¹A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

¹የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወንጌል መጀመሪያ።

²As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,` —

²እነሆ፥ መንገድህን የሚጠርግ መልክተኛዬን በፊትህ እልካለሁ የጌታን መንገድ አዘጋጁ ጥርጊያውንም አቅኑ እያለ በምድረ በዳ የሚጮኽ ሰው ድምፅ ተብሎ በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ እንደ ተጻፈ፥

³`A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,` —

⁴ዮሐንስ በምድረ በዳ እያጠመቀ የንስሐንም ጥምቀት ለኃጢአት ስርየት እየሰበከ መጣ።

⁴John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation — to remission of sins,

⁵የይሁዳም አገር ሁሉ የኢየሩሳሌምም ሰዎች ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ ይወጡ ነበር፥ ኃጢአታቸውንም እየተናዘዙ በዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ ከእርሱ ይጠመቁ ነበር።

⁵and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁶ዮሐንስም የግመል ጠጉር ለብሶ በወገቡ ጠፍር ይታጠቅ አንበጣና የበረሀ ማርም ይበላ ነበር።

⁶And John was clothed with camel`s hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

⁷ተጎንብሼ የጫማውን ጠፍር መፍታት የማይገባኝ ከእኔ የሚበረታ በኋላዬ ይመጣል።

⁷and he proclaimed, saying, `He doth come — who is mightier than I — after me, of whom I am not worthy — having stooped down — to loose the latchet of his sandals;

⁸እኔ በውኃ አጠመቅኋችሁ እርሱ ግን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ያጠምቃችኋል እያለ ይሰብክ ነበር።

⁸I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.`

⁹በዚያ ወራትም ኢየሱስ ከገሊላ ናዝሬት መጥቶ ከዮሐንስ በዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ ተጠመቀ።

⁹And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

¹⁰ወዲያውም ከውኃው በወጣ ጊዜ ሰማያት ሲቀደዱ መንፈስም እንደ ርግብ ሲወርድበት አየና። የምወድህ ልጄ አንተ ነህ፥

¹⁰and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;

¹¹በአንተ ደስ ይለኛል የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማያት መጣ።

¹¹and a voice came out of the heavens, `Thou art My Son — the Beloved, in whom I did delight.`

¹²ወዲያውም መንፈስ ወደ ምድረ በዳ አወጣው።

¹²And immediately doth the Spirit put him forth to the wilderness,

¹³በምድረ በዳም ከሰይጣን እየተፈተነ አርባ ቀን ሰነበተ ከአራዊትም ጋር ነበረ፥ መላእክቱም አገለገሉት።

¹³and he was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by the Adversary, and he was with the beasts, and the messengers were ministering to him.

¹⁴ዮሐንስም አልፎ ከተሰጠ በኋላ ኢየሱስ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ወንጌል እየሰበከና። ዘመኑ ተፈጸመ የእግዚአብሔርም መንግሥት ቀርባለች ንስሐ ግቡ በወንጌልም እመኑ እያለ ወደ ገሊላ መጣ።

¹⁴And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God,

¹⁶በገሊላ ባሕርም አጠገብ ሲያልፍ ስምዖንን ወንድሙንም እንድርያስን መረባቸውን ወደ ባሕር ሲጥሉ አየ፥ ዓሣ አጥማጆች ነበሩና።

¹⁵and saying — `Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.`

¹⁷ኢየሱስም። በኋላዬ ኑና ሰዎችን አጥማጆች እንድትሆኑ አደርጋችኋለሁ አላቸው።

¹⁶And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers,

¹⁸ወዲያውም መረባቸውን ትተው ተከተሉት።

¹⁷and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;`

¹⁹ከዚያም ጥቂት እልፍ ብሎ የዘብዴዎስን ልጅ ያዕቆብን ወንድሙንም ዮሐንስን ደግሞ በታንኳ ላይ መረባቸውን ሲያበጁ አየ።

¹⁸and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.

²⁰ወዲያውም ጠራቸው አባታቸውንም ዘብዴዎስን ከሞያተኞቹ ጋር በታንኳ ላይ ትተው ተከትለውት ሄዱ።

¹⁹And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets,

²¹ወደ ቅፍርናሆምም ገቡ፤ ወዲያውም በሰንበት ወደ ምኵራብ ገብቶ አስተማረ።

²⁰and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.

²²እንደ ባለ ሥልጣን ያስተምራቸው ነበር እንጂ እንደ ጻፎች አይደለምና በትምህርቱ ተገረሙ።

²¹And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching,

²³በዚያን ጊዜም በምኩራባቸው ርኵስ መንፈስ ያለው ሰው ነበረ፤

²²and they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

²⁴እርሱም። የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ከአንተ ጋር ምን አለን? ልታጠፋን መጣህን? ማን እንደ ሆንህ አውቄአለሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔር ቅዱሱ ብሎ ጮኸ።

²³And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

²⁵ኢየሱስም። ዝም በል ከእርሱም ውጣ ብሎ ገሠጸው።

²⁴saying, `Away! what — to us and to thee, Jesus the Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art — the Holy One of God.`

²⁶ርኵሱም መንፈስ አንፈራገጠውና በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኾ ከእርሱ ወጣ።

²⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, `Be silenced, and come forth out of him,`

²⁷ሁሉም። ይህ ምንድር ነው? በሥልጣን ርኵሳን መናፍስትን ያዝዛል፤ እነርሱም ይታዘዙለታልና ይህ አዲስ ትምህርት ምንድር ነው? ብለው እስኪጠያየቁ ድረስ አደነቁ።

²⁶and the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came forth out of him,

²⁸ዝናውም ወዲያው በየስፍራው ወደ ገሊላ ዙሪያ ሁሉ ወጣ።

²⁷and they were all amazed, so as to reason among themselves, saying, `What is this? what new teaching [is] this? that with authority also the unclean spirits he commandeth, and they obey him!`

²⁹ወዲያውም ከምኵራብ ወጥቶ ከያዕቆብና ከዮሐንስ ጋር ወደ ስምዖንና ወደ እንድርያስ ቤት ገባ።

²⁸And the fame of him went forth immediately to all the region, round about, of Galilee.

³⁰የስምዖንም አማት በንዳድ ታማ ተኝታ ነበር፥ ስለ እርስዋም ወዲያው ነገሩት።

²⁹And immediately, having come forth out of the synagogue, they went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John,

³¹ቀርቦም እጅዋን ይዞ አስነሣት ንዳዱም ወዲያው ለቀቃትና አገለገለቻቸው።

³⁰and the mother-in-law of Simon was lying fevered, and immediately they tell him about her,

³²ፀሐይም ገብቶ በመሸ ጊዜ፥ የታመሙትንና አጋንንት ያደረባቸውን ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤

³¹and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them.

³³ከተማይቱም ሁላ በደጅ ተሰብስባ ነበር።

³²And evening having come, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all who were ill, and who were demoniacs,

³⁴በልዩ ልዩ ደዌም የታመሙትን ብዙዎችን ፈወሰ፥ ብዙዎችንም አጋንንት አወጣ፥ አጋንንትም ክርስቶስ መሆኑን አውቀው ነበርና ሊናገሩ አልፈቀደላቸውም።

³³and the whole city was gathered together near the door,

³⁵ማለዳም ተነሥቶ ገና ሌሊት ሳለ ወጣ ወደ ምድረ በዳም ሄዶ በዚያ ጸለየ።

³⁴and he healed many who were ill of manifold diseases, and many demons he cast forth, and was not suffering the demons to speak, because they knew him.

³⁶ስምዖንና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩትም ገሥግሠው ተከተሉት፥

³⁵And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying;

³⁷ባገኙትም ጊዜ። ሁሉ ይፈልጉሃል አሉት።

³⁶and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,

³⁸እርሱም። በዚያ ደግሞ ልሰብክ ወደ ሌላ ስፍራ በቅርብ ወዳሉ መንደሮች እንሂድ ስለዚህ ወጥቻለሁና አላቸው።

³⁷and having found him, they say to him, — `All do seek thee;`

³⁹በምኵራባቸውም እየሰበከ አጋንንትንም እያወጣ ወደ ገሊላ ሁሉ መጣ።

³⁸and he saith to them, `We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.`

⁴⁰ለምጻምም ወደ እርሱ መጥቶ ተንበረከከና። ብትወድስ ልታነጻኝ ትችላለህ ብሎ ለመነው።

³⁹And he was preaching in their synagogues, in all Galilee, and is casting out the demons,

⁴¹ኢየሱስም አዘነለት እጁንም ዘርግቶ ዳሰሰውና። እወድዳለሁ፤ ንጻ አለው።

⁴⁰and there doth come to him a leper, calling on him, and kneeling to him, and saying to him — `If thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me.`

⁴²በተናገረም ጊዜ ለምጹ ወዲያው ለቀቀውና ነጻ።

⁴¹And Jesus having been moved with compassion, having stretched forth the hand, touched him, and saith to him, `I will; be thou cleansed;`

⁴³በብርቱም ተናግሮ ወዲያው አወጣው፤

⁴²and he having spoken, immediately the leprosy went away from him, and he was cleansed.

⁴⁴ለማንም አንዳች እንዳትናገር ተጠንቀቅ፥ ነገር ግን ሄደህ ራስህን ለካህን አሳይ ለእነርሱም ምስክር እንዲሆን ስለ መንጻትህ ሙሴ ያዘዘውን አቅርብ አለው።

⁴³And having sternly charged him, immediately he put him forth,

⁴⁵እርሱ ግን ሲወጣ ብዙ ሊሰብክና ነገሩን ሊያወራ ጀመረ፥ ስለዚህም ኢየሱስ ተገልጦ ወደ ከተማ መግባት ወደ ፊት ተሳነው፥ ነገር ግን በውጭ በምድረ በዳ ይኖር ነበር፤ ከየስፍራውም ወደ እርሱ ይመጡ ነበር።

⁴⁴and saith to him, `See thou mayest say nothing to any one, but go away, thyself shew to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing the things Moses directed, for a testimony to them.`

⁴⁵And he, having gone forth, began to proclaim much, and to spread abroad the thing, so that no more he was able openly to enter into the city, but he was without in desert places, and they were coming unto him from every quarter.