¹ፈሪሳውያንና ከጻፎች ወገን ከኢየሩሳሌም የመጡትም ወደ እርሱ ተሰበሰቡ።

¹And the Pharisees and some of the scribes, coming from Jerusalem, are gathered together to him,

²ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም አንዳንድ በርኵስ ማለት ባልታጠበ እጅ እንጀራ ሲበሉ አዩ።

²and seeing some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands,

³ፈሪሳውያንና አይሁድም ሁሉ የሽማግሎችን ወግ ሲጠብቁ እጃቸውን ደኅና አድርገው ሳይታጠቡ አይበሉምና፥

³(for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;

⁴ከገበያም ተመልሰው ካልታጠቡ አይበሉም፥ ጽዋንም ማድጋንም የናስ ዕቃንም አልጋንም እንደ ማጠብ ሌላ ነገር ሊጠብቁት የተቀበሉት ብዙ አለ።

⁴and [on coming] from the market-place, unless they are washed, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the washing of cups and vessels, and brazen utensils, and couches),

⁵ፈሪሳውያንም ጻፎችም። ደቀ መዛሙርትህ እንደ ሽማግሌዎች ወግ ስለ ምን አይሄዱም? ነገር ግን እጃቸውን ሳይታጠቡ እንጀራ ይበላሉ ብለው ጠየቁት።

⁵then the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, Why do thy disciples not walk according to what has been delivered by the ancients, but eat the bread with defiled hands?

⁶እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አላቸው። ኢሳይያስ ስለ እናንተ ስለ ግብዞች። ይህ ሕዝብ በከንፈሩ ያከብረኛል ልቡ ግን ከእኔ በጣም የራቀ ነው፤

⁶But he answering said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far away from me.

⁷የሰውም ሥርዓት የሆነ ትምህርት እያስተማሩ በከንቱ ያመልኩኛል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ በእውነት ትንቢት ተናገረ።

⁷But in vain do they worship me, teaching [as their] teachings commandments of men.

⁸የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዝ ትታችሁ ጽዋን ማድጋንም እንደ ማጠብ የሰውን ወግ ትጠብቃላችሁ፥ ይህንም የመሰለ ብዙ ሌላ ነገር ታደርጋላችሁ።

⁸[For], leaving the commandment of God, ye hold what is delivered by men [to keep] -- washings of vessels and cups, and many other such like things ye do.

⁹እንዲህም አላቸው። ወጋችሁን ትጠብቁ ዘንድ የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዝ እጅግ ንቃችኋል።

⁹And he said to them, Well do ye set aside the commandment of God, that ye may observe what is delivered by yourselves [to keep].

¹⁰ሙሴ። አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር፤ ደግሞ። አባቱን ወይም እናቱን የሰደበ ፈጽሞ ይሙት ብሎአልና።

¹⁰For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, he who speaks ill of father or mother, let him surely die.

¹¹እናንተ ግን ትላላችሁ። ሰው አባቱን ወይም እናቱን። ከእኔ የምትጠቀምበት ነገር ሁሉ ቍርባን ማለት መባ ነው ቢል፥

¹¹But *ye* say, If a man say to his father or his mother, [It is] corban (that is, gift), whatsoever thou mightest have profit from me by ...

¹²ለአባቱና ለእናቱ ምንም እንኳ ሊያደርግ ወደ ፊት አትፈቅዱለትም፤

¹²And ye no longer suffer him to do anything for his father or his mother;

¹³ባስተላለፋችሁትም ወግ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ትሽራላችሁ፤ እንደዚሁም ይህን የሚመስል ብዙ ነገር ታደርጋላችሁ።

¹³making void the word of God by your traditional teaching which ye have delivered; and many such like things ye do.

¹⁴ደግሞም ሕዝቡን ጠርቶ። ሁላችሁ እኔን ስሙ አስተውሉም።

¹⁴And having called again the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all [of you], and understand:

¹⁵ከሰው የሚወጡት ሰውን የሚያረክሱ ናቸው እንጂ ከሰው ውጭ የሚገባውስ ሊያረክሰው የሚችል ምንም የለም።

¹⁵There is nothing from outside a man entering into him which can defile him; but the things which go out from him, those it is which defile the man.

¹⁶የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ቢኖር ይስማ አላቸው።

¹⁶If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁷ከሕዝቡ ዘንድ ወደ ቤት ከገባ በኋላ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ምሳሌውን ጠየቁት።

¹⁷And when he went indoors from the crowd, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

¹⁸እርሱም። እናንተ ደግሞ እንደዚህ የማታስተውሉ ናችሁን? ከውጭ ወደ ሰው የሚገባ ሊያረክሰው ምንም እንዳይችል አትመለከቱምን?

