Mark 2 (NCR) · Opened

1Aju doo a kɛŋsɛ, Jiso kaasɛ wu tu jiŋ Kafanahum. Bamii yu lɛ wu le wa fɛ yeh le,A few days later Jesus went back to Capernaum. And when the people heard that He was home,

2bo taashɛ fo wesee, je gɛ̀ bee gɛ yu yì taŋlo muh tomɛ kikaa mo a yeh fwɛɛŋ gɛ. Wu tu wu feeji jɛ yi Nyo bo le.they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.

3Bamii bamu gɛ̀ ja bo too banɛh bɛ muh mu fɛ wu le, bo nyu bo shumɛ yi bvuko le, wu kwe wa kimbe kimimia.Then a paralytic was brought to Him, carried by four men.

4Fi ya ki bo lee bo gɛɛŋ bɛ wu fɛ wu le nje bamii gɛ fasɛ baaŋ. Bo mo bo bɛɛŋ nyu a yeh we, bo chiɛɛ kiyɛ. No bo chɛle noo, bo mo bo shiishɛ muh wuyu a fiɛɛ fì wu gɛ̀ gime yo le.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 yɛŋ no bo le bo leesɛ muntele muboo ye ye le, wu mo wu jɛmɛ muh wù gɛ̀ kwe wa kimbe kimimia wɛɛ le lɛ, “Nsaa yaŋ, nle nlɛɛshɛ wa bimbefɛ biuŋ.”When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

6Bamii bamu ba gɛ̀ yɛyi banchi ba Nyo ba gɛ̀ shiiyɛ fo yu noo, bo tu bo shuŋshi a muntele le, bo biide lɛ,But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,

7“Muh wunɛ jɛme nɛ nɛɛ? Wu jode kijusɛ ki Nyo. Le yɛɛŋ wuyu wu taŋlo wu lɛɛshɛ bimbefɛ fuge Nyo sɛŋ?”“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

8Jiso mo wu kɛɛ a fitele fie le fiɛɛ fì bo gɛ kwaji, wu mo wu biih bo le lɛ, “Bɛŋ kɛme kfuu chi banɛ baŋkwajɛ a muntele mwɛna le nɛ njɛ 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 chige fì njɛmɛ muh wunɛ le, le fì la? Ki njɛmɛ lɛ nle nlɛɛshɛ wa bimbefɛ bie noo, lɛ wu jo bvuko bwe wu gɛɛne la?“Which is easier: to say to a paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your mat, and walk’?

10Geenɛ, nlé ŋgê bɛŋ kɛ̂ɛ lɛ muh wù jee che le Mwamuh kɛme bvuŋga fɛkuu fɛnɛ ki wu lɛ̂ɛshɛ bimbefɛ.” Wu mo wu jɛmɛ muh wù gɛ̀ kwe wa kimbe kimimia wɛɛ le lɛ,But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,

11“Njɛme wo le, jâ we wo jô bvuko bwuŋ wo gɛ̂ɛne fɛ wo yeh le.”“I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

12Wu mo wu ja we, wu jo bvuko wu bude bamii bachii jiiŋe wu. Bo jiŋɛ nɛɛ, jwe yuŋ bo, bo tu bo tume maŋkuŋ ma Nyo, bo duu lɛ, “Bee gɛ̀ baaŋ a yɛŋ gɛ kfuu chi finɛ fiɛɛ le gɛ.”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 ka wu ja wu gɛɛŋ mbebe mamasi le, kinchvu ki bamii to fo, wu tu wu yɛyi bo.Once again Jesus went out beside the sea. All the people came to Him, and He taught them there.

14Wu ja wu doo wu gɛɛne, wu yɛŋ Lɛwe wu le mwa Alfayu le, wu shii fɛ kijusɛ ke ki lɛme le, wu koode ŋwa. Jiso jɛmɛ wu le lɛ, “Wo bîi mɛne.” Wu mo wu ja we wu bii wu le.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 bɛ booŋ be ba ŋgoo gɛɛŋ bo jii mwɛɛ a Lɛwe yeh bɛ bamii ba gɛ̀ koode ŋwa mo bamii bamu ba befe tɛ. Kfuu chi banɛ bamii tu bo bii wu le wesee.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.

