¹He called the twelve TR reads “his twelve disciples” instead of “the twelve” together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

¹አሥራ ሁለቱንም ሐዋርያት በአንድነት ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ በአጋንንት ሁሉ ላይ ደዌንም ይፈውሱ ዘንድ ኃይልና ሥልጣን ሰጣቸው፤

²He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

²የእግዚአብሔርንም መንግሥት እንዲሰብኩና ድውዮችን እንዲፈውሱ ላካቸው፥

³He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey—neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.

³እንዲህም አላቸው። በትርም ቢሆን፥ ከረጢትም ቢሆን፥ እንጀራም ቢሆን፥ ብርም ቢሆን ለመንገድ ምንም አትያዙ፥ ሁለት እጀ ጠባብም አይሁንላችሁ።

⁴ Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.

⁴በማናቸውም በምትገቡበት ቤት በዚያ ተቀመጡ ከዚያም ውጡ።

⁵ As many as don’t receive you, when you depart from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.”

⁵ማናቸውም የማይቀበሉአችሁ ቢሆኑ፥ ከዚያ ከተማ ወጥታችሁ ምስክር እንዲሆንባቸው ከእግራችሁ ትቢያ አራግፉ።

⁶They departed, and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News, and healing everywhere.

⁶ወጥተውም ወንጌልን እየሰበኩና በስፍራው ሁሉ እየፈወሱ በየመንደሩ ያልፉ ነበር።

⁷Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

⁷የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ ሄሮድስም የተደረገውን ነገር ሁሉ ሰምቶ፥ አንዳንድ ሰዎች።

⁸and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.

⁸ዮሐንስ ከሙታን ተነሣ፥ ሌሎችም። ኤልያስ ተገለጠ፥ ሌሎችም። ከቀደሙት ነቢያት አንዱ ተነሥቶአል ይሉ ስለ ነበሩ አመነታ።

⁹Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?” He sought to see him.

⁹ሄሮድስም። ዮሐንስንስ እኔ ራሱን አስቈረጥሁት፤ ይህ እንዲህ ያለ ነገር የምሰማበት ማን ነው? አለ። ሊያየውም ይሻ ነበር።

¹⁰The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a deserted place of a city called Bethsaida.

¹⁰ሐዋርያትም ተመልሰው ያደረጉትን ሁሉ ነገሩት። ከእርሱ ጋርም ወስዶአቸው ቤተ ሳይዳ ከምትባል ከተማ አጠገብ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ለብቻው ፈቀቅ አለ።

¹¹But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.

¹¹ሕዝቡም አውቀው ተከተሉት፤ ተቀብሎአቸውም ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ይነግራቸው ነበር፥ መፈወስ ያስፈለጋቸውንም ፈወሳቸው።

¹²The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place.”

¹²ቀኑም ይመሽ ጀመር፤ አሥራ ሁለቱም ቀርበው። በዚህ በምድረ በዳ ነንና በዙሪያችን ወዳሉ መንደሮችና ገጠሮች ሄደው እንዲያድሩና ምግብ እንዲያገኙ ሕዝቡን አሰናብት አሉት።

¹³But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people.”

¹³እርሱ ግን። እናንተ የሚበሉትን ስጡአቸው አላቸው። እነርሱም። ሄደን ለዚህ ሁሉ ሕዝብ ምግብ ካልገዛን፥ ከአምስት እንጀራና ከሁለት ዓሣ የሚበልጥ የለንም አሉት፤

¹⁴For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, “Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.”

¹⁴አምስት ሺህ ሰዎች ያህሉ ነበርና። ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። በየክፍሉ አምሳ አምሳውን አስቀምጡአቸው አላቸው።

¹⁵They did so, and made them all sit down.

¹⁵እንዲህም አደረጉ ሁሉንም አስቀመጡአቸው።

¹⁶He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude.

¹⁶አምስቱንም እንጀራና ሁለቱን ዓሣ ይዞ፥ ወደ ሰማይ አሻቅቦ አየና ባረካቸው ቆርሶም ለሕዝቡ እንዲያቀርቡ ለደቀ መዛርሙርቱ ሰጠ።

¹⁷They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

¹⁷ሁሉም በልተው ጠገቡ፥ ከእነርሱም የተረፈውን ቍርስራሽ አሥራ ሁለት መሶብ ወሰዱ።

¹⁸It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, “Who do the multitudes say that I am?”

¹⁸ለብቻውም ሲጸልይ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩና። ሕዝቡ እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ይላሉ? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው።

¹⁹They answered, “‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.”

