¹And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these words, he removed from Galilee, and did come to the borders of Judea, beyond the Jordan,

¹ኢየሱስም ይህን ነገር ከፈጸመ በኋላ፥ ከገሊላ ሄዶ ወደ ይሁዳ አውራጃ ወደ ዮርዳኖስ ማዶ መጣ።

²and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

²ብዙ ሕዝብም ተከተሉት፥ በዚያም ፈወሳቸው።

³And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?`

³ፈሪሳውያንም ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና ሲፈትኑት። ሰው በሆነው ምክንያት ሁሉ ሚስቱን ሊፈታ ተፈቅዶለታልን? አሉት።

⁴And he answering said to them, `Did ye not read, that He who made [them], from the beginning a male and a female made them,

⁴እርሱ ግን መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። ፈጣሪ በመጀመሪያ ወንድና ሴት አደረጋቸው፥

⁵and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they shall be — the two — for one flesh?

⁵አለም። ስለዚህ ሰው አባቱንና እናቱን ይተዋል፥ ከሚስቱም ጋር ይተባበራል፥ ሁለቱም አንድ ሥጋ ይሆናሉ የሚለውን ቃል አላነበባችሁምን?

⁶so that they are no more two, but one flesh; what therefore God did join together, let no man put asunder.`

⁶ስለዚህ አንድ ሥጋ ናቸው እንጂ ወደ ፊት ሁለት አይደሉም። እግዚአብሔር ያጣመረውን እንግዲህ ሰው አይለየው።

⁷They say to him, `Why then did Moses command to give a roll of divorce, and to put her away?`

⁷እነርሱም። እንኪያስ ሙሴ የፍችዋን ጽሕፈት ሰጥተው እንዲፈቱአት ስለ ምን አዘዘ? አሉት።

⁸He saith to them — `Moses for your stiffness of heart did suffer you to put away your wives, but from the beginning it hath not been so.

⁸እርሱም። ሙሴስ ስለ ልባችሁ ጥንካሬ ሚስቶቻችሁን ትፈቱ ዘንድ ፈቀደላችሁ፤ ከጥንት ግን እንዲህ አልነበረም።

⁹`And I say to you, that, whoever may put away his wife, if not for whoredom, and may marry another, doth commit adultery; and he who did marry her that hath been put away, doth commit adultery.`

⁹እኔ ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ያለ ዝሙት ምክንያት ሚስቱን ፈትቶ ሌላዪቱን የሚያገባ ሁሉ ያመነዝራል፥ የተፈታችውንም የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል አላቸው።

¹⁰His disciples say to him, `If the case of the man with the woman is so, it is not good to marry.`

¹⁰ደቀ መዛሙርቱም። የባልና የሚስት ሥርዓት እንዲህ ከሆነ መጋባት አይጠቅምም አሉት።

¹¹And he said to them, `All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given;

¹¹እርሱ ግን። ይህ ነገር ለተሰጣቸው ነው እንጂ ለሁሉ አይደለም፤

¹²for there are eunuchs who from the mother`s womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive [it] — let him receive.`

¹²በእናት ማኅፀን ጃንደረቦች ሆነው የተወለዱ አሉ፥ ሰውም የሰለባቸው ጃንደረቦች አሉ፥ ስለ መንግሥተ ሰማያትም ራሳቸውን የሰለቡ ጃንደረቦች አሉ። ሊቀበለው የሚችል ይቀበለው አላቸው።

¹³Then were brought near to him children that he might put hands on them and pray, and the disciples rebuked them.

¹³በዚያን ጊዜ እጁን እንዲጭንባቸውና እንዲጸልይ ሕፃናትን ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ገሠጹአቸው።

¹⁴But Jesus said, `Suffer the children, and forbid them not, to come unto me, for of such is the reign of the heavens;`

¹⁴ነገር ግን ኢየሱስ። ሕፃናትን ተዉአቸው፥ ወደ እኔም ይመጡ ዘንድ አትከልክሉአቸው፤ መንግሥተ ሰማያት እንደነዚህ ላሉ ናትና አለ፤

¹⁵and having laid on them [his] hands, he departed thence.

