Maʻake 3
1 Pea toe hū ia ki he falelotu; pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae tangata kuo mate hono nima.
[On another] ([Sabbath/Jewish day of rest]), Jesus entered (the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place) again. There was a man there whose hand was shriveled.
2 Pea naʻa nau lamasi ia, pe te ne fakamoʻui ia ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate: ka nau fakakoviʻi ai ia.
[Some men of the Pharisee sect] watched him carefully in order to see whether he would heal the man (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day). They did this in order that [if he healed the man], they would accuse him of disobeying [their Jewish laws, because he worked] ([on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day]).
3 Pea pehē ʻe ia ki he tangata naʻe nima mate, “Tuʻu mai.”
Jesus said to the man whose hand was shriveled, “Stand up here in front of everyone!” [So the man stood up].
4 Pea ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku ngofua ke fai lelei ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho Sāpate, pe ko e fai kovi? Ke fakamoʻui, pe tāmateʻi?” Ka naʻa nau fakalongo pe.
Then Jesus said [to the Pharisees], “Do the laws [that God gave Moses] permit people to do good ([on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day]), or do they permit people to do evil? Specifically, do his laws permit us to save a person’s life (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), or [do they permit us] to let him die [by refusing to help him]?” But they did not reply.
5 Pea kuo vakai foli ʻe ia ʻakinautolu kuo tuputāmaki, he naʻe mamahi ia koeʻuhi ko e fefeka ʻo honau loto, pea ne pehē ki he tangata, “Mafao mai ho nima.” Pea ne mafao atu [ia]: pea fakamoʻui hono nima ʻo hangē ko [hono nima ]e taha.
He looked around at them angrily. He was very distressed that they were stubbornly [not wanting to help the man]. So he said to the man, “Reach out your hand!” When the man reached out his withered hand, his hand became all right again!
6 Pea naʻe ʻalu kituʻa ʻae kau Fālesi, ʻonau alea leva mo e kau Helotiane kiate ia, pe fēfeeʻi ʻenau tāmateʻi ia.
Then the Pharisees [decided to get rid of Jesus. So] after they left [the meeting house], they [immediately met with some of] the Jews who supported Herod [Antipas, who ruled Galilee district]. Together they planned how they could kill Jesus.
7 Ka naʻe ʻalu ʻa Sisu mo ʻene kau ākonga ki he tahi: pea muimui kiate ia ʻae fuʻu tokolahi mei Kāleli mo Siutea,
Jesus and his disciples left [that] town and went to an area further along [Galilee Lake in order to get away from the people]. But a great crowd of people followed him. They were people who came from Galilee [district],
8 Pea naʻe haʻu kiate ia, mei Selūsalema, mo ʻAitumia, mo e tuʻa Sioatani, mo kinautolu naʻe ofi ki Taia mo Saitoni, ʻae fuʻu tokolahi ʻi heʻenau fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻa lahi kuo ne fai.
from Jerusalem [city], from [other towns of] Judea [district], from Idumea [district], from [the region on] the [east] side of the Jordan [River], and from [the region] around Tyre and Sidon [cities]. This great crowd of people came to him because they heard about what he was doing.
9 Pea naʻe fekau ʻe ia ki heʻene kau ākonga, ke ʻai ha vaka siʻi ke tatali kiate ia, koeʻuhi ko e fuʻu tokolahi, telia naʻa nau fakaʻefihiaʻi ia.
Because he had healed many people, many [other] people who had various illnesses pushed forward in order that by touching him [they would come well]. So he told his disciples that they should get a small boat ready for him [to get in and teach from it]. He wanted to do this in order that the crowd would not crush him [when they pushed forward to touch him].
10 He kuo ne fakamoʻui ʻae tokolahi; ko ia ne nau fakaʻefihiaʻi ia, ka nau ala kiate ia, ʻakinautolu naʻe mahaki.
11 Pea mo e kau laumālie ʻuli, ʻi heʻenau mamata kiate ia, naʻa nau tō ki lalo ʻi hono ʻao, pea tangi, ʻo pehē, “Ko e ʻAlo koe ʻoe ʻOtua.”
