¹And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,

¹አሥራ ሁለቱንም ሐዋርያት በአንድነት ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ በአጋንንት ሁሉ ላይ ደዌንም ይፈውሱ ዘንድ ኃይልና ሥልጣን ሰጣቸው፤

²and he sent them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the ailing.

²የእግዚአብሔርንም መንግሥት እንዲሰብኩና ድውዮችን እንዲፈውሱ ላካቸው፥

³And he said unto them, `Take nothing for the way, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats each;

³እንዲህም አላቸው። በትርም ቢሆን፥ ከረጢትም ቢሆን፥ እንጀራም ቢሆን፥ ብርም ቢሆን ለመንገድ ምንም አትያዙ፥ ሁለት እጀ ጠባብም አይሁንላችሁ።

⁴and into whatever house ye may enter, there remain, and thence depart;

⁴በማናቸውም በምትገቡበት ቤት በዚያ ተቀመጡ ከዚያም ውጡ።

⁵and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.`

⁵ማናቸውም የማይቀበሉአችሁ ቢሆኑ፥ ከዚያ ከተማ ወጥታችሁ ምስክር እንዲሆንባቸው ከእግራችሁ ትቢያ አራግፉ።

⁶And going forth they were going through the several villages, proclaiming good news, and healing everywhere.

⁶ወጥተውም ወንጌልን እየሰበኩና በስፍራው ሁሉ እየፈወሱ በየመንደሩ ያልፉ ነበር።

⁷And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by him, and was perplexed, because it was said by certain, that John hath been raised out of the dead;

⁷የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ ሄሮድስም የተደረገውን ነገር ሁሉ ሰምቶ፥ አንዳንድ ሰዎች።

⁸and by certain, that Elijah did appear, and by others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;

⁸ዮሐንስ ከሙታን ተነሣ፥ ሌሎችም። ኤልያስ ተገለጠ፥ ሌሎችም። ከቀደሙት ነቢያት አንዱ ተነሥቶአል ይሉ ስለ ነበሩ አመነታ።

⁹and Herod said, `John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?` and he was seeking to see him.

⁹ሄሮድስም። ዮሐንስንስ እኔ ራሱን አስቈረጥሁት፤ ይህ እንዲህ ያለ ነገር የምሰማበት ማን ነው? አለ። ሊያየውም ይሻ ነበር።

¹⁰And the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,

¹⁰ሐዋርያትም ተመልሰው ያደረጉትን ሁሉ ነገሩት። ከእርሱ ጋርም ወስዶአቸው ቤተ ሳይዳ ከምትባል ከተማ አጠገብ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ለብቻው ፈቀቅ አለ።

¹¹and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

¹¹ሕዝቡም አውቀው ተከተሉት፤ ተቀብሎአቸውም ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ይነግራቸው ነበር፥ መፈወስ ያስፈለጋቸውንም ፈወሳቸው።

¹²And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, `Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.`

¹²ቀኑም ይመሽ ጀመር፤ አሥራ ሁለቱም ቀርበው። በዚህ በምድረ በዳ ነንና በዙሪያችን ወዳሉ መንደሮችና ገጠሮች ሄደው እንዲያድሩና ምግብ እንዲያገኙ ሕዝቡን አሰናብት አሉት።

¹³And he said unto them, `Give ye them to eat;` and they said, `We have no more than five loaves, and two fishes: except, having gone, we may buy for all this people victuals;`

¹³እርሱ ግን። እናንተ የሚበሉትን ስጡአቸው አላቸው። እነርሱም። ሄደን ለዚህ ሁሉ ሕዝብ ምግብ ካልገዛን፥ ከአምስት እንጀራና ከሁለት ዓሣ የሚበልጥ የለንም አሉት፤

¹⁴for they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, `Cause them to recline in companies, in each fifty;`

¹⁴አምስት ሺህ ሰዎች ያህሉ ነበርና። ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። በየክፍሉ አምሳ አምሳውን አስቀምጡአቸው አላቸው።

¹⁵and they did so, and made all to recline;

¹⁵እንዲህም አደረጉ ሁሉንም አስቀመጡአቸው።

¹⁶and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

¹⁶አምስቱንም እንጀራና ሁለቱን ዓሣ ይዞ፥ ወደ ሰማይ አሻቅቦ አየና ባረካቸው ቆርሶም ለሕዝቡ እንዲያቀርቡ ለደቀ መዛርሙርቱ ሰጠ።

