¹And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem,

¹ፈሪሳውያንና ከጻፎች ወገን ከኢየሩሳሌም የመጡትም ወደ እርሱ ተሰበሰቡ።

²and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands — that is, unwashed — eating bread, they found fault;

²ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም አንዳንድ በርኵስ ማለት ባልታጠበ እጅ እንጀራ ሲበሉ አዩ።

³for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,

³ፈሪሳውያንና አይሁድም ሁሉ የሽማግሎችን ወግ ሲጠብቁ እጃቸውን ደኅና አድርገው ሳይታጠቡ አይበሉምና፥

⁴and, [coming] from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches.

⁴ከገበያም ተመልሰው ካልታጠቡ አይበሉም፥ ጽዋንም ማድጋንም የናስ ዕቃንም አልጋንም እንደ ማጠብ ሌላ ነገር ሊጠብቁት የተቀበሉት ብዙ አለ።

⁵Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?`

⁵ፈሪሳውያንም ጻፎችም። ደቀ መዛሙርትህ እንደ ሽማግሌዎች ወግ ስለ ምን አይሄዱም? ነገር ግን እጃቸውን ሳይታጠቡ እንጀራ ይበላሉ ብለው ጠየቁት።

⁶and he answering said to them — `Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honor Me, and their heart is far from Me;

⁶እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አላቸው። ኢሳይያስ ስለ እናንተ ስለ ግብዞች። ይህ ሕዝብ በከንፈሩ ያከብረኛል ልቡ ግን ከእኔ በጣም የራቀ ነው፤

⁷and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;

⁷የሰውም ሥርዓት የሆነ ትምህርት እያስተማሩ በከንቱ ያመልኩኛል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ በእውነት ትንቢት ተናገረ።

⁸for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.`

⁸የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዝ ትታችሁ ጽዋን ማድጋንም እንደ ማጠብ የሰውን ወግ ትጠብቃላችሁ፥ ይህንም የመሰለ ብዙ ሌላ ነገር ታደርጋላችሁ።

⁹And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

⁹እንዲህም አላቸው። ወጋችሁን ትጠብቁ ዘንድ የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዝ እጅግ ንቃችኋል።

¹⁰for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother — let him die the death;

¹⁰ሙሴ። አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር፤ ደግሞ። አባቱን ወይም እናቱን የሰደበ ፈጽሞ ይሙት ብሎአልና።

¹¹and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), [is] whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,

¹¹እናንተ ግን ትላላችሁ። ሰው አባቱን ወይም እናቱን። ከእኔ የምትጠቀምበት ነገር ሁሉ ቍርባን ማለት መባ ነው ቢል፥

¹²and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

¹²ለአባቱና ለእናቱ ምንም እንኳ ሊያደርግ ወደ ፊት አትፈቅዱለትም፤

¹³setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.`

¹³ባስተላለፋችሁትም ወግ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ትሽራላችሁ፤ እንደዚሁም ይህን የሚመስል ብዙ ነገር ታደርጋላችሁ።

¹⁴And having called near all the multitude, he said to them, `Hearken to me, ye all, and understand;

¹⁴ደግሞም ሕዝቡን ጠርቶ። ሁላችሁ እኔን ስሙ አስተውሉም።

¹⁵there is nothing from without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man.

¹⁵ከሰው የሚወጡት ሰውን የሚያረክሱ ናቸው እንጂ ከሰው ውጭ የሚገባውስ ሊያረክሰው የሚችል ምንም የለም።

¹⁶If any hath ears to hear — let him hear.`

¹⁶የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ቢኖር ይስማ አላቸው።

¹⁷And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,

¹⁷ከሕዝቡ ዘንድ ወደ ቤት ከገባ በኋላ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ምሳሌውን ጠየቁት።

¹⁸and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?

¹⁸እርሱም። እናንተ ደግሞ እንደዚህ የማታስተውሉ ናችሁን? ከውጭ ወደ ሰው የሚገባ ሊያረክሰው ምንም እንዳይችል አትመለከቱምን?

