Mattha 16
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Tha heidyins ax fer a sign
1Yin day, tha Pharisees an Sadducees cum tae Jesus an tried tae ketch hïm oot bi axin hïm tae show thaim a sign frae heiven. 2He saed, “At dailygan, ye say, ‘Tha weather's gaun tae be guid, fer tha sky ïs rid.’ 3An ïn tha moarnin, ye say, ‘It'll be wundie theday, fer tha sky ïs rid an threatinin.’ Sae yis can tell tha weather bi tha luk o tha sky, but yis cannae wark oot tha signs o tha times! 4A wïckit an adultèrous genèration luks fer a mïraclis sign, but nane wull be gien ït apairt frae tha sign o Jonah.” Jesus then left thaim an gaed awa.
Tha yeast o tha Pharisees an tha Sadducees
5An whaniver the' crosst tae tha ither side o tha loch, hïs follaers dïdnae mine tae tak breid wi thaim. 6“Luk oot,” Jesus saed tae thaim. “Be on yer gaird agin tha yeast o tha Pharisees an tha Sadducees.” 7The' taakt aboot thïs amang thairsels an saed, “It's becas we dïdnae brïng onie breid wi iz.” 8Jesus kent whut the' wur on aboot, sae he saed tae thaim, “Fer why ir ye taakin amang yersels aboot haein nae breid? Hae yis nae faith ava? 9Dae yis still no unnèrstan? Dae yis no mine tha five loafs A gien til tha five thoosan, an aa tha baskets o leains yis gethert up eftèr? 10Or tha seiven loafs A gie til tha fower thoosan, an hoo monie creels yis gethert up anaa? 11Hoo ïs ït yis dïnnae unnèrstan that A wus no taakin tae ye aboot breid? A'm tellin ye, jist be on yer gaird agin tha yeast o tha Pharisees an Sadducees.” 12An then the' unnèrstud that he wus no tellin thaim tae gaird agin tha yeast uised ïn breid, but agin tha taichin o tha Pharisees an Sadducees.
Petèr kens Jesus ïs tha Messiah
13Whaniver Jesus cum tae tha dïstrict o Caesarea Phïlippi, he axt hïs follaers, “Wha dae fowk say tha Sinn o Man ïs?” 14The' saed, “A wheen say Jhone tha Baptiser; some wud say Elijah; an still ithers, Jeremiah or yin o tha proaphits.” 15“But whut aboot yersels?” he axt. “Wha dae you say that A am?” 16Simon Petèr saed bak, “You ir tha Christ, tha Sinn o tha leevin God.” 17Jesus saed, “Blisst ir ye, Simon sinn o Jonah, fer thïs wus no revealt tae ye bi onie human bein, but bi ma Faither ïn heiven. 18A tell ye, frae noo on you ir Petèr#16.18 Petèr mains “a roak”, an on thïs roak A wull big ma kirk, an aa tha pooers o hell wull no owercum ït. 19A wull gie ye tha keys o tha Kïngdom o Heiven; an whutiver ye bine on irth wull be bun ïn heiven, an whutiver ye lowse on irth wull be lowsed ïn heiven.” 20Then he bïd hïs follaers no tae tell oniebodie that he wus tha Christ.
Jesus foretells hïs deith
21Frae that time on Jesus stairtit tae mak ït clear tae hïs follaers that he maun gae tae Jerusalem, an he maun suffer monies a thïng at tha hans o tha eldèrs, tha heid preeshts an tha maistèrs o tha Laa. He toul thaim that he maun be püt tae deith an be ris up tae life on tha thurd day. 22Petèr tuk hïm tae tha yin side an begun tae scoul hïm. “Niver, Loard!” he saed. “Thïs wull niver happen tae you!” 23Jesus turnt an saed tae Petèr, “Git ahint me, Satan! Ye ir a thrip-stane tae me; fer ye gie nae thocht tae tha thïngs o God. Yer heid's fu o tha thïngs o men!”
24Then Jesus saed tae hïs follaers, “If oniebodie wants tae follae eftèr me, he maun ferget aboot hissel aathegither, tak up hïs cross an stïck clase tae me. 25Fer whaiver wants tae save hïs life wull loass ït, but hïm that loasses hïs life on ma accoont wull fin ït. 26Whut guid wull ït be fer a bodie ïf he gets tha hale warl, an yit loasses hïs ain sowl? Shair thair's naethin a man cud gie tae get bak hïs ain sowl, ïs thair? 27Fer tha Sinn o Man ïs gaun tae cum wi hïs angels ïn hïs Faither's glorie, an then he'll reward iverie sing'l bodie accoardin tae whut the' hae daen. 28A tell ye tha truith, thair's yins stannin here, an ït's fer sartin the'll no dee, afore the' see tha Sinn o Man cumin ïn hïs Kïngdom.”
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