¹ደግሞም በባሕር ዳር ሊያስተምር ጀመረ። እጅግ ብዙ ሰዎችም ወደ እርሱ ስለ ተሰበሰቡ እርሱ በታንኳ ገብቶ በባሕር ላይ ተቀመጠ፤ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ በባሕር ዳር በምድር ላይ ነበሩ።

¹Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

²በምሳሌም ብዙ ያስተምራቸው ነበር፥ በትምህርቱም አላቸው። ስሙ።

²He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

³እነሆ፥ ዘሪ ሊዘራ ወጣ። ሲዘራም አንዳንዱ በመንገድ ዳር ወደቀና ወፎች መጥተው በሉት።

³ “Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

⁵ሌላውም ብዙ መሬት በሌለበት በጭንጫ ላይ ወደቀና ጥልቅ መሬት ስላልነበረው ወዲያው በቀለ፤

⁴ and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds TR adds “of the air” came and devoured it.

⁶ፀሐይም ሲወጣ ጠወለገ፥ ሥርም ስላልነበረው ደረቀ።

⁵ Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

⁷ሌላውም በእሾህ መካከል ወደቀ፥ እሾህም ወጣና አነቀው፥ ፍሬም አልሰጠም።

⁶ When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

⁸ሌላውም በመልካም መሬት ላይ ወደቀና ወጥቶ አድጎ ፍሬ ሰጠ፥ አንዱም ሠላሳ አንዱም ስድሳ አንዱም መቶ አፈራ።

⁷ Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

⁹የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ አለ።

⁸ Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”

¹⁰ብቻውንም በሆነ ጊዜ፥ በዙሪያው የነበሩት ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ጋር ስለ ምሳሌው ጠየቁት።

⁹He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹¹እንዲህም አላቸው። ለእናንተ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ምሥጢር ማወቅ ተሰጥቶአችኋል፤ በውጭ ላሉት ግን፥ አይተው እንዲያዩ እንዳይመለከቱም፥ ሰምተውም እንዲሰሙ እንዳያስተውሉም፥ እንዳይመለሱ ኃጢአታቸውም እንዳይሰረይላቸው ነገር ሁሉ በምሳሌ ይሆንባቸዋል።

¹⁰When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

¹³አላቸውም። ይህን ምሳሌ አታውቁምን? እንዴትስ ምሳሌዎቹን ሁሉ ታውቃላችሁ?

¹¹He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

¹⁴ዘሪው ቃሉን ይዘራል። ቃልም በተዘራበት በመንገድ ዳር የሆኑት እነዚህ ናቸው፥

¹² that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’” Isaiah 6:9-10

¹⁵በሰሙት ጊዜም ሰይጣን ወዲያው መጥቶ በልባቸው የተዘራውን ቃል ይወስዳል።

¹³He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

¹⁶እንዲሁም በጭንጫ ላይ የተዘሩት እነዚህ ናቸው፥ ቃሉንም ሰምተው ወዲያው በደስታ ይቀበሉታል፥

¹⁴ The farmer sows the word.

¹⁷ለጊዜውም ነው እንጂ በእነርሱ ሥር የላቸውም፥ ኋላም በቃሉ ምክንያት መከራ ወይም ስደት በሆነ ጊዜ ወዲያው ይሰናከላሉ።

¹⁵ The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

¹⁸በእሾህም የተዘሩት ሌሎች ናቸው፥ ቃሉን የሰሙት እነዚህ ናቸው፥

¹⁶ These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

¹⁹የዚህም ዓለም አሳብና የባለጠግነት ማታለል የሌላውም ነገር ምኞት ገብተው ቃሉን ያንቃሉ፥ የማያፈራም ይሆናል።

¹⁷ They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

²⁰በመልካምም መሬት የተዘሩት ቃሉን ሰምተው የሚቀበሉት አንዱም ሠላሳ አንዱም ስድሳ አንዱም መቶ ፍሬ የሚያፈሩት እነዚህ ናቸው።

¹⁸ Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,

²¹እንዲህም አላቸው። መብራትን ከዕንቅብ ወይስ ከአልጋ በታች ሊያኖሩት ያመጡታልን? በመቅረዝ ላይ ሊያኖሩት አይደለምን?

