¹After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

¹ቃሉን ሁሉ በሕዝብ ጆሮዎች በጨረሰ ጊዜ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም ገባ።

²A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.

²አንድ የመቶ አለቃም ነበረ፤ የሚወደውም ባሪያው ታሞ ሊሞት ቀርቦ ነበር።

³When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.

³ስለ ኢየሱስም በሰማ ጊዜ የአይሁድን ሽማግሎች ወደ እርሱ ላከና መጥቶ ባሪያውን እንዲያድን ለመነው።

⁴When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for you to do this for him,

⁴እነርሱም ወደ ኢየሱስ መጥተው። ይህን ልታደርግለት ይገባዋል፤

⁵for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”

⁵ሕዝባችንን ይወዳልና ምኵራብም ራሱ ሠርቶልናል ብለው አጽንተው ለመኑት።

⁶Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

⁶ኢየሱስም ከእነርሱ ጋር ሄደ። አሁንም ወደ ቤቱ በቀረበ ጊዜ የመቶው አለቃ ወዳጆቹን ወደ እርሱ ላከ፤ አለውም። ጌታ ሆይ በቤቴ ጣራ በታች ልትገባ አይገባኝምና አትድከም፤

⁷Therefore I didn’t even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.

⁷ስለዚህም ወደ አንተ ልመጣ እንዲገባኝ ሰውነቴን አልቈጠርሁትም፤ ነገር ግን ቃል ተናገር፥ ብላቴናዬም ይፈወሳል።

⁸For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

⁸እኔ ደግሞ ከሌሎች በታች የምገዛ ሰው ነኝ፥ ከእኔም በታች ወታደሮች አሉኝ፥ አንዱንም። ሂድ ብለው ይሄዳል፥ ሌላውንም። ና ብለው ይመጣል፥ ባሪያዬንም። ይህን አድርግ ብለው ያደርጋል።

⁹When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.”

⁹ኢየሱስም ይህን ሰምቶ በእርሱ ተደነቀ፥ ዘወርም ብሎ ለተከተሉት ሕዝብ። እላችኋለሁ፥ በእስራኤልስ እንኳ እንዲህ ያለ ትልቅ እምነት አላገኘሁም አላቸው።

¹⁰Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.

¹⁰የተላኩትም ወደ ቤት ተመልሰው ባሪያውን ባለ ጤና ሆኖ አገኙት።

¹¹It happened soon afterwards, that he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him.

¹¹በነገውም ናይን ወደምትባል ወደ አንዲት ከተማ ሄደ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ብዙ ሕዝብም ከእርሱ ጋር አብረው ሄዱ።

¹²Now when he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.

¹²ወደ ከተማይቱም በር በቀረበ ጊዜ፥ እነሆ፥ የሞተ ሰው ተሸክመው አወጡ፤ እርሱም ለእናቱ አንድ ልጅ ነበረ፥ እርስዋም መበለት ነበረች፥ ብዙም የከተማ ሕዝብ ከእርስዋ ጋር አብረው ነበሩ።

¹³When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, “Don’t cry.”

¹³ጌታም ባያት ጊዜ አዘነላትና። አታልቅሽ አላት።

¹⁴He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”

¹⁴ቀርቦም ቃሬዛውን ነካ፥ የተሸከሙትም ቆሙ፤ አለውም። አንተ ጐበዝ፥ እልሃለሁ፥ ተነሣ።

¹⁵He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.

¹⁵የሞተውም ቀና ብሎ ተቀመጠ ሊናገርም ጀመረ፥ ለእናቱም ሰጣት።

¹⁶Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”

¹⁶ሁሉንም ፍርሃት ያዛቸውና። ታላቅ ነቢይ በእኛ መካከል ተነሥቶአል፥ ደግሞ። እግዚአብሔር ሕዝቡን ጐበኘ እያሉ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገኑ።

¹⁷This report went out concerning him in the whole of Judea, and in all the surrounding region.

¹⁷ይህም ዝና ስለ እርሱ በይሁዳ ሁሉ በዙሪያውም ባለች አገር ሁሉ ወጣ።

¹⁸The disciples of John told him about all these things.

