¹ከጥቂት ቀን በኋላ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም ደግሞ ገብቶ በቤት እንደ ሆነ ተሰማ።

¹And he entered again into Capernaum after [several] days, and it was reported that he was at [the] house;

²በደጅ ያለው ስፍራም እስኪጠባቸው ድረስ ብዙ ሰዎች ተሰበሰቡ፤ ቃሉንም ይነግራቸው ነበር።

²and straightway many were gathered together, so that there was no longer any room, not even at the door; and he spoke the word to them.

³አራት ሰዎችም የተሸከሙትን ሽባ አመጡለት።

³And there come to him [men] bringing a paralytic, borne by four;

⁴ስለ ሕዝቡም ብዛት ወደ እርሱ ማቅረብ ቢያቅታቸው እርሱ ያለበትን የቤቱን ጣራ አነሡ፥ ነድለውም ሽባው የተኛበትን አልጋ አወረዱ።

⁴and, not being able to get near to him on account of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having dug [it] up they let down the couch on which the paralytic lay.

⁵ኢየሱስም እምነታቸውን አይቶ ሽባውን። አንተ ልጅ፥ ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ አለው።

⁵But Jesus, seeing their faith, says to the paralytic, Child, thy sins are forgiven [thee].

⁶ከጻፎችም አንዳንዶቹ በዚያ ተቀምጠው ነበር በልባቸውም። ይህ ሰው ስለ ምን እንደዚህ ያለ ስድብ ይናገራል?

⁶But certain of the scribes were there sitting, and reasoning in their hearts,

⁷ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ኃጢአት ሊያስተሰርይ ማን ይችላል? ብለው አሰቡ።

⁷Why does this [man] thus speak? he blasphemes. Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?

⁸ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ በልባቸው እንዲህ እንዳሰቡ በመንፈስ አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። በልባችሁ ይህን ስለ ምን ታስባላችሁ?

⁸And straightway Jesus, knowing in his spirit that they are reasoning thus within themselves, said to them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

⁹ሽባውን። ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ ከማለት ወይስ። ተነሣ አልጋህንም ተሸከምና ሂድ ከማለት ማናቸው ይቀላል?

⁹Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, [Thy] sins are forgiven [thee]; or to say, Arise, and take up thy couch and walk?

¹⁰ነገር ግን ለሰው ልጅ በምድር ላይ ኃጢአትን ሊያስተሰርይ ሥልጣን እንዳለው እንድታውቁ፤

¹⁰But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he says to the paralytic,

¹¹ሽባውን። አንተን እልሃለሁ፥ ተነሣ፥ አልጋህን ተሸከምና ወደ ቤትህ ሂድ አለው።

¹¹To thee I say, Arise, take up thy couch and go to thine house.

¹²ተነሥቶም ወዲያው አልጋውን ተሸክሞ በሁሉ ፊት ወጣ፥ ስለዚህም ሰዎች ሁሉ ተገረሙና። እንዲህ ያለ ከቶ አላየንም ብለው እግዚአብሔርን አከበሩ።

¹²And he rose up straightway, and, having taken up his couch, went out before [them] all, so that all were amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it thus.

¹³ደግሞም በባሕር አጠገብ ወጣ፤ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ መጡና አስተማራቸው።

¹³And he went out again by the sea, and all the crowd came to him, and he taught them.

¹⁴ሲያልፍም በመቅረጫው ተቀምጦ የነበረውን የእልፍዮስን ልጅ ሌዊን አየና። ተከተለኝ አለው። ተነሥቶም ተከተለው።

¹⁴And passing by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.

¹⁵በቤቱም በማዕድ ተቀምጦ ሳለ፥ ብዙ ቀራጮችና ኃጢአተኞች ከኢየሱስና ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ተቀመጡ፤ ብዙ ነበሩ ይከተሉትም ነበር።

¹⁵And it came to pass as he lay at table in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners lay at table with Jesus and his disciples; for they were many, and they followed him.