¹⁹because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.`

¹⁹ወደ ሆድ ገብቶ ወደ እዳሪ ይወጣል እንጂ ወደ ልብ አይገባምና፤ መብልን ሁሉ እያጠራ አላቸው።

²⁰And he said — `That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man;

²⁰እርሱም አለ። ከሰው የሚወጣው ሰውን የሚያረክስ ያ ነው።

²¹for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

²¹ከውስጥ ከሰው ልብ የሚወጣ ክፉ አሳብ፥

²²thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;

²²ዝሙት፥ መስረቅ፥ መግደል፥ ምንዝርነት፥ መጐምጀት፥ ክፋት፥ ተንኰል፥ መዳራት፥ ምቀኝነት፥ ስድብ፥ ትዕቢት፥ ስንፍና ናቸውና፤

²³all these evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.`

²³ይህ ክፉው ሁሉ ከውስጥ ይወጣል ሰውን ያረክሰዋል።

²⁴And from thence having risen, he went away to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and having entered into the house, he wished none to know, and he was not able to be hid,

²⁴ከዚያም ተነሥቶ ወደ ጢሮስና ወደ ሲዶና አገር ሄደ። ወደ ቤትም ገብቶ ማንም እንዳያውቅበት ወደደ ሊሰወርም አልተቻለውም፤

²⁵for a woman having heard about him, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having come, fell at his feet, —

²⁵ወዲያው ግን ታናሺቱ ልጅዋ ርኵስ መንፈስ ያደረባት አንዲት ሴት ስለ እርሱ ሰምታ መጣችና በእግሩ ላይ ተደፋች

²⁶and the woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phenician by nation — and was asking him, that the demon he may cast forth out of her daughter.

²⁶ሴቲቱም ግሪክ፥ ትውልድዋም ሲሮፊኒቃዊት ነበረች፤ ከልጅዋ ጋኔን ያወጣላት ዘንድ ለመነችው።

²⁷And Jesus said to her, `Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the children`s bread, and to cast [it] to the little dogs.`

²⁷ኢየሱስ ግን። ልጆቹ በፊት ይጠግቡ ዘንድ ተዪ የልጆቹን እንጀራ ይዞ ለቡችሎች መጣል አይገባምናአላት።

²⁸And she answered and saith to him, `Yes, sir; for the little dogs also under the table do eat of the children`s crumbs.`

²⁸እርስዋም መልሳ። አዎን፥ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ቡችሎች እንኳ ከማዕድ በታች ሆነው የልጆችን ፍርፋሪ ይበላሉ አለችው።

²⁹And he said to her, `Because of this word go; the demon hath gone forth out of thy daughter;`

²⁹እርሱም። ስለዚህ ቃልሽ ሂጂ ጋኔኑ ከልጅሽ ወጥቶአል አላት።

³⁰and having come away to her house, she found the demon gone forth, and the daughter laid upon the couch.

³⁰ወደ ቤትዋም ሄዳ ጋኔኑ ወጥቶ ልጅዋም በአልጋ ላይ ተኝታ አገኘች።

³¹And again, having gone forth from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis,

³¹ደግሞም ከጢሮስ አገር ወጥቶ በሲዶና አልፎ አሥር ከተማ በሚባል አገር መካከል ወደ ገሊላ ባሕር መጣ።

³²and they bring to him a deaf, stuttering man, and they call on him that he may put the hand on him.

³²ደንቆሮና ኰልታፋም የሆነ ሰው ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፥

³³And having taken him away from the multitude by himself, he put his fingers to his ears, and having spit, he touched his tongue,

³³እጁንም ይጭንበት ዘንድ ለመኑት። ከሕዝቡም ለይቶ ለብቻው ወሰደው፥ ጣቶቹንም በጆሮቹ አገባ እንትፍም ብሎ መላሱን ዳሰሰ፤

³⁴and having looked to the heaven, he sighed, and saith to him, `Ephphatha,` that is, `Be thou opened;`

³⁴ወደ ሰማይም አሻቅቦ አይቶ ቃተተና። ኤፍታህ አለው፥ እርሱም ተከፈት ማለት ነው።

³⁵and immediately were his ears opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he was speaking plain.

³⁵ወዲያውም ጆሮቹ ተከፈቱ የመላሱም እስራት ተፈታ አጥርቶም ተናገረ።

³⁶And he charged them that they may tell no one, but the more he was charging them, the more abundantly they were proclaiming [it],

³⁶ለማንም አትንገሩ ብሎ አዘዛቸው እነርሱ ግን ባዘዛቸውም መጠን ይልቅ እጅግ አወሩት።

³⁷and they were being beyond measure astonished, saying, `Well hath he done all things; both the deaf he doth make to hear, and the dumb to speak.`

³⁷ያለ መጠንም ተገረሙና። ሁሉን ደኅና አድርጎአል፤ ደንቆሮችም እንዲሰሙ ዲዳዎችም እንዲናገሩ ያደርጋል አሉ።