¹⁸ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለዮሐንስ እነዚህን ሁሉ አወሩ።

¹⁹John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?”

¹⁹ዮሐንስም ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁለት ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ። የሚመጣው አንተ ነህን ወይስ ሌላውን እንጠብቅ? ብሎ ወደ ኢየሱስ ላከ።

²⁰When the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?’”

²⁰ሰዎቹም ወደ እርሱ መጥተው። መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ። የሚመጣው አንተ ነህን ወይስ ሌላውን እንጠብቅ? ብሎ ወደ አንተ ላከን አሉት።

²¹In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.

²¹በዚያች ሰዓት ከደዌና ከሥቃይ ከክፉዎች መናፍስትም ብዙዎችን ፈወሰ፥ ለብዙ ዕውሮችም ማየትን ሰጠ።

²²Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

²²ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ሄዳችሁ ያያችሁትን የሰማችሁትንም ለዮሐንስ አውሩለት፤ ዕውሮች ያያሉ፥ አንካሶችም ይሄዳሉ፥ ለምጻሞችም ይነጻሉ፥ ደንቆሮዎችም ይሰማሉ፥ ሙታንም ይነሣሉ፥ ለድሆችም ወንጌል ይሰበካል፤

²³ Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”

²³በእኔም የማይሰናከለው ሁሉ ብፁዕ ነው አላቸው።

²⁴When John’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

²⁴የዮሐንስ መልክተኞችም ከሄዱ በኋላ፥ ለሕዝቡ ስለ ዮሐንስ ይናገር ጀመር እንዲህም አለ። ምን ልታዩ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ወጣችሁ? ነፋስ የሚወዘውዘውን ሸምበቆን? ወይስ ምን ልታዩ ወጣችሁ?

²⁵ But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.

²⁵ቀጭን ልብስ የለበሰውን ሰውን? እነሆ፥ ጌጠኛ ልብስ የሚለብሱና በቅምጥልነት የሚኖሩ በነገሥታት ቤት አሉ።

²⁶ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

²⁶ወይስ ምን ልታዩ ወጣችሁ? ነቢይን? አዎን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከነቢይም የሚበልጠውን።

²⁷ This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’ Malachi 3:1

²⁷እነሆ፥ መንገድህን በፊትህ የሚጠርግ መልክተኛዬን በፊትህ እልካለሁ ተብሎ የተጻፈለት ይህ ነው።

²⁸ “For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.”

²⁸እላችኋለሁ፥ ከሴቶች ከተወለዱት መካከል ከመጥምቁ ዮሐንስ የሚበልጥ ማንም የለም፤ በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ግን ከሁሉ የሚያንሰው ይበልጠዋል።

²⁹When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John’s baptism.

²⁹የሰሙትም ሕዝብ ሁሉ ቀራጮች እንኳ ሳይቀሩ በዮሐንስ ጥምቀት ተጠምቀው እግዚአብሔርን አጸደቁ፤

³⁰But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.

³⁰ፈሪሳውያንና ሕግ አዋቂዎች ግን በእርሱ ስለ አልተጠመቁ የእግዚአብሔርን ምክር ከራሳቸው ጣሉ።

³¹ TR adds “But the Lord said,” “To what then will I liken the people of this generation? What are they like?

³¹እንግዲህ የዚችን ትውልድ ሰዎች በምን አስመስላቸዋለሁ? ማንንስ ይመስላሉ?

³² They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, ‘We piped to you, and you didn’t dance. We mourned, and you didn’t weep.’

³²በገበያ የሚቀመጡትን ልጆች ይመስላሉ፥ እርስ በርሳቸውም እየተጠራሩ። እንቢልታ ነፋንላችሁ አልዘፈናችሁምም፤ ሙሾ አወጣንላችሁ አላለቀሳችሁምም ይላል።

³³ For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

³³መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ እንጀራ ሳይበላ የወይን ጠጅም ሳይጠጣ መጥቶ ነበርና። ጋኔን አለበት አላችሁት።

³⁴ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

³⁴የሰው ልጅ እየበላና እየጠጣ መጥቶአልና። እነሆ፥ በላተኛና የወይን ጠጅ ጠጭ፥ የቀራጮችና የኃጢአተኞች ወዳጅ አላችሁት።

³⁵ Wisdom is justified by all her children.”

