¹In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them,

¹በዚያ ወራት ደግሞ ብዙ ሕዝብ ነበረ የሚበሉትም ስለሌላቸው ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ጠርቶ።

² “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

²ሕዝቡ ከእኔ ጋር እስካሁን ሦስት ቀን ውለዋልና የሚበሉት ስለሌላቸው አዝንላቸዋለሁ፤

³ If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”

³ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ ከሩቅ መጥተዋልና ጦማቸውን ወደ ቤታቸው ባሰናብታቸው በመንገድ ይዝላሉ አላቸው።

⁴His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?”

⁴ደቀ መዛሙርቱም። በዚህ በምድረ በዳ እንጀራ ከየት አግኝቶ ሰው እነዚህን ማጥገብ ይችላል? ብለው መለሱለት።

⁵He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”

⁵እርሱም። ስንት እንጀራ አላችሁ? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው፥ እነርሱም። ሰባት አሉት።

⁶He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.

⁶ሕዝቡም በምድር እንዲቀመጡ አዘዘ። ሰባቱንም እንጀራ ይዞ አመሰገነ፥ ቈርሶም እንዲያቀርቡላቸው ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠ፥ ለሕዝቡም አቀረቡ።

⁷They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.

⁷ጥቂትም ትንሽ ዓሣ ነበራቸው፤ ባረከውም ይህንም ደግሞ እንዲያቀርቡላቸው አዘዘ።

⁸They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.

⁸በሉም ጠገቡም፥ የተረፈውንም ቍርስራሽ ሰባት ቅርጫት አነሡ።

⁹Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.

⁹የበሉትም አራት ሺህ ያህል ነበሩ።

¹⁰Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the region of Dalmanutha.

¹⁰አሰናበታቸውም። ወዲያውም ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ወደ ታንኳይቱ ገብቶ ወደ ዳልማኑታ አገር መጣ።

¹¹The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven, and testing him.

¹¹ፈሪሳውያንም ወጡና ሊፈትኑት ከሰማይ ምልክት ከእርሱ ፈልገው ከእርሱ ጋር ይከራከሩ ጀመር።

¹²He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, “Why does this generation The word translated “generation” here (genea) could also be translated “people,” “race,” or “family.” seek a sign? Most certainly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

¹²በመንፈሱም እጅግ ቃተተና። ይህ ትውልድ ስለ ምን ምልክት ይፈልጋል? እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ለዚህ ትውልድ ምልክት አይሰጠውም አለ።

¹³He left them, and again entering into the boat, departed to the other side.

¹³ትቶአቸውም እንደ ገና ወደ ታንኳይቱ ገብቶ ወደ ማዶ ሄደ።

¹⁴They forgot to take bread; and they didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with them.

¹⁴እንጀራ መያዝም ረሱ፥ ለእነርሱም ከአንድ እንጀራ በቀር በታንኳይቱ አልነበራቸውም።

¹⁵He warned them, saying, “Take heed: beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.”

¹⁵እርሱም። ተጠንቀቁ፤ ከፈሪሳውያንና ከሄሮድስ እርሾ ተጠበቁ ብሎ አዘዛቸው።

¹⁶They reasoned with one another, saying, “It’s because we have no bread.”

¹⁶እርስ በርሳቸውም። እንጀራ ስለሌለን ይሆናል ብለው ተነጋገሩ።

¹⁷Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?

¹⁷ኢየሱስም አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። እንጀራ ስለሌላችሁ ስለ ምን ትነጋገራላችሁ? ገና አልተመለከታችሁምን? አላስተዋላችሁምን?

¹⁸ Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

¹⁸ልባችሁስ ደንዝዞአልን? ዓይን ሳላችሁ አታዩምን? ጆሮስ ሳላችሁ አትሰሙምን? ትዝስ አይላችሁምን?

¹⁹ When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Twelve.”

¹⁹አምስቱን እንጀራ ለአምስት ሺህ በቈረስሁ ጊዜ፥ ቍርስራሹ የሞላ ስንት መሶብ አነሣችሁ? እነርሱም። አሥራ ሁለት አሉት።

²⁰ “When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Seven.”

