¹And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, `Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.`

¹እርሱም በአንድ ስፍራ ይጸልይ ነበር፥ በጨረሰም ጊዜ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አንዱ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ዮሐንስ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን እንዳስተማረ እንጸልይ ዘንድ አስተምረን አለው።

²And he said to them, `When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;

²አላቸውም። ስትጸልዩ እንዲህ በሉ። በሰማያት የምትኖር አባታችን ሆይ፤ ስምህ ይቀደስ፤ መንግሥትህ ትምጣ፤ ፈቃድህ በሰማይ እንደ ሆነች እንዲሁ በምድር ትሁን፤

³our appointed bread be giving us daily;

³የዕለት እንጀራችንን ዕለት ዕለት ስጠን፤

⁴and forgive us our sins, for also we ourselves forgive every one indebted to us; and mayest Thou not bring us into temptation; but do Thou deliver us from the evil.`

⁴ኃጢአታችንንም ይቅር በለን፥ እኛ ደግሞ የበደሉንን ሁሉ ይቅር ብለናልና፤ ከክፉ አድነን እንጂ ወደ ፈተና አታግባን።

⁵And he said unto them, `Who of you shall have a friend, and shall go on unto him at midnight, and may say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,

⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። ከእናንተ ማናቸውም ወዳጅ ያለው፥ በእኩል ሌሊትስ ወደ እርሱ ሄዶ። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥ ሦስት እንጀራ አበድረኝ፥

⁶seeing a friend of mine came out of the way unto me, and I have not what I shall set before him,

⁶አንድ ወዳጄ ከመንገድ ወደ እኔ መጥቶ የማቀርብለት የለኝምና ይላልን?

⁷and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.

⁷ያም ከውስጥ መልሶ። አታድክመኝ፤ አሁን ደጁ ተቈልፎአል ልጆቼም ከእኔ ጋር በአልጋ ላይ አሉ፤ ተነሥቼ ልሰጥህ አልችልም ይላልን?

⁸`I say to you, even if he will not give to him, having risen, because of his being his friend, yet because of his importunity, having risen, he will give him as many as he doth need;

⁸እላችኋለሁ፥ ወዳጅ ስለ ሆነ ተነሥቶ ባይሰጠው እንኳ፥ ስለ ንዝነዛው ተነስቶ የሚፈልገውን ሁሉ ይሰጠዋል።

⁹and I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you;

⁹እኔም እላችኋለሁ። ለምኑ፥ ይሰጣችሁማል፤ ፈልጉ፥ ታገኙማላችሁ፤ መዝጊያን አንኳኩ፥ ይከፍትላችሁማል።

¹⁰for every one who is asking doth receive; and he who is seeking doth find; and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

¹⁰የሚለምን ሁሉ ይቀበላልና፥ የሚፈልግም ያገኛል፥ መዝጊያውንም ለሚያንኳኳው ይከፈትለታል።

¹¹`And of which of you — the father — if the son shall ask a loaf, a stone will he present to him? and if a fish, will he instead of a fish, a serpent present to him?

¹¹አባት ከሆናችሁ ከእናንተ ከማንኛችሁም ልጁ እንጀራ ቢለምነው፥ እርሱም ድንጋይ ይሰጠዋልን? ዓሣ ደግሞ ቢለምነው በዓሣ ፋንታ እባብ ይሰጠዋልን?

¹²and if he may ask an egg, will he present to him a scorpion?

¹²ወይስ እንቍላል ቢለምነው ጊንጥ ይሰጠዋልን?

¹³If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!`

¹³እንኪያስ እናንተ ክፉዎች ስትሆኑ ለልጆቻችሁ መልካም ስጦታ መስጠት ካወቃችሁ፥ በሰማይ ያለው አባት ለሚለምኑት እንዴት አብልጦ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ይሰጣቸው?

