¹በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በሰንበት ቀን በእርሻ መካከል አለፈ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ተራቡና እሸት ይቀጥፉ ይበሉም ጀመር።

¹At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the cornfields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears and to eat.

²ፈሪሳውያንም አይተው። እነሆ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትህ በሰንበት ማድረግ ያልተፈቀደውን ያደርጋሉ አሉት።

²But the Pharisees, seeing [it], said to him, Behold, thy disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on sabbath.

³እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አላቸው። ዳዊትና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት በተራቡ ጊዜ፥ እርሱ ያደረገውን፥ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤት እንደ ገባ ካህናትም ብቻ እንጂ እርሱና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ሊበሉት ያልተፈቀደውን የመሥዋዕቱን ኅብስት እንደ በላ አላነበባችሁምን?

³But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did when he was hungry, and they that were with him?

⁵ካህናትም በሰንበት በመቅደስ ሰንበትን እንዲያረክሱ ኃጢአትም እንዳይሆንባቸው በሕጉ አላነበባችሁምን?

⁴How he entered into the house of God, and ate the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests only?

⁶ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከመቅደስ የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

⁵Or have ye not read in the law that on the sabbaths the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

⁷ምሕረትን እወዳለሁ መሥዋዕትንም አይደለም ያለው ምን እንደሆነ ብታውቁስ ኃጢአት የሌለባቸውን ባልኰነናችሁም ነበር።

⁶But I say unto you, that there is here what is greater than the temple.

⁸የሰው ልጅ የሰንበት ጌታ ነውና።

⁷But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

⁹ከዚያም አልፎ ወደ ምኩራባቸው ገባ።

⁸For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath.

¹⁰እነሆም፥ እጁ የሰለለች ሰው ነበረ፤ ይከሱትም ዘንድ። በሰንበት መፈወስ ተፈቅዶአልን? ብለው ጠየቁት።

⁹And, going away from thence, he came into their synagogue.

¹¹እርሱ ግን። ከእናንተ አንድ በግ ያለው በሰንበት በጉድጓድ ቢወድቅበት፥ ይዞ የማያወጣው ሰው ማን ነው?

¹⁰And behold, there was a man having his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath? that they might accuse him.

¹²እንግዲህ ሰው ከበግ ይልቅ እንደምን አይበልጥም! ስለዚህ በሰንበት መልካም መሥራት ተፈቅዶአል አላቸው።

¹¹But he said to them, What man shall there be of you who has one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it and raise [it] up?

¹³ከዚያም በኋላ ሰውየውን። እጅህን ዘርጋ አለው። ዘረጋትም፥ እንደ ሁለተኛይቱም ደህና ሆነች።

¹²How much better then is a man than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do well on the sabbath.

¹⁴ፈሪሳውያን ግን ወጥተው እንዴት አድርገው እንዲያጠፉት ተማከሩበት።

¹³Then he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched [it] out, and it was restored sound as the other.

¹⁵ኢየሱስም አውቆ ከዚያ ፈቀቅ አለ። ብዙ ሰዎችም ተከተሉት፥ ሁሉንም ፈወሳቸው፥ እንዳይገልጡትም አዘዛቸው፤

¹⁴But the Pharisees, having gone out, took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

¹⁶በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ የተባለው ይፈጸም ዘንድ እንዲህ ሲል።

¹⁵But Jesus knowing [it], withdrew thence, and great crowds followed him; and he healed them all:

¹⁸እነሆ የመረጥሁት ብላቴናዬ፥ ነፍሴ ደስ የተሰኘችበት ወዳጄ፤ መንፈሴን በእርሱ ላይ አኖራለሁ፥ ፍርድንም ለአሕዛብ ያወራል።

¹⁶and charged them strictly that they should not make him publicly known:

¹⁹አይከራከርም አይጮህምም፥ ድምፁንም በአደባባይ የሚሰማ የለም።

¹⁷that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,

²⁰ፍርድን ድል ለመንሣት እስኪያወጣ፥ የተቀጠቀጠን ሸምበቆ አይሰብርም የሚጤስን የጥዋፍ ክርም አያጠፋም።

¹⁸Behold my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul has found its delight. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew forth judgment to the nations.

