodal bhwaa bɛsɔ bin ɛ. Tin, nyɛ waalwoodal bin yɛ ɛbuɛpe.He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.

25Etɛɛ náá, ye ɛ́ mot aadi nɛ ba bim sonok ɔ, bɛ aabil nyɛ dhiiti. Yɛ kabɛ mot di ààbɛ nɛ sonok ɔ, nyɛ aanàkwaabela sonok. Ba bim nyɛ aadi nɛ yɛ ɛ, yɛ waadɛkaa djas.»For whoever has will be given more. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

26Wɔ gwaa, Yezu baazɛke náá: «Beeka sa di enɔŋel nɛ Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb ɛ: dhiiti mot zokakɛmwam mɛbhek é bɔs.Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

27Bhii tak, nyɛ eezɛsik. Nyɛ nakoozodja gɔ é pum, nɛghu nyɛ kadi ɛ́ dwooz, mɛbhek ɛpekwyil nɛ ɛwyee tɔ pyeeb. Nyɛy ààgu dáa di esɛɛ penek ɛ.Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.

28Kabela tin ɛ, mbɛɛ bɔs ɛ di esa náá, mɛbhek menek kwyil nɛ ɛwyee ɛnyɔɛpe. Kan ɛtuu ɛ bɔs, zyɛ, kum le, bhii tak zɛdjɛ mɛzɛm mɛ na bes, batadjɛ bhum mɛbhisa.All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

29Tin, é di yɛ aakabɛ náá, bhisa eezesɔk ɛ, nyɛ kazyɛ ɛ́ nɛ ɛlando, zɛkan mɛsa mɛ ɛdis bhisa tak.»And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

30Wɔ gwaa, Yezu baazɛke náá: «Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb aakɔa nɛ yaa mbi sa? Tɔ yaa kana mena aadjala nɛ ɛtel Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb?Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

31Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb ɛ́ dáa bhek le di edjɛ bhum di edjóoaa mutaad ɛ. É sok bɛ di ebɛ yɛ tɔ bɔs ɛ, nyɛ eedhaa mɛbhek djas kɔ bɔs nɛ mɛtɔɔl.It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.

32Tin, yɛ bɛ náá, nyɛ eebɛaa ɔɔ, nyɛ waakwyil, mɛwyee mɛ ɛ́ dhaa ele ee di tɔ mɔɔ bok ɛ djas. Nyɛ waakwyil boo elɛɛ djala náá, enen lóo mɛk mɔɔ kɔ ebhuuz e tak.»But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”

33Deenek, ye ɛ́ tɔ kɔkɔ mbi ekana binek ɛ Yezu nadi lelyo bot. Nyɛ nalelɛɛ bɛ, yii baadjala nɛ ɛmɛt ɛsuk ɛ tak ɛ.With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

34Nyɛ nabɛ ɛ́ ààlii nɛ bot, ààbɛ nɛ kana tɔ sa nyɛ di ekwyɛl ɛlɛɛ ɛ. Yɛ kabɛ é sok nyɛ nadi bɛ nɛ bɛdjekel bɛ, bɔɔ bɛ ɛmet ɛ, nyɛ nadi elɛɛ bɛ mɛsuk mɛ ekana binek djas.He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

35Bikoko dwoo tak wat, Yezu eezɛke nɛ bɛdjekel bɛ náá: «Djhoosɛɛka pɛ yii kyiid boo soob na djato-djato.»When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”

36Bɛ eezɛlik ɛdhuu ɛ bot binɔk, bɛdjekel eezɛtɔ́ sama wat nɛ Yezu tɔ boo elɛɛd. Tin, bɛdhiiti mɛlɛɛd nadi ɛ́, é ngwoob'ɔɔ.After they had dismissed the crowd, they took Jesus with them, since He was already in the boat. And there were other boats with Him.

37Ààbɔya deenek, kasɛka ɛ́ boo ghuu ɛlyelɛpe eezɛkan, ghulal tak eeghɛɛ ɛbhyeeb ɛ mɛdii kɛɛza é elɛɛd, elɛɛd moo tin eni mɛdii, kɛsa yɛ aalwood-lwooda.Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.

38Yezu, pɛ ɛsik ɛ elɛɛd, nyɛ nadi ɛ́, é gɔ, lo kɔ boola. Bɛdjekel bɛ zokazɛdjem nyɛ nɛ etsim. Bɔɔ náá: «Lyoel, mena ɛ́ di esikaa. Yɛ ààgwyák wɔy é?»But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”

39Tin, Yezu eezɛdjem. Bhii tak, nyɛ eezɛlyak ghuu. Nyɛy nɛ dii náá: «Sila ghulal'ɔ. Dia gwyem!» É di'enek, ghuu eezɛsila, bhwak moo tin «kup».Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.

40Bhii tak, Yezu eezɛke nɛ bɛdjekel bɛ náá: «Étɛp yé bi di nɛ kɛŋ? Bi ààdum koŋ nɛ Zɛɛb é?»“Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”

41Ye nabɛ ɛ́, bwoo naasa bɛ ɛlyelɛpe, bɛ moo djinel pak'ɔɔ náá: «Nwyak ɛ́ nwyaa kwaambi mot di náá, dɔɔ nɛ ghuu nɛ boo soob na djato-djato ɛpegwak nyɛ'aak?»Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

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