¹And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

¹ደግሞም በባሕር ዳር ሊያስተምር ጀመረ። እጅግ ብዙ ሰዎችም ወደ እርሱ ስለ ተሰበሰቡ እርሱ በታንኳ ገብቶ በባሕር ላይ ተቀመጠ፤ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ በባሕር ዳር በምድር ላይ ነበሩ።

²And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

²በምሳሌም ብዙ ያስተምራቸው ነበር፥ በትምህርቱም አላቸው። ስሙ።

³Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

³እነሆ፥ ዘሪ ሊዘራ ወጣ። ሲዘራም አንዳንዱ በመንገድ ዳር ወደቀና ወፎች መጥተው በሉት።

⁴And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

⁵ሌላውም ብዙ መሬት በሌለበት በጭንጫ ላይ ወደቀና ጥልቅ መሬት ስላልነበረው ወዲያው በቀለ፤

⁵And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

⁶ፀሐይም ሲወጣ ጠወለገ፥ ሥርም ስላልነበረው ደረቀ።

⁶But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

⁷ሌላውም በእሾህ መካከል ወደቀ፥ እሾህም ወጣና አነቀው፥ ፍሬም አልሰጠም።

⁷And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

⁸ሌላውም በመልካም መሬት ላይ ወደቀና ወጥቶ አድጎ ፍሬ ሰጠ፥ አንዱም ሠላሳ አንዱም ስድሳ አንዱም መቶ አፈራ።

⁸And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

⁹የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ አለ።

⁹And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁰ብቻውንም በሆነ ጊዜ፥ በዙሪያው የነበሩት ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ጋር ስለ ምሳሌው ጠየቁት።

¹⁰And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

¹¹እንዲህም አላቸው። ለእናንተ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ምሥጢር ማወቅ ተሰጥቶአችኋል፤ በውጭ ላሉት ግን፥ አይተው እንዲያዩ እንዳይመለከቱም፥ ሰምተውም እንዲሰሙ እንዳያስተውሉም፥ እንዳይመለሱ ኃጢአታቸውም እንዳይሰረይላቸው ነገር ሁሉ በምሳሌ ይሆንባቸዋል።

¹¹And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

¹³አላቸውም። ይህን ምሳሌ አታውቁምን? እንዴትስ ምሳሌዎቹን ሁሉ ታውቃላችሁ?

¹²That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

¹⁴ዘሪው ቃሉን ይዘራል። ቃልም በተዘራበት በመንገድ ዳር የሆኑት እነዚህ ናቸው፥

¹³And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?

¹⁵በሰሙት ጊዜም ሰይጣን ወዲያው መጥቶ በልባቸው የተዘራውን ቃል ይወስዳል።

¹⁴The sower soweth the word.

¹⁶እንዲሁም በጭንጫ ላይ የተዘሩት እነዚህ ናቸው፥ ቃሉንም ሰምተው ወዲያው በደስታ ይቀበሉታል፥

¹⁵And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

¹⁷ለጊዜውም ነው እንጂ በእነርሱ ሥር የላቸውም፥ ኋላም በቃሉ ምክንያት መከራ ወይም ስደት በሆነ ጊዜ ወዲያው ይሰናከላሉ።

¹⁶And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

¹⁸በእሾህም የተዘሩት ሌሎች ናቸው፥ ቃሉን የሰሙት እነዚህ ናቸው፥

¹⁷And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

¹⁹የዚህም ዓለም አሳብና የባለጠግነት ማታለል የሌላውም ነገር ምኞት ገብተው ቃሉን ያንቃሉ፥ የማያፈራም ይሆናል።

¹⁸And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

²⁰በመልካምም መሬት የተዘሩት ቃሉን ሰምተው የሚቀበሉት አንዱም ሠላሳ አንዱም ስድሳ አንዱም መቶ ፍሬ የሚያፈሩት እነዚህ ናቸው።

¹⁹And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

²¹እንዲህም አላቸው። መብራትን ከዕንቅብ ወይስ ከአልጋ በታች ሊያኖሩት ያመጡታልን? በመቅረዝ ላይ ሊያኖሩት አይደለምን?