¹⁴And he was casting forth a demon, and it was dumb, and it came to pass, the demon having gone forth, the dumb man spake, and the multitudes wondered,

¹⁴ዲዳውንም ጋኔን ያወጣ ነበር፤ ጋኔኑም ከወጣ በኋላ ዲዳው ተናገረ ሕዝቡም ተደነቁ፤

¹⁵and certain of them said, `By Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons, he doth cast forth the demons;`

¹⁵ነገር ግን ከእነርሱ አንዳንዱ። በብዔል ዜቡል በአጋንንት አለቃ አጋንንትን ያወጣል አሉ።

¹⁶and others, tempting, a sign out of heaven from him were asking.

¹⁶ሌሎችም ሲፈትኑት ከሰማይ ምልክት ከእርሱ ይፈልጉ ነበር።

¹⁷And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;

¹⁷እርሱ ግን አሳባቸውን አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። እርስ በርስዋ የምትለያይ መንግሥት ሁሉ ትጠፋለች፤ ቤትም በቤት ላይ ይወድቃል።

¹⁸and if also the Adversary against himself was divided, how shall his kingdom be made to stand? for ye say, by Beelzeboul is my casting forth the demons.

¹⁸እኔ አጋንንትን በብዔል ዜቡል እንዳወጣ ትላላችሁና ሰይጣን ደግሞ እርስ በርሱ ከተለያየ መንግሥቱ እንዴት ትቆማለች?

¹⁹`But if I by Beelzeboul cast forth the demons — your sons, by whom do they cast forth? because of this your judges they shall be;

¹⁹እኔስ በብዔል ዜቡል አጋንንትን የማወጣ ከሆንሁ፥ ልጆቻችሁ በማን ያወጡአቸዋል? ስለዚህ እነርሱ ፈራጆች ይሆኑባችኋል።

²⁰but if by the finger of God I cast forth the demons, then come unawares upon you did the reign of God.

²⁰እኔ ግን በእግዚአብሔር ጣት አጋንንትን የማወጣ ከሆንሁ፥ እንግዲህ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ወደ እናንተ ደርሳለች።

²¹`When the strong man armed may keep his hall, in peace are his goods;

²¹ኃይለኛ ሰው ጋሻና ጦር ይዞ የራሱን ግቢ ቢጠብቅ፥ ያለው ገንዘቡ በሰላም ይሆናል፤

²²but when the stronger than he, having come upon [him], may overcome him, his whole-armour he doth take away in which he had trusted, and his spoils he distributeth;

²²ከእርሱ ይልቅ የሚበረታ መጥቶ ሲያሸንፈው ግን፥ ታምኖበት የነበረውን ጋሻና ጦር ይወስድበታል ምርኮውንም ያካፍላል።

²³he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter.

²³ከእኔ ጋር ያልሆነ ይቃወመኛል፥ ከእኔ ጋርም የማያከማች ይበትናል።

²⁴`When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;

²⁴ርኵስ መንፈስ ከሰው በወጣ ጊዜ ዕረፍትን እየፈለገ ውኃ በሌለበት ቦታ ያልፋል፤ ባያገኝም። ወደ ወጣሁበት ቤቴ እመለሳለሁ ይላል፤

²⁵and having come, it findeth [it] swept and adorned;

²⁵ሲመጣም ተጠርጎ አጊጦም ያገኘዋል።

²⁶then doth it go, and take to it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having entered, they dwell there, and the last of that man becometh worst than the first.`

²⁶ከዚያ ወዲያ ይሄድና ከእርሱ የከፉትን ሌሎችን ሰባት አጋንንት ከእርሱ ጋር ይይዛል፥ ገብተውም በዚያ ይኖራሉ፤ ለዚያም ሰው ከፊተኛው ይልቅ የኋለኛው ይብስበታል።

²⁷And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, `Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!`

