¹The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

¹የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ወንጌል መጀመሪያ።

²As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you. Malachi 3:1

²እነሆ፥ መንገድህን የሚጠርግ መልክተኛዬን በፊትህ እልካለሁ የጌታን መንገድ አዘጋጁ ጥርጊያውንም አቅኑ እያለ በምድረ በዳ የሚጮኽ ሰው ድምፅ ተብሎ በነቢዩ በኢሳይያስ እንደ ተጻፈ፥

³The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!’” Isaiah 40:3

⁴ዮሐንስ በምድረ በዳ እያጠመቀ የንስሐንም ጥምቀት ለኃጢአት ስርየት እየሰበከ መጣ።

⁴John came baptizing or, immersing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

⁵የይሁዳም አገር ሁሉ የኢየሩሳሌምም ሰዎች ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ ይወጡ ነበር፥ ኃጢአታቸውንም እየተናዘዙ በዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ ከእርሱ ይጠመቁ ነበር።

⁵All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.

⁶ዮሐንስም የግመል ጠጉር ለብሶ በወገቡ ጠፍር ይታጠቅ አንበጣና የበረሀ ማርም ይበላ ነበር።

⁶John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

⁷ተጎንብሼ የጫማውን ጠፍር መፍታት የማይገባኝ ከእኔ የሚበረታ በኋላዬ ይመጣል።

⁷He preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.

⁸እኔ በውኃ አጠመቅኋችሁ እርሱ ግን በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ያጠምቃችኋል እያለ ይሰብክ ነበር።

⁸I baptized you in The Greek word (en) translated here as “in” could also be translated as “with” in some contexts. water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”

⁹በዚያ ወራትም ኢየሱስ ከገሊላ ናዝሬት መጥቶ ከዮሐንስ በዮርዳኖስ ወንዝ ተጠመቀ።

⁹It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

¹⁰ወዲያውም ከውኃው በወጣ ጊዜ ሰማያት ሲቀደዱ መንፈስም እንደ ርግብ ሲወርድበት አየና። የምወድህ ልጄ አንተ ነህ፥

¹⁰Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

¹¹በአንተ ደስ ይለኛል የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማያት መጣ።

¹¹A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

¹²ወዲያውም መንፈስ ወደ ምድረ በዳ አወጣው።

¹²Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

¹³በምድረ በዳም ከሰይጣን እየተፈተነ አርባ ቀን ሰነበተ ከአራዊትም ጋር ነበረ፥ መላእክቱም አገለገሉት።

¹³He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.

¹⁴ዮሐንስም አልፎ ከተሰጠ በኋላ ኢየሱስ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ወንጌል እየሰበከና። ዘመኑ ተፈጸመ የእግዚአብሔርም መንግሥት ቀርባለች ንስሐ ግቡ በወንጌልም እመኑ እያለ ወደ ገሊላ መጣ።

¹⁴Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God,

¹⁶በገሊላ ባሕርም አጠገብ ሲያልፍ ስምዖንን ወንድሙንም እንድርያስን መረባቸውን ወደ ባሕር ሲጥሉ አየ፥ ዓሣ አጥማጆች ነበሩና።

¹⁵and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”

¹⁷ኢየሱስም። በኋላዬ ኑና ሰዎችን አጥማጆች እንድትሆኑ አደርጋችኋለሁ አላቸው።

¹⁶Passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

¹⁸ወዲያውም መረባቸውን ትተው ተከተሉት።

¹⁷Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.”

¹⁹ከዚያም ጥቂት እልፍ ብሎ የዘብዴዎስን ልጅ ያዕቆብን ወንድሙንም ዮሐንስን ደግሞ በታንኳ ላይ መረባቸውን ሲያበጁ አየ።

¹⁸Immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

²⁰ወዲያውም ጠራቸው አባታቸውንም ዘብዴዎስን ከሞያተኞቹ ጋር በታንኳ ላይ ትተው ተከትለውት ሄዱ።

¹⁹Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

²¹ወደ ቅፍርናሆምም ገቡ፤ ወዲያውም በሰንበት ወደ ምኵራብ ገብቶ አስተማረ።

²⁰Immediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.

²²እንደ ባለ ሥልጣን ያስተምራቸው ነበር እንጂ እንደ ጻፎች አይደለምና በትምህርቱ ተገረሙ።

²¹They went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.

²³በዚያን ጊዜም በምኩራባቸው ርኵስ መንፈስ ያለው ሰው ነበረ፤

²²They were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

²⁴እርሱም። የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ከአንተ ጋር ምን አለን? ልታጠፋን መጣህን? ማን እንደ ሆንህ አውቄአለሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔር ቅዱሱ ብሎ ጮኸ።

²³Immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,

²⁵ኢየሱስም። ዝም በል ከእርሱም ውጣ ብሎ ገሠጸው።

²⁴saying, “Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!”

