¹ከዚያ ወዲያ ኢየሱስ ከዲያብሎስ ይፈተን ዘንድ መንፈስ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ወሰደው፥

¹Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

²አርባ ቀንና አርባ ሌሊትም ከጦመ በኋላ ተራበ።

²When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

³ፈታኝም ቀርቦ። የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ከሆንህ፥ እነዚህ ድንጋዮች እንጀራ እንዲሆኑ በል አለው።

³The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

⁴እርሱም መልሶ። ሰው ከእግዚአብሔር አፍ በሚወጣ ቃል ሁሉ እንጂ በእንጀራ ብቻ አይኖርም ተብሎ ተጽፎአል አለው።

⁴But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’” Deuteronomy 8:3

⁵ከዚህ በኋላ ዲያቢሎስ ወደ ቅድስት ከተማ ወሰደውና እርሱን በመቅደስ ጫፍ ላይ አቁሞ።

⁵Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,

⁶መላእክቱን ስለ አንተ ያዝልሃል እግርህንም በድንጋይ ከቶ እንዳትሰናከል በእጃቸው ያነሡሃል ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና የእግዚአብሔር ልጅስ ከሆንህ፥ ወደ ታች ራስህን ወርውር አለው።

⁶and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will put his angels in charge of you.’ and, ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don’t dash your foot against a stone.’” Psalm 91:11-12

⁷ኢየሱስም። ጌታን አምላክህን አትፈታተነው ተብሎ ደግሞ ተጽፎአል አለው።

⁷Jesus said to him, “Again, it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’” Deuteronomy 6:16

⁸ደግሞ ዲያቢሎስ እጅግ ረጅም ወደ ሆነ ተራራ ወሰደው፥ የዓለምንም መንግሥታት ሁሉ ክብራቸውንም አሳይቶ።

⁸Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.

⁹ወድቀህ ብትሰግድልኝ ይህን ሁሉ እሰጥሃለሁ አለው።

⁹He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”

¹⁰ያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ። ሂድ፥ አንተ ሰይጣን ለጌታህ ለአምላክህ ስገድ እርሱንም ብቻ አምልክ ተብሎ ተጽፎአልና አለው።

¹⁰Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, TR and NU read “Go away” instead of “Get behind me” Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’” Deuteronomy 6:13

¹¹ያን ጊዜ ዲያቢሎስ ተወው፥ እነሆም፥ መላእክት ቀርበው ያገለግሉት ነበር።

¹¹Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.

¹²ኢየሱስም ዮሐንስ አልፎ እንደ ተሰጠ በሰማ ጊዜ ወደ ገሊላ ፈቀቅ ብሎ ሄደ።

¹²Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.

¹³ናዝሬትንም ትቶ በዛብሎንና በንፍታሌም አገር በባሕር አጠገብ ወደ አለችው ወደ ቅፍርናሆም መጥቶ ኖረ።

¹³Leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

¹⁴በነቢዩም በኢሳይያስ። የዛብሎን ምድርና የንፍታሌም ምድር፥ የባሕር መንገድ፥ በዮርዳኖስ ማዶ፥ የአሕዛብ ገሊላ፤ በጨለማ የተቀመጠው ሕዝብ ታላቅ ብርሃን አየ፥ በሞት አገርና ጥላ ለተቀመጡትም ብርሃን ወጣላቸው

¹⁴that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

¹⁷የተባለው ይፈጸም ዘንድ ይህ ሆነ። ከዚያ ዘመን ጀምሮ ኢየሱስ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ቀርባለችና ንስሐ ግቡ እያለ ይሰብክ ጀመር።

¹⁵“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,

¹⁸በገሊላ ባሕር አጠገብ ሲመላለስም ሁለት ወንድማማች ጴጥሮስ የሚሉትን ስምዖንን ወንድሙንም እንድርያስን መረባቸውን ወደ ባሕር ሲጥሉ አየ፥ ዓሣ አጥማጆች ነበሩና።

¹⁶the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, to them light has dawned.” Isaiah 9:1-2

¹⁹እርሱም። በኋላዬ ኑና ሰዎችን አጥማጆች እንድትሆኑ አደርጋችኋለሁ አላቸው።

¹⁷From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

²⁰ወዲያውም መረባቸውን ትተው ተከተሉት።

¹⁸Walking by the sea of Galilee, he TR reads “Jesus” instead of “he” saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

²¹ከዚያም እልፍ ብሎ ሌሎችን ሁለት ወንድማማች የዘብዴዎስን ልጅ ያዕቆብን ወንድሙንም ዮሐንስን ከአባታቸው ከዘብዴዎስ ጋር በታንኳ መረባቸውን ሲያበጁ አየ፤ ጠራቸውም።

¹⁹He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

²²እነርሱም ወዲያው ታንኳይቱንና አባታቸውን ትተው ተከተሉት።

²⁰They immediately left their nets and followed him.

²³ኢየሱስም በምኩራቦቻቸው እያስተማረ የመንግሥትንም ወንጌል እየሰበከ በሕዝብም ያለውን ደዌና ሕማም ሁሉ እየፈወሰ በገሊላ ሁሉ ይዞር ነበር።

²¹Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.

²⁴ዝናውም ወደ ሶርያ ሁሉ ወጣ፤ በልዩ ልዩ ደዌና ሥቃይም ተይዘው የታመሙትን ሁሉ አጋንንትም ያደሩባቸውን በጨረቃም የሚነሣባቸውን ሽባዎችንም ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፥ ፈወሳቸውም።

²²They immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

²⁵ከገሊላም ከአሥሩ ከተማም ከኢየሩሳሌምም ከይሁዳም ከዮርዳኖስም ማዶ ብዙ ሕዝብ ተከተሉት።

²³Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

²⁴The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

²⁵Great multitudes from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond the Jordan followed him.