¹And again he entered into Capernaum, after [some] days, and it was heard that he is in the house,

¹ከጥቂት ቀን በኋላ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም ደግሞ ገብቶ በቤት እንደ ሆነ ተሰማ።

²and immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door, and he was speaking to them the word.

²በደጅ ያለው ስፍራም እስኪጠባቸው ድረስ ብዙ ሰዎች ተሰበሰቡ፤ ቃሉንም ይነግራቸው ነበር።

³And they come unto him, bringing a paralytic, borne by four,

³አራት ሰዎችም የተሸከሙትን ሽባ አመጡለት።

⁴and not being able to come near to him because of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was, and, having broken [it] up, they let down the couch on which the paralytic was lying,

⁴ስለ ሕዝቡም ብዛት ወደ እርሱ ማቅረብ ቢያቅታቸው እርሱ ያለበትን የቤቱን ጣራ አነሡ፥ ነድለውም ሽባው የተኛበትን አልጋ አወረዱ።

⁵and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, `Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.`

⁵ኢየሱስም እምነታቸውን አይቶ ሽባውን። አንተ ልጅ፥ ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ አለው።

⁶And there were certain of the scribes there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,

⁶ከጻፎችም አንዳንዶቹ በዚያ ተቀምጠው ነበር በልባቸውም። ይህ ሰው ስለ ምን እንደዚህ ያለ ስድብ ይናገራል?

⁷`Why doth this one thus speak evil words? who is able to forgive sins except one — God?`

⁷ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ኃጢአት ሊያስተሰርይ ማን ይችላል? ብለው አሰቡ።

⁸And immediately Jesus, having known in his spirit that they thus reason in themselves, said to them, `Why these things reason ye in your hearts?

⁸ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ በልባቸው እንዲህ እንዳሰቡ በመንፈስ አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። በልባችሁ ይህን ስለ ምን ታስባላችሁ?

⁹which is easier, to say to the paralytic, The sins have been forgiven to thee? or to say, Rise, and take up thy couch, and walk?

⁹ሽባውን። ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ ከማለት ወይስ። ተነሣ አልጋህንም ተሸከምና ሂድ ከማለት ማናቸው ይቀላል?

¹⁰`And, that ye may know that the Son of Man hath authority on the earth to forgive sins — (he saith to the paralytic) —

¹⁰ነገር ግን ለሰው ልጅ በምድር ላይ ኃጢአትን ሊያስተሰርይ ሥልጣን እንዳለው እንድታውቁ፤

¹¹I say to thee, Rise, and take up thy couch, and go away to thy house;`

¹¹ሽባውን። አንተን እልሃለሁ፥ ተነሣ፥ አልጋህን ተሸከምና ወደ ቤትህ ሂድ አለው።

¹²and he rose immediately, and having taken up the couch, he went forth before all, so that all were astonished, and do glorify God, saying — `Never thus did we see.`

¹²ተነሥቶም ወዲያው አልጋውን ተሸክሞ በሁሉ ፊት ወጣ፥ ስለዚህም ሰዎች ሁሉ ተገረሙና። እንዲህ ያለ ከቶ አላየንም ብለው እግዚአብሔርን አከበሩ።

¹³And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them,

¹³ደግሞም በባሕር አጠገብ ወጣ፤ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ መጡና አስተማራቸው።

¹⁴and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, `Be following me,` and he, having risen, did follow him.