¹⁶ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያንም ከቀራጮችና ከኃጢአተኞች ጋር ሲበላ አይተው ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ከቀራ ጮችና ከኃጢአተኞች ጋር የሚበላና የሚጠጣ ስለ ምንድር ነው? አሉ።

¹⁶And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with sinners and tax-gatherers, said to his disciples, Why [is it] that he eats and drinks with tax-gatherers and sinners?

¹⁷ኢየሱስም ሰምቶ። ሕመምተኞች እንጂ ብርቱዎች ባለ መድኃኒት አያስፈልጋቸውም ኃጢአተኞችን እንጂ ጻድቃንን ልጠራ አልመጣሁም አላቸው።

¹⁷And Jesus having heard [it] says to them, They that are strong have not need of a physician, but those who are ill. I have not come to call righteous [men], but sinners.

¹⁸የዮሐንስ ደቀ መዛሙርትና ፈሪሳውያን ይጦሙ ነበር። መጥተውም። የዮሐንስና የፈሪሳውያን ደቀ መዛሙርት የሚጦሙት የአንተ ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን የማይጦሙት ስለ ምንድር ነው? አሉት።

¹⁸And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and [the disciples] of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

¹⁹ኢየሱስም አላቸው። ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለ ሚዜዎች ሊጦሙ ይችላሉን? ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለ ሊጦሙ አይችሉም።

¹⁹And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast.

²⁰ነገር ግን ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ የሚወሰድበት ወራት ይመጣል፥ በዚያ ወራትም ይጦማሉ።

²⁰But days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then shall they fast in that day.

²¹በአረጀ ልብስ አዲስ እራፊ የሚጥፍ የለም፤ ቢደረግ ግን፥ አዲሱ መጣፊያ አሮጌውን ይቦጭቀዋል፥ መቀደዱም የባሰ ይሆናል።

²¹No one sews a patch of new cloth on an old garment: otherwise its new filling-up takes from the old [stuff], and there is a worse rent.

²²በአረጀ አቁማዳም አዲስ የወይን ጠጅ የሚያኖር የለም፤ ቢደረግ ግን፥ የወይን ጠጁ አቁማዳውን ያፈነዳል የወይኑም ጠጅ ይፈሳል አቁማዳውም ይጠፋል አዲሱን የወይን ጠጅ ግን በአዲስ አቁማዳ ያኖራሉ።

²²And no one puts new wine into old skins; otherwise the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine is to be put into new skins.

²³በሰንበትም በእርሻ መካከል ሲያልፍ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ እየሄዱ እሸት ይቀጥፉ ጀመር።

²³And it came to pass that he went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples began to walk on, plucking the ears.

²⁴ፈሪሳውያንም። እነሆ፥ በሰንበት ያልተፈቀደውን ስለ ምን ያደርጋሉ? አሉት።

²⁴And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath what is not lawful?

²⁵እርሱም። ዳዊት ባስፈለገውና በተራበ ጊዜ፥ እርሱ አብረውት ከነበሩት ጋር ያደረገውን፥ አብያተር ሊቀ ካህናት በነበረ ጊዜ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤት እንደ ገባ፥

²⁵And *he* said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need and hungered, *he* and those with him,

²⁶ከካህናት በቀር መብላት ያልተፈቀደውን የመሥዋዕትን እንጀራ እንደ በላ፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ለነበሩት እንደ ሰጣቸው ከቶ አላነበባችሁምን? አላቸው።

²⁶how he entered into the house of God, in [the section of] Abiathar [the] high priest, and ate the shew-bread, which it is not lawful unless for the priests to eat, and gave even to those that were with him?

²⁷ደግሞ። ሰንበት ስለ ሰው ተፈጥሮአል እንጂ ሰው ስለ ሰንበት አልተፈጠረም፤

²⁷And he said to them, The sabbath was made on account of man, not man on account of the sabbath;

²⁸እንዲሁም የሰው ልጅ ለሰንበት እንኳ ጌታዋ ነው አላቸው።

²⁸so that the Son of man is lord of the sabbath also.