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1. 1IGBỌ sitere nʼebe ahụ pụọ laghachi nʼobodo nke a mụrụ ya. Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sooro ya gaa.BSBBSB: Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.
2. 2IGBNʼụbọchị izuike, ọ banyere nʼụlọ ekpere bido izi ihe. Ozizi ya juru ọtụtụ ndị gere ya ntị anya. Ha kwuru sị, “Ebee ka nwoke si mụta ihe ndị a niile? Gịnịkwa bụ amamihe nke a e nyere ya? Lekwa ọrụ ebube nke a ọ rụrụ?BSBBSB: When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?
3. 3IGBOnye a ọ bụghị onye kapinta ahụ? Ọ bụghị nwa Meri, bụrụkwa nwanne Jemis, Josef, Judas na Saimọn? Ụmụnne ya ndị inyom ha esoghị anyị nọrọ nʼebe a?” Iwe were ha nʼebe ọ nọ.BSBBSB: Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him.
4. 4IGBMa Jisọs zara ha sị, “Onye amụma adịghị enwe nsọpụrụ ọbụla nʼobodo a mụrụ ya, na nʼetiti ndị ikwu ya na nʼezinaụlọ o siri pụta.”BSBBSB: Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
5. 5IGBỌ rụghị ọrụ ebube ọbụla nʼebe ahụ. Ihe o mere bụ naanị ibikwasị mmadụ ole na ole ahụ na-esighị ike aka nʼisi gwọọ ha.BSBBSB: So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.
6. 6IGBEnweghị okwukwe ha juru ya anya. O jegharịkwara nʼobodo nta niile gburugburu na-ezi ihe.BSBBSB: And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.
7. 7IGBỌ kpọrọ mmadụ iri na abụọ ahụ na-eso ya, nye ha ikike zipụ ha, abụọ abụọ. O nyere ha ikike ịchụpụ mmụọ na-adịghị ọcha.BSBBSB: Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.
8. 8IGBNdị a bụ iwu o nyere: “Unu ewerekwala ihe ọbụla maka njem a, karịkwa mkpanaka. Unu ewela achịcha, maọbụ akpa, unu etinyela ego ọbụla nʼime belịt unu.BSBBSB: He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—
9. 9IGBYirinụ akpụkpọụkwụ unu, unu eyikwala karịa otu uwe.BSBBSB: and to wear sandals, but not a second tunic.
10. 10IGBMgbe ọbụla unu banyere nʼụlọ ọbụla, nọgidenụ nʼebe ahụ ruo mgbe unu hapụrụ obodo ahụ.BSBBSB: And He told them, “When you enter a house, stay there until you leave that area.
11. 11IGBMa ọ bụrụ na obodo ọbụla anabataghị unu maọbụ egeghị unu ntị, kụchapụnụ aja dị nʼụkwụ unu mgbe unu na-apụ, ka ọ bụrụ ihe ama megide ha.”BSBBSB: If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”
12. 12IGBHa pụrụ kwusara ndị mmadụ ka ha chegharịa.BSBBSB: So they set out and preached that the people should repent.
13. 13IGBHa chụpụrụ ọtụtụ mmụọ ọjọọ, teekwa ọtụtụ ndị ahụ na-esighị ike mmanụ, gwọọ ha.BSBBSB: They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.
14. 14IGBEze Herọd nụrụ akụkọ banyere ya, nʼihi na aha Jisọs aghọọla okwu a kpụ nʼọnụ. Ụfọdụ na-asị, na ọ bụ “Jọn omee baptizim; na e meela ka o site na ndị nwụrụ anwụ bilie. Ọ bụkwa nke a mere ka ike ọrụ ebube ji dị nʼime ya.”BSBBSB: Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
15. 15IGBNdị ọzọ na-asị, “Ọ bụ Ịlaịja.” Ma ndị ọzọkwa kwuru na ọ bụ onye amụma dị ka otu nʼime ndị amụma mgbe ochie.BSBBSB: Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
16. 16IGBMa mgbe Herọd nụrụ nke a, ọ sịrị, “Jọn onye ahụ m bipụrụ isi, emeela ka ọ site nʼọnwụ bilie!”BSBBSB: But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”
17. 17IGBNʼihi na Herọd nʼonwe ya nyererị iwu ka e jide Jọn kee ya agbụ tụba ya nʼụlọ mkpọrọ. O mere nke a nʼihi Herodịas bụrịị nwunye Filip nwanne ya, onye ọ kpọrọ dịka nwunye ya.BSBBSB: For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
18. 18IGBNʼihi na Jọn gwara Herọd sị, “Ọ bụghị ihe ziri ezi nʼiwu ka ị kpọrọ nwunye nwanne gị nwoke.”BSBBSB: For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”
19. 19IGBNʼihi ya Herodịas bu iro nʼobi megide Jọn na-achọkwa ụzọ igbu ya, mana ọ pụghị ime nke a,BSBBSB: So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
20. 20IGBnʼihi na Herọd na-atụ egwu ma na-echekwa Jọn, ebe ọ maara na ọ bụ onye ezi omume na onye dị nsọ. Mgbe ọ nụrụ okwu ya, o nweghị udo nʼobi ma ige ya ntị na-amasị ya.BSBBSB: because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.
