¹ከዚያ ወዲያ ኢየሱስ ከዲያብሎስ ይፈተን ዘንድ መንፈስ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ወሰደው፥

¹Then Jesus was carried up into the wilderness by the Spirit to be tempted of the devil:

²አርባ ቀንና አርባ ሌሊትም ከጦመ በኋላ ተራበ።

²and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.

³ፈታኝም ቀርቦ። የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ከሆንህ፥ እነዚህ ድንጋዮች እንጀራ እንዲሆኑ በል አለው።

³And the tempter coming up to him said, If thou be Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread.

⁴እርሱም መልሶ። ሰው ከእግዚአብሔር አፍ በሚወጣ ቃል ሁሉ እንጂ በእንጀራ ብቻ አይኖርም ተብሎ ተጽፎአል አለው።

⁴But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.

⁵ከዚህ በኋላ ዲያቢሎስ ወደ ቅድስት ከተማ ወሰደውና እርሱን በመቅደስ ጫፍ ላይ አቁሞ።

⁵Then the devil takes him to the holy city, and sets him upon the edge of the temple,

⁶መላእክቱን ስለ አንተ ያዝልሃል እግርህንም በድንጋይ ከቶ እንዳትሰናከል በእጃቸው ያነሡሃል ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና የእግዚአብሔር ልጅስ ከሆንህ፥ ወደ ታች ራስህን ወርውር አለው።

⁶and says to him, If thou be Son of God cast thyself down; for it is written, He shall give charge to his angels concerning thee, and on [their] hands shall they bear thee, lest in anywise thou strike thy foot against a stone.

⁷ኢየሱስም። ጌታን አምላክህን አትፈታተነው ተብሎ ደግሞ ተጽፎአል አለው።

⁷Jesus said to him, It is again written, Thou shalt not tempt [the] Lord thy God.

⁸ደግሞ ዲያቢሎስ እጅግ ረጅም ወደ ሆነ ተራራ ወሰደው፥ የዓለምንም መንግሥታት ሁሉ ክብራቸውንም አሳይቶ።

⁸Again the devil takes him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory,

⁹ወድቀህ ብትሰግድልኝ ይህን ሁሉ እሰጥሃለሁ አለው።

⁹and says to him, All these things will I give thee if, falling down, thou wilt do me homage.

¹⁰ያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ። ሂድ፥ አንተ ሰይጣን ለጌታህ ለአምላክህ ስገድ እርሱንም ብቻ አምልክ ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና አለው።

¹⁰Then says Jesus to him, Get thee away, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt do homage to [the] Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.

¹¹ያን ጊዜ ዲያቢሎስ ተወው፥ እነሆም፥ መላእክት ቀርበው ያገለግሉት ነበር።

¹¹Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him.

¹²ኢየሱስም ዮሐንስ አልፎ እንደ ተሰጠ በሰማ ጊዜ ወደ ገሊላ ፈቀቅ ብሎ ሄደ።

¹²But having heard that John was delivered up, he departed into Galilee:

¹³ናዝሬትንም ትቶ በዛብሎንና በንፍታሌም አገር በባሕር አጠገብ ወደ አለችው ወደ ቅፍርናሆም መጥቶ ኖረ።

¹³and having left Nazareth, he went and dwelt at Capernaum, which is on the sea-side in the borders of Zabulon and Nepthalim,

¹⁴በነቢዩም በኢሳይያስ። የዛብሎን ምድርና የንፍታሌም ምድር፥ የባሕር መንገድ፥ በዮርዳኖስ ማዶ፥ የአሕዛብ ገሊላ፤ በጨለማ የተቀመጠው ሕዝብ ታላቅ ብርሃን አየ፥ በሞት አገርና ጥላ ለተቀመጡትም ብርሃን ወጣላቸው

¹⁴that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying,

¹⁷የተባለው ይፈጸም ዘንድ ይህ ሆነ። ከዚያ ዘመን ጀምሮ ኢየሱስ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ቀርባለችና ንስሐ ግቡ እያለ ይሰብክ ጀመር።

¹⁵Land of Zabulon and land of Nepthalim, way of [the] sea beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

¹⁸በገሊላ ባሕር አጠገብ ሲመላለስም ሁለት ወንድማማች ጴጥሮስ የሚሉትን ስምዖንን ወንድሙንም እንድርያስን መረባቸውን ወደ ባሕር ሲጥሉ አየ፥ ዓሣ አጥማጆች ነበሩና።

¹⁶-- the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in [the] country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up.

¹⁹እርሱም። በኋላዬ ኑና ሰዎችን አጥማጆች እንድትሆኑ አደርጋችኋለሁ አላቸው።

¹⁷From that time began Jesus to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.

²⁰ወዲያውም መረባቸውን ትተው ተከተሉት።

¹⁸And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers;

²¹ከዚያም እልፍ ብሎ ሌሎችን ሁለት ወንድማማች የዘብዴዎስን ልጅ ያዕቆብን ወንድሙንም ዮሐንስን ከአባታቸው ከዘብዴዎስ ጋር በታንኳ መረባቸውን ሲያበጁ አየ፤ ጠራቸውም።

¹⁹and he says to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

²²እነርሱም ወዲያው ታንኳይቱንና አባታቸውን ትተው ተከተሉት።

²⁰And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him.

²³ኢየሱስም በምኩራቦቻቸው እያስተማረ የመንግሥትንም ወንጌል እየሰበከ በሕዝብም ያለውን ደዌና ሕማም ሁሉ እየፈወሰ በገሊላ ሁሉ ይዞር ነበር።

²¹And going on thence he saw other two brothers, James the [son] of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their trawl-nets, and he called them;

²⁴ዝናውም ወደ ሶርያ ሁሉ ወጣ፤ በልዩ ልዩ ደዌና ሥቃይም ተይዘው የታመሙትን ሁሉ አጋንንትም ያደሩባቸውን በጨረቃም የሚነሣባቸውን ሽባዎችንም ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፥ ፈወሳቸውም።

²²and they, having left the ship and their father, immediately followed him.

²⁵ከገሊላም ከአሥሩ ከተማም ከኢየሩሳሌምም ከይሁዳም ከዮርዳኖስም ማዶ ብዙ ሕዝብ ተከተሉት።

²³And [Jesus] went round the whole [of] Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the glad tidings of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every bodily weakness among the people.

²⁴And his fame went out into the whole [of] Syria, and they brought to him all that were ill, suffering under various diseases and pains, and those possessed by demons, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

²⁵And great crowds followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and beyond the Jordan.