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Jesuala tjatjikarta arrkurlinya ekuranha urrkapuka, Cana-ala
1 Arlta tharriperrantama, relha ntjarra Cana-ala, pmara Galilee-ala worlerraka mpanyakanha tjinkarraka. Jesuaka mia etnakalela nakantema. 2 Jesuanha, kurtungurla ekuranha ntjarra turta nakantema, tjinkarraka itornkala etnanha ntangkakalanga warta.
3 Wine etnaka yirraka. Jesuaka mialantama Jesuanha ilaka, “Arai, wine etnaka yirrakau!”
4 Jesuala pula erinha ilaka, “Arrkutjai, nhanha itjama ungkwangathaka nama. Anma yinga kala ntelalhitjina yinga Altjirraka 'Lira namanga.”
5 Jesuaka miala pula urrkapunhapunha ntjarranha ilaka, “Arai, era paka rrangkarranha turnamanga, rrangkarra kala ekura kangkwanterrai.”
6 Relha Jew ntjarra kutatha ilkngilhitjata mpaarangaranga etnakanhamalkura. Nhanga relha ilkngilhitjinanga, iltha lenhala irna kwatjakanha kngarritja 6 itnaka. Nyintaminyintaka relhala 100 litres ngerra kwatja thalamara, irna erinha lyulpalyulpilitjika. 7 Jesualantama urrkapunhapunha ntjarranha turnaka, “Irna kwatjakanha nhanha ntjarra kwatjakarta lyulpalyulpilarrirrai.” Etnantama irna etnanha kwatjakarta lyulpalyulpa inthorrilaka. 8 Kurunga era etnanha ilaka, “Kwatja kurrka thankumala rrangkarra nhanha itornka rrakangkarrurna kngai, arrkarnitjika.”
Etnantama kwatja kurrka itornka etnakanhurna kngaka. 9 Itornka erantama kwatja wine-errakala erinha arrkarnaka. Urrkapunhapunha etnanta kaltja naka etna wine erinha irna kwatjakanhanga inakala. Itornka era pula nhanhaka itjala kaltja naka. Erantama artwa noa inakala ekura ntangkalhaka. 10 Era erinha ilaka, “Arai, relhala kunha wine marralkuranhakimparra ntjutjika nthama. Kurunga relha ingkarrakala kala wine kngarra ngerra ntjukalanga, wine kornakornalkura erinhantama. Kanha unta, unta wine marra inthorra erinha lauwukala.”
11 Jesuala tjatjikarta arrkurlinya nhanha ekuranha urrkapuka, Cana-ala, pmara Galilee-ala. Lakinha era ntelalhaka, era makalaria namanga. Kurtungurla ekuranha ntjarrala turtantama erinha tnakaka.
12 Ekuriperra Jesuanha Capernaum-urna lhaka. Mia ekuranha, kanhanganhanga ekuranha, kurtungurla ekuranha ntjarra turta, ekuralela lhakantema. Etnantama Capernaum ekurala arlta urrputja kuterraka.
Jesuanha temple-ala
(Matthew 21:12,13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45,46)
13 Relha Jew ntjarraka Passover-aka ilpangkintjaka arlta lyartathakantema naka. Jesuanha pula mparrama Jerusalem-urna lhaka, Passover erinha anma ilkutjinala. 14 Erantama araka relha ntjarra temple yard-ala bullock, sheep, nturrurta turta yirrinthamanga. Arrpunha ntjarrala turta money twetakatweta ekngarrpunhilamanga. 15 Jesualantama whip mpaaraka rope-anga. Kurunga era artwa etnanha temple yard-anga tnalhaka, sheep etnakanhakarta, bullock etnakanhakarta turta. Artwa money ekngarrpunhilanha ntjarraka table era ankartiwuka, money etnakanha turta iwurlenaka. 16 Erantama nturrurta yirrinthanhinthanha ntjarranha ilaka, “Nturrurta nhanha ntjarra kathurna kngai. Rrangkarra itja Kaarta nukanhaka ilthala relha ntjarraka yultha yirrinthitjika.”
17 Kurtungurla ekuranha ntjarrantama ilpangkaka Altjirraka Angkatja Imankinya nhangaka, “Altjirrai, yinga iltha ungkwanganhanga mukunherrama.”
18 Relha Jew ntjarralantama Jesuanha ilaka, “Tjatjikarta nurnaka urrkapai, nurna kaltja nitjina ungkwangathaka namanga yirrinthanhinthanha ntjarranhalka temple-anga unputjika.”
19 Jesuala etnanha alpmelaka, “Temple nhanha erinha urltakai, kurunga atha erinha arlta tharraminyintala wotha ititjina.”
20 Relha Jew etna pula erinha ilaka, “Etnataka 46 years urrkapuka temple nhanha ititjika. Kanha unta erinha arlta tharraminyintalala ititjina? Itjanga lhai.”
21 Jesuanha pula temple arrpunhiperrala angkaka, nhanga mpurrka ekuranhiperra. 22 Anma, Altjirrala erinha errilknga ntjarranga kamalhelakalanga, kurtungurla ekuranha ntjarra angkatja ekuranhaka ilpangkakantama. Kurunga etna Altjirraka Angkatja Imankinya tnakaka, Jesuaka angkatja turta.
Jesuala relha ntjarraka eterrintja lhangkaraka
23 Jesuanha Jerusalem-ala namalanga Passover-aka, era tjatjikarta kngarra urrkapuka. Nhanhakakwia relha ntjarrala erinha tnakaka. 24 Jesuala pula lhangkaraka etna erinha tjatjikartakakwia wara tnakamanga. Lakinhanga era etnanha ilpoiwuka. 25 Jesuanha kunha relha ingkarrakaka kaltja naka, eterrintja etnakanhaka turta.

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