¹በዚያ ዘመን የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ ሄሮድስ የኢየሱስን ዝና ሰማ፥

¹At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,

²ለሎሌዎቹም። ይህ መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ ነው፤ እርሱ ከሙታን ተነሥቶአል፥ ስለዚህም ኃይል በእርሱ ይደረጋል አለ።

²and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.”

³ሄሮድስ በወንድሙ በፊልጶስ ሚስት በሄሮድያዳ ምክንያት ዮሐንስን አስይዞ አሳስሮት በወህኒ አኑሮት ነበርና፤

³For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

⁴ዮሐንስ። እርስዋ ለአንተ ትሆን ዘንድ አልተፈቀደም ይለው ነበርና።

⁴For John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

⁵ሊገድለውም ወዶ ሳለ፥ ሕዝቡ እንደ ነቢይ ስለ አዩት ፈራቸው።

⁵When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

⁶ነገር ግን ሄሮድስ የተወለደበት ቀን በሆነ ጊዜ፥ የሄሮድያዳ ልጅ በመካከላቸው ዘፈነች ሄሮድስንም ደስ አሰኘችው፤

⁶But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.

⁷ስለዚህም የምትለምነውን ሁሉ እንዲሰጣት በመሐላ ተስፋ አደረገላት።

⁷Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.

⁸እርስዋም በእናትዋ ተመክራ። የመጥምቁን የዮሐንስን ራስ በዚህ በወጭት ስጠኝ አለችው።

⁸She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”

⁹ንጉሡም አዘነ፥ ነገር ግን ስለ መሐላው ከእርሱም ጋር ተቀምጠው ስላሉት ሰዎች እንዲሰጡአት አዘዘ፤

⁹The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,

¹⁰ልኮም የዮሐንስን ራስ በወህኒ አስቆረጠው።

¹⁰and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

¹¹ራሱንም በወጭት አምጥተው ለብላቴናይቱ ሰጡአት፥ ወደ እናትዋም ወሰደችው።

¹¹His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother.

¹²ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ቀርበው በድኑን ወሰዱና ቀበሩት፥ መጥተውም ለኢየሱስ አወሩለት።

¹²His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.

¹³ኢየሱስም በሰማ ጊዜ ከዚያ ብቻውን ወደ ምድረ በዳ በታንኳ ፈቀቅ አለ፤ ሕዝቡም ሰምተው ከከተማዎቹ በእግር ተከተሉት።

¹³Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

¹⁴ወጥቶም ብዙ ሕዝብ አየና አዘነላቸው ድውዮቻቸውንም ፈወሰ።

¹⁴Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

¹⁵በመሸም ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው። ቦታው ምድረ በዳ ነው አሁንም ሰዓቱ አልፎአል፤ ወደ መንደሮች ሄደው ለራሳቸው ምግብ እንዲገዙ ሕዝቡን አሰናብት አሉት።

¹⁵When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.”

¹⁶ኢየሱስም። እናንተ የሚበሉትን ስጡአቸው እንጂ ሊሄዱ አያስፈልግም አላቸው።

¹⁶But Jesus said to them, “They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

¹⁷እነርሱም። ከአምስት እንጀራና ከሁለት ዓሣ በቀር በዚህ የለንም አሉት።

¹⁷They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”

¹⁸እርሱም። እነዚያን ወደዚህ አምጡልኝ አላቸው።

¹⁸He said, “Bring them here to me.”

¹⁹ሕዝቡም በሣር ላይ እንዲቀመጡ አዘዘ፥ አምስቱንም እንጀራና ሁለቱን ዓሣ ይዞ ወደ ሰማይ አሻቅቦ አየና ባረከ፥ እንጀራውንም ቆርሶ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለሕዝቡ።

¹⁹He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.

²⁰ሁሉም በልተው ጠገቡ፥ የተረፈውንም ቁርስራሽ አሥራ ሁለት መሶብ ሙሉ አነሡ።

²⁰They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.

²¹ከሴቶችና ከልጆችም በቀር የበሉት አምስት ሺህ ወንዶች ያህሉ ነበር።

²¹Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

²²ወዲያውም ሕዝቡን ሲያሰናብት ሳለ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ በታንኳይቱ ገብተው ወደ ማዶ እንዲቀድሙት ግድ አላቸው።

²²Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

²³ሕዝቡንም አሰናብቶ ይጸልይ ዘንድ ብቻውን ወደ ተራራ ወጣ። በመሸም ጊዜ ብቻውን በዚያ ነበረ።

²³After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

²⁴ታንኳይቱም አሁን በባሕር መካከል ሳለች፥ ነፋስ ከወደ ፊት ነበርና በማዕበል ትጨነቅ ነበር።

²⁴But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

²⁵ከሌሊቱም በአራተኛው ክፍል ኢየሱስ በባሕር ላይ እየሄደ ወደ እነርሱ መጣ።

²⁵In the fourth watch of the night, The night was equally divided into four watches, so the fourth watch is approximately 3:00 A. M. to sunrise. Jesus came to them, walking on the sea. see Job 9:8

²⁶ደቀ መዛሙርቱም በባሕር ላይ ሲሄድ ባዩት ጊዜ። ምትሐት ነው ብለው ታወኩ በፍርሃትም ጮኹ።

²⁶When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear.

²⁷ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ ተናገራቸውና። አይዞአችሁ፥ እኔ ነኝ፤ አትፍሩ አላቸው።

²⁷But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying “Cheer up! It is I! or, I AM! Don’t be afraid.”

²⁸ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተስ ከሆንህ በውኃው ላይ ወደ አንተ እንድመጣ እዘዘኝ አለው።

²⁸Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”

²⁹እርሱም። ና አለው። ጴጥሮስም ከታንኳይቱ ወርዶ ወደ ኢየሱስ ሊደርስ በውኃው ላይ ሄደ።

²⁹He said, “Come!” Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.

³⁰ነገር ግን የነፋሱን ኃይል አይቶ ፈራ፥ ሊሰጥምም በጀመረ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አድነኝ ብሎ ጮኸ።

³⁰But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

³¹ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ እጁን ዘርግቶ ያዘውና። አንተ እምነት የጎደለህ፥ ስለምን ተጠራጠርህ? አለው።

³¹Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

³²ወደ ታንኳይቱም በወጡ ጊዜ ነፋሱ ተወ።

³²When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased.

³³በታንኳይቱም የነበሩት። በእውነት የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህ ብለው ሰገዱለት።

³³Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, “You are truly the Son of God!”

³⁴ተሻግረውም ወደ ጌንሴሬጥ ምድር መጡ።

³⁴When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.

³⁵የዚያ ቦታ ሰዎችም ባወቁት ጊዜ በዙርያው ወዳለ አገር ሁሉ ላኩ፥ ሕመምተኞችንም ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤

³⁵When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick,

³⁶የልብሱንም ጫፍ ብቻ ሊዳስሱ ይለምኑት ነበር፤ የዳሰሱትም ሁሉ ዳኑ።

³⁶and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe or, tassel of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.