¹ሕዝቡም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል እየሰሙ ሲያስጠብቡት ሳሉ፥ እርሱ ራሱ በጌንሳሬጥ ባሕር ዳር ቆሞ ነበር፤

¹Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

²በባሕር ዳርም ቆመው የነበሩትን ሁለት ታንኳዎች አየ፤ ዓሣ አጥማጆች ግን ከእነርሱ ውስጥ ወጥተው መረቦቻቸውን ያጥቡ ነበር።

²He saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

³ከታንኳዎቹም የስምዖን ወደ ነበረች ወደ አንዲቱ ገብቶ ከምድር ጥቂት ፈቀቅ እንዲያደርጋት ለመነው፤ በታንኳይቱም ተቀምጦ ሕዝቡን ያስተምር ነበር።

³He entered into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little from the land. He sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.

⁴ነገሩንም ከጨረሰ በኋላ፥ ስምዖንን። ወደ ጥልቁ ፈቀቅ በል መረቦቻችሁንም ለማጥመድ ጣሉ አለው።

⁴When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch.”

⁵ስምዖንም መልሶ። አቤቱ፥ ሌሊቱን ሁሉ አድረን ስንደክም ምንም አልያዝንም፤ ነገር ግን በቃልህ መረቦቹን እጥላለሁ አለው።

⁵Simon answered him, “Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net.”

⁶ይህንም ባደረጉ ጊዜ እጅግ ብዙ ዓሣ ያዙ፤ መረቦቻቸውም ተቀደዱ።

⁶When they had done this, they caught a great multitude of fish, and their net was breaking.

⁷በሌላ ታንኳም የነበሩትን ጓደኞቻቸውን መጥተው እንዲያግዙአቸው ጠቀሱ፤ መጥተውም ሁለቱ ታንኳዎች እስኪሰጥሙ ድረስ ሞሉአቸው።

⁷They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.

⁸ስምዖን ጴጥሮስ ግን ባየ ጊዜ በኢየሱስ ጕልበት ላይ ወድቆ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እኔ ኃጢአተኛ ነኝና ከኔ ተለይ አለው።

⁸But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.”

⁹ስላጠመዱት ዓሣ እርሱ ከእርሱ ጋርም የነበሩ ሁሉ ተደንቀዋልና፥

⁹For he was amazed, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish which they had caught;

¹⁰እንዲሁም ደግሞ የስምዖን ባልንጀሮች የነበሩ የዘብዴዎስ ልጆች ያዕቆብና ዮሐንስም ተደነቁ። ኢየሱስም ስምዖንን። አትፍራ፤ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ሰውን የምታጠምድ ትሆናለህ አለው።

¹⁰and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”

¹¹ታንኳዎችንም ወደ ምድር አድርሰው ሁሉን ትተው ተከተሉት።

¹¹When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

¹²ከከተማዎችም በአንዲቱ ሳለ፥ እነሆ፥ ለምጽ የሞላበት ሰው ነበረ፤ ኢየሱስንም አይቶ በፊቱ ወደቀና። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ብትወድስ፥ ልታነጻኝ ትችላለህ ብሎ ለመነው።

¹²It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.”

¹³እጁንም ዘርግቶ ዳሰሰውና። እወዳለሁ፥ ንጻ አለው፤ ወዲያውም ለምጹ ለቀቀው።

¹³He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately the leprosy left him.

¹⁴እርሱም ለማንም እንዳይናገር አዘዘው፥ ነገር ግን። ሄደህ ራስህን ለካህን አሳይ፥ ለእነርሱም ምስክር እንዲሆን ስለ መንጻትህ ሙሴ እንዳዘዘ መሥዋዕት አቅርብ አለው።

¹⁴He commanded him to tell no one, “But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

¹⁵ወሬው ግን አብዝቶ ወጣ፥ ብዙ ሕዝብም ሊሰሙትና ከደዌአቸው ሊፈወሱ ይሰበሰቡ ነበር፤

¹⁵But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.

¹⁶ነገር ግን እርሱ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ፈቀቅ ብሎ ይጸልይ ነበር።

¹⁶But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.

¹⁷አንድ ቀንም ያስተምር ነበር፤ ከገሊላና ከይሁዳ መንደሮችም ሁሉ ከኢየሩሳሌምም መጥተው የነበሩ ፈሪሳውያንና የሕግ መምህራን ይቀመጡ ነበር፤ እርሱም እንዲፈውስ የጌታ ኃይል ሆነለት።

¹⁷It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.

¹⁸እነሆም፥ አንድ ሽባ በአልጋ ተሸክመው አመጡ፤ አግብተውም በፊቱ ሊያኖሩት ይሹ ነበር።

¹⁸Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Jesus.

¹⁹ስለ ሕዝቡም ብዛት እንዴት አድርገው እንዲያገቡት ሲያቅታቸው፥ ወደ ሰገነቱ ወጡ የጣራውንም ጡብ አሳልፈው በመካከል በኢየሱስ ፊት ከነአልጋው አወረዱት።

¹⁹Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus.

