¹ከዚያም ወጥቶ ወደ ገዛ አገሩ መጣ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ተከተሉት።

¹He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him.

²ሰንበትም በሆነ ጊዜ በምኵራብ ያስተምር ጀመር፤ ብዙዎችም ሰምተው ተገረሙና። እነዚህን ነገሮች ይህ ከወዴት አገኛቸው? ለዚህ የተሰጠችው ጥበብ ምንድር ናት? በእጁም የሚደረጉ እንደነዚህ ያሉ ተአምራት ምንድር ናቸው?

²When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?

³ይህስ ጸራቢው የማርያም ልጅ የያቆብም የዮሳም የይሁዳም የስምዖንም ወንድም አይደለምን? እኅቶቹስ በዚህ በእኛ ዘንድ አይደሉምን? አሉ፤ ይሰናከሉበትም ነበር።

³Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” They were offended at him.

⁴ኢየሱስም። ነቢይ ከገዛ አገሩና ከገዛ ዘመዶቹ ከገዛ ቤቱም በቀር ሳይከበር አይቀርም አላቸው።

⁴Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.”

⁵በዚያም በጥቂቶች ድውዮች ላይ እጁን ጭኖ ከመፈወስ በቀር፥ ተአምር ሊያደርግ ምንም አልቻለም።

⁵He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people, and healed them.

⁶ስለ አለማመናቸውም ተደነቀ። በመንደሮችም እያስተማረ ይዞር ነበር።

⁶He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching.

⁷አስራ ሁለቱንም ወደ እርሱ ጠራ ሁለት ሁለቱንም ይልካቸው ጀመር፥ በርኵሳን መናፍስትም ላይ ሥልጣን ሰጣቸው፥

⁷He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

⁸ለመንገድም ከበትር በቀር እንጀራም ቢሆን ከረጢትም ቢሆን መሐለቅም በመቀነታቸው ቢሆን እንዳይዙ አዘዛቸው።

⁸He commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a staff only: no bread, no wallet, no money in their purse,

⁹በእግራችሁ ጫማ አድርጉ እንጂ ሁለት እጀ ጠባብ አትልበሱ አለ።

⁹but to wear sandals, and not put on two tunics.

¹⁰በማናቸውም ስፍራ ወደ ቤት ብትገቡ ከዚያ እስክትወጡ ድረስ በዚያው ተቀመጡ።

¹⁰He said to them, “Wherever you enter into a house, stay there until you depart from there.

¹¹ከማይቀበሉአችሁና ከማይሰሙአችሁ ስፍራ ሁሉ፥ ከዚያ ወጥታችሁ ምስክር ይሆንባቸው ዘንድ ከእግራችሁ በታች ያለውን ትቢያ አራግፉ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከዚያች ከተማ ይልቅ ለሰዶምና ለገሞራ በፍርድ ቀን ይቀልላቸዋል አላቸው።

¹¹ Whoever will not receive you nor hear you, as you depart from there, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony against them. Assuredly, I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”

¹²ወጥተውም ንስሐ እንዲገቡ ሰበኩ፥ ብዙ አጋንንትንም አወጡ፥

¹²They went out and preached that people should repent.

¹³ብዙ ድውዮችንም ዘይት እየቀቡ ፈወሱአቸው።

¹³They cast out many demons, and anointed many with oil who were sick, and healed them.

¹⁴ስሙም ተገልጦአልና ንጉሡ ሄሮድስ በሰማ ጊዜ። መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ ከሙታን ተነሥቶአል ስለዚህም ኃይል በእርሱ ይደረጋል አለ።

¹⁴King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, “John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”

¹⁵ሌሎችም። ኤልያስ ነው አሉ፤ ሌሎችም። ከነቢያት እንደ አንዱ ነቢይ ነው አሉ።

¹⁵But others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”

¹⁶ሄሮድስ ግን ሰምቶ። እኔ ራሱን ያስቈረጥሁት ዮሐንስ ይህ ነው እርሱ ከሙታን ተነሥቶአል አለ።

¹⁶But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.”

¹⁷ሄሮድስ የወንድሙን የፊልጶስን ሚስት ሄሮድያዳን አግብቶ ነበርና በእርስዋ ምክንያት ራሱ ልኮ ዮሐንስን አስይዞ በወኅኒ አሳስሮት ነበር፤

¹⁷For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.