¹⁵እጁንም ጫነባቸውና ከዚያ ሄደ።

¹⁶And lo, one having come near, said to him, `Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have life age-during?`

¹⁶እነሆም፥ አንድ ሰው ቀርቦ። መምህር ሆይ፥ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንዳገኝ ምን መልካም ነገር ላድርግ? አለው።

¹⁷And he said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One — God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.`

¹⁷እርሱም። ስለ መልካም ነገር ለምን ትጠይቀኛለህ? መልካም የሆነ አንድ ነው፤ ወደ ሕይወት መግባት ብትወድ ግን ትእዛዛትን ጠብቅ አለው።

¹⁸He saith to him, `What kind?` And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

¹⁸እርሱም። የትኞችን? አለው። ኢየሱስም። አትግደል፥ አታመንዝር፥ አትስረቅ፥ በሐሰት አትመስክር፥

¹⁹honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.`

¹⁹አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር፥ ባልንጀራህንም እንደ ራስህ ውደድ አለው።

²⁰The young man saith to him, `All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?`

²⁰ጐበዙም። ይህንማ ሁሉ ከሕፃንነቴ ጀምሬ ጠብቄአለሁ፥ ደግሞስ የሚጐድለኝ ምንድር ነው? አለው።

²¹Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.`

²¹ኢየሱስም። ፍጹም ልትሆን ብትወድ፥ ሂድና ያለህን ሸጠህ ለድሆች ስጥ፥ መዝገብም በሰማያት ታገኛለህ፥ መጥተህም ተከተለኝ አለው።

²²And the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions;

²²ጐበዙም ይህን ቃል በሰማ ጊዜ ብዙ ንብረት ነበረውና እያዘነ ሄደ።

²³and Jesus said to his disciples, `Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;

²³ኢየሱስም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ለባለጠጋ ወደ መንግሥተ ሰማያት መግባት ጭንቅ ነው።

²⁴and again I say to you, it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to go, than for a rich man to enter into the reign of God.`

²⁴ዳግመኛም እላችኋለሁ፥ ባለጠጋ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከሚገባ ግመል በመርፌ ቀዳዳ ቢገባ ይቀላል አለ።

²⁵And his disciples having heard, were amazed exceedingly, saying, `Who, then, is able to be saved?`

²⁵ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሰምተው እጅግ ተገረሙና። እንኪያስ ማን ሊድን ይችላል? አሉ።

²⁶And Jesus having earnestly beheld, said to them, `With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.`

²⁶ኢየሱስም እነርሱን ተመልክቶ። ይህ በሰው ዘንድ አይቻልም በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ግን ሁሉ ይቻላል አላቸው።

²⁷Then Peter answering said to him, `Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?`

²⁷በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ መልሶ። እነሆ፥ እኛ ሁሉን ትተን ተከተልንህ፤ እንኪያስ ምን እናገኝ ይሆን? አለው።

²⁸And Jesus said to them, `Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit — ye also — upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

²⁸ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አላቸው። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እናንተስ የተከተላችሁኝ፥ በዳግመኛ ልደት የሰው ልጅ በክብሩ ዙፋን በሚቀመጥበት ጊዜ፥ እናንተ ደግሞ በአሥራ ሁለቱ የእስራኤል ነገድ ስትፈርዱ በአሥራ ሁለት ዙፋን ትቀመጣላችሁ።

²⁹and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name`s sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

²⁹ስለ ስሜም ቤቶችን ወይም ወንድሞችን ወይም እኅቶችን ወይም አባትን ወይም እናትን ወይም ሚስትን ወይም ልጆችን ወይም እርሻን የተወ ሁሉ መቶ እጥፍ ይቀበላል የዘላለምንም ሕይወት ይወርሳል።

³⁰and many first shall be last, and last first.

³⁰ነገር ግን ብዙዎቹ ፊተኞች ኋለኞች፥ ኋለኞችም ፊተኞች ይሆናሉ።