¹ከዚያም ተነሥቶ በዮርዳኖስ ማዶ ወደ ይሁዳ አገር መጣ፥ ደግሞም ብዙ ሰዎች ወደ እርሱ ተሰበሰቡ እንደ ልማዱም ደግሞ ያስተምራቸው ነበር።

¹He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.

²ፈሪሳውያንም ቀርበው። ሰው ሚስቱን ሊፈታ ተፈቅዶለታልን? ብለው ሊፈትኑት ጠየቁት።

²Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

³እርሱ ግን መልሶ። ሙሴ ምን አዘዛችሁ? አላቸው።

³He answered, “What did Moses command you?”

⁴እነርሱም። ሙሴስ የፍችዋን ጽሕፈት ጽፎ እንዲፈታት ፈቀደ አሉ።

⁴They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.”

⁵ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። ስለ ልባችሁ ጥንካሬ ይህችን ትእዛዝ ጻፈላችሁ።

⁵But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.

⁶ከፍጥረት መጀመሪያ ግን እግዚአብሔር ወንድና ሴት አደረጋቸው፤

⁶ But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. Genesis 1:27

⁷ስለዚህ ሰው አባቱንና እናቱን ይተዋል ከሚስቱም ጋር ይተባበራል፥

⁷ For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

⁸ሁለቱም አንድ ሥጋ ይሆናሉ፤ ስለዚህ አንድ ሥጋ ናቸው እንጂ ወደ ፊት ሁለት አይደሉም።

⁸ and the two will become one flesh, Genesis 2:24 so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

⁹እግዚአብሔር ያጣመረውን እንግዲህ ሰው አይለየው።

⁹ What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

¹⁰በቤትም ደግሞ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ስለዚህ ነገር ጠየቁት።

¹⁰In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.

¹¹እርሱም። ሚስቱን ፈትቶ ሌላ የሚያገባ ሁሉ በእርስዋ ላይ ያመነዝራል፤

¹¹He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

¹²እርስዋም ባልዋን ፈትታ ሌላ ብታገባ ታመነዝራለች አላቸው።

¹² If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”

¹³እንዲዳስሳቸውም ሕፃናትን ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ያመጡአቸውን ገሠጹአቸው።

¹³They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.

¹⁴ኢየሱስ ግን አይቶ ተቈጣና። ሕፃናትን ወደ እኔ ይመጡ ዘንድ ተዉ አትከልክሉአቸው፤ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደነዚህ ላሉት ናትና።

¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

¹⁵እውነት እላችኋለሁ፤ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እንደ ሕፃን የማይቀበላት ሁሉ ከቶ አይገባባትም አላቸው።

¹⁵ Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”

¹⁶አቀፋቸውም እጁንም ጭኖ ባረካቸው።

¹⁶He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

¹⁷እርሱም በመንገድ ሲወጣ አንድ ሰው ወደ እርሱ ሮጦ ተንበረከከለትና። ቸር መምህር ሆይ፥ የዘላለም ሕይወትን እወርስ ዘንድ ምን ላድርግ? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

¹⁷As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”

¹⁸ኢየሱስም። ስለ ምን ቸር ትለኛለህ? ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ቸር ማንም የለም።

¹⁸Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.

¹⁹ትእዛዛትን ታውቃለህ፤ አታመንዝር፥ አትግደል፥ አትስረቅ፥ በሐሰት አትመስክር፥ አታታልል፥ አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር አለው።

¹⁹ You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’” Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20

²⁰እርሱም መልሶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ይህን ሁሉ ከሕፃንነቴ ጀምሬ ጠብቄአለሁ አለው።

²⁰He said to him, “Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth.”

²¹ኢየሱስም ወደ እርሱ ተመልክቶ ወደደውና። አንድ ነገር ጐደለህ፤ ሂድ፥ ያለህን ሁሉ ሽጠህ ለድሆች ስጥ፥ በሰማይም መዝገብ ታገኛለህ፥ መስቀሉንም ተሸክመህ ና፥ ተከተለኝ አለው።

²¹Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

²²ነገር ግን ስለዚህ ነገር ፊቱ ጠቈረ፥ ብዙ ንብረት ነበረውና እያዘነም ሄደ።

²²But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.

²³ኢየሱስም ዘወር ብሎ አይቶ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን። ገንዘብ ላላቸው ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መግባት እንዴት ጭንቅ ይሆናል አላቸው።

²³Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!”

²⁴ደቀ መዛሙርቱም እነዚህን ቃሎች አደነቁ። ኢየሱስም ደግሞ መልሶ። ልጆች ሆይ፥ በገንዘብ ለሚታመኑ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መግባት እንዴት ጭንቅ ነው።

²⁴The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!

²⁵ባለ ጠጋ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከሚገባ ግመል በመርፌ ቀዳዳ ቢያልፍ ይቀላል አላቸው።

²⁵ It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

²⁶እነርሱም ያለ መጠን ተገረሙና እርስ በርሳቸው። እንግዲያ ማን ሊድን ይችላል? ተባባሉ።

²⁶They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?”

²⁷ኢየሱስም ተመለከታቸውና። ይህ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ እንጂ በሰው ዘንድ አይቻልም፤ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ሁሉ ይቻላልና አለ።

²⁷Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”

²⁸ጴጥሮስም። እነሆ፥ እኛ ሁሉን ትተን ተከተልንህ ይለው ጀመር።

²⁸Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all, and have followed you.”

²⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ስለ እኔና ስለ ወንጌል ቤትን ወይም ወንድሞችን ወይም እኅቶችን ወይም አባትን ወይም እናትን ወይም ሚስትን ወይም ልጆችን ወይም እርሻን የተወ፥

²⁹Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,

³⁰አሁን በዚህ ዘመን ከስደት ጋር ቤቶችን ወንድሞችንና እኅቶችንም እናቶችንም ልጆችንም እርሻንም መቶ እጥፍ፥ በሚመጣውም ዓለም የዘላለም ሕይወት የማይቀበል ማንም የለም።

³⁰ but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.

³¹ግን ብዙ ፊተኞች ኋለኞች ኋለኞችም ፊተኞች ይሆናሉ።

³¹ But many who are first will be last; and the last first.”

³²ወደ ኢየሩሳሌምም ሊወጡ በመንገድ ነበሩ፥ ኢየሱስም ይቀድማቸው ነበርና ተደነቁ፤ የተከተሉትም ይፈሩ ነበር። ደግሞም አሥራ ሁለቱን ወደ እርሱ አቅርቦ ይደርስበት ዘንድ ያለውን ይነግራቸው ጀመር።

³²They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.

³³እነሆ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንወጣለን፥ የሰው ልጅም ለካህናት አለቆችና ለጻፎች አልፎ ይሰጣል፥ የሞት ፍርድም ይፈርዱበታል፥ ለአሕዛብም አሳልፈው ይሰጡታል፥

³³ “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.

³⁴ይዘብቱበትማል ይተፉበትማል ይገርፉትማል ይገድሉትማል፥ በሦስተኛውም ቀን ይነሣል አላቸው።

³⁴ They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”

³⁵የዘብዴዎስ ልጆች ያዕቆብና ዮሐንስም ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው። መምህር ሆይ፥ የምንለምንህን ሁሉ እንድታደርግልን እንወዳለን አሉት።

³⁵James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.”

³⁶እርሱም። ምን ላደርግላችሁ ትወዳላችሁ? አላቸው።

³⁶He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”

³⁷እነርሱም። በክብርህ ጊዜ አንዳችን በቀኝ አንዳችንም በግራህ መቀመጥን ስጠን አሉት።

³⁷They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory.”

³⁸ኢየሱስ ግን። የምትለምኑትን አታውቁም። እኔ የምጠጣውን ጽዋ ልትጠጡ፥ እኔ የምጠመቀውንስ ጥምቀት ልትጠመቁ ትችላላችሁን? አላቸው።

³⁸But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”

³⁹እነርሱም። እንችላለን አሉት። ኢየሱስም። እኔ የምጠጣውን ጽዋ ትጠጣላችሁ፥ እኔ የምጠመቀውንም ጥምቀት ትጠመቃላችሁ፤

³⁹They said to him, “We are able.” Jesus said to them, “You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;

⁴⁰በቀኝና በግራ መቀመጥ ግን ለተዘጋጀላቸው ነው እንጂ የምሰጥ እኔ አይደለሁም አላቸው።

⁴⁰ but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”

⁴¹አሥሩም ሰምተው በያዕቆብና በዮሐንስ ይቈጡ ጀመር።

⁴¹When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.

⁴²ኢየሱስም ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ እንዲህ አላቸው። የአሕዛብ አለቆች ተብሎ የምታስቡት እንዲገዙአቸው ታላላቆቻቸውም በላያቸው እንዲሠለጥኑ ታውቃላችሁ።

⁴²Jesus summoned them, and said to them, “You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

⁴³በእናንተስ እንዲህ አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን ማንም ከእናንተ ታላቅ ሊሆን የሚወድ የእናንተ አገልጋይ ይሁን፥

⁴³ But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

⁴⁴ከእናንተም ማንም ፊተኛ ሊሆን የሚወድ የሁሉ ባሪያ ይሁን፤

⁴⁴ Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.

⁴⁵እንዲሁ የሰው ልጅም ሊያገለግልና ነፍሱን ለብዙዎች ቤዛ ሊሰጥ እንጂ እንዲያገለግሉት አልመጣም።

⁴⁵ For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

⁴⁶ወደ ኢያሪኮም መጡ። ከደቀ መዛሙርቱና ከብዙ ሕዝብ ጋር ከኢያሪኮ ሲወጣ የጤሜዎስ ልጅ ዕውሩ በርጤሜዎስ እየለመነ በመንገድ ዳር ተቀምጦ ነበር።

⁴⁶They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

⁴⁷የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስም እንደ ሆነ በሰማ ጊዜ። የዳዊት ልጅ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ማረኝ እያለ ይጮኽ ጀመር።

⁴⁷When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁸ብዙዎችም ዝም እንዲል ገሠጹት፤ እርሱ ግን። የዳዊት ልጅ ሆይ፥ ማረኝ እያለ አብዝቶ ጮኸ።

⁴⁸Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁹ኢየሱስም ቆመና። ጥሩት አለ። ዕውሩንም። አይዞህ፥ ተነሣ፥ ይጠራሃል ብለው ጠሩት።

⁴⁹Jesus stood still, and said, “Call him.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”

⁵⁰እርሱም እየዘለለ ተነሣና ልብሱን ጥሎ ወደ ኢየሱስ መጣ።

⁵⁰He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.

⁵¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ምን ላደርግልህ ትወዳለህ? አለው። ዕውሩም። መምህር ሆይ፥ አይ ዘንድ አለው።

⁵¹Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, Rabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “great teacher.” that I may see again.”

⁵²ኢየሱስም። ሂድ፤ እምነትህ አድኖሃል አለው። ወዲያውም አየ በመንገድም ተከተለው።

⁵²Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.