¹And it came to pass, on the second-first sabbath, as he is going through the corn fields, that his disciples were plucking the ears, and were eating, rubbing with the hands,

¹በሰንበትም በእርሻ መካከል ያልፍ ነበር ደቀ መዛሙርቱም እሸት ይቀጥፉ በእጃቸውም እያሹ ይበሉ ነበር።

²and certain of the Pharisees said to them, `Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbaths?`

²ከፈሪሳውያን ግን አንዳንዶቹ። በሰንበት ሊያደርግ ያልተፈቀደውን ስለ ምን ታደርጋላችሁ? አሉአቸው።

³And Jesus answering said unto them, `Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

³ኢየሱስም ለእነርሱ መልሶ። ዳዊት በተራበ ጊዜ እርሱ አብረውት ከነበሩ ጋር ያደረገውን፥ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤት እንደ ገባ ከካህናት ብቻ በቀር መብላቱ ያልተፈቀደውን የመሥዋዕትን እንጀራ ይዞ እንደ በላ፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ለነበሩት ደግሞ እንደ ሰጣቸው ይህን አላነበባችሁምን? አለ።

⁴how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did take, and did eat, and gave also to those with him, which it is not lawful to eat, except only to the priests?`

⁵የሰው ልጅ የሰንበት ጌታ ነው አላቸውም።

⁵and he said to them, — `The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.`

⁶በሌላው ሰንበትም ወደ ምኵራብ ገብቶ አስተማረ፤ በዚያም ቀኝ እጁ የሰለለች ሰው ነበረ፤

⁶And it came to pass also, on another sabbath, that he goeth into the synagogue, and teacheth, and there was there a man, and his right hand was withered,

⁷ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያንም መክሰሻ ሊያገኙበት በሰንበት ይፈውስ እንደ ሆነ ይጠባበቁት ነበር።

⁷and the scribes and the Pharisees were watching him, if on the sabbath he will heal, that they might find an accusation against him.

⁸እርሱ ግን አሳባቸውን አውቆ እጁ የሰለለችውን ሰው። ተነሣና በመካከል ቁም አለው፤ ተነሥቶም ቆመ።

⁸And he himself had known their reasonings, and said to the man having the withered hand, `Rise, and stand in the midst;` and he having risen, stood.

⁹ኢየሱስም። እጠይቃችኋለሁ፤ በሰንበት በጎ ማድረግ ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ ክፉ? ነፍስ ማዳንን ወይስ መግደል? አላቸው።

⁹Then said Jesus unto them, `I will question you something: Is it lawful on the sabbaths to do good, or to do evil? life to save or to kill?`

¹⁰ሁላቸውንም ዙሪያውን አየና ሰውዬውን። እጅህን ዘርጋ አለው። እርሱም እንዲህ አደረገ፥ እጁም እንደ ሁለተኛይቱ ዳነች።

¹⁰And having looked round on them all, he said to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand;` and he did so, and his hand was restored whole as the other;

¹¹እነርሱም ቍጣ ሞላባቸው፥ በኢየሱስም ምን እንዲያደርጉበት እርስ በርሳቸው ተባባሉ።

¹¹and they were filled with madness, and were speaking with one another what they might do to Jesus.

¹²በነዚህም ወራት ይጸልይ ዘንድ ወደ ተራራ ወጣ፥ ሌሊቱንም ሁሉ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ሲጸልይ አደረ።

¹²And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,

¹³በነጋም ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ጠራ፥ ከእነርሱም አሥራ ሁለት መረጠ ደግሞም ሐዋርያት ብሎ ሰየማቸው፤

¹³and when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,

¹⁴እነርሱም፥ ጴጥሮስ ብሎ እንደ ገና የሰየመው ስምዖን፥ ወንድሙም እንድርያስ፥ ያዕቆብም ዮሐንስም፥ ፊልጶስም በርተሎሜዎስም፥

¹⁴(Simon, whom also he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

¹⁵ማቴዎስም ቶማስም፥ የእልፍዮስ ልጅ ያዕቆብም ቀናተኛ የሚባለው ስምዖንም፥

¹⁵Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

¹⁶የያዕቆብ ይሁዳም፥ አሳልፎ የሰጠውም የአስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ ናቸው።

¹⁶Judas of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became betrayer;)

¹⁷ከእነርሱም ጋር ወርዶ በተካከለ ስፍራ ቆመ፥ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም ወገን ብዙ ሕዝብ ነበረ፥ ደግሞም ሊሰሙትና ከደዌአቸው ሊፈወሱ ከይሁዳ ሁሉ ከኢየሩሳሌምም ከጢሮስና ከሲዶና ባሕር ዳርም የመጡ ብዙ ሰዎች ነበሩ፤

¹⁷and having come down with them, he stood upon a level spot, and a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea, and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their sicknesses,

¹⁸ከርኵሳንም መናፍስት ይሠቃዩ የነበሩት ተፈወሱ፤

¹⁸and those harassed by unclean spirits, and they were healed,

¹⁹ከእርሱም ኃይል ወጥቶ ሁሉን ይፈውስ ነበርና ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ሊዳስሱት ይሹ ነበር።

¹⁹and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.

