¹ከዚህም በኋላ እየሰበከና ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት የምሥራች እየተናገረ በየከተማይቱ በየመንደሩም ያልፍ ነበር፤

¹It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve,

²አሥራ ሁለቱም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩ፥ ከክፉዎች መናፍስትና ከደዌም ተፈውሰው የነበሩ አንዳንድ ሴቶች፤ እነርሱም ሰባት አጋንንት የወጡላት መግደላዊት የምትባል ማርያም፥

²and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out;

³የሄሮድስ አዛዥ የኩዛ ሚስት ዮሐናም ሶስናም ብዙዎች ሌሎችም ሆነው በገንዘባቸው ያገለግሉት ነበር።

³and Joanna, the wife of Chuzas, Herod’s steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them TR reads “him” instead of “them” from their possessions.

⁴ብዙ ሕዝብም በተሰበሰቡ ጊዜ ከከተማዎችም ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ በመጡ ጊዜ በምሳሌ እንዲህ ሲል ተናገራቸው።

⁴When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.

⁵ዘሪ ዘሩን ሊዘራ ወጣ። ሲዘራም አንዳንዱ በመንገድ ዳር ወደቀ ተረገጠም፥ የሰማይ ወፎችም በሉት።

⁵ “The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

⁶ሌላውም በዓለት ላይ ወደቀ፥ በበቀለም ጊዜ እርጥበት ስላልነበረው ደረቀ።

⁶ Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

⁷ሌላውም በእሾህ መካከል ወደቀ፥ እሾሁም አብሮ በቀለና አነቀው።

⁷ Other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.

⁸ሌላውም በመልካም መሬት ላይ ወደቀ፤ በበቀለም ጊዜ መቶ እጥፍ አፈራ። ይህን በተናገረ ጊዜ። የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ ብሎ ጮኸ።

⁸ Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

⁹ደቀ መዛሙርቱም። ይህ ምሳሌ ምንድር ነው? ብለው ጠየቁት።

⁹Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”

¹⁰እርሱም እንዲህ አለ። ለእናንተ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ምሥጢር ማወቅ ተሰጥቶአችኋል፤ ለሌሎች ግን እያዩ እንዳያዩ እየሰሙም እንዳያስተውሉ በምሳሌ ነው።

¹⁰He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’ Isaiah 6:9

¹¹ምሳሌው ይህ ነው። ዘሩ የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ነው።

¹¹ Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

¹²በመንገድ ዳርም ያሉት የሚሰሙ ናቸው፤ ከዚህ በኋላም ዲያብሎስ ይመጣል አምነውም እንዳይድኑ ቃሉን ከልባቸው ይወስዳል።

¹² Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

¹³በዓለት ላይም ያሉት ሲሰሙ ቃሉን በደስታ የሚቀበሉ ናቸው፤ እነርሱም ለጊዜው ብቻ ያምናሉ እንጂ በፈተና ጊዜ የሚክዱ ሥር የሌላቸው ናቸው።

¹³ Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

¹⁴በእሾህ መካከልም የወደቀ እነዚህ የሚሰሙት ናቸው፤ መንገዳቸውንም ሄደው በሕይወት ዘመን በአሳብና በባለ ጠግነት ምቾት ይታነቃሉ፥ ሙሉ ፍሬም አያፈሩም።

¹⁴ That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

¹⁵በመልካም መሬት ላይም የወደቀ እነርሱ በመልካምና በበጎ ልብ ቃሉን ሰምተው የሚጠብቁት በመጽናትም ፍሬ የሚያፈሩ ናቸው።

¹⁵ That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.

¹⁶መብራትንም አብርቶ በዕቃ የሚከድነው ወይም ከአልጋ በታች የሚያኖረው የለም፥ የሚገቡት ሰዎች ብርሃኑን እንዲያዩ በመቅረዝ ላይ ያኖረዋል እንጂ።

¹⁶ “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.

¹⁷የማይገለጥ የተሰወረ የለምና፥ የማይታወቅም ወደ ግልጥም የማይመጣ የተሸሸገ የለም።

¹⁷ For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light.

¹⁸እንግዲህ እንዴት እንድትሰሙ ተጠበቁ፤ ላለው ሁሉ ይሰጠዋልና፥ ከሌለውም ሁሉ፥ ያው ያለው የሚመስለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

¹⁸ Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”

¹⁹እናቱና ወንድሞቹም ወደ እርሱ መጡ፥ ከሕዝቡም ብዛት የተነሣ ሊያገኙት አልተቻላቸውም።

¹⁹His mother and brothers came to him, and they could not come near him for the crowd.

²⁰እናትህና ወንድሞችህ ሊያዩህ ወድደው በውጭ ቆመዋል ብለው ነገሩት።

²⁰It was told him by some saying, “Your mother and your brothers stand outside, desiring to see you.”

