1 And he went on to say, “I tell you, there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Kingdom of God come with power.”
The Transfiguration
(Matthew 17.1-13Luke 9.28-36)2 Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain, where they were alone. As they looked on, a change came over Jesus, 3 and his clothes became shining white—whiter than anyone in the world could wash them. 4 Then the three disciples saw Elijah and Moses talking with Jesus. 5 Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, “Teacher, how good it is that we are here! We will make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 6 He and the others were so frightened that he did not know what to say.
7 Then a cloud appeared and covered them with its shadow, and a voice came from the cloud, “This is my own dear Son—listen to him!” 8 They took a quick look around but did not see anyone else; only Jesus was with them.
9 As they came down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Don't tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has risen from death.”
10 They obeyed his order, but among themselves they started discussing the matter, “What does this ‘rising from death’ mean?” 11 And they asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?”
12 His answer was, “Elijah is indeed coming first in order to get everything ready. Yet why do the Scriptures say that the Son of Man will suffer much and be rejected? 13 I tell you, however, that Elijah has already come and that people treated him just as they pleased, as the Scriptures say about him.”
Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit
(Matthew 17.14-21; Luke 9.37-43a)14 When they joined the rest of the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and some teachers of the Law arguing with them. 15 When the people saw Jesus, they were greatly surprised, and ran to him and greeted him. 16 Jesus asked his disciples, “What are you arguing with them about?”
17 A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, because he has an evil spirit in him and cannot talk. 18 Whenever the spirit attacks him, it throws him to the ground, and he foams at the mouth, grits his teeth, and becomes stiff all over. I asked your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they could not.”
19 Jesus said to them, “How unbelieving you people are! How long must I stay with you? How long do I have to put up with you? Bring the boy to me!” 20 They brought him to Jesus.
As soon as the spirit saw Jesus, it threw the boy into a fit, so that he fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. 21 “How long has he been like this?” Jesus asked the father.
“Ever since he was a child,” he replied. 22 “Many times the evil spirit has tried to kill him by throwing him in the fire and into water. Have pity on us and help us, if you possibly can!”
23 “Yes,” said Jesus, “if you yourself can! Everything is possible for the person who has faith.”
24 The father at once cried out, “I do have faith, but not enough. Help me have more!”
25 Jesus noticed that the crowd was closing in on them, so he gave a command to the evil spirit. “Deaf and dumb spirit,” he said, “I order you to come out of the boy and never go into him again!”
26 The spirit screamed, threw the boy into a bad fit, and came out. The boy looked like a corpse, and everyone said, “He is dead!” 27 But Jesus took the boy by the hand and helped him rise, and he stood up.
28 After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn't we drive the spirit out?”
29 “Only prayer can drive this kind out,” answered Jesus; “nothing else can.”
Jesus Speaks Again about His Death
(Matthew 17.22Matthew 23Luke 9.43b-45)30 Jesus and his disciples left that place and went on through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where he was, 31 because he was teaching his disciples: “The Son of Man will be handed over to those who will kill him. Three days later, however, he will rise to life.”
32 But they did not understand what this teaching meant, and they were afraid to ask him.
Who Is the Greatest?
(Matthew 18.1-5Luke 9.46-48)33 They came to Capernaum, and after going indoors Jesus asked his disciples, “What were you arguing about on the road?”
34 But they would not answer him, because on the road they had been arguing among themselves about who was the greatest. 35 Jesus sat down, called the twelve disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must place himself last of all and be the servant of all.” 36 Then he took a child and had him stand in front of them. He put his arms around him and said to them, 37 “Whoever welcomes in my name one of these children, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not only me but also the one who sent me.”
Whoever Is Not against Us Is for Us
(Luke 9.49Luke 50)38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man who was driving out demons in your name, and we told him to stop, because he doesn't belong to our group.”
39 “Do not try to stop him,” Jesus told them, “because no one who performs a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say evil things about me. 40 For whoever is not against us is for us. 41 I assure you that anyone who gives you a drink of water because you belong to me will certainly receive a reward.
