¹At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

¹በዚያ ዘመን የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ ሄሮድስ የኢየሱስን ዝና ሰማ፥

²And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

²ለሎሌዎቹም። ይህ መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ ነው፤ እርሱ ከሙታን ተነሥቶአል፥ ስለዚህም ኃይል በእርሱ ይደረጋል አለ።

³For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

³ሄሮድስ በወንድሙ በፊልጶስ ሚስት በሄሮድያዳ ምክንያት ዮሐንስን አስይዞ አሳስሮት በወህኒ አኑሮት ነበርና፤

⁴For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

⁴ዮሐንስ። እርስዋ ለአንተ ትሆን ዘንድ አልተፈቀደም ይለው ነበርና።

⁵And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

⁵ሊገድለውም ወዶ ሳለ፥ ሕዝቡ እንደ ነቢይ ስለ አዩት ፈራቸው።

⁶But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

⁶ነገር ግን ሄሮድስ የተወለደበት ቀን በሆነ ጊዜ፥ የሄሮድያዳ ልጅ በመካከላቸው ዘፈነች ሄሮድስንም ደስ አሰኘችው፤

⁷Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

⁷ስለዚህም የምትለምነውን ሁሉ እንዲሰጣት በመሐላ ተስፋ አደረገላት።

⁸And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.

⁸እርስዋም በእናትዋ ተመክራ። የመጥምቁን የዮሐንስን ራስ በዚህ በወጭት ስጠኝ አለችው።

⁹And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

⁹ንጉሡም አዘነ፥ ነገር ግን ስለ መሐላው ከእርሱም ጋር ተቀምጠው ስላሉት ሰዎች እንዲሰጡአት አዘዘ፤

¹⁰And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

¹⁰ልኮም የዮሐንስን ራስ በወህኒ አስቆረጠው።

¹¹And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.

¹¹ራሱንም በወጭት አምጥተው ለብላቴናይቱ ሰጡአት፥ ወደ እናትዋም ወሰደችው።

¹²And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

¹²ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ቀርበው በድኑን ወሰዱና ቀበሩት፥ መጥተውም ለኢየሱስ አወሩለት።

¹³When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.

¹³ኢየሱስም በሰማ ጊዜ ከዚያ ብቻውን ወደ ምድረ በዳ በታንኳ ፈቀቅ አለ፤ ሕዝቡም ሰምተው ከከተማዎቹ በእግር ተከተሉት።

¹⁴And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

¹⁴ወጥቶም ብዙ ሕዝብ አየና አዘነላቸው ድውዮቻቸውንም ፈወሰ።

¹⁵And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.

¹⁵በመሸም ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው። ቦታው ምድረ በዳ ነው አሁንም ሰዓቱ አልፎአል፤ ወደ መንደሮች ሄደው ለራሳቸው ምግብ እንዲገዙ ሕዝቡን አሰናብት አሉት።

¹⁶But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

¹⁶ኢየሱስም። እናንተ የሚበሉትን ስጡአቸው እንጂ ሊሄዱ አያስፈልግም አላቸው።

¹⁷And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.

¹⁷እነርሱም። ከአምስት እንጀራና ከሁለት ዓሣ በቀር በዚህ የለንም አሉት።

¹⁸He said, Bring them hither to me.

¹⁸እርሱም። እነዚያን ወደዚህ አምጡልኝ አላቸው።

¹⁹And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

¹⁹ሕዝቡም በሣር ላይ እንዲቀመጡ አዘዘ፥ አምስቱንም እንጀራና ሁለቱን ዓሣ ይዞ ወደ ሰማይ አሻቅቦ አየና ባረከ፥ እንጀራውንም ቆርሶ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለሕዝቡ።

²⁰And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.

²⁰ሁሉም በልተው ጠገቡ፥ የተረፈውንም ቁርስራሽ አሥራ ሁለት መሶብ ሙሉ አነሡ።

²¹And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

²¹ከሴቶችና ከልጆችም በቀር የበሉት አምስት ሺህ ወንዶች ያህሉ ነበር።

²²And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

²²ወዲያውም ሕዝቡን ሲያሰናብት ሳለ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ በታንኳይቱ ገብተው ወደ ማዶ እንዲቀድሙት ግድ አላቸው።

²³And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.

²³ሕዝቡንም አሰናብቶ ይጸልይ ዘንድ ብቻውን ወደ ተራራ ወጣ። በመሸም ጊዜ ብቻውን በዚያ ነበረ።

²⁴But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.

²⁴ታንኳይቱም አሁን በባሕር መካከል ሳለች፥ ነፋስ ከወደ ፊት ነበርና በማዕበል ትጨነቅ ነበር።

²⁵And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.

²⁵ከሌሊቱም በአራተኛው ክፍል ኢየሱስ በባሕር ላይ እየሄደ ወደ እነርሱ መጣ።

²⁶And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.

²⁶ደቀ መዛሙርቱም በባሕር ላይ ሲሄድ ባዩት ጊዜ። ምትሐት ነው ብለው ታወኩ በፍርሃትም ጮኹ።

²⁷But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.

²⁷ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ ተናገራቸውና። አይዞአችሁ፥ እኔ ነኝ፤ አትፍሩ አላቸው።

²⁸And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.

²⁸ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተስ ከሆንህ በውኃው ላይ ወደ አንተ እንድመጣ እዘዘኝ አለው።

²⁹And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.

²⁹እርሱም። ና አለው። ጴጥሮስም ከታንኳይቱ ወርዶ ወደ ኢየሱስ ሊደርስ በውኃው ላይ ሄደ።

³⁰But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.

³⁰ነገር ግን የነፋሱን ኃይል አይቶ ፈራ፥ ሊሰጥምም በጀመረ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አድነኝ ብሎ ጮኸ።

³¹And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

³¹ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ እጁን ዘርግቶ ያዘውና። አንተ እምነት የጎደለህ፥ ስለምን ተጠራጠርህ? አለው።

³²And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.

³²ወደ ታንኳይቱም በወጡ ጊዜ ነፋሱ ተወ።

³³Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.

³³በታንኳይቱም የነበሩት። በእውነት የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህ ብለው ሰገዱለት።

³⁴And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

³⁴ተሻግረውም ወደ ጌንሴሬጥ ምድር መጡ።

³⁵And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;

³⁵የዚያ ቦታ ሰዎችም ባወቁት ጊዜ በዙርያው ወዳለ አገር ሁሉ ላኩ፥ ሕመምተኞችንም ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤

³⁶And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

³⁶የልብሱንም ጫፍ ብቻ ሊዳስሱ ይለምኑት ነበር፤ የዳሰሱትም ሁሉ ዳኑ።