¹ከስድስት ቀንም በኋላ ኢየሱስ ጴጥሮስንና ያዕቆብን ወንድሙንም ዮሐንስን ይዞ ወደ ረጅም ተራራ ብቻቸውን አወጣቸው።

¹After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.

²በፊታቸውም ተለወጠ፥ ፊቱም እንደ ፀሐይ በራ፥ ልብሱም እንደ ብርሃን ነጭ ሆነ።

²He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.

³እነሆም፥ ሙሴና ኤልያስ ከእርሱ ጋር ሲነጋገሩ ታዩአቸው።

³Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.

⁴ጴጥሮስም መልሶ ኢየሱስን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በዚህ መሆን ለእኛ መልካም ነው፤ ብትወድስ፥ በዚህ ሦስት ዳስ አንዱን ለአንተ አንዱንም ለሙሴ አንዱንም ለኤልያስ እንሥራ አለ።

⁴Peter answered, and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

⁵እርሱም ገና ሲናገር፥ እነሆ፥ ብሩህ ደመና ጋረዳቸው፥ እነሆም፥ ከደመናው። በእርሱ ደስ የሚለኝ የምወደው ልጄ ይህ ነው፤ እርሱን ስሙት የሚል ድምፅ መጣ።

⁵While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

⁶ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሰምተው በፊታቸው ወደቁ እጅግም ፈርተው ነበር።

⁶When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.

⁷ኢየሱስም ቀርቦ ዳሰሳቸውና። ተነሡ አትፍሩም አላቸው።

⁷Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.”

⁸ዓይናቸውንም አቅንተው ሲያዩ ከኢየሱስ ብቻ በቀር ማንንም አላዩም።

⁸Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.

⁹ከተራራውም በወረዱ ጊዜ ኢየሱስ። የሰው ልጅ ከሙታን እስኪነሣ ድረስ ያያችሁትን ለማንም አትንገሩ ብሎ አዘዛቸው።

⁹As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”

¹⁰ደቀ መዛሙርቱም። እንግዲህ ጻፎች። ኤልያስ አስቀድሞ ሊመጣ ይገባዋል ስለ ምን ይላሉ? ብለው ጠየቁት።

¹⁰His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

¹¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ኤልያስማ አስቀድሞ ይመጣል ሁሉንም ያቀናል፤

¹¹Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things,

¹²ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ኤልያስ ከዚህ በፊት መጣ፤ የወደዱትንም ሁሉ አደረጉበት እንጂ አላወቁትም፤ እንዲሁም ደግሞ የሰው ልጅ ከእነርሱ መከራ ይቀበል ዘንድ አለው አላቸው።

¹² but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”

¹³በዚያን ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ስለ መጥምቁ ስለ ዮሐንስ እንደ ነገራቸው አስተዋሉ።

¹³Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.

¹⁴ወደ ሕዝቡም ሲደርሱ አንድ ሰው ወደ እርሱ ቀረበና ተንበርክኮ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ልጄን ማርልኝ፥ በጨረቃ እየተነሣበት ክፉኛ ይሣቀያልና፤

¹⁴When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying,

¹⁵ብዙ ጊዜ በእሳት ብዙ ጊዜም በውኃ ይወድቃልና።

¹⁵“Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.

¹⁶ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርትህም አመጣሁት ሊፈውሱትም አቃታቸው አለው።

¹⁶So I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him.”

¹⁷ኢየሱስም መልሶ። የማታምን ጠማማ ትውልድ ሆይ፥ እስከ መቼ ከእናንተ ጋር እኖራለሁ? እስከ መቼስ እታገሣችኋለሁ? ወደዚህ ወደ እኔ አምጡት አለ።

¹⁷Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

¹⁸ኢየሱስም ገሠጸው ጋኔኑም ከእርሱ ወጣ፥ ብላቴናውም ከዚያች ሰዓት ጀምሮ ተፈወሰ።

¹⁸Jesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.

¹⁹ከዚህ በኋላ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ብቻቸውን ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀረቡና። እኛ ልናወጣው ያልቻልን ስለ ምን ነው? አሉት።

¹⁹Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, “Why weren’t we able to cast it out?”

²⁰ኢየሱስም። ስለ እምነታችሁ ማነስ ነው፤ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የሰናፍጭ ቅንጣት የሚያህል እምነት ቢኖራችሁ፥ ይህን ተራራ። ከዚህ ወደዚያ እለፍ ብትሉት ያልፋል፤ የሚሳናችሁም ነገር የለም።

²⁰He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

²¹ይህ ዓይነት ግን ከጸሎትና ከጦም በቀር አይወጣም አላቸው።

²¹ But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.”

²²በገሊላም ሲመላለሱ ኢየሱስ። የሰው ልጅ በሰዎች እጅ አልፎ ይሰጥ ዘንድ አለው፥ ይገድሉትማል፥

²²While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,

²³በሦስተኛውም ቀን ይነሣል አላቸው። እጅግም አዘኑ።

²³ and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry.

²⁴ወደ ቅፍርናሆምም በመጡ ጊዜ ግብር የሚቀበሉ ሰዎች ወደ ጴጥሮስ ቀረቡና። መምህራችሁ ሁለቱን ዲናር*ፍ1* አይገብርምን? አሉት።

²⁴When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days’ wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, because 2 drachmas were worth one half shekel of silver. came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”

²⁵አዎን ይገብራል አለ። ወደ ቤትም በገባ ጊዜ ኢየሱስ አስቀድሞ። ስምዖን ሆይ፥ ምን ይመስልሃል? የምድር ነገሥታት ቀረጥና ግብር ከማን ይቀበላሉ? ከልጆቻቸውን ወይስ ከእንግዶች? አለው።

²⁵He said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?”

²⁶ጴጥሮስም። ከእንግዶች ባለው ጊዜ ኢየሱስ። እንኪያስ ልጆቻቸው ነጻ ናቸው።

²⁶Peter said to him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Therefore the children are exempt.

²⁷ነገር ግን እንዳናሰናክላቸው፥ ወደ ባሕር ሂድና መቃጥን ጣል፥ መጀመሪያም የሚወጣውን ዓሣ ውሰድና አፉን ስትከፍት እስታቴር*ፍ2* ታገኛለህ፤ ያን ወስደህ ስለ እኔና ስለ አንተ ስጣቸው አለው።

²⁷ But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two people. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”