¹አሥራ ሁለቱን ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ፥ እንዲያወጡአቸው በርኩሳን መናፍስት ላይ ደዌንና ሕማምንም ሁሉ እንዲፈውሱ ሥልጣን ሰጣቸው።

¹He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

²የአሥራ ሁለቱም ሐዋርያት ስም ይህ ነው፤ መጀመሪያው ጴጥሮስ የተባለው ስምዖን ወንድሙ እንድርያስም፥ የዘብዴዎስ ልጅ ያዕቆብም ወንድሙ ዮሐንስም፥

²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

³ፊልጶስም በርተሎሜዎስም፥ ቶማስም ቀራጩ ማቴዎስም፥ የእልፍዮስ ልጅ ያዕቆብም ታዴዎስም የተባለው ልብድዮስ፥

³Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, whose surname was NU omits “Lebbaeus, whose surname was” Thaddaeus;

⁴ቀነናዊውም ስምዖን ደግሞም አሳልፎ የሰጠው የአስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ።

⁴Simon the Canaanite; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

⁵እነዚህን አሥራ ሁለቱን ኢየሱስ ላካቸው፥ አዘዛቸውም፥ እንዲህም አለ። በአሕዛብ መንገድ አትሂዱ፥ ወደ ሳምራውያንም ከተማ አትግቡ፤

⁵Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.

⁶ይልቅስ የእስራኤል ቤት ወደሚሆኑ ወደ ጠፉት በጎች ሂዱ እንጂ።

⁶ Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

⁷ሄዳችሁም። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ቀርባለች ብላችሁ ስበኩ።

⁷ As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

⁸ድውዮችን ፈውሱ፤ ሙታንን አስነሡ፤ ለምጻሞችን አንጹ፤ አጋንንትን አውጡ፤ በከንቱ ተቀበላችሁ፥ በከንቱ ስጡ።

⁸ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers TR adds “, raise the dead” , and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.

⁹ወርቅ ወይም ብር ወይም ናስ በመቀነታችሁ፥

⁹ Don’t take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in your money belts.

¹⁰ወይም ለመንገድ ከረጢት ወይም ሁለት እጀ ጠባብ ወይም ጫማ ወይም በትር አታግኙ፤ ለሠራተኛ ምግቡ ይገባዋልና።

¹⁰ Take no bag for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food.

¹¹በምትገቡባትም በማናቸይቱም ከተማ ወይም መንደር፥ በዚያ የሚገባው ማን እንደ ሆነ በጥንቃቄ መርምሩ፤ እስክትወጡም ድረስ በዚያ ተቀመጡ።

¹¹ Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.

¹²ወደ ቤትም ስትገቡ ሰላምታ ስጡ፤

¹² As you enter into the household, greet it.

¹³ቤቱም የሚገባው ቢሆን ሰላማችሁ ይድረስለት፤ ባይገባው ግን ሰላማችሁ ይመለስላችሁ።

¹³ If the household is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it isn’t worthy, let your peace return to you.

¹⁴ከማይቀበላችሁም ቃላችሁንም ከማይሰሙ ሁሉ፥ ከዚያ ቤት ወይም ከዚያች ከተማ ስትወጡ የእግራችሁን ትቢያ አራግፉ።

¹⁴ Whoever doesn’t receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

¹⁵እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በፍርድ ቀን ከዚያች ከተማ ይልቅ ለሰዶምና ለገሞራ አገር ይቀልላቸዋል።

¹⁵ Most certainly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

¹⁶እነሆ፥ እኔ እንደ በጎች በተኵላዎች መካከል እልካችኋለሁ፤ ስለዚህ እንደ እባብ ልባሞች እንደ ርግብም የዋሆች ሁኑ።

¹⁶ “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

¹⁷ነገር ግን ወደ ሸንጎ አሳልፈው ይሰጡአችኋል፥ በምኩራቦቻቸውም ይገርፉአችኋልና ከሰዎች ተጠበቁ፤

¹⁷ But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

¹⁸ለእነርሱና ለአሕዛብም ምስክር እንዲሆን፥ ስለ እኔ ወደ ገዥዎች ወደ ነገሥታትም ትወሰዳላችሁ።

¹⁸ Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

¹⁹አሳልፈውም ሲሰጡአችሁ፥ የምትናገሩት በዚያች ሰዓት ይሰጣችኋልና እንዴት ወይስ ምን እንድትናገሩ አትጨነቁ፤

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.

²⁰በእናንተ የሚናገር የአባታችሁ መንፈስ ነው እንጂ፥ የምትናገሩ እናንተ አይደላችሁምና።

²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.

