Mark 4 (PLJ) · Opened

1Yesu pa nǝm kulci wur ra bi ɓula'i. Mbarǝm na womti kan dom wur kar ti naar gho ar ni kem tǝ to gǝs gip kungǝlǝn jikat male kan tǝ dǝm gipi nan mbarǝm kup ra den bishidi kǝ ɓula'i gwa.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.

2Tǝ kulci wur bar na womti tǝp kǝ ba kolɗa bi, ar ni gip kulci gǝso tǝ wule,And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

3<<Kum ni! Mǝn kori bar ri kǝ ngani badǝr gip kǝn gǝsi.“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4Nan ti gip ngani badǝriwo, ar ni badǝr jen ro den tǝpe, kan yatl ba ɗir ɗami wu cika.And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

5Badǝri jen nda den tate, las tu atl ra hoyi da gwa. Kan ar ba yetl bǝle-bǝle, domici atli naar da'a.Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

6Ama nan pǝt tli torwo, ar ni mattǝn kǝ pǝt kem ar landǝrka nan ar ra na tlǝrti dagwa.But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7Badǝri jen nda gip ire, kan ba naari, ama iri dlat wurka, har ba kem ar ɗǝli ge da'a.Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.

8Jen gip badǝri nda den ho atli. Ar tli tor kan ba gǝri, gucǝpi bisi hauya nǝm na kutl, jeno hauya myakan, jen ngapo hauya nantam.>>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.”

9Ar ni Yesu wule, <<Muntu kan ra na kǝm kǝ kumiwo, naa tǝ kumi.>>Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

10Nan tǝra nan gǝso, ar ni mir mǝn kartǝn gǝs kutl cet ropi na nami kan ra kar ti gwa ngen momi kar ti den argon tu tǝ kulci wur deneyi ba pi nupi gwa.As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.

11Tǝ wul wur'e, <<Momi ghuuni bar kǝ mulki kǝ Yamo tare bi in wi. Ama dǝ munju kan ra gip kǝn dawo ko unuwo ba yari wur ni gip kolɗa bi.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,

12Kǝ dǝ, <wu pi ta zhuwi ama wii mani shini da'a wu pi ta kumi ama wii mani momi da'a, Kǝ dǝ wu pal karǝm dǝ ho'i wur warwat pitǝn gǝzǝnka ra!> >>so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

13Ar ni Yesu wul wur'e, <<Kǝ mani momi kolɗa bi tu diya? Ra imnu kii mani momi nami kolɗa biyi?Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

14Ba mǝn kǝni ngani ni shirǝmi.The farmer sows the word.

15Mbarǝmi jeno wi ni wule badǝr kan nda den tǝp gwa, las tu ngani shirǝmi gwa. Na kumi gǝzǝni ar ni Shetan ɗir pǝn shirǝmika kan ngani gip wur gwa.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.

16Jeno wi ni wule badǝr tu kan nda den tat gwa, munju na kumi shirǝmiwo wu nǝm na ghol mbatli.Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

17Ama nan wu ra na tlǝrti dawo, wu dǝm ni kǝ wokoci njem katl. Nan tlatǝn ko kumi dli den bi kǝ shirǝmi ɗiro, wu ndaka koshilan.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.

18Jen ngapo wi ni wule badǝr tu kan ngani gip ir gwa, wu kum shirǝmi,Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

19ama damtǝn kǝ dǝmi kǝ se na gǝni, na ndu'i bar kǝ am kan na ndu'i bar jen ɗir kan ba tla shirǝmika har ar ba hol gǝritǝni.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.

20Ama badǝr tu kan ngani den ho atlo, nan wu kum shirǝmiwo ar ni wu nǝmi, kan wu gǝri ngucipi hauya nǝm na kutl, jen hauya myakan kan jen ma hauya nantam kǝ argon tu ngani gwa.>>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.”

21Tǝ wul wur'e, <<Kǝ ne ni pitila te gip kushika kǝ zupka na gal ko te gǝs dandi kaya? Untu ni da'a, kǝ neni den badǝmi gǝs da'aya?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?

22Argon tu kup kan ra na ghuuniwo, ne ni kǝ dǝ ɓulka, kan kup argon tu kan lekawo, ne tǝni kǝ dǝ ɗǝlika kaari.For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be brought to light.

23Murgon tu kup kan ra na kǝm kǝ kumiwo, naa tǝ kumi.>>If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

24Yesu ci cina na shirǝm tǝ wule, <<Neni kǝm hoyi den argon tu kǝ kum gwa. Na shanndǝr tu kǝ cingǝr bar nariwo nari ni baa cingǝri in pa'e, har ma na mbǝli ra.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.

25Murgon tu kup kan ra na baro, baa bi ti ra, murgon tu kan ra nari dawo, ko nye argon tu tǝra nari ma, baa nǝmi tika.>>For whoever has will be given more. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”

26Tǝ pa wule, <<Kandatu mulki kǝ Yam ra gwa ikǝni. Mbarǝm gon ri kǝ ngani badǝr gip kǝne,Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

27se na gǝni, har dǝ argon tu kan tǝ ngani gwa naari, tǝ mom imnu ar pi gwa da'a.Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how.

28Atl ba bi bar kǝ gip kǝn na gam gǝsi. Kǝ nǝm ar ba yetli, kan ar ɗǝli gami, den kaariwo kan ar ɗǝli ge.All by itself the earth produces a crop—first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

29Na ar ba nyowo ar ni mǝn kǝni baa ri na bar kǝ rǝshi kǝn gǝs den ar mbi den bi rǝshi kǝn wi.>>And as soon as the grain is ripe, he swings the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

30Tǝ pa wul wur'e, <<Ununu mii wule mulki kǝ Yam ra we? Ko ununu ba kolɗa bi dene dǝ yari kandatu ar ra gwawu?Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

31Ar ni ra wule ge dǝnti, muntu kan mani heltǝn gip badǝr ju kan ba ngani gwa.It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds sown upon the earth.

32Na untu kup in nganiwo ar ba naar ar man nami mir kin kup. Ar ba pi am ju kan yatl kǝ to yamka ba mani tu'i bin den mir ami gwa.>>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.”

33Na kolɗa bi na bar jen wule muntu na womti ar ni Yesu yari wur shirǝm kǝ Yami, kandatu wii mani momi gwa.With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

34Tǝ yari wur bar gon bat na kolɗa bi da'a. Ama ti ni nan gǝs na mir mǝn kulci kartiwo tǝ yari wur ko unu kandatu wii mani momi gwa.He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

35Gasi kǝ sito Yesu wul mir mǝn kulci kar ti'e, <<Mǝ te ni den bishidiyi mǝnta.>>When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”

36Ar ni wu za womti mbarǝmi kaari, kan wu ndara nan ti gip kungǝlǝn jikat male. Kungǝlǝn jikat mali jen ra es nan ti.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.

37Kan dun yam ba tli tor gǝsi, mal ba nǝm ghuni kungǝlǝn jikat mali, kan mal ba pare laa'i kungǝlǝnyika.Soon a violent windstorm came up, and the waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was being swamped.

38Yesu ra tǝp kaar kungǝlǝn jikat mali na gam gǝs den bar kǝ tli gami, tǝ den nde umuri. Mir mǝn kulci kartiyi putu ti kan wu wul ti'e, <<Ba mǝn kulci, ar ghun ki diya, mǝ ri kǝ mǝshtǝn wu gwa?>>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?”

39Tǝ tlyami, kan tǝ matl itǝr kan tǝ wul zap mali'e, <<Sa shot! Dlǝr lasi nǝm!>>Ar ni itǝri za'i, kan las ba sa shot hoyi.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.

40Yesu wul mir mǝn kulci kartiyi'e, <<Unun kem bǝrti nǝm kǝnwe? Kǝ'i ni ra na holi ngǝshtǝn den Yama?>>“Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”

41Bǝrti nǝm mir mǝn kulci kar tiyi naari kan wu wul ezǝn'e, <<Wo ni'e muntuwe? Itǝr na zap mal ma wu kop shirǝm gǝsi!>>Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

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