1Dhau rau nub tom qaab Yexu txawm coj Petu hab Yakaunpau hab Yakaunpau tug kwv Yauhaa ncaim lwm tug nce moog rua sau lub roob sab. 2Yexu lub cev txawm hloov hlo taab meeg puab, mas nwg lub ntsej muag ci yaam le lub nub hab nwg cev tsoog tsho kuj ci dawb paug le qhov kaaj. 3Tes Mauxe hab Eliya txawm tshwm nrug Yexu sws thaam rua puab pum. 4Petu txawm has rua Yexu tas, “Tug Tswv, peb nyob ntawm nuav kuj zoo. Yog koj yeem, kuv yuav ua peb lub tsev pheeb suav rua ntawm nuav, ua ib lub rua koj, ib lub rua Mauxe hab ib lub rua Eliya.” 5Thaus Petu tseed saamswm has le ntawd txawm muaj ib tauv fuab ci dawb paug lug laum nkaus puab, hab muaj ib lub suab has huv tauv fuab tuaj has tas, “Tug nuav yog kuv tug Tub kws kuv hlub, kuv txaus sab rua nwg heev. Mej ca le noog nwg has.” 6Thaus cov thwjtim nov le hov puab txawm khwb nkaus rua huv peg teb ntshai kawg le. 7Yexu txhad le lug kov puab hab has tas, “Ca le sawv tseeg, tsw xob ntshai.” 8Thaus puab tsaa muag saib tsw pum leejtwg le tsuas yog pum Yexu tuab leeg xwb. 9Thaus puab nqeg peg roob lug, Yexu txwv puab tas, “Tej kws mej pum hov tsw xob has rua leejtwg moog txug thaus Tuabneeg leej Tub raug muab tsaa sawv huv qhov tuag rov lug tsaiv.” 10Cov thwjtim kuj nug Yexu tas, “Yog le ntawd, ua caag cov xwbfwb qha Vaajtswv kevcai has tas Eliya yuav xub lug ua ntej?” 11Yexu teb tas, “Eliya yeej yuav lug hab yuav ua kuas txhua yaam rov zoo le qub. 12Tassws kuv has rua mej tas Eliya tub lug lawm los tuabneeg tsw paub nwg, puab ua rua nwg lawv le puab lub sab nyam. Tuabneeg leej Tub yuav raug kev tswm txom ntawm puab txhais teg ib yaam le ntawd.” 13Cov thwjtim txhad nkaag sab tas qhov kws Yexu has rua puab ntawd yog has txug Yauhaa kws coj ua kevcai raus dej.
Yexu khu tug tub raug daab
(Mk. 9:14-29; Lk. 9:37-43)
14Thaus puab lug txug ntawm cov tuabneeg coob coob, muaj ib tug yawm lug txhus caug ndua rua ntawm Yexu has tas, 15“Tug Tswv, thov khuvleej kuv tug tub, vem tas nwg qaug daab peg raug txom nyem heev. Nwg pheej poob rua huv qhov cub hab poob dej. 16Kuv tub coj nwg moog cuag koj cov thwjtim, tassws puab khu tsw tau nwg zoo.” 17Yexu teb tas, “Au tam tuabneeg kws tsw muaj kev ntseeg tsuas muaj kev phem kev qas xwb, kuv yuav nrug mej nyob ntev le caag? Kuv yuav ua sab ntev thev mej moog txug thaus twg? Ca le coj tug tub hov lug rua kuv ntawm nuav.” 18Yexu txawm has tawv rua tug daab hov tes daab txawm tawm plawg huv tug tub hov lawm, tug tub txhad zoo hlo taamswm. 19Dhau ntawd cov thwjtim txawm lug cuag Yexu tuabywv hab has tas, “Ua caag peb ntab tsw tau tug daab hov tawm?” 20Yexu has rua puab tas, “Tub yog vem mej kev ntseeg yau heev. Kuv has tseeb rua mej tas, yog mej muaj kev ntseeg luaj le ib lub noob miv miv, mej yuav has rua lub roob nuav tas ‘Ca le txaav ntawm nuav moog lawm tom u,’ mas lub roob yeej yuav txaav moog. Tsw muaj ib yaam daabtsw kws mej yuav ua tsw tau.”⚓
Yexu rov has txug nwg kev tuag
(Mk. 9:30-32; Lk. 9:43-45)
22Thaus cov thwjtim tuaj txoos ua ke rua huv lub xeev Kalilai, Yexu txawm has rua puab tas, “Tuabneeg leej Tub yuav raug muab cob rua huv tuabneeg txhais teg, 23hab puab yuav muab nwg tua pov tseg, mas peb nub nwg yuav raug muab tsaa caj sawv rov lug.” Cov thwjtim txhad ntxhuv sab heev kawg.
Them se rua lub tuam tsev
24Thaus puab lug txug ntawm lub moos Khapena‑u lawm, cov kws sau ib nraab sekhee⚓ them se rua lub tuam tsev txawm tuaj cuag Petu hab has tas, “Koj tug xwbfwb them se los tsw them?” 25Petu teb tas, “Them huas.” Thaus Petu nkaag moog rua huv tsev Yexu has rua nwg ua ntej tas, “Ximoo 'e, koj xaav le caag? Tej vaajntxwv huv nplajteb sau se tuabneeg se laj teb ntawm leejtwg? Sau ntawm nwg cov tub lossws sau ntawm lwm tug?” 26Petu teb tas, “Sau ntawm lwm tug.” Yexu txawm has rua nwg tas, “Yog le ntawd cov tub tsw txug them. 27Tassws tsw xob ua rua puab ntsawv sab, koj ca le moog nuv ntseg ntawm havtxwv. Thawj tug ntseg kws koj nuv tau, ca le muab lub qhov ncauj rua mas koj yuav pum ib lub sekhee. Ca le coj lub nyaj hov moog them se ua kuv hab koj le feem.”
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The Transfiguration
1After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. 4Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 5While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” 6When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. 7But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.”8When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. 9As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” 10The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?” 11Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things.12But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”13Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy
14When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15“Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. 16I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.” 17“You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”18Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment. 19Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” 20He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”[21]⚓
Jesus Predicts His Death a Second Time
22When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men.23They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief.
The Temple Tax
24After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” 25“Yes, he does,” he replied. When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?” 26“From others,” Peter answered. “Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. 27“But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.”