³⁵ጥበብም ለልጆችዋ ሁሉ ጸደቀች።

³⁶One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat at the table.

³⁶ከፈሪሳውያንም አንድ ከእርሱ ጋር ይበላ ዘንድ ለመነው፤ በፈሪሳዊው ቤትም ገብቶ በማዕድ ተቀመጠ።

³⁷Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment.

³⁷እነሆም በዚያች ከተማ ኃጢአተኛ የነበረች አንዲት ሴት፤ በፈሪሳዊው ቤት በማዕድ እንደ ተቀመጠ ባወቀች ጊዜ፥ ሽቱ የሞላበት የአልባስጥሮስ ቢልቃጥ አመጣች።

³⁸Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

³⁸በስተ ኋላውም በእግሩ አጠገብ ቆማ እያለቀሰች በእንባዋ እግሩን ታርስ ጀመረች፥ በራስ ጠጕርዋም ታብሰው እግሩንም ትስመው ሽቱም ትቀባው ነበረች።

³⁹Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

³⁹የጠራው ፈሪሳዊም አይቶ። ይህስ ነቢይ ቢሆን፥ ይህች የምትዳስሰው ሴት ማን እንደ ሆነች እንዴትስ እንደ ነበረች ባወቀ ነበር፥ ኃጢአተኛ ናትና ብሎ በልቡ አሰበ።

⁴⁰Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” He said, “Teacher, say on.”

⁴⁰ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ስምዖን ሆይ፥ የምነግርህ ነገር አለኝ አለው። እርሱም። መምህር ሆይ፥ ተናገር አለ።

⁴¹ “A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

⁴¹ለአንድ አበዳሪ ሁለት ተበዳሪዎች ነበሩት በአንዱ አምስት መቶ ዲናር ነበረበት በሁለተኛውም አምሳ።

⁴² When they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?”

⁴²የሚከፍሉትም ቢያጡ ለሁለቱም ተወላቸው። እንግዲህ ከእነርሱ አብልጦ የሚወደው ማንኛው ነው?

⁴³Simon answered, “He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most.” He said to him, “You have judged correctly.”

⁴³ስምዖንም መልሶ። ብዙ የተወለቱ ይመስለኛል አለ። እርሱም። በእውነት ፈረድህ አለው።

⁴⁴Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

⁴⁴ወደ ሴቲቱም ዘወር ብሎ ስምዖንን እንዲህ አለው። ይህችን ሴት ታያለህን? እኔ ወደ ቤትህ ገባሁ፥ ውኃ ስንኳ ለእግሬ አላቀረብህልኝም፤ እርስዋ ግን በእንባዋ እግሬን አራሰች በጠጕርዋም አበሰች።

⁴⁵ You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.

⁴⁵አንተ አልሳምኸኝም፤ እርስዋ ግን ከገባሁ ጀምራ እግሬን ከመሳም አላቋረጠችም።

⁴⁶ You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.

⁴⁶አንተ ራሴን ዘይት አልቀባኸኝም፤ እርስዋ ግን እግሬን ሽቱ ቀባች።

⁴⁷ Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

⁴⁷ስለዚህ እልሃለሁ፥ እጅግ ወዳለችና ብዙ ያለው ኃጢአትዋ ተሰርዮላታል፤ ጥቂት ግን የሚሰረይለት ጥቂት ይወዳል።

⁴⁸He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

⁴⁸እርስዋንም። ኃጢአትሽ ተሰርዮልሻል አላት።

⁴⁹Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

⁴⁹ከእርሱም ጋር በማዕድ ተቀምጠው የነበሩት በልባቸው። ኃጢአትን እንኳ የሚያስተሰርይ ይህ ማን ነው? ይሉ ጀመር።

⁵⁰He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

⁵⁰ሴቲቱንም። እምነትሽ አድኖሻል፤ በሰላም ሂጂ አላት።