¹At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat,

¹በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በሰንበት ቀን በእርሻ መካከል አለፈ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ተራቡና እሸት ይቀጥፉ ይበሉም ጀመር።

²and the Pharisees having seen, said to him, `Lo, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on a sabbath.`

²ፈሪሳውያንም አይተው። እነሆ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትህ በሰንበት ማድረግ ያልተፈቀደውን ያደርጋሉ አሉት።

³And he said to them, `Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him —

³እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አላቸው። ዳዊትና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት በተራቡ ጊዜ፥ እርሱ ያደረገውን፥ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤት እንደ ገባ ካህናትም ብቻ እንጂ እርሱና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ሊበሉት ያልተፈቀደውን የመሥዋዕቱን ኅብስት እንደ በላ አላነበባችሁምን?

⁴how he went into the house of God, and the loaves of the presentation did eat, which it is not lawful to him to eat, nor to those with him, except to the priests alone?

⁵ካህናትም በሰንበት በመቅደስ ሰንበትን እንዲያረክሱ ኃጢአትም እንዳይሆንባቸው በሕጉ አላነበባችሁምን?

⁵`Or did ye not read in the Law, that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple do profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

⁶ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከመቅደስ የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

⁶and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;

⁷ምሕረትን እወዳለሁ መሥዋዕትንም አይደለም ያለው ምን እንደሆነ ብታውቁስ ኃጢአት የሌለባቸውን ባልኰነናችሁም ነበር።

⁷and if ye had known what is: Kindness I will, and not sacrifice — ye had not condemned the blameless,

⁸የሰው ልጅ የሰንበት ጌታ ነውና።

⁸for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.`

⁹ከዚያም አልፎ ወደ ምኩራባቸው ገባ።

⁹And having departed thence, he went to their synagogue,

¹⁰እነሆም፥ እጁ የሰለለች ሰው ነበረ፤ ይከሱትም ዘንድ። በሰንበት መፈወስ ተፈቅዶአልን? ብለው ጠየቁት።

¹⁰and lo, there was a man having the hand withered, and they questioned him, saying, `Is it lawful to heal on the sabbaths?` that they might accuse him.

¹¹እርሱ ግን። ከእናንተ አንድ በግ ያለው በሰንበት በጉድጓድ ቢወድቅበት፥ ይዞ የማያወጣው ሰው ማን ነው?

¹¹And he said to them, `What man shall be of you, who shall have one sheep, and if this may fall on the sabbaths into a ditch, will not lay hold on it and raise [it]?

¹²እንግዲህ ሰው ከበግ ይልቅ እንደምን አይበልጥም! ስለዚህ በሰንበት መልካም መሥራት ተፈቅዶአል አላቸው።

¹²How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? — so that it is lawful on the sabbaths to do good.`

¹³ከዚያም በኋላ ሰውየውን። እጅህን ዘርጋ አለው። ዘረጋትም፥ እንደ ሁለተኛይቱም ደህና ሆነች።

¹³Then saith he to the man, `Stretch forth thy hand,` and he stretched [it] forth, and it was restored whole as the other.

¹⁴ፈሪሳውያን ግን ወጥተው እንዴት አድርገው እንዲያጠፉት ተማከሩበት።

¹⁴And the Pharisees having gone forth, held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him,

¹⁵ኢየሱስም አውቆ ከዚያ ፈቀቅ አለ። ብዙ ሰዎችም ተከተሉት፥ ሁሉንም ፈወሳቸው፥ እንዳይገልጡትም አዘዛቸው፤

¹⁵and Jesus having known, withdrew thence, and there followed him great multitudes, and he healed them all,

¹⁶በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ የተባለው ይፈጸም ዘንድ እንዲህ ሲል።

¹⁶and did charge them that they might not make him manifest,

¹⁸እነሆ የመረጥሁት ብላቴናዬ፥ ነፍሴ ደስ የተሰኘችበት ወዳጄ፤ መንፈሴን በእርሱ ላይ አኖራለሁ፥ ፍርድንም ለአሕዛብ ያወራል።

¹⁷that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

¹⁹አይከራከርም አይጮህምም፥ ድምፁንም በአደባባይ የሚሰማ የለም።

¹⁸`Lo, My servant, whom I did choose, My beloved, in whom My soul did delight, I will put My Spirit upon him, and judgment to the nations he shall declare,