Temptations to Sin
(Matthew 18.6-9Luke 17.1Luke 2)42 “If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose faith in me, it would be better for that person to have a large millstone tied around the neck and be thrown into the sea. 43 So if your hand makes you lose your faith, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life without a hand than to keep both hands and go off to hell, to the fire that never goes out. 45 And if your foot makes you lose your faith, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life without a foot than to keep both feet and be thrown into hell. 47 And if your eye makes you lose your faith, take it out! It is better for you to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to keep both eyes and be thrown into hell. 48 There ‘the worms that eat them never die, and the fire that burns them is never put out.’
49 “Everyone will be purified by fire as a sacrifice is purified by salt.
50 “Salt is good; but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again?
“Have the salt of friendship among yourselves, and live in peace with one another.”
1 Wo to le Yeesu ko a la saayiboolu ye ko, “Tooñaa, m be a fo la ali ye, moo doolu be looriŋ jaŋ, mennu te saayaa nene la, fo niŋ ì ye Alla la mansabaayaa je naa kaŋ niŋ semboo la.”
Yeesu muluŋo la yelemoo
(Matiyu 17:1-13Luka 9:28-36)2 Tili wooro koolaa, Yeesu ye Pita, Yankuba aniŋ Yohana samba konko jaŋo kaŋ, ì dammaalu tarata daameŋ. A muluŋo naata yelema ì ñaa la jee. 3 A la duŋ feŋolu naata koyi fer ka tambi perekaanoo la, fo ì ka ñeliñeli. Hadamadiŋ te duŋ feŋ koyindi noo la duniyaa kono ka tambi a la koyoo la. 4 Wo to le Eliya niŋ Musa fintita ì kaŋ, ì niŋ Yeesu be diyaamu kaŋ. 5 Bituŋ Pita ko Yeesu ye ko, “N karammoo, a beteyaata ntolu fee le ka tara jaŋ. M̀ batu, ŋà jembereŋ saba loo. Kiliŋo ye ke ite taa ti, kiliŋo ye ke Musa taa ti, aniŋ kiliŋo ye ke Eliya taa ti.”
6 Pita maŋ a loŋ, a be meŋ fo la, kaatu ì silata baake le. 7 Bituŋ minaayoo naata ì muuri, aduŋ kumakaŋo bota naŋ minaayoo kono ko, “Ñiŋ ne mu n Kanu Dinkewo ti, ali i lamoyi a la.” 8 Wo loo niŋ baroo teema, ì ye ì ñaa muruŋ-muruŋ, ì maŋ moo je ì fee kotenke fo Yeesu dammaa.
9 Ì be jii kaŋ naŋ konkoo santo waatoo meŋ na, Yeesu ye ì dandalaa ko, ì kana a fo moo-wo-moo le ye, ì ye meŋ je, fo niŋ Moo Dinkewo* wulita saayaa kono. 10 Bituŋ ì ye ñiŋ kumoo tu ì sondomoolu kono, bari ì ka ñoo ñininkaa, meŋ mu wulindiroo ti saayaa kono.
11 Wo to le ì ye a ñininkaa ko, “Muŋ ne ye a tinna Luwaa karammoolu* ka a fo ko, Eliya le foloo ñanta naa la?” 12 Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Tooñaa, Eliya le foloo be naa la, aduŋ a be kuwolu bee murundi la ì noo to le. Bari hani wo, muŋ ne ye a tinna a be safeeriŋ Moo Dinkewo la kuwo to ko, a be toora jamaa soto la le, aduŋ moolu be jutu la a la le? 13 Bari m be a fo la ali ye, Eliya naata le fokabaŋ. Moolu ye kuu jawu siifaa bee ke a la, ì lafita ka mennu ke a la, ko a be safeeriŋ a la kuwo to ñaameŋ.”
Yeesu ye kambaanendiŋo kendeyandi
(Matiyu 17:14-21Luka 9:37-43a)14 Kabiriŋ ì futata saayibe doolu ma, ì ye kafu baa tara kururiŋ ì la, ì niŋ Luwaa karammoolu be ñoo saba kaŋ. 15 Tumoo meŋ na kafoo ye Yeesu je, ì kaawata baake. Ì borita ka taa a kontoŋ.
