Mateu 16
1 Pastaj iu afruan farisenjtë dhe saducenjtë dhe, për ta tunduar, i kërkuan që t’u tregojë një shenjë nga qielli.
[Some] Pharisees and Sadducees came to [Jesus] and asked him [to perform] a miracle that would prove [that] [had sent him].
2 Por ai iu përgjigj atyre dhe tha: “Në mbrëmje ju thoni: “Do të jetë mot i mirë, sepse qielli është i kuq”.
He answered them, “[In this country], in the evening you say, ‘[It will be] good weather [tomorrow], because the sky is red.’
3 Dhe në mëngjes thoni: “Sot do të jetë stuhi, sepse qielli është i kuq dhe i vranët”. Hipokritë, pra, ju dini të dalloni dukuritë e qiellit, por nuk arrini të kuptoni shenjat e kohës?
[Early] in the morning [you say], ‘It will be stormy weather today, because the sky is red, and dark clouds have formed.’ You understand how to predict [the weather by looking at the sky], but you cannot [seem to look at what is happening] now, [and by that] understand [what God is doing].
4 Një brez i mbrapshtë dhe kurorëshkelës kërkon një shenjë, por nuk do t’i jepet asnjë shenjë, përveç shenjës së profetit Jona”. Dhe i la ata dhe shkoi.
[You] evil people have seen me [perform miracles] but you do not faithfully worship God [MET]. You want to see [me perform] a miracle [that would prove that God has sent me]. But [God] will [enable you to see] only one miracle. It will be [like] what happened [MET] to Jonah, [the prophet, who was inside a huge fish for three days and then came out of it to live again].” Then Jesus left them and sailed away, [along with us disciples].
5 Kur dishepujt e vet arritën në bregun tjetër, ja që kishin harruar të marrin bukë me vete.
[We] forgot to take bread when [we] sailed to another edge of [the lake].
6 Dhe Jezusi u tha atyre: “Kini kujdes dhe ruhuni nga majaja e farisenjve dhe e saducenjve!”.
[Then] Jesus said to us, “Beware [that you do not accept] the yeast [MET] that the Pharisees and Sadducees [distribute].”
7 Dhe ata arsyetuan ndërmjet tyre duke thënë: “Se nuk kemi marrë bukë”.
Then, [not realizing that he was speaking figuratively], [we] said to one another, “[He must have said that] because we forgot to bring any bread!”
8 Por Jezusi i vuri re e iu tha atyre: “O njerëz besimpakë, përse diskutoni ndërmjet jush që nuk keni marrë bukë?
Because Jesus knew what [we were saying], he said [to us], “(I am disappointed that you are discussing among yourselves, [thinking] that [it was because] you did not bring any bread [that I talked about the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees]./Why are you discussing among yourselves thinking that it was because you did not bring any bread [that I talked about the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees]?) [RHQ] You believe only a little [what I am able to do for you].
9 Nuk e keni kuptuar akoma dhe nuk kujtoni të pesë bukët për pesë mijë burrat dhe sa kosha keni mbledhur?
(You should understand [that I can continue to do miracles to provide for what you need./] you not yet understand [that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food]?) [RHQ] Do you not remember that 5,000 [people ate when I multiplied the] five small loaves [and the two fish? And after everyone had enough to eat], you collected [twelve] baskets [of left-over pieces] [RHQ]!
10 Dhe të shtatë bukët për katër mijë bu-rra dhe sa kosha keni mbushur?
[Do you not remember] [RHQ] [that] 4,000 [people ate when I multiplied the] seven small loaves [and a few fish]? And [after everyone had enough to eat], you collected [seven] large baskets [of left-over pieces]
11 Si nuk kuptoni që nuk e kisha fjalën për bukën kur ju thashë të ruheni nga majaja e farisenjve dhe saducenjve?”.
(You should have understood that I was not speaking about [real] bread [that contains yeast]./Why have you not understood that I was not speaking about [real] bread [that contains yeast?]) [RHQ] What I [was saying] was that you should [not accept what] the Pharisees and Sadducees [say, because it would affect you like] yeast [affects] [MET] [dough].”
12 Atëherë ata e kuptuan se ai nuk u kishte thënë të ruheshin nga majaja e bukës, por nga doktrina e farisenjve dhe të saducenjve.
Then we understood that he was not talking about the yeast that is [in] bread. Instead, [he was talking] about the [wrong] teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 Pastaj Jezusi, mbasi arriti në krahinën e Cezaresë së Filipit, i pyeti dishepujt e vet: “Kush thonë njerëzit se jam unë, i Biri i njeriut?”.
When Jesus came with [us] disciples to the region near Caesarea Philippi [town], he asked us, “Who do people say that I, the one who came from heaven, [really] am?”
14 Dhe ata thanë: “Disa Gjon Pagëzori, të tjerë Elia, të tjerë Jeremia, ose një nga profetët”.
We answered, “Some [people say that you are] John the Baptizer, [who has come back to life again]. Others say [that you are the prophet] Elijah, [who has returned from heaven as God promised]. [Still] others [say that you are the prophet] Jeremiah or one of the [other] prophets [who lived long ago, who has come back to life again].”
15 Ai u tha atyre: “Po ju, kush thoni se jam unë?”.
Jesus said to us, “[What about] you? Who do you say that I am?”
