¹The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

¹የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወንጌል መጀመሪያ።

²As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

²እነሆ፥ መንገድህን የሚጠርግ መልክተኛዬን በፊትህ እልካለሁ የጌታን መንገድ አዘጋጁ ጥርጊያውንም አቅኑ እያለ በምድረ በዳ የሚጮኽ ሰው ድምፅ ተብሎ በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ እንደ ተጻፈ፥

³The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

⁴ዮሐንስ በምድረ በዳ እያጠመቀ የንስሐንም ጥምቀት ለኃጢአት ስርየት እየሰበከ መጣ።

⁴John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

⁵የይሁዳም አገር ሁሉ የኢየሩሳሌምም ሰዎች ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ ይወጡ ነበር፥ ኃጢአታቸውንም እየተናዘዙ በዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ ከእርሱ ይጠመቁ ነበር።

⁵And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁶ዮሐንስም የግመል ጠጉር ለብሶ በወገቡ ጠፍር ይታጠቅ አንበጣና የበረሀ ማርም ይበላ ነበር።

⁶And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

⁷ተጎንብሼ የጫማውን ጠፍር መፍታት የማይገባኝ ከእኔ የሚበረታ በኋላዬ ይመጣል።

⁷And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

⁸እኔ በውኃ አጠመቅኋችሁ እርሱ ግን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ያጠምቃችኋል እያለ ይሰብክ ነበር።

⁸I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

⁹በዚያ ወራትም ኢየሱስ ከገሊላ ናዝሬት መጥቶ ከዮሐንስ በዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ ተጠመቀ።

⁹And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

¹⁰ወዲያውም ከውኃው በወጣ ጊዜ ሰማያት ሲቀደዱ መንፈስም እንደ ርግብ ሲወርድበት አየና። የምወድህ ልጄ አንተ ነህ፥

¹⁰And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:

¹¹በአንተ ደስ ይለኛል የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማያት መጣ።

¹¹And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

¹²ወዲያውም መንፈስ ወደ ምድረ በዳ አወጣው።

¹²And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

¹³በምድረ በዳም ከሰይጣን እየተፈተነ አርባ ቀን ሰነበተ ከአራዊትም ጋር ነበረ፥ መላእክቱም አገለገሉት።

¹³And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

¹⁴ዮሐንስም አልፎ ከተሰጠ በኋላ ኢየሱስ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ወንጌል እየሰበከና። ዘመኑ ተፈጸመ የእግዚአብሔርም መንግሥት ቀርባለች ንስሐ ግቡ በወንጌልም እመኑ እያለ ወደ ገሊላ መጣ።

¹⁴Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

¹⁶በገሊላ ባሕርም አጠገብ ሲያልፍ ስምዖንን ወንድሙንም እንድርያስን መረባቸውን ወደ ባሕር ሲጥሉ አየ፥ ዓሣ አጥማጆች ነበሩና።

¹⁵And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

¹⁷ኢየሱስም። በኋላዬ ኑና ሰዎችን አጥማጆች እንድትሆኑ አደርጋችኋለሁ አላቸው።

¹⁶Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

¹⁸ወዲያውም መረባቸውን ትተው ተከተሉት።

¹⁷And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

¹⁹ከዚያም ጥቂት እልፍ ብሎ የዘብዴዎስን ልጅ ያዕቆብን ወንድሙንም ዮሐንስን ደግሞ በታንኳ ላይ መረባቸውን ሲያበጁ አየ።

¹⁸And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

²⁰ወዲያውም ጠራቸው አባታቸውንም ዘብዴዎስን ከሞያተኞቹ ጋር በታንኳ ላይ ትተው ተከትለውት ሄዱ።

¹⁹And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

²¹ወደ ቅፍርናሆምም ገቡ፤ ወዲያውም በሰንበት ወደ ምኵራብ ገብቶ አስተማረ።

²⁰And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

²²እንደ ባለ ሥልጣን ያስተምራቸው ነበር እንጂ እንደ ጻፎች አይደለምና በትምህርቱ ተገረሙ።

²¹And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.