21. 21IGBNʼikpeazụ, ohere bịara mgbe Herọd kpọrọ oriri nʼụbọchị ncheta ọmụmụ ya nye ndị ọkwa ha dị elu nʼokpuru ọchịchị ya, ndịisi ndị ọchịagha na ndị bụ ndị ndu nʼobodo Galili.BSBBSB: On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
22. 22IGBMgbe ada Herodịas bịara tee egwu, obi tọrọ Herọd na ndị niile ọ kpọrọ oriri ụtọ. Eze gwara nwaagbọghọ ahụ sị, “Rịọ m ihe ọbụla ị chọrọ aga m enyekwa gị ya.”BSBBSB: When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”
23. 23IGBO kwere ya nkwa ṅụọkwa iyi sị, “Ihe ọbụla ị rịọrọ m aga m enye gị, ọ bụladị ọkara alaeze m.”BSBBSB: And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
24. 24IGBỌ jekwuru nne ya jụọ ya sị, “Gịnị ka m ga-arịọ?” Ọ zara ya sị, “Isi Jọn omee baptizim.”BSBBSB: Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
25. 25IGBNgwangwa, ọ bịakwutere eze rịọ ya sị, “Achọrọ m ka i nye m, ugbu a, nʼime efere, isi Jọn omee baptizim.”BSBBSB: At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
26. 26IGBO wutere eze nke ukwuu, ma nʼihi iyi ọ ṅụrụ, na nʼihi ndị ọ kpọrọ oriri, ọ chọghị ịjụ inye ya ihe ọ rịọrọ ya.BSBBSB: The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
27. 27IGBNgwangwa o zipụrụ onye agha na-eche nche nye ya iwu ka ọ gaa bute isi Jọn. Ọ gara, bipụ isi Jọn nʼụlọ mkpọrọ,BSBBSB: So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.
28. 28IGBtinye isi ahụ nʼime efere butere nwaagbọghọ ahụ onye nara ya bunye nne ya.BSBBSB: The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.
29. 29IGBMgbe ndị na-eso ụzọ ya nụrụ nke a, ha bịara buru ozu ya gaa lie.BSBBSB: When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
30. 30IGBNdị ozi Jisọs gbara ya gburugburu kọọrọ ya ihe niile ha mere, na ihe niile ha kuziri.BSBBSB: Meanwhile, the apostles gathered around Jesus and brought Him news of all they had done and taught.
31. 31IGBNʼoge ahụ, nʼihi na ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ na-abịa na-apụkwa nke mere na ha enweghị ohere iri nri, ọ sịrị ha, “Soronụ m, unu niile, ka anyị ga ebe dị jụụ, zuo ike nwa oge nta.”BSBBSB: And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
32. 32IGBYa mere ha pụrụ baa nʼime ụgbọ mmiri gaa nʼebe ha ga-anọdụrụ naanị onwe ha.BSBBSB: So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.
33. 33IGBMa ọtụtụ mmadụ ndị hụrụ ha mgbe ha na-apụ matara ha, sitekwara nʼobodo niile dị ebe ahụ gburugburu gbara ọsọ gbaruo ebe ahụ tupu ya na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya abịaruo.BSBBSB: But many people saw them leaving and recognized them. They ran together on foot from all the towns and arrived before them.
34. 34IGBMgbe o sitere nʼụgbọ mmiri rịdata, ọ hụrụ oke igwe mmadụ a ka ha zukọrọ. O nwere ọmịiko nʼebe ha nọ, nʼihi na ha dị ka atụrụ na-enweghị onye na-azụ ha. Ọ malitekwara izi ha ọtụtụ ihe.BSBBSB: When Jesus stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.
35. 35IGBNʼoge a, ọchịchịrị ebidola ịgba, nʼihi ya, ndị na-eso ụzọ ya bịara gwa ya, “Ebe a bụ ọzara, chi ejiekwala.BSBBSB: By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.
