¹እርሱም በአንድ ስፍራ ይጸልይ ነበር፥ በጨረሰም ጊዜ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አንዱ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ዮሐንስ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን እንዳስተማረ እንጸልይ ዘንድ አስተምረን አለው።

¹And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, that when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.

²አላቸውም። ስትጸልዩ እንዲህ በሉ። በሰማያት የምትኖር አባታችን ሆይ፤ ስምህ ይቀደስ፤ መንግሥትህ ትምጣ፤ ፈቃድህ በሰማይ እንደ ሆነች እንዲሁ በምድር ትሁን፤

²And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Father, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.

³የዕለት እንጀራችንን ዕለት ዕለት ስጠን፤

³Give us day by day our daily bread.

⁴ኃጢአታችንንም ይቅር በለን፥ እኛ ደግሞ የበደሉንን ሁሉ ይቅር ብለናልና፤ ከክፉ አድነን እንጂ ወደ ፈተና አታግባን።

⁴And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። ከእናንተ ማናቸውም ወዳጅ ያለው፥ በእኩል ሌሊትስ ወደ እርሱ ሄዶ። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥ ሦስት እንጀራ አበድረኝ፥

⁵And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

⁶አንድ ወዳጄ ከመንገድ ወደ እኔ መጥቶ የማቀርብለት የለኝምና ይላልን?

⁶for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;

⁷ያም ከውስጥ መልሶ። አታድክመኝ፤ አሁን ደጁ ተቈልፎአል ልጆቼም ከእኔ ጋር በአልጋ ላይ አሉ፤ ተነሥቼ ልሰጥህ አልችልም ይላልን?

⁷and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee?

⁸እላችኋለሁ፥ ወዳጅ ስለ ሆነ ተነሥቶ ባይሰጠው እንኳ፥ ስለ ንዝነዛው ተነስቶ የሚፈልገውን ሁሉ ይሰጠዋል።

⁸I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.

⁹እኔም እላችኋለሁ። ለምኑ፥ ይሰጣችሁማል፤ ፈልጉ፥ ታገኙማላችሁ፤ መዝጊያን አንኳኩ፥ ይከፍትላችሁማል።

⁹And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

¹⁰የሚለምን ሁሉ ይቀበላልና፥ የሚፈልግም ያገኛል፥ መዝጊያውንም ለሚያንኳኳው ይከፈትለታል።

¹⁰For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

¹¹አባት ከሆናችሁ ከእናንተ ከማንኛችሁም ልጁ እንጀራ ቢለምነው፥ እርሱም ድንጋይ ይሰጠዋልን? ዓሣ ደግሞ ቢለምነው በዓሣ ፋንታ እባብ ይሰጠዋልን?

¹¹And of which of you that is a father shall his son ask a loaf, and he give him a stone? or a fish, and he for a fish give him a serpent?

¹²ወይስ እንቍላል ቢለምነው ጊንጥ ይሰጠዋልን?

¹²Or [if] he shall ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?

¹³እንኪያስ እናንተ ክፉዎች ስትሆኑ ለልጆቻችሁ መልካም ስጦታ መስጠት ካወቃችሁ፥ በሰማይ ያለው አባት ለሚለምኑት እንዴት አብልጦ መንፈስ ቅዱስን ይሰጣቸው?

¹³If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

¹⁴ዲዳውንም ጋኔን ያወጣ ነበር፤ ጋኔኑም ከወጣ በኋላ ዲዳው ተናገረ ሕዝቡም ተደነቁ፤

¹⁴And he was casting out a demon [that was] dumb. And it came to pass, when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spake; and the multitudes marvelled.

¹⁵ነገር ግን ከእነርሱ አንዳንዱ። በብዔል ዜቡል በአጋንንት አለቃ አጋንንትን ያወጣል አሉ።

¹⁵But some of them said, By Beelzebub the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.

¹⁶ሌሎችም ሲፈትኑት ከሰማይ ምልክት ከእርሱ ይፈልጉ ነበር።

¹⁶And others, trying [him], sought of him a sign from heaven.

¹⁷እርሱ ግን አሳባቸውን አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። እርስ በርስዋ የምትለያይ መንግሥት ሁሉ ትጠፋለች፤ ቤትም በቤት ላይ ይወድቃል።

¹⁷But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house [divided] against a house falleth.

¹⁸እኔ አጋንንትን በብዔል ዜቡል እንዳወጣ ትላላችሁና ሰይጣን ደግሞ እርስ በርሱ ከተለያየ መንግሥቱ እንዴት ትቆማለች?

¹⁸And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

¹⁹እኔስ በብዔል ዜቡል አጋንንትን የማወጣ ከሆንሁ፥ ልጆቻችሁ በማን ያወጡአቸዋል? ስለዚህ እነርሱ ፈራጆች ይሆኑባችኋል።

¹⁹And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

²⁰እኔ ግን በእግዚአብሔር ጣት አጋንንትን የማወጣ ከሆንሁ፥ እንግዲህ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ወደ እናንተ ደርሳለች።

²⁰But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.

²¹ኃይለኛ ሰው ጋሻና ጦር ይዞ የራሱን ግቢ ቢጠብቅ፥ ያለው ገንዘቡ በሰላም ይሆናል፤

²¹When the strong [man] fully armed guardeth his own court, his goods are in peace:

²²ከእርሱ ይልቅ የሚበረታ መጥቶ ሲያሸንፈው ግን፥ ታምኖበት የነበረውን ጋሻና ጦር ይወስድበታል ምርኮውንም ያካፍላል።

²²but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him his whole armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

²³ከእኔ ጋር ያልሆነ ይቃወመኛል፥ ከእኔ ጋርም የማያከማች ይበትናል።

²³He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

²⁴ርኵስ መንፈስ ከሰው በወጣ ጊዜ ዕረፍትን እየፈለገ ውኃ በሌለበት ቦታ ያልፋል፤ ባያገኝም። ወደ ወጣሁበት ቤቴ እመለሳለሁ ይላል፤

²⁴The unclean spirit when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and finding none, he saith, I will turn back unto my house whence I came out.

²⁵ሲመጣም ተጠርጎ አጊጦም ያገኘዋል።

²⁵And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished.

²⁶ከዚያ ወዲያ ይሄድና ከእርሱ የከፉትን ሌሎችን ሰባት አጋንንት ከእርሱ ጋር ይይዛል፥ ገብተውም በዚያ ይኖራሉ፤ ለዚያም ሰው ከፊተኛው ይልቅ የኋለኛው ይብስበታል።

²⁶Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits more evil than himself; and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first.

²⁷ይህንም ሲናገር፥ ከሕዝቡ አንዲት ሴት ድምፅዋን ከፍ አድርጋ። የተሸከመችህ ማኅፀንና የጠባሃቸው ጡቶች ብፁዓን ናቸው አለችው።

²⁷And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck.

²⁸እርሱ ግን። አዎን፥ ብፁዓንስ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሰምተው የሚጠብቁት ናቸው አለ።

²⁸But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

²⁹ብዙ ሕዝብም በተሰበሰቡ ጊዜ እንዲህ ይል ጀመር። ይህ ትውልድ ክፉ ነው፤ ምልክት ይፈልጋል፥ ከነቢዩም ከዮናስ ምልክት በቀር ምልክት አይሰጠውም።

²⁹And when the multitudes were gathering together unto him, he began to say, This generation is an evil generation: it seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah.

³⁰ዮናስ ለነነዌ ሰዎች ምልክት እንደ ሆናቸው፥ እንዲሁ ደግሞ የሰው ልጅ ለዚህ ትውልድ ምልክት ይሆናል።

³⁰For even as Jonah became a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

³¹ንግሥተ አዜብ በፍርድ ከዚህ ትውልድ ሰዎች ጋር ተነሥታ ትፈርድባቸዋለች፤ የሰሎሞንን ጥበብ ለመስማት ከምድር ዳር መጥታለችና፥ እነሆም፥ ከሰሎሞን የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

³¹The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

³²የነነዌ ሰዎች በፍርድ ከዚህ ትውልድ ጋር ተነሥተው ይፈርዱበታል፤ በዮናስ ስብከት ንስሐ ገብተዋልና፥ እነሆም፥ ከዮናስ የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

³²The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

³³መብራትንም አብርቶ በስውር ወይም በእንቅብ በታች የሚያኖረው የለም፥ የሚገቡ ሰዎች ብርሃኑን እንዲያዩ በመቅረዝ ላይ ያኖረዋል እንጂ።

³³No man, when he hath lighted a lamp, putteth it in a cellar, neither under the bushel, but on the stand, that they which enter in may see the light.

³⁴የሰውነትህ መብራት ዓይንህ ናት። ዓይንህ ጤናማ በሆነች ጊዜ ሰውነትህ ሁሉ ደግሞ ብሩህ ይሆናል። ዓይንህ ታማሚ በሆነች ጊዜ ግን ሰውነትህ ደግሞ የጨለመ ይሆናል።

³⁴The lamp of thy body is thine eye: when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when it is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

³⁵እንግዲህ በአንተ ያለው ብርሃን ጨለማ እንዳይሆን ተመልከት።

³⁵Look therefore whether the light that is in thee be not darkness.

³⁶እንግዲህ ሰውነትህ ሁሉ የጨለማ ቍራጭ የሌለበት ብሩህ ቢሆን፥ መብራት በደመቀ ብርሃን እንደሚያበራልህ በጭራሽ ብሩህ ይሆናል።

³⁶If therefore thy whole body be full of light, having no part dark, it shall be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining doth give thee light.

³⁷ይህንንም ሲናገር አንድ ፈሪሳዊ ከእርሱ ጋር ምሳ ይበላ ዘንድ ለመነው ገብቶም ተቀመጠ።

³⁷Now as he spake, a Pharisee asketh him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

³⁸ከምሳም በፊት አስቀድሞ እንዳልታጠበ ባየው ጊዜ ፈሪሳዊው ተደነቀ።

³⁸And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.

³⁹ጌታም እንዲህ አለው። አሁን እናንተ ፈሪሳውያን የጽዋውንና የወጭቱን ውጭ ታጠራላችሁ፥ ውስጣችሁ ግን ቅሚያና ክፋት ሞልቶበታል

³⁹And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

⁴⁰እናንት ደንቆሮዎች፥ የውጭውን የፈጠረ የውስጡን ደግሞ አልፈጠረምን?

⁴⁰Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?

⁴¹ነገር ግን በውስጥ ያለውን ምጽዋት አድርጋችሁ ስጡ፥ እነሆም፥ ሁሉ ንጹሕ ይሆንላችኋል።

⁴¹But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

⁴²ነገር ግን እናንተ ፈሪሳውያን፥ ከአዝሙድና ከጤና አዳም ከአትክልትም ሁሉ አሥራት ስለምታወጡ፥ ፍርድንና እግዚአብሔርን መውደድ ስለምትተላለፉ፥ ወዮላችሁ፤ ነገር ግን ሌላውን ሳትተዉ ይህን ልታደርጉት ይገባችሁ ነበር።

⁴²But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

⁴³እናንተ ፈሪሳውያን፥ በምኵራብ የከበሬታ ወንበር በገበያም ሰላምታ ስለምትወዱ፥ ወዮላችሁ።

⁴³Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

⁴⁴እናንተ ግብዞች ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን፥ ሰዎች ሳያውቁ በላዩ የሚሄዱበት የተሰወረ መቃብር ስለምትመስሉ፥ ወዮላችሁ።

⁴⁴Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] know it not.

⁴⁵ከሕግ አዋቂዎችም አንዱ መልሶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ይህን ማለትህ እኛን ደግሞ መስደብህ ነው አለው።

⁴⁵And one of the lawyers answering saith unto him, Teacher, in saying this thou reproachest us also.

⁴⁶እርሱም እንዲህ አለ። እናንተ ደግሞ ሕግ አዋቂዎች፥ አስቸጋሪ ሸክም ለሰዎች ስለምታሸክሙ፥ ራሳችሁም በአንዲት ጣታችሁ ስንኳ ሸክሙን ስለማትነኩት፥ ወዮላችሁ።

⁴⁶And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

⁴⁷አባቶቻችሁ የገደሉአቸውን የነቢያትን መቃብር ስለምትሠሩ፥ ወዮላችሁ።

⁴⁷Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

⁴⁸እንግዲህ ለአባቶቻችሁ ሥራ ትመሰክራላችሁ ትስማማላችሁም፤ እነርሱ ገድለዋቸዋልና፥ እናንተም መቃብራቸውን ትሠራላችሁ።

⁴⁸So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs].

⁴⁹ስለዚህ ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔር ጥበብ እንዲህ አለች። ወደ እነርሱ ነቢያትንና ሐዋርያትን እልካለሁ፥ ከእነርሱም ይገድላሉ ያሳድዱማል፥

⁴⁹Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and [some] of them they shall kill and persecute;

⁵⁰ዓለም ከተፈጠረ ጀምሮ የፈሰሰው የነቢያት ሁሉ ደም፥

⁵⁰that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

⁵¹ከአቤል ደም ጀምሮ በመሠዊያውና በቤተ መቅደስ መካከል እስከ ጠፋው እስከ ዘካርያስ ደም ድረስ፥ ከዚህ ትውልድ እንዲፈለግ አዎን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከዚህ ትውልድ ይፈለጋል።

⁵¹from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

⁵²እናንተ ሕግ አዋቂዎች፥ የእውቀትን መክፈቻ ስለ ወሰዳችሁ፥ ወዮላችሁ ራሳችሁ አልገባችሁም የሚገቡትንም ከለከላችሁ።

⁵²Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

⁵³ይህንም ሲናገራቸው፥ ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን በአፉ የተናገረውን ሊነጥቁ ሲያደቡ፥ እጅግ ይቃወሙና ስለ ብዙ ነገር እንዲናገር ያነሣሡ ጀመር።

⁵³And when he was come out from thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press upon [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;

⁵⁴laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.