Marco 9
1 Oltre a ciò disse loro: Io vi dico in verità, che alcuni di coloro che son qui presenti non gusteranno la morte, che non abbian veduto il regno di Dio, venuto con potenza.
He also said to [his disciples], “Listen carefully! Some of you who are here now will see God ruling powerfully in [many ways]. You will see it before you die!”
2 E SEI giorni appresso, Gesù prese seco Pietro, e Giacomo, e Giovanni, e li condusse soli, in disparte, sopra un alto monte; e fu trasfigurato in lor presenza.
A week later Jesus took Peter, James and [James’ younger brother] John and led them up a high mountain. [While they were] alone up there, he appeared very different to them.
3 E i suoi vestimenti divennero risplendenti, e grandemente candidi, come neve; quali niun purgator di panni potrebbe imbiancar sopra la terra.
His clothes became dazzling white. They were whiter than anyone on earth could make them by bleaching them.
4 Ed Elia apparve loro, con Mosè; ed essi ragionavano con Gesù.
[Two prophets who had lived long ago], Moses and Elijah, appeared to them. Then the two of them began talking with Jesus.
5 E Pietro fece motto a Gesù, e gli disse: Maestro, egli è bene che noi stiamo qui; facciamo adunque tre tabernacoli, uno a te, uno a Mosè, ed uno ad Elia.
[After a short time], Peter [interrupted by] exclaiming, “Teacher, it is wonderful to be here! So allow us to make three shelters. One [will be] for you, one [will be] for Moses, and one [will be] for Elijah!”
6 Perciocchè non sapeva ciò ch'egli si dicesse, perchè erano spaventati.
[He said this] because [he wanted to say something, but] he did not know what to say, because he and the other [two disciples] were very awestruck.
7 E venne una nuvola, che li adombrò; e dalla nuvola venne una voce, che disse: Quest'è il mio diletto Figliuolo; ascoltatelo.
Then a [shining] cloud appeared that covered them. [God] [EUP] spoke to them from the cloud saying, “This is my Son. I love him. [Therefore], listen to him!”
8 E in quello stante, guardando essi attorno, non videro più alcuno, se non Gesù tutto solo con loro.
When [the three disciples] looked around, they saw that suddenly Jesus was alone with them, and that there was no longer anyone [else] there.
9 Ora, come scendevano dal monte, [Gesù] divietò loro che non raccontassero ad alcuno le cose che avean vedute, se non quando il Figliuol dell'uomo sarebbe risuscitato da' morti.
While they were coming down the mountain, Jesus told them that they should not tell anyone [yet] what had just happened to him. He said, “You may tell them after I, the one who came from heaven, (rise from the dead/become alive again) after I die.”
10 Ed essi ritennero quella parola in loro stessi, domandando fra loro che cosa fosse quel risuscitar da' morti.
So they did not tell others about it [for a long time]. But they discussed among themselves what it meant when he said that he would (rise from the dead/become alive again) after he died.
11 Poi lo domandarono, dicendo: Perchè dicono gli Scribi, che convien che prima venga Elia?
[The three disciples had just seen Elijah, but Elijah had not done anything to prepare people to accept Jesus. So] they asked Jesus, “The men who teach the [Jewish] laws say that Elijah must come back to the earth before [the Messiah comes to earth. But you have been here a long time and Elijah came just today. So is what they are teaching wrong?]”
12 Ed egli, rispondendo, disse loro: Elia veramente deve venir prima, e ristabilire ogni cosa; e siccome egli è scritto del Figliuol dell'uomo, [conviene] che patisca molte cose, e sia annichilato.
[Jesus wanted them to know that John the Baptizer was the one who represented Elijah. So] he answered them, “It is true that [God promised to send Elijah to come] first [so that people would be ready when I came]. Elijah’s representative has already come, and our leaders treated him very badly, just like they wanted to do, just like it was prophesied {[the prophets] prophesied} long ago. But, (I also want you to consider what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} in the Scriptures about me, the one who came from heaven./why have you not thought about what is written {what [the prophets] wrote} about me, the one who came from heaven?) [RHQ] It is written {They wrote} that I would suffer much and that I would be rejected {that [many people] would reject me}.”
13 Ma io vi dico che Elia è venuto, e gli hanno fatto tutto ciò che hanno voluto; siccome era scritto di lui.
14 POI, venuto a' discepoli, vide una gran moltitudine d'intorno a loro, e degli Scribi, che quistionavan con loro.
[Jesus and those three disciples] returned to where the [other] disciples were. They saw a large crowd around the other disciples and [some] men who taught the [Jewish] laws arguing with them.
15 E subito tutta la moltitudine, vedutolo, sbigottì; ed accorrendo, lo salutò.
As soon as the crowd saw Jesus, they were very surprised [to see him come]. So they ran to him and greeted him.
16 Ed egli domandò gli Scribi: Che quistionate fra voi?
He asked them, “What are you arguing about?”
17 Ed uno della moltitudine, rispondendo, disse: Maestro, io ti avea menato il mio figliuolo, che ha uno spirito mutolo.
A man in the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son [here in order that] you [would heal him]. There is an evil spirit in him [that makes him] unable to talk.