²³በዚያን ጊዜም በምኩራባቸው ርኵስ መንፈስ ያለው ሰው ነበረ፤

²²And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

²⁴እርሱም። የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ከአንተ ጋር ምን አለን? ልታጠፋን መጣህን? ማን እንደ ሆንህ አውቄአለሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔር ቅዱሱ ብሎ ጮኸ።

²³And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

²⁵ኢየሱስም። ዝም በል ከእርሱም ውጣ ብሎ ገሠጸው።

²⁴Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

²⁶ርኵሱም መንፈስ አንፈራገጠውና በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኾ ከእርሱ ወጣ።

²⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

²⁷ሁሉም። ይህ ምንድር ነው? በሥልጣን ርኵሳን መናፍስትን ያዝዛል፤ እነርሱም ይታዘዙለታልና ይህ አዲስ ትምህርት ምንድር ነው? ብለው እስኪጠያየቁ ድረስ አደነቁ።

²⁶And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

²⁸ዝናውም ወዲያው በየስፍራው ወደ ገሊላ ዙሪያ ሁሉ ወጣ።

²⁷And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

²⁹ወዲያውም ከምኵራብ ወጥቶ ከያዕቆብና ከዮሐንስ ጋር ወደ ስምዖንና ወደ እንድርያስ ቤት ገባ።

²⁸And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.

³⁰የስምዖንም አማት በንዳድ ታማ ተኝታ ነበር፥ ስለ እርስዋም ወዲያው ነገሩት።

²⁹And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

³¹ቀርቦም እጅዋን ይዞ አስነሣት ንዳዱም ወዲያው ለቀቃትና አገለገለቻቸው።

³⁰But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.

³²ፀሐይም ገብቶ በመሸ ጊዜ፥ የታመሙትንና አጋንንት ያደረባቸውን ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤

³¹And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

³³ከተማይቱም ሁላ በደጅ ተሰብስባ ነበር።

³²And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.

³⁴በልዩ ልዩ ደዌም የታመሙትን ብዙዎችን ፈወሰ፥ ብዙዎችንም አጋንንት አወጣ፥ አጋንንትም ክርስቶስ መሆኑን አውቀው ነበርና ሊናገሩ አልፈቀደላቸውም።

³³And all the city was gathered together at the door.

³⁵ማለዳም ተነሥቶ ገና ሌሊት ሳለ ወጣ ወደ ምድረ በዳም ሄዶ በዚያ ጸለየ።

³⁴And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

³⁶ስምዖንና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩትም ገሥግሠው ተከተሉት፥

³⁵And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

³⁷ባገኙትም ጊዜ። ሁሉ ይፈልጉሃል አሉት።

³⁶And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.

³⁸እርሱም። በዚያ ደግሞ ልሰብክ ወደ ሌላ ስፍራ በቅርብ ወዳሉ መንደሮች እንሂድ ስለዚህ ወጥቻለሁና አላቸው።

³⁷And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.

³⁹በምኵራባቸውም እየሰበከ አጋንንትንም እያወጣ ወደ ገሊላ ሁሉ መጣ።

³⁸And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.

⁴⁰ለምጻምም ወደ እርሱ መጥቶ ተንበረከከና። ብትወድስ ልታነጻኝ ትችላለህ ብሎ ለመነው።

³⁹And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.

⁴¹ኢየሱስም አዘነለት እጁንም ዘርግቶ ዳሰሰውና። እወድዳለሁ፤ ንጻ አለው።

⁴⁰And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

⁴²በተናገረም ጊዜ ለምጹ ወዲያው ለቀቀውና ነጻ።

⁴¹And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.

⁴³በብርቱም ተናግሮ ወዲያው አወጣው፤

⁴²And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

⁴⁴ለማንም አንዳች እንዳትናገር ተጠንቀቅ፥ ነገር ግን ሄደህ ራስህን ለካህን አሳይ ለእነርሱም ምስክር እንዲሆን ስለ መንጻትህ ሙሴ ያዘዘውን አቅርብ አለው።

⁴³And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;

⁴⁵እርሱ ግን ሲወጣ ብዙ ሊሰብክና ነገሩን ሊያወራ ጀመረ፥ ስለዚህም ኢየሱስ ተገልጦ ወደ ከተማ መግባት ወደ ፊት ተሳነው፥ ነገር ግን በውጭ በምድረ በዳ ይኖር ነበር፤ ከየስፍራውም ወደ እርሱ ይመጡ ነበር።

⁴⁴And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

⁴⁵But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.