²⁰ሰባቱን እንጀራስ ለአራት ሺህ በቈረስሁ ጊዜ፥ ቍርስራሹ የሞላ ስንት ቅርጫት አነሣችሁ? እነርሱም። ሰባት አሉት።

²¹He asked them, “Don’t you understand, yet?”

²¹ገና አላስተዋላችሁምን? አላቸው።

²²He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him.

²²ወደ ቤተ ሳይዳም መጡ። ዕውርም አመጡለት፥ እንዲዳስሰውም ለመኑት።

²³He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.

²³ዕውሩንም እጁን ይዞ ከመንደር ውጭ አወጣው፥ በዓይኑም ተፍቶበት እጁንም ጭኖበት። አንዳች ታያለህን ብሎ ጠየቀው።

²⁴He looked up, and said, “I see men; for I see them like trees walking.”

²⁴አሻቅቦም። ሰዎች እንደ ዛፍ ሲመላለሱ አያለሁ አለ።

²⁵Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.

²⁵ከዚህም በኋላ ደግሞ እጁን በዓይኑ ላይ ጫነበት አጥርቶም አየና ዳነም ከሩቅም ሳይቀር ሁሉን ተመለከተ።

²⁶He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”

²⁶ወደ ቤቱም ሰደደውና። ወደ መንደሩ አትግባ በመንደሩም ለማንም አንዳች አትናገር አለው።

²⁷Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?”

²⁷ኢየሱስና ደቀ መዛሙርቱም በፊልጶስ ቂሣርያ ወዳሉ መንደሮች ወጡ በመንገድም። ሰዎች እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ይላሉ? ብሎ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ጠየቃቸው።

²⁸They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets.”

²⁸እነርሱም። መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ፥ ሌሎችም ኤልያስ፥ ሌሎችም ከነቢያት አንዱ ብለው ነገሩት።

²⁹He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”

²⁹እናንተስ እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ትላላችሁ? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው። ጴጥሮስም። አንተ ክርስቶስ ነህ ብሎ መለሰለት።

³⁰He commanded them that they should tell no one about him.

³⁰ስለ እርሱም ለማንም እንዳይናገሩ አዘዛቸው።

³¹He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

³¹የሰው ልጅ ብዙ መከራ ሊቀበል፥ ከሽማግሌዎችም ከካህናት አለቆችም ከጻፎችም ሊጣል፥ ሊገደልም ከሦስት ቀንም በኋላ ሊነሣ እንዲገባው ያስተምራቸው ጀመር፤ ቃሉንም ገልጦ ይናገር ነበር።

³²He spoke to them openly. Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

³²ጴጥሮስም ወደ እርሱ ወስዶ ይገሥጸው ጀመር።

³³But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.”

³³እርሱ ግን ዘወር አለ ደቀ መዛሙርቱንም አይቶ ጴጥሮስን ገሠጸውና። ወደ ኋላዬ ሂድ፥ አንተ ሰይጣን፤ የሰውን እንጂ የእግዚአብሔርን ነገር አታስብምና አለው።

³⁴He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

³⁴ሕዝቡንም ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ጠርቶ እንዲህ አላቸው። በኋላዬ ሊመጣ የሚወድ ቢኖር፥ ራሱን ይካድ መስቀሉንም ተሸክሞ ይከተለኝ።

³⁵ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

³⁵ነፍሱን ሊያድን የሚወድ ሁሉ ያጠፋታልና፥ ስለ እኔና ስለ ወንጌል ነፍሱን የሚያጠፋ ሁሉ ግን ያድናታል።

³⁶ For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

³⁶ሰው ዓለምን ሁሉ ቢያተርፍ ነፍሱንም ቢያጐድል ምን ይጠቅመዋል?

³⁷ For what will a man give in exchange for his life?

³⁷ሰውስ ስለ ነፍሱ ቤዛ ምን ይሰጣል?

³⁸ For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

³⁸በዚህም በዘማዊና በኃጢአተኛ ትውልድ መካከል በእኔና በቃሌ የሚያፍር ሁሉ፥ የሰው ልጅ ደግሞ በአባቱ ክብር ከቅዱሳን መላእክት ጋር በመጣ ጊዜ በእርሱ ያፍርበታል።