MARKUS 1
1 Die evangelie van Jesus Christus, die Seun van God, begin só:
Die optrede van Johannes die Doper
(Matt. 3:1-12; Luk. 3:1-18; Joh. 1:19-28)
2 In die boek van die profeet Jesaja staan daar geskrywe: “Kyk, Ek stuur my boodskapper voor jou uit. Hy sal die pad vir jou regmaak.t
3 Iemand roep in die woestyn: Maak die pad vir die Here gereed, maak die paaie vir Hom reguit.t”
4 Só het Johannes die Doper in die woestyn opgetree. Hy het verkondig: Bekeer julle en laat julle doop en God sal julle sondes vergewe. 5 Die hele landstreek van Judea en al die inwoners van Jerusalem het na hom toe gestroom. Hulle het hulle sondes bely en is deur hom in die Jordaanrivier gedoop.
6 Johannes het klere van kameelhaar gedra met 'n leerband om sy heupe, en hy het van sprinkane en veldheuning gelewe. 7 Hy het gepreek en gesê: “Die Een wat ná my kom, is my meerdere. Ek is nie eers werd om te buk en sy skoene los te maak nie. 8 Ek het julle wel met water gedoop, maar Hy sal julle met die Heilige Gees doop.”
Jesus word gedoop
(Matt. 3:13-17; Luk. 3:21-22; Joh. 1:29-34)
9 Jesus het in daardie selfde tyd van Nasaret in Galilea af gekom, en Hy is deur Johannes in die Jordaan gedoop. 10 Net toe Hy uit die water kom, het Hy die hemel sien oopskeur en die Gees soos 'n duif na Hom toe sien neerdaal. 11 Daar was ook 'n stem uit die hemel: “Jy is my geliefde Seun. Oor Jou verheug Ek My.”
Jesus word versoek
(Matt. 4:1-11; Luk. 4:1-13)
12 Net daarna het die Gees Hom weggevat die woestyn in, 13 waar Hy veertig dae lank gebly het en deur die Satan versoek is. Jesus was daar saam met die wilde diere, en die engele het Hom versorg.
Jesus begin preek
(Matt. 4:12-17; Luk. 4:14-15)
14 Nadat Johannes in die tronk opgesluit is, het Jesus na Galilea toe gegaan en die evangelie van God verkondig. 15 Hy het gesê: “Die tyd het aangebreek, en die koninkryk van God het naby gekom. Bekeer julle en glo die evangelie.”
Jesus roep sy eerste dissipels
(Matt. 4:18-22; Luk. 5:1-11)
16 Eendag toe Jesus langs die See van Galilea loop, het Hy vir Simon en Simon se broer Andreas gesien waar hulle besig was om werpnette in die see uit te gooi. Hulle was vissers van beroep. 17 Hy het toe vir hulle gesê: “Kom hier! Kom saam met My, en Ek sal julle vissers van mense maak.”
18 Onmiddellik het hulle die nette gelos en Hom gevolg.
19 Toe Hy 'n entjie verder gaan, het Hy vir Jakobus seun van Sebedeus, en sy broer Johannes gesien waar hulle in die skuit besig was om hulle nette reg te maak, 20 en dadelik het Hy hulle geroep. Hulle het hulle pa, Sebedeus, net so saam met die loonarbeiders in die skuit gelaat en saam met Jesus gegaan.
Die besetene in Kapernaum
(Luk. 4:31-37)
21 Hulle het in Kapernaum gekom. Toe die sabbatdag aanbreek, het Jesus reguit na die sinagoge toe gegaan en die mense daar begin leer. 22 Hulle was verstom oor sy leer, want Hy het hulle geleer soos een wat gesag het, en nie soos die skrifgeleerdes nie.
23 Op daardie oomblik was daar in hulle sinagoge 'n man wat van 'n onrein gees besete was. Hy het uitgeskreeu: 24 “Wat het ons met U te doen, Jesus van Nasaret? Het U gekom om ons te verdelg? Ek weet goed wie U is; U is die Heilige van God!”
