Matye 9
1 Jezi moute nan kannòt la, li tounen lòt bò lanmè a ankò, nan lavil kote l' te ye a.
Afterwards Jesus got into a boat, and, crossing over, came to his own city.
2 Se konsa, yo pote ba li yon nonm paralize kouche sou yon kabann. Jezi wè jan moun yo te gen konfyans nan li, li di nonm paralize a: Pran kouraj, pitit mwen, peche ou yo padonnen.
There some people brought to him a paralysed man on a bed. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, ‘Courage, child! Your sins are forgiven.’
3 Lè sa a, kèk dirèktè lalwa di nan kè yo: Nonm sa a ap pale mal sou Bondye.
Then some of the teachers of the Law said to themselves, ‘This man is blaspheming!’
4 Men, Jezi te gen tan konnen sa ki t'ap pase nan tèt yo. Li di yo: Poukisa n'ap fè move lide konsa nan tèt nou?
Knowing their thoughts, Jesus exclaimed, ‘Why do your cherish such wicked thoughts?
5 Kisa ki pi fasil pou m' di: Peche ou yo padonnen, osinon: Leve mache?
Which, I ask, is the easier? – to say “Your sins are forgiven”? Or to say “Get up, and walk”?
6 Enben, m'ap fè nou konnen mwen menm, Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a, mwen gen pouvwa sou latè pou m' padonnen peche. Li vire, li di nonm paralize a: Leve kanpe, pran kabann ou, ale lakay ou.
But to show you that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins’ – then he said to the paralysed man – ‘Get up, take up your bed, and return to your home.’
7 Nonm lan leve kanpe vre, li ale lakay li.
The man got up and went to his home.
8 Lè moun yo wè sa, yo tout te pè, yo fè lwanj Bondye dapre li te bay lèzòm kalite pouvwa sa a.
When the crowd saw this, they were awe-struck, and praised God for giving such power to human beings.
9 Jezi kite kote l' te ye a. Antan li t'ap pase konsa, li wè yon nonm yo te rele Matye ki te chita nan biwo kontribisyon an. Jezi di l' konsa: Swiv mwen. Matye annik leve, li swiv Jezi.
As Jesus went along, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting in the tax office, and said to him, ‘Follow me.’ Matthew got up and followed him.
10 Pita, Jezi t'ap manje nan kay la. Te gen anpil pèseptè kontribisyon ak moun k'ap fè sa ki mal ki te vin chita sou tab avè l' ansanm ak disip li yo.
And, later on, when he was having dinner in the house, a number of tax collectors and outcasts came in and took their places at the table with Jesus and his disciples.
11 Farizyen yo wè sa, yo di disip li yo: Poukisa Mèt nou an ap manje konsa ak pèseptè kontribisyon ansanm ak moun k'ap fè sa ki mal yo?
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat in the company of tax collectors and outcasts?’
12 Jezi tande sa, li di yo: Si yon moun ansante, li pa bezwen dòktè. Se moun malad ki bezwen dòktè.
On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill.
13 Ale non, chache konprann sans pawòl sa yo ki nan Liv la: Mwen vle pou nou gen kè sansib. Mwen pa bezwen bèt n'ap ofri pou touye pou mwen yo. Paske, mwen pa vin rele moun k'ap mache dwat devan Bondye, men moun k'ap fè sa ki mal yo.
Go and learn what this means – “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice”; for I did not come to call the religious, but the outcast.’
14 Disip Jan Batis yo pwoche bò kot Jezi, yo di li: Nou menm ak farizyen yo, nou fè jèn. Men, poukisa disip ou yo pa fè jèn tou?
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus, and asked, ‘Why do we and the Pharisees fast while your disciples do not?’
15 Jezi reponn yo: Eske zanmi yon nonm k'ap marye kapab nan lapenn toutotan nonm k'ap marye a la ak yo? Non, pa vre? Men, lè lè a va rive pou l' pa nan mitan yo ankò, se lè sa a y'a fè jèn.
Jesus answered, ‘Can the groom’s friends mourn as long as the groom is with them? But the days will come, when the groom will be taken away from them, and they will fast then.
16 Pesonn pa pyese yon vye rad ak yon moso twal nèf. Paske, pyès nèf la va pati ak moso nan rad la. Lè sa a, rad la chire pi mal.
Nobody ever puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for such a patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made.
17 Konsa tou, yo pa mete diven ki fenk fèt nan vye veso fèt an po. Si ou fè sa, veso an po yo gen pou pete, diven an gen pou koule atè; epi ou pèdi veso yo tou. Men, yo mete diven ki fèk fèt nan veso an po ki fenk fèt tou. Konsa, ni diven an ni veso an po yo ap byen konsève.
Nor do people put new wine into old wine-skins; for, if they do, the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are lost; but they put new wine into fresh skins, and so both are preserved.’
