¹At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,

¹በዚያ ዘመን የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ ሄሮድስ የኢየሱስን ዝና ሰማ፥

²and said to his servants, `This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.`

²ለሎሌዎቹም። ይህ መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ ነው፤ እርሱ ከሙታን ተነሥቶአል፥ ስለዚህም ኃይል በእርሱ ይደረጋል አለ።

³For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip`s wife,

³ሄሮድስ በወንድሙ በፊልጶስ ሚስት በሄሮድያዳ ምክንያት ዮሐንስን አስይዞ አሳስሮት በወህኒ አኑሮት ነበርና፤

⁴for John was saying to him, `It is not lawful to thee to have her,`

⁴ዮሐንስ። እርስዋ ለአንተ ትሆን ዘንድ አልተፈቀደም ይለው ነበርና።

⁵and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

⁵ሊገድለውም ወዶ ሳለ፥ ሕዝቡ እንደ ነቢይ ስለ አዩት ፈራቸው።

⁶But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

⁶ነገር ግን ሄሮድስ የተወለደበት ቀን በሆነ ጊዜ፥ የሄሮድያዳ ልጅ በመካከላቸው ዘፈነች ሄሮድስንም ደስ አሰኘችው፤

⁷whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

⁷ስለዚህም የምትለምነውን ሁሉ እንዲሰጣት በመሐላ ተስፋ አደረገላት።

⁸And she having been instigated by her mother — `Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

⁸እርስዋም በእናትዋ ተመክራ። የመጥምቁን የዮሐንስን ራስ በዚህ በወጭት ስጠኝ አለችው።

⁹and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded [it] to be given;

⁹ንጉሡም አዘነ፥ ነገር ግን ስለ መሐላው ከእርሱም ጋር ተቀምጠው ስላሉት ሰዎች እንዲሰጡአት አዘዘ፤

¹⁰and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

¹⁰ልኮም የዮሐንስን ራስ በወህኒ አስቆረጠው።

¹¹and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought [it] nigh to her mother.

¹¹ራሱንም በወጭት አምጥተው ለብላቴናይቱ ሰጡአት፥ ወደ እናትዋም ወሰደችው።

¹²And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,

¹²ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ቀርበው በድኑን ወሰዱና ቀበሩት፥ መጥተውም ለኢየሱስ አወሩለት።

¹³and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

¹³ኢየሱስም በሰማ ጊዜ ከዚያ ብቻውን ወደ ምድረ በዳ በታንኳ ፈቀቅ አለ፤ ሕዝቡም ሰምተው ከከተማዎቹ በእግር ተከተሉት።

¹⁴And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;

¹⁴ወጥቶም ብዙ ሕዝብ አየና አዘነላቸው ድውዮቻቸውንም ፈወሰ።

¹⁵and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, `The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.`

¹⁵በመሸም ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው። ቦታው ምድረ በዳ ነው አሁንም ሰዓቱ አልፎአል፤ ወደ መንደሮች ሄደው ለራሳቸው ምግብ እንዲገዙ ሕዝቡን አሰናብት አሉት።

¹⁶And Jesus said to them, `They have no need to go away — give ye them to eat.`

¹⁶ኢየሱስም። እናንተ የሚበሉትን ስጡአቸው እንጂ ሊሄዱ አያስፈልግም አላቸው።

¹⁷And they say to him, `We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.`

¹⁷እነርሱም። ከአምስት እንጀራና ከሁለት ዓሣ በቀር በዚህ የለንም አሉት።

¹⁸And he said, `Bring ye them to me hither.`

¹⁸እርሱም። እነዚያን ወደዚህ አምጡልኝ አላቸው።

¹⁹And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,

¹⁹ሕዝቡም በሣር ላይ እንዲቀመጡ አዘዘ፥ አምስቱንም እንጀራና ሁለቱን ዓሣ ይዞ ወደ ሰማይ አሻቅቦ አየና ባረከ፥ እንጀራውንም ቆርሶ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለሕዝቡ።

²⁰and they did all eat, and were filled, and they took up what was over of the broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full;

²⁰ሁሉም በልተው ጠገቡ፥ የተረፈውንም ቁርስራሽ አሥራ ሁለት መሶብ ሙሉ አነሡ።

²¹and those eating were about five thousand men, apart from women and children.

