Matthew 8

8 ¹As e come down from di mountain, plenty plenty people follow am. ²One man wey get leprosy come near, kneel down for im front, talk say, "Oga, if you gree, you fit make me clean."

³Jesus stretch im hand touch am: "I gree; make you clean." Sharp sharp, di leprosy just disappear. ⁴Jesus tell am, "No tell anybody, but go show yourself to di priest, and offer di gift wey Moses command, make e be witness give dem."

Faith Wey Amaze Jesus

⁵As e enter Capernaum, one centurion come meet am, dey beg am, ⁶talk say, "Oga, my servant dey lie down for house, im body don paralyze, e dey suffer well well."

⁷E tell am, "I go come cure am."

⁸Di centurion answer, "Oga, I no worthy make you enter under my roof; just talk di word, and my servant go well. ⁹Because me too na man wey dey under authority, and I get soldiers under me. I go tell one, 'Go,' and e go go; anoda one, 'Come,' and e go come; my servant, 'Do dis,' and e go do am."

¹⁰As Jesus hear dis, e amaze, and e tell dem wey dey follow am, "True true, I tell una, I neva see anybody for Israel wey get dis kind faith. ¹¹I tell una, plenty people go come from east and west come sidon for table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob for di kingdom of our Papa, ¹²but dem go throw di pikin dem of di kingdom go inside di darkness wey dey outside, where dem go dey cry and dey grind teeth." ¹³Jesus tell di centurion, "Go, make e happen for you as you believe." And im servant well for dat same hour.

Jesus Cure Person for Peter House

¹⁴As Jesus enter Peter house, e see Peter mother-in-law wey dey lie down for bed, fever dey worry am. ¹⁵E touch im hand; di fever comot, and e stand up begin serve am. ¹⁶For dat evening, dem bring plenty people wey demon dey worry give am; e drive di spirits comot with just word, and e cure everybody wey sick. ¹⁷Dis one make wetin di prophet Isaiah talk happen: "Na im carry our weakness and take our sickness go."

Wetin E Go Cost You Wey You Wan Follow Jesus

¹⁸As Jesus see crowd surround am, e command dem make dem cross go di oda side. ¹⁹And one scribe come near tell am, "Teacher, I go follow you anywhere wey you go."

²⁰Jesus tell am, "Foxes get hole, and birds of di sky get nest, but di Pikin of Man no get anywhere to lay im head."

²¹Anoda one for di disciples tell am, "Oga, make I first go bury my papa."

²²But Jesus tell am, "Follow me, and leave di dead people make dem bury dia own dead."

Jesus Make di Storm Kalm

²³As e enter di boat, im disciples follow am. ²⁴Suddenly, one big storm rise for di sea, so tey di waves dey cover di boat—but e dey sleep. ²⁵So dem wake am: "Oga, save us! We dey die!"

²⁶E tell dem, "Why una dey fear, una wey get small faith?" Den e stand up rebuke di wind and di sea, and e come kalm well well.

²⁷Di men amaze: "Wetin kind man be dis—even wind and sea dey obey am?"

di Papa Im Pikin Face Darkness

²⁸As e cross go di oda side, go di region of di Gadarenes, two men wey demon dey inside come out from di grave dem come meet am, dem too dey fight so tey nobody fit pass dat road. ²⁹Dem shout, "Wetin you want with us, Pikin of God? You come here to torment us before di time?" ³⁰Now, plenty pigs dey feed for one place wey no far from dem. ³¹And di demons beg am, "If you drive us comot, send us go inside di pigs."

³²E tell dem, "Go." Dem comot enter di pigs, and di whole pigs rush run down di cliff enter di sea, come die inside di water.

³³Di people wey dey mind di pigs run enter di city, come report everything, including wetin happen to di men wey demon bin dey inside. ³⁴Di whole city come out come meet Jesus; as dem see am, dem beg am make e comot from dia region.