¹In zopet začne učiti ob morju. In zbere se pri njem tako velika množica, da mora stopiti v ladjo in sedeti v njej na morju; in vsa množica se razpostavi kraj morja po tleh.

¹Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

²In mnogo jih je učil v prilikah in jim pravil v poučevanju svojem:

²He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

³Poslušajte! Glej, sejalec gre sejat.

³ “Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

⁴In zgodi se, ko seje, da pade nekaj zrnja poleg ceste, in prilete ptice in ga pozobljejo.

⁴ and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds TR adds “of the air” came and devoured it.

⁵A drugo pade na skalnata tla, kjer nima veliko prsti, in precej požene, ker nima globoke zemlje.

⁵ Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

⁶Ko pa vzide solnce, uvene, in ker nima korenine, usahne.

⁶ When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

⁷In drugo pade v trnje, in trnje vzraste in ga uduši, in ne prinese sadu.

⁷ Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

⁸In drugo pade na dobro zemljo, in prinaša sad, ki raste in se množi in rodi po tridesetero in po šestdesetero in po stotero.

⁸ Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”

⁹In reče: Kdor ima ušesa, da sliši, naj sliši!

⁹He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁰In ko je bil sam, ga vprašajo tisti, ki so bili pri njem z dvanajsterimi, po prilikah.

¹⁰When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

¹¹In jim reče: Vam je dana skrivnost kraljestva Božjega, onim pa, ki so zunaj, se vse godi v prilikah,

¹¹He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

¹²da „gledajoč vidijo, pa ne spoznajo, ter poslušajoč slišijo, pa ne razumejo: da se ne bi kdaj izpreobrnili, in bilo bi jim odpuščeno“.

¹² that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’” Isaiah 6:9-10

¹³In jim reče: Ne umete li te prilike? In kako boste vse prilike umeli?

¹³He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

¹⁴Sejalec seje besedo.

¹⁴ The farmer sows the word.

¹⁵Ti so pa, ki so poleg ceste: kjer se seje beseda, in ko jo slišijo, precej pride satan in vzame besedo, ki je posejana vanje.

¹⁵ The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

¹⁶In enako so ti, pri katerih je posejano na skalnata tla: ko slišijo besedo, jo precej z veseljem sprejmo;

¹⁶ These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

¹⁷pa nimajo korenine v sebi, temuč so nestanovitni; ko potem nastane stiska ali preganjanje zaradi besede, se precej pohujšajo.

¹⁷ They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

¹⁸In drugi so, pri katerih je posejano v trnje: tisti, ki besedo slišijo,

¹⁸ Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,

¹⁹pa skrbi tega sveta in slepilo bogastva in želje po drugih rečeh se prikradejo in zaduše besedo in ostane brez sadu.

¹⁹ and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

²⁰In ti so, pri katerih je na dobro zemljo posejano: ki besedo poslušajo in sprejemajo ter prinašajo sad, trideseteren, šestdeseteren in stoteren.

²⁰ Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”

²¹In jim reče: Se li mar prinaša sveča, da se postavi pod mernik ali pod posteljo? A ne, da se postavi na svečnik?

²¹He said to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 litres) or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?

²²Kajti nič ni skritega, kar se ne bi razodelo, in nič ni tako skrivnega, da ne bi prišlo na svetlo.

²² For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

²³Če ima kdo ušesa, da sliši, naj sliši!

²³ If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”

²⁴In jim reče: Pomislite, kaj slišite! S kakršno mero merite, se odmeri vam in še pridene se vam.

²⁴He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

²⁵Kajti kdor ima, se mu bo dalo, a kdor nima, se mu odvzame tudi to, kar ima.

²⁵ For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”

²⁶In reče: Tako je s kraljestvom Božjim, kakor če človek vrže seme v zemljo,

²⁶He said, “The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

²⁷in spi in vstaja po noči in po dnevi, in seme poganja in raste, da on ne ve kako.

²⁷ and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn’t know how.

²⁸Zemlja sama od sebe rodi sad: najprej steblo, potem klas, potem polno pšenico v klasu.

²⁸ For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

²⁹Ko pa sad dozori, precej pošlje srp, kajti prišla je žetev.

²⁹ But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

³⁰In reče: S čim naj primerjamo kraljestvo Božje? ali v kakšni priliki naj ga upodobimo?

³⁰He said, “How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

³¹Ono je kakor gorčično zrno, ki je, ko se vseje v zemljo, manjše od vseh semen na zemlji,

³¹ It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

³²a ko je vsejano, raste in postane večje od vseh zelišč, in poganja velike veje, da morejo ptice nebeške gnezditi pod senco njegovo.

³² yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”

³³In v mnogih takih prilikah jim je govoril besedo, v kolikor so jo mogli poslušati.

³³With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

³⁴Brez prilike pa jim ni govoril, a na samem je učencem svojim razlagal vse.

³⁴Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

³⁵In jim reče tisti dan, ko se je zvečerilo: Prepeljimo se na oni kraj.

³⁵On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”

³⁶In pusté množico ter ga vzemo s seboj, kakor je bil v ladji; tudi druge ladjice so bile ž njim.

³⁶Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.

³⁷Kar nastane velik vihar, in valovi so se zaganjali v ladjo, da se je že napolnjevala.

³⁷A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

³⁸In on je bil na krmi, speč na blazini; in ga zbude in mu reko: Učenik, ali ti nič ni mar, da pogibljemo?

³⁸He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”

³⁹In prebudivši se, zapreti vetru in reče morju: Umolkni, pomiri se! In preneha veter, in nastane velika tihota.

³⁹He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

⁴⁰In jim reče: Kaj ste tako plašni? ali še nimate vere?In velik strah jih obide, in govore med seboj: Kdo vendar je ta, da sta mu celo veter in morje pokorna?

⁴⁰He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”

⁴¹In velik strah jih obide, in govore med seboj: Kdo vendar je ta, da sta mu celo veter in morje pokorna?

⁴¹They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”