¹And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,

¹ሕዝቡም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እየሰሙ ሲያስጠብቡት ሳሉ፥ እርሱ ራሱ በጌንሳሬጥ ባሕር ዳር ቆሞ ነበር፤

²and he saw two boats standing beside the lake, and the fishers, having gone away from them, were washing the nets,

²በባሕር ዳርም ቆመው የነበሩትን ሁለት ታንኳዎች አየ፤ ዓሣ አጥማጆች ግን ከእነርሱ ውስጥ ወጥተው መረቦቻቸውን ያጥቡ ነበር።

³and having entered into one of the boats, that was Simon`s, he asked him to put back a little from the land, and having sat down, was teaching the multitudes out of the boat.

³ከታንኳዎቹም የስምዖን ወደ ነበረች ወደ አንዲቱ ገብቶ ከምድር ጥቂት ፈቀቅ እንዲያደርጋት ለመነው፤ በታንኳይቱም ተቀምጦ ሕዝቡን ያስተምር ነበር።

⁴And when he left off speaking, he said unto Simon, `Put back to the deep, and let down your nets for a draught;`

⁴ነገሩንም ከጨረሰ በኋላ፥ ስምዖንን። ወደ ጥልቁ ፈቀቅ በል መረቦቻችሁንም ለማጥመድ ጣሉ አለው።

⁵and Simon answering said to him, `Master, through the whole night, having laboured, we have taken nothing, but at thy saying I will let down the net.`

⁵ስምዖንም መልሶ። አቤቱ፥ ሌሊቱን ሁሉ አድረን ስንደክም ምንም አልያዝንም፤ ነገር ግን በቃልህ መረቦቹን እጥላለሁ አለው።

⁶And having done this, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net was breaking,

⁶ይህንም ባደረጉ ጊዜ እጅግ ብዙ ዓሣ ያዙ፤ መረቦቻቸውም ተቀደዱ።

⁷and they beckoned to the partners, who [are] in the other boat, having come, to help them; and they came, and filled both the boats, so that they were sinking.

⁷በሌላ ታንኳም የነበሩትን ጓደኞቻቸውን መጥተው እንዲያግዙአቸው ጠቀሱ፤ መጥተውም ሁለቱ ታንኳዎች እስኪሰጥሙ ድረስ ሞሉአቸው።

⁸And Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, `Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O lord;`

⁸ስምዖን ጴጥሮስ ግን ባየ ጊዜ በኢየሱስ ጕልበት ላይ ወድቆ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እኔ ኃጢአተኛ ነኝና ከኔ ተለይ አለው።

⁹for astonishment seized him, and all those with him, at the draught of the fishes that they took,

⁹ስላጠመዱት ዓሣ እርሱ ከእርሱ ጋርም የነበሩ ሁሉ ተደንቀዋልና፥

¹⁰and in like manner also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon; and Jesus said unto Simon, `Fear not, henceforth thou shalt be catching men;`

¹⁰እንዲሁም ደግሞ የስምዖን ባልንጀሮች የነበሩ የዘብዴዎስ ልጆች ያዕቆብና ዮሐንስም ተደነቁ። ኢየሱስም ስምዖንን። አትፍራ፤ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ሰውን የምታጠምድ ትሆናለህ አለው።

¹¹and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

¹¹ታንኳዎችንም ወደ ምድር አድርሰው ሁሉን ትተው ተከተሉት።

¹²And it came to pass, in his being in one of the cities, that lo, a man full of leprosy, and having seen Jesus, having fallen on [his] face, he besought him, saying, `Sir, if thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me;`

¹²ከከተማዎችም በአንዲቱ ሳለ፥ እነሆ፥ ለምጽ የሞላበት ሰው ነበረ፤ ኢየሱስንም አይቶ በፊቱ ወደቀና። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ብትወድስ፥ ልታነጻኝ ትችላለህ ብሎ ለመነው።

¹³and having stretched forth [his] hand, he touched him, having said, `I will; be thou cleansed;` and immediately the leprosy went away from him.

