¹ Balta ho lehlakare la leoatle, ho khaolo ea Gerasene. ² Ha Jeso a tsoa, sekepeng, monna a nang le moea o lichila a tla ho eena a tsoa mabetleng. ³ Monna one a lula mabetleng. Ha hona a ne a ka mo emisa hape, le ha a na la liketane. ⁴ O ne a bofiloe ha sebaka setelele ka likhole le liketane. O ne a khaola liketane le likhole. Ha hona a ne a na le matla a ho mohlola. ⁵ O ne a lla bosiu bohle le masieare mabetleng le lithabeng, one a lla le ho itaha ka mafika a bohale. ⁶ O rele a bona Jeso a le sebaka, a motitimela a inama pele ha hae. ⁷ A lla ka lentsoe le phahameng, ''Ke etse eng ko oena, Jeso, Mora Molimo o phahameng? Kea ho kopa ka eena Molimo, o se ke oa hlokofatsa.'' ⁸ Bakeng se o ne a re ho ena, ''Etsoa monneng, oena moea oa lichila.'' ⁹ A mmotsa, ''Ke mang lebito la hao?'' Amo a raba, ''Lebitso la ka ke Legione, ho bane re babangata.'' ¹⁰ A mo kopa haholo hore a seke a ba koba khaolong. ¹¹ Joale likolobe tse ngata line lija thabeng, ¹² ba mokopa, bare, ''Re rumele likolobeng; re lumelele re kene ho tsona.'' ¹³ A e lumella; moea oa lichila oa tsoa oa kena likolobeng, mohlape oa phakisa oa titima oa foloha oa kena leotleng, ebile likolobe tse ka fihlang likete tse peli tsa khangoa leoatleng. ¹⁴ Bao ba ne ba nea likolobe lijo ba tsaba ba ea bolela tse etsahetsing litoropong le mahaeng, le batho bae bona tse etsahetsing. ¹⁵ Batla hape ho Jeso ba bona hape monna a kenoeng ke litimona, eo a ne a kenoe ke Legione, a lutse mong, a apere a lekhopolong ea hae e lokeleng, mme ba tsaba. ¹⁶ Bao ba boneng tse etsa hetseng ho monna a kenoeng ke letimona ba ba bolela ka botlalo, ba ba bolela hape ka likolobe. ¹⁷ Ba qala hape ho mokopa hore a tlohele khaolong ea bona. ¹⁸ O re le a kena sekepeng, monna a kenoeng ke letimona a mokopa hore a be leena. ¹⁹ Empa Jeso ha mo lumella, empa are ho eena, ''Tsamaea ntlong le ho patho ba henou ba tsebise se Morena a entseng sona, le ka tsela a o bontsitseng mohau.'' ²⁰ A ba a tsamaea hape a qala ho bolela naheng ea Dekapolise lintho tse kholo tse Jeso a mo entseng tsona, motho ohle a makala. ²¹ Joale Jeso a setsi a nyoetsi mose a le sekepeng, batho ba bangata ba phutheha ba molikeletsa, a le kantle ha leoatle. ²² Joale e mong oa ba eteleli ba Senagogeng a bitsoang Jairosa a tla, mme o rele a mmona, a oela maotong a hae. ²³ A kopa ha holo, a re, Moetsanana oaka o haufi le ho shoa. Kea o kopa, e tla o mmee matsoho hore a fole a phele.'' ²⁴ Ea ba o tsamaea leeana, mme bongata ba batho ba molatela mme ba ne ba mohatella. ²⁵ Joale mosali ea neng le phallo ea mali ha lilemo tse leshome le metso emmeli. ²⁶ Ea neng otloile tse bohloko tse ngata ka lingaka tse ngata a qetile ntho tsa hae kaofela, empa sebakeng sa hore a e kotloe a le betere a ba le ho feta. ²⁷ Ho re a otloa litaba kaJeso, a tla ka morao ha hae bongateng ba batho a tsoara kobo ea hae. ²⁸ Hobane one a re, ''Le ha nka tsoara liaparo tsa hae feela, ke tla fola.'' ²⁹ A se a moamile, mali a hae a khautsa, ebile a otloa mmeleng oa hae hore o folile bohlokong. ³⁰ Jeso a hlokomela hore matla a tsoile ho eena. Ea ba a ea batlisa a re, ''Ke mang a tsoereng liaparo tsaka?'' ³¹ Balateli ba hae bare ho eena, ''O bona hobane bongata bo a o hatelela, mme oa re, ''Ke tsoeroe ke mang?'' ³² Empa Jeso a lebelela a batla ho bona eo a entseng seo. ³³ Mosali, a tseba se etsahetsieng ho eena, a tsaba le ho thothomela. Atla a oela fatse ho eena a molela nete eohle. ³⁴ A re ho eena, ''Morali, tumelo ea hao e u pholositse. Tsamaea ka khotso o fole mahlokong a hao.'' ³⁵ A re a sa bua, bangoe batho ba tsoang ho baeteleli ba Senagogeng, bare, ''Moroli oa hao o shoele. O sa khathatselang moruti?'' ³⁶ Empa Jeso ha otloa molaetsa o boleloang, a re ho moeteleli oa Senagoge, '' O seke oa tsaba. Lumela feela.'' ³⁷ Ha ka lumelela le ha e le mang hore a molatele kantle ha Petrose, Jakobo le Johane, le a buti oa Jakobo. ³⁸ Batla ntlong ea bateleli ba Senagoge mme a bona batho mong ba baka molumo; ba ne ba lla ba bokolla haholo. ³⁹ O rele a kena ntlong, a re ho bona, ''Keng le koatile ebile lella? Ngoana ha ka a shoa empa o robetsi.'' ⁴⁰ Ba qala ho motseha. Empa a ba ntsetsa ntle bohle anka ntate le mme oa ngoana la bao ba ne ba na le ena, a ee kena mo ho neng le ngoana. ⁴¹ Onkile letsoho la ngoana a re ho ena, ''Thalitha, kumi!'' se fetoletsoeng, ''Ngoanana, ke re, tsoha.'' ⁴² Ka pela ngoana a tsoha a tsamaea( o ne o na le lilemo tse mashome le metso a mmeli tsa ho tsoaloa). Ba makala ka thabo ekholo. ⁴³ A ba laea ha holo hore ho se ke ha ba le eo a tsebang ka seo. Aba bolela hore ba monee se seng sa hoja.