¹ኢየሱስም ይህን ነገር ከፈጸመ በኋላ፥ ከገሊላ ሄዶ ወደ ይሁዳ አውራጃ ወደ ዮርዳኖስ ማዶ መጣ።

¹It happened when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.

²ብዙ ሕዝብም ተከተሉት፥ በዚያም ፈወሳቸው።

²Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there.

³ፈሪሳውያንም ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና ሲፈትኑት። ሰው በሆነው ምክንያት ሁሉ ሚስቱን ሊፈታ ተፈቅዶለታልን? አሉት።

³Pharisees came to him, testing him, and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”

⁴እርሱ ግን መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። ፈጣሪ በመጀመሪያ ወንድና ሴት አደረጋቸው፥

⁴He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, Genesis 1:27

⁵አለም። ስለዚህ ሰው አባቱንና እናቱን ይተዋል፥ ከሚስቱም ጋር ይተባበራል፥ ሁለቱም አንድ ሥጋ ይሆናሉ የሚለውን ቃል አላነበባችሁምን?

⁵ and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’ Genesis 2:24

⁶ስለዚህ አንድ ሥጋ ናቸው እንጂ ወደ ፊት ሁለት አይደሉም። እግዚአብሔር ያጣመረውን እንግዲህ ሰው አይለየው።

⁶ So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”

⁷እነርሱም። እንኪያስ ሙሴ የፍችዋን ጽሕፈት ሰጥተው እንዲፈቱአት ስለ ምን አዘዘ? አሉት።

⁷They asked him, “Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce, and divorce her?”

⁸እርሱም። ሙሴስ ስለ ልባችሁ ጥንካሬ ሚስቶቻችሁን ትፈቱ ዘንድ ፈቀደላችሁ፤ ከጥንት ግን እንዲህ አልነበረም።

⁸He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

⁹እኔ ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ያለ ዝሙት ምክንያት ሚስቱን ፈትቶ ሌላዪቱን የሚያገባ ሁሉ ያመነዝራል፥ የተፈታችውንም የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል አላቸው።

⁹ I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”

¹⁰ደቀ መዛሙርቱም። የባልና የሚስት ሥርዓት እንዲህ ከሆነ መጋባት አይጠቅምም አሉት።

¹⁰His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”

¹¹እርሱ ግን። ይህ ነገር ለተሰጣቸው ነው እንጂ ለሁሉ አይደለም፤

¹¹But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.

¹²በእናት ማኅፀን ጃንደረቦች ሆነው የተወለዱ አሉ፥ ሰውም የሰለባቸው ጃንደረቦች አሉ፥ ስለ መንግሥተ ሰማያትም ራሳቸውን የሰለቡ ጃንደረቦች አሉ። ሊቀበለው የሚችል ይቀበለው አላቸው።

¹² For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”

¹³በዚያን ጊዜ እጁን እንዲጭንባቸውና እንዲጸልይ ሕፃናትን ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ገሠጹአቸው።

¹³Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

¹⁴ነገር ግን ኢየሱስ። ሕፃናትን ተዉአቸው፥ ወደ እኔም ይመጡ ዘንድ አትከልክሉአቸው፤ መንግሥተ ሰማያት እንደነዚህ ላሉ ናትና አለ፤

¹⁴But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

¹⁵እጁንም ጫነባቸውና ከዚያ ሄደ።

¹⁵He laid his hands on them, and departed from there.

¹⁶እነሆም፥ አንድ ሰው ቀርቦ። መምህር ሆይ፥ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንዳገኝ ምን መልካም ነገር ላድርግ? አለው።

¹⁶Behold, one came to him and said, “Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”

¹⁷እርሱም። ስለ መልካም ነገር ለምን ትጠይቀኛለህ? መልካም የሆነ አንድ ነው፤ ወደ ሕይወት መግባት ብትወድ ግን ትእዛዛትን ጠብቅ አለው።

¹⁷He said to him, “Why do you call me good? So MT and TR. NU reads “Why do you ask me about what is good?” No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

¹⁸እርሱም። የትኞችን? አለው። ኢየሱስም። አትግደል፥ አታመንዝር፥ አትስረቅ፥ በሐሰት አትመስክር፥

¹⁸He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’

¹⁹አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር፥ ባልንጀራህንም እንደ ራስህ ውደድ አለው።

¹⁹ ‘Honor your father and mother.’ Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20 And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” Leviticus 19:18

²⁰ጐበዙም። ይህንማ ሁሉ ከሕፃንነቴ ጀምሬ ጠብቄአለሁ፥ ደግሞስ የሚጐድለኝ ምንድር ነው? አለው።

²⁰The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”

²¹ኢየሱስም። ፍጹም ልትሆን ብትወድ፥ ሂድና ያለህን ሸጠህ ለድሆች ስጥ፥ መዝገብም በሰማያት ታገኛለህ፥ መጥተህም ተከተለኝ አለው።

²¹Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

²²ጐበዙም ይህን ቃል በሰማ ጊዜ ብዙ ንብረት ነበረውና እያዘነ ሄደ።

²²But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

²³ኢየሱስም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ለባለጠጋ ወደ መንግሥተ ሰማያት መግባት ጭንቅ ነው።

²³Jesus said to his disciples, “Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

²⁴ዳግመኛም እላችኋለሁ፥ ባለጠጋ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከሚገባ ግመል በመርፌ ቀዳዳ ቢገባ ይቀላል አለ።

²⁴ Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

²⁵ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሰምተው እጅግ ተገረሙና። እንኪያስ ማን ሊድን ይችላል? አሉ።

²⁵When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁶ኢየሱስም እነርሱን ተመልክቶ። ይህ በሰው ዘንድ አይቻልም በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ግን ሁሉ ይቻላል አላቸው።

²⁶Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

²⁷በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ መልሶ። እነሆ፥ እኛ ሁሉን ትተን ተከተልንህ፤ እንኪያስ ምን እናገኝ ይሆን? አለው።

²⁷Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?”

²⁸ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አላቸው። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እናንተስ የተከተላችሁኝ፥ በዳግመኛ ልደት የሰው ልጅ በክብሩ ዙፋን በሚቀመጥበት ጊዜ፥ እናንተ ደግሞ በአሥራ ሁለቱ የእስራኤል ነገድ ስትፈርዱ በአሥራ ሁለት ዙፋን ትቀመጣላችሁ።

²⁸Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁹ስለ ስሜም ቤቶችን ወይም ወንድሞችን ወይም እኅቶችን ወይም አባትን ወይም እናትን ወይም ሚስትን ወይም ልጆችን ወይም እርሻን የተወ ሁሉ መቶ እጥፍ ይቀበላል የዘላለምንም ሕይወት ይወርሳል።

²⁹ Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

³⁰ነገር ግን ብዙዎቹ ፊተኞች ኋለኞች፥ ኋለኞችም ፊተኞች ይሆናሉ።

³⁰ But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.