16 Wo to le Yeesu ye ì ñininkaa ko, “Ali ka ñoo saba muŋ ne la?” 17 Kee kiliŋ ye a jaabi kafoo kono ko, “Karammoo, ŋa n dinkewo le samba i ye naŋ, kaatu a ye seetaani jawoo le soto, meŋ ye a ke mumunewo ti. 18 Aduŋ niŋ a ye a maa daa-wo-daa, a ka a boyindi le. A daa ka kankaŋo bondi, a ka a ñiŋolu kumandi, aduŋ a ka ketu le las. Ŋa i la saayiboolu daani ka a bayi, bari ì maŋ a ke noo.” 19 Bituŋ Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Alitolu jamaani lannabaloo! Nte ñanta tara la ali fee fo waati jumaa le la? Nte ñanta muña la ali ye fo waati jumaa le la? A samba n ye naŋ.”
20 Wo to le ì ye kambaanendiŋo samba a ye. Kabiriŋ seetaani jawoo ye Yeesu je, jee niŋ jee a ye dindiŋo jarajarandi. A boyita bankoo to, a be birimintiŋ kaŋ, a daa ka kankaŋo fayi. 21 Bituŋ Yeesu ye dindiŋo faamaa ñininkaa ko, “Ñiŋ dindiŋo ye ñiŋ wayoo soto kabiriŋ waati jumaa le?” Kewo ko a ye ko, “Kabiriŋ a la dindiŋyaa waatoo la. 22 Jamaa-jamaa a ka a boyindi dimbaa niŋ jiyo le kono ka a kasaara. Bari niŋ ite si feŋ ke noo, balafaa ǹ ye, i ye m̀ maakoyi.” 23 Bituŋ Yeesu ko a ye ko, “I ko, niŋ n si feŋ ke noo! Feŋo bee si ke noo moo ye le, meŋ ye lannoo soto.” 24 Wo loo niŋ baroo teema, dindiŋo faamaa sarita santo ko, “N laata le, bari m maakoyi fo n na lannabaliyaa si bo n sondomoo kono.”
25 Kabiriŋ Yeesu ye kafoo tariyaatoo je naa la a kaŋ naŋ, a ye seetaani jawoo jalayi. A ko a ye ko, “Ite, seetaani jawoo meŋ ye ñiŋ dindiŋo ke mumunewo ti, i ye a tuloo suki, ŋa i yaamari: Finti a kono, aduŋ i kana muru a kono kotenke!” 26 Wo to le seetaani jawoo wuurita santo. A ye dindiŋo jarajarandi jawuke, a fintita a kono. Kambaanendiŋo ketuta, a be laariŋ ko furewo. Moo jamaa ko, “A faata le.” 27 Bari Yeesu ye a buloo muta ka a wulindi santo, aduŋ a wulita.
28 Kabiriŋ Yeesu dunta buŋo kono, a la saayiboolu ye a ñininkaa kara la ko, “Muŋ ne ye a tinna ntolu maŋ a bayi noo?” 29 A ko ì ye ko, “Ñiŋ seetaani jawu siifaa buka bayi noo feŋ-wo-feŋ na, niŋ a maŋ ke duwaa ti.”
Yeesu ye a la saayaa la kuwo fo fulanjanke
(Matiyu 17:22-23; Luka 9:43b-45)30 Yeesu niŋ a la saayiboolu bota jee, ì tambita niŋ Kalilee tundoo la. Bari a maŋ lafi moo-wo-moo ye a loŋ, 31 kaatu a be ì karandi kaŋ ne. A ko ì ye ko, “Moo Dinkewo be duŋ na moolu bulu le, aduŋ ì be a faa la le. Bari niŋ a faata, tili saba koolaa, a be wuli la saayaa kono le.” 32 Bari ì maŋ Yeesu la ñiŋ kumoo fahaamu, aduŋ ì maŋ haañi ka a ñininkaa.