Whenever the evil spirits saw Jesus, [they caused the people whom they controlled] to fall down in front of Jesus [in recognition of Jesus’ power]. Then they exclaimed, “You are (the Son of God/the man who is also God)!”
12 Pea ne fekau mālohi kiate kinautolu, ke ʻoua naʻa nau fakahā ia.
He commanded the [evil spirits] strongly that they should not tell anyone who he was.
13 Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ia ki he moʻunga, ʻo ne ui kiate ia ʻakinautolu naʻe loto ia ki ai: pea nau ʻalu ange kiate ia.
Jesus went [with many other people] up into the hills. After he picked out [from among them] the men whom he wanted [to accompany him], they came [close] to him.
14 Pea ne tuʻutuʻuni ʻae toko hongofulu ma toko ua, ke nau ʻiate ia, pea koeʻuhi ke ne fekau atu ʻakinautolu ke malanga,
He appointed twelve men in order that they might be with him and in order that he might send them out to preach. He called them apostles.
15 Pea ke maʻu ʻae mālohi ke fakamoʻui ʻae ngaahi mahaki, mo kapusi ʻae kau tēvolo:
He also gave them power in order that they might expel evil spirits [from people].
16 Ko Saimone naʻa ne fakahingoa ko Pita;
These were the twelve men he appointed: Simon, to whom he gave the [new] name Peter; his [younger] brother Andrew;
17 mo Semisi ko e [foha ]ʻo Sepeti, mo Sione ko e tokoua ʻo Semisi; pea ne fakahingoa ʻakinaua ko Poaneasesi, ʻa ia, “Ko e ongo foha ʻoe mana:”
James, [the son] of Zebedee, and John, the [younger] brother of James, to [both of] whom he added the [new] name, ‘Men who are like Thunder’. [because of their fiery zeal];
18 mo ʻAnitelū, mo Filipe, mo Pātolomiu, mo Mātiu, mo Tōmasi, mo Semisi ko e [foha ]ʻo ʻAlefiusi, mo Tatiusi, mo Saimone ko e Kēnani,
Philip; Bartholomew; Levi, whose other name was Matthew; Thomas; [another] James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus; [another] Simon, who was a [member of the party that wanted] to overthrow [the Roman government];
19 mo Siutasi ʻIsikaliote ʻaia foki naʻa ne lavakiʻi ia: pea naʻa nau hū ki ha fale.
and Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth [Town]). He was the one who [later] (betrayed Jesus/helped Jesus’ enemies seize him).
20 Pea toe fakataha ʻae kakai, ko ia naʻe ʻikai ai te nau faʻa fai ʻenau kai mā.
Jesus [along with his disciples] went to the house where he was staying [in Capernaum. Again a crowd gathered where he was]. There were many people crowding around him, so that he and his disciples had no time when they could eat or [when they could do anything else].
21 Pea ʻi he fanongo ki ai ʻa hono kāinga, naʻa nau ʻalu atu ko hono puke: he naʻa nau pehē, “Kuo vale ia.”
After his relatives heard about this, they went to take him home [with them] because (some people/they) were saying that he was insane.
22 Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he kau tangata tohi naʻe ʻalu hifo mei Selūsalema, “ʻOku ʻiate ia ʻa Pelisipupe, pea ʻoku ne kapusi ʻae kau tēvolo ʻi he ʻeiki ʻoe kau tēvolo.”
[Around that time] some men who taught the [Jewish] laws came down from Jerusalem [city. They heard that Jesus was expelling demons]. So they were telling [people], “Beelzebub, who rules the evil spirits, controls him. He is the one who enables this man to expel evil spirits [from people]!”
