Mark 4

4 ¹Jesus teach again for beside di sea. Plenty-plenty crowd gada round am reach so tey e enta boat wey dey for di water come sidon, while di whole crowd dey for land for beside di sea. ²E teach dem plenty tins for parable, and as e dey teach, e tell dem sey:

³“Hear-o! One farmer waka go plant seed. ⁴As e dey plant, some seed fall for di road, and bird come chop am finish. ⁵Oda seed fall for stony ground, wey no get plenty sand, and e sprout sharp-sharp sote di sand no deep. ⁶But wen sun rise, di plant burn, and sotay e no get root, e dry die. ⁷Oda seed fall inside thorn, and di thorn grow up come choke am, so e no bring grain. ⁸Oda seed fall inside good sand, come bring grain wey sprout, grow, and yield thirty, sixty, one hundred times pass wetin dem plant.” ⁹And e sey, “Whoever wey get ear to hear, make e hear.”

¹⁰Wen e dey im one, dem wey dey with am, plus di Twelve, ask am about di parable dem.

¹¹E tell dem, “Na una dem don give di secret of di kingdom of our Papa, but for dem wey dey outside, everytin dey come for parable, ¹²so dat ‘dem go look but no go see well, and hear but no go understand, and dem no go turn come make dem forgive dem.’”

¹³E tell dem, “Una no understand dis parable? Then how una go take understand all di parable dem? ¹⁴Di farmer dey plant di word. ¹⁵Dis na di ones for di road wey dem plant di word: as dem hear am, Satan come sharp-sharp come carry di word wey dem plant inside dem comot. ¹⁶Dis na di ones wey dem plant for stony ground, wey dey hear di word and dey receive am sharp-sharp with joy. ¹⁷But dem no get root inside dem, dem last small time rep; wen wahala or persecution come becos of di word, dem fall comot sharp-sharp. ¹⁸And oda ones na di ones wey dem plant inside thorn. Dis na dem wey dey hear di word, ¹⁹but di worry of dis world, di deceit of money, and di desire for oda tins enta come choke di word, and e no dey bring fruit. ²⁰And dis na di ones wey dem plant for good sand: dem dey hear di word, dey accept am, and dey bring fruit—thirty, sixty, one hundred times over.”

Dem Make Light to Shine

²¹E tell dem, “Person dey bring lamp come put am under basket or under bed—no be say na for stand? ²²Notin dey hide wey dem no go show; notin dey secret wey no go come out. ²³If anybody get ear to hear, make e hear.”

²⁴E tell dem, “Watch wetin una dey hear. Di measure wey una dey use, na so dem go take measure give una—and dem go add more. ²⁵For whoever wey get, dem go give am more; whoever wey no get, even di small wey e get, dem go collect am comot for am.”

Di Seed Dey Grow by Imsef

²⁶E sey, “Na so di kingdom of our Papa be: man scatter seed for ground. ²⁷Night and day, weda e dey sleep or e wake, di seed dey sprout and dey grow, even doh e no sabi how. ²⁸Di sand dey bring grain by imsef—first na blade, then na head, then na full grain inside di head. ²⁹But wen di grain don ripe, e go sharp-sharp send di cutlass, becos harvest don reach.”

Di Mustard Seed

³⁰E sey, “Wetin we fit take compare di kingdom of our Papa to, or wetin parable we fit use for am? ³¹E be like mustard seed, wey be di smallest for all di seed dem wen dem plant am for ground. ³²But once dem plant am, e dey grow up come be di biggest for all di garden plant, dey bring branch wey big sote bird of di air fit build nest inside im shade.”

³³With plenty parable like dis e talk di word give dem, as dem fit take hear am. ³⁴E no dey talk to dem except for parable, but wen dem dey dem one, e dey explain everytin give im own disciple dem.

Jesus Calm di Storm

³⁵For dat day, wen evening reach, e tell dem, “Make we cross go di oda side.”

³⁶Dem leave di crowd come carry am go, just as e dey, inside di boat, and oda boat dey follow am. ³⁷Serious windstorm come rise. Wave dey break enta di boat, sotay water don dey full am. ³⁸But Jesus dey sleep for di back of di boat for on top di pillow. Dem wake am and sey, “Teacher, e no dey worry you sey we dey die?”

³⁹E stand up, talk hard to di wind, and tell di sea, “Peace! Keep quiet!” Di wind stop, and everywhere calm well-well. ⁴⁰E tell dem, “Why una dey fear so? Una still no get faith?”

⁴¹Fear catch dem well-well and dem ask each oda, “Who den be dis, wey even di wind and di sea dey obey am?”