¹⁸ዮሐንስ ሄሮድስን። የወንድምህ ሚስት ለአንተ ልትሆን አልተፈቀደም ይለው ነበርና።

¹⁸For John said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

¹⁹ሄሮድያዳ ግን ተቃውማው ልትገድለው ትፈልግ ነበር አልቻለችም፤

¹⁹Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,

²⁰ሄሮድስ ዮሐንስ ጻድቅና ቅዱስ ሰው እንደ ሆነ አውቆ ይፈራውና ይጠባበቀው ነበር፤ እርሱንም ሰምቶ በብዙ ነገር ያመነታ ነበር፤

²⁰for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

²¹በደስታም ይሰማው ነበር። ሄሮድስም በተወለደበት ቀን ለመኳንንቱና ለሻለቆቹ ለገሊላም ሹማምንት ግብር ባደረገ ጊዜ ምቹ ቀን ሆነላትና

²¹Then a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.

²²የሄሮድያዳ ልጅ ገብታ ስትዘፍን ሄሮድስንና ከእርሱ ጋር የተቀመጡትን ደስ አሰኘቻቸው። ንጉሡም ብላቴናይቱን። የምትወጂውን ሁሉ ለምኚኝ እሰጥሽማለሁ አላት፤

²²When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”

²³የመንግሥቴ እኩሌታ ስንኳ ቢሆን የምትለምኚውን ሁሉ እሰጥሻለሁ ብሎ ማለላት።

²³He swore to her, “Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”

²⁴ወጥታም ለእናትዋ። ምን ልለምነው? አለች። እርስዋም። የመጥምቁን የዮሐንስን ራስ አለች።

²⁴She went out, and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”

²⁵ወዲያውም ፈጥና ወደ ንጉሡ ገብታ። የመጥምቁን የዮሐንስን ራስ በወጭት አሁን ልትሰጠኝ እወዳለሁ ብላ ለመነችው።

²⁵She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”

²⁶ንጉሡም እጅግ አዝኖ ስለ መሐላው ከእርሱም ጋር ስለ ተቀመጡት ሊነሣት አልወደደም።

²⁶The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.

²⁷ወዲያውም ንጉሡ ባለ ወግ ልኮ ራሱን እንዲያመጣ አዘዘው። ሄዶም በወኅኒ ራሱን ቈረጠ፥

²⁷Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

²⁸ራሱንም በወጭት አምጥቶ ለብላቴናይቱ ሰጣት፥ ብላቴናይቱም ለእናትዋ ሰጠች።

²⁸and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her mother.

²⁹ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሰምተው መጡ በድኑንም ወስደው ቀበሩት።

²⁹When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

³⁰ሐዋርያትም ወደ ኢየሱስ ተሰብስበው ያደረጉትንና ያስተማሩትን ሁሉ ነገሩት።

³⁰The apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and they told him all things, whatever they had done, and whatever they had taught.

³¹እናንት ራሳችሁ ብቻችሁን ወደ ምድረ በዳ ኑና ጥቂት ዕረፉ አላቸው፤ የሚመጡና የሚሄዱ ብዙዎች ነበሩና፥ ለመብላት እንኳ ጊዜ አጡ።

³¹He said to them, “You come apart into a deserted place, and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

³²በታንኳውም ብቻቸውን ወደ ምድረ በዳ ሄዱ።

³²They went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.

³³ሰዎችም ሲሄዱ አዩአቸው ብዙዎችም አወቁአቸውና ከከተሞች ሁሉ በእግር እየሮጡ ወዲያ ቀደሙአቸው ወደ እርሱም ተሰበሰቡ።

³³ They TR reads “The multitudes” instead of “They” saw them going, and many recognized him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to him.

³⁴ኢየሱስም ወጥቶ ብዙ ሕዝብ አየና እረኛ እንደሌላቸው በጎች ስለ ነበሩ አዘነላቸው፥ ብዙም ነገር ያስተምራቸው ጀመር።

³⁴Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

³⁵በዚያን ጊዜም ብዙ ሰዓት ካለፈ በኋላ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው። ቦታው ምድረ በዳ ነው አሁንም መሽቶአል፤

³⁵When it was late in the day, his disciples came to him, and said, “This place is deserted, and it is late in the day.

³⁶የሚበሉት የላቸውምና በዙሪያ ወዳሉ ገጠሮችና መንደሮች ሄደው እንጀራ ለራሳቸው እንዲገዙ አሰናብታቸው አሉት።

³⁶Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”

³⁷እርሱ ግን መልሶ። እናንተ የሚበሉትን ስጡአቸው አላቸው። ሄደን እንጀራ በሁለት መቶ ዲናር እንግዛላቸውን? እንዲበሉም እንስጣቸውን? አሉት።

³⁷But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii 200 denarii was about 7 or 8 months wages for an agricultural laborer. worth of bread, and give them something to eat?”

