¹አሥራ ሁለቱን ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ፥ እንዲያወጡአቸው በርኩሳን መናፍስት ላይ ደዌንና ሕማምንም ሁሉ እንዲፈውሱ ሥልጣን ሰጣቸው።

¹And having called to [him] his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, so that they should cast them out, and heal every disease and every bodily weakness.

²የአሥራ ሁለቱም ሐዋርያት ስም ይህ ነው፤ መጀመሪያው ጴጥሮስ የተባለው ስምዖን ወንድሙ እንድርያስም፥ የዘብዴዎስ ልጅ ያዕቆብም ወንድሙ ዮሐንስም፥

²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;

³ፊልጶስም በርተሎሜዎስም፥ ቶማስም ቀራጩ ማቴዎስም፥ የእልፍዮስ ልጅ ያዕቆብም ታዴዎስም የተባለው ልብድዮስ፥

³Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, who was surnamed Thaddaeus;

⁴ቀነናዊውም ስምዖን ደግሞም አሳልፎ የሰጠው የአስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ።

⁴Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariote, who also delivered him up.

⁵እነዚህን አሥራ ሁለቱን ኢየሱስ ላካቸው፥ አዘዛቸውም፥ እንዲህም አለ። በአሕዛብ መንገድ አትሂዱ፥ ወደ ሳምራውያንም ከተማ አትግቡ፤

⁵These twelve Jesus sent out when he had charged them, saying, Go not off into [the] way of [the] nations, and into a city of Samaritans enter ye not;

⁶ይልቅስ የእስራኤል ቤት ወደሚሆኑ ወደ ጠፉት በጎች ሂዱ እንጂ።

⁶but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷ሄዳችሁም። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ቀርባለች ብላችሁ ስበኩ።

⁷And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

⁸ድውዮችን ፈውሱ፤ ሙታንን አስነሡ፤ ለምጻሞችን አንጹ፤ አጋንንትን አውጡ፤ በከንቱ ተቀበላችሁ፥ በከንቱ ስጡ።

⁸Heal [the] infirm, [raise the dead], cleanse lepers, cast out demons: ye have received gratuitously, give gratuitously.

⁹ወርቅ ወይም ብር ወይም ናስ በመቀነታችሁ፥

⁹Do not provide yourselves with gold, or silver, or brass, for your belts,

¹⁰ወይም ለመንገድ ከረጢት ወይም ሁለት እጀ ጠባብ ወይም ጫማ ወይም በትር አታግኙ፤ ለሠራተኛ ምግቡ ይገባዋልና።

¹⁰nor scrip for the way, nor two body coats, nor sandals, nor a staff: for the workman is worthy of his nourishment.

¹¹በምትገቡባትም በማናቸይቱም ከተማ ወይም መንደር፥ በዚያ የሚገባው ማን እንደ ሆነ በጥንቃቄ መርምሩ፤ እስክትወጡም ድረስ በዚያ ተቀመጡ።

¹¹But into whatsoever city or village ye enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till ye go forth.

¹²ወደ ቤትም ስትገቡ ሰላምታ ስጡ፤

¹²And as ye enter into a house salute it.

¹³ቤቱም የሚገባው ቢሆን ሰላማችሁ ይድረስለት፤ ባይገባው ግን ሰላማችሁ ይመለስላችሁ።

¹³And if the house indeed be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴ከማይቀበላችሁም ቃላችሁንም ከማይሰሙ ሁሉ፥ ከዚያ ቤት ወይም ከዚያች ከተማ ስትወጡ የእግራችሁን ትቢያ አራግፉ።

¹⁴And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

¹⁵እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በፍርድ ቀን ከዚያች ከተማ ይልቅ ለሰዶምና ለገሞራ አገር ይቀልላቸዋል።

¹⁵Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in judgment-day than for that city.

¹⁶እነሆ፥ እኔ እንደ በጎች በተኵላዎች መካከል እልካችኋለሁ፤ ስለዚህ እንደ እባብ ልባሞች እንደ ርግብም የዋሆች ሁኑ።

¹⁶Behold, *I* send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.

¹⁷ነገር ግን ወደ ሸንጎ አሳልፈው ይሰጡአችኋል፥ በምኩራቦቻቸውም ይገርፉአችኋልና ከሰዎች ተጠበቁ፤

¹⁷But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;

¹⁸ለእነርሱና ለአሕዛብም ምስክር እንዲሆን፥ ስለ እኔ ወደ ገዥዎች ወደ ነገሥታትም ትወሰዳላችሁ።

¹⁸and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

¹⁹አሳልፈውም ሲሰጡአችሁ፥ የምትናገሩት በዚያች ሰዓት ይሰጣችኋልና እንዴት ወይስ ምን እንድትናገሩ አትጨነቁ፤

¹⁹But when they deliver you up, be not careful how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what ye shall speak.

²⁰በእናንተ የሚናገር የአባታችሁ መንፈስ ነው እንጂ፥ የምትናገሩ እናንተ አይደላችሁምና።

²⁰For *ye* are not the speakers, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you.