²⁰And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

²²እንዲገለጥ ባይሆን የተሰወረ የለምና፤ ወደ ግልጥ እንዲመጣ እንጂ የተሸሸገ የለም።

²¹And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?

²³የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ቢኖር ይስማ።

²²For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

²⁴አላቸውም። ምን እንድትሰሙ ተጠበቁ። በምትሰፍሩበት መስፈሪያ ይሰፈርላችኋል ለእናንተም ይጨመርላችኋል።

²³If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

²⁵ላለው ይሰጠዋልና፤ ከሌለውም ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

²⁴And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

²⁶እርሱም አለ። በምድር ዘርን እንደሚዘራ ሰው የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደዚህ ናት ሌሊትና ቀን ይተኛልም ይነሣልም፥

²⁵For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

²⁷እርሱም እንዴት እንደሚሆን ሳያውቅ ዘሩ ይበቅላል ያድግማል።

²⁶And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

²⁸ምድሪቱም አውቃ በመጀመሪያ ቡቃያ ኋላም ዛላ ኋላም በዛላው ፍጹም ሰብል ታፈራለች።

²⁷And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

²⁹ፍሬ ግን ሲበስል መከር ደርሶአልና ወዲያው ማጭድ ይልካል።

²⁸For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

³⁰እርሱም አለ። የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት በምን እናስመስላታለን? ወይስ በምን ምሳሌ እንመስላታለን?

²⁹But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

³¹እንደ ሰናፍጭ ቅንጣት ናት፥ እርስዋም በምድር በተዘራች ጊዜ በምድር ካለ ዘር ሁሉ ታንሳለች፤ በተዘራችም ጊዜ ትወጣለች ከአትክልትም ሁሉ የምትበልጥ ትሆናለች፥

³⁰And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?

³²የሰማይ ወፎችም በጥላዋ ሊሰፍሩ እስኪችሉ ታላላቅ ቅርንጫፎች ታደርጋለች።

³¹It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:

³³መስማትም በሚችሉበት መጠን እነዚህን በሚመስል በብዙ ምሳሌ ቃሉን ይነግራቸው ነበር፤ ያለ ምሳሌ ግን አልነገራቸውም፥

³²But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.

³⁴ለብቻቸውም ሲሆኑ ነገሩን ሁሉ ለገዛ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ይፈታላቸው ነበር።

³³And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

³⁵በዚያም ቀን በመሸ ጊዜ። ወደ ማዶ እንሻገር አላቸው።

³⁴But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

³⁶ሕዝቡንም ትተው በታንኳ እንዲያው ወሰዱት፥ ሌሎች ታንኳዎችም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩ።

³⁵And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.

³⁷ብርቱ ዐውሎ ነፋስም ተነሣና ውኃ በታንኳይቱ እስኪሞላ ድረስ ማዕበሉ በታንኳይቱ ይገባ ነበር።

³⁶And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.

³⁸እርሱም በስተኋላዋ ትራስ ተንተርሶ ተኝቶ ነበር፤ አንቅተውም። መምህር ሆይ፥ ስንጠፋ አይገድህምን? አሉት።

³⁷And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

³⁹ነቅቶም ነፋሱን ገሠጸው ባሕሩንም። ዝም በል፥ ፀጥ በል አለው። ነፋሱም ተወ ታላቅ ፀጥታም ሆነ።

³⁸And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

⁴⁰እንዲህ የምትፈሩ ስለ ምን ነው? እንዴትስ እምነት የላችሁም? አላቸው።

³⁹And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

⁴¹እጅግም ፈሩና። እንግዲህ ነፋስም ባሕርም የሚታዘዙለት ይህ ማን ነው? ተባባሉ።

⁴⁰And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

⁴¹And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?