Mak 9
1 Li di yo ankò: -Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Nan moun ki la koulye a gen ladan yo ki p'ap mouri san yo pa wè Bondye vin pran gouvènman an nan men l' avèk pouvwa.
‘I tell you,’ he added, ‘that some of those who are standing here will not know death until they have seen the kingdom of God come in power.’
2 Sis jou apre sa, Jezi pran Pyè, Jak ak Jan; li mennen yo pou kont yo sou tèt yon mòn byen wo. Figi l' chanje la devan yo;
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain alone by themselves. There his appearance was transformed before their eyes,
3 rad li vin klere tou blan. Pa gen lesivyèz sou latè ki kapab blanchi konsa.
and his clothes became whiter than any launderer in the whole world could bleach them.
4 Twa disip yo wè Eli ak Moyiz parèt, yo t'ap koze avèk Jezi.
And Elijah appeared to them, in company with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus.
5 Pyè pran lapawòl, li di Jezi konsa: -Mèt, sa te bon nèt pou nou te la. N'ap moute twa ti kay, yonn pou ou, yonn pou Moyiz, yonn pou Eli.
‘Rabbi,’ said Peter, interposing, ‘it is good to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.’
6 Li pa t' konnen sa pou l' te di tèlman yo te pè.
For he did not know what to say, because they were much afraid.
7 Yon nwaj vin kouvri yo, epi yon vwa moun soti nan nwaj la, li di: -Sa se pitit mwen renmen anpil la. Koute li.
Then a cloud came down and enveloped them; and from the cloud there came a voice – ‘This is my dearly loved son; listen to him.’
8 Menm lè a, disip yo vire tèt yo, yo gade adwat, yo gade agoch, men yo pa wè pesonn pase Jezi ki te pou kont li avèk yo.
And suddenly, on looking round, they saw that there was now no one with them but Jesus alone.
9 Antan yo t'ap desann mòn lan, Jezi pale sevè avèk yo: -Pa di pesonn sa nou sot wè la a, jouk mwen menm, Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a, m'a leve soti vivan pami mò yo.
As they were going down the mountainside, Jesus cautioned them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
10 Yo te kenbe pawòl la sekrè, men yonn t'ap di lòt: -Sa sa vle di menm: leve soti vivan pami mò yo?
They seized on these words and discussed with one another what this “rising from the dead” meant.
11 Twa disip yo poze l' keksyon sa a: -Poukisa dirèktè lalwa yo di: Se pou Eli vin anvan.
‘How is it,’ they asked Jesus, ‘that our teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?’
12 Li reponn yo: -Se vre wi. Eli gen pou l' vin anvan pou l' mete tout bagay nan lòd. Men, ki jan yo te fè ekri tou: Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a gen pou l' soufri anpil, yo p'ap manke pase l' nan betiz?
‘Elijah does indeed come first,’ answered Jesus, ‘and re-establish everything; and does not scripture speak, with regard to the Son of Man, of his undergoing much suffering and being utterly despised?
13 Men mwen menm, mwen di nou: Eli vini deja, yo fè sa yo te vle ave l', jan sa te ekri sou li a.
But I tell you that Elijah has come, and people have treated him just as they pleased, as scripture says of him.’
14 Lè yo rive bò kote lòt disip yo, yo wè yo nan mitan yon mas moun. Te gen kèk dirèktè lalwa la tou ki t'ap diskite avèk yo.
When they came to the other disciples, they saw a great crowd round them, and some teachers of the Law arguing with them.
15 Lè foul moun yo wè Jezi, sezisman pran yo, yo tout kouri vin di l' bonjou.
But, as soon as they saw Jesus, all the people, in great astonishment, ran up and greeted him.
16 Li mande disip li yo: -Sa n'ap diskite konsa?
‘What are you arguing about with them?’ Jesus asked.
17 Yon nonm nan foul moun yo reponn li: -Mèt, mwen te mennen ti gason m' lan ba ou; li anba yon move lespri ki rann li bèbè.
‘Teacher,’ answered a man in the crowd, ‘I brought my son to see you, as he has a spirit in him that makes him mute;
18 Nenpòt ki kote lespri a pran l', li fese l' atè. Lè konsa, tibway la kimen, li manje dan l', epi li vin tou rèd. Mwen te mande disip ou yo pou yo chase lespri a sot sou li, men yo pa t' kapab.
and, wherever it seizes him, it dashes him down; he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth, and he is pining away. I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they failed.’