²¹እርሱም መልሶ። እናቴና ወንድሞቼስ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሰምተው የሚያደርጉት እነዚህ ናቸው አላቸው።

²¹But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.”

²²ከዕለታቱም በአንዱ እርሱ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ወደ ታንኳ ገብቶ። ወደ ባሕር ማዶ እንሻገር አላቸው፤ ተነሡም።

²²Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So they launched out.

²³ሲሄዱም አንቀላፋ። ዓውሎ ነፋስም በባሕር ላይ ወረደ፥ ውኃውም ታንኳይቱን ይሞላ ነበርና ይጨነቁ ነበር።

²³But as they sailed, he fell asleep. A wind storm came down on the lake, and they were taking on dangerous amounts of water.

²⁴ቀርበውም። አቤቱ፥ አቤቱ ጠፋን እያሉ አስነሡት። እርሱም ነቅቶ ነፋሱንና የውኃውን ማዕበል ገሠጻቸው፤ ተዉም፥ ጽጥታም ሆነ።

²⁴They came to him, and awoke him, saying, “Master, master, we are dying!” He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm. See Psalm 107:29

²⁵እርሱም። እምነታችሁ የት ነው? አላቸው። ፈርተውም ተደነቁ፥ እርስ በርሳቸውም። እንዲህ ነፋሳትንና ውኃን እንኳ የሚያዝ ለእርሱም የሚታዘዙለት ይህ ማን ነው? አሉ።

²⁵He said to them, “Where is your faith?” Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, “Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”

²⁶በገሊላም አንጻር ወዳለችው ወደ ጌርጌሴኖን አገር በታንኳ ደረሱ።

²⁶They arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is opposite Galilee.

²⁷ወደ ምድርም በወጣ ጊዜ አጋንንት ያደሩበት አንድ ሰው ከከተማ ወጥቶ ተገናኘው፥ ከብዙ ዘመንም ጀምሮ ልብስ ሳይለብስ በመቃብር እንጂ በቤት አይኖርም ነበር።

²⁷When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn’t live in a house, but in the tombs.

²⁸ኢየሱስንም ባየ ጊዜ ጮኾ በፊቱ ተደፋ በታላቅ ድምፅም። የልዑል እግዚአብሔር ልጅ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ከአንተ ጋር ምን አለኝ? እንዳትሣቀየኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለ።

²⁸When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, “What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don’t torment me!”

²⁹ርኵሱን መንፈስ ከሰውዬው እንዲወጣ ያዘው ነበርና። ብዙ ዘመንም ይዞት ነበርና፥ በሰንሰለትና በእግር ብረትም ታስሮ ይጠበቅ ነበር፤ እስራቱንም ሰብሮ በጋኔኑ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ይነዳ ነበር።

²⁹For Jesus was commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For the unclean spirit had often seized the man. He was kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters. Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into the desert.

³⁰ኢየሱስም። ስምህ ማን ነው? ብሎ ጠየቀው። እርሱም ብዙዎች አጋንንት ገብተውበት ነበርና። ሌጌዎን አለው።

³⁰Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered into him.

³¹ወደ ጥልቁም ሊሄዱ እንዳያዛቸው ለመኑት።

³¹They begged him that he would not command them to go into the abyss.

³²በዚያም በተራራው የብዙ እሪያ መንጋ ይሰማሩ ነበር፤ ወደ እነርሱም ሊገቡ እንዲፈቅድላቸው ለመኑት፤ ፈቀደላቸውም።

³²Now there was there a herd of many pigs feeding on the mountain, and they begged him that he would allow them to enter into those. He allowed them.

³³አጋንንትም ከሰውዬው ወጥተው ወደ እሪያዎች ገቡ፥ መንጋውም ከአፋፉ ወደ ባሕር ተጣደፉና ሰጠሙ።

³³The demons came out from the man, and entered into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and were drowned.

³⁴እረኞችም የሆነውን ባዩ ጊዜ ሸሽተው በከተማውና በአገሩ አወሩት።

³⁴When those who fed them saw what had happened, they fled, and told it in the city and in the country.

³⁵የሆነውን ነገር ሊያዩ ወጥተውም ወደ ኢየሱስ መጡ፥ አጋንንትም የወጡለትን ሰው ለብሶ ልቡም ተመልሶ በኢየሱስ እግር አጠገብ ተቀምጦ አገኙትና ፈሩ።

³⁵People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

³⁶ያዩትም ደግሞ አጋንንት ያደሩበት ሰው እንዴት እንደ ዳነ አወሩላቸው።

³⁶Those who saw it told them how he who had been possessed by demons was healed.

³⁷በዙሪያውም በጌርጌሴኖን አገር ያሉት ሕዝብ ሁሉ ታላቅ ፍርሃት ይዞአቸዋልና ከእነርሱ እንዲሄድ ለመኑት በታንኳም ገብቶ ተመለሰ።

³⁷All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.

