¹He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.

¹ከዚያም ተነሥቶ በዮርዳኖስ ማዶ ወደ ይሁዳ አገር መጣ፥ ደግሞም ብዙ ሰዎች ወደ እርሱ ተሰበሰቡ እንደ ልማዱም ደግሞ ያስተምራቸው ነበር።

²Pharisees came to him testing him, and asked him, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”

²ፈሪሳውያንም ቀርበው። ሰው ሚስቱን ሊፈታ ተፈቅዶለታልን? ብለው ሊፈትኑት ጠየቁት።

³He answered, “What did Moses command you?”

³እርሱ ግን መልሶ። ሙሴ ምን አዘዛችሁ? አላቸው።

⁴They said, “Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her.”

⁴እነርሱም። ሙሴስ የፍችዋን ጽሕፈት ጽፎ እንዲፈታት ፈቀደ አሉ።

⁵But Jesus said to them, “For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.

⁵ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። ስለ ልባችሁ ጥንካሬ ይህችን ትእዛዝ ጻፈላችሁ።

⁶ But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. Genesis 1:27

⁶ከፍጥረት መጀመሪያ ግን እግዚአብሔር ወንድና ሴት አደረጋቸው፤

⁷ For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

⁷ስለዚህ ሰው አባቱንና እናቱን ይተዋል ከሚስቱም ጋር ይተባበራል፥

⁸ and the two will become one flesh, Genesis 2:24 so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

⁸ሁለቱም አንድ ሥጋ ይሆናሉ፤ ስለዚህ አንድ ሥጋ ናቸው እንጂ ወደ ፊት ሁለት አይደሉም።

⁹ What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”

⁹እግዚአብሔር ያጣመረውን እንግዲህ ሰው አይለየው።

¹⁰In the house, his disciples asked him again about the same matter.

¹⁰በቤትም ደግሞ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ስለዚህ ነገር ጠየቁት።

¹¹He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her.

¹¹እርሱም። ሚስቱን ፈትቶ ሌላ የሚያገባ ሁሉ በእርስዋ ላይ ያመነዝራል፤

¹² If a woman herself divorces her husband, and marries another, she commits adultery.”

¹²እርስዋም ባልዋን ፈትታ ሌላ ብታገባ ታመነዝራለች አላቸው።

¹³They were bringing to him little children, that he should touch them, but the disciples rebuked those who were bringing them.

¹³እንዲዳስሳቸውም ሕፃናትን ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ያመጡአቸውን ገሠጹአቸው።

¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

¹⁴ኢየሱስ ግን አይቶ ተቈጣና። ሕፃናትን ወደ እኔ ይመጡ ዘንድ ተዉ አትከልክሉአቸው፤ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደነዚህ ላሉት ናትና።

¹⁵ Most certainly I tell you, whoever will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”

¹⁵እውነት እላችኋለሁ፤ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እንደ ሕፃን የማይቀበላት ሁሉ ከቶ አይገባባትም አላቸው።

¹⁶He took them in his arms, and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

¹⁶አቀፋቸውም እጁንም ጭኖ ባረካቸው።

¹⁷As he was going out into the way, one ran to him, knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?”

¹⁷እርሱም በመንገድ ሲወጣ አንድ ሰው ወደ እርሱ ሮጦ ተንበረከከለትና። ቸር መምህር ሆይ፥ የዘላለም ሕይወትን እወርስ ዘንድ ምን ላድርግ? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

¹⁸Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one—God.

¹⁸ኢየሱስም። ስለ ምን ቸር ትለኛለህ? ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ቸር ማንም የለም።

¹⁹ You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’” Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20

¹⁹ትእዛዛትን ታውቃለህ፤ አታመንዝር፥ አትግደል፥ አትስረቅ፥ በሐሰት አትመስክር፥ አታታልል፥ አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር አለው።

²⁰He said to him, “Teacher, I have observed all these things from my youth.”

