¹ፈሪሳውያንና ሰዱቃውያንም ቀርበው ሲፈትኑት ከሰማይ ምልክት እንዲያሳያቸው ለመኑት።

¹The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

²እርሱ ግን መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። በመሸ ጊዜ። ሰማዩ ቀልቶአልና ብራ ይሆናል ትላላችሁ፤

²But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’

³ማለዳም። ሰማዩ ደምኖ ቀልቶአልና ዛሬ ይዘንባል ትላላችሁ። የሰማዩን ፊትማ መለየት ታውቃላችሁ፥ የዘመኑንስ ምልክት መለየት አትችሉምን?

³ In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!

⁴ክፉና አመንዝራ ትውልድ ምልክት ይሻል፥ ከነቢዩም ከዮናስ ምልክት በቀር ምልክት አይሰጠውም። ትቶአቸውም ሄደ።

⁴ An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.

⁵ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ወደ ማዶ በመጡ ጊዜ እንጀራ መያዝን ረሱ።

⁵The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.

⁶ኢየሱስም። ከፈሪሳውያንና ከሰዱቃውያን እርሾ ተጠንቀቁና ተጠበቁ አላቸው።

⁶Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

⁷እነርሱም። እንጀራ ባንይዝ ነው ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው ተነጋገሩ።

⁷They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”

⁸ኢየሱስም አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። እናንተ እምነት የጐደላችሁ፥ እንጀራ ስለ ሌላችሁ ስለ ምን እርስ በርሳችሁ ትነጋገራላችሁ? ገና አታስተውሉምን?

⁸Jesus, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, ‘because you have brought no bread?’

⁹ለአምስቱ ሺህ አምስቱ እንጀራ፥ ስንት መሶብም እንዳነሣችሁ ትዝ አይላችሁምን?

⁹ Don’t you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

¹⁰ወይስ ለአራቱ ሺህ ሰባቱ እንጀራ፥ ስንት ቅርጫትም እንዳነሣችሁ ትዝ አይላችሁምን?

¹⁰ Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

¹¹ከፈሪሳውያንና ከሰዱቃውያን እርሾ እንድትጠበቁ ብዬ ስለ እንጀራ እንዳልተናገርኋችሁ እንዴት አታስተውሉምን?

¹¹ How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

¹²እነርሱም ከፈሪሳውያንና ከሰዱቃውያን ትምህርት እንጂ ከእንጀራ እርሾ እንዲጠበቁ እንዳላላቸው ያን ጊዜ አስተዋሉ።

¹²Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

¹³ኢየሱስም ወደ ፊልጶስ ቂሣርያ አገር በደረሰ ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን። ሰዎች የሰውን ልጅ ማን እንደ ሆነ ይሉታል? ብሎ ጠየቀ።

¹³Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

¹⁴እነርሱም። አንዳንዱ መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ፥ ሌሎችም ኤልያስ፥ ሌሎችም ኤርምያስ ወይም ከነቢያት አንዱ ነው ይላሉ አሉት።

¹⁴They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

¹⁵እርሱም። እናንተስ እኔን ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ትላላችሁ? አላቸው።

¹⁵He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

¹⁶ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። አንተ ክርስቶስ የሕያው እግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህ አለ።

¹⁶Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

¹⁷ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለው። የዮና ልጅ ስምዖን ሆይ፥ በሰማያት ያለው አባቴ እንጂ ሥጋና ደም ይህን አልገለጠልህምና ብፁዕ ነህ።

¹⁷Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

¹⁸እኔም እልሃለሁ፥ አንተ ጴጥሮስ ነህ፥ በዚችም ዓለት ላይ ቤተ ክርስቲያኔን እሠራለሁ፥ የገሃነም ደጆችም አይችሉአትም።

¹⁸ I also tell you that you are Peter, Peter’s name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone. and on this rock Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock. I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades or, Hell will not prevail against it.

¹⁹የመንግሥተ ሰማያትንም መክፈቻዎች እሰጥሃለሁ፤ በምድር የምታስረው ሁሉ በሰማያት የታሰረ ይሆናል፥ በምድርም የምትፈታው ሁሉ በሰማያት የተፈታ ይሆናል።

¹⁹ I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

²⁰ያን ጊዜም እርሱ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ ለማንም እንዳይነግሩ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን አዘዛቸው።

²⁰Then he commanded the disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

²¹ከዚያን ቀን ጀምሮ ኢየሱስ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ይሄድ ዘንድ ከሽማግሎችና ከካህናት አለቆች ከጻፎችም ብዙ መከራ ይቀበልና ይገደል ዘንድ በሦስተኛውም ቀን ይነሣ ዘንድ እንዲገባው ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ይገልጥላቸው ጀመር።

²¹From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

²²ጴጥሮስም ወደ እርሱ ወስዶ። አይሁንብህ ጌታ ሆይ፤ ይህ ከቶ አይደርስብህም ብሎ ሊገሥጸው ጀመረ።

²²Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”

²³እርሱ ግን ዘወር ብሎ ጴጥሮስን። ወደ ኋላዬ ሂድ፥ አንተ ሰይጣን፤ የሰውን እንጂ የእግዚአብሔርን አታስብምና ዕንቅፋት ሆነህብኛል አለው።

²³But he turned, and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”

²⁴በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ አለ። እኔን መከተል የሚወድ ቢኖር፥ ራሱን ይካድ መስቀሉንም ተሸክሞ ይከተለኝ።

²⁴Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ነፍሱን ሊያድን የሚወድ ሁሉ ያጠፋታል፤ ስለ እኔ ግን ነፍሱን የሚያጠፋ ሁሉ ያገኛታል።

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ሰው ዓለሙን ሁሉ ቢያተርፍ ነፍሱንም ቢያጐድል ምን ይጠቅመዋል? ወይስ ሰው ስለ ነፍሱ ቤዛ ምን ይሰጣል?

²⁶ For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁷የሰው ልጅ ከመላእክቱ ጋር በአባቱ ክብር ይመጣ ዘንድ አለውና፤ ያን ጊዜም ለሁሉ እንደ ሥራው ያስረክበዋል።

²⁷ For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

²⁸እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የሰው ልጅ በመንግሥቱ ሲመጣ እስኪያዩ ድረስ እዚህ ከሚቆሙት ሞትን የማይቀምሱ አንዳንድ አሉ።

²⁸ Most certainly I tell you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Son of Man coming in his Kingdom.”