Mark 4
1 Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.
Καὶ πάλιν ἤρξατο διδάσκειν παρὰ τὴν θάλασσαν. Καὶ συνάγεται πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλος πλεῖστος, ὥστε αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἐμβάντα, καθῆσθαι ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, καὶ πᾶς ὁ ὄχλος πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἦσαν.
2 He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
Καὶ ἐδίδασκεν αὐτοὺς ἐν παραβολαῖς πολλά, καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ,
3 “Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow.
“Ἀκούετε! Ἰδοὺ, ἐξῆλθεν ὁ σπείρων σπεῖραι.
4 As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and devoured it.
Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ σπείρειν, ὃ μὲν ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν, καὶ ἦλθεν τὰ πετεινὰ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτό.
5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.
Καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ πετρῶδες, καὶ ὅπου οὐκ εἶχεν γῆν πολλήν, καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξανέτειλεν διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βάθος γῆς·
6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
καὶ ὅτε ἀνέτειλεν ὁ ἥλιος ἐκαυματίσθη, καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ῥίζαν ἐξηράνθη.
7 Others fell amongst the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας, καὶ ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι καὶ συνέπνιξαν αὐτό, καὶ καρπὸν οὐκ ἔδωκεν.
8 Others fell into the good ground and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some produced thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”
Καὶ ἄλλα ἔπεσεν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν καλήν, καὶ ἐδίδου καρπὸν, ἀναβαίνοντα καὶ αὐξανόμενα, καὶ ἔφερεν εἰς τριάκοντα, καὶ ἓν ἑξήκοντα, καὶ ἓν ἑκατόν.”
9 He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Καὶ ἔλεγεν, “Ὃς ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν, ἀκουέτω.”
10 When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.
Καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο κατὰ μόνας, ἠρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν σὺν τοῖς δώδεκα τὰς παραβολάς.
11 He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of God’s Kingdom, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, “Ὑμῖν τὸ μυστήριον δέδοται τῆς Βασιλείας τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ· ἐκείνοις δὲ τοῖς ἔξω, ἐν παραβολαῖς τὰ πάντα γίνεται,
12 that ‘seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’”
ἵνα ‘βλέποντες, βλέπωσιν καὶ μὴ ἴδωσιν, καὶ ἀκούοντες, ἀκούωσι καὶ μὴ συνιῶσιν, μήποτε ἐπιστρέψωσιν καὶ ἀφεθῇ αὐτοῖς.’”
13 He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, “Οὐκ οἴδατε τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην, καὶ πῶς πάσας τὰς παραβολὰς γνώσεσθε;
14 The farmer sows the word.
Ὁ σπείρων τὸν λόγον σπείρει.
15 The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
Οὗτοι δέ εἰσιν οἱ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν, ὅπου σπείρεται ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὅταν ἀκούσωσιν, εὐθὺς ἔρχεται ὁ Σατανᾶς, καὶ αἴρει τὸν λόγον τὸν ἐσπαρμένον εἰς αὐτούς.
16 These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
Καὶ οὗτοί εἰσιν ὁμοίως οἱ ἐπὶ τὰ πετρώδη σπειρόμενοι, οἳ ὅταν ἀκούσωσιν τὸν λόγον, εὐθὺς μετὰ χαρᾶς λαμβάνουσιν αὐτόν,
17 They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.
καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν ῥίζαν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, ἀλλὰ πρόσκαιροί εἰσιν, εἶτα γενομένης θλίψεως ἢ διωγμοῦ διὰ τὸν λόγον, εὐθὺς σκανδαλίζονται.
18 Others are those who are sown amongst the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,
Καὶ ἄλλοι εἰσὶν οἱ εἰς τὰς ἀκάνθας σπειρόμενοι, οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τὸν λόγον ἀκούσαντες,
19 and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. (aiōn g165)
καὶ αἱ μέριμναι τοῦ αἰῶνος, καὶ ἡ ἀπάτη τοῦ πλούτου, καὶ αἱ περὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἐπιθυμίαι εἰσπορευόμεναι, συμπνίγουσιν τὸν λόγον, καὶ ἄκαρπος γίνεται. (aiōn g165)
20 Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”
Καὶ ἐκεῖνοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τὴν καλὴν σπαρέντες, οἵτινες ἀκούουσιν τὸν λόγον καὶ παραδέχονται καὶ καρποφοροῦσιν, ἓν τριάκοντα, καὶ ἓν ἑξήκοντα, καὶ ἓν ἑκατόν.”