²⁰ፍርድን ድል ለመንሣት እስኪያወጣ፥ የተቀጠቀጠን ሸምበቆ አይሰብርም የሚጤስን የጥዋፍ ክርም አያጠፋም።

¹⁹he shall not strive nor cry, nor shall any hear in the broad places his voice,

²¹አሕዛብም በስሙ ተስፋ ያደርጋሉ።

²⁰a bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, till he may put forth judgment to victory,

²²ከዚህም በኋላ ጋኔን ያደረበትን ዕውር ዲዳም ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ዕውሩም ዲዳውም እስኪያይና እስኪናገር ድረስ ፈወሰው።

²¹and in his name shall nations hope.`

²³ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ተገረሙና። እንጃ ይህ ሰው የዳዊት ልጅ ይሆንን? አሉ።

²²Then was brought to him a demoniac, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

²⁴ፈሪሳውያን ግን ሰምተው። ይህ በብዔል ዜቡል በአጋንንት አለቃ ካልሆነ በቀር አጋንንትን አያወጣም አሉ።

²³And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, `Is this the Son of David?`

²⁵ኢየሱስ ግን አሳባቸውን አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። እርስ በርስዋ የምትለያይ መንግሥት ሁላ ትጠፋለች፥ እርስ በርሱ የሚለያይ ከተማም ሁሉ ወይም ቤት አይቆምም።

²⁴but the Pharisees having heard, said, `This one doth not cast out demons, except by Beelzeboul, ruler of the demons.`

²⁶ሰይጣንም ሰይጣንን የሚያወጣ ከሆነ፥ እርስ በርሱ ተለያየ፥ እንግዲህ መንግሥቱ እንዴት ትቆማለች?

²⁵And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

²⁷እኔስ በብዔል ዜቡል አጋንንትን የማወጣ ከሆንሁ፥ ልጆቻችሁ በማን ያወጡአቸዋል? ስለዚህ እነርሱ ፈራጆች ይሆኑባችኋል።

²⁶and if the Adversary doth cast out the Adversary, against himself he was divided, how then doth his kingdom stand?

²⁸እኔ ግን በእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ አጋንንትን የማወጣ ከሆንሁ፥ እንግዲህ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ወደ እናንተ ደርሳለች።

²⁷`And if I, by Beelzeboul, do cast out the demons, your sons — by whom do they cast out? because of this they — they shall be your judges.

²⁹ወይስ ሰው አስቀድሞ ኃይለኛውን ሳያስር ወደ ኃይለኛው ቤት ገብቶ እቃውን ሊነጥቀው እንዴት ይችላል? ከዚያም ወዲያ ቤቱን ይበዘብዛል።

²⁸`But if I, by the Spirit of God, do cast out the demons, then come already unto you did the reign of God.

³⁰ከእኔ ጋር ያልሆነ ይቃወመኛል፥ ከእኔ ጋርም የማያከማች ይበትናል።

²⁹`Or how is one able to go into the house of the strong man, and to plunder his goods, if first he may not bind the strong man? and then his house he will plunder.

³¹ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፥ ኃጢአትና ስድብ ሁሉ ለሰዎች ይሰረይላቸዋል፥ ነገር ግን መንፈስ ቅዱስን ለሰደበ አይሰረይለትም።

³⁰`He who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me, doth scatter.

³²በሰው ልጅ ላይ ቃል የሚናገር ሁሉ ይሰረይለታል፤ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ላይ ግን የሚናገር ሁሉ በዚህ ዓለም ቢሆን ወይም በሚመጣው አይሰረይለትም።

³¹Because of this I say to you, all sin and evil speaking shall be forgiven to men, but the evil speaking of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

³³ዛፍ ከፍሬዋ ትታወቃለችና ዛፍዋን መልካም፥ ፍሬዋንም መልካም አድርጉ፥ ወይም ዛፍዋን ክፉ ፍሬዋንም ክፉ አድርጉ።

³²And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.

³⁴እናንተ የእፉኝት ልጆች፥ ክፉዎች ስትሆኑ መልካም ለመናገር እንዴት ትችላላችሁ? በልብ ሞልቶ ከተረፈው አፍ ይናገራልና።

³³`Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known.

