The parable of the sower
1Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered round him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3‘Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.’
9Then Jesus said, ‘Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.’
10When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11He told them, ‘The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables 12so that,
‘ “they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,
and ever hearing but never understanding;
otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!”4:12 Isaiah 6:9,10’
13Then Jesus said to them, ‘Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? 14The farmer sows the word. 15Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. 17But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. 18Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; 19but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. 20Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop – some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.’
A lamp on a stand
21He said to them, ‘Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand? 22For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. 23If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.’
24‘Consider carefully what you hear,’ he continued. ‘With the measure you use, it will be measured to you – and even more. 25Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.’
The parable of the growing seed
26He also said, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 27Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28All by itself the soil produces corn – first the stalk, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29As soon as the corn is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.’
The parable of the mustard seed
30Again he said, ‘What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? 31It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. 32Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.’
33With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. 34He did not say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.
Jesus calms the storm
35That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, ‘Let us go over to the other side.’ 36Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?’
39He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
40He said to his disciples, ‘Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?’
41They were terrified and asked each other, ‘Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!’
Misalin mai shuka
(Mattiyu 13.1-9; Luka 8.4-8)
1Har wa yau, Yesu ya fara koyarwa a bakin tafki. Domin taron da yake kewaye da shi mai girma ne sosai, sai ya shiga cikin jirgin ruwa, ya zauna a ciki a tafkin, dukan mutanen kuwa suna a gaɓar ruwan. 2Ya koya musu abubuwa da yawa da misalai. A koyarwarsa kuwa ya ce, 3“Ku saurara! Wani manomi ya fita don yă shuka irinsa. 4Da yana yafa irin, sai waɗansu suka fāɗi a kan hanya, tsuntsaye suka zo suka cinye su. 5Waɗansu suka fāɗi a wuri mai duwatsu inda babu ƙasa sosai. Nan da nan, suka tsira domin ƙasar ba zurfi. 6Amma da rana ta taso, sai tsire-tsiren suka ƙone, suka yanƙwane, domin ba su da saiwa. 7Waɗansu irin suka fāɗi a cikin ƙaya. Da suka yi girma sai ƙaya suka shaƙe su, har ya sa ba su yi ƙwaya ba. 8Har yanzu, waɗansu irin suka fāɗi a ƙasa mai kyau. Suka tsira, suka yi girma, suka ba da amfani, suka yi riɓi talatin-talatin, waɗansu sittin-sittin, waɗansu kuma ɗari-ɗari.”
9Sai Yesu ya ce, “Duk mai kunnen ji, yă ji.”
(Mattiyu 13.10-17; Luka 8.9,10)
10Lokacin da yake shi kaɗai, Sha Biyun, da kuma waɗanda suke kewaye da shi, suka tambaye shi game da misalan. 11Sai ya ce musu, “An ba ku sanin asirin mulkin Allah. Amma ga waɗanda suke waje kuwa, kome sai da misalai. 12Saboda,
“ ‘ko sun dinga duba, ba za su taɓa gane ba,
kuma ko su dinga ji, ba za su taɓa fahimta ba,
in ba haka ba, mai yiwuwa, su tuba, a gafarta musu!’ ”4.12 Ish 6.9,10
(Mattiyu 13.18-23; Luka 8.11-15)
13Sai Yesu ya ce musu, “Ba ku fahimci wannan misali ba? Yaya za ku fahimci wani misali ke nan? 14Manomi yakan shuka maganar Allah. 15Waɗansu mutane suna kama da irin da ya fāɗi a kan hanya, inda akan shuka maganar Allah. Da jin maganar, nan da nan sai Shaiɗan yă zo yă ɗauke maganar da aka shuka a zuciyarsu. 16Waɗansu suna kama da irin da aka shuka a wurare masu duwatsu, sukan ji maganar Allah, sukan kuma karɓe ta nan da nan da farin ciki. 17Amma da yake ba su da saiwa, ba sa daɗewa. Da wahala ko tsanani ya tashi saboda maganar, nan da nan, sai su ja da baya. 18Har yanzu, waɗansu kamar irin da aka shuka cikin ƙaya, sukan ji maganar, 19amma damuwar wannan duniya, da son dukiya, da kuma kwaɗayin waɗansu abubuwa, sukan shiga, su shaƙe maganar, har su mai da ita marar amfani. 20Waɗansu mutane kuwa suna kama da irin da aka shuka a ƙasa mai kyau, sukan ji maganar Allah, su kuma karɓa, sa’an nan kuma su fid da amfani riɓi talatin-talatin, ko sittin-sittin, ko ɗari-ɗari.”