¹⁴ሲያልፍም በመቅረጫው ተቀምጦ የነበረውን የእልፍዮስን ልጅ ሌዊን አየና። ተከተለኝ አለው። ተነሥቶም ተከተለው።

¹⁵And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners were reclining (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

¹⁵በቤቱም በማዕድ ተቀምጦ ሳለ፥ ብዙ ቀራጮችና ኃጢአተኞች ከኢየሱስና ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ተቀመጡ፤ ብዙ ነበሩ ይከተሉትም ነበር።

¹⁶And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, `Why — that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?`

¹⁶ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያንም ከቀራጮችና ከኃጢአተኞች ጋር ሲበላ አይተው ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ከቀራ ጮችና ከኃጢአተኞች ጋር የሚበላና የሚጠጣ ስለ ምንድር ነው? አሉ።

¹⁷And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, `They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.`

¹⁷ኢየሱስም ሰምቶ። ሕመምተኞች እንጂ ብርቱዎች ባለ መድኃኒት አያስፈልጋቸውም ኃጢአተኞችን እንጂ ጻድቃንን ልጠራ አልመጣሁም አላቸው።

¹⁸And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, `Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?`

¹⁸የዮሐንስ ደቀ መዛሙርትና ፈሪሳውያን ይጦሙ ነበር። መጥተውም። የዮሐንስና የፈሪሳውያን ደቀ መዛሙርት የሚጦሙት የአንተ ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን የማይጦሙት ስለ ምንድር ነው? አሉት።

¹⁹And Jesus said to them, `Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? so long time as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;

¹⁹ኢየሱስም አላቸው። ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለ ሚዜዎች ሊጦሙ ይችላሉን? ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለ ሊጦሙ አይችሉም።

²⁰but days shall come when the bridegroom may be taken from them, and then they shall fast — in those days.

²⁰ነገር ግን ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ የሚወሰድበት ወራት ይመጣል፥ በዚያ ወራትም ይጦማሉ።

²¹`And no one a patch of undressed cloth doth sew on an old garment, and if not — the new filling it up doth take from the old and the rent doth become worse;

²¹በአረጀ ልብስ አዲስ እራፊ የሚጥፍ የለም፤ ቢደረግ ግን፥ አዲሱ መጣፊያ አሮጌውን ይቦጭቀዋል፥ መቀደዱም የባሰ ይሆናል።

²²and no one doth put new wine into old skins, and if not — the new wine doth burst the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine into new skins is to be put.`

²²በአረጀ አቁማዳም አዲስ የወይን ጠጅ የሚያኖር የለም፤ ቢደረግ ግን፥ የወይን ጠጁ አቁማዳውን ያፈነዳል የወይኑም ጠጅ ይፈሳል አቁማዳውም ይጠፋል አዲሱን የወይን ጠጅ ግን በአዲስ አቁማዳ ያኖራሉ።

²³And it came to pass — he is going along on the sabbaths through the corn-fields — and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears,

²³በሰንበትም በእርሻ መካከል ሲያልፍ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ እየሄዱ እሸት ይቀጥፉ ጀመር።

²⁴and the Pharisees said to him, `Lo, why do they on the sabbaths that which is not lawful?`

²⁴ፈሪሳውያንም። እነሆ፥ በሰንበት ያልተፈቀደውን ስለ ምን ያደርጋሉ? አሉት።

²⁵And he said to them, `Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

²⁵እርሱም። ዳዊት ባስፈለገውና በተራበ ጊዜ፥ እርሱ አብረውት ከነበሩት ጋር ያደረገውን፥ አብያተር ሊቀ ካህናት በነበረ ጊዜ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤት እንደ ገባ፥

²⁶how he went into the house of God, (at `Abiathar the chief priest,`) and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to eat, except to the priests, and he gave also to those who were with him?`

²⁶ከካህናት በቀር መብላት ያልተፈቀደውን የመሥዋዕትን እንጀራ እንደ በላ፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ለነበሩት እንደ ሰጣቸው ከቶ አላነበባችሁምን? አላቸው።

²⁷And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

²⁷ደግሞ። ሰንበት ስለ ሰው ተፈጥሮአል እንጂ ሰው ስለ ሰንበት አልተፈጠረም፤

²⁸so that the son of man is lord also of the sabbath.`

²⁸እንዲሁም የሰው ልጅ ለሰንበት እንኳ ጌታዋ ነው አላቸው።