18 E dovunque esso lo prende, lo atterra; ed allora egli schiuma, e stride de' denti, e divien secco; or io avea detto a' tuoi discepoli che lo cacciassero, ma non hanno potuto.
Whenever the spirit attacks him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, he grinds his teeth together, and he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to expel the spirit, but they were not able to do it.”
19 Ed egli, rispondendogli, disse: O generazione incredula, infino a quando omai sarò con voi? infino a quando omai vi comporterò? menatemelo.
Jesus replied by saying to those people, “(I am very disappointed that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]!/Why is it that [although you] have observed how I help people, you do not believe [that you are able to do anything]?) [RHQ] (I have been with you a long time, [and you still cannot do what I do]!/How long do I have to be with you [before you can do what I do]?) [RHQ] Bring the boy to me!”
20 Ed essi glielo menarono; e quando egli l'ebbe veduto, subito lo spirito lo scosse con violenza; e [il figliuolo] cadde in terra, e si rotolava schiumando.
So they brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as the evil spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy severely, and [the boy] fell on the ground. He rolled around, and he foamed at the mouth.
21 E [Gesù] domandò il padre di esso: Quanto tempo è che questo gli è avvenuto? Ed egli disse: Dalla sua fanciullezza.
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” He replied, “[This started to happen] when he was a child.
22 E spesse volte l'ha gettato nel fuoco, e nell'acqua, per farlo perire; ma, se tu [ci] puoi nulla, abbi pietà di noi, ed aiutaci.
[The spirit does not only do this], but he also often throws him into the fire or into the water in order to kill him. But, pity us and help us, if you can!”
23 E Gesù gli disse: Se tu puoi credere, ogni cosa è possibile a chi crede.
Jesus exclaimed to him, “[Do not say] [RHQ] ‘If you can’, for [God/I] can do anything for people who believe [in him/me]!”
24 E subito il padre del fanciullo, sclamando con lagrime, disse: Io credo, Signore; sovvieni alla mia incredulità.
Immediately the child’s father shouted, “I believe [that you can help me, but I do not believe strongly]. Help me to believe more strongly!”
25 E Gesù, veggendo che la moltitudine concorreva a calca, sgridò lo spirito immondo, dicendogli: Spirito mutolo e sordo, esci fuori di lui (io tel comando), e giammai più non entrare in lui.
Because [Jesus wanted to heal the boy before] the crowd got bigger, he rebuked the evil spirit, saying, “You evil spirit, you who are [causing this boy to be] deaf and unable to talk! I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!”
26 E [il demonio], gridando, e straziandolo forte, uscì fuori; e [il fanciullo] divenne come morto; talchè molti dicevano: Egli è morto.
The evil spirit shouted, it shook the boy violently, and then it left the boy. The boy did not move. He seemed like a dead body. So many of the people there said, “He is dead!”
27 Ma Gesù, presolo per la mano, lo levò, ed egli si rizzò in piè.
However, Jesus took him by the hand and helped him get up. Then the boy stood up. [He was healed]!
28 E quando [Gesù] fu entrato in casa, i suoi discepoli lo domandarono in disparte: Perchè non abbiam noi potuto cacciarlo?
Later, when Jesus and his disciples were alone in a house, one of them asked him, “Why were we not able to expel [the evil spirit]?”
29 Ed egli disse loro: Questa generazion [di demoni] non esce per alcun altro modo, che per orazione, e per digiuno.
He said to them, “You can expel this kind [of evil spirit] only by your praying [that God will give you the power to do it]. There is no other way that you can expel them.”
30 POI, essendosi partiti di là, passarono per la Galilea; ed egli non voleva che alcun lo sapesse.
After [Jesus and his disciples] left that [district], they traveled through Galilee [district]. Jesus did not want anyone [else] to know [that he was in their area]; he did not want
31 Perciocchè egli ammaestrava i suoi discepoli, e diceva loro: Il Figliuol dell'uomo sarà tosto dato nelle mani degli uomini, ed essi l'uccideranno; ma, dopo che sarà stato ucciso, risusciterà nel terzo giorno.
[anyone to interrupt him] as he taught his disciples. He was telling them, “[Some day my enemies] [SYN] will seize [MTY] me, the one who came from heaven, and I will be handed over [to other] men. Those men will kill me. But on the third day after I am killed {after they kill me}, I will become alive again!”
32 Ma essi non intendevano questo ragionamento, e temevano di domandarlo.
But they did not understand what he was telling them. Also, they were afraid to ask him about what he had said.
33 Poi venne in Capernaum; e quando egli fu in casa, domandò loro: Di che disputavate fra voi per lo cammino?
Jesus and his disciples returned to Capernaum [town]. When they were in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing [while we were traveling] on the road?”
34 Ed essi tacquero; perciocchè per lo cammino aveano fra loro disputato chi [di loro dovesse essere] il maggiore.
But they did not reply. [They were ashamed to reply] because, [while they were traveling], they had been arguing with each other about which one of them [would be] the most important [when Jesus became king].
