Matthew 16
1 [Some] Pharisees and Sadducees came to [Jesus] and asked him [to perform] a miracle that would prove [that] [had sent him].
Ba Farisawa ni Sadukiyawa baye tsra wu nda ni mye u ndu tsro ba ingban ri rji ni shu.
2 He answered them, “[In this country], in the evening you say, ‘[It will be] good weather [tomorrow], because the sky is red.’
A saa ni bawu nda tre, “To yalu tie, bi tre, ani kpan megyen, ishua a hre me.
3 [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].
To ahi mble, bi tre, luwa na kli megyen na, shulua klo kpalu kle gbua. Bi to hla kpan u shulu ndi na to hla ingban u ba nton na.
4 [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].
Ahi nza bi meme ni bi tie ntra mba ba wa ngban, e bana tsroyi ingban ri nkan na hama ingban u Yunana” Nikiyi Yesu a wlu hi kpama don ba.
5 [We] forgot to take bread when [we] sailed to another edge of [the lake].
Mrli koh ma ba ru nne hi kosan korima nda tie rlisu ni nji bredi.
6 [Then] Jesus said to us, “Beware [that you do not accept] the yeast [MET] that the Pharisees and Sadducees [distribute].”
Yesu a hla bawu, “Tie sesren me ndi mla ya Yisti u Farisawa ni Sadukiyawa ba”
7 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!”
U mrli koh ma baka tre ni kpamba, Ahe wa kie na nji bredi a na.
8 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].
Yesu a to nakima nda tre, Biyi bi tsitsa nkponji biki tre ngye ni kpambi ndi bi na nji bredi na?
9 (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]!
Bi rlihe to ka taka nitu ngble bredi ton wa indi dubu ton ba tana, u sisen bren bika vu shua na?
10 [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]
Ka igble bredi tangban ni ndi dubu nzia, i sisen bren bi vu shu na?
11 (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].”
Ani he rli u bi honto ndi mina si tre ni tu bredi na? “Tie sesren ndi mla ya yisti u Farisawa ni Sadukiyawa.
12 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.
Nikimayi baka to nda nasi hla ni bawu ndu na tie sesren ni yisti u mi bredi na, ahi ndu ba tie sesren ni tsro u Farisawa ni Sadukiyawa ba.
13 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?”
Ni nton wa Yesu aye ni ko nklan u Kaisariya Filip, a mye mrli ko ma nda tre, “Indi ba hla ndi Ivren Indi hi nha?”
14 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].”
Ba tre, Bari ba hla Yohana u tie batisma, bari Iliya u bari, Rimiya, ka iri ni mi anabawa.
15 Jesus said to us, “[What about] you? Who do you say that I am?”
A hla bawu, “U biyi bi tre me nha?”
16 Simon Peter said to him, “You are the Messiah! You are the Son of the all-powerful God.”
U sima Bitru a saa niwu nda hla, “Iwu yi u Kristi, Ivren Rji u sisren a”
17 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].
Yesu a saa nda hla niwu, “Ba tie lulu niwu, Sima ivren Yunana, don ana rima mba yi ba nghran wayi niwa na ayi itie mu wa ahe ni shulu a.
18 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)
Mila ni hla niwu ndi iwuyi u Bitru, ni tu tita yi mi me iklisiya mu. Ba nkon tra u Hades bana kpawu ka na. (Hadēs g86)
19 [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.”
Mi nno wu ba hra u bwu mulki shulu. Ko ahi ngyeri wa wu lo ni ngbungblu a, ba lowu ni shulu, u ko gyeri wawu si ni ngbungblu a, ahe ni si ni shulu”
20 Then Jesus warned [us] disciples strongly not to tell anyone [at that time] that he is the Messiah.
Nikiyi Yesu a mha mrli koh ma ba ndi ndu bana hla ni ndiori ndi ahi Kristina.
21 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.
Rji ni nton kima Yesu azi hla ni mrli koh ma ba ndi ahi gbigbi ndu wawu hi ni Urushalima nda hi tie ya ni tu ikpi gbugbu wu ni wo bi cice, ni Firist bi ninkon ni ba mala u atawura, u ba wuu, ka tash'me ni vi utra.
22 [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!”
U Bitru ka nji wu hi ni kosan nda pua wu tre nda tre, “Ndu kpiyi na tie whiewhiereni wu na, Baci, ikpye yi na tiewu na”.
23 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]!”
U Yesu a kima nda hla ni Bitru, K'ma hi ko gon mu, shetan! U nkon u k'bu za nimu don una yo sron ni kpi bi wu Rji na se kpi bi u ndi”
24 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].
Ni kiyi Yesu a hlani mrli koh ma ba, “Du' wa ani son hu mea, ahi gbigbi ndu kama ni tuma, nda bhan nghran kunkron ma, nda hu me.
25 [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].
E i wa ani wa' kpa tuma j'bu a, ani wau hama, u i wa a nno tuma ni nyu mu a afe wu.
26 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]
Ahi ngye u zizi ma ndu ndi fe ngbungblua wawuu nda khwu? Ani ngye ri indi ni kawu sran nituma?
27 [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].
Ivren ndi niye nimi gbarji kpan u tiema ni Maleku ma. Ni nton kima, ani nno ko nha dii ma u ndu wa a tie a.
28 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!”
Njanyimu mi hla yiwu, bari mbi wa bi krli niwa bana la khwu tona se ba to Ivren ndi ye ni mi mulki ma”