36. 36IGBZilaga ndị a, ka ha gaa nʼobodo nta ndị dị gburugburu ebe a, zụtara onwe ha ihe ha ga-eri.”BSBBSB: Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
37. 37IGBMa ọ zara sị ha, “Nyenụ ha ihe ha ga-eri.” Ha sịrị ya, “Anyị ga-eje ịzụta ogbe achịcha nke narị denarị abụọ, iji nye ha ka ha rie?”BSBBSB: But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
38. 38IGBMa ọ jụrụ ha sị, “Ogbe achịcha ole ka unu nwere? Gaanụ chọpụta.” Mgbe ha chọpụtasịrị, ha sịrị, “Ogbe achịcha ise na azụ abụọ.”BSBBSB: “Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
39. 39IGBMgbe ahụ o nyere ha iwu ka ha mee igwe mmadụ ahụ ka ha nọdụ ala nʼotu nʼotu nʼelu ahịhịa ndụ.BSBBSB: Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass.
40. 40IGBYa mere, ha nọdụrụ ala, iri mmadụ ise nʼotu ebe, narị mmadụ nʼebe ọzọ.BSBBSB: So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.
41. 41IGBỌ naara ogbe achịcha ise na azụ abụọ ndị ahụ, welie anya ya elu, nye ekele. Ọ nyawara achịcha ahụ nye ya ndị na-eso ụzọ ya ka ha kee ndị mmadụ ahụ. Otu aka ahụkwa ọ nyawakwara azụ abụọ ahụ nyekwa ha niile.BSBBSB: Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.
42. 42IGBHa niile riri rijuo afọ.BSBBSB: They all ate and were satisfied,
43. 43IGBHa tụtụkọtara iberibe achịcha na azụ tụtụjuo nkata iri na abụọ.BSBBSB: and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
44. 44IGBỌnụọgụgụ ndị nwoke riri ogbe achịcha ahụ dị puku mmadụ ise.BSBBSB: And there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.
45. 45IGBNgwangwa, o mere ka ndị na-eso ụzọ ya banye nʼụgbọ mmiri buru ya ụzọ gafee nʼofe nke ọzọ nke osimiri Betsaida, ebe ya onwe ya nọdụrụ izilaga igwe mmadụ ahụ.BSBBSB: Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.
46. 46IGBMgbe ndị a niile lachara, ọ rigooro nʼelu ugwu ikpe ekpere.BSBBSB: After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.
47. 47IGBMgbe uhuruchi bịara, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ nọ nʼetiti osimiri, ma naanị ya onwe ya nọ nʼelu ala.BSBBSB: When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and Jesus was alone on land.
48. 48IGBMgbe ọ hụrụ na ha nọ na nsogbu nʼihi na ikuku na-emegide ha, nʼihe dị ka elekere atọ nke ụtụtụ, o bidoro ịga ije nʼelu mmiri ịbịakwute ha, ma o mere dị ka ọ chọrọ ịgafe ha.BSBBSB: He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,
49. 49IGBMa mgbe ha hụrụ ya ka ọ na-aga ije nʼelu osimiri, ha chere na ọ bụ mmụọ, tie mkpu akwa.BSBBSB: but when they saw Him walking on the sea, they cried out, thinking He was a ghost—
50. 50IGBNʼihi na ha niile hụrụ ya, oke ụjọ tụkwara ha. Na-atụfughị oge, ọ gwara ha sị, “Nweenụ obi ike! Ọ bụ m. Unu atụla egwu.”BSBBSB: for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
51. 51IGBEmesịa, ọ rịgokwuru ha nʼime ụgbọ mmiri ahụ, otu mgbe ahụ ikuku ahụ dara juu. Ihe ndị a jukwara ha anya nke ukwuu.BSBBSB: Then He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,
52. 52IGBObi ha mechiri emechi nʼihi na ha aghọtaghị ihe banyere ọrụ ebube ogbe achịcha ndị ahụ.BSBBSB: for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.
53. 53IGBMgbe ha gafere nʼofe nke ọzọ, ha rutere nʼala Genesaret ebe ha kedoro ụgbọ ha.BSBBSB: When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and moored the boat.
54. 54IGBMa ngwangwa ha pụtara nʼụgbọ, ndị nọ nʼebe ahụ matara onye ọ bụ.BSBBSB: As soon as they got out of the boat, the people recognized Jesus
55. 55IGBHa gbaara ọsọ gaa nʼobodo nta niile dị ebe ahụ gburugburu butere ya ndị ọrịa nʼute ebe ọbụla ha nụrụ na ọ nọ.BSBBSB: and ran through that whole region, carrying the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.
56. 56IGBEbe ọbụla ọ bara, nʼobodo ukwu maọbụ na obodo nta, maọbụ nʼubi, ndị mmadụ na-ebute ndị ọrịa nibe ha nʼahịa. Ha rịọrọ ya ka o kwere ka ha metụ ọ bụladị ọnụnụ uwe ya aka; ndị niile metụrụ ya aka nwetara ọgwụgwọ.BSBBSB: And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.