²¹አሕዛብም በስሙ ተስፋ ያደርጋሉ።

¹⁹He shall not strive or cry out, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets;

²²ከዚህም በኋላ ጋኔን ያደረበትን ዕውር ዲዳም ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ዕውሩም ዲዳውም እስኪያይና እስኪናገር ድረስ ፈወሰው።

²⁰a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;

²³ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ተገረሙና። እንጃ ይህ ሰው የዳዊት ልጅ ይሆንን? አሉ።

²¹and on his name shall [the] nations hope.

²⁴ፈሪሳውያን ግን ሰምተው። ይህ በብዔል ዜቡል በአጋንንት አለቃ ካልሆነ በቀር አጋንንትን አያወጣም አሉ።

²²Then was brought to him one possessed by a demon, blind and dumb, and he healed him, so that the dumb [man] spake and saw.

²⁵ኢየሱስ ግን አሳባቸውን አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። እርስ በርስዋ የምትለያይ መንግሥት ሁላ ትጠፋለች፥ እርስ በርሱ የሚለያይ ከተማም ሁሉ ወይም ቤት አይቆምም።

²³And all the crowds were amazed and said, Is this [man] the Son of David?

²⁶ሰይጣንም ሰይጣንን የሚያወጣ ከሆነ፥ እርስ በርሱ ተለያየ፥ እንግዲህ መንግሥቱ እንዴት ትቆማለች?

²⁴But the Pharisees, having heard [it], said, This [man] does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub, prince of demons.

²⁷እኔስ በብዔል ዜቡል አጋንንትን የማወጣ ከሆንሁ፥ ልጆቻችሁ በማን ያወጡአቸዋል? ስለዚህ እነርሱ ፈራጆች ይሆኑባችኋል።

²⁵But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.

²⁸እኔ ግን በእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ አጋንንትን የማወጣ ከሆንሁ፥ እንግዲህ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ወደ እናንተ ደርሳለች።

²⁶And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom subsist?

²⁹ወይስ ሰው አስቀድሞ ኃይለኛውን ሳያስር ወደ ኃይለኛው ቤት ገብቶ እቃውን ሊነጥቀው እንዴት ይችላል? ከዚያም ወዲያ ቤቱን ይበዘብዛል።

²⁷And if *I* cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast [them] out? For this reason *they* shall be your judges.

³⁰ከእኔ ጋር ያልሆነ ይቃወመኛል፥ ከእኔ ጋርም የማያከማች ይበትናል።

²⁸But if *I* by [the] Spirit of God cast out demons, then indeed the kingdom of God is come upon you.

³¹ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፥ ኃጢአትና ስድብ ሁሉ ለሰዎች ይሰረይላቸዋል፥ ነገር ግን መንፈስ ቅዱስን ለሰደበ አይሰረይለትም።

²⁹Or how can any one enter into the house of the strong [man] and plunder his goods, unless first he bind the strong [man]? and then he will plunder his house.

³²በሰው ልጅ ላይ ቃል የሚናገር ሁሉ ይሰረይለታል፤ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ላይ ግን የሚናገር ሁሉ በዚህ ዓለም ቢሆን ወይም በሚመጣው አይሰረይለትም።

³⁰He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters.

³³ዛፍ ከፍሬዋ ትታወቃለችና ዛፍዋን መልካም፥ ፍሬዋንም መልካም አድርጉ፥ ወይም ዛፍዋን ክፉ ፍሬዋንም ክፉ አድርጉ።

³¹For this reason I say unto you, Every sin and injurious speaking shall be forgiven to men, but speaking injuriously of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.

³⁴እናንተ የእፉኝት ልጆች፥ ክፉዎች ስትሆኑ መልካም ለመናገር እንዴት ትችላላችሁ? በልብ ሞልቶ ከተረፈው አፍ ይናገራልና።

³²And whosoever shall have spoken a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age nor in the coming [one].

³⁵መልካም ሰው ከልቡ መልካም መዝገብ መልካም ነገርን ያወጣል፥ ክፉ ሰውም ከክፉ መዝገብ ክፉ ነገርን ያወጣል።

³³Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. For from the fruit the tree is known.

