¹At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,

¹በዚያ ዘመን የአራተኛው ክፍል ገዥ ሄሮድስ የኢየሱስን ዝና ሰማ፥

²and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.”

²ለሎሌዎቹም። ይህ መጥምቁ ዮሐንስ ነው፤ እርሱ ከሙታን ተነሥቶአል፥ ስለዚህም ኃይል በእርሱ ይደረጋል አለ።

³For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

³ሄሮድስ በወንድሙ በፊልጶስ ሚስት በሄሮድያዳ ምክንያት ዮሐንስን አስይዞ አሳስሮት በወህኒ አኑሮት ነበርና፤

⁴For John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

⁴ዮሐንስ። እርስዋ ለአንተ ትሆን ዘንድ አልተፈቀደም ይለው ነበርና።

⁵When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

⁵ሊገድለውም ወዶ ሳለ፥ ሕዝቡ እንደ ነቢይ ስለ አዩት ፈራቸው።

⁶But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.

⁶ነገር ግን ሄሮድስ የተወለደበት ቀን በሆነ ጊዜ፥ የሄሮድያዳ ልጅ በመካከላቸው ዘፈነች ሄሮድስንም ደስ አሰኘችው፤

⁷Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.

⁷ስለዚህም የምትለምነውን ሁሉ እንዲሰጣት በመሐላ ተስፋ አደረገላት።

⁸She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”

⁸እርስዋም በእናትዋ ተመክራ። የመጥምቁን የዮሐንስን ራስ በዚህ በወጭት ስጠኝ አለችው።

⁹The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,

⁹ንጉሡም አዘነ፥ ነገር ግን ስለ መሐላው ከእርሱም ጋር ተቀምጠው ስላሉት ሰዎች እንዲሰጡአት አዘዘ፤

¹⁰and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

¹⁰ልኮም የዮሐንስን ራስ በወህኒ አስቆረጠው።

¹¹His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother.

¹¹ራሱንም በወጭት አምጥተው ለብላቴናይቱ ሰጡአት፥ ወደ እናትዋም ወሰደችው።

¹²His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.

¹²ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ቀርበው በድኑን ወሰዱና ቀበሩት፥ መጥተውም ለኢየሱስ አወሩለት።

¹³Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.

¹³ኢየሱስም በሰማ ጊዜ ከዚያ ብቻውን ወደ ምድረ በዳ በታንኳ ፈቀቅ አለ፤ ሕዝቡም ሰምተው ከከተማዎቹ በእግር ተከተሉት።

¹⁴Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

¹⁴ወጥቶም ብዙ ሕዝብ አየና አዘነላቸው ድውዮቻቸውንም ፈወሰ።

¹⁵When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.”

¹⁵በመሸም ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው። ቦታው ምድረ በዳ ነው አሁንም ሰዓቱ አልፎአል፤ ወደ መንደሮች ሄደው ለራሳቸው ምግብ እንዲገዙ ሕዝቡን አሰናብት አሉት።

¹⁶But Jesus said to them, “They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

¹⁶ኢየሱስም። እናንተ የሚበሉትን ስጡአቸው እንጂ ሊሄዱ አያስፈልግም አላቸው።

¹⁷They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”

¹⁷እነርሱም። ከአምስት እንጀራና ከሁለት ዓሣ በቀር በዚህ የለንም አሉት።

¹⁸He said, “Bring them here to me.”

¹⁸እርሱም። እነዚያን ወደዚህ አምጡልኝ አላቸው።

¹⁹He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.

¹⁹ሕዝቡም በሣር ላይ እንዲቀመጡ አዘዘ፥ አምስቱንም እንጀራና ሁለቱን ዓሣ ይዞ ወደ ሰማይ አሻቅቦ አየና ባረከ፥ እንጀራውንም ቆርሶ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለሕዝቡ።

²⁰They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.

²⁰ሁሉም በልተው ጠገቡ፥ የተረፈውንም ቁርስራሽ አሥራ ሁለት መሶብ ሙሉ አነሡ።

²¹Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

²¹ከሴቶችና ከልጆችም በቀር የበሉት አምስት ሺህ ወንዶች ያህሉ ነበር።

²²Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.

²²ወዲያውም ሕዝቡን ሲያሰናብት ሳለ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ በታንኳይቱ ገብተው ወደ ማዶ እንዲቀድሙት ግድ አላቸው።

²³After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.

²³ሕዝቡንም አሰናብቶ ይጸልይ ዘንድ ብቻውን ወደ ተራራ ወጣ። በመሸም ጊዜ ብቻውን በዚያ ነበረ።

²⁴But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

²⁴ታንኳይቱም አሁን በባሕር መካከል ሳለች፥ ነፋስ ከወደ ፊት ነበርና በማዕበል ትጨነቅ ነበር።

²⁵In the fourth watch of the night, The night was equally divided into four watches, so the fourth watch is approximately 3:00 A. M. to sunrise. Jesus came to them, walking on the sea. see Job 9:8

²⁵ከሌሊቱም በአራተኛው ክፍል ኢየሱስ በባሕር ላይ እየሄደ ወደ እነርሱ መጣ።

²⁶When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear.

²⁶ደቀ መዛሙርቱም በባሕር ላይ ሲሄድ ባዩት ጊዜ። ምትሐት ነው ብለው ታወኩ በፍርሃትም ጮኹ።

²⁷But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying “Cheer up! It is I! or, I AM! Don’t be afraid.”

²⁷ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ ተናገራቸውና። አይዞአችሁ፥ እኔ ነኝ፤ አትፍሩ አላቸው።

²⁸Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”

²⁸ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተስ ከሆንህ በውኃው ላይ ወደ አንተ እንድመጣ እዘዘኝ አለው።

²⁹He said, “Come!” Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.

²⁹እርሱም። ