¹And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him,

¹ሕዝቡንም አይቶ ወደ ተራራ ወጣ፤ በተቀመጠም ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡ፤

²and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

²አፉንም ከፍቶ አስተማራቸው እንዲህም አለ።

³`Happy the poor in spirit — because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

³በመንፈስ ድሆች የሆኑ ብፁዓን ናቸው፥ መንግሥተ ሰማያት የእነርሱ ናትና።

⁴`Happy the mourning — because they shall be comforted.

⁴የሚያዝኑ ብፁዓን ናቸው፥ መፅናናትን ያገኛሉና።

⁵`Happy the meek — because they shall inherit the land.

⁵የዋሆች ብፁዓን ናቸው፥ ምድርን ይወርሳሉና።

⁶`Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness — because they shall be filled.

⁶ጽድቅን የሚራቡና የሚጠሙ ብፁዓን ናቸው፥ ይጠግባሉና።

⁷`Happy the kind — because they shall find kindness.

⁷የሚምሩ ብፁዓን ናቸው፥ ይማራሉና።

⁸`Happy the clean in heart — because they shall see God.

⁸ልበ ንጹሖች ብፁዓን ናቸው፥ እግዚአብሔርን ያዩታልና።

⁹`Happy the peacemakers — because they shall be called Sons of God.

⁹የሚያስተራርቁ ብፁዓን ናቸው፥ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ይባላሉና።

¹⁰`Happy those persecuted for righteousness` sake — because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

¹⁰ስለ ጽድቅ የሚሰደዱ ብፁዓን ናቸው፥ መንግሥተ ሰማያት የእነርሱ ናትና።

¹¹`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake —

¹¹ሲነቅፉአችሁና ሲያሳድዱአችሁ በእኔም ምክንያት ክፉውን ሁሉ በውሸት ሲናገሩባችሁ ብፁዓን ናችሁ።

¹²rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward [is] great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

¹²ዋጋችሁ በሰማያት ታላቅ ነውና ደስ ይበላችሁ፥ ሐሴትም አድርጉ፤ ከእናንተ በፊት የነበሩትን ነቢያትን እንዲሁ አሳድደዋቸዋልና።

¹³`Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

¹³እናንተ የምድር ጨው ናችሁ፤ ጨው አልጫ ቢሆን ግን በምን ይጣፍጣል? ወደ ውጭ ተጥሎ በሰው ከመረገጥ በቀር ወደ ፊት ለምንም አይጠቅምም።

¹⁴`Ye are the light of the world, a city set upon a mount is not able to be hid;

¹⁴እናንተ የዓለም ብርሃን ናችሁ። በተራራ ላይ ያለች ከተማ ልትሰወር አይቻላትም።

¹⁵nor do they light a lamp, and put it under the measure, but on the lamp-stand, and it shineth to all those in the house;

¹⁵መብራትንም አብርተው ከዕንቅብ በታች አይደለም እንጂ በመቅረዙ ላይ ያኖሩታል በቤት ላሉት ሁሉም ያበራል።

¹⁶so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who [is] in the heavens.

¹⁶መልካሙን ሥራችሁን አይተው በሰማያት ያለውን አባታችሁን እንዲያከብሩ ብርሃናችሁ እንዲሁ በሰው ፊት ይብራ።

¹⁷`Do not suppose that I came to throw down the law or the prophets — I did not come to throw down, but to fulfill;

¹⁷እኔ ሕግንና ነቢያትን ለመሻር የመጣሁ አይምሰላችሁ፤ ልፈጽም እንጂ ለመሻር አልመጣሁም።

¹⁸for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

¹⁸እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰማይና ምድር እስኪያልፍ ድረስ፥ ከሕግ አንዲት የውጣ ወይም አንዲት ነጥብ ከቶ አታልፍም፥ ሁሉ እስኪፈጸም ድረስ።

¹⁹`Whoever therefore may loose one of these commands — the least — and may teach men so, least he shall be called in the reign of the heavens, but whoever may do and may teach [them], he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens.

¹⁹እንግዲህ ከነዚህ ከሁሉ ካነሱት ትእዛዛት አንዲቱን የሚሽር ለሰውም እንዲሁ የሚያስተምር ማንም ሰው በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ከሁሉ ታናሽ ይባላል፤ የሚያደርግ ግን የሚያስተምርም ማንም ቢሆን እርሱ በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ታላቅ ይባላል።

²⁰`For I say to you, that if your righteousness may not abound above that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye may not enter to the reign of the heavens.

²⁰እላችኋለሁና። ጽድቃችሁ ከጻፎችና ከፈሪሳውያን ጽድቅ ካልበለጠ፥ ወደ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ከቶ አትገቡም።

²¹`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

²¹ለቀደሙት። አትግደል እንደ ተባለ ሰምታችኋል፤ የገደለም ሁሉ ፍርድ ይገባዋል።

²²but I — I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

²²እኔ ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ በወንድሙ ላይ የሚቆጣ ሁሉ ፍርድ ይገባዋል፤ ወንድሙንም ጨርቃም የሚለው ሁሉ የሸንጎ ፍርድ ይገባዋል፤ ደንቆሮ የሚለውም ሁሉ የገሃነመ እሳት ፍርድ ይገባዋል።

²³`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,

²³እንግዲህ መባህን በመሠዊያው ላይ ብታቀርብ፥ በዚያም ወንድምህ አንዳች በአንተ ላይ እንዳለው ብታስብ፥

²⁴leave there thy gift before the altar, and go — first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.