¹⁷and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

¹⁷ሁሉም በልተው ጠገቡ፥ ከእነርሱም የተረፈውን ቍርስራሽ አሥራ ሁለት መሶብ ወሰዱ።

¹⁸And it came to pass, as he is praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he questioned them, saying, `Who do the multitudes say me to be?`

¹⁸ለብቻውም ሲጸልይ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩና። ሕዝቡ እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ይላሉ? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው።

¹⁹And they answering said, `John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;`

¹⁹እነርሱም መልሰው። መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ፥ ሌሎችም። ኤልያስ፥ ሌሎችም። ከቀደሙት ነቢያት አንዱ ተነሥቶአል ይላሉ አሉት።

²⁰and he said to them, `And ye — who do ye say me to be?` and Peter answering said, `The Christ of God.`

²⁰እናንተስ እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ትላላችሁ? አላቸው። ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። ከእግዚአብሔር የተቀባህ ነህ አለ።

²¹And having charged them, he commanded [them] to say this to no one,

²¹እርሱ ግን። የሰው ልጅ ብዙ መከራ ሊቀበል በሽማግሌዎችም በካህናት አለቆችም በጻፎችም ሊጣል ሊገደልም በሦስተኛውም ቀን ሊነሣ ይገባዋል ብሎ ለማንም ይህን እንዳይናገሩ አስጠንቅቆ አዘዘ።

²²saying — `It behoveth the Son of Man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be killed, and the third day to be raised.`

²³ለሁሉም እንዲህ አላቸው። በኋላዬ ሊመጣ የሚወድ ቢኖር፥ ራሱን ይካድ መስቀሉንም ዕለት ዕለት ተሸክሞ ይከተለኝ።

²³And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

²⁴ነፍሱን ሊያድን የሚወድ ሁሉ ያጠፋታልና፤ ስለ እኔ ነፍሱን የሚያጠፋ ሁሉ ግን እርሱ ያድናታል።

²⁴for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

²⁵ሰው ዓለሙን ሁሉ አትርፎ ራሱን ቢያጠፋ ወይም ቢያጐድል ምን ይጠቅመዋል?

²⁵for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?

²⁶በእኔና በቃሌ የሚያፍር ሁሉ፥ የሰው ልጅ በክብሩ በአባቱና በቅዱሳን መላእክቱ ክብርም ሲመጣ በእርሱ ያፍርበታል።

²⁶`For whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, of this one shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he may come in his glory, and the Father`s, and the holy messengers`;

²⁷እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በዚህ ከሚቆሙት ሰዎች የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እስኪያዩ ድረስ ሞትን የማይቀምሱ አንዳንድ አሉ።

²⁷and I say to you, truly, there are certain of those here standing, who shall not taste of death till they may see the reign of God.`

²⁸ከዚህም ቃል በኋላ ስምንት ቀን ያህል ቈይቶ ጴጥሮስንና ዮሐንስን ያዕቆብንም ይዞ ሊጸልይ ወደ ተራራ ወጣ።

²⁸And it came to pass, after these words, as it were eight days, that having taken Peter, and John, and James, he went up to the mountain to pray,

²⁹ሲጸልይም የፊቱ መልክ ተለወጠ፤ ልብሱም ተብለጭልጮ ነጭ ሆነ።

²⁹and it came to pass, in his praying, the appearance of his face became altered, and his garment white — sparkling.

³⁰እነሆም፥ ሁለት ሰዎች እነርሱም ሙሴና ኤልያስ ከእርሱ ጋር ይነጋገሩ ነበር፤

³⁰And lo, two men were speaking together with him, who were Moses and Elijah,

³¹በክብርም ታይተው በኢየሩሳሌም ሊፈጽም ስላለው ስለ መውጣቱ ይናገሩ ነበር።

³¹who having appeared in glory, spake of his outgoing that he was about to fulfil in Jerusalem,

³²ነገር ግን ጴጥሮስንና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት እንቅልፍ ከበደባቸው፤ ነቅተው ግን ክብሩንና ከእርሱ ጋር ቆመው የነበሩትን ሁለት ሰዎች አዩ።

³²but Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep, and having waked, they saw his glory, and the two men standing with him.