²⁷ይህንም ሲናገር፥ ከሕዝቡ አንዲት ሴት ድምፅዋን ከፍ አድርጋ። የተሸከመችህ ማኅፀንና የጠባሃቸው ጡቶች ብፁዓን ናቸው አለችው።

²⁸And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!`

²⁸እርሱ ግን። አዎን፥ ብፁዓንስ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሰምተው የሚጠብቁት ናቸው አለ።

²⁹And the multitudes crowding together upon him, he began to say, `This generation is evil, a sign it doth seek after, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet,

²⁹ብዙ ሕዝብም በተሰበሰቡ ጊዜ እንዲህ ይል ጀመር። ይህ ትውልድ ክፉ ነው፤ ምልክት ይፈልጋል፥ ከነቢዩም ከዮናስ ምልክት በቀር ምልክት አይሰጠውም።

³⁰for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so also shall the Son of Man be to this generation.

³⁰ዮናስ ለነነዌ ሰዎች ምልክት እንደ ሆናቸው፥ እንዲሁ ደግሞ የሰው ልጅ ለዚህ ትውልድ ምልክት ይሆናል።

³¹`A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and lo, greater than Solomon here!

³¹ንግሥተ አዜብ በፍርድ ከዚህ ትውልድ ሰዎች ጋር ተነሥታ ትፈርድባቸዋለች፤ የሰሎሞንን ጥበብ ለመስማት ከምድር ዳር መጥታለችና፥ እነሆም፥ ከሰሎሞን የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

³²`Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!

³²የነነዌ ሰዎች በፍርድ ከዚህ ትውልድ ጋር ተነሥተው ይፈርዱበታል፤ በዮናስ ስብከት ንስሐ ገብተዋልና፥ እነሆም፥ ከዮናስ የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

³³`And no one having lighted a lamp, doth put [it] in a secret place, nor under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, that those coming in may behold the light.

³³መብራትንም አብርቶ በስውር ወይም በእንቅብ በታች የሚያኖረው የለም፥ የሚገቡ ሰዎች ብርሃኑን እንዲያዩ በመቅረዝ ላይ ያኖረዋል እንጂ።

³⁴`The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

³⁴የሰውነትህ መብራት ዓይንህ ናት። ዓይንህ ጤናማ በሆነች ጊዜ ሰውነትህ ሁሉ ደግሞ ብሩህ ይሆናል። ዓይንህ ታማሚ በሆነች ጊዜ ግን ሰውነትህ ደግሞ የጨለመ ይሆናል።

³⁵take heed, then, lest the light that [is] in thee be darkness;

³⁵እንግዲህ በአንተ ያለው ብርሃን ጨለማ እንዳይሆን ተመልከት።

³⁶if then thy whole body is lightened, not having any part darkened, the whole shall be lightened, as when the lamp by the brightness may give thee light.`

³⁶እንግዲህ ሰውነትህ ሁሉ የጨለማ ቍራጭ የሌለበት ብሩህ ቢሆን፥ መብራት በደመቀ ብርሃን እንደሚያበራልህ በጭራሽ ብሩህ ይሆናል።

³⁷And in [his] speaking, a certain Pharisee was asking him that he might dine with him, and having gone in, he reclined (at meat),

³⁷ይህንንም ሲናገር አንድ ፈሪሳዊ ከእርሱ ጋር ምሳ ይበላ ዘንድ ለመነው ገብቶም ተቀመጠ።

³⁸and the Pharisee having seen, did wonder that he did not first baptize himself before the dinner.

³⁸ከምሳም በፊት አስቀድሞ እንዳልታጠበ ባየው ጊዜ ፈሪሳዊው ተደነቀ።

³⁹And the Lord said unto him, `Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;

³⁹ጌታም እንዲህ አለው። አሁን እናንተ ፈሪሳውያን የጽዋውንና የወጭቱን ውጭ ታጠራላችሁ፥ ውስጣችሁ ግን ቅሚያና ክፋት ሞልቶበታል

⁴⁰unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?

