¹And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum;

¹ቃሉን ሁሉ በሕዝብ ጆሮዎች በጨረሰ ጊዜ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም ገባ።

²and a certain centurion`s servant being ill, was about to die, who was much valued by him,

²አንድ የመቶ አለቃም ነበረ፤ የሚወደውም ባሪያው ታሞ ሊሞት ቀርቦ ነበር።

³and having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant.

³ስለ ኢየሱስም በሰማ ጊዜ የአይሁድን ሽማግሎች ወደ እርሱ ላከና መጥቶ ባሪያውን እንዲያድን ለመነው።

⁴And they, having come near unto Jesus, were calling upon him earnestly, saying — `He is worthy to whom thou shalt do this,

⁴እነርሱም ወደ ኢየሱስ መጥተው። ይህን ልታደርግለት ይገባዋል፤

⁵for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.`

⁵ሕዝባችንን ይወዳልና ምኵራብም ራሱ ሠርቶልናል ብለው አጽንተው ለመኑት።

⁶And Jesus was going on with them, and now when he is not far distant from the house the centurion sent unto him friends, saying to him, `Sir, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that under my roof thou mayest enter;

⁶ኢየሱስም ከእነርሱ ጋር ሄደ። አሁንም ወደ ቤቱ በቀረበ ጊዜ የመቶው አለቃ ወዳጆቹን ወደ እርሱ ላከ፤ አለውም። ጌታ ሆይ በቤቴ ጣራ በታች ልትገባ አይገባኝምና አትድከም፤

⁷wherefore not even myself thought I worthy to come unto thee, but say in a word, and my lad shall be healed;

⁷ስለዚህም ወደ አንተ ልመጣ እንዲገባኝ ሰውነቴን አልቈጠርሁትም፤ ነገር ግን ቃል ተናገር፥ ብላቴናዬም ይፈወሳል።

⁸for I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this [one], Go, and he goeth; and to another, Be coming, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doth [it].`

⁸እኔ ደግሞ ከሌሎች በታች የምገዛ ሰው ነኝ፥ ከእኔም በታች ወታደሮች አሉኝ፥ አንዱንም። ሂድ ብለው ይሄዳል፥ ሌላውንም። ና ብለው ይመጣል፥ ባሪያዬንም። ይህን አድርግ ብለው ያደርጋል።

⁹And having heard these things Jesus wondered at him, and having turned to the multitude following him, he said, `I say to you, not even in Israel so much faith did I find;`

⁹ኢየሱስም ይህን ሰምቶ በእርሱ ተደነቀ፥ ዘወርም ብሎ ለተከተሉት ሕዝብ። እላችኋለሁ፥ በእስራኤልስ እንኳ እንዲህ ያለ ትልቅ እምነት አላገኘሁም አላቸው።

¹⁰and those sent, having turned back to the house, found the ailing servant in health.

¹⁰የተላኩትም ወደ ቤት ተመልሰው ባሪያውን ባለ ጤና ሆኖ አገኙት።

¹¹And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,

¹¹በነገውም ናይን ወደምትባል ወደ አንዲት ከተማ ሄደ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ብዙ ሕዝብም ከእርሱ ጋር አብረው ሄዱ።

¹²and as he came nigh to the gate of the city, then, lo, one dead was being carried forth, an only son of his mother, and she a widow, and a great multitude of the city was with her.

¹²ወደ ከተማይቱም በር በቀረበ ጊዜ፥ እነሆ፥ የሞተ ሰው ተሸክመው አወጡ፤ እርሱም ለእናቱ አንድ ልጅ ነበረ፥ እርስዋም መበለት ነበረች፥ ብዙም የከተማ ሕዝብ ከእርስዋ ጋር አብረው ነበሩ።

¹³And the Lord having seen her, was moved with compassion towards her, and said to her, `Be not weeping;`

¹³ጌታም ባያት ጊዜ አዘነላትና። አታልቅሽ አላት።

¹⁴and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing [it] stood still, and he said, `Young man, to thee I say, Arise;`

¹⁴ቀርቦም ቃሬዛውን ነካ፥ የተሸከሙትም ቆሙ፤ አለውም። አንተ ጐበዝ፥ እልሃለሁ፥ ተነሣ።

¹⁵and the dead sat up, and began to speak, and he gave him to his mother;

¹⁵የሞተውም ቀና ብሎ ተቀመጠ ሊናገርም ጀመረ፥ ለእናቱም ሰጣት።

¹⁶and fear took hold of all, and they were glorifying God, saying — `A great prophet hath risen among us,` and — `God did look upon His people.`

¹⁶ሁሉንም ፍርሃት ያዛቸውና። ታላቅ ነቢይ በእኛ መካከል ተነሥቶአል፥ ደግሞ። እግዚአብሔር ሕዝቡን ጐበኘ እያሉ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገኑ።

¹⁷And the account of this went forth in all Judea about him, and in all the region around.