18 Antan Jezi t'ap pale konsa ak moun yo, yonn nan chèf jwif yo vin rive, li mete ajenou devan Jezi. Li di li: Pitit fi mwen an fèk mouri. Men, vin mete men ou sou li pou li ka viv.
While Jesus was saying this, a synagogue leader came up and bowed to the ground before him. ‘My daughter,’ he said, ‘has just died; but come and place your hand on her, and she will be restored to life.’
19 Jezi leve, li swiv nonm lan. Disip li yo te ale avè l' tou.
So Jesus rose and followed him, and his disciples went also.
20 Lè sa a, yon fanm ki te malad pwoche pa dèyè Jezi. Li te gen pèdisyon depi douzan. Li manyen rebò rad Jezi a,
But meanwhile a woman, who had been suffering from haemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind and touched the tassel of his cloak.
21 paske li t'ap di nan kè l': Si m' ka manyen rad li sèlman, m'a geri.
‘If I only touch his cloak,’ she said to herself, ‘I will get well.’
22 Jezi vire tèt li, li wè fanm lan. Li di l' konsa: Pran kouraj, mafi. Konfyans ou nan Bondye ap geri ou. Menm lè a, fanm lan geri.
Turning and seeing her, Jesus said, ‘Courage, daughter! Your faith has delivered you.’ And at that very moment she became well.
23 Lè Jezi rive kay chèf la, li wè mizisyen yo ki t'ap pare pou lantèman an, ansanm ak yon foul moun ki t'ap fè anpil bri.
When Jesus reached the leader’s house, seeing the flute players, and a number of people all in confusion,
24 Jezi di yo: Tout moun, soti. Tifi a pa mouri. Se dòmi l'ap dòmi. Yo pran pase l' nan betiz.
he said, ‘Go away, the little girl is not dead; she is asleep.’ They began to laugh at him;
25 Lè foul moun yo fin soti, Jezi antre nan chanm lan. Li pran men tifi a. Lamenm, tifi a leve.
but, when the people had been sent out, Jesus went in, and took the little girl’s hand, and she rose.
26 Nouvèl la gaye nan tout peyi a.
The report of this spread through all that part of the country.
27 Jezi kite kote l' te ye a. Antan li t'ap pase yon kote, de avèg pran mache dèyè li. Yo t'ap rele: Pitit David, gen pitye pou nou!
As Jesus was passing on from there, he was followed by two blind men, who kept calling out, ‘Take pity on us, Son of David!’
28 Lè Jezi rive nan kay la, avèg yo pwoche bò kote li. Jezi di yo: Eske nou kwè mwen ka fè sa pou nou? Yo reponn li: Wi, Mèt.
When he had gone indoors, the blind men came up to him; and Jesus asked them, ‘Do you believe that I am able to do this?’ ‘Yes, Master!’ they answered.
29 Lè sa a, li manyen je yo, li di: Se pou sa fèt pou nou jan nou kwè l' la.
Then he touched their eyes, and said, ‘It will be according to your faith.’
30 Je yo louvri. Jezi pale byen sevè ak yo, li di yo: Tande byen, piga pesonn konn sa.
Then their eyes were opened. Jesus sternly cautioned them. ‘See that no one knows of it,’ he said.
31 Men, ale yo ale, yo pran nonmen non l' toupatou nan peyi a.
But the men went out, and spread the news about him through all that part of the country.
32 Antan avèg yo taprale, kèk lòt moun mennen yon nonm bay Jezi. Nonm sa a te bèbè, paske li te gen yon move lespri sou li.
Just as they were going out, some people brought up to Jesus a dumb man who was possessed by a demon;
33 Chase Jezi chase move lespri a, bèbè a pran pale. Foul moun yo te sezi anpil. Yo t'ap di: Nou poko janm wè bagay konsa nan peyi Izrayèl.
and, as soon as the demon had been driven out, the dumb man spoke. The people were astonished at this, and exclaimed, ‘Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!’
34 Men, farizyen yo t'ap di: Se chèf move lespri yo ki ba l' pouvwa pou chase move lespri yo.
But the Pharisees said, ‘He drives out the demons by the help of the chief of the demons.’
35 Jezi t'ap mache nan tout lavil yo ak tout ti bouk yo. Li t'ap moutre moun yo anpil bagay nan sinagòg yo. Li t'ap fè konnen Bon Nouvèl Peyi kote Bondye Wa a. Li t'ap geri tout kalite maladi ak tout kalite enfimite.
Jesus went round all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.
36 Lè Jezi wè tout bann moun sa yo, kè l' fè l' mal pou yo paske li wè yo te bouke, yo te dekouraje, tankou yon bann mouton san gadò.
But, when he saw the crowds, his heart was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and harassed, like sheep without a shepherd;
37 Lè sa a, li di disip li yo: Rekòt la anpil, men manke travayè pou ranmase l'.
and he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is abundant, but the labourers are few.
38 Mande mèt jaden an pou li voye travayè nan jaden l' lan.
Therefore pray to the owner of the harvest to send labourers to gather in his harvest.’