21 He said to them, “Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?
Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, “Μήτι ἔρχεται ὁ λύχνος, ἵνα ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον τεθῇ, ἢ ὑπὸ τὴν κλίνην; Οὐχ ἵνα ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν τεθῇ;
22 For there is nothing hidden except that it should be made known, neither was anything made secret but that it should come to light.
Οὐ γάρ ἐστιν κρυπτὸν, ἐὰν μὴ ἵνα φανερωθῇ, οὐδὲ ἐγένετο ἀπόκρυφον, ἀλλʼ ἵνα ἔλθῃ εἰς φανερόν.
23 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Εἴ τις ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν, ἀκουέτω.”
24 He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you; and more will be given to you who hear.
Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, “Βλέπετε τί ἀκούετε. Ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν, καὶ προστεθήσεται ὑμῖν.
25 For whoever has, to him more will be given; and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”
Ὃς γὰρ ἔχει, δοθήσεται αὐτῷ· καὶ ὃς οὐκ ἔχει, καὶ ὃ ἔχει ἀρθήσεται ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.”
26 He said, “God’s Kingdom is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,
Καὶ ἔλεγεν, “Οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ Βασιλεία τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ: ὡς ἄνθρωπος βάλῃ τὸν σπόρον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,
27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.
καὶ καθεύδῃ καὶ ἐγείρηται νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ ὁ σπόρος βλαστᾷ καὶ μηκύνηται– ὡς οὐκ οἶδεν αὐτός.
28 For the earth bears fruit by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.
Αὐτομάτη ἡ γῆ καρποφορεῖ: πρῶτον χόρτον, εἶτεν στάχυν, εἶτα πλήρης σῖτον ἐν τῷ στάχυϊ.
29 But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
Ὅταν δὲ παραδοῖ ὁ καρπός, εὐθὺς ἀποστέλλει τὸ δρέπανον, ὅτι παρέστηκεν ὁ θερισμός.”
30 He said, “How will we liken God’s Kingdom? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?
Καὶ ἔλεγεν, “Πῶς ὁμοιώσωμεν τὴν Βασιλείαν τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ, ἢ ἐν τίνι αὐτὴν παραβολῇ θῶμεν;
31 It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,
Ὡς κόκκῳ σινάπεως, ὃς ὅταν σπαρῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, μικρότερον ὂν πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,
32 yet when it is sown, grows up and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”
καὶ ὅταν σπαρῇ, ἀναβαίνει καὶ γίνεται μεῖζον πάντων τῶν λαχάνων, καὶ ποιεῖ κλάδους μεγάλους, ὥστε ‘δύνασθαι ὑπὸ τὴν σκιὰν αὐτοῦ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκηνοῦν’.”
33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.
Καὶ τοιαύταις παραβολαῖς πολλαῖς, ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον, καθὼς ἠδύναντο ἀκούειν·
34 Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
χωρὶς δὲ παραβολῆς οὐκ ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς, κατʼ ἰδίαν δὲ τοῖς ἰδίοις μαθηταῖς, ἐπέλυεν πάντα.
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”
Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὀψίας γενομένης, “Διέλθωμεν εἰς τὸ πέραν.”
36 Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.
Καὶ ἀφέντες τὸν ὄχλον, παραλαμβάνουσιν αὐτὸν ὡς ἦν ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ. Καὶ ἄλλα πλοῖα ἦν μετʼ αὐτοῦ.
37 A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.
Καὶ γίνεται λαῖλαψ μεγάλη ἀνέμου, καὶ τὰ κύματα ἐπέβαλλεν εἰς τὸ πλοῖον, ὥστε ἤδη γεμίζεσθαι τὸ πλοῖον.
38 He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and asked him, “Rabbi, don’t you care that we are dying?”
Καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν ἐν τῇ πρύμνῃ, ἐπὶ τὸ προσκεφάλαιον καθεύδων. Καὶ διεγείρουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ, “Διδάσκαλε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἀπολλύμεθα;”
39 He awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was a great calm.
Καὶ διεγερθεὶς, ἐπετίμησεν τῷ ἀνέμῳ καὶ εἶπεν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, “Σιώπα, πεφίμωσο.” Καὶ ἐκόπασεν ὁ ἄνεμος, καὶ ἐγένετο γαλήνη μεγάλη.
40 He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”
Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Τί δειλοί ἐστε; Οὔπω ἔχετε πίστιν;”
41 They were greatly afraid and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
Καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν φόβον μέγαν, καὶ ἔλεγον πρὸς ἀλλήλους, “Τίς ἄρα οὗτός ἐστιν, ὅτι καὶ ὁ ἄνεμος καὶ ἡ θάλασσα αὐτῷ ὑπακούει;”