¹⁹ and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

²²እንዲገለጥ ባይሆን የተሰወረ የለምና፤ ወደ ግልጥ እንዲመጣ እንጂ የተሸሸገ የለም።

²⁰ Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”

²³የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ቢኖር ይስማ።

²¹He said to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 litres) or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?

²⁴አላቸውም። ምን እንድትሰሙ ተጠበቁ። በምትሰፍሩበት መስፈሪያ ይሰፈርላችኋል ለእናንተም ይጨመርላችኋል።

²² For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

²⁵ላለው ይሰጠዋልና፤ ከሌለውም ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

²³ If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”

²⁶እርሱም አለ። በምድር ዘርን እንደሚዘራ ሰው የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደዚህ ናት ሌሊትና ቀን ይተኛልም ይነሣልም፥

²⁴He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

²⁷እርሱም እንዴት እንደሚሆን ሳያውቅ ዘሩ ይበቅላል ያድግማል።

²⁵ For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”

²⁸ምድሪቱም አውቃ በመጀመሪያ ቡቃያ ኋላም ዛላ ኋላም በዛላው ፍጹም ሰብል ታፈራለች።

²⁶He said, “The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

²⁹ፍሬ ግን ሲበስል መከር ደርሶአልና ወዲያው ማጭድ ይልካል።

²⁷ and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn’t know how.

³⁰እርሱም አለ። የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት በምን እናስመስላታለን? ወይስ በምን ምሳሌ እንመስላታለን?

²⁸ For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

³¹እንደ ሰናፍጭ ቅንጣት ናት፥ እርስዋም በምድር በተዘራች ጊዜ በምድር ካለ ዘር ሁሉ ታንሳለች፤ በተዘራችም ጊዜ ትወጣለች ከአትክልትም ሁሉ የምትበልጥ ትሆናለች፥

²⁹ But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

³²የሰማይ ወፎችም በጥላዋ ሊሰፍሩ እስኪችሉ ታላላቅ ቅርንጫፎች ታደርጋለች።

³⁰He said, “How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

³³መስማትም በሚችሉበት መጠን እነዚህን በሚመስል በብዙ ምሳሌ ቃሉን ይነግራቸው ነበር፤ ያለ ምሳሌ ግን አልነገራቸውም፥

³¹ It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

³⁴ለብቻቸውም ሲሆኑ ነገሩን ሁሉ ለገዛ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ይፈታላቸው ነበር።

³² yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”

³⁵በዚያም ቀን በመሸ ጊዜ። ወደ ማዶ እንሻገር አላቸው።

³³With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

³⁶ሕዝቡንም ትተው በታንኳ እንዲያው ወሰዱት፥ ሌሎች ታንኳዎችም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩ።

³⁴Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

³⁷ብርቱ ዐውሎ ነፋስም ተነሣና ውኃ በታንኳይቱ እስኪሞላ ድረስ ማዕበሉ በታንኳይቱ ይገባ ነበር።

³⁵On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”

³⁸እርሱም በስተኋላዋ ትራስ ተንተርሶ ተኝቶ ነበር፤ አንቅተውም። መምህር ሆይ፥ ስንጠፋ አይገድህምን? አሉት።

³⁶Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.

³⁹ነቅቶም ነፋሱን ገሠጸው ባሕሩንም። ዝም በል፥ ፀጥ በል አለው። ነፋሱም ተወ ታላቅ ፀጥታም ሆነ።

³⁷A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

⁴⁰እንዲህ የምትፈሩ ስለ ምን ነው? እንዴትስ እምነት የላችሁም? አላቸው።

³⁸He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”

⁴¹እጅግም ፈሩና። እንግዲህ ነፋስም ባሕርም የሚታዘዙለት ይህ ማን ነው? ተባባሉ።

³⁹He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

⁴⁰He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”

⁴¹They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”