¹⁷ይህም ዝና ስለ እርሱ በይሁዳ ሁሉ በዙሪያውም ባለች አገር ሁሉ ወጣ።

¹⁸And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

¹⁸ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለዮሐንስ እነዚህን ሁሉ አወሩ።

¹⁹and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?`

¹⁹ዮሐንስም ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁለት ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ። የሚመጣው አንተ ነህን ወይስ ሌላውን እንጠብቅ? ብሎ ወደ ኢየሱስ ላከ።

²⁰And having come near to him, the men said, `John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?`

²⁰ሰዎቹም ወደ እርሱ መጥተው። መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ። የሚመጣው አንተ ነህን ወይስ ሌላውን እንጠብቅ? ብሎ ወደ አንተ ላከን አሉት።

²¹And in that hour he cured many from sicknesses, and plagues, and evil spirits, and to many blind he granted sight.

²¹በዚያች ሰዓት ከደዌና ከሥቃይ ከክፉዎች መናፍስትም ብዙዎችን ፈወሰ፥ ለብዙ ዕውሮችም ማየትን ሰጠ።

²²And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed;

²²ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ሄዳችሁ ያያችሁትን የሰማችሁትንም ለዮሐንስ አውሩለት፤ ዕውሮች ያያሉ፥ አንካሶችም ይሄዳሉ፥ ለምጻሞችም ይነጻሉ፥ ደንቆሮዎችም ይሰማሉ፥ ሙታንም ይነሣሉ፥ ለድሆችም ወንጌል ይሰበካል፤

²³and happy is he whoever may not be stumbled in me.`

²³በእኔም የማይሰናከለው ሁሉ ብፁዕ ነው አላቸው።

²⁴And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: `What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

²⁴የዮሐንስ መልክተኞችም ከሄዱ በኋላ፥ ለሕዝቡ ስለ ዮሐንስ ይናገር ጀመር እንዲህም አለ። ምን ልታዩ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ወጣችሁ? ነፋስ የሚወዘውዘውን ሸምበቆን? ወይስ ምን ልታዩ ወጣችሁ?

²⁵but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings!

²⁵ቀጭን ልብስ የለበሰውን ሰውን? እነሆ፥ ጌጠኛ ልብስ የሚለብሱና በቅምጥልነት የሚኖሩ በነገሥታት ቤት አሉ።

²⁶`But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:

²⁶ወይስ ምን ልታዩ ወጣችሁ? ነቢይን? አዎን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከነቢይም የሚበልጠውን።

²⁷this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

²⁷እነሆ፥ መንገድህን በፊትህ የሚጠርግ መልክተኛዬን በፊትህ እልካለሁ ተብሎ የተጻፈለት ይህ ነው።

²⁸for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.`

²⁸እላችኋለሁ፥ ከሴቶች ከተወለዱት መካከል ከመጥምቁ ዮሐንስ የሚበልጥ ማንም የለም፤ በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ግን ከሁሉ የሚያንሰው ይበልጠዋል።

²⁹And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

²⁹የሰሙትም ሕዝብ ሁሉ ቀራጮች እንኳ ሳይቀሩ በዮሐንስ ጥምቀት ተጠምቀው እግዚአብሔርን አጸደቁ፤

³⁰but the Pharisees, and the lawyers, the counsel of God did put away for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

³⁰ፈሪሳውያንና ሕግ አዋቂዎች ግን በእርሱ ስለ አልተጠመቁ የእግዚአብሔርን ምክር ከራሳቸው ጣሉ።

³¹And the Lord said, `To what, then, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?

³¹እንግዲህ የዚችን ትውልድ ሰዎች በምን አስመስላቸዋለሁ? ማንንስ ይመስላሉ?

³²they are like to children, to those sitting in a market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not weep!