Fitila a kan wurin ajiye fitila
(Luka 8.16-18)
21Sai ya ce musu, “Ko kukan kawo fitila ku rufe ta da murfi ko kuma ku sa ta a ƙarƙashin gado ne? Ba kukan sa ta a kan wurin ajiye fitila ba? 22Duk abin da yake a ɓoye, dole za a fallasa shi. Duk abin da kuma yake a rufe, dole za a fitar da shi a fili. 23Duk mai kunnen ji, bari yă ji.”
24Ya ci gaba da cewa, “Ku lura da abin da kuke ji da kyau. Mudun da ka auna da shi, da shi za a auna maka, har ma a ƙara. 25Duk wanda yake da shi, za a ƙara masa, duk wanda kuma ba shi da shi, ko abin da yake da shi ma, za a karɓe daga gare shi.”
Misalin irin da ya tsiro
26Ya sāke cewa, “Mulkin Allah yana kama da haka. Wani mutum ya yafa iri a gona. 27A kwana a tashi har irin yă tsiro, yă yi girma, bai kuwa santa yadda aka yi ba. 28Ƙasar da kanta takan ba da ƙwaya, da farko takan fid da ƙara, sa’an nan ta fid da kai, sa’an nan kan yă fid da ƙwaya. 29Da ƙwayan ya nuna, sai yă sa lauje yă yanka, domin lokacin girbi ya yi.”
Misalin ƙwayar mustad
(Mattiyu 13.31,32; Luka 13.18,19)
30Ya kuma ce, “Da me za mu kwatanta mulkin Allah, ko kuwa da wane misali za mu bayyana shi? 31Yana kama da ƙwayar mustad, wadda ita ce ƙwaya mafi ƙanƙanta da akan shuka a gona. 32Duk da haka, in aka shuka ƙwayar, sai tă yi girma, tă zama mafi girma a itatuwan lambu. Har itacen yă kasance da manyan rassa, inda tsuntsayen sararin sama sukan iya huta a inuwarsa.”
(Mattiyu 13.34,35)
33Da misalai da yawa irin waɗannan, Yesu ya yi magana da su, daidai yadda za su iya fahimta. 34Ba abin da ya faɗa musu, da ba da misali ba. Amma lokacin da yake shi kaɗai tare da almajiransa, sai yă bayyana kome.
Yesu ya kwantar da iska
(Mattiyu 8.23-27; Luka 8.22-25)
35A wannan rana, da yamma, sai ya ce wa almajiransa, “Mu ƙetare zuwa wancan hayi.” 36Da suka bar taron, sai suka tafi tare da shi yadda yake, a cikin jirgin ruwa. Akwai waɗansu jiragen ruwa kuma tare da shi. 37Sai babban hadari mai iska ya tashi, raƙuman ruwa suna ta bugun jirgin ruwan, har jirgin ruwan ya kusa yă cika da ruwa. 38Yesu kuwa yana can baya, yana barci a kan katifa. Sai almajiran suka tashe shi suka ce masa, “Malam, ba ka kula ba ko mu nutse?”
39Sai ya farka ya tsawata wa iskar, ya ce wa raƙuman ruwan, “Shiru! Ku natsu!” Sai iskar ta kwanta, kome kuma ya yi tsit.
40Sai ya ce wa almajiransa, “Don me kuke tsoro haka? Har yanzu ba ku da bangaskiya ne?”
41Suka tsorata, suka ce wa juna, “Wane ne wannan? Har iska da raƙuman ruwa ma suna masa biyayya!”