²¹ወንድምም ወንድሙን፥ አባትም ልጁን ለሞት አሳልፎ ይሰጣል፥ ልጆችም በወላጆቻቸው ላይ ይነሣሉ ይገድሉአቸውማል።

²¹But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death;

²²በሁሉም ስለ ስሜ የተጠላችሁ ትሆናላችሁ፤ እስከ መጨረሻ የሚጸና ግን እርሱ ይድናል።

²²and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to [the] end, *he* shall be saved.

²³በአንዲቱ ከተማም መከራ ቢያሳዩአችሁ ወደ ሌላይቱ ሽሹ፤ እውነት እላችኋለሁና፥ የሰው ልጅ እስኪመጣ ድረስ የእስራኤልን ከተማዎች አትዘልቁም።

²³But when they persecute you in this city, flee to the other; for verily I say to you, Ye shall not have completed the cities of Israel until the Son of man be come.

²⁴ደቀ መዝሙር ከመምህሩ፥ ባሪያም ከጌታው አይበልጥም።

²⁴The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman above his lord.

²⁵ደቀ መዝሙር እንደ መምህሩ፥ ባሪያም እንደ ጌታው መሆኑ ይበቃዋል። ባለቤቱን ብዔል ዜቡል ካሉት፥ ቤተሰዎቹንማ እንዴት አብዝተው አይሉአቸው!

²⁵[It is] sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

²⁶እንግዲህ አትፍሩአቸው፤ የማይገለጥ የተከደነ፥ የማይታወቅም የተሰወረ ምንም የለምና።

²⁶Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered which shall not be revealed, and secret which shall not be known.

²⁷በጨለማ የምነግራችሁን በብርሃን ተናገሩ፤ በጆሮም የምትሰሙትን በሰገነት ላይ ስበኩ።

²⁷What I say to you in darkness speak in the light, and what ye hear in the ear preach upon the houses.

²⁸ሥጋንም የሚገድሉትን ነፍስን ግን መግደል የማይቻላቸውን አትፍሩ፤ ይልቅስ ነፍስንም ሥጋንም በገሃነም ሊያጠፋ የሚቻለውን ፍሩ።

²⁸And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

²⁹ሁለት ድንቢጦች በአምስት ሳንቲም ይሸጡ የለምን? ከእነርሱም አንዲቱ ያለ አባታችሁ ፈቃድ በምድር ላይ አትወድቅም።

²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father;

³⁰የእናንተስ የራሳችሁ ጠጉር ሁሉ እንኳ ተቈጥሮአል።

³⁰but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered.

³¹እንግዲህ አትፍሩ ከብዙ ድንቢጦች እናንተ ትበልጣላችሁ።

³¹Fear not therefore; *ye* are better than many sparrows.

³²ስለዚህ በሰው ፊት ለሚመሰክርልኝ ሁሉ እኔ ደግሞ በሰማያት ባለው በአባቴ ፊት እመሰክርለታለሁ፤

³²Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, *I* also will confess him before my Father who is in [the] heavens.

³³በሰው ፊትም የሚክደኝን ሁሉ እኔ ደግሞ በሰማያት ባለው በአባቴ ፊት እክደዋለሁ።

³³But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will *I* also deny before my Father who is in [the] heavens.

³⁴በምድር ላይ ሰላምን ለማምጣት የመጣሁ አይምሰላችሁ፤ ሰይፍን እንጂ ሰላምን ለማምጣት አልመጣሁም።

³⁴Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.

³⁵ሰውን ከአባቱ፥ ሴት ልጅንም ከእናትዋ፥ ምራትንም ከአማትዋ እለያይ ዘንድ መጥቻለሁና፤

³⁵For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law;

³⁶ለሰውም ቤተ ሰዎቹ ጠላቶች ይሆኑበታል።

³⁶and they of his household [shall be] a man's enemies.

³⁷ከእኔ ይልቅ አባቱን ወይም እናቱን የሚወድ ለእኔ ሊሆን አይገባውም፤ ከእኔ ይልቅም ወንድ ልጁን ወይም ሴት ልጁን የሚወድ ለእኔ ሊሆን አይገባውም፤

³⁷He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

³⁸መስቀሉንም የማይዝ በኋላዬም የማይከተለኝ ለእኔ ሊሆን አይገባውም።

³⁸And he who does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

³⁹ነፍሱን የሚያገኝ ያጠፋታል፥ ነፍሱንም ስለ እኔ የሚያጠፋ ያገኛታል።

³⁹He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.

⁴⁰እናንተን የሚቀበል እኔን ይቀበላል፥ እኔንም የሚቀበል የላከኝን ይቀበላል።

⁴⁰He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.

⁴¹ነቢይን በነቢይ ስም የሚቀበል የነቢይን ዋጋ ይወስዳል፥ ጻድቅንም በጻድቅ ስም የሚቀበል የጻድቁን ዋጋ ይወስዳል።

⁴¹He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

⁴²ማንም ከእነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ ለአንዱ ቀዝቃዛ ጽዋ ውኃ ብቻ በደቀ መዝሙር ስም የሚያጠጣ፥ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ዋጋው አይጠፋበትም።

⁴²And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.