¹በዚያን ጊዜ ጻፎችና ፈሪሳውያን ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀረቡና።

¹Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,

²ደቀ መዛሙርትህ ስለ ምን የሽማግሎችን ወግ ይተላለፋሉ? እንጀራ ሲበሉ እጃቸውን አይታጠቡምና አሉት።

²“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”

³እርሱም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። እናንተስ ስለ ወጋችሁ የእግዚአብሔርን ትእዛዝ ስለ ምን ትተላለፋላችሁ?

³He answered them, “Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

⁴እግዚአብሔር። አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር፤ ደግሞ። አባቱን ወይም እናቱን የሰደበ ፈጽሞ ይሙት ብሎአልና፤

⁴ For God commanded, ‘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

⁵እናንተ ግን። አባቱን ወይም እናቱን። ከእኔ የምትጠቀምበት መባ ነው የሚል ሁሉ፥

⁵ But you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”

⁶አባቱን ወይም እናቱን አያከብርም ትላላችሁ፤ ስለ ወጋችሁም የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሻራችሁ።

⁶ he shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

⁷እናንተ ግብዞች፥ ኢሳይያስ ስለ እናንተ።

⁷ You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

⁸ይህ ሕዝብ በከንፈሩ ያከብረኛል፥ ልቡ ግን ከእኔ በጣም የራቀ ነው፤

⁸ ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

⁹የሰውም ሥርዓት የሆነ ትምህርት እያስተማሩ በከንቱ ያመልኩኛል ብሎ በእውነት ትንቢት ተናገረ።

⁹ And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.’” Isaiah 29:13

¹⁰ሕዝቡንም ጠርቶ። ስሙ አስተውሉም፤

¹⁰He summoned the multitude, and said to them, “Hear, and understand.

¹¹ሰውን የሚያረክሰው ወደ አፍ የሚገባ አይደለም፥ ከአፍ የሚወጣው ግን ሰውን የሚያረክሰው ይህ ነው አላቸው።

¹¹ That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

¹²በዚያን ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ቀርበው። ፈሪሳውያን ይህን ቃል ሰምተው እንደ ተሰናከሉ አወቅህን? አሉት።

¹²Then the disciples came, and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?”

¹³እርሱ ግን መልሶ። የሰማዩ አባቴ ያልተከለው ተክል ሁሉ ይነቀላል።

¹³But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

¹⁴ተዉአቸው፤ ዕውሮችን የሚመሩ ዕውሮች ናቸው፤ ዕውርም ዕውርን ቢመራው ሁለቱም ወደ ጉድጓድ ይወድቃሉ አለ።

¹⁴ Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

¹⁵ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። ምሳሌውን ተርጕምልን አለው።

¹⁵Peter answered him, “Explain the parable to us.”

¹⁶ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አለ። እናንተ ደግሞ እስካሁን የማታስተውሉ ናችሁን?

¹⁶So Jesus said, “Do you also still not understand?

¹⁷ወደ አፍ የሚገባ ሁሉ ወደ ሆድ አልፎ ወደ እዳሪ እንዲጣል አትመለከቱምን?

¹⁷ Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and then out of the body?

¹⁸ከአፍ የሚወጣ ግን ከልብ ይወጣል፥ ሰውንም የሚያረክሰው ያ ነው።

¹⁸ But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

¹⁹ከልብ ክፉ አሳብ፥ መግደል፥ ምንዝርነት፥ ዝሙት፥ መስረቅ፥ በውሸት መመስከር፥ ስድብ ይወጣልና።

¹⁹ For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

²⁰ሰውን የሚያረክሰው ይህ ነው እንጂ፥ ባልታጠበ እጅ መብላትስ ሰውን አያረክሰውም።

²⁰ These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”

²¹ኢየሱስም ከዚያ ወጥቶ ወደ ጢሮስና ወደ ሲዶና አገር ሄደ።

²¹Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.

²²እነሆም፥ ከነናዊት ሴት ከዚያ አገር ወጥታ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ የዳዊት ልጅ፥ ማረኝ፤ ልጄን ጋኔን ክፉኛ ይዞአታል ብላ ጮኸች።

²²Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!”