³³ከእርሱም ሲለዩ ጴጥሮስ ኢየሱስን። አቤቱ፥ በዚህ መሆን ለእኛ መልካም ነውና አንድ ለአንተ አንድም ለሙሴ አንድም ለኤልያስ ሦስት ዳሶች እንሥራ አለው፤ የሚለውንም አያውቅም ነበር።

³³And it came to pass, in their parting from him, Peter said unto Jesus, `Master, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,` not knowing what he saith:

³⁴ይህንም ሲናገር ደመና መጣና ጋረዳቸው፤ ወደ ደመናውም ሲገቡ ሳሉ ፈሩ።

³⁴and as he was speaking these things, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them, and they feared in their entering into the cloud,

³⁵ከደመናውም። የመረጥሁት ልጄ ይህ ነው፥ እርሱን ስሙት የሚል ድምፅ መጣ።

³⁵and a voice came out of the cloud saying, `This is My Son — the Beloved; hear ye him;`

³⁶ድምፁም ከመጣ በኋላ ኢየሱስ ብቻውን ሆኖ ተገኘ። እነርሱም ዝም አሉ ካዩትም ነገር በዚያ ወራት ምንም ለማንም አላወሩም።

³⁶and when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone; and they were silent, and declared to no one in those days anything of what they have seen.

³⁷በነገውም ከተራራ ሲወርዱ ብዙ ሕዝብ ተገናኙት።

³⁷And it came to pass on the next day, they having come down from the mount, there met him a great multitude,

³⁸እነሆም፥ ከሕዝቡ አንድ ሰው እንዲህ እያለ ጮኸ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ለእኔ አንድ ልጅ ነውና ልጄን እንድታይልኝ እለምንሃለሁ።

³⁸and lo, a man from the multitude cried out, saying, `Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only begotten;

³⁹እነሆም፥ ጋኔን ይይዘዋል፥ ድንገትም ይጮኻል አረፋም እያስደፈቀው ያንፈራግጠዋል፥ እየቀጠቀጠም በጭንቅ ይለቀዋል፤

³⁹and lo, a spirit doth take him, and suddenly he doth cry out, and it teareth him, with foaming, and it hardly departeth from him, bruising him,

⁴⁰ደቀ መዛሙርትህንም እንዲያወጡት ለመንሁ፥ አልቻሉምም።

⁴⁰and I besought thy disciples that they might cast it out, and they were not able.`

⁴¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እናንተ የማታምን ጠማማ ትውልድ፥ እስከ መቼ ከእናንተ ጋር እኖራለሁ? እስከ መቼስ እታገሣችኋለሁ? ልጅህን ወደዚህ አምጣው አለ።

⁴¹And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring near hither thy son;`

⁴²ሲቀርብም ጋኔኑ ጣለውና አንፈራገጠው፤ ኢየሱስ ግን ርኵሱን መንፈስ ገሥጾ ብላቴናውን ፈወሰው ለአባቱም መለሰው።

⁴²and as he is yet coming near, the demon rent him, and tore [him] sore, and Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the youth, and gave him back to his father.

⁴³ሁሉም ከእግዚአብሔር ታላቅነት የተነሣ ተገረሙ። ሁሉም ኢየሱስ ባደረገው ሁሉ ሲደነቁ፥

⁴³And they were all amazed at the greatness of God, and while all are wondering at all things that Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,

⁴⁴ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። የሰው ልጅ በሰው እጅ ይሰጥ ዘንድ አለውና እናንተ ይህን ቃል በጆሮአችሁ አኑሩ አለ።

⁴⁴`Lay ye to your ears these words, for the Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men.`

⁴⁵እነርሱ ግን ይህን ነገር አላስተዋሉም፥ እንዳይገባቸውም ተሰውሮባቸው ነበር፤ ስለዚህ ነገርም እንዳይጠይቁት ፈሩ።

⁴⁵And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

⁴⁶ከእነርሱም ማን እንዲበልጥ ክርክር ተነሣባቸው።

⁴⁶And there entered a reasoning among them, this, Who may be greater of them?