25 Maar Jesus het hom skerp aangespreek: “Bly stil en gaan uit hom uit.”
26 Die onrein gees het die man stuiptrekkings laat kry, hard geskreeu en toe uit hom uitgegaan. 27 Almal was so verbaas dat hulle onder mekaar geredeneer en gesê het: “Wat gaan hier aan? Dit is 'n nuwe leer, en dit kom met gesag! Hy gebied selfs die onrein geeste, en hulle gehoorsaam hom.”
28 En dit was nie lank nie of daar is in Galilea oral in die hele omgewing oor Hom gepraat.
Die genesing van Petrus se skoonmoeder
(Matt. 8:14-15; Luk. 4:38-39)
29 Toe die mense uit die sinagoge kom, het hulle saam met Jakobus en Johannes reguit na die huis van Simon en Andreas toe gegaan. 30 Die skoonmoeder van Simon het daar met 'n hoë koors siek gelê, en hulle het Hom dadelik van haar vertel. 31 Hy het na haar toe gegaan, haar hand gevat en haar regop gehelp. Toe het die koors haar verlaat, en sy het hulle bedien.
Nog genesings en voortgaande prediking
(Matt. 8:16-17; 4:23; Luk. 4:40-44)
32 Toe dit aand geword het en die son al onder was, het die mense al die siekes en dié wat in die mag van bose geeste was, na Hom toe gebring. 33 Die hele dorp het by die deur van die huis saamgedrom. 34 Hy het baie siekes wat allerhande kwale gehad het, gesond gemaak en baie bose geeste uitgedrywe. Hy het die bose geeste nie toegelaat om te praat nie, omdat hulle geweet het wie Hy is.
35 Die môre vroeg, toe dit nog nag was, het Hy opgestaan en buitentoe gegaan na 'n eensame plek en daar gebid. 36 Simon en dié wat by hom was, het Hom egter gesoek, 37 en toe hulle Hom kry, sê hulle vir Hom: “Almal soek U.”
38 Maar Hy antwoord hulle: “Laat ons êrens anders heen gaan, na die nabygeleë dorpies toe, sodat Ek daar ook kan preek, want daarvoor het Ek gekom.”
39 Hy het toe gegaan en dwarsdeur Galilea in hulle sinagoges gepreek en bose geeste uitgedrywe.
Die genesing van 'n melaatse man
(Matt. 8:1-4; Luk. 5:12-16)
40 Daar kom toe 'n melaatse man na Hom toe wat smekend op sy knieë voor Hom neerval en vir Hom sê: “As U wil, kan U my gesond maak.”
41 Jesus het hom jammer gekry, sy hand uitgesteek en hom aangeraak. Hy sê toe vir hom: “Ek wil. Word gesond!”
42 Sy melaatsheid het onmiddellik verdwyn en hy het gesond geword. 43 Jesus het hom dadelik weggestuur, nadat Hy hom ernstig aangespreek 44 en vir hom gesê het: “Moet vir niemand iets hiervan vertel nie, maar gaan wys jou vir die priester en bring die offers vir jou reiniging wat Moses voorgeskrywe het. Dit sal vir die mense die bewys wees dat jy rein geword het.”
45 Hy het egter gegaan en dit wyd en syd begin verkondig en dit oral geloop en vertel. Daarom kon Jesus nie meer openlik in 'n dorp kom nie en het Hy gewoonlik buite in die oop veld gebly. Tog het die mense van alle kante af na Hom toe gekom.