³⁶እኔ እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰዎች ስለሚናገሩት ስለ ከንቱ ነገር ሁሉ በፍርድ ቀን መልስ ይሰጡበታል፤

³⁴Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

³⁷ከቃልህ የተነሣ ትጸድቃለህና ከቃልህም የተነሣ ትኰነናለህ።

³⁵The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.

³⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ከጻፎችና ከፈሪሳውያን አንዳንዶቹ መለሱና። መምህር ሆይ፥ ከአንተ ምልክት እንድናይ እንወዳለን አሉ።

³⁶But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:

³⁹እርሱ ግን መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። ክፉና አመንዝራ ትውልድ ምልክት ይሻል፥ ከነቢዩም ከዮናስ ምልክት በቀር ምልክት አይሰጠውም።

³⁷for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

⁴⁰ዮናስ በዓሣ አንባሪ ሆድ ሦስት ቀንና ሦስት ሌሊት እንደ ነበረ፥ እንዲሁ የሰው ልጅ በምድር ልብ ሦስት ቀንና ሦስት ሌሊት ይኖራል።

³⁸Then answered him some of the scribes and Pharisees, saying, Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.

⁴¹የነነዌ ሰዎች በፍርድ ቀን ከዚህ ትውልድ ጋር ተነሥተው ይፈርዱበታል፤ በዮናስ ስብከት ንስሐ ገብተዋልና፥ እነሆም፥ ከዮናስ የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

³⁹But he, answering, said to them, A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas the prophet.

⁴²ንግሥተ ዓዜብ በፍርድ ቀን ከዚህ ትውልድ ጋር ተነሥታ ትፈርድበታለች፤ የሰሎሞንን ጥበብ ለመስማት ከምድር ዳር መጥታለችና፥ እነሆም፥ ከሰሎሞን የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

⁴⁰For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

⁴³ርኩስ መንፈስ ግን ከሰው በወጣ ጊዜ፥ ዕረፍት እየፈለገ ውኃ በሌለበት ቦታ ያልፋል፥ አያገኝምም።

⁴¹Ninevites shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, more than Jonas [is] here.

⁴⁴በዚያን ጊዜም። ወደ ወጣሁበት ቤቴ እመለሳለሁ ይላል፤ ቢመጣም ባዶ ሆኖ ተጠርጎና አጊጦ ያገኘዋል።

⁴²A queen of [the] south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon [is] here.

⁴⁵ከዚያ ወዲያ ይሄድና ከእርሱ የከፉትን ሰባት ሌሎችን አጋንንት ከእርሱ ጋር ይወስዳል፥ ገብተውም በዚያ ይኖራሉ፤ ለዚያም ሰው ከፊተኛው ይልቅ የኋለኛው ይብስበታል። ለዚህ ክፉ ትውልድ ደግሞ እንዲሁ ይሆንበታል።

⁴³But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find [it].

⁴⁶ገናም ለሕዝቡ ሲናገር፥ እነሆ፥ እናቱና ወንድሞቹ ሊነጋገሩት ፈልገው በውጭ ቆመው ነበር።

⁴⁴Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned.

⁴⁷አንዱም። እነሆ፥ እናትህና ወንድሞችህ ሊነጋገሩህ ፈልገው በውጭ ቆመዋል አለው።

⁴⁵Then he goes and takes with himself seven other spirits worse than himself, and entering in, they dwell there; and the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. Thus shall it be to this wicked generation also.

⁴⁸እርሱ ግን ለነገረው መልሶ። እናቴ ማን ናት? ወንድሞቼስ እነማን ናቸው? አለው።

⁴⁶But while he was yet speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.

⁴⁹እጁንም ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ዘርግቶ። እነሆ እናቴና ወንድሞቼ፤

⁴⁷Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are standing without, seeking to speak to thee.

⁵⁰በሰማያት ያለውን የአባቴን ፈቃድ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ፥ እርሱ ወንድሜ እኅቴም እናቴም ነውና አለ።

⁴⁸But he answering said to him that spoke to him, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

⁴⁹And, stretching out his hand to his disciples, he said, Behold my mother and my brethren;

⁵⁰for whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in [the] heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.