Mark 5
New International Version
Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man(A)(B)
5 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.[a] 2 When Jesus got out of the boat,(C) a man with an impure spirit(D) came from the tombs to meet him. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones.
6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and fell on his knees in front of him. 7 He shouted at the top of his voice, “What do you want with me,(E) Jesus, Son of the Most High God?(F) In God’s name don’t torture me!” 8 For Jesus had said to him, “Come out of this man, you impure spirit!”
9 Then Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
“My name is Legion,”(G) he replied, “for we are many.” 10 And he begged Jesus again and again not to send them out of the area.
11 A large herd of pigs was feeding on the nearby hillside. 12 The demons begged Jesus, “Send us among the pigs; allow us to go into them.” 13 He gave them permission, and the impure spirits came out and went into the pigs. The herd, about two thousand in number, rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.
14 Those tending the pigs ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. 15 When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion(H) of demons,(I) sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 16 Those who had seen it told the people what had happened to the demon-possessed man—and told about the pigs as well. 17 Then the people began to plead with Jesus to leave their region.
18 As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed begged to go with him. 19 Jesus did not let him, but said, “Go home to your own people and tell them(J) how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” 20 So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis[b](K) how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman(L)
21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake,(M) a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake.(N) 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders,(O) named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on(P) her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.
A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding(Q) for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes,(R) I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.(S)
30 At once Jesus realized that power(T) had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you.(U) Go in peace(V) and be freed from your suffering.”
35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader.(W) “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”
36 Overhearing[c] what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.(X) 38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader,(Y) Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.”(Z) 40 But they laughed at him.
After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand(AA) and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”).(AB) 42 Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. 43 He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this,(AC) and told them to give her something to eat.
Marc 5
La Bible du Semeur
Plus fort que les démons(A)
5 Ils arrivèrent de l’autre côté du lac, dans la région de Gérasa[a], 2 où Jésus débarqua. Aussitôt, sortant des tombeaux[b], un homme qui était sous l’emprise d’un esprit mauvais vint à sa rencontre. 3 Il habitait dans les tombeaux et, même avec une chaîne, personne ne pouvait plus le tenir attaché. 4 Car on l’avait souvent enchaîné et on lui avait mis des fers aux pieds, mais il cassait les chaînes et brisait les fers : personne ne pouvait le maîtriser. 5 Sans cesse, nuit et jour, il errait parmi les tombes et sur les montagnes en hurlant, se blessant contre les rochers.
6 D’aussi loin qu’il vit Jésus, il accourut, se prosterna devant lui 7 et lui cria de toutes ses forces : Que me veux-tu, Jésus, Fils du Dieu très-haut ? Je t’en conjure, au nom de Dieu, ne me tourmente pas !
8 Car Jésus lui disait : Esprit mauvais, sors de cet homme !
9 Jésus lui demanda : Quel est ton nom ?
– Je m’appelle Légion, lui répondit-il, car nous sommes une multitude.
10 Et il pria instamment Jésus de ne pas les renvoyer du pays. 11 Or, il y avait par là, sur la montagne, un grand troupeau de porcs[c] en train de paître.
12 Les esprits mauvais supplièrent Jésus : Envoie-nous dans ces porcs, pour que nous entrions en eux !
13 Jésus le leur permit. Ils sortirent donc de l’homme et entrèrent dans les porcs. Aussitôt, le troupeau, qui comptait environ deux mille bêtes, s’élança du haut de la pente et se précipita dans le lac où elles se noyèrent.
14 Les gardiens s’enfuirent et allèrent raconter l’histoire dans la ville et dans les fermes. Les gens vinrent donc voir ce qui s’était passé. 15 Arrivés auprès de Jésus, ils virent l’homme qui avait été sous l’emprise de cette légion de démons, assis là, habillé et tout à fait sain d’esprit. Alors la crainte s’empara d’eux. 16 Ceux qui avaient assisté à la scène leur racontèrent ce qui était arrivé à cet homme et aux porcs ; 17 et les gens se mirent à supplier Jésus de quitter leur territoire.
18 Au moment où Jésus remontait dans le bateau, l’homme qui avait été délivré des démons lui demanda s’il pouvait l’accompagner.
19 Mais Jésus ne le lui permit pas. Il lui dit : Va, rentre chez toi, auprès des tiens, et raconte-leur ce que le Seigneur a fait pour toi et quelle compassion il a eu pour toi.
20 Alors il s’en alla et se mit à proclamer dans la région des « Dix Villes »[d] ce que Jésus avait fait pour lui – au grand étonnement de ceux qui l’écoutaient.
