¹And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

¹ኢየሱስም አሥራ ሁለቱን ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ማዘዝ በፈጸመ ጊዜ በከተሞቻቸው ሊያስተምርና ሊሰብክ ከዚያ አለፈ።

²Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

²ዮሐንስም በወህኒ ሳለ የክርስቶስን ሥራ ሰምቶ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁለት ላከና።

³And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

³የሚመጣው አንተ ነህን? ወይስ ሌላ እንጠብቅ? አለው።

⁴Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:

⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። ሄዳችሁ ያያችሁትን የሰማችሁትንም ለዮሐንስ አውሩለት፤

⁵The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

⁵ዕውሮች ያያሉ አንካሶችም ይሄዳሉ፥ ለምጻሞችም ይነጻሉ ደንቆሮችም ይሰማሉ፥ ሙታንም ይነሣሉ

⁶And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

⁶ለድሆችም ወንጌል ይሰበካል፤ በእኔም የማይሰናከለው ሁሉ ብፁዕ ነው።

⁷And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

⁷እነዚያም ሲሄዱ ኢየሱስ ለሕዝቡ ስለ ዮሐንስ ሊናገር ጀመረ እንዲህም አለ። ምን ልታዩ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ወጣችሁ?

⁸But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

⁸ነፋስ የሚወዘውዘውን ሸምበቆን? ወይስ ምን ልታዩ ወጣችሁ? ቀጭን ልብስ የለበሰ ሰውን? እነሆ፥ ቀጭን ልብስ የለበሱ በነገሥታት ቤት አሉ።

⁹But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

⁹ወይስ ምን ልታዩ ወጣችሁ? ነቢይን? አዎን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከነቢይም የሚበልጠውን።

¹⁰For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

¹⁰እነሆ፥ መንገድህን በፊትህ የሚጠርግ መልክተኛዬን በፊትህ እልካለሁ

¹¹Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

¹¹ተብሎ የተጻፈለት ይህ ነውና። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከሴቶች ከተወለዱት መካከል ከመጥምቁ ዮሐንስ የሚበልጥ አልተነሣም፤ በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ግን ከሁሉ የሚያንሰው ይበልጠዋል።

¹²And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

¹²ከመጥምቁም ከዮሐንስ ዘመን ጀምሮ እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ትገፋለች፥ ግፈኞችም ይናጠቋታል።

¹³For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

¹³ነቢያት ሁሉና ሕጉ እስከ ዮሐንስ ድረስ ትንቢት ተናገሩ፤

¹⁴And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

¹⁴ልትቀበሉትስ ብትወዱ፥ ይመጣ ዘንድ ያለው ኤልያስ ይህ ነው።

¹⁵He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁵የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።

¹⁶But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

¹⁶ነገር ግን ይህን ትውልድ በምን እመስለዋለሁ? በገበያ የሚቀመጡትን ልጆች ይመስላሉ፥ እነርሱም ባልንጀሮቻቸውን እየጠሩ።

¹⁷And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

¹⁷እንቢልታ ነፋንላችሁ ዘፈንም አልዘፈናችሁም ሙሾ አወጣንላችሁ ዋይ ዋይም አላላችሁም ይሉአቸዋል።

¹⁸For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.

¹⁸ዮሐንስ ሳይበላና ሳይጠጣ መጣ፥ እነርሱም። ጋኔን አለበት አሉት።

¹⁹The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

¹⁹የሰው ልጅ እየበላና እየጠጣ መጣ፥ እነርሱም። እነሆ፥ በላተኛና የወይን ጠጅ ጠጭ፥ የቀራጮችና የኃጢአተኞች ወዳጅ ይሉታል። ጥበብም በልጆችዋ ጸደቀች።

²⁰Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

²⁰በዚያን ጊዜ የሚበዙ ተአምራት የተደረገባቸውን ከተማዎች ንስሐ ስላልገቡ ሊነቅፋቸው ጀመረ እንዲህም አለ።

²¹Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

²¹ወዮልሽ ኮራዚ፤ ወዮልሽ ቤተ ሳይዳ፤ በእናንተ የተደረገው ተአምራት በጢሮስና በሲዶና ተደርጎ ቢሆን፥ ማቅ ለብሰው አመድም ነስንሰው ከብዙ ጊዜ በፊት ንስሐ በገቡ ነበርና።

²²But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.

²²ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ በፍርድ ቀን ከእናንተ ይልቅ ለጢሮስና ለሲዶና ይቀልላቸዋል።

²³And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

²³አንቺም ቅፍርናሆም፥ እስከ ሰማይ ከፍ አልሽን? ወደ ሲኦል ትወርጃለሽ፤ በአንቺ የተደረገው ተአምራት በሰዶም ተደርጎ ቢሆን፥ እስከ ዛሬ በኖረች ነበርና።

²⁴But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

²⁴ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ በፍርድ ቀን ከአንቺ ይልቅ ለሰዶም አገር ይቀልላታል።

²⁵At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

²⁵በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። አባት ሆይ፥ የሰማይና የምድር ጌታ፥ ይህን ከጥበበኞችና ከአስተዋዮች ሰውረህ ለሕፃናት ስለ ገለጥህላቸው አመሰግንሃለሁ፤

²⁶Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.

²⁶አዎን፥ አባት ሆይ፥ ፈቃድህ በፊትህ እንዲህ ሆኖአልና።

²⁷All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

²⁷ሁሉ ከአባቴ ዘንድ ተሰጥቶኛል፤ ከአብ በቀር ወልድን የሚያውቅ የለም፥ ከወልድም በቀር ወልድም ሊገለጥለት ከሚፈቅድ በቀር አብን የሚያውቅ የለም።

²⁸Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

²⁸እናንተ ደካሞች ሸክማችሁ የከበደ ሁሉ፥ ወደ እኔ ኑ፥ እኔም አሳርፋችኋለሁ።

²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

²⁹ቀንበሬን በላያችሁ ተሸከሙ ከእኔም ተማሩ፥ እኔ የዋህ በልቤም ትሑት ነኝና፥ ለነፍሳችሁም ዕረፍት ታገኛላችሁ፤

³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

³⁰ቀንበሬ ልዝብ ሸክሜም ቀሊል ነውና።