²⁰እርሱም መልሶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ይህን ሁሉ ከሕፃንነቴ ጀምሬ ጠብቄአለሁ አለው።

²¹Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

²¹ኢየሱስም ወደ እርሱ ተመልክቶ ወደደውና። አንድ ነገር ጐደለህ፤ ሂድ፥ ያለህን ሁሉ ሽጠህ ለድሆች ስጥ፥ በሰማይም መዝገብ ታገኛለህ፥ መስቀሉንም ተሸክመህ ና፥ ተከተለኝ አለው።

²²But his face fell at that saying, and he went away sorrowful, for he was one who had great possessions.

²²ነገር ግን ስለዚህ ነገር ፊቱ ጠቈረ፥ ብዙ ንብረት ነበረውና እያዘነም ሄደ።

²³Jesus looked around, and said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!”

²³ኢየሱስም ዘወር ብሎ አይቶ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን። ገንዘብ ላላቸው ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መግባት እንዴት ጭንቅ ይሆናል አላቸው።

²⁴The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard is it for those who trust in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!

²⁴ደቀ መዛሙርቱም እነዚህን ቃሎች አደነቁ። ኢየሱስም ደግሞ መልሶ። ልጆች ሆይ፥ በገንዘብ ለሚታመኑ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መግባት እንዴት ጭንቅ ነው።

²⁵ 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.”

²⁵ባለ ጠጋ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከሚገባ ግመል በመርፌ ቀዳዳ ቢያልፍ ይቀላል አላቸው።

²⁶They were exceedingly astonished, saying to him, “Then who can be saved?”

²⁶እነርሱም ያለ መጠን ተገረሙና እርስ በርሳቸው። እንግዲያ ማን ሊድን ይችላል? ተባባሉ።

²⁷Jesus, looking at them, said, “With men it is impossible, but not with God, for all things are possible with God.”

²⁷ኢየሱስም ተመለከታቸውና። ይህ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ እንጂ በሰው ዘንድ አይቻልም፤ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ሁሉ ይቻላልና አለ።

²⁸Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all, and have followed you.”

²⁸ጴጥሮስም። እነሆ፥ እኛ ሁሉን ትተን ተከተልንህ ይለው ጀመር።

²⁹Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,

²⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ስለ እኔና ስለ ወንጌል ቤትን ወይም ወንድሞችን ወይም እኅቶችን ወይም አባትን ወይም እናትን ወይም ሚስትን ወይም ልጆችን ወይም እርሻን የተወ፥

³⁰ but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.

³⁰አሁን በዚህ ዘመን ከስደት ጋር ቤቶችን ወንድሞችንና እኅቶችንም እናቶችንም ልጆችንም እርሻንም መቶ እጥፍ፥ በሚመጣውም ዓለም የዘላለም ሕይወት የማይቀበል ማንም የለም።

³¹ But many who are first will be last; and the last first.”

³¹ግን ብዙ ፊተኞች ኋለኞች ኋለኞችም ፊተኞች ይሆናሉ።

³²They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus was going in front of them, and they were amazed; and those who followed were afraid. He again took the twelve, and began to tell them the things that were going to happen to him.

³²ወደ ኢየሩሳሌምም ሊወጡ በመንገድ ነበሩ፥ ኢየሱስም ይቀድማቸው ነበርና ተደነቁ፤ የተከተሉትም ይፈሩ ነበር። ደግሞም አሥራ ሁለቱን ወደ እርሱ አቅርቦ ይደርስበት ዘንድ ያለውን ይነግራቸው ጀመር።

³³ “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.

³³እነሆ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንወጣለን፥ የሰው ልጅም ለካህናት አለቆችና ለጻፎች አልፎ ይሰጣል፥ የሞት ፍርድም ይፈርዱበታል፥ ለአሕዛብም አሳልፈው ይሰጡታል፥

³⁴ They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”

³⁴ይዘብቱበትማል ይተፉበትማል ይገርፉትማል ይገድሉትማል፥ በሦስተኛውም ቀን ይነሣል አላቸው።

³⁵James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask.”

³⁵የዘብዴዎስ ልጆች ያዕቆብና ዮሐንስም ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው። መምህር ሆይ፥ የምንለምንህን ሁሉ እንድታደርግልን እንወዳለን አሉት።

³⁶He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”

³⁶እርሱም። ምን ላደርግላችሁ ትወዳላችሁ? አላቸው።

³⁷They said to him, “Grant to us that we may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your glory.”