Plus fort que la maladie et la mort(B)
21 Jésus regagna en bateau l’autre rive du lac. Là, une foule immense s’assembla autour de lui sur le rivage.
22 Survint alors l’un des responsables de la synagogue, nommé Jaïrus. En voyant Jésus, il se jeta à ses pieds 23 et le supplia instamment : Ma petite fille va mourir. Viens lui imposer les mains pour qu’elle guérisse et qu’elle vive.
24 Alors Jésus partit avec lui, suivi d’une foule nombreuse qui le serrait de tous côtés. 25 Dans la foule se trouvait une femme atteinte d’hémorragies depuis douze ans. 26 Elle avait été soignée par de nombreux médecins et en avait beaucoup souffert. Elle avait dépensé toute sa fortune sans trouver la moindre amélioration ; au contraire, son état avait empiré. 27 Elle avait entendu parler de Jésus, et dans la foule, elle s’était approchée de lui par-derrière et avait touché son vêtement, 28 en se disant : Si j’arrive à toucher ses vêtements, je serai guérie.
29 A l’instant même, son hémorragie s’arrêta et elle se sentit délivrée de son mal.
30 Aussitôt Jésus eut conscience qu’une force était sortie de lui. Il se retourna dans la foule et demanda : Qui a touché mes vêtements ?
31 Ses disciples lui dirent : Tu vois la foule qui te presse de tous côtés et tu demandes : « Qui m’a touché ? »
32 Mais lui continuait à parcourir la foule du regard pour voir celle qui avait fait cela. 33 Alors, saisie de crainte et toute tremblante, la femme, sachant ce qui lui était arrivé, s’avança, se jeta aux pieds de Jésus et lui dit toute la vérité.
34 Jésus lui dit : Ma fille, parce que tu as eu foi en moi, tu es guérie[e] ; va en paix et sois guérie de ton mal.
35 Pendant qu’il parlait encore, quelques personnes arrivèrent de chez le chef de la synagogue pour lui dire : Ta fille est morte. A quoi bon importuner encore le Maître ?
36 Mais Jésus entendit ces paroles. Il dit au chef de la synagogue : Ne crains pas. Crois seulement !
37 Il ne permit à personne de le suivre plus loin, excepté Pierre, Jacques et Jean, son frère. 38 En arrivant à la maison du chef de la synagogue, Jésus vit une grande agitation : on pleurait et on poussait des cris[f].
39 Il entra dans la maison et dit : Pourquoi ce tumulte ? Pourquoi ces pleurs ? L’enfant n’est pas morte, elle est seulement endormie.
40 Mais on se moqua de lui.
Alors il fit sortir tout le monde, prit avec lui le père et la mère de l’enfant ainsi que les disciples qui l’accompagnaient, et il entra dans la pièce où l’enfant était couchée. 41 Il lui prit la main en disant : Talitha koumi[g], ce qui signifie : Jeune fille, lève-toi, je te l’ordonne.
42 Aussitôt, la jeune fille se mit debout et marcha. Elle avait environ douze ans. Tous furent frappés de stupeur. 43 Jésus leur recommanda instamment de ne raconter ce miracle à personne et il leur dit de donner à manger à la jeune fille.
Footnotes
- 5.1 Gérasa: pays situé à l’est du lac de Galilée.
- 5.2 Les tombeaux se trouvaient dans des cavernes naturelles ou creusées par les hommes. Ces grottes constituaient des abris contre les intempéries.
- 5.11 porcs: voir note Mt 8.30.
- 5.20 Les « Dix Villes»: région située au sud-est du lac de Galilée.
- 5.34 Ce qui veut dire aussi : tu es sauvée.
- 5.38 Selon les coutumes funéraires de l’époque (voir note Mt 9.23).
- 5.41 Deux mots en araméen, la langue parlée par les Juifs en Israël au premier siècle.
Mark 5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 5
The Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac. 1 [a](A)They came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. 2 When he got out of the boat, at once a man[b] from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him. 3 The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain. 4 In fact, he had frequently been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and on the hillsides he was always crying out and bruising himself with stones. 6 Catching sight of Jesus from a distance, he ran up and prostrated himself before him, 7 crying out in a loud voice, “What have you to do with me,[c] Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!” 8 (He had been saying to him, “Unclean spirit, come out of the man!”) 9 [d]He asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Legion is my name. There are many of us.”(B) 10 And he pleaded earnestly with him not to drive them away from that territory.