²⁰እርሱም ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ዓይኑን አነሣ እንዲህም አላቸው። እናንተ ድሆች ብፁዓን ናችሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት የእናንተ ነውና።

²⁰And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor — because yours is the reign of God.

²¹እናንተ አሁን የምትራቡ ብፁዓን ናችሁ፥ ትጠግባላችሁና። እናንተ አሁን የምታለቅሱ ብፁዓን ናችሁ፥ ትስቃላችሁና።

²¹`Happy those hungering now — because ye shall be filled. `Happy those weeping now — because ye shall laugh.

²²ሰዎች ስለ ሰው ልጅ ሲጠሉአችሁ ሲለዩአችሁም ሲነቅፉአችሁም ስማችሁንም እንደ ክፉ ሲያወጡ፥ ብፁዓን ናችሁ።

²²`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man`s sake —

²³እነሆ፥ ዋጋችሁ በሰማይ ታላቅ ነውና በዚያን ቀን ደስ ይበላችሁ ዝለሉም፤ አባቶቻቸው ነቢያትን እንዲህ ያደርጉባቸው ነበርና።

²³rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward [is] great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

²⁴ነገር ግን እናንተ ባለ ጠጎች ወዮላችሁ፥ መጽናናታችሁን ተቀብላችኋልና።

²⁴`But wo to you — the rich, because ye have got your comfort.

²⁵እናንተ አሁን የጠገባችሁ ወዮላችሁ፥ ትራባላችሁና። እናንተ አሁን የምትስቁ ወዮላችሁ፥ ታዝናላችሁና ታለቅሱማላችሁ።

²⁵`Wo to you who have been filled — because ye shall hunger. `Wo to you who are laughing now — because ye shall mourn and weep.

²⁶ሰዎች ሁሉ መልካም ሲናገሩላችሁ፥ ወዮላችሁ፤ አባቶቻቸው ለሐሰተኞች ነቢያት እንዲሁ ያደርጉላቸው ነበርና።

²⁶`Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you — for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

²⁷ነገር ግን ለእናንተ ለምትሰሙ እላችኋለሁ፥ ጠላቶቻችሁን ውደዱ፥ ለሚጠሉአችሁ መልካም አድርጉ፥

²⁷`But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

²⁸የሚረግሙአችሁንም መርቁ፥ ስለሚበድሉአችሁም ጸልዩ።

²⁸bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

²⁹ጕንጭህን ለሚመታህ ደግሞ ሁለተኛውን ስጠው፥ መጐናጸፊያህንም ለሚወስድ እጀ ጠባብህን ደግሞ አትከልክለው።

²⁹and to him smiting thee upon the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from thee the mantle, also the coat thou mayest not keep back.

³⁰ለሚለምንህ ሁሉ ስጥ፥ ገንዘብህንም የሚወስድ እንዲመልስ አትጠይቀው።

³⁰`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

³¹ሰዎችም ሊያደርጉላችሁ እንደምትወዱ እናንተ ደግሞ እንዲሁ አድርጉላቸው።

³¹and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;

³²የሚወዱአችሁንማ ብትወዱ፥ ምን ምስጋና አላችሁ? ኃጢአተኞች ደግሞ የሚወዱአቸውን ይወዳሉና።

³²and — if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;

³³መልካምም ለሚያደርጉላችሁ መልካም ብታደርጉ፥ ምን ምስጋና አላችሁ? ኃጢአተኞች ደግሞ ያን ያደርጋሉና።

³³and if ye do good to those doing good to you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful do the same;

³⁴እንድትወስዱባቸው ተስፋ ለምታደርጉአቸው ብታበድሩ፥ ምን ምስጋና አላችሁ? ኃጢአተኞች ደግሞ በትክክል እንዲቀበሉ ለኃጢአተኞች ያበድራሉ።

³⁴and if ye lend [to those] of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners — that they may receive again as much.