²¹ከሴቶችና ከልጆችም በቀር የበሉት አምስት ሺህ ወንዶች ያህሉ ነበር።

²²And immediately Jesus constrained his disciples to go into the boat, and to go before him to the other side, till he might let away the multitudes;

²²ወዲያውም ሕዝቡን ሲያሰናብት ሳለ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ በታንኳይቱ ገብተው ወደ ማዶ እንዲቀድሙት ግድ አላቸው።

²³and having let away the multitudes, he went up to the mountain by himself to pray, and evening having come, he was there alone,

²³ሕዝቡንም አሰናብቶ ይጸልይ ዘንድ ብቻውን ወደ ተራራ ወጣ። በመሸም ጊዜ ብቻውን በዚያ ነበረ።

²⁴and the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

²⁴ታንኳይቱም አሁን በባሕር መካከል ሳለች፥ ነፋስ ከወደ ፊት ነበርና በማዕበል ትጨነቅ ነበር።

²⁵And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went away to them, walking upon the sea,

²⁵ከሌሊቱም በአራተኛው ክፍል ኢየሱስ በባሕር ላይ እየሄደ ወደ እነርሱ መጣ።

²⁶and the disciples having seen him walking upon the sea, were troubled saying — `It is an apparition,` and from the fear they cried out;

²⁶ደቀ መዛሙርቱም በባሕር ላይ ሲሄድ ባዩት ጊዜ። ምትሐት ነው ብለው ታወኩ በፍርሃትም ጮኹ።

²⁷and immediately Jesus spake to them, saying, `Be of good courage, I am [he], be not afraid.`

²⁷ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ ተናገራቸውና። አይዞአችሁ፥ እኔ ነኝ፤ አትፍሩ አላቸው።

²⁸And Peter answering him said, `Sir, if it is thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters;`

²⁸ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተስ ከሆንህ በውኃው ላይ ወደ አንተ እንድመጣ እዘዘኝ አለው።

²⁹and he said, `Come;` and having gone down from the boat, Peter walked upon the waters to come unto Jesus,

²⁹እርሱም። ና አለው። ጴጥሮስም ከታንኳይቱ ወርዶ ወደ ኢየሱስ ሊደርስ በውኃው ላይ ሄደ።

³⁰but seeing the wind vehement, he was afraid, and having begun to sink, he cried out, saying, `Sir, save me.`

³⁰ነገር ግን የነፋሱን ኃይል አይቶ ፈራ፥ ሊሰጥምም በጀመረ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አድነኝ ብሎ ጮኸ።

³¹And immediately Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, laid hold of him, and saith to him, `Little faith! for what didst thou waver?`

³¹ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ እጁን ዘርግቶ ያዘውና። አንተ እምነት የጎደለህ፥ ስለምን ተጠራጠርህ? አለው።

³²and they having gone to the boat the wind lulled,

³²ወደ ታንኳይቱም በወጡ ጊዜ ነፋሱ ተወ።

³³and those in the boat having come, did bow to him, saying, `Truly — God`s Son art thou.`

³³በታንኳይቱም የነበሩት። በእውነት የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህ ብለው ሰገዱለት።

³⁴And having passed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret,

³⁴ተሻግረውም ወደ ጌንሴሬጥ ምድር መጡ።

³⁵and having recognized him, the men of that place sent forth to all that region round about, and they brought to him all who were ill,

³⁵የዚያ ቦታ ሰዎችም ባወቁት ጊዜ በዙርያው ወዳለ አገር ሁሉ ላኩ፥ ሕመምተኞችንም ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤

³⁶and were calling on him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment, and as many as did touch were saved.

³⁶የልብሱንም ጫፍ ብቻ ሊዳስሱ ይለምኑት ነበር፤ የዳሰሱትም ሁሉ ዳኑ።