Mark 1
1 THE BEGINNING [of the facts] of the good news (the Gospel) of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will make ready Your way--3 A voice of one crying in the wilderness [shouting in the desert], Prepare the way of the Lord, make His beaten tracks straight (level and passable)! 4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness (desert), preaching a baptism [obligating] repentance (a change of one’s mind for the better, heartily amending one’s ways, with abhorrence of his past sins) in order to obtain forgiveness of and release from sins.5 And there kept going out to him [continuously] all the country of Judea and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, as they were confessing their sins.6 And John wore clothing woven of camel’s hair and had a leather girdle around his loins and ate locusts and wild honey.7 And he preached, saying, After me comes He Who is stronger (more powerful and more valiant) than I, the strap of Whose sandals I am not worthy or fit to stoop down and unloose.8 I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.10 And when He came up out of the water, at once he [John] saw the heavens torn open and the [Holy] Spirit like a dove coming down [to enter] into Him. 11 And there came a voice out from within heaven, You are My Beloved Son; in You I am well pleased. 12 Immediately the [Holy] Spirit [from within] drove Him out into the wilderness (desert),13 And He stayed in the wilderness (desert) forty days, being tempted [all the while] by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to Him [continually].14 Now after John was arrested and put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God,15 And saying, The [appointed period of] time is fulfilled (completed), and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent (have a change of mind which issues in regret for past sins and in change of conduct for the better) and believe (trust in, rely on, and adhere to) the good news (the Gospel).16 And passing along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon [Peter] and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net [to and fro] in the sea, for they were fishermen.17 And Jesus said to them, Come after Me and be My disciples, and I will make you to become fishers of men.18 And at once they left their nets and [yielding up all claim to them] followed [with] Him [joining Him as disciples and siding with His party].19 He went on a little farther and saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in [their] boat putting their nets in order.20 And immediately He called out to them, and [abandoning all mutual claims] they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went off after Him [to be His disciples, side with His party, and follow Him].21 And they entered into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He went into the synagogue and began to teach.22 And they were completely astonished at His teaching, for He was teaching as One Who possessed authority, and not as the scribes.23 Just at that time there was in their synagogue a man [who was in the power] of an unclean spirit; and now [immediately] he raised a deep and terrible cry from the depths of his throat, saying,24 What have You to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are--the Holy One of God!25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hush up (be muzzled, gagged), and come out of him!26 And the unclean spirit, throwing the man into convulsions and screeching with a loud voice, came out of him.27 And they were all so amazed and almost terrified that they kept questioning and demanding one of another, saying, What is this? What new (fresh) teaching! With authority He gives orders even to the unclean spirits and they obey Him!28 And immediately rumors concerning Him spread [everywhere] throughout all the region surrounding Galilee.29 And at once He left the synagogue and went into the house of Simon [Peter] and Andrew, accompanied by James and John.30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law had for some time been lying sick with a fever, and at once they told Him about her.31 And He went up to her and took her by the hand and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she began to wait on them.32 Now when it was evening, after the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those under the power of demons,33 Until the whole town was gathered together about the door.34 And He cured many who were afflicted with various diseases; and He drove out many demons, but would not allow the demons to talk because they knew Him [intuitively].35 And in the morning, long before daylight, He got up and went out to a deserted place, and there He prayed.36 And Simon [Peter] and those who were with him followed Him [pursuing Him eagerly and hunting Him out],37 And they found Him and said to Him, Everybody is looking for You.38 And He said to them, Let us be going on into the neighboring country towns, that I may preach there also; for that is why I came out.39 [So] He went throughout the whole of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.40 And a leper came to Him, begging Him on his knees and saying to Him, If You are willing, You are able to make me clean.41 And being moved with pity and sympathy, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him, and said to him, I am willing; be made clean!42 And at once the leprosy [completely] left him and he was made clean [by being healed].43 And Jesus charged him sternly (sharply and threateningly, and with earnest admonition) and [acting with deep feeling thrust him forth and] sent him away at once,44 And said to him, See that you tell nothing [of this] to anyone; but begone, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your purification what Moses commanded, as a proof (an evidence and witness) to the people [that you are really healed]. 45 But he went out and began to talk so freely about it and blaze abroad the news [spreading it everywhere] that [Jesus] could no longer openly go into a town but was outside in [lonely] desert places. But the people kept on coming to Him from all sides and every quarter.