Jumaa le la kuwo warata?
(Matiyu 18:1-5Luka 9:46-48)33 Wo to le ì naata Kapanawumu saatewo to. Kabiriŋ ì be buŋo kono, Yeesu ye a la saayiboolu ñininkaa ko, “Ali ka muŋ ne kacaa nuŋ siloo kaŋ?” 34 Bari ì be deyiriŋ, kaatu ì ye ñoo saba siloo kaŋ ne ko, jumaa le la kuwo warata ka tambi ì bee la.
35 Wo to le a siita, a ye saayibe taŋ niŋ fuloo kumandi. A ko ì ye ko, “Niŋ meŋ lafita ke la foloo ti, wo ñanta ke la moo bee la koomankoo le ti, aniŋ ì la dookuulaa.”
36 Wo to le a ye dindiŋo sika, a ye a londi ì teema. A ye a muta a buloo to, bituŋ a ko ì ye ko, 37 “Moo-wo-moo meŋ ye ñiŋ ñoŋ dindiŋo jiyandi nte too la, wo ye nte le jiyandi. Aduŋ moo-wo-moo meŋ ye nte jiyandi, wo maŋ nte jiyandi, bari meŋ ye nte kii.”
Meŋ maŋ balaŋ ntolu ma, wo be m̀ fee le
(Luka 9:49-50)38 Bituŋ Yohana ko a ye ko, “N karammoo, ŋà moo le je, meŋ ye seetaani jawoolu bayi niŋ i too la. M̀ maŋ soŋ, a ye a ke, kaatu a maŋ tara ǹ nooma.” 39 Bari Yeesu ko a ye ko, “Ali kana balaŋ a ma, kaatu moo te kaawakuwo ke la nte too la, wo koolaa, a ye naa kuma jawoo fo m ma. 40 Moo meŋ maŋ balaŋ ntolu ma, wo be m̀ fee le.
41 “Tooñaa, m be a fo la ali ye moo-wo-moo meŋ ye jii sumaa potoo dii ali la, kaatu ali mu Alimasiihu* noomalankoo le ti, wo maarii te foo la a la joo la muk.”
Marisaroo la jawuyaa
(Matiyu 18:6-9Luka 17:1-2)42 “Moo-wo-moo meŋ ye a tinna, ñiŋ domandiŋolu kono, mennu laata nte la, hani kiliŋ ye junuboo ke, a be fisiyaa la wo maarii fee le faŋ, ka tuurilaŋ bere baa siti a kaŋo la, ka a niŋ wo fayi baa kono. 43 Niŋ i buloo ka i marisa ka junuboo ke, a kuntu. A fisiyaata, i niŋ i bulu kiliŋo ye duŋ badaa-badaa baluwo kono, diina i niŋ i bulu fuloo ye duŋ Jahannaba dimbaa kono, meŋ buka faa, 44 daameŋ tumboolu niŋ a dimbaa buka faa. 45 Aduŋ niŋ i siŋo ka i marisa ka junuboo ke, a kuntu. A fisiyaata, i niŋ i siŋ kiliŋo ye duŋ badaa-badaa baluwo kono, diina i niŋ i siŋ fuloo ye fayi Jahannaba dimbaa kono, 46 daameŋ tumboolu niŋ a dimbaa buka faa. 47 Aduŋ niŋ i ñaa ka i marisa ka junuboo ke, a lokoti banta. A fisiyaata, i niŋ i ñaa kiliŋo ye duŋ badaa-badaa baluwo kono, diina i niŋ i ñaa fuloo ye fayi Jahannaba kono, 48 daameŋ tumboolu niŋ a dimbaa buka faa.
49 “Moo-wo-moo be seneyandi la tooroo dimbaa la le, ko siimaŋ sadaa* ka seneyandi koo la ñaameŋ. 50 Koo beteyaata le, bari niŋ a foota a la kuniyaa la, ali be wo ke noo la koo ti ñaadii le kotenke? Ali koo soto ali faŋolu kono, aduŋ ali si kayiroo soto ñoo ye!”