¹⁸And he says to them, Are *ye* also thus unintelligent? Do ye not perceive that all that is outside entering into the man cannot defile him,

¹⁹ወደ ሆድ ገብቶ ወደ እዳሪ ይወጣል እንጂ ወደ ልብ አይገባምና፤ መብልን ሁሉ እያጠራ አላቸው።

¹⁹because it does not enter into his heart but into his belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?

²⁰እርሱም አለ። ከሰው የሚወጣው ሰውን የሚያረክስ ያ ነው።

²⁰And he said, That which goes forth out of the man, that defiles the man.

²¹ከውስጥ ከሰው ልብ የሚወጣ ክፉ አሳብ፥

²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, go forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

²²ዝሙት፥ መስረቅ፥ መግደል፥ ምንዝርነት፥ መጐምጀት፥ ክፋት፥ ተንኰል፥ መዳራት፥ ምቀኝነት፥ ስድብ፥ ትዕቢት፥ ስንፍና ናቸውና፤

²²thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly;

²³ይህ ክፉው ሁሉ ከውስጥ ይወጣል ሰውን ያረክሰዋል።

²³all these wicked things go forth from within and defile the man.

²⁴ከዚያም ተነሥቶ ወደ ጢሮስና ወደ ሲዶና አገር ሄደ። ወደ ቤትም ገብቶ ማንም እንዳያውቅበት ወደደ ሊሰወርም አልተቻለውም፤

²⁴And he rose up and went away thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered into a house he would not have any one know [it], and he could not be hid.

²⁵ወዲያው ግን ታናሺቱ ልጅዋ ርኵስ መንፈስ ያደረባት አንዲት ሴት ስለ እርሱ ሰምታ መጣችና በእግሩ ላይ ተደፋች

²⁵But immediately a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell at his feet

²⁶ሴቲቱም ግሪክ፥ ትውልድዋም ሲሮፊኒቃዊት ነበረች፤ ከልጅዋ ጋኔን ያወጣላት ዘንድ ለመነችው።

²⁶(and the woman was a Greek, Syrophenician by race), and asked him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

²⁷ኢየሱስ ግን። ልጆቹ በፊት ይጠግቡ ዘንድ ተዪ የልጆቹን እንጀራ ይዞ ለቡችሎች መጣል አይገባምናአላት።

²⁷But [Jesus] said to her, Suffer the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.

²⁸እርስዋም መልሳ። አዎን፥ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ቡችሎች እንኳ ከማዕድ በታች ሆነው የልጆችን ፍርፋሪ ይበላሉ አለችው።

²⁸But she answered and says to him, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

²⁹እርሱም። ስለዚህ ቃልሽ ሂጂ ጋኔኑ ከልጅሽ ወጥቶአል አላት።

²⁹And he said to her, Because of this word, go thy way, the demon is gone out of thy daughter.

³⁰ወደ ቤትዋም ሄዳ ጋኔኑ ወጥቶ ልጅዋም በአልጋ ላይ ተኝታ አገኘች።

³⁰And having gone away to her house she found the demon gone out, and her daughter lying on the bed.

³¹ደግሞም ከጢሮስ አገር ወጥቶ በሲዶና አልፎ አሥር ከተማ በሚባል አገር መካከል ወደ ገሊላ ባሕር መጣ።

³¹And again having left the borders of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.

³²ደንቆሮና ኰልታፋም የሆነ ሰው ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፥

³²And they bring to him a deaf [man] who could not speak right, and they beseech him that he might lay his hand on him.

³³እጁንም ይጭንበት ዘንድ ለመኑት። ከሕዝቡም ለይቶ ለብቻው ወሰደው፥ ጣቶቹንም በጆሮቹ አገባ እንትፍም ብሎ መላሱን ዳሰሰ፤

³³And having taken him away from the crowd apart, he put his fingers to his ears; and having spit, he touched his tongue;

³⁴ወደ ሰማይም አሻቅቦ አይቶ ቃተተና። ኤፍታህ አለው፥ እርሱም ተከፈት ማለት ነው።

³⁴and looking up to heaven he groaned, and says to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

³⁵ወዲያውም ጆሮቹ ተከፈቱ የመላሱም እስራት ተፈታ አጥርቶም ተናገረ።

³⁵And immediately his ears were opened, and the band of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right.

³⁶ለማንም አትንገሩ ብሎ አዘዛቸው እነርሱ ግን ባዘዛቸውም መጠን ይልቅ እጅግ አወሩት።

³⁶And he charged them that they should speak to no one [of it]. But so much the more *he* charged them, so much the more abundantly *they* proclaimed it;

³⁷ያለ መጠንም ተገረሙና። ሁሉን ደኅና አድርጎአል፤ ደንቆሮችም እንዲሰሙ ዲዳዎችም እንዲናገሩ ያደርጋል አሉ።

³⁷and they were astonished above measure, saying, He does all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear, and the speechless to speak.