²⁰እምነታቸውንም አይቶ። አንተ ሰው፥ ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ አለው።

²⁰Seeing their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

²¹ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያንም። ይህ የሚሳደብ ማን ነው? ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ኃጢአት ሊያስተሰርይ ማን ይችላል? ብለው ያስቡ ጀመር።

²¹The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

²²ኢየሱስም አሳባቸውን እያወቀ መልሶ። በልባችሁ ምን ታስባላችሁ?

²²But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

²³ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ ከማለት ወይስ። ተነሣና ሂድ ከማለት ማናቸው ይቀላል?

²³ Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you;’ or to say, ‘Arise and walk?’

²⁴ነገር ግን በምድር ላይ ኃጢአት ሊያስተሰርይ ለሰው ልጅ ሥልጣን እንዳለው እንድታውቁ ብሎ፥ ሽባውን። አንተን እልሃለሁ፥ ነተሣ፥ አልጋህን ተሸክመህ ወደ ቤትህ ሂድ አለው።

²⁴ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” (he said to the paralyzed man), “I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house.”

²⁵በዚያን ጊዜም በፊታቸው ተነሣ፥ ተኝቶበትም የነበረውን ተሸክሞ እግዚአብሔርን እያመሰገነ ወደ ቤቱ ሄደ።

²⁵Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.

²⁶ሁሉንም መገረም ያዛቸው፥ እግዚአብሔርንም አመስግነው። ዛሬስ ድንቅ ነገር አየን እያሉ ፍርሃት ሞላባቸው።

²⁶Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”

²⁷ከዚህም በኋላ ወጥቶ ሌዊ የሚባል ቀራጭ በመቅረጫው ተቀምጦ ተመለከተና። ተከተለኝ አለው።

²⁷After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”

²⁸ሁሉንም ተወ፤ ተነሥቶም ተከተለው።

²⁸He left everything, and rose up and followed him.

²⁹ሌዊም በቤቱ ታላቅ ግብዣ አደረገለት፤ ከእነርሱም ጋር በማዕድ ተቀምጠው የነበሩ ከቀራጮችና ከሌሎች ሰዎች ብዙ ሕዝብ ነበሩ።

²⁹Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

³⁰ፈሪሳውያንና ጻፎቻቸውም በደቀ መዛሙርቱ ላይ። ስለ ምን ከቀራጮችና ከኃጢአተኞች ጋር ትበላላችሁ ትጠጡማላችሁ? ብለው አንጐራጐሩ።

³⁰Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”

³¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ሕመምተኞች እንጂ ባለ ጤናዎች ባለ መድኃኒት አያስፈልጋቸውም፤

³¹Jesus answered them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

³²ኃጢአተኞችን ወደ ንስሐ እንጂ ጻድቃንን ልጠራ አልመጣሁም አላቸው።

³² I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

³³እነርሱም። የዮሐንስ ደቀ መዛሙርት ስለ ምን ብዙ ይጦማሉ ጸሎትስ ስለ ምን ያደርጋሉ፥ ደግሞም የፈሪሳውያን ደቀ መዛሙርት ስለ ምን እንደዚሁ ያደርጋሉ፤ የአንተ ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን ይበላሉ ይጠጣሉም? አሉት።

³³They said to him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?”

³⁴ኢየሱስም። ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለ ሚዜዎችን ልታስጦሙ ትችላላችሁን?

³⁴He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

³⁵ነገር ግን ወራት ይመጣል፥ ሙሽራውም ከእነርሱ ሲወሰድ ያንጊዜ፥ በዚያ ወራት ይጦማሉ አላቸው።

³⁵ But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days.”

³⁶ደግሞም ምሳሌ እንዲህ ሲል ነገራቸው። የአዲስ ልብስ እራፊ ባረጀ ልብስ ላይ የሚያኖር የለም፤ ቢደረግ ግን አዲሱን ይቀደዋል ደግሞም አዲስ እራፊ ለአሮጌው አይስማማውም።

³⁶He also told a parable to them. “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old garment, or else he will tear the new, and also the piece from the new will not match the old.

³⁷ባረጀ አቁማዳም አዲስ የወይን ጠጅ የሚያኖር የለም፤ ቢደረግ ግን አዲሱ የወይን ጠጅ አቁማዳውን ያፈነዳል፥ እርሱም ይፈሳል አቁማዳውም ይጠፋል።

³⁷ No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed.

³⁸አዲሱን የወይን ጠጅ ግን በአዲስ አቁማዳ ማኖር ይገባል፥ ሁለቱም ይጠባበቃሉ።

³⁸ But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.

³⁹አሮጌ የወይን ጠጅ ሲጠጣ አዲሱን የሚሻ ማንም የለም፤ አሮጌው ይጣፍጣል ይላልና።

³⁹ No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”