¹⁹እነርሱም መልሰው። መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ፥ ሌሎችም። ኤልያስ፥ ሌሎችም። ከቀደሙት ነቢያት አንዱ ተነሥቶአል ይላሉ አሉት።

²⁰He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”

²⁰እናንተስ እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ትላላችሁ? አላቸው። ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። ከእግዚአብሔር የተቀባህ ነህ አለ።

²¹But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,

²¹እርሱ ግን። የሰው ልጅ ብዙ መከራ ሊቀበል በሽማግሌዎችም በካህናት አለቆችም በጻፎችም ሊጣል ሊገደልም በሦስተኛውም ቀን ሊነሣ ይገባዋል ብሎ ለማንም ይህን እንዳይናገሩ አስጠንቅቆ አዘዘ።

²²saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”

²³ለሁሉም እንዲህ አላቸው። በኋላዬ ሊመጣ የሚወድ ቢኖር፥ ራሱን ይካድ መስቀሉንም ዕለት ዕለት ተሸክሞ ይከተለኝ።

²³He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, TR, NU add “daily” and follow me.

²⁴ነፍሱን ሊያድን የሚወድ ሁሉ ያጠፋታልና፤ ስለ እኔ ነፍሱን የሚያጠፋ ሁሉ ግን እርሱ ያድናታል።

²⁴ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.

²⁵ሰው ዓለሙን ሁሉ አትርፎ ራሱን ቢያጠፋ ወይም ቢያጐድል ምን ይጠቅመዋል?

²⁵ For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?

²⁶በእኔና በቃሌ የሚያፍር ሁሉ፥ የሰው ልጅ በክብሩ በአባቱና በቅዱሳን መላእክቱ ክብርም ሲመጣ በእርሱ ያፍርበታል።

²⁶ For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

²⁷እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በዚህ ከሚቆሙት ሰዎች የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እስኪያዩ ድረስ ሞትን የማይቀምሱ አንዳንድ አሉ።

²⁷ But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God.”

²⁸ከዚህም ቃል በኋላ ስምንት ቀን ያህል ቈይቶ ጴጥሮስንና ዮሐንስን ያዕቆብንም ይዞ ሊጸልይ ወደ ተራራ ወጣ።

²⁸It happened about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.

²⁹ሲጸልይም የፊቱ መልክ ተለወጠ፤ ልብሱም ተብለጭልጮ ነጭ ሆነ።

²⁹As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.

³⁰እነሆም፥ ሁለት ሰዎች እነርሱም ሙሴና ኤልያስ ከእርሱ ጋር ይነጋገሩ ነበር፤

³⁰Behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,

³¹በክብርም ታይተው በኢየሩሳሌም ሊፈጽም ስላለው ስለ መውጣቱ ይናገሩ ነበር።

³¹who appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure, literally, “exodus” which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

³²ነገር ግን ጴጥሮስንና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት እንቅልፍ ከበደባቸው፤ ነቅተው ግን ክብሩንና ከእርሱ ጋር ቆመው የነበሩትን ሁለት ሰዎች አዩ።

³²Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.

³³ከእርሱም ሲለዩ ጴጥሮስ ኢየሱስን። አቤቱ፥ በዚህ መሆን ለእኛ መልካም ነውና አንድ ለአንተ አንድም ለሙሴ አንድም ለኤልያስ ሦስት ዳሶች እንሥራ አለው፤ የሚለውንም አያውቅም ነበር።

³³It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here. Let’s make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,” not knowing what he said.

³⁴ይህንም ሲናገር ደመና መጣና ጋረዳቸው፤ ወደ ደመናውም ሲገቡ ሳሉ ፈሩ።

³⁴While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

³⁵ከደመናውም። የመረጥሁት ልጄ ይህ ነው፥ እርሱን ስሙት የሚል ድምፅ መጣ።

³⁵A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”

³⁶ድምፁም ከመጣ በኋላ ኢየሱስ ብቻውን ሆኖ ተገኘ። እነርሱም ዝም አሉ ካዩትም ነገር በዚያ ወራት ምንም ለማንም አላወሩም።

³⁶When the voice came, Jesus was found alone. They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.

³⁷በነገውም ከተራራ ሲወርዱ ብዙ ሕዝብ ተገናኙት።

³⁷It happened on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met him.

³⁸እነሆም፥ ከሕዝቡ አንድ ሰው እንዲህ እያለ ጮኸ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ለእኔ አንድ ልጅ ነውና ልጄን እንድታይልኝ እለምንሃለሁ።

³⁸Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.

³⁹እነሆም፥ ጋኔን ይይዘዋል፥ ድንገትም ይጮኻል አረፋም እያስደፈቀው ያንፈራግጠዋል፥ እየቀጠቀጠም በጭንቅ ይለቀዋል፤

³⁹Behold, a spirit takes him, he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him so that he foams, and it hardly departs from him, bruising him severely.

⁴⁰ደቀ መዛሙርትህንም እንዲያወጡት ለመንሁ፥ አልቻሉምም።

⁴⁰I begged your disciples to cast it out, and they couldn’t.”

