Mattheum 8
1 Cum autem descendisset de monte, secutæ sunt eum turbæ multæ:
When Jesus had come down from the hill, great crowds followed him.
2 et ecce leprosus veniens, adorabat eum, dicens: Domine, si vis, potes me mundare.
He saw a leper who came up, and bowed to the ground before him, and said, ‘Master, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean.’
3 Et extendens Jesus manum, tetigit eum, dicens: Volo: mundare. Et confestim mundata est lepra ejus.
Stretching out his hand, Jesus touched him, saying as he did so, ‘I am willing; become clean.’ Instantly he was made clean from his leprosy;
4 Et ait illi Jesus: Vide, nemini dixeris: sed vade, ostende te sacerdoti, et offer munus, quod præcepit Moyses, in testimonium illis.
and then Jesus said to him, ‘Be careful not to say a word to anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure.’
5 Cum autem introisset Capharnaum, accessit ad eum centurio, rogans eum,
After Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion in the Roman army came up to him, entreating his help.
6 et dicens: Domine, puer meus jacet in domo paralyticus, et male torquetur.
‘Sir,’ he said, ‘my manservant is lying ill at my house with a stroke of paralysis, and is suffering terribly.’
7 Et ait illi Jesus: Ego veniam, et curabo eum.
‘I will come and cure him,’ answered Jesus.
8 Et respondens centurio, ait: Domine, non sum dignus ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo, et sanabitur puer meus.
‘Sir,’ the centurion went on, ‘I am unworthy to receive you under my roof; but only speak, and my manservant will be cured.
9 Nam et ego homo sum sub potestate constitutus, habens sub me milites, et dico huic: Vade, et vadit: et alii: Veni, et venit: et servo meo: Fac hoc, et facit.
For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and, if I say to one of them “Go,” he goes, and to another “Come,” he comes, and to my slave “Do this,” he does it.’
10 Audiens autem Jesus miratus est, et sequentibus se dixit: Amen dico vobis, non inveni tantam fidem in Israël.
Jesus was surprised to hear this, and said to those who were following him, ‘Never I tell you, in any Israelite have I met with such faith as this!
11 Dico autem vobis, quod multi ab oriente et occidente venient, et recumbent cum Abraham, et Isaac, et Jacob in regno cælorum:
Yes, and many will come in from East and West and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;
12 filii autem regni ejicientur in tenebras exteriores: ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium.
while the heirs to the kingdom will be banished into the darkness outside; there, there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.’
13 Et dixit Jesus centurioni: Vade, et sicut credidisti, fiat tibi. Et sanatus est puer in illa hora.
Then Jesus said to the centurion, ‘Go now, and it will be according to your faith.’ And the man was cured that very hour.
14 Et cum venisset Jesus in domum Petri, vidit socrum ejus jacentem, et febricitantem:
When Jesus went into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law prostrated with fever.
15 et tetigit manum ejus, et dimisit eam febris, et surrexit, et ministrabat eis.
On his taking her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and began to take care of him.
16 Vespere autem facto, obtulerunt ei multos dæmonia habentes: et ejiciebat spiritus verbo, et omnes male habentes curavit:
In the evening the people brought to Jesus many who were possessed by demons; and he drove out the spirits with a word, and cured all who were ill,
17 ut adimpleretur quod dictum est per Isaiam prophetam, dicentem: [Ipse infirmitates nostras accepit: et ægrotationes nostras portavit.]
in fulfilment of these words in the prophet Isaiah – “He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.”
18 Videns autem Jesus turbas multas circum se, jussit ire trans fretum.
Seeing a crowd round him, Jesus gave orders to go across.
19 Et accedens unus scriba, ait illi: Magister, sequar te, quocumque ieris.
A teacher of the Law came up to him, and said, ‘Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.’
20 Et dicit ei Jesus: Vulpes foveas habent, et volucres cæli nidos; Filius autem hominis non habet ubi caput reclinet.
‘Foxes have holes,’ answered Jesus, ‘and wild birds their nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’
21 Alius autem de discipulis ejus ait illi: Domine, permitte me primum ire, et sepelire patrem meum.
‘Master,’ said another, who was a disciple, ‘let me first go and bury my father.’
22 Jesus autem ait illi: Sequere me, et dimitte mortuos sepelire mortuos suos.
But Jesus answered, ‘Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.’
23 Et ascendente eo in naviculam, secuti sunt eum discipuli ejus:
Then he got into the boat, followed by his disciples.
24 et ecce motus magnus factus est in mari, ita ut navicula operiretur fluctibus: ipse vero dormiebat.
Suddenly so great a storm came up on the sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep;
25 Et accesserunt ad eum discipuli ejus, et suscitaverunt eum, dicentes: Domine, salva nos: perimus.
and the disciples came and roused him. ‘Master,’ they cried, ‘save us; we are lost!’
26 Et dicit eis Jesus: Quid timidi estis, modicæ fidei? Tunc surgens imperavit ventis, et mari, et facta est tranquillitas magna.
‘Why are you so timid?’ he said. ‘You of little faith!’ Then Jesus rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm followed.
27 Porro homines mirati sunt, dicentes: Qualis est hic, quia venti et mare obediunt ei?
The men were amazed, and exclaimed, ‘What kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!’
28 Et cum venisset trans fretum in regionem Gerasenorum, occurrerunt ei duo habentes dæmonia, de monumentis exeuntes, sævi nimis, ita ut nemo posset transire per viam illam.
On getting to the other side – the region of the Gadarenes – Jesus met two men who were possessed by demons, coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one was able to pass that way.
29 Et ecce clamaverunt, dicentes: Quid nobis et tibi, Jesu fili Dei? Venisti huc ante tempus torquere nos?
Suddenly they shrieked out, ‘What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?’
30 Erat autem non longe ab illis grex multorum porcorum pascens.
A long way off, there was a herd of many pigs, feeding;
31 Dæmones autem rogabant eum, dicentes: Si ejicis nos hinc, mitte nos in gregem porcorum.
and the foul spirits began begging Jesus, ‘If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.’
32 Et ait illis: Ite. At illi exeuntes abierunt in porcos, et ecce impetu abiit totus grex per præceps in mare: et mortui sunt in aquis.
‘Go,’ he said. The spirits came out, and entered the pigs; and the whole herd rushed down the steep slope into the sea, and died in the water.
33 Pastores autem fugerunt: et venientes in civitatem, nuntiaverunt omnia, et de eis qui dæmonia habuerant.
At this the men who tended them ran away and went to the town, carrying the news of all that had occurred, and of what had happened to the possessed men.
34 Et ecce tota civitas exiit obviam Jesu: et viso eo, rogabant ut transiret a finibus eorum.
At the news the whole town went out to meet Jesus, and, when they saw him, they entreated him to go away from their region.