23 Pea ne ui ʻakinautolu, mo ne pehē kiate kinautolu ʻi he ngaahi fakatātā, “E faʻa kapusi fēfē ʻe Sētane ʻa Sētane?
Jesus summoned those men. [Then he spoke to them] in parables [to enable them to realize that Satan would not oppose his own evil spirits. He also wanted them to realize that by expelling evil spirits, he was demonstrating that he was much more powerful than Satan]. So he said, “([It is ridiculous] to suggest that Satan would expel his own [evil spirits]!/Why would Satan expel his own [evil spirits]?) [RHQ]
24 Pea kapau ʻe feʻiteʻitani ha puleʻanga, ʻe ʻikai tuʻumaʻu ʻae puleʻanga ko ia.
If [people who live in the same] country are fighting one another, they will cease to be a single group under one ruler.
25 Pea kapau ʻe feʻiteʻitani ha fale, ʻe ʻikai tuʻumaʻu ʻae fale ko ia.
And if [people who live in the same] house fight each other, they will certainly not remain [as one family].
26 Pea kapau ʻe angatuʻu ʻa Sētane kiate ia, mo feʻiteʻitani, ʻe ʻikai tuʻumaʻu ia, kae ngata ai ia.
Similarly, if Satan and his [evil spirits] were fighting one another, instead of remaining strong, he would become powerless.
27 “E ʻikai ha taha te ne faʻa hū ki he fale ʻoe tokotaha mālohi, mo kaihaʻasi ʻene ngaahi koloa, ka ʻi heʻene tomuʻa haʻi ʻae tokotaha mālohi; pea te ne toki kaihaʻasi ʻene koloa.
Contrary to [what you say about me], someone can enter the house of a strong man [like Satan] and carry off his possessions only if he first ties up the strong man. Then [and only then] will he [be able to] steal the things in that man’s house.”
28 “Ko e moʻoni ʻoku ou tala atu kiate kimoutolu, ʻE fakamolemole ʻae ngaahi hia kotoa pē ʻae fānau ʻae tangata, mo e lohiakiʻi ʻaia kotoa pē te nau lohiaki:
[Jesus also said], “Consider this carefully! People may sin in many ways and they may speak evilly about God, but [if] they [then are sorry and ask God to] forgive [them], [God] will forgive them for doing that.
30 Koeʻuhi naʻe pehē ʻekinautolu, “ʻOku ʻiate ia ʻae laumālie ʻuli.”
[Jesus told them that] because [they refused to admit that the Holy Spirit was helping him to expel demons. Instead], they were saying, “An evil spirit is controlling him!”
31 Pea naʻe toki haʻu ʻa hono kāinga mo ʻene faʻē, ʻonau tutuʻu ʻituʻa, pea nau fekau kiate ia.
Jesus’ mother and [younger] siblings arrived. While they stood outside, they sent [someone inside] in order to call him [outside].
32 Pea pehē kiate ia ʻe he kakai naʻa nau nofo ʻo kāpui ia, “Vakai, ko hoʻo faʻē mo ho kāinga ʻoku ʻituʻa, ko ʻenau kumi koe.”
A crowd was sitting around Jesus. One of them said to him, “Listen/Hey, your mother and your [younger] brothers and sisters are outside, and they are wanting (to see/to talk with) you!”
33 Pea lea ia, ʻo pehēange kiate kinautolu, “Ko hai ʻeku faʻē mo hoku kāinga?”
Jesus replied to them, “([I will tell you something about] my mother and my brothers.[/Do you know whom I consider to be like] my mother and my brothers?)” [RHQ]
34 Pea vakai foli ʻe ia ʻakinautolu naʻa nau nofo ʻo kāpui ia, mo ne pehē, “Vakai, ko ʻeku faʻē mo hoku kāinga!
After he looked around at [the disciples] who were sitting around him [in a circle], he said, “Look here! I [love these men as much as] I [love] my mother and my brothers.
35 He ko ia te ne fai ʻae finangalo ʻoe ʻOtua, ko hoku tokoua ia, mo hoku tuofefine, mo [ʻeku ]faʻē.”
Those who habitually do what God wants are [as dear to me] [MET] as my brother, my sister, or my mother!”