¹³እጁንም ዘርግቶ ዳሰሰውና። እወዳለሁ፥ ንጻ አለው፤ ወዲያውም ለምጹ ለቀቀው።

¹⁴And he charged him to tell no one, `But, having gone away, shew thyself to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing according as Moses directed, for a testimony to them;`

¹⁴እርሱም ለማንም እንዳይናገር አዘዘው፥ ነገር ግን። ሄደህ ራስህን ለካህን አሳይ፥ ለእነርሱም ምስክር እንዲሆን ስለ መንጻትህ ሙሴ እንዳዘዘ መሥዋዕት አቅርብ አለው።

¹⁵but the more was the report going abroad concerning him, and great multitudes were coming together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities,

¹⁵ወሬው ግን አብዝቶ ወጣ፥ ብዙ ሕዝብም ሊሰሙትና ከደዌአቸው ሊፈወሱ ይሰበሰቡ ነበር፤

¹⁶and he was withdrawing himself in the desert places and was praying.

¹⁶ነገር ግን እርሱ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ፈቀቅ ብሎ ይጸልይ ነበር።

¹⁷And it came to pass, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the Law, who were come out of every village of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was — to heal them.

¹⁷አንድ ቀንም ያስተምር ነበር፤ ከገሊላና ከይሁዳ መንደሮችም ሁሉ ከኢየሩሳሌምም መጥተው የነበሩ ፈሪሳውያንና የሕግ መምህራን ይቀመጡ ነበር፤ እርሱም እንዲፈውስ የጌታ ኃይል ሆነለት።

¹⁸And lo, men bearing upon a couch a man, who hath been struck with palsy, and they were seeking to bring him in, and to place before him,

¹⁸እነሆም፥ አንድ ሽባ በአልጋ ተሸክመው አመጡ፤ አግብተውም በፊቱ ሊያኖሩት ይሹ ነበር።

¹⁹and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him down, with the little couch, into the midst before Jesus,

¹⁹ስለ ሕዝቡም ብዛት እንዴት አድርገው እንዲያገቡት ሲያቅታቸው፥ ወደ ሰገነቱ ወጡ የጣራውንም ጡብ አሳልፈው በመካከል በኢየሱስ ፊት ከነአልጋው አወረዱት።

²⁰and he having seen their faith, said to him, `Man, thy sins have been forgiven thee.`

²⁰እምነታቸውንም አይቶ። አንተ ሰው፥ ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ አለው።

²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, `Who is this that doth speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins, except God only?`

²¹ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያንም። ይህ የሚሳደብ ማን ነው? ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ኃጢአት ሊያስተሰርይ ማን ይችላል? ብለው ያስቡ ጀመር።

²²And Jesus having known their reasonings, answering, said unto them, `What reason ye in your hearts?

²²ኢየሱስም አሳባቸውን እያወቀ መልሶ። በልባችሁ ምን ታስባላችሁ?

²³which is easier — to say, Thy sins have been forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and walk?

²³ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ ከማለት ወይስ። ተነሣና ሂድ ከማለት ማናቸው ይቀላል?

²⁴`And that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority upon the earth to forgive sins — (he said to the one struck with palsy) — I say to thee, Arise, and having taken up thy little couch, be going on to thy house.`

²⁴ነገር ግን በምድር ላይ ኃጢአት ሊያስተሰርይ ለሰው ልጅ ሥልጣን እንዳለው እንድታውቁ ብሎ፥ ሽባውን። አንተን እልሃለሁ፥ ነተሣ፥ አልጋህን ተሸክመህ ወደ ቤትህ ሂድ አለው።

²⁵And presently having risen before them, having taken up [that] on which he was lying, he went away to his house, glorifying God,

²⁵በዚያን ጊዜም በፊታቸው ተነሣ፥ ተኝቶበትም የነበረውን ተሸክሞ እግዚአብሔርን እያመሰገነ ወደ ቤቱ ሄደ።

²⁶and astonishment took all, and they were glorifying God, and were filled with fear, saying — `We saw strange things to-day.`

²⁶ሁሉንም መገረም ያዛቸው፥ እግዚአብሔርንም አመስግነው። ዛሬስ ድንቅ ነገር አየን እያሉ ፍርሃት ሞላባቸው።

²⁷And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;`

²⁷ከዚህም በኋላ ወጥቶ ሌዊ የሚባል ቀራጭ በመቅረጫው ተቀምጦ ተመለከተና። ተከተለኝ አለው።

²⁸and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.

