¹ፈሪሳውያንና ከጻፎች ወገን ከኢየሩሳሌም የመጡትም ወደ እርሱ ተሰበሰቡ።

¹Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.

²ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም አንዳንድ በርኵስ ማለት ባልታጠበ እጅ እንጀራ ሲበሉ አዩ።

²Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.

³ፈሪሳውያንና አይሁድም ሁሉ የሽማግሎችን ወግ ሲጠብቁ እጃቸውን ደኅና አድርገው ሳይታጠቡ አይበሉምና፥

³(For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.

⁴ከገበያም ተመልሰው ካልታጠቡ አይበሉም፥ ጽዋንም ማድጋንም የናስ ዕቃንም አልጋንም እንደ ማጠብ ሌላ ነገር ሊጠብቁት የተቀበሉት ብዙ አለ።

⁴They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)

⁵ፈሪሳውያንም ጻፎችም። ደቀ መዛሙርትህ እንደ ሽማግሌዎች ወግ ስለ ምን አይሄዱም? ነገር ግን እጃቸውን ሳይታጠቡ እንጀራ ይበላሉ ብለው ጠየቁት።

⁵The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”

⁶እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አላቸው። ኢሳይያስ ስለ እናንተ ስለ ግብዞች። ይህ ሕዝብ በከንፈሩ ያከብረኛል ልቡ ግን ከእኔ በጣም የራቀ ነው፤

⁶He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

⁷የሰውም ሥርዓት የሆነ ትምህርት እያስተማሩ በከንቱ ያመልኩኛል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ በእውነት ትንቢት ተናገረ።

⁷ But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ Isaiah 29:13

⁸የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዝ ትታችሁ ጽዋን ማድጋንም እንደ ማጠብ የሰውን ወግ ትጠብቃላችሁ፥ ይህንም የመሰለ ብዙ ሌላ ነገር ታደርጋላችሁ።

⁸ “For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”

⁹እንዲህም አላቸው። ወጋችሁን ትጠብቁ ዘንድ የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዝ እጅግ ንቃችኋል።

⁹He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

¹⁰ሙሴ። አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር፤ ደግሞ። አባቱን ወይም እናቱን የሰደበ ፈጽሞ ይሙት ብሎአልና።

¹⁰ For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16 and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’ Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9

¹¹እናንተ ግን ትላላችሁ። ሰው አባቱን ወይም እናቱን። ከእኔ የምትጠቀምበት ነገር ሁሉ ቍርባን ማለት መባ ነው ቢል፥

¹¹ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God. , that is to say, given to God”;’

¹²ለአባቱና ለእናቱ ምንም እንኳ ሊያደርግ ወደ ፊት አትፈቅዱለትም፤

¹² then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,

¹³ባስተላለፋችሁትም ወግ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ትሽራላችሁ፤ እንደዚሁም ይህን የሚመስል ብዙ ነገር ታደርጋላችሁ።

¹³ making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.”

¹⁴ደግሞም ሕዝቡን ጠርቶ። ሁላችሁ እኔን ስሙ አስተውሉም።

¹⁴He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.

¹⁵ከሰው የሚወጡት ሰውን የሚያረክሱ ናቸው እንጂ ከሰው ውጭ የሚገባውስ ሊያረክሰው የሚችል ምንም የለም።

¹⁵ There is nothing from outside of the man, that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are those that defile the man.

¹⁶የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ቢኖር ይስማ አላቸው።

¹⁶ If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

¹⁷ከሕዝቡ ዘንድ ወደ ቤት ከገባ በኋላ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ምሳሌውን ጠየቁት።

¹⁷When he had entered into a house away from the multitude, his disciples asked him about the parable.

¹⁸እርሱም። እናንተ ደግሞ እንደዚህ የማታስተውሉ ናችሁን? ከውጭ ወደ ሰው የሚገባ ሊያረክሰው ምንም እንዳይችል አትመለከቱምን?