⁴⁰እናንት ደንቆሮዎች፥ የውጭውን የፈጠረ የውስጡን ደግሞ አልፈጠረምን?

⁴¹But what ye have give ye [as] alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

⁴¹ነገር ግን በውስጥ ያለውን ምጽዋት አድርጋችሁ ስጡ፥ እነሆም፥ ሁሉ ንጹሕ ይሆንላችኋል።

⁴²`But wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.

⁴²ነገር ግን እናንተ ፈሪሳውያን፥ ከአዝሙድና ከጤና አዳም ከአትክልትም ሁሉ አሥራት ስለምታወጡ፥ ፍርድንና እግዚአብሔርን መውደድ ስለምትተላለፉ፥ ወዮላችሁ፤ ነገር ግን ሌላውን ሳትተዉ ይህን ልታደርጉት ይገባችሁ ነበር።

⁴³`Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.

⁴³እናንተ ፈሪሳውያን፥ በምኵራብ የከበሬታ ወንበር በገበያም ሰላምታ ስለምትወዱ፥ ወዮላችሁ።

⁴⁴`Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.`

⁴⁴እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ ሰዎች ሳያውቁ በላዩ የሚሄዱበት የተሰወረ መቃብር ስለምትመስሉ፥ ወዮላችሁ።

⁴⁵And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him, `Teacher, these things saying, us also thou dost insult;`

⁴⁵ከሕግ አዋቂዎችም አንዱ መልሶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ይህን ማለትህ እኛን ደግሞ መስደብህ ነው አለው።

⁴⁶and he said, `And to you, the lawyers, wo! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.

⁴⁶እርሱም እንዲህ አለ። እናንተ ደግሞ ሕግ አዋቂዎች፥ አስቸጋሪ ሸክም ለሰዎች ስለምታሸክሙ፥ ራሳችሁም በአንዲት ጣታችሁ ስንኳ ሸክሙን ስለማትነኩት፥ ወዮላችሁ።

⁴⁷`Wo to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

⁴⁷አባቶቻችሁ የገደሉአቸውን የነቢያትን መቃብር ስለምትሠሩ፥ ወዮላችሁ።

⁴⁸Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;

⁴⁸እንግዲህ ለአባቶቻችሁ ሥራ ትመሰክራላችሁ ትስማማላችሁም፤ እነርሱ ገድለዋቸዋልና፥ እናንተም መቃብራቸውን ትሠራላችሁ።

⁴⁹because of this also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets, and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,

⁴⁹ስለዚህ ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔር ጥበብ እንዲህ አለች። ወደ እነርሱ ነቢያትንና ሐዋርያትን እልካለሁ፥ ከእነርሱም ይገድላሉ ያሳድዱማል፥

⁵⁰that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;

⁵⁰ዓለም ከተፈጠረ ጀምሮ የፈሰሰው የነቢያት ሁሉ ደም፥

⁵¹from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.

⁵¹ከአቤል ደም ጀምሮ በመሠዊያውና በቤተ መቅደስ መካከል እስከ ጠፋው እስከ ዘካርያስ ደም ድረስ፥ ከዚህ ትውልድ እንዲፈለግ አዎን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከዚህ ትውልድ ይፈለጋል።

⁵²`Wo to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.`

⁵²እናንተ ሕግ አዋቂዎች፥ የእውቀትን መክፈቻ ስለ ወሰዳችሁ፥ ወዮላችሁ ራሳችሁ አልገባችሁም የሚገቡትንም ከለከላችሁ።

⁵³And in his speaking these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began fearfully to urge and to press him to speak about many things,

⁵³ይህንም ሲናገራቸው፥ ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን በአፉ የተናገረውን ሊነጥቁ ሲያደቡ፥ እጅግ ይቃወሙና ስለ ብዙ ነገር እንዲናገር ያነሣሡ ጀመር።

⁵⁴laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.