¹In those days the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus having called near his disciples, saith to them,

¹በዚያ ወራት ደግሞ ብዙ ሕዝብ ነበረ የሚበሉትም ስለሌላቸው ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ጠርቶ።

²`I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;

²ሕዝቡ ከእኔ ጋር እስካሁን ሦስት ቀን ውለዋልና የሚበሉት ስለሌላቸው አዝንላቸዋለሁ፤

³and if I shall let them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way, for certain of them are come from far.`

³ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ ከሩቅ መጥተዋልና ጦማቸውን ወደ ቤታቸው ባሰናብታቸው በመንገድ ይዝላሉ አላቸው።

⁴And his disciples answered him, `Whence shall any one be able these here to feed with bread in a wilderness?`

⁴ደቀ መዛሙርቱም። በዚህ በምድረ በዳ እንጀራ ከየት አግኝቶ ሰው እነዚህን ማጥገብ ይችላል? ብለው መለሱለት።

⁵And he was questioning them, `How many loaves have ye?` and they said, `Seven.`

⁵እርሱም። ስንት እንጀራ አላችሁ? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው፥ እነርሱም። ሰባት አሉት።

⁶And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground, and having taken the seven loaves, having given thanks, he brake, and was giving to his disciples that they may set before [them]; and they did set before the multitude.

⁶ሕዝቡም በምድር እንዲቀመጡ አዘዘ። ሰባቱንም እንጀራ ይዞ አመሰገነ፥ ቈርሶም እንዲያቀርቡላቸው ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠ፥ ለሕዝቡም አቀረቡ።

⁷And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed, he said to set them also before [them];

⁷ጥቂትም ትንሽ ዓሣ ነበራቸው፤ ባረከውም ይህንም ደግሞ እንዲያቀርቡላቸው አዘዘ።

⁸and they did eat and were filled, and they took up that which was over of broken pieces — seven baskets;

⁸በሉም ጠገቡም፥ የተረፈውንም ቍርስራሽ ሰባት ቅርጫት አነሡ።

⁹and those eating were about four thousand. And he let them away,

⁹የበሉትም አራት ሺህ ያህል ነበሩ።

¹⁰and immediately having entered into the boat with his disciples, he came to the parts of Dalmanutha,

¹⁰አሰናበታቸውም። ወዲያውም ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ወደ ታንኳይቱ ገብቶ ወደ ዳልማኑታ አገር መጣ።

¹¹and the Pharisees came forth, and began to dispute with him, seeking from him a sign from the heaven, tempting him;

¹¹ፈሪሳውያንም ወጡና ሊፈትኑት ከሰማይ ምልክት ከእርሱ ፈልገው ከእርሱ ጋር ይከራከሩ ጀመር።

¹²and having sighed deeply in his spirit, he saith, `Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.`

¹²በመንፈሱም እጅግ ቃተተና። ይህ ትውልድ ስለ ምን ምልክት ይፈልጋል? እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ለዚህ ትውልድ ምልክት አይሰጠውም አለ።

¹³And having left them, having entered again into the boat, he went away to the other side;

¹³ትቶአቸውም እንደ ገና ወደ ታንኳይቱ ገብቶ ወደ ማዶ ሄደ።

¹⁴and they forgot to take loaves, and except one loaf they had nothing with them in the boat,

¹⁴እንጀራ መያዝም ረሱ፥ ለእነርሱም ከአንድ እንጀራ በቀር በታንኳይቱ አልነበራቸውም።

¹⁵and he was charging them, saying, `Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod,`

¹⁵እርሱም። ተጠንቀቁ፤ ከፈሪሳውያንና ከሄሮድስ እርሾ ተጠበቁ ብሎ አዘዛቸው።

¹⁶and they were reasoning with one another, saying — `Because we have no loaves.`

¹⁶እርስ በርሳቸውም። እንጀራ ስለሌለን ይሆናል ብለው ተነጋገሩ።

¹⁷And Jesus having known, saith to them, `Why do ye reason, because ye have no loaves? do ye not yet perceive, nor understand, yet have ye your heart hardened?

¹⁷ኢየሱስም አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። እንጀራ ስለሌላችሁ ስለ ምን ትነጋገራላችሁ? ገና አልተመለከታችሁምን? አላስተዋላችሁምን?

¹⁸Having eyes, do ye not see? and having ears, do ye not hear? and do ye not remember?

¹⁸ልባችሁስ ደንዝዞአልን? ዓይን ሳላችሁ አታዩምን? ጆሮስ ሳላችሁ አትሰሙምን? ትዝስ አይላችሁምን?