³⁸እርሱም። ስንት እንጀራ አላችሁ? ሂዱና እዩ አላቸው። ባወቁም ጊዜ። አምስት፥ ሁለትም ዓሣ አሉት።

³⁸He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go see.” When they knew, they said, “Five, and two fish.”

³⁹ሁሉንም በየክፍሉ በለመለመ ሣር ላይ እንዲያስቀምጡአቸው አዘዛቸው።

³⁹He commanded them that everyone should sit down in groups on the green grass.

⁴⁰መቶ መቶውና አምሳ አምሳው እየሆኑ በተራ በተራ ተቀመጡ።

⁴⁰They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties.

⁴¹አምስቱንም እንጀራ ሁለቱንም ዓሣ ይዞ ወደ ሰማይ አሻቅቦ አየና ባረከ፥ እንጀራውንም ቈርሶ እንዲያቀርቡላቸው ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠ፥

⁴¹He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves, and he gave to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among them all.

⁴²ሁለቱን ዓሣ ደግሞ ለሁሉ ከፈለ። ሁሉም በልተው ጠገቡ፤

⁴²They all ate, and were filled.

⁴³ከቍርስራሹም አሥራ ሁለት መሶብ የሞላ አነሡ ከዓሣውም ደግሞ።

⁴³They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.

⁴⁴እንጀራውንም የበሉት ወንዶቹ አምስት ሺህ ነበሩ።

⁴⁴Those who ate the loaves were TR adds “about” five thousand men.

⁴⁵ወዲያውም ሕዝቡን ሲያሰናብት ሳለ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ በታንኳ ገብተው ወደ ማዶ ወደ ቤተ ሳይዳ እንዲቀድሙት ግድ አላቸው።

⁴⁵Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.

⁴⁶ካሰናበታቸውም በኋላ ሊጸልይ ወደ ተራራ ወጣ።

⁴⁶After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.

⁴⁷በመሸም ጊዜ ታንኳይቱ በባሕር መካከል ሳለች እርሱ ብቻውን በምድር ላይ ነበረ።

⁴⁷When evening had come, the boat was in the midst of the sea, and he was alone on the land.

⁴⁸ነፋስ ወደ ፊታቸው ነበረና እየቀዘፉ ሲጨነቁ አይቶ፥ ከሌሊቱ በአራተኛው ክፍል በባሕር ላይ እየሄደ ወደ እነርሱ መጣ፤ ሊያልፋቸውም ይወድ ነበር።

⁴⁸Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, see Job 9:8 and he would have passed by them,

⁴⁹እነርሱ ግን በባሕር ላይ ሲሄድ ባዩት ጊዜ ምትሀት መሰላቸውና ጮኹ፥

⁴⁹but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out;

⁵⁰ሁሉ አይተውታልና፥ ታወኩም። ወዲያውም ተናገራቸውና። አይዞአችሁ፤ እኔ ነኝ፥ አትፍሩ አላቸው።

⁵⁰for they all saw him, and were troubled. But he immediately spoke with them, and said to them, “Cheer up! It is I! or, “I AM!” Don’t be afraid.”

⁵¹ወደ እነርሱም ወደ ታንኳይቱ ገባ፥ ነፋሱም ተወ፤ በራሳቸውም ያለ መጠን እጅግ ተገረሙ፤

⁵¹He got into the boat with them; and the wind ceased, and they were very amazed among themselves, and marveled;

⁵²ስለ እንጀራው አላስተዋሉምና፤ ነገር ግን ልባቸው ደንዝዞ ነበር።

⁵²for they hadn’t understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

⁵³ተሻግረውም ወደ ምድር ወደ ጌንሴሬጥ ደረሱ ታንኳይቱንም አስጠጉ።

⁵³When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.

⁵⁴ከታንኳይቱም ሲወጡ ወዲያው አውቀውት

⁵⁴When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,

⁵⁵በዚያች አገር ሁሉ ዙሪያ ሮጡና እርሱ እንዳለ ወደ ሰሙበት ስፍራ ሕመምተኞችን በአልጋ ላይ ያመጡ ጀመር።

⁵⁵and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.

⁵⁶በገባበትም ስፍራ ሁሉ፥ መንደርም ከተማም ገጠርም ቢሆን፥ በገበያ ድውዮችን ያኖሩ ነበር፤ የልብሱንም ጫፍ እንኳ ሊዳስሱ ይለምኑት ነበር የዳሰሱትም ሁሉ ዳኑ።

⁵⁶Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe or, tassel of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.