Lamsa(i)
1 AND they reached the port on the other side of the sea, in the country of the Gadarenes.
2 And as he went out of the boat, he was met by a man from the cemetery, who had an unclean spirit.
3 He lived in the cemetery, and no man could bind him in chains;
4 Because whenever he was bound with fetters and chains, he broke the chains and cut the fetters, and no man could control him.
5 And always, night and day, he was in the cemetery and in the mountains, crying aloud and cutting himself with stones.
6 When he saw Jesus from afar, he ran and worshipped him,
7 And he cried with a loud voice and said, What have we got together, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I adjure you by God, not to torment me.
8 For he said to him, Get out of the man, O you unclean spirit.
9 And he asked him, What is your name? And he said to him, Our name is Legion, because we are many.
10 And he begged him much that he would not send him out of the country.
11 Now there was there, near the mountain a large herd of swine feeding.
12 And the lunatics begged him saying, Send us to the swine, that we may attack * them.
13 And he permitted them. And the lunatics went out, and attacked the swine; and the herd ran to the steep rocks, and fell into the sea; they were about two thousand, and they were drowned in the water.
14 And those who fed them, fled, and told it in the city and also in the villages. So they went out to see what had happened.
15 And they came to Jesus, and saw the lunatic, * clothed and well behaved, and sitting down; even the one who once had the legion within him; and they were afraid.
16 And those who saw it told them just how it happened to the lunatic and also to the swine.
17 So they began to urge him to leave their border.
18 As he went up to the boat, the lunatic begged him to remain with him.
19 And he would not permit him, but said to him, Go to your home, to your own people, and tell them what the Lord has done for you, and had mercy on you.
20 And he went away, and began to preach in the ten cities about what Jesus had done for him; and they were all surprised.