³²በገበያ የሚቀመጡትን ልጆች ይመስላሉ፥ እርስ በርሳቸውም እየተጠራሩ። እንቢልታ ነፋንላችሁ አልዘፈናችሁምም፤ ሙሾ አወጣንላችሁ አላለቀሳችሁምም ይላል።

³³`For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;

³³መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ እንጀራ ሳይበላ የወይን ጠጅም ሳይጠጣ መጥቶ ነበርና። ጋኔን አለበት አላችሁት።

³⁴the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;

³⁴የሰው ልጅ እየበላና እየጠጣ መጥቶአልና። እነሆ፥ በላተኛና የወይን ጠጅ ጠጭ፥ የቀራጮችና የኃጢአተኞች ወዳጅ አላችሁት።

³⁵and the wisdom was justified from all her children.`

³⁵ጥበብም ለልጆችዋ ሁሉ ጸደቀች።

³⁶And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat),

³⁶ከፈሪሳውያንም አንድ ከእርሱ ጋር ይበላ ዘንድ ለመነው፤ በፈሪሳዊው ቤትም ገብቶ በማዕድ ተቀመጠ።

³⁷and lo, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having known that he reclineth (at meat) in the house of the Pharisee, having provided an alabaster box of ointment,

³⁷እነሆም በዚያች ከተማ ኃጢአተኛ የነበረች አንዲት ሴት፤ በፈሪሳዊው ቤት በማዕድ እንደ ተቀመጠ ባወቀች ጊዜ፥ ሽቱ የሞላበት የአልባስጥሮስ ቢልቃጥ አመጣች።

³⁸and having stood behind, beside his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and with the hairs of her head she was wiping, and was kissing his feet, and was anointing with the ointment.

³⁸በስተ ኋላውም በእግሩ አጠገብ ቆማ እያለቀሰች በእንባዋ እግሩን ታርስ ጀመረች፥ በራስ ጠጕርዋም ታብሰው እግሩንም ትስመው ሽቱም ትቀባው ነበረች።

³⁹And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, `This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind [is] the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.`

³⁹የጠራው ፈሪሳዊም አይቶ። ይህስ ነቢይ ቢሆን፥ ይህች የምትዳስሰው ሴት ማን እንደ ሆነች እንዴትስ እንደ ነበረች ባወቀ ነበር፥ ኃጢአተኛ ናትና ብሎ በልቡ አሰበ።

⁴⁰And Jesus answering said unto him, `Simon, I have something to say to thee;` and he saith, `Teacher, say on.`

⁴⁰ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ስምዖን ሆይ፥ የምነግርህ ነገር አለኝ አለው። እርሱም። መምህር ሆይ፥ ተናገር አለ።

⁴¹`Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty;

⁴¹ለአንድ አበዳሪ ሁለት ተበዳሪዎች ነበሩት በአንዱ አምስት መቶ ዲናር ነበረበት በሁለተኛውም አምሳ።

⁴²and they not having [wherewith] to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?`

⁴²የሚከፍሉትም ቢያጡ ለሁለቱም ተወላቸው። እንግዲህ ከእነርሱ አብልጦ የሚወደው ማንኛው ነው?

⁴³And Simon answering said, `I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;` and he said to him, `Rightly thou didst judge.`

⁴³ስምዖንም መልሶ። ብዙ የተወለቱ ይመስለኛል አለ። እርሱም። በእውነት ፈረድህ አለው።

⁴⁴And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe;

⁴⁴ወደ ሴቲቱም ዘወር ብሎ ስምዖንን እንዲህ አለው። ይህችን ሴት ታያለህን? እኔ ወደ ቤትህ ገባሁ፥ ውኃ ስንኳ ለእግሬ አላቀረብህልኝም፤ እርስዋ ግን በእንባዋ እግሬን አራሰች በጠጕርዋም አበሰች።

⁴⁵a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what [time] I came in, did not cease kissing my feet;

⁴⁵አንተ አልሳምኸኝም፤ እርስዋ ግን ከገባሁ ጀምራ እግሬን ከመሳም አላቋረጠችም።

⁴⁶with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;

⁴⁶አንተ ራሴን ዘይት አልቀባኸኝም፤ እርስዋ ግን እግሬን ሽቱ ቀባች።

⁴⁷therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.`

⁴⁷ስለዚህ እልሃለሁ፥ እጅግ ወዳለችና ብዙ ያለው ኃጢአትዋ ተሰርዮላታል፤ ጥቂት ግን የሚሰረይለት ጥቂት ይወዳል።

⁴⁸And he said to her, `Thy sins have been forgiven;`

⁴⁸እርስዋንም። ኃጢአትሽ ተሰርዮልሻል አላት።

⁴⁹and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, `Who is this, who also doth forgive sins?`

⁴⁹ከእርሱም ጋር በማዕድ ተቀምጠው የነበሩት በልባቸው። ኃጢአትን እንኳ የሚያስተሰርይ ይህ ማን ነው? ይሉ ጀመር።

⁵⁰and he said unto the woman, `Thy faith have saved thee, be going on to peace.`

⁵⁰ሴቲቱንም። እምነትሽ አድኖሻል፤ በሰላም ሂጂ አላት።