Di Papa Set Person Wey Dem Hold Captive Free
Jesus free one man wey dey live among di graves dey cut imself, and send am go tell people wetin our Papa don do; di people for di town beg am make im comot. One woman wey don dey bleed for twelve years touch im cloth and she heal. Im raise Jairus daughter after di people wey dey mourn laugh am.
5 1Dem cross go di oda side of di sea, go di region of di Gerasene people. 2As Jesus comot for di boat, one man wey get unclean spirit come meet am sharp-sharp from di grave dem. 3Dis man dey live inside di grave dem, and nobody fit tie am again, even with chain sef. 4Because plenty times dem don tie am with iron for leg and with chain, but e go tear di chain and break di iron for leg—nobody get power to control am. 5Night and day, inside di grave dem and for di mountain, e dey shout anyhow, dey cut imsef with stone. 6And wen e see Jesus from far, e run come fall down for im front. 7E shout well-well, e say, "Wetin you want with me, Jesus, Pikin of di Most High God? I beg you for God name, no torment me!"
8Because Jesus don dey tell am, "Come comot for dis man, you unclean spirit!"
9Jesus ask am, "Wetin be your name?" E say, "Legion, because we plenty." a a v9 One Roman legion na like six thousand soldier—di name show say na thousands of evil spirit dey torment dis man.
10E keep dey beg am make e no send dem comot for dat region. 11Now, one big herd of pig dey chop for di hillside. 12And di spirit dem beg am, "Send us go di pig dem; make we enter dem."
13E gree for dem. Di unclean spirit dem come comot enter di pig dem; di herd—wey be like 2,000—come rush down di cliff enter di sea and drown for di water. 14Di people wey dey mind di pig dem run go tell am for town and for village; and people come out to see wetin happen. 15Dem come meet Jesus and see di man wey di demon dem bin possess before, di one wey get di legion, e dey sit down, e don wear cloth, and im mind don correct—and fear catch dem. 16Di people wey see am with dem eye tell dem wetin happen to di man wey demon bin dey control, and about di pig dem too. 17And dem come begin beg Jesus make e comot for dem region.
18As e dey enter di boat, di man wey demon bin dey control before beg say make e follow am.
19But Jesus no gree, e come tell am, "Go house go meet your own people and tell dem all di big-big tin wey our Papa don do for you, and how e don show you mercy." b b v19 Wia oda translation dem write "di Lord," FHB call di name of our Papa—Jesus send di man wey e heal go house make e go talk about di Papa im mercy, di same mercy wey di man come see for Jesus imsef.
20E go begin dey preach for di Decapolis all di tin wey Jesus don do for am, and everybody come dey wonder. c c v20 Di Decapolis—wey mean "ten cities" for Greek—na region of plenty Gentile cities for south and east of di Sea of Galilee.
Faith Heal Am, Love Raise Am
21Wen Jesus cross with boat go di oda side again, plenty crowd gada come surround am for di sea side. 22One of di synagogue leader dem, wey dem dey call Jairus, come, see Jesus, and fall for im leg, 23and e beg am well-well, "My small pikin girl dey die. Come, put your hand for im body, so dat e go well and live."
24So Jesus follow am go. And plenty crowd follow am and dey press am for all side. 25And one woman dey dia wey blood bin dey run comot for im body for twelve years. 26E don suffer plenty for hand of plenty doctor, e don spend all wetin e get, but e no see any better—instead, e just dey worse. 27Wen e hear about Jesus, e come from im back inside di crowd and touch im cloth. 28Because e keep dey talk, "If I just touch im cloth, I go well." 29Di blood wey dey run comot for im body dry sharp-sharp, and e feel am for im body say e don well from im suffering.
30Sharp-sharp, Jesus wey know say power don comot for im body, turn round for di crowd and ask, "Who touch my cloth?"
31Im disciple dem tell am, "You dey see how di crowd dey press you, yet you dey ask, 'Who touch me?'"
32And e look round to see who do am. 33But di woman, wey fear and dey shake, wey know wetin happen to am, come fall for im front, and tell am di whole true-true tin.
34E tell am, "My pikin, your faith don make you well. Go with peace, you don heal from your suffering."
35Wen e still dey talk, people come from di synagogue leader im house, dem say, "Your pikin don die. Why you still dey worry di Teacher?"
36But Jesus hear wetin dem talk and tell di synagogue leader, "No fear, just believe."
37And e no allow anybody follow am except Peter, James, and John di broda of James. 38Dem come reach di synagogue leader im house and Jesus see confusion—people dey cry, dey wail loud-loud.
39As e enter, e tell dem, "Why all dis confusion and crying? Di pikin no die, na sleep e dey sleep."
40Dem laugh am. But e send dem all comot, carry di pikin im papa and mama and im own people, and enter wia di pikin dey.
41E hold im hand and tell am, "Talitha koum," wey mean, "Small girl, I dey tell you, get up!"
42Sharp-sharp, di girl get up and begin waka—because e don reach twelve years—and dem come dey wonder well-well with plenty amazement. 43E warn dem strong-strong say make dem no tell anybody about dis tin, and e talk say make dem give am something chop.