²¹ወንድምም ወንድሙን፥ አባትም ልጁን ለሞት አሳልፎ ይሰጣል፥ ልጆችም በወላጆቻቸው ላይ ይነሣሉ ይገድሉአቸውማል።

²¹ “Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

²²በሁሉም ስለ ስሜ የተጠላችሁ ትሆናላችሁ፤ እስከ መጨረሻ የሚጸና ግን እርሱ ይድናል።

²² You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

²³በአንዲቱ ከተማም መከራ ቢያሳዩአችሁ ወደ ሌላይቱ ሽሹ፤ እውነት እላችኋለሁና፥ የሰው ልጅ እስኪመጣ ድረስ የእስራኤልን ከተማዎች አትዘልቁም።

²³ But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel, until the Son of Man has come.

²⁴ደቀ መዝሙር ከመምህሩ፥ ባሪያም ከጌታው አይበልጥም።

²⁴ “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

²⁵ደቀ መዝሙር እንደ መምህሩ፥ ባሪያም እንደ ጌታው መሆኑ ይበቃዋል። ባለቤቱን ብዔል ዜቡል ካሉት፥ ቤተሰዎቹንማ እንዴት አብዝተው አይሉአቸው!

²⁵ It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

²⁶እንግዲህ አትፍሩአቸው፤ የማይገለጥ የተከደነ፥ የማይታወቅም የተሰወረ ምንም የለምና።

²⁶ Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

²⁷በጨለማ የምነግራችሁን በብርሃን ተናገሩ፤ በጆሮም የምትሰሙትን በሰገነት ላይ ስበኩ።

²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

²⁸ሥጋንም የሚገድሉትን ነፍስን ግን መግደል የማይቻላቸውን አትፍሩ፤ ይልቅስ ነፍስንም ሥጋንም በገሃነም ሊያጠፋ የሚቻለውን ፍሩ።

²⁸ Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. or, Hell.

²⁹ሁለት ድንቢጦች በአምስት ሳንቲም ይሸጡ የለምን? ከእነርሱም አንዲቱ ያለ አባታችሁ ፈቃድ በምድር ላይ አትወድቅም።

²⁹ “Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius. An assarion is approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor. ? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,

³⁰የእናንተስ የራሳችሁ ጠጉር ሁሉ እንኳ ተቈጥሮአል።

³⁰ but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

³¹እንግዲህ አትፍሩ ከብዙ ድንቢጦች እናንተ ትበልጣላችሁ።

³¹ Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

³²ስለዚህ በሰው ፊት ለሚመሰክርልኝ ሁሉ እኔ ደግሞ በሰማያት ባለው በአባቴ ፊት እመሰክርለታለሁ፤

³² Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.

³³በሰው ፊትም የሚክደኝን ሁሉ እኔ ደግሞ በሰማያት ባለው በአባቴ ፊት እክደዋለሁ።

³³ But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

³⁴በምድር ላይ ሰላምን ለማምጣት የመጣሁ አይምሰላችሁ፤ ሰይፍን እንጂ ሰላምን ለማምጣት አልመጣሁም።

³⁴ “Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.

³⁵ሰውን ከአባቱ፥ ሴት ልጅንም ከእናትዋ፥ ምራትንም ከአማትዋ እለያይ ዘንድ መጥቻለሁና፤

³⁵ For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

³⁶ለሰውም ቤተ ሰዎቹ ጠላቶች ይሆኑበታል።

³⁶ A man’s foes will be those of his own household. Micah 7:6

³⁷ከእኔ ይልቅ አባቱን ወይም እናቱን የሚወድ ለእኔ ሊሆን አይገባውም፤ ከእኔ ይልቅም ወንድ ልጁን ወይም ሴት ልጁን የሚወድ ለእኔ ሊሆን አይገባውም፤

³⁷ He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

³⁸መስቀሉንም የማይዝ በኋላዬም የማይከተለኝ ለእኔ ሊሆን አይገባውም።

³⁸ He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

³⁹ነፍሱን የሚያገኝ ያጠፋታል፥ ነፍሱንም ስለ እኔ የሚያጠፋ ያገኛታል።

³⁹ He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

⁴⁰እናንተን የሚቀበል እኔን ይቀበላል፥ እኔንም የሚቀበል የላከኝን ይቀበላል።

⁴⁰ He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

⁴¹ነቢይን በነቢይ ስም የሚቀበል የነቢይን ዋጋ ይወስዳል፥ ጻድቅንም በጻድቅ ስም የሚቀበል የጻድቁን ዋጋ ይወስዳል።

⁴¹ He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

⁴²ማንም ከእነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ ለአንዱ ቀዝቃዛ ጽዋ ውኃ ብቻ በደቀ መዝሙር ስም የሚያጠጣ፥ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ዋጋው አይጠፋበትም።

⁴² Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”