11 Now a large herd of swine[e] was feeding there on the hillside. 12 And they pleaded with him, “Send us into the swine. Let us enter them.” 13 And he let them, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine. The herd of about two thousand rushed down a steep bank into the sea, where they were drowned. 14 The swineherds ran away and reported the incident in the town and throughout the countryside. And people came out to see what had happened. 15 As they approached Jesus, they caught sight of the man who had been possessed by Legion, sitting there clothed and in his right mind. And they were seized with fear. 16 Those who witnessed the incident explained to them what had happened to the possessed man and to the swine. 17 Then they began to beg him to leave their district. 18 As he was getting into the boat, the man who had been possessed pleaded to remain with him. 19 But he would not permit him but told him instead, “Go home[f] to your family and announce to them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you.” 20 Then the man went off and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him; and all were amazed.
Jairus’s Daughter and the Woman with a Hemorrhage.[g] 21 When Jesus had crossed again [in the boat] to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he stayed close to the sea.(C) 22 One of the synagogue officials, named Jairus, came forward.(D) Seeing him he fell at his feet 23 and pleaded earnestly with him, saying, “My daughter is at the point of death. Please, come lay your hands on her[h] that she may get well and live.” 24 He went off with him, and a large crowd followed him and pressed upon him.
25 There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. 26 She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet she was not helped but only grew worse. 27 She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak. 28 [i]She said, “If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.” 29 Immediately her flow of blood dried up. She felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction. 30 Jesus, aware at once that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who has touched my clothes?” 31 But his disciples said to him, “You see how the crowd is pressing upon you, and yet you ask, ‘Who touched me?’” 32 And he looked around to see who had done it. 33 The woman, realizing what had happened to her, approached in fear and trembling. She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction.”(E)
35 [j]While he was still speaking, people from the synagogue official’s house arrived and said, “Your daughter has died; why trouble the teacher any longer?” 36 Disregarding the message that was reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid; just have faith.” 37 He did not allow anyone to accompany him inside except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. 38 When they arrived at the house of the synagogue official, he caught sight of a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39 [k](F)So he went in and said to them, “Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep.” 40 And they ridiculed him. Then he put them all out. He took along the child’s father and mother and those who were with him and entered the room where the child was. 41 [l]He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!” 42 The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around. [At that] they were utterly astounded. 43 He gave strict orders that no one should know this and said that she should be given something to eat.
Footnotes
- 5:1 The territory of the Gerasenes: the reference is to pagan territory; cf. Is 65:1. Another reading is “Gadarenes”; see note on Mt 8:28.
- 5:2–6 The man was an outcast from society, dominated by unclean spirits (Mk 5:8, 13), living among the tombs. The prostration before Jesus (Mk 5:6) indicates Jesus’ power over evil spirits.
- 5:7 What have you to do with me?: cf. Mk 1:24 and see note on Jn 2:4.
- 5:9 Legion is my name: the demons were numerous and the condition of the possessed man was extremely serious; cf. Mt 12:45.
- 5:11 Herd of swine: see note on Mt 8:30.
- 5:19 Go home: Jesus did not accept the man’s request to remain with him as a disciple (Mk 5:18), yet invited him to announce to his own people what the Lord had done for him, i.e., proclaim the gospel message to his pagan family; cf. Mk 1:14, 39; 3:14; 13:10.
- 5:21–43 The story of the raising to life of Jairus’s daughter is divided into two parts: Mk 5:21–24; 5:35–43. Between these two separated parts the account of the cure of the hemorrhage victim (Mk 5:25–34) is interposed. This technique of intercalating or sandwiching one story within another occurs several times in Mk 3:19b–21; 3:22–30 3:31–35; 6:6b–13; 6:14–29; 6:30; 11:12–14; 11:15–19; 11:20–25; 14:53; 14:54; 14:55–65; 14:66–73.
- 5:23 Lay your hands on her: this act for the purpose of healing is frequent in Mk 6:5; 7:32–35; 8:23–25; 16:18 and is also found in Mt 9:18; Lk 4:40; 13:13; Acts 9:17; 28:8.
- 5:28 Both in the case of Jairus and his daughter (Mk 5:23) and in the case of the hemorrhage victim, the inner conviction that physical contact (Mk 5:30) accompanied by faith in Jesus’ saving power could effect a cure was rewarded.
- 5:35 The faith of Jairus was put to a twofold test: (1) that his daughter might be cured and, now that she had died, (2) that she might be restored to life. His faith contrasts with the lack of faith of the crowd.
- 5:39 Not dead but asleep: the New Testament often refers to death as sleep (Mt 27:52; Jn 11:11; 1 Cor 15:6; 1 Thes 4:13–15); see note on Mt 9:24.
- 5:41 Arise: the Greek verb egeirein is the verb generally used to express resurrection from death (Mk 6:14, 16; Mt 11:5; Lk 7:14) and Jesus’ own resurrection (Mk 16:6; Mt 28:6; Lk 24:6).
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