¹⁹When the five loaves I did brake to the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?` they say to him, `Twelve.`

¹⁹አምስቱን እንጀራ ለአምስት ሺህ በቈረስሁ ጊዜ፥ ቍርስራሹ የሞላ ስንት መሶብ አነሣችሁ? እነርሱም። አሥራ ሁለት አሉት።

²⁰`And when the seven to the four thousand, how many hand-baskets full of broken pieces took ye up?` and they said, `Seven.`

²⁰ሰባቱን እንጀራስ ለአራት ሺህ በቈረስሁ ጊዜ፥ ቍርስራሹ የሞላ ስንት ቅርጫት አነሣችሁ? እነርሱም። ሰባት አሉት።

²¹And he said to them, `How do ye not understand?`

²¹ገና አላስተዋላችሁምን? አላቸው።

²²And he cometh to Bethsaida, and they bring to him one blind, and call upon him that he may touch him,

²²ወደ ቤተ ሳይዳም መጡ። ዕውርም አመጡለት፥ እንዲዳስሰውም ለመኑት።

²³and having taken the hand of the blind man, he led him forth without the village, and having spit on his eyes, having put [his] hands on him, he was questioning him if he doth behold anything:

²³ዕውሩንም እጁን ይዞ ከመንደር ውጭ አወጣው፥ በዓይኑም ተፍቶበት እጁንም ጭኖበት። አንዳች ታያለህን ብሎ ጠየቀው።

²⁴and he, having looked up, said, `I behold men, as I see trees, walking.`

²⁴አሻቅቦም። ሰዎች እንደ ዛፍ ሲመላለሱ አያለሁ አለ።

²⁵Afterwards again he put [his] hands on his eyes, and made him look up, and he was restored, and discerned all things clearly,

²⁵ከዚህም በኋላ ደግሞ እጁን በዓይኑ ላይ ጫነበት አጥርቶም አየና ዳነም ከሩቅም ሳይቀር ሁሉን ተመለከተ።

²⁶and he sent him away to his house, saying, `Neither to the village mayest thou go, nor tell [it] to any in the village.`

²⁶ወደ ቤቱም ሰደደውና። ወደ መንደሩ አትግባ በመንደሩም ለማንም አንዳች አትናገር አለው።

²⁷And Jesus went forth, and his disciples, to the villages of Cesarea Philippi, and in the way he was questioning his disciples, saying to them, `Who do men say me to be?`

²⁷ኢየሱስና ደቀ መዛሙርቱም በፊልጶስ ቂሣርያ ወዳሉ መንደሮች ወጡ በመንገድም። ሰዎች እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ይላሉ? ብሎ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ጠየቃቸው።

²⁸And they answered, `John the Baptist, and others Elijah, but others one of the prophets.`

²⁸እነርሱም። መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ፥ ሌሎችም ኤልያስ፥ ሌሎችም ከነቢያት አንዱ ብለው ነገሩት።

²⁹And he saith to them, `And ye — who do ye say me to be?` and Peter answering saith to him, `Thou art the Christ.`

²⁹እናንተስ እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ትላላችሁ? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው። ጴጥሮስም። አንተ ክርስቶስ ነህ ብሎ መለሰለት።

³⁰And he strictly charged them that they may tell no one about it,

³⁰ስለ እርሱም ለማንም እንዳይናገሩ አዘዛቸው።

³¹and began to teach them, that 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 after three days to rise again;

³¹የሰው ልጅ ብዙ መከራ ሊቀበል፥ ከሽማግሌዎችም ከካህናት አለቆችም ከጻፎችም ሊጣል፥ ሊገደልም ከሦስት ቀንም በኋላ ሊነሣ እንዲገባው ያስተምራቸው ጀመር፤ ቃሉንም ገልጦ ይናገር ነበር።

³²and openly he was speaking the word. And Peter having taken him aside, began to rebuke him,

³²ጴጥሮስም ወደ እርሱ ወስዶ ይገሥጸው ጀመር።

³³and he, having turned, and having looked on his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, `Get behind me, Adversary, because thou dost not mind the things of God, but the things of men.`

³³እርሱ ግን ዘወር አለ ደቀ መዛሙርቱንም አይቶ ጴጥሮስን ገሠጸውና። ወደ ኋላዬ ሂድ፥ አንተ ሰይጣን፤ የሰውን እንጂ የእግዚአብሔርን ነገር አታስብምና አለው።

³⁴And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me — let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

³⁴ሕዝቡንም ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ጠርቶ እንዲህ አላቸው። በኋላዬ ሊመጣ የሚወድ ቢኖር፥ ራሱን ይካድ መስቀሉንም ተሸክሞ ይከተለኝ።

³⁵for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news` sake, he shall save it;

³⁵ነፍሱን ሊያድን የሚወድ ሁሉ ያጠፋታልና፥ ስለ እኔና ስለ ወንጌል ነፍሱን የሚያጠፋ ሁሉ ግን ያድናታል።

³⁶for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

³⁶ሰው ዓለምን ሁሉ ቢያተርፍ ነፍሱንም ቢያጐድል ምን ይጠቅመዋል?

³⁷Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

³⁷ሰውስ ስለ ነፍሱ ቤዛ ምን ይሰጣል?

³⁸for whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also shall be ashamed of him, when he may come in the glory of his Father, with the holy messengers.`

³⁸በዚህም በዘማዊና በኃጢአተኛ ትውልድ መካከል በእኔና በቃሌ የሚያፍር ሁሉ፥ የሰው ልጅ ደግሞ በአባቱ ክብር ከቅዱሳን መላእክት ጋር በመጣ ጊዜ በእርሱ ያፍርበታል።