³⁷እነርሱም። በክብርህ ጊዜ አንዳችን በቀኝ አንዳችንም በግራህ መቀመጥን ስጠን አሉት።

³⁸But Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”

³⁸ኢየሱስ ግን። የምትለምኑትን አታውቁም። እኔ የምጠጣውን ጽዋ ልትጠጡ፥ እኔ የምጠመቀውንስ ጥምቀት ልትጠመቁ ትችላላችሁን? አላቸው።

³⁹They said to him, “We are able.” Jesus said to them, “You shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and you shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with;

³⁹እነርሱም። እንችላለን አሉት። ኢየሱስም። እኔ የምጠጣውን ጽዋ ትጠጣላችሁ፥ እኔ የምጠመቀውንም ጥምቀት ትጠመቃላችሁ፤

⁴⁰ but to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but for whom it has been prepared.”

⁴⁰በቀኝና በግራ መቀመጥ ግን ለተዘጋጀላቸው ነው እንጂ የምሰጥ እኔ አይደለሁም አላቸው።

⁴¹When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.

⁴¹አሥሩም ሰምተው በያዕቆብና በዮሐንስ ይቈጡ ጀመር።

⁴²Jesus summoned them, and said to them, “You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

⁴²ኢየሱስም ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ እንዲህ አላቸው። የአሕዛብ አለቆች ተብሎ የምታስቡት እንዲገዙአቸው ታላላቆቻቸውም በላያቸው እንዲሠለጥኑ ታውቃላችሁ።

⁴³ But it shall not be so among you, but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant.

⁴³በእናንተስ እንዲህ አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን ማንም ከእናንተ ታላቅ ሊሆን የሚወድ የእናንተ አገልጋይ ይሁን፥

⁴⁴ Whoever of you wants to become first among you, shall be bondservant of all.

⁴⁴ከእናንተም ማንም ፊተኛ ሊሆን የሚወድ የሁሉ ባሪያ ይሁን፤

⁴⁵ For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

⁴⁵እንዲሁ የሰው ልጅም ሊያገለግልና ነፍሱን ለብዙዎች ቤዛ ሊሰጥ እንጂ እንዲያገለግሉት አልመጣም።

⁴⁶They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

⁴⁶ወደ ኢያሪኮም መጡ። ከደቀ መዛሙርቱና ከብዙ ሕዝብ ጋር ከኢያሪኮ ሲወጣ የጤሜዎስ ልጅ ዕውሩ በርጤሜዎስ እየለመነ በመንገድ ዳር ተቀምጦ ነበር።

⁴⁷When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁷የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስም እንደ ሆነ በሰማ ጊዜ። የዳዊት ልጅ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ማረኝ እያለ ይጮኽ ጀመር።

⁴⁸Many rebuked him, that he should be quiet, but he cried out much more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”

⁴⁸ብዙዎችም ዝም እንዲል ገሠጹት፤ እርሱ ግን። የዳዊት ልጅ ሆይ፥ ማረኝ እያለ አብዝቶ ጮኸ።

⁴⁹Jesus stood still, and said, “Call him.” They called the blind man, saying to him, “Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!”

⁴⁹ኢየሱስም ቆመና። ጥሩት አለ። ዕውሩንም። አይዞህ፥ ተነሣ፥ ይጠራሃል ብለው ጠሩት።

⁵⁰He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.

⁵⁰እርሱም እየዘለለ ተነሣና ልብሱን ጥሎ ወደ ኢየሱስ መጣ።

⁵¹Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, Rabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “great teacher.” that I may see again.”

⁵¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ምን ላደርግልህ ትወዳለህ? አለው። ዕውሩም። መምህር ሆይ፥ አይ ዘንድ አለው።

⁵²Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

⁵²ኢየሱስም። ሂድ፤ እምነትህ አድኖሃል አለው። ወዲያውም አየ በመንገድም ተከተለው።