³⁵ነገር ግን ጠላቶቻችሁን ውደዱ፤ መልካም አድርጉ፤ ምንም ተስፋ ሳታደርጉም አበድሩ፥ ዋጋችሁም ታላቅ ይሆናል፥ የልዑልም ልጆች ትሆናላችሁ፥ እርሱ ለማያመሰግኑ ለክፉዎችም ቸር ነውና።

³⁵`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

³⁶አባታችሁ ርኅሩኅ እንደ ሆነ ርኅሩኆች ሁኑ።

³⁶be ye therefore merciful, as also your Father is merciful.

³⁷አትፍረዱ አይፈረድባችሁምም፤ አትኰንኑ አትኰነኑምም። ይቅር በሉ ይቅርም ትባላላችሁ።

³⁷`And judge not, and ye may not be judged; condemn not, and ye may not be condemned; release, and ye shall be released.

³⁸ስጡ ይሰጣችሁማል፤ በምትሰፍሩበት መስፈሪያ ተመልሶ ይሰፈርላችኋልና፥ የተጨቈነና የተነቀነቀ የተትረፈረፈም መልካም መስፈሪያ በእቅፋችሁ ይሰጣችኋል።

³⁸`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.`

³⁹ምሳሌም አላቸው። ዕውር ዕውርን ሊመራ ይችላልን? ሁለቱ በጕድጓድ አይወድቁምን?

³⁹And he spake a simile to them, `Is blind able to lead blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

⁴⁰ደቀ መዝሙር ከመምህሩ አይበልጥም፤ ፈጽሞ የተማረ ሁሉ ግን እንደ መምህሩ ይሆናል።

⁴⁰A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.

⁴¹በወንድምህም ዓይን ያለውን ጉድፍ ስለ ምን ታያለህ፥ በራስህ ዓይን ግን ያለውን ምሰሶ ስለ ምን አትመለከትም?

⁴¹`And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother`s eye, and the beam that [is] in thine own eye dost not consider?

⁴²በዓይንህ ያለውን ምሰሶ ራስህ ሳታይ፥ እንዴት ወንድምህን። ወንድሜ ሆይ፥ በዓይንህ ያለውን ጉድፍ ላውጣ ፍቀድልኝ ልትል ትችላለህ? አንተ ግብዝ፥ አስቀድመህ ከዓይንህ ምሰሶውን አውጣ ከዚያም በኋላ በወንድምህ ዓይን ያለውን ጉድፍ ታወጣ ዘንድ አጥርተህ ታያለህ።

⁴²or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that [is] in thine eye — thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that [is] in thy brother`s eye.

⁴³ክፉ ፍሬ የሚያደርግ መልካም ዛፍ የለምና፥ እንዲሁም መልካም ፍሬ የሚያደርግ ክፉ ዛፍ የለም።

⁴³`For there is not a good tree making bad fruit, nor a bad tree making good fruit;

⁴⁴ዛፍ ሁሉ ከፍሬው ይታወቃልና፤ ከእሾህ በለስ አይለቅሙም፥ ከአጣጥ ቍጥቋጦም ወይን አይቈርጡም።

⁴⁴for each tree from its own fruit is known, for not from thorns do they gather figs, nor from a bramble do they crop a grape.

⁴⁵በልብ ሞልቶ ከተረፈው አፉ ይናገራልና መልካም ሰው ከልብ መልካም መዝገብ መልካሙን ያወጣል፥ ክፉ ሰውም ከልብ ክፉ መዝገብ ክፉውን ያወጣል።

⁴⁵`The good man out of the good treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which [is] good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart doth bring forth that which [is] evil; for out of the abounding of the heart doth his mouth speak.

⁴⁶ስለ ምን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ትሉኛላችሁ፥ የምለውንም አታደርጉም?

⁴⁶`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

⁴⁷ወደ እኔ የሚመጣ ሁሉ ቃሌንም ሰምቶ የሚያደርገው፥ ማንን እንዲመስል አሳያችኋለሁ።

⁴⁷Every one who is coming unto me, and is hearing my words, and is doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like;

⁴⁸ቤት ሲሠራ አጥልቆ የቆፈረ በዓለት ላይም የመሠረተ ሰውን ይመስላል፤ ጐርፍም በመጣ ጊዜ ወንዙ ያን ቤት ገፋው፥ በዓለት ላይም ስለ ተመሠረተ ሊያናውጠው አልቻለም።

⁴⁸he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

⁴⁹ሰምቶ የማያደርገው ግን ያለ መሠረት በምድር ላይ ቤቱን የሠራ ሰውን ይመስላል፤ ወንዙም ገፋው ወዲያውም ወደቀ የዚያ ቤት አወዳደቅም ታላቅ ሆነ።

⁴⁹`And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.`