³⁸አጋንንት የወጡለት ሰውም ከእርሱ ጋር ይኖር ዘንድ ለመነው፤

³⁸But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,

³⁹ነገር ግን። ወደ ቤትህ ተመለስ፥ እግዚአብሔር እንዴት ያለ ታላቅ ነገር እንዳደረግልህ ንገር ብሎ አሰናበተው። ኢየሱስም እንዴት ያለ ታላቅ ነገር እንዳደረገለት በከተማው ሁሉ እየሰበከ ሄደ።

³⁹ “Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

⁴⁰ኢየሱስም በተመለሰ ጊዜ ሁሉ ይጠብቁት ነበርና ሕዝቡ ተቀበሉት።

⁴⁰It happened, when Jesus returned, that the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

⁴¹እነሆም፥ ኢያኢሮስ የሚባል ሰው መጣ፥ እርሱም የምኵራብ አለቃ ነበረ በኢየሱስም እግር ላይ ወድቆ ወደ ቤቱ እንዲገባ ለመነው፤

⁴¹Behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet, and begged him to come into his house,

⁴²አሥራ ሁለት ዓመት የሆናት አንዲት ሴት ልጅ ነበረችውና፤ እርስዋም ለሞት ቀርባ ነበረች። ሲሄድም ሕዝቡ ያጨናንቁት ነበር።

⁴²for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.

⁴³ከአሥራ ሁለት ዓመትም ጀምሮ ደም የሚፈሳት ሴት ነበረች፥ ትዳርዋንም ሁሉ ለባለመድኃኒቶች ከስራ ማንም ሊፈውሳት አልተቻለውም።

⁴³A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any,

⁴⁴በኋላውም ቀርባ የልብሱን ጫፍ ዳሰሰች፥ የደምዋም ፈሳሽ በዚያን ጊዜ ቆመ።

⁴⁴came behind him, and touched the fringe or, tassel of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped.

⁴⁵ኢየሱስም። የዳሰሰኝ ማን ነው? አለ። ሁሉም በካዱ ጊዜ፥ ጴጥሮስና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት። አቤቱ፥ ሕዝቡ ያጫንቁሃልና ያጋፉህማል፤ የዳሰሰኝ ማን ነው ትላለህን? አሉ።

⁴⁵Jesus said, “Who touched me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

⁴⁶ኢየሱስ ግን። አንድ ሰው ዳስሶኛል፥ ኃይል ከእኔ እንደ ወጣ እኔ አውቃለሁና አለ።

⁴⁶But Jesus said, “Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me.”

⁴⁷ሴቲቱም እንዳልተሰወረች ባየች ጊዜ እየተንቀጠቀጠች መጥታ በፊቱ ተደፋች፥ በምን ምክንያትም እንደ ዳሰሰችው ፈጥናም እንደ ተፈወሰች በሕዝቡ ሁሉ ፊት አወራች።

⁴⁷When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.

⁴⁸እርሱም። ልጄ ሆይ፥ እምነትሽ አድኖሻል፤ በሰላም ሂጂ አላት።

⁴⁸He said to her, “Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”

⁴⁹እርሱም ገና ሲናገር አንድ ሰው ከምኵራብ አለቃው ቤት መጥቶ። ልጅህ ሞታለች፤ እንግዲህ መምህሩን አታድክም አለ።

⁴⁹While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue’s house came, saying to him, “Your daughter is dead. Don’t trouble the Teacher.”

⁵⁰ኢየሱስ ግን ሰምቶ። አትፍራ፤ እመን ብቻ ትድንማለች ብሎ መለሰለት።

⁵⁰But Jesus hearing it, answered him, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe, and she will be healed.”

⁵¹ወደ ቤትም ሲገባ ከጴጥሮስና ከያዕቆብ ከዮሐንስም ከብላቴናይቱም አባትና እናት በቀር ማንም ከእርሱ ጋር ይገባ ዘንድ አልፈቀደም።

⁵¹When he came to the house, he didn’t allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.

⁵²ሁሉም እያለቀሱላት ዋይ ዋይ ይሉ ነበር። እርሱ ግን። አታልቅሱ፤ ተኝታለች እንጂ አልሞተችም አለ።

⁵²All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.”

⁵³እንደ ሞተችም አውቀው በጣም ሳቁበት።

⁵³They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.

⁵⁴እርሱ ግን እጅዋን ይዞ። አንቺ ብላቴና፥ ተነሺ ብሎ ጮኸ።

⁵⁴But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, “Child, arise!”

⁵⁵ነፍስዋም ተመለሰች፥ ፈጥናም ቆመች፥ የምትበላውንም እንዲሰጡአት አዘዘ።

⁵⁵Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.

⁵⁶ወላጆችዋም ተገረሙ፤ እርሱ ግን የሆነውን ለማንም እንዳይነግሩ አዘዛቸው።

⁵⁶Her parents were amazed, but he commanded them to tell no one what had been done.