19 Jezi di yo: -Ala moun san konfyans nan Bondye! Jouk kilè pou m' rete nan mitan nou? Jouk kilè pou m' sipòte nou? Mennen tibway la ban mwen.
‘Faithless generation!’ exclaimed Jesus. ‘How long must I be with you? How long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy to me.’
20 Yo mennen l' ba li. Kou ti nonm lan wè Jezi, move lespri a souke l' byen souke. Ti gason an tonbe atè, li woule, li kimen.
They brought him to Jesus; but no sooner did the boy see him than the spirit threw him into convulsions; and he fell on the ground, and rolled about, foaming at the mouth.
21 Jezi mande papa a: -Depi konbe tan li konsa? Papa a reponn li: -Depi li tou piti wi.
‘How long has he been like this?’ Jesus asked the boy’s father.
22 Anpil fwa menm, move lespri a jete l' nan dife, osinon nan dlo pou touye li. Men, si ou kapab fè kichòy, tanpri, ede nou. Gen pitye pou nou!
‘From his childhood,’ he answered. ‘It has often thrown him into fire and into water to put an end to his life; but, if you can possibly do anything, take pity on us, and help us!’
23 Jezi di li: -Si m' kapab menm! ...Tout bagay posib wi pou moun ki met konfyans yo nan Bondye.
‘Why say “possibly”?’ Jesus replied. ‘Everything is possible for one who has faith.’
24 Menm lè a, papa tibway la di byen fò: -Mwen gen konfyans nan Bondye! Men, vin ede m' pou m' sa gen plis konfyans toujou.
The boy’s father immediately cried out, ‘I have faith; help my want of faith!’
25 Lè Jezi wè foul moun yo ap kouri vini, li pale sevè avèk move lespri a, li di li: -Espri bèbè, espri soudè, se mwen k'ap kòmande ou: soti sou tibway la, pa janm antre sou li ankò.
But, when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly collecting, he rebuked the foul spirit, ‘Deaf and dumb spirit, it is I who command you. Come out from him and never enter him again.’
26 Move lespri a souke tibway la byen souke; li bay yon gwo rèl, epi li soti, li ale. Ti gason an te rete tankou si l' te mouri atè a, kifè anpil moun te gen tan ap di: -Li mouri wi.
With a loud cry the spirit threw the boy into repeated convulsions, and then came out from him. The boy looked like a corpse, so that most of them said that he was dead.
27 Men Jezi pran men l', li fè l' leve. Lamenm, ti gason an kanpe.
But Jesus took his hand, and lifted him; and he stood up.
28 Antre Jezi antre nan kay la, disip yo pran l' apa, epi yo di li: -Poukisa nou pa t' kapab chase lespri sa a?
When Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, ‘Why couldn’t we drive it out?’
29 Li di yo: -Se lapriyè sèlman ki pou fè kalite lespri sa a soti.
‘A spirit of this kind,’ he said, ‘can be driven out only by prayer.’
30 Yo soti kote yo te ye a, yo travèse peyi Galile. Jezi pa t' vle moun konnen kote li te ye,
Leaving that place, Jesus and his disciples went on their way through Galilee; but he did not wish anyone to know it,
31 paske li t'ap moutre disip li yo anpil bagay. Li di yo: -Mwen menm, Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a, mwen pral tonbe anba men lèzòm, yo pral touye mwen. Men, sou twa jou mwen gen pou m' leve soti vivan nan lanmò.
for he was instructing his disciples, and telling them – ‘The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of his fellow men, and they will put him to death, but, when he has been put to death, he will rise again after three days.’
32 Men, disip yo pa t' konprann sans pawòl sa a: epi yo te pè poze l' keksyon.
But the disciples did not understand his meaning and were afraid to question him.
33 Yo rive Kapènawòm. Rive li rive nan kay la, Jezi mande yo: -Kisa nou t'ap pale konsa nan chemen an?
They came to Capernaum. When Jesus had gone into the house, he asked them, ‘What were you discussing on the way?’