¹⁸He said to them, “Are you thus without understanding also? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him,

¹⁹ወደ ሆድ ገብቶ ወደ እዳሪ ይወጣል እንጂ ወደ ልብ አይገባምና፤ መብልን ሁሉ እያጠራ አላቸው።

¹⁹ because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods or, making all foods clean ?”

²⁰እርሱም አለ። ከሰው የሚወጣው ሰውን የሚያረክስ ያ ነው።

²⁰He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.

²¹ከውስጥ ከሰው ልብ የሚወጣ ክፉ አሳብ፥

²¹ For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

²²ዝሙት፥ መስረቅ፥ መግደል፥ ምንዝርነት፥ መጐምጀት፥ ክፋት፥ ተንኰል፥ መዳራት፥ ምቀኝነት፥ ስድብ፥ ትዕቢት፥ ስንፍና ናቸውና፤

²² covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

²³ይህ ክፉው ሁሉ ከውስጥ ይወጣል ሰውን ያረክሰዋል።

²³ All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”

²⁴ከዚያም ተነሥቶ ወደ ጢሮስና ወደ ሲዶና አገር ሄደ። ወደ ቤትም ገብቶ ማንም እንዳያውቅበት ወደደ ሊሰወርም አልተቻለውም፤

²⁴From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.

²⁵ወዲያው ግን ታናሺቱ ልጅዋ ርኵስ መንፈስ ያደረባት አንዲት ሴት ስለ እርሱ ሰምታ መጣችና በእግሩ ላይ ተደፋች

²⁵For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

²⁶ሴቲቱም ግሪክ፥ ትውልድዋም ሲሮፊኒቃዊት ነበረች፤ ከልጅዋ ጋኔን ያወጣላት ዘንድ ለመነችው።

²⁶Now the woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by race. She begged him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.

²⁷ኢየሱስ ግን። ልጆቹ በፊት ይጠግቡ ዘንድ ተዪ የልጆቹን እንጀራ ይዞ ለቡችሎች መጣል አይገባምናአላት።

²⁷But Jesus said to her, “Let the children be filled first, for it is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

²⁸እርስዋም መልሳ። አዎን፥ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ቡችሎች እንኳ ከማዕድ በታች ሆነው የልጆችን ፍርፋሪ ይበላሉ አለችው።

²⁸But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

²⁹እርሱም። ስለዚህ ቃልሽ ሂጂ ጋኔኑ ከልጅሽ ወጥቶአል አላት።

²⁹He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”

³⁰ወደ ቤትዋም ሄዳ ጋኔኑ ወጥቶ ልጅዋም በአልጋ ላይ ተኝታ አገኘች።

³⁰She went away to her house, and found the child having been laid on the bed, with the demon gone out.

³¹ደግሞም ከጢሮስ አገር ወጥቶ በሲዶና አልፎ አሥር ከተማ በሚባል አገር መካከል ወደ ገሊላ ባሕር መጣ።

³¹Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the region of Decapolis.

³²ደንቆሮና ኰልታፋም የሆነ ሰው ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፥

³²They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

³³እጁንም ይጭንበት ዘንድ ለመኑት። ከሕዝቡም ለይቶ ለብቻው ወሰደው፥ ጣቶቹንም በጆሮቹ አገባ እንትፍም ብሎ መላሱን ዳሰሰ፤

³³He took him aside from the multitude, privately, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.

³⁴ወደ ሰማይም አሻቅቦ አይቶ ቃተተና። ኤፍታህ አለው፥ እርሱም ተከፈት ማለት ነው።

³⁴Looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”

³⁵ወዲያውም ጆሮቹ ተከፈቱ የመላሱም እስራት ተፈታ አጥርቶም ተናገረ።

³⁵Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.

³⁶ለማንም አትንገሩ ብሎ አዘዛቸው እነርሱ ግን ባዘዛቸውም መጠን ይልቅ እጅግ አወሩት።

³⁶He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

³⁷ያለ መጠንም ተገረሙና። ሁሉን ደኅና አድርጎአል፤ ደንቆሮችም እንዲሰሙ ዲዳዎችም እንዲናገሩ ያደርጋል አሉ።

³⁷They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”