⁴¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እናንተ የማታምን ጠማማ ትውልድ፥ እስከ መቼ ከእናንተ ጋር እኖራለሁ? እስከ መቼስ እታገሣችኋለሁ? ልጅህን ወደዚህ አምጣው አለ።

⁴¹Jesus answered, “Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

⁴²ሲቀርብም ጋኔኑ ጣለውና አንፈራገጠው፤ ኢየሱስ ግን ርኵሱን መንፈስ ገሥጾ ብላቴናውን ፈወሰው ለአባቱም መለሰው።

⁴²While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

⁴³ሁሉም ከእግዚአብሔር ታላቅነት የተነሣ ተገረሙ። ሁሉም ኢየሱስ ባደረገው ሁሉ ሲደነቁ፥

⁴³They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,

⁴⁴ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። የሰው ልጅ በሰው እጅ ይሰጥ ዘንድ አለውና እናንተ ይህን ቃል በጆሮአችሁ አኑሩ አለ።

⁴⁴ “Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.”

⁴⁵እነርሱ ግን ይህን ነገር አላስተዋሉም፥ እንዳይገባቸውም ተሰውሮባቸው ነበር፤ ስለዚህ ነገርም እንዳይጠይቁት ፈሩ።

⁴⁵But they didn’t understand this saying. It was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

⁴⁶ከእነርሱም ማን እንዲበልጥ ክርክር ተነሣባቸው።

⁴⁶There arose an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

⁴⁷ኢየሱስም የልባቸውን አሳብ አውቆ ሕፃንን ያዘ፤ በአጠገቡም አቁሞ።

⁴⁷Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts, took a little child, and set him by his side,

⁴⁸ማንም ይህን ሕፃን በስሜ የሚቀበል እኔን ይቀበላል፤ የሚቀበለኝም ሁሉ የላከኝን ይቀበላል፤ ከሁላችሁ የሚያንስ እርሱ ታላቅ ነውና አላቸው።

⁴⁸and said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”

⁴⁹ዮሐንስም መልሶ። አቤቱ፥ አንድ ሰው በስምህ አጋንንትን ሲያወጣ አየነው፥ ከእኛ ጋርም ስለማይከተል ከለከልነው አለው።

⁴⁹John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn’t follow with us.”

⁵⁰ኢየሱስ ግን። የማይቃወማችሁ ከእናንተ ጋር ነውና አትከልክሉት አለው።

⁵⁰Jesus said to him, “Don’t forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us.”

⁵¹የሚወጣበትም ወራት በቀረበ ጊዜ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ለመሄድ ፊቱን አቀና፥

⁵¹It came to pass, when the days were near that he should be taken up, he intently set his face to go to Jerusalem,

⁵²በፊቱም መልክተኞችን ሰደደ። ሄደውም ሊያሰናዱለት ወደ አንድ ወደ ሳምራውያን መንደር ገቡ፤

⁵²and sent messengers before his face. They went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.

⁵³ፊቱም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንደሚሄድ ስለ ነበረ አልተቀበሉትም።

⁵³They didn’t receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.

⁵⁴ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ያዕቆብና ዮሐንስ አይተው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ኤልያስ ደግሞ እንዳደረገ እሳት ከሰማይ ወርዶ ያጥፋቸው እንል ዘንድ ትወዳለህን? አሉት።

⁵⁴When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?”

⁵⁵እርሱ ግን ዘወር ብሎ ገሠጻቸውና። ምን ዓይነት መንፈስ እንደ ሆነላችሁ አታውቁም፤

⁵⁵But he turned and rebuked them, “You don’t know of what kind of spirit you are.

⁵⁶የሰው ልጅ የሰውን ነፍስ ሊያድን እንጂ ሊያጠፋ አልመጣም አለ። ወደ ሌላ መንደርም ሄዱ።

⁵⁶ For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” They went to another village.

⁵⁷እነርሱም በመንገድ ሲሄዱ አንድ ሰው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ምትሄድበት ሁሉ እከተልሃለሁ አለው።

⁵⁷As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, “I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.”

⁵⁸ኢየሱስም። ለቀበሮዎች ጕድጓድ ለሰማይም ወፎች መሳፈሪያ አላቸው፥ ለሰው ልጅ ግን ራሱን የሚያስጠጋበት የለውም አለው።

⁵⁸Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

⁵⁹ሌላውንም። ተከተለኝ አለው። እርሱ ግን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አስቀድሜ ልሂድና አባቴን እቀብር ዘንድ ፍቀድልኝ አለ።

⁵⁹He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

⁶⁰ኢየሱስም። ሙታናቸውን እንዲቀብሩ ሙታንን ተዋቸው፤ አንተስ ሄደህ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ስበክ አለው።

⁶⁰But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God.”

⁶¹ደግሞ ሌላው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እከተልሃለሁ፤ ነገር ግን አስቀድሜ ከቤቴ ሰዎች እንድሰናበት ፍቀድልኝ አለ።

⁶¹Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”

⁶²ኢየሱስ ግን። ማንም ዕርፍ በእጁ ይዞ ወደ ኋላ የሚመለከት ለእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት የተገባ አይደለም አለው።

⁶²But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.”