²⁴በዚያ በመሠዊያው ፊት መባህን ትተህ ሂድ፥ አስቀድመህም ከወንድምህ ጋር ታረቅ፥ በኋላም መጥተህ መባህን አቅርብ።

²⁵`Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast,

²⁵አብረኸው በመንገድ ሳለህ ከባላጋራህ ጋር ፈጥነህ ተስማማ፤ ባላጋራ ለዳኛ እንዳይሰጥህ ዳኛም ለሎሌው፥ ወደ ወህኒም ትጣላለህ፤

²⁶verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing.

²⁶እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ የመጨረሻዋን ሳንቲም እስክትከፍል ድረስ ከቶ ከዚያ አትወጣም።

²⁷`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

²⁷አታመንዝር እንደ ተባለ ሰምታችኋል።

²⁸but I — I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

²⁸እኔ ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ወደ ሴት ያየ ሁሉ የተመኛትም ያን ጊዜ በልቡ ከእርስዋ ጋር አመንዝሮአል።

²⁹`But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

²⁹ቀኝ ዓይንህም ብታሰናክልህ አውጥተህ ከአንተ ጣላት፤ ሙሉ ሰውነትህ በገሃነም ከሚጣል ይልቅ ከአካላትህ አንድ ቢጠፋ ይሻልሃልና።

³⁰`And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

³⁰ቀኝ እጅህም ብታሰናክልህ ቆርጠህ ከአንተ ጣላት፤ ሙሉ ሰውነትህ በገሃነም ከሚጣል ይልቅ ከአካላትህ አንድ ቢጠፋ ይሻላልና።

³¹`And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

³¹ሚስቱን የሚፈታት ሁሉ የፍችዋን ጽሕፈት ይስጣት ተባለ።

³²but I — I say to you, that whoever may put away his wife, save for the matter of whoredom, doth make her to commit adultery; and whoever may marry her who hath been put away doth commit adultery.

³²እኔ ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ያለ ዝሙት ምክንያት ሚስቱን የሚፈታ ሁሉ አመንዝራ ያደርጋታል፥ የተፈታችውንም የሚያገባ ሁሉ ያመነዝራል።

³³`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

³³ደግሞ ለቀደሙት። በውሸት አትማል ነገር ግን መሐላዎችህን ለጌታ ስጥ እንደተባለ ሰምታችኋል።

³⁴but I — I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God,

³⁴እኔ ግን እላችኋለሁ። ከቶ አትማሉ፤ በሰማይ አይሆንም የእግዚአብሔር ዙፋን ነውና፤

³⁵nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,

³⁵በምድርም አይሆንም የእግሩ መረገጫ ናትና፤ በኢየሩሳሌምም አይሆንም የታላቁ ንጉሥ ከተማ ናትና፤

³⁶nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;

³⁶በራስህም አትማል፥ አንዲቱን ጠጉር ነጭ ወይም ጥቁር ልታደርግ አትችልምና።

³⁷but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

³⁷ነገር ግን ቃላችሁ አዎን አዎን ወይም አይደለም አይደለም ይሁን፤ ከነዚህም የወጣ ከክፉው ነው።

³⁸`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

³⁸ዓይን ስለ ዓይን ጥርስም ስለ ጥርስ እንደ ተባለ ሰምታችኋል።

³⁹but I — I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

³⁹እኔ ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ክፉውን አትቃወሙ፤ ዳሩ ግን ቀኝ ጉንጭህን በጥፊ ለሚመታህ ሁሉ ሁለተኛውን ደግሞ አዙርለት፤

⁴⁰and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take — suffer to him also the cloak.

⁴⁰እንዲከስህም እጀ ጠባብህንም እንዲወስድ ለሚወድ መጎናጸፊያህን ደግሞ ተውለት፤

⁴¹`And whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two,

⁴¹ማንም ሰው አንድ ምዕራፍ ትሄድ ዘንድ ቢያስገድድህ ሁለተኛውን ከእርሱ ጋር ሂድ።

⁴²to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

⁴²ለሚለምንህ ስጥ፥ ከአንተም ይበደር ዘንድ ከሚወደው ፈቀቅ አትበል።

⁴³`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy;

⁴³ባልንጀራህን ውደድ ጠላትህንም ጥላ እንደ ተባለ ሰምታችኋል።

⁴⁴but I — I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

⁴⁴እኔ ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ በሰማያት ላለ አባታችሁ ልጆች ትሆኑ ዘንድ ጠላቶቻችሁን ውደዱ፥ የሚረግሙአችሁንም መርቁ፥ ለሚጠሉአችሁም መልካም አድርጉ፥ ስለሚያሳድዱአችሁም ጸልዩ፤ እርሱ በክፎዎችና በበጎዎች ላይ ፀሐይን ያወጣልና፥ በጻድቃንና በኃጢአተኞችም ላይ ዝናቡን ያዘንባልና።

⁴⁵that ye may be sons of your Father in the heavens, because His sun He doth cause to rise on evil and good, and He doth send rain on righteous and unrighteous.

⁴⁶የሚወዱአችሁን ብትወዱ ምን ዋጋ አላችሁ? ቀራጮችስ ያንኑ ያደርጉ የለምን?

⁴⁶`For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?

⁴⁷ወንድሞቻችሁንም ብቻ እጅ ብትነሡ ምን ብልጫ ታደርጋላችሁ? አሕዛብስ ያንኑ ያደርጉ የለምን?

⁴⁷and if ye may salute your brethren only, what do ye abundant? do not also the tax-gatherers so?

⁴⁸እንግዲህ የሰማዩ አባታችሁ ፍጹም እንደ ሆነ እናንተ ፍጹማን ሁኑ።

⁴⁸ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who [is] in the heavens is perfect.