35 Ed egli, postosi a sedere, chiamò i dodici, e disse loro: Se alcuno vuol essere il primo, sia l'ultimo di tutti, e il servitor di tutti.
He sat down, he summoned the twelve disciples [to come close to him], and then he said to them, “If anyone wants [God to consider him] to be the most important person of all, he must [consider himself] to be the least important person of all, and he must serve everyone [else].”
36 E preso un piccolo fanciullo, lo pose in mezzo di loro; poi recatoselo in braccio, disse loro:
Then he took a child and placed him among them. He took the child in his arms and then he said to them,
37 Chiunque riceve uno di tali piccoli fanciulli nel mio nome, riceve me; e chiunque mi riceve, non riceve me, ma colui che mi ha mandato.
“Those who, [because they love] me, welcome a child like this one, [God considers that] they are welcoming me. So [it is as though] they are also welcoming [God], who sent me.”
38 ALLORA Giovanni gli fece motto, dicendo: Maestro, noi abbiam veduto uno che cacciava i demoni nel nome tuo, il qual non ci seguita; e perciocchè egli non ci seguita, [glielo] abbiam divietato.
John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone who was expelling demons, ([claiming he had] authority from you [to do that/while telling people] that you [have told him to do it]). So we told him to stop doing it because he was not one of us [disciples].”
39 Ma Gesù disse: Non [gliel] divietate; imperocchè niuno può far potente operazione nel nome mio, e tosto appresso dir male di me.
Jesus said, “Do not tell him [not to do that]! For no one will speak evilly about me just after he performs a miracle while saying that I [have told him to do it].
40 Perciocchè chi non è contro a noi è per noi.
Furthermore, those who are not opposing us are trying to [achieve the same goals that] we are.
41 Imperocchè, chiunque vi avrà dato a bere pure un bicchier d'acqua, nel nome mio, perciocchè siete di Cristo, io vi dico in verità, ch'egli non perderà punto il suo premio.
Also think about this: Those [who belong to me who help you in any way, even] if they [just] give you a cup of water to drink because you follow [me], the Messiah, will certainly be rewarded [by God]!”
42 E CHIUNQUE avrà scandalezzato uno di questi piccoli che credono in me, meglio per lui sarebbe che gli fosse messa intorno al collo una pietra da macina, e ch'egli fosse gettato in mare.
[Jesus also said], “But if you cause someone who believes in me to sin, [God will severely punish you], even if that person is [socially unimportant like] this little child. If someone tied a heavy stone around your neck and you were thrown {and threw you} into the sea, [you would consider that was a severe punishment. But God will punish you more severely] than that [if you cause a person who believes in me to sin].
43 Ora, se la tua mano ti fa intoppare, mozzala; meglio è per te entrar monco nella vita, che, avendo due mani, andar nella geenna, nel fuoco inestinguibile, (Geenna g1067)
[So], if you are [wanting to use one of] [MTY, PRS] [your hands to sin, stop using your hand! Even if you have to] cut your hand off and throw it away [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and that you live eternally, [even though you lack one of] your hands [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell. There the fires never go out! (Geenna g1067)
44 ove il verme loro non muore, e il fuoco non si spegne.
45 E se il tuo piede ti fa intoppare, mozzalo; meglio è per te entrar zoppo nella vita, che, avendo due piedi, esser gettato nella geenna, nel fuoco inestinguibile, (Geenna g1067)
If you are [wanting to use] one of [PRS] your feet to sin, [stop using your foot! Even if you have to] cut off your foot [to avoid sinning, do it] [HYP]! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, [even though] you lack one of your feet [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and go to hell. (Geenna g1067)
46 ove il verme loro non muore, e il fuoco non si spegne.
47 Parimente, se l'occhio tuo ti fa intoppare, cavalo; meglio è per te entrar con un occhio solo nella vita, che, avendone due, esser gettato nella geenna del fuoco, (Geenna g1067)
If because of what you see [MTY, PRS] you are tempted to sin, [stop looking at those things]! Even if you have to gouge out your eye and throw it away [HYP] [to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, even though you lack one of] your eyes [while you are here on earth]. But it is not good that you sin and, as a result, God puts your whole body in hell. (Geenna g1067)
48 ove il verme loro non muore, e il fuoco non si spegne.
In that place people suffer forever and the fires are never put out {never go out}.”
49 Perciocchè ognuno deve esser salato con fuoco, ed ogni sacrificio deve esser salato con sale.
“[You must endure difficulties in order that God will be pleased with you. Your difficulties are like] a fire [that makes things pure] [MET]. [Your enduring is also like] [MET] salt being put [on] {people putting salt on their} [sacrifices to make them pure].
50 Il sale [è] buono, ma, se il sale diviene insipido, con che lo condirete? Abbiate del sale in voi stessi, e state in pace gli uni con gli altri.
Salt is useful [to put on food], but you cannot [RHQ] make salt to taste salty again if it becomes flavorless [MET]. Similarly, you must remain useful to God, [because no one can make you useful to God again if you become useless]. You must also live peacefully with each other.”