²⁸ሁሉንም ተወ፤ ተነሥቶም ተከተለው።

²⁹And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat),

²⁹ሌዊም በቤቱ ታላቅ ግብዣ አደረገለት፤ ከእነርሱም ጋር በማዕድ ተቀምጠው የነበሩ ከቀራጮችና ከሌሎች ሰዎች ብዙ ሕዝብ ነበሩ።

³⁰and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, `Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?`

³⁰ፈሪሳውያንና ጻፎቻቸውም በደቀ መዛሙርቱ ላይ። ስለ ምን ከቀራጮችና ከኃጢአተኞች ጋር ትበላላችሁ ትጠጡማላችሁ? ብለው አንጐራጐሩ።

³¹And Jesus answering said unto them, `They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill:

³¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ሕመምተኞች እንጂ ባለ ጤናዎች ባለ መድኃኒት አያስፈልጋቸውም፤

³²I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.`

³²ኃጢአተኞችን ወደ ንስሐ እንጂ ጻድቃንን ልጠራ አልመጣሁም አላቸው።

³³And they said unto him, `Wherefore do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications — in like manner also those of the Pharisees — but thine do eat and drink?`

³³እነርሱም። የዮሐንስ ደቀ መዛሙርት ስለ ምን ብዙ ይጦማሉ ጸሎትስ ስለ ምን ያደርጋሉ፥ ደግሞም የፈሪሳውያን ደቀ መዛሙርት ስለ ምን እንደዚሁ ያደርጋሉ፤ የአንተ ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን ይበላሉ ይጠጣሉም? አሉት።

³⁴And he said unto them, `Are ye able to make the sons of the bride-chamber — in the bridegroom being with them — to fast?

³⁴ኢየሱስም። ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለ ሚዜዎችን ልታስጦሙ ትችላላችሁን?

³⁵but days will come, and, when the bridegroom may be taken away from them, then they shall fast in those days.`

³⁵ነገር ግን ወራት ይመጣል፥ ሙሽራውም ከእነርሱ ሲወሰድ ያንጊዜ፥ በዚያ ወራት ይጦማሉ አላቸው።

³⁶And he spake also a simile unto them — `No one a patch of new clothing doth put on old clothing, and if otherwise, the new also doth make a rent, and with the old the patch doth not agree, that [is] from the new.

³⁶ደግሞም ምሳሌ እንዲህ ሲል ነገራቸው። የአዲስ ልብስ እራፊ ባረጀ ልብስ ላይ የሚያኖር የለም፤ ቢደረግ ግን አዲሱን ይቀደዋል ደግሞም አዲስ እራፊ ለአሮጌው አይስማማውም።

³⁷`And no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and itself will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed;

³⁷ባረጀ አቁማዳም አዲስ የወይን ጠጅ የሚያኖር የለም፤ ቢደረግ ግን አዲሱ የወይን ጠጅ አቁማዳውን ያፈነዳል፥ እርሱም ይፈሳል አቁማዳውም ይጠፋል።

³⁸but new wine into new skins is to be put, and both are preserved together;

³⁸አዲሱን የወይን ጠጅ ግን በአዲስ አቁማዳ ማኖር ይገባል፥ ሁለቱም ይጠባበቃሉ።

³⁹and no one having drunk old [wine], doth immediately wish new, for he saith, The old is better.`

³⁹አሮጌ የወይን ጠጅ ሲጠጣ አዲሱን የሚሻ ማንም የለም፤ አሮጌው ይጣፍጣል ይላልና።