16 Dhe Simon Pjetri duke u përgjigjur tha: “Ti je Krishti, Biri i Perëndisë të gjallë”.
Simon Peter said to him, “You are the Messiah! You are the Son of the all-powerful God.”
17 Dhe Jezusi duke përgjigjur u tha: “I lumur je ti, o Simon, bir i Jonas, sepse këtë nuk ta zbuloi as mishi as gjaku, por Ati im që është në qiej.
Then Jesus said to him, “Simon, son of Jonah, [God] is pleased with you. What you just said was not [SYN] revealed to you by any human. Instead, [it was] my Father [who lives] in heaven [who revealed this to you].
18 Dhe unë po të them gjithashtu se ti je Pjetri, dhe mbi këtë shkëmb unë do të ndërtoj kishën time dhe dyert e ferrit nuk do ta mundin atë. (Hadēs g86)
I will also tell you this: You are Peter, [which means rock]. [You are like] a rock. What you [and your fellow apostles teach] (OR, [what] you [do]) [will be like a foundation on which I] will create congregations of people who [believe in] me. And the demons [PRS], [who live] where the dead people who lived evil lives are, will not be able to [come and] prevent [MET] [me from doing] that.” (Hadēs g86)
19 Dhe unë do të të jap çelësat e mbretërisë së qiejve; gjithçka që të kesh lidhur mbi tokë, do të jetë lidhur në qiej, dhe gjithçka që të kesh zgjidhur mbi tokë, do të jetë zgjidhur në qiej”.
[Then, speaking to all of us, he said], “I will enable you [(pl)] to have authority [MTY] over the groups of people over whose lives [God] rules. Whatever you forbid regarding those people [MTY], it will have been forbidden by God. Whatever you permit [MET] regarding them, it will have been permitted by God.”
20 Atëherë i urdhëroi dishepujt e vet që të mos i thonin askujt se ai ishte Jezusi, Krishti.
Then Jesus warned [us] disciples strongly not to tell anyone [at that time] that he is the Messiah.
21 Që nga ai çast Jezusi filloi t’u sqarojë dishepujve të vet se i duhej të shkonte në Jeruzalem, të vuante shumë për shkak të pleqve, të krerëve të priftërinjve dhe të skribëve, se do të vritej dhe do të ringjallej të tretën ditë.
From that time Jesus began to teach [us] disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem [city]. There the ruling elders, the chief priests, and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws would cause him to suffer and (be killed/die). Then on the third day [after that], he would become alive again.
22 Atëherë Pjetri e mori mënjanë dhe nisi ta qortojë duke thënë: “O Zot, të shpëtoftë Perëndia; kjo nuk do të të ndodhë kurrë”.
[Because Peter assumed that the Messiah would not suffer and die], he took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him [for talking about suffering and dying]. He said, “Lord, may [God] never permit that to happen to you! That must certainly not happen!”
23 Por ai u kthye dhe i tha Pjetrit: “Shporru prej meje, o Satan! Ti je një skandal për mua, sepse s’ke ndër mënd punët e Perëndisë, por punët e njerëzve”.
Then Jesus turned [to look at] Peter, and he said to him, “Stop talking to me [like that] [MTY]! [Stop saying what] Satan [MET] [would say, and stop] trying to prevent [from happening what God has planned]! You are a hindrance to me, because you are not thinking like God thinks. Instead, [you are thinking] like people [think]!”
24 Atëherë Jezusi u tha dishepujve të vet: “Në qoftë se dikush don të vijë pas meje, ta mohojë vetveten, ta marrë kryqin e vet dhe të më ndjekë.
Then Jesus said to [us] disciples, “If any one [of you] wants to be my disciple, you must not do [only] what you yourself want [to do]. [You] must be willing to [let people hurt you and disgrace you. That is like what they do to criminals whom they force to] carry a cross [MET] [to the place where the criminals will be executed. That is what anyone who wants to] be my disciple [must do].
25 Sepse ai që do të dojë ta shpëtojë jetën e vet, do ta humbasë; por ai që do ta humbasë jetën e vet për hirin tim, do ta gjejë atë.
[You must do that], because those who try to save their lives [by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me] will not live [eternally], but those who are killed [because of being my disciples] will live [with God eternally].
26 Ç’përfitim ka njeriu nëse fiton gjithë botën dhe pastaj e humb shpirtin e vet? Ose çfarë do të japë njeriu si shkëmbim të shpirtit të vet?
People [might] get everything [they want] in this world, but ([if they do not become my disciples], they would really be gaining nothing [because] they would not get eternal life!/what would they gain [if they do not become my disciples and thus] do not get eternal life?) [RHQ] (There is absolutely nothing that people can give [to God] that would enable them to gain eternal life./What can people give [to God] that could enable them to gain eternal life?) [MTY, RHQ]
27 Sepse Biri i njeriut do të vijë në lavdinë e Atit të vet bashkë me engjëjt e tij; dhe atëherë ai do të shpërblejë secilin sipas veprës së tij.
[Listen carefully: I], the one who came from heaven, [will leave this earth, but] I will return, and the angels of heaven will accompany me. At that time I will have the glorious [radiance] that my Father has, and I will reward everyone according to what they did [when they were living on earth].
28 Në të vërtetë ju them se disa nga ata që janë të pranishëm këtu nuk do të vdesin pa e shikuar më parë Birin e njeriut duke ardhur në mbretërinë e vet”.
Listen carefully! Some of you who are here now will see [me], the one who came from heaven, when I return to rule. You will see this before you die!”