²⁶ርኵሱም መንፈስ አንፈራገጠውና በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኾ ከእርሱ ወጣ።

²⁵Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

²⁷ሁሉም። ይህ ምንድር ነው? በሥልጣን ርኵሳን መናፍስትን ያዝዛል፤ እነርሱም ይታዘዙለታልና ይህ አዲስ ትምህርት ምንድር ነው? ብለው እስኪጠያየቁ ድረስ አደነቁ።

²⁶The unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

²⁸ዝናውም ወዲያው በየስፍራው ወደ ገሊላ ዙሪያ ሁሉ ወጣ።

²⁷They were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching? For with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him!”

²⁹ወዲያውም ከምኵራብ ወጥቶ ከያዕቆብና ከዮሐንስ ጋር ወደ ስምዖንና ወደ እንድርያስ ቤት ገባ።

²⁸The report of him went out immediately everywhere into all the region of Galilee and its surrounding area.

³⁰የስምዖንም አማት በንዳድ ታማ ተኝታ ነበር፥ ስለ እርስዋም ወዲያው ነገሩት።

²⁹Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

³¹ቀርቦም እጅዋን ይዞ አስነሣት ንዳዱም ወዲያው ለቀቃትና አገለገለቻቸው።

³⁰Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.

³²ፀሐይም ገብቶ በመሸ ጊዜ፥ የታመሙትንና አጋንንት ያደረባቸውን ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤

³¹He came and took her by the hand, and raised her up. The fever left her, and she served them.

³³ከተማይቱም ሁላ በደጅ ተሰብስባ ነበር።

³²At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to him all who were sick, and those who were possessed by demons.

³⁴በልዩ ልዩ ደዌም የታመሙትን ብዙዎችን ፈወሰ፥ ብዙዎችንም አጋንንት አወጣ፥ አጋንንትም ክርስቶስ መሆኑን አውቀው ነበርና ሊናገሩ አልፈቀደላቸውም።

³³All the city was gathered together at the door.

³⁵ማለዳም ተነሥቶ ገና ሌሊት ሳለ ወጣ ወደ ምድረ በዳም ሄዶ በዚያ ጸለየ።

³⁴He healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He didn’t allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.

³⁶ስምዖንና ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩትም ገሥግሠው ተከተሉት፥

³⁵Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.

³⁷ባገኙትም ጊዜ። ሁሉ ይፈልጉሃል አሉት።

³⁶Simon and those who were with him followed after him;

³⁸እርሱም። በዚያ ደግሞ ልሰብክ ወደ ሌላ ስፍራ በቅርብ ወዳሉ መንደሮች እንሂድ ስለዚህ ወጥቻለሁና አላቸው።

³⁷and they found him, and told him, “Everyone is looking for you.”

³⁹በምኵራባቸውም እየሰበከ አጋንንትንም እያወጣ ወደ ገሊላ ሁሉ መጣ።

³⁸He said to them, “Let’s go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because I came out for this reason.”

⁴⁰ለምጻምም ወደ እርሱ መጥቶ ተንበረከከና። ብትወድስ ልታነጻኝ ትችላለህ ብሎ ለመነው።

³⁹He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.

⁴¹ኢየሱስም አዘነለት እጁንም ዘርግቶ ዳሰሰውና። እወድዳለሁ፤ ንጻ አለው።

⁴⁰A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”

⁴²በተናገረም ጊዜ ለምጹ ወዲያው ለቀቀውና ነጻ።

⁴¹Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I want to. Be made clean.”

⁴³በብርቱም ተናግሮ ወዲያው አወጣው፤

⁴²When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.

⁴⁴ለማንም አንዳች እንዳትናገር ተጠንቀቅ፥ ነገር ግን ሄደህ ራስህን ለካህን አሳይ ለእነርሱም ምስክር እንዲሆን ስለ መንጻትህ ሙሴ ያዘዘውን አቅርብ አለው።

⁴³He strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,

⁴⁵እርሱ ግን ሲወጣ ብዙ ሊሰብክና ነገሩን ሊያወራ ጀመረ፥ ስለዚህም ኢየሱስ ተገልጦ ወደ ከተማ መግባት ወደ ፊት ተሳነው፥ ነገር ግን በውጭ በምድረ በዳ ይኖር ነበር፤ ከየስፍራውም ወደ እርሱ ይመጡ ነበር።

⁴⁴and said to him, “See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.”

⁴⁵But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.