³⁵መልካም ሰው ከልቡ መልካም መዝገብ መልካም ነገርን ያወጣል፥ ክፉ ሰውም ከክፉ መዝገብ ክፉ ነገርን ያወጣል።

³⁴`Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things — being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

³⁶እኔ እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰዎች ስለሚናገሩት ስለ ከንቱ ነገር ሁሉ በፍርድ ቀን መልስ ይሰጡበታል፤

³⁵The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

³⁷ከቃልህ የተነሣ ትጸድቃለህና ከቃልህም የተነሣ ትኰነናለህ።

³⁶`And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment;

³⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ከጻፎችና ከፈሪሳውያን አንዳንዶቹ መለሱና። መምህር ሆይ፥ ከአንተ ምልክት እንድናይ እንወዳለን አሉ።

³⁷for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.`

³⁹እርሱ ግን መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። ክፉና አመንዝራ ትውልድ ምልክት ይሻል፥ ከነቢዩም ከዮናስ ምልክት በቀር ምልክት አይሰጠውም።

³⁸Then answered certain of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, `Teacher, we will to see a sign from thee.`

⁴⁰ዮናስ በዓሣ አንባሪ ሆድ ሦስት ቀንና ሦስት ሌሊት እንደ ነበረ፥ እንዲሁ የሰው ልጅ በምድር ልብ ሦስት ቀንና ሦስት ሌሊት ይኖራል።

³⁹And he answering said to them, `A generation, evil and adulterous, doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;

⁴¹የነነዌ ሰዎች በፍርድ ቀን ከዚህ ትውልድ ጋር ተነሥተው ይፈርዱበታል፤ በዮናስ ስብከት ንስሐ ገብተዋልና፥ እነሆም፥ ከዮናስ የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

⁴⁰for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

⁴²ንግሥተ ዓዜብ በፍርድ ቀን ከዚህ ትውልድ ጋር ተነሥታ ትፈርድበታለች፤ የሰሎሞንን ጥበብ ለመስማት ከምድር ዳር መጥታለችና፥ እነሆም፥ ከሰሎሞን የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

⁴¹`Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!

⁴³ርኩስ መንፈስ ግን ከሰው በወጣ ጊዜ፥ ዕረፍት እየፈለገ ውኃ በሌለበት ቦታ ያልፋል፥ አያገኝምም።

⁴²`A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, a greater than Solomon here!

⁴⁴በዚያን ጊዜም። ወደ ወጣሁበት ቤቴ እመለሳለሁ ይላል፤ ቢመጣም ባዶ ሆኖ ተጠርጎና አጊጦ ያገኘዋል።

⁴³`And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;

⁴⁵ከዚያ ወዲያ ይሄድና ከእርሱ የከፉትን ሰባት ሌሎችን አጋንንት ከእርሱ ጋር ይወስዳል፥ ገብተውም በዚያ ይኖራሉ፤ ለዚያም ሰው ከፊተኛው ይልቅ የኋለኛው ይብስበታል። ለዚህ ክፉ ትውልድ ደግሞ እንዲሁ ይሆንበታል።

⁴⁴then it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth; and having come, it findeth [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned:

⁴⁶ገናም ለሕዝቡ ሲናገር፥ እነሆ፥ እናቱና ወንድሞቹ ሊነጋገሩት ፈልገው በውጭ ቆመው ነበር።

⁴⁵then doth it go, and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man doth become worse than the first; so shall it be also to this evil generation.`

⁴⁷አንዱም። እነሆ፥ እናትህና ወንድሞችህ ሊነጋገሩህ ፈልገው በውጭ ቆመዋል አለው።

⁴⁶And while he was yet speaking to the multitudes, lo, his mother and brethren had stood without, seeking to speak to him,

⁴⁸እርሱ ግን ለነገረው መልሶ። እናቴ ማን ናት? ወንድሞቼስ እነማን ናቸው? አለው።

⁴⁷and one said to him, `Lo, thy mother and thy brethren do stand without, seeking to speak to thee.`

⁴⁹እጁንም ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ዘርግቶ። እነሆ እናቴና ወንድሞቼ፤

⁴⁸And he answering said to him who spake to him, `Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?`

⁵⁰በሰማያት ያለውን የአባቴን ፈቃድ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ፥ እርሱ ወንድሜ እኅቴም እናቴም ነውና አለ።

⁴⁹And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, he said, `Lo, my mother and my brethren!

⁵⁰for whoever may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.`