16Bafalashii ba gɛ̀ yɛyi banchi ba Nyo yɛŋ no Jiso jii mwɛɛ bɛ bamii ba befe mo ba gɛ̀ koode ŋwa, bo mo bo biih booŋ be ba ŋgoo le lɛ, “Le nje la fì wu jii mwɛɛ bɛ bamii ba koode ŋwa mo bamii ba befe 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?”

17Jiso yu no bo biide, wu jɛmɛ bo le lɛ, “Gɛ bamii ba tɛɛme to bo goone muh wu nche gɛ. To goone nyu ba chɛne. Gɛ nto ki ntɛɛŋ bamii ba chaaŋ gɛ. Nto ki ntɛɛŋ nyume bamii ba befe.”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.”

18Lɛ to nyu, booŋ ba Joŋ ba ŋgoo mo ba Bafalashii bo banɛ mwɛɛ munjile. Bamii bamu mo bo to bo biih Jiso le lɛ, “Le nje la wù booŋ ba ŋgoo ba Joŋ, mo ba Bafalashii bane mwɛɛ munjile, buŋ booŋ ba ŋgoo bane gɛ?”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 chvuu bo le lɛ, “Taŋlo ba tɛɛŋ bamii fɛ bvuguu le bo gɛɛŋ bo tu bo banɛ mwɛɛ munjile chiji bvuguu nyu bɛ bo? Gɛ taŋlo bo bane mwɛɛ munjile wù nyu bɛ bo gɛ.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.

20Geenɛ, kife le ki to kì ba lé ba fî chiji bvuguu wuyu a bo le, bo mo bo kɛ bo banɛ mwɛɛ munjile kife kiyu le.But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

21Gɛ muh taŋlo wu jo finchaŋa fi nju fifɛŋ, wu chvuushɛ nju yì kege yu gɛ. Nɛ wu ge lo noo, finchaŋa fi nju fiyu mɛsɛ fi saayɛ lo nju yì kege yiyu, kintuge ki le fo ki mɛsɛ ki kugɛ ki fe no ki gɛ̀ shee ki nyume.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.

22Gɛ taŋlo tɛ muh jo mbvuuŋ manfɛŋ, wu gɛɛ a kibɛɛŋ ki mbvuuŋ kì ba kɛnyɛ bɛ je yi nyaŋ, ki juŋ wa le gɛ. Wu nɛ ge lo noo, mbvuuŋ manfɛŋ mayu koo, mo saayɛ kibɛɛŋ kì kege kiyu, mbvuuŋ bɛ kibɛɛŋ mu mo mu lɛsɛ achiji. Fi kooji le lɛ, ba kɛme ki ba gɛɛde mbvuuŋ ma manfɛŋ nyume a bibɛɛŋ bì bifɛŋ le.”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.”

23Gɛ̀ bee juu chi yuuŋ chimi, Jiso bɛ booŋ be ba ŋgoo bo jiɛnyi bo fede mwɛ wu agiŋ wumu le. Booŋ be ba ŋgoo kɛ bo suume bichiɛɛ bo jii.One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

24Bafalashii yɛŋ, bo biih Jiso le lɛ, “Bîjɛ wo yɛ̂ŋ, le nje la fì booŋ buŋ ba ŋgoo gee fiɛɛ fì nchi baaŋ bɛɛŋ gɛ lɛ muh ge juu chi yuuŋ gɛ?”So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

25Jiso biih tɛ bo le lɛ, “Bɛŋ gɛ̀ baaŋ a tɛɛŋ gɛ a Ŋwa wu Nyo le no jɛŋ gɛ̀ yu Nfoŋ Dabi bɛ ŋgoo ye wu ge gɛ?Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

26Gɛ̀ bee kife kì Abiata gɛ̀ bee kikwɛɛ ki bachiji kintanyɛ, Dabi lee yeh yi Nyo le, wu jo blɛd wù ba le ba cha ba gɛɛ lɛ le wu Nyo, wu ji wu ka wu nya tɛ ŋgoo ye yu, gɛ̀ bee nchi lɛ keefɛ muh ji blɛd wuyu fede bachiji kintanyɛ gɛ.”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 mo wu mɛsɛ wu jɛmɛ bo le lɛ, “Nyo gɛ̀ gɛle juu chi yuuŋ nje muh. Gɛ wu gɛ fɛ muh nje juu chi yuuŋ gɛ.Then Jesus declared, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

28Noo, muh wù jee che le Mwamuh le Chiji Kikwɛɛ ki yuuŋ.”Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

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