¹Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

¹ደግሞም በባሕር ዳር ሊያስተምር ጀመረ። እጅግ ብዙ ሰዎችም ወደ እርሱ ስለ ተሰበሰቡ እርሱ በታንኳ ገብቶ በባሕር ላይ ተቀመጠ፤ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ በባሕር ዳር በምድር ላይ ነበሩ።

²He taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,

²በምሳሌም ብዙ ያስተምራቸው ነበር፥ በትምህርቱም አላቸው። ስሙ።

³ “Listen! Behold, the farmer went out to sow,

³እነሆ፥ ዘሪ ሊዘራ ወጣ። ሲዘራም አንዳንዱ በመንገድ ዳር ወደቀና ወፎች መጥተው በሉት።

⁴ and it happened, as he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds TR adds “of the air” came and devoured it.

⁵ሌላውም ብዙ መሬት በሌለበት በጭንጫ ላይ ወደቀና ጥልቅ መሬት ስላልነበረው ወዲያው በቀለ፤

⁵ Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

⁶ፀሐይም ሲወጣ ጠወለገ፥ ሥርም ስላልነበረው ደረቀ።

⁶ When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

⁷ሌላውም በእሾህ መካከል ወደቀ፥ እሾህም ወጣና አነቀው፥ ፍሬም አልሰጠም።

⁷ Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

⁸ሌላውም በመልካም መሬት ላይ ወደቀና ወጥቶ አድጎ ፍሬ ሰጠ፥ አንዱም ሠላሳ አንዱም ስድሳ አንዱም መቶ አፈራ።

⁸ Others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing. Some brought forth thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times as much.”

⁹የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ አለ።

⁹He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁰ብቻውንም በሆነ ጊዜ፥ በዙሪያው የነበሩት ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ጋር ስለ ምሳሌው ጠየቁት።

¹⁰When he was alone, those who were around him with the twelve asked him about the parables.

¹¹እንዲህም አላቸው። ለእናንተ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ምሥጢር ማወቅ ተሰጥቶአችኋል፤ በውጭ ላሉት ግን፥ አይተው እንዲያዩ እንዳይመለከቱም፥ ሰምተውም እንዲሰሙ እንዳያስተውሉም፥ እንዳይመለሱ ኃጢአታቸውም እንዳይሰረይላቸው ነገር ሁሉ በምሳሌ ይሆንባቸዋል።

¹¹He said to them, “To you is given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,

¹³አላቸውም። ይህን ምሳሌ አታውቁምን? እንዴትስ ምሳሌዎቹን ሁሉ ታውቃላችሁ?

¹² that ‘seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn again, and their sins should be forgiven them.’” Isaiah 6:9-10

¹⁴ዘሪው ቃሉን ይዘራል። ቃልም በተዘራበት በመንገድ ዳር የሆኑት እነዚህ ናቸው፥

¹³He said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How will you understand all of the parables?

¹⁵በሰሙት ጊዜም ሰይጣን ወዲያው መጥቶ በልባቸው የተዘራውን ቃል ይወስዳል።

¹⁴ The farmer sows the word.

¹⁶እንዲሁም በጭንጫ ላይ የተዘሩት እነዚህ ናቸው፥ ቃሉንም ሰምተው ወዲያው በደስታ ይቀበሉታል፥

¹⁵ The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

¹⁷ለጊዜውም ነው እንጂ በእነርሱ ሥር የላቸውም፥ ኋላም በቃሉ ምክንያት መከራ ወይም ስደት በሆነ ጊዜ ወዲያው ይሰናከላሉ።

¹⁶ These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

¹⁸በእሾህም የተዘሩት ሌሎች ናቸው፥ ቃሉን የሰሙት እነዚህ ናቸው፥

¹⁷ They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

¹⁹የዚህም ዓለም አሳብና የባለጠግነት ማታለል የሌላውም ነገር ምኞት ገብተው ቃሉን ያንቃሉ፥ የማያፈራም ይሆናል።

¹⁸ Others are those who are sown among the thorns. These are those who have heard the word,

²⁰በመልካምም መሬት የተዘሩት ቃሉን ሰምተው የሚቀበሉት አንዱም ሠላሳ አንዱም ስድሳ አንዱም መቶ ፍሬ የሚያፈሩት እነዚህ ናቸው።

¹⁹ and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

²¹እንዲህም አላቸው። መብራትን ከዕንቅብ ወይስ ከአልጋ በታች ሊያኖሩት ያመጡታልን? በመቅረዝ ላይ ሊያኖሩት አይደለምን?