⁴⁷ኢየሱስም የልባቸውን አሳብ አውቆ ሕፃንን ያዘ፤ በአጠገቡም አቁሞ።

⁴⁷and Jesus having seen the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child, set him beside himself,

⁴⁸ማንም ይህን ሕፃን በስሜ የሚቀበል እኔን ይቀበላል፤ የሚቀበለኝም ሁሉ የላከኝን ይቀበላል፤ ከሁላችሁ የሚያንስ እርሱ ታላቅ ነውና አላቸው።

⁴⁸and said to them, `Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all — he shall be great.`

⁴⁹ዮሐንስም መልሶ። አቤቱ፥ አንድ ሰው በስምህ አጋንንትን ሲያወጣ አየነው፥ ከእኛ ጋርም ስለማይከተል ከለከልነው አለው።

⁴⁹And John answering said, `Master, we saw a certain one in thy name casting forth the demons, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow with us;`

⁵⁰ኢየሱስ ግን። የማይቃወማችሁ ከእናንተ ጋር ነውና አትከልክሉት አለው።

⁵⁰and Jesus said unto him, `Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.`

⁵¹የሚወጣበትም ወራት በቀረበ ጊዜ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ለመሄድ ፊቱን አቀና፥

⁵¹And it came to pass, in the completing of the days of his being taken up, that he fixed his face to go on to Jerusalem,

⁵²በፊቱም መልክተኞችን ሰደደ። ሄደውም ሊያሰናዱለት ወደ አንድ ወደ ሳምራውያን መንደር ገቡ፤

⁵²and he sent messengers before his face, and having gone on, they went into a village of Samaritans, to make ready for him,

⁵³ፊቱም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንደሚሄድ ስለ ነበረ አልተቀበሉትም።

⁵³and they did not receive him, because his face was going on to Jerusalem.

⁵⁴ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ያዕቆብና ዮሐንስ አይተው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ኤልያስ ደግሞ እንዳደረገ እሳት ከሰማይ ወርዶ ያጥፋቸው እንል ዘንድ ትወዳለህን? አሉት።

⁵⁴And his disciples James and John having seen, said, `Sir, wilt thou [that] we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?`

⁵⁵እርሱ ግን ዘወር ብሎ ገሠጻቸውና። ምን ዓይነት መንፈስ እንደ ሆነላችሁ አታውቁም፤

⁵⁵and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, `Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;

⁵⁶የሰው ልጅ የሰውን ነፍስ ሊያድን እንጂ ሊያጠፋ አልመጣም አለ። ወደ ሌላ መንደርም ሄዱ።

⁵⁶for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men`s lives, but to save;` and they went on to another village.

⁵⁷እነርሱም በመንገድ ሲሄዱ አንድ ሰው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ምትሄድበት ሁሉ እከተልሃለሁ አለው።

⁵⁷And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said unto him, `I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go, sir;`

⁵⁸ኢየሱስም። ለቀበሮዎች ጕድጓድ ለሰማይም ወፎች መሳፈሪያ አላቸው፥ ለሰው ልጅ ግን ራሱን የሚያስጠጋበት የለውም አለው።

⁵⁸and Jesus said to him, `The foxes have holes, and the fowls of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may recline the head.`

⁵⁹ሌላውንም። ተከተለኝ አለው። እርሱ ግን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አስቀድሜ ልሂድና አባቴን እቀብር ዘንድ ፍቀድልኝ አለ።

⁵⁹And he said unto another, `Be following me;` and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;`

⁶⁰ኢየሱስም። ሙታናቸውን እንዲቀብሩ ሙታንን ተዋቸው፤ አንተስ ሄደህ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ስበክ አለው።

⁶⁰and Jesus said to him, `Suffer the dead to bury their own dead, and thou, having gone away, publish the reign of God.`

⁶¹ደግሞ ሌላው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እከተልሃለሁ፤ ነገር ግን አስቀድሜ ከቤቴ ሰዎች እንድሰናበት ፍቀድልኝ አለ።

⁶¹And another also said, `I will follow thee, sir, but first permit me to take leave of those in my house;`

⁶²ኢየሱስ ግን። ማንም ዕርፍ በእጁ ይዞ ወደ ኋላ የሚመለከት ለእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት የተገባ አይደለም አለው።

⁶²and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.`