²³እርሱ ግን አንዳች አልመለሰላትም። ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ቀርበው። በኋላችን ትጮኻለችና አሰናብታት እያሉ ለመኑት።

²³But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”

²⁴እርሱም መልሶ። ከእስራኤል ቤት ለጠፉት በጎች በቀር አልተላክሁም አለ።

²⁴But he answered, “I wasn’t sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

²⁵እርስዋ ግን መጥታ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እርዳኝ እያለች ሰገደችለት።

²⁵But she came and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

²⁶እርሱ ግን መልሶ። የልጆችን እንጀራ ይዞ ለቡችሎች መጣል አይገባም አለ።

²⁶But he answered, “It is not appropriate to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

²⁷እርስዋም። አዎን ጌታ ሆይ፤ ቡችሎችም እኮ ከጌቶቻቸው ማዕድ የወደቀውን ፍርፋሪ ይበላሉ አለች።

²⁷But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

²⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ መልሶ። አንቺ ሴት፥ እምነትሽ ታላቅ ነው፤ እንደወደድሽ ይሁንልሽ አላት። ልጅዋም ከዚያች ሰዓት ጀምሮ ዳነች።

²⁸Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

²⁹ኢየሱስም ከዚያ አልፎ ወደ ገሊላ ባሕር አጠገብ መጣ፥ ወደ ተራራም ወጥቶ በዚያ ተቀመጠ።

²⁹Jesus departed there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.

³⁰ብዙ ሕዝብም አንካሶችን፥ ዕውሮችንም፥ ዲዳዎችንም፥ ጉንድሾችንም፥ ሌሎችንም ብዙ ይዘው ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡ፥ በኢየሱስም እግር አጠገብ ጣሉአቸው፤ ፈወሳቸውም፤

³⁰Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,

³¹ስለዚህም ሕዝቡ ዲዳዎች ሲናገሩ፥ ጉንድሾችም ሲድኑ፥ አንካሶችም ሲሄዱ፥ ዕውሮችም ሲያዩ አይተው ተደነቁ፤ የእስራኤልንም አምላክ አከበሩ።

³¹so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing—and they glorified the God of Israel.

³²ኢየሱስም ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ጠርቶ። ሕዝቡ ከእኔ ጋር እስካሁን ሦስት ቀን ውለዋልና የሚበሉት ስለ ሌላቸው አዝንላቸዋለሁ፤ በመንገድም እንዳይዝሉ ጦማቸውን ላሰናብታቸው አልወድም አላቸው።

³²Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”

³³ደቀ መዛሙርቱም። ይህን ያህል ሕዝብ የሚያጠግብ ይህን ያህል እንጀራ በምድረ በዳ ከወዴት እናገኛለን? አሉት።

³³The disciples said to him, “Where should we get so many loaves in a deserted place as to satisfy so great a multitude?”

³⁴ኢየሱስም። ስንት እንጀራ አላችሁ? አላቸው። እነርሱም። ሰባት፥ ጥቂትም ትንሽ ዓሣ አሉት።

³⁴Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

³⁵ሕዝቡም በምድር ላይ እንዲቀመጡ አዘዘ፤

³⁵He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground;

³⁶ሰባቱንም እንጀራ ዓሣውንም ይዞ አመሰገነ ቈርሶም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለሕዝቡ።

³⁶and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.

³⁷ሁሉም በሉና ጠገቡ፥ የተረፈውንም ቁርስራሽ ሰባት ቅርጫት ሙሉ አነሡ።

³⁷They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.

³⁸የበሉትም ከሴቶችና ከልጆች በቀር አራት ሺህ ወንዶች ነበሩ።

³⁸Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.

³⁹ሕዝቡንም ካሰናበተ በኋላ ወደ ታንኳይቱ ገብቶ ወደ መጌዶል አገር መጣ።

³⁹Then he sent away the multitudes, got into the boat, and came into the borders of Magdala.