²⁰ Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times.”

²²እንዲገለጥ ባይሆን የተሰወረ የለምና፤ ወደ ግልጥ እንዲመጣ እንጂ የተሸሸገ የለም።

²¹He said to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under a basket literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 litres) or under a bed? Isn’t it put on a stand?

²³የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ቢኖር ይስማ።

²² For there is nothing hidden, except that it should be made known; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

²⁴አላቸውም። ምን እንድትሰሙ ተጠበቁ። በምትሰፍሩበት መስፈሪያ ይሰፈርላችኋል ለእናንተም ይጨመርላችኋል።

²³ If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”

²⁵ላለው ይሰጠዋልና፤ ከሌለውም ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

²⁴He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

²⁶እርሱም አለ። በምድር ዘርን እንደሚዘራ ሰው የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደዚህ ናት ሌሊትና ቀን ይተኛልም ይነሣልም፥

²⁵ For whoever has, to him will more be given, and he who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.”

²⁷እርሱም እንዴት እንደሚሆን ሳያውቅ ዘሩ ይበቅላል ያድግማል።

²⁶He said, “The Kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed on the earth,

²⁸ምድሪቱም አውቃ በመጀመሪያ ቡቃያ ኋላም ዛላ ኋላም በዛላው ፍጹም ሰብል ታፈራለች።

²⁷ and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, he doesn’t know how.

²⁹ፍሬ ግን ሲበስል መከር ደርሶአልና ወዲያው ማጭድ ይልካል።

²⁸ For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

³⁰እርሱም አለ። የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት በምን እናስመስላታለን? ወይስ በምን ምሳሌ እንመስላታለን?

²⁹ But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

³¹እንደ ሰናፍጭ ቅንጣት ናት፥ እርስዋም በምድር በተዘራች ጊዜ በምድር ካለ ዘር ሁሉ ታንሳለች፤ በተዘራችም ጊዜ ትወጣለች ከአትክልትም ሁሉ የምትበልጥ ትሆናለች፥

³⁰He said, “How will we liken the Kingdom of God? Or with what parable will we illustrate it?

³²የሰማይ ወፎችም በጥላዋ ሊሰፍሩ እስኪችሉ ታላላቅ ቅርንጫፎች ታደርጋለች።

³¹ It’s like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, though it is less than all the seeds that are on the earth,

³³መስማትም በሚችሉበት መጠን እነዚህን በሚመስል በብዙ ምሳሌ ቃሉን ይነግራቸው ነበር፤ ያለ ምሳሌ ግን አልነገራቸውም፥

³² yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”

³⁴ለብቻቸውም ሲሆኑ ነገሩን ሁሉ ለገዛ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ይፈታላቸው ነበር።

³³With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

³⁵በዚያም ቀን በመሸ ጊዜ። ወደ ማዶ እንሻገር አላቸው።

³⁴Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.

³⁶ሕዝቡንም ትተው በታንኳ እንዲያው ወሰዱት፥ ሌሎች ታንኳዎችም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩ።

³⁵On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let’s go over to the other side.”

³⁷ብርቱ ዐውሎ ነፋስም ተነሣና ውኃ በታንኳይቱ እስኪሞላ ድረስ ማዕበሉ በታንኳይቱ ይገባ ነበር።

³⁶Leaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.

³⁸እርሱም በስተኋላዋ ትራስ ተንተርሶ ተኝቶ ነበር፤ አንቅተውም። መምህር ሆይ፥ ስንጠፋ አይገድህምን? አሉት።

³⁷A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

³⁹ነቅቶም ነፋሱን ገሠጸው ባሕሩንም። ዝም በል፥ ፀጥ በል አለው። ነፋሱም ተወ ታላቅ ፀጥታም ሆነ።

³⁸He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, “Teacher, don’t you care that we are dying?”

⁴⁰እንዲህ የምትፈሩ ስለ ምን ነው? እንዴትስ እምነት የላችሁም? አላቸው።

³⁹He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

⁴¹እጅግም ፈሩና። እንግዲህ ነፋስም ባሕርም የሚታዘዙለት ይህ ማን ነው? ተባባሉ።

⁴⁰He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”

⁴¹They were greatly afraid, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”