¹በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በሰንበት ቀን በእርሻ መካከል አለፈ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ተራቡና እሸት ይቀጥፉ ይበሉም ጀመር።

¹At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.

²ፈሪሳውያንም አይተው። እነሆ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትህ በሰንበት ማድረግ ያልተፈቀደውን ያደርጋሉ አሉት።

²But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, “Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”

³እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አላቸው። ዳዊትና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት በተራቡ ጊዜ፥ እርሱ ያደረገውን፥ ወደ እግዚአብሔር ቤት እንደ ገባ ካህናትም ብቻ እንጂ እርሱና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ሊበሉት ያልተፈቀደውን የመሥዋዕቱን ኅብስት እንደ በላ አላነበባችሁምን?

³But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;

⁵ካህናትም በሰንበት በመቅደስ ሰንበትን እንዲያረክሱ ኃጢአትም እንዳይሆንባቸው በሕጉ አላነበባችሁምን?

⁴ how he entered into God’s house, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only for the priests? 1 Samuel 21:3-6

⁶ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከመቅደስ የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

⁵ Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

⁷ምሕረትን እወዳለሁ መሥዋዕትንም አይደለም ያለው ምን እንደሆነ ብታውቁስ ኃጢአት የሌለባቸውን ባልኰነናችሁም ነበር።

⁶ But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.

⁸የሰው ልጅ የሰንበት ጌታ ነውና።

⁷ But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ Hosea 6:6 you would not have condemned the guiltless.

⁹ከዚያም አልፎ ወደ ምኩራባቸው ገባ።

⁸ For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

¹⁰እነሆም፥ እጁ የሰለለች ሰው ነበረ፤ ይከሱትም ዘንድ። በሰንበት መፈወስ ተፈቅዶአልን? ብለው ጠየቁት።

⁹He departed there, and went into their synagogue.

¹¹እርሱ ግን። ከእናንተ አንድ በግ ያለው በሰንበት በጉድጓድ ቢወድቅበት፥ ይዞ የማያወጣው ሰው ማን ነው?

¹⁰And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.

¹²እንግዲህ ሰው ከበግ ይልቅ እንደምን አይበልጥም! ስለዚህ በሰንበት መልካም መሥራት ተፈቅዶአል አላቸው።

¹¹He said to them, “What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won’t he grab on to it, and lift it out?

¹³ከዚያም በኋላ ሰውየውን። እጅህን ዘርጋ አለው። ዘረጋትም፥ እንደ ሁለተኛይቱም ደህና ሆነች።

¹² Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day.”

¹⁴ፈሪሳውያን ግን ወጥተው እንዴት አድርገው እንዲያጠፉት ተማከሩበት።

¹³Then he told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.

¹⁵ኢየሱስም አውቆ ከዚያ ፈቀቅ አለ። ብዙ ሰዎችም ተከተሉት፥ ሁሉንም ፈወሳቸው፥ እንዳይገልጡትም አዘዛቸው፤

¹⁴But the Pharisees went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy him.

¹⁶በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ የተባለው ይፈጸም ዘንድ እንዲህ ሲል።

¹⁵Jesus, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him; and he healed them all,

¹⁸እነሆ የመረጥሁት ብላቴናዬ፥ ነፍሴ ደስ የተሰኘችበት ወዳጄ፤ መንፈሴን በእርሱ ላይ አኖራለሁ፥ ፍርድንም ለአሕዛብ ያወራል።

¹⁶and commanded them that they should not make him known:

¹⁹አይከራከርም አይጮህምም፥ ድምፁንም በአደባባይ የሚሰማ የለም።

¹⁷that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

²⁰ፍርድን ድል ለመንሣት እስኪያወጣ፥ የተቀጠቀጠን ሸምበቆ አይሰብርም የሚጤስን የጥዋፍ ክርም አያጠፋም።

¹⁸“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.

²¹አሕዛብም በስሙ ተስፋ ያደርጋሉ።

¹⁹He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

²²ከዚህም በኋላ ጋኔን ያደረበትን ዕውር ዲዳም ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ዕውሩም ዲዳውም እስኪያይና እስኪናገር ድረስ ፈወሰው።

²⁰He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.

²³ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ተገረሙና። እንጃ ይህ ሰው የዳዊት ልጅ ይሆንን? አሉ።

²¹In his name, the nations will hope.” Isaiah 42:1-4

²⁴ፈሪሳውያን ግን ሰምተው። ይህ በብዔል ዜቡል በአጋንንት አለቃ ካልሆነ በቀር አጋንንትን አያወጣም አሉ።

²²Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.

²⁵ኢየሱስ ግን አሳባቸውን አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። እርስ በርስዋ የምትለያይ መንግሥት ሁላ ትጠፋለች፥ እርስ በርሱ የሚለያይ ከተማም ሁሉ ወይም ቤት አይቆምም።

²³All the multitudes were amazed, and said, “Can this be the son of David?”

²⁶ሰይጣንም ሰይጣንን የሚያወጣ ከሆነ፥ እርስ በርሱ ተለያየ፥ እንግዲህ መንግሥቱ እንዴት ትቆማለች?

²⁴But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”

²⁷እኔስ በብዔል ዜቡል አጋንንትን የማወጣ ከሆንሁ፥ ልጆቻችሁ በማን ያወጡአቸዋል? ስለዚህ እነርሱ ፈራጆች ይሆኑባችኋል።

²⁵Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

²⁸እኔ ግን በእግዚአብሔር መንፈስ አጋንንትን የማወጣ ከሆንሁ፥ እንግዲህ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ወደ እናንተ ደርሳለች።

²⁶ If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

²⁹ወይስ ሰው አስቀድሞ ኃይለኛውን ሳያስር ወደ ኃይለኛው ቤት ገብቶ እቃውን ሊነጥቀው እንዴት ይችላል? ከዚያም ወዲያ ቤቱን ይበዘብዛል።

²⁷ If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

³⁰ከእኔ ጋር ያልሆነ ይቃወመኛል፥ ከእኔ ጋርም የማያከማች ይበትናል።

²⁸ But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come upon you.

