¹ከጥቂት ቀን በኋላ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም ደግሞ ገብቶ በቤት እንደ ሆነ ተሰማ።

¹When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.

²በደጅ ያለው ስፍራም እስኪጠባቸው ድረስ ብዙ ሰዎች ተሰበሰቡ፤ ቃሉንም ይነግራቸው ነበር።

²Immediately many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even around the door; and he spoke the word to them.

³አራት ሰዎችም የተሸከሙትን ሽባ አመጡለት።

³Four people came, carrying a paralytic to him.

⁴ስለ ሕዝቡም ብዛት ወደ እርሱ ማቅረብ ቢያቅታቸው እርሱ ያለበትን የቤቱን ጣራ አነሡ፥ ነድለውም ሽባው የተኛበትን አልጋ አወረዱ።

⁴When they could not come near to him for the crowd, they removed the roof where he was. When they had broken it up, they let down the mat that the paralytic was lying on.

⁵ኢየሱስም እምነታቸውን አይቶ ሽባውን። አንተ ልጅ፥ ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ አለው።

⁵Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

⁶ከጻፎችም አንዳንዶቹ በዚያ ተቀምጠው ነበር በልባቸውም። ይህ ሰው ስለ ምን እንደዚህ ያለ ስድብ ይናገራል?

⁶But there were some of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

⁷ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ኃጢአት ሊያስተሰርይ ማን ይችላል? ብለው አሰቡ።

⁷“Why does this man speak blasphemies like that? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

⁸ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ በልባቸው እንዲህ እንዳሰቡ በመንፈስ አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። በልባችሁ ይህን ስለ ምን ታስባላችሁ?

⁸Immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you reason these things in your hearts?

⁹ሽባውን። ኃጢአትህ ተሰረየችልህ ከማለት ወይስ። ተነሣ አልጋህንም ተሸከምና ሂድ ከማለት ማናቸው ይቀላል?

⁹ Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?’

¹⁰ነገር ግን ለሰው ልጅ በምድር ላይ ኃጢአትን ሊያስተሰርይ ሥልጣን እንዳለው እንድታውቁ፤

¹⁰ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins” —he said to the paralytic—

¹¹ሽባውን። አንተን እልሃለሁ፥ ተነሣ፥ አልጋህን ተሸከምና ወደ ቤትህ ሂድ አለው።

¹¹ “I tell you, arise, take up your mat, and go to your house.”

¹²ተነሥቶም ወዲያው አልጋውን ተሸክሞ በሁሉ ፊት ወጣ፥ ስለዚህም ሰዎች ሁሉ ተገረሙና። እንዲህ ያለ ከቶ አላየንም ብለው እግዚአብሔርን አከበሩ።

¹²He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

¹³ደግሞም በባሕር አጠገብ ወጣ፤ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ መጡና አስተማራቸው።

¹³He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

¹⁴ሲያልፍም በመቅረጫው ተቀምጦ የነበረውን የእልፍዮስን ልጅ ሌዊን አየና። ተከተለኝ አለው። ተነሥቶም ተከተለው።

¹⁴As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.

¹⁵በቤቱም በማዕድ ተቀምጦ ሳለ፥ ብዙ ቀራጮችና ኃጢአተኞች ከኢየሱስና ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ተቀመጡ፤ ብዙ ነበሩ ይከተሉትም ነበር።

¹⁵It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

¹⁶ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያንም ከቀራጮችና ከኃጢአተኞች ጋር ሲበላ አይተው ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ከቀራ ጮችና ከኃጢአተኞች ጋር የሚበላና የሚጠጣ ስለ ምንድር ነው? አሉ።

¹⁶The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”

¹⁷ኢየሱስም ሰምቶ። ሕመምተኞች እንጂ ብርቱዎች ባለ መድኃኒት አያስፈልጋቸውም ኃጢአተኞችን እንጂ ጻድቃንን ልጠራ አልመጣሁም አላቸው።

¹⁷When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

¹⁸የዮሐንስ ደቀ መዛሙርትና ፈሪሳውያን ይጦሙ ነበር። መጥተውም። የዮሐንስና የፈሪሳውያን ደቀ መዛሙርት የሚጦሙት የአንተ ደቀ መዛሙርት ግን የማይጦሙት ስለ ምንድር ነው? አሉት።

¹⁸John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

¹⁹ኢየሱስም አላቸው። ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለ ሚዜዎች ሊጦሙ ይችላሉን? ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለ ሊጦሙ አይችሉም።

¹⁹Jesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can’t fast.

²⁰ነገር ግን ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ የሚወሰድበት ወራት ይመጣል፥ በዚያ ወራትም ይጦማሉ።

²⁰ But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

²¹በአረጀ ልብስ አዲስ እራፊ የሚጥፍ የለም፤ ቢደረግ ግን፥ አዲሱ መጣፊያ አሮጌውን ይቦጭቀዋል፥ መቀደዱም የባሰ ይሆናል።

²¹ No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.

²²በአረጀ አቁማዳም አዲስ የወይን ጠጅ የሚያኖር የለም፤ ቢደረግ ግን፥ የወይን ጠጁ አቁማዳውን ያፈነዳል የወይኑም ጠጅ ይፈሳል አቁማዳውም ይጠፋል አዲሱን የወይን ጠጅ ግን በአዲስ አቁማዳ ያኖራሉ።

²² No one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and the wine pours out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins.”

²³በሰንበትም በእርሻ መካከል ሲያልፍ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ እየሄዱ እሸት ይቀጥፉ ጀመር።

²³It happened that he was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields, and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain.

²⁴ፈሪሳውያንም። እነሆ፥ በሰንበት ያልተፈቀደውን ስለ ምን ያደርጋሉ? አሉት።

²⁴The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?”

²⁵እርሱም። ዳዊት ባስፈለገውና በተራበ ጊዜ፥ እርሱ አብረውት ከነበሩት ጋር ያደረገውን፥ አብያተር ሊቀ ካህናት በነበረ ጊዜ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤት እንደ ገባ፥

²⁵He said to them, “Did you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry—he, and those who were with him?

²⁶ከካህናት በቀር መብላት ያልተፈቀደውን የመሥዋዕትን እንጀራ እንደ በላ፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ለነበሩት እንደ ሰጣቸው ከቶ አላነበባችሁምን? አላቸው።

²⁶ How he entered into God’s house when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?”

²⁷ደግሞ። ሰንበት ስለ ሰው ተፈጥሮአል እንጂ ሰው ስለ ሰንበት አልተፈጠረም፤

²⁷He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

²⁸እንዲሁም የሰው ልጅ ለሰንበት እንኳ ጌታዋ ነው አላቸው።

²⁸ Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”