34 Pesonn pa louvri bouch yo reponn, paske nan chemen an, yo t'ap diskite pou konnen kilès nan yo ki te pi grannèg.
But they were silent; for on the way they had been arguing with one another which was the greatest.
35 Lè sa a Jezi chita, li rele douz disip yo, li di yo konsa: -Si yon moun vle pou l' nan premye plas la, fòk li mete l' dèyè nèt, fòk li sèvi tout moun.
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, ‘If anyone wishes to be first, he must be last of all, and servant of all.’
36 Epi li pran yon timoun piti, li mete l' nan mitan yo. Li pran timoun lan nan bra l', li di yo konsa:
Then Jesus took a little child, and placed it in the middle of them. Taking it in his arms, he said to them,
37 -Nenpòt moun ki resevwa yon timoun konsa poutèt mwen, se mwen menm menm li resevwa. Nenpòt moun ki resevwa m', se pa mwen li resevwa, men se moun ki voye m' lan li resevwa.
‘Anyone who, for the sake of my name, welcomes even a little child like this is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming not me, but him who sent me as his messenger.’
38 Jan di l' konsa: -Mèt, nou te wè yon nonm ki pran non ou pou chase move lespri. Nou te vle anpeche l' fè sa, paske li pa t'ap mache avèk nou.
‘Teacher,’ said John, ‘we saw a man driving out demons by using your name, and we tried to prevent him, because he did not follow us.’
39 Jezi reponn li: -Kite l' non. Paske yon moun ki pran non m' pou fè mirak pa kapab pale m' mal apre sa.
‘None of you must prevent the man,’ answered Jesus, ‘for no one will use my name in working a miracle, and yet find it easy to speak evil of me.
40 Moun ki pa kont nou, se moun pa nou li ye.
He who is not against us is for us.
41 Sa m'ap di la a, se vre wi: nenpòt moun ki va ban nou yon gode dlo paske se moun Kris la nou ye, li pa gen dwa pèdi rekonpans li.
If anyone gives you a cup of water because you belong to Christ, I tell you, he will assuredly not lose his reward.
42 Kanta moun ki fè yonn nan timoun sa yo ki kwè nan mwen tonbe nan peche, li ta pi bon pou li si yo te mare yon gwo wòl moulen nan kou l', voye li jete nan lanmè.
‘And, if anyone puts temptation in the way of one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be far better for him if he had been thrown into the sea with a great millstone round his neck.
43 Si se men ou ki pou ta fè ou tonbe nan peche, koupe l', voye l' jete. Pito ou antre nan lavi a ak yon sèl men, pase pou ou rete ak tou de men ou, apre sa pou ou al nan lanfè, kote dife a pa janm mouri. (Geenna g1067)
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the life maimed, than to have both your hands and go into Gehenna, into the fire that cannot be put out. (Geenna g1067)
44 Nan lanfè, dife sa a ansanm ak vè k'ap manje kadav yo pa janm mouri. (questioned)
45 Si se pye ou ki pou ta fè ou tonbe nan peche, koupe l', voye li jete. Pito ou antre nan lavi a ak yon sèl pye, pase pou ou rete ak de pye ou, apre sa pou yo jete ou nan lanfè. (Geenna g1067)
If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the life lame, than to have both your feet and be thrown into Gehenna. (Geenna g1067)
46 Nan lanfè, dife sa a ansanm ak vè k'ap manje kadav yo pa janm mouri. (questioned)
47 Si se je ou ki pou ta fè ou tonbe nan peche, rache l' voye l' jete. Pito ou antre nan Peyi kote Bondye Wa a ak yon sèl je, pase pou ou rete ak tou de je ou, apre sa pou yo jete ou nan lanfè. (Geenna g1067)
If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter the kingdom of God with only one eye, than to have both eyes and be thrown into Gehenna, (Geenna g1067)
48 La, dife a ansanm ak vè k'ap manje kadav yo pa janm mouri.
where their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.
49 Paske, tout moun ap sale ak dife.
For it is by fire that everyone will be salted.
50 Sèl, se yon bon bagay. Men, si sèl la pèdi gou l', ak kisa poun sale l' ankò? Mete sèl nan kè nou, epi viv byen yonn ak lòt.
Salt is good, but, if the salt should lose its saltiness, what will you use to season it? You must have salt in yourselves, and live at peace with one another.’