³¹ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፥ ኃጢአትና ስድብ ሁሉ ለሰዎች ይሰረይላቸዋል፥ ነገር ግን መንፈስ ቅዱስን ለሰደበ አይሰረይለትም።

²⁹ Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man? Then he will plunder his house.

³²በሰው ልጅ ላይ ቃል የሚናገር ሁሉ ይሰረይለታል፤ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ላይ ግን የሚናገር ሁሉ በዚህ ዓለም ቢሆን ወይም በሚመጣው አይሰረይለትም።

³⁰ “He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters.

³³ዛፍ ከፍሬዋ ትታወቃለችና ዛፍዋን መልካም፥ ፍሬዋንም መልካም አድርጉ፥ ወይም ዛፍዋን ክፉ ፍሬዋንም ክፉ አድርጉ።

³¹ Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

³⁴እናንተ የእፉኝት ልጆች፥ ክፉዎች ስትሆኑ መልካም ለመናገር እንዴት ትችላላችሁ? በልብ ሞልቶ ከተረፈው አፍ ይናገራልና።

³² Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.

³⁵መልካም ሰው ከልቡ መልካም መዝገብ መልካም ነገርን ያወጣል፥ ክፉ ሰውም ከክፉ መዝገብ ክፉ ነገርን ያወጣል።

³³ “Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

³⁶እኔ እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰዎች ስለሚናገሩት ስለ ከንቱ ነገር ሁሉ በፍርድ ቀን መልስ ይሰጡበታል፤

³⁴ You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

³⁷ከቃልህ የተነሣ ትጸድቃለህና ከቃልህም የተነሣ ትኰነናለህ።

³⁵ The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure TR adds “of the heart” brings out evil things.

³⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ከጻፎችና ከፈሪሳውያን አንዳንዶቹ መለሱና። መምህር ሆይ፥ ከአንተ ምልክት እንድናይ እንወዳለን አሉ።

³⁶ I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

³⁹እርሱ ግን መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። ክፉና አመንዝራ ትውልድ ምልክት ይሻል፥ ከነቢዩም ከዮናስ ምልክት በቀር ምልክት አይሰጠውም።

³⁷ For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

⁴⁰ዮናስ በዓሣ አንባሪ ሆድ ሦስት ቀንና ሦስት ሌሊት እንደ ነበረ፥ እንዲሁ የሰው ልጅ በምድር ልብ ሦስት ቀንና ሦስት ሌሊት ይኖራል።

³⁸Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

⁴¹የነነዌ ሰዎች በፍርድ ቀን ከዚህ ትውልድ ጋር ተነሥተው ይፈርዱበታል፤ በዮናስ ስብከት ንስሐ ገብተዋልና፥ እነሆም፥ ከዮናስ የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

³⁹But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

⁴²ንግሥተ ዓዜብ በፍርድ ቀን ከዚህ ትውልድ ጋር ተነሥታ ትፈርድበታለች፤ የሰሎሞንን ጥበብ ለመስማት ከምድር ዳር መጥታለችና፥ እነሆም፥ ከሰሎሞን የሚበልጥ ከዚህ አለ።

⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

⁴³ርኩስ መንፈስ ግን ከሰው በወጣ ጊዜ፥ ዕረፍት እየፈለገ ውኃ በሌለበት ቦታ ያልፋል፥ አያገኝምም።

⁴¹ The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

⁴⁴በዚያን ጊዜም። ወደ ወጣሁበት ቤቴ እመለሳለሁ ይላል፤ ቢመጣም ባዶ ሆኖ ተጠርጎና አጊጦ ያገኘዋል።

⁴² The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

⁴⁵ከዚያ ወዲያ ይሄድና ከእርሱ የከፉትን ሰባት ሌሎችን አጋንንት ከእርሱ ጋር ይወስዳል፥ ገብተውም በዚያ ይኖራሉ፤ ለዚያም ሰው ከፊተኛው ይልቅ የኋለኛው ይብስበታል። ለዚህ ክፉ ትውልድ ደግሞ እንዲሁ ይሆንበታል።

⁴³ But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn’t find it.

⁴⁶ገናም ለሕዝቡ ሲናገር፥ እነሆ፥ እናቱና ወንድሞቹ ሊነጋገሩት ፈልገው በውጭ ቆመው ነበር።

⁴⁴ Then he says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came out,’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

⁴⁷አንዱም። እነሆ፥ እናትህና ወንድሞችህ ሊነጋገሩህ ፈልገው በውጭ ቆመዋል አለው።

⁴⁵ Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.”

⁴⁸እርሱ ግን ለነገረው መልሶ። እናቴ ማን ናት? ወንድሞቼስ እነማን ናቸው? አለው።

⁴⁶While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.

⁴⁹እጁንም ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ዘርግቶ። እነሆ እናቴና ወንድሞቼ፤

⁴⁷One said to him, “Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you.”

⁵⁰በሰማያት ያለውን የአባቴን ፈቃድ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ፥ እርሱ ወንድሜ እኅቴም እናቴም ነውና አለ።

⁴⁸But he answered him who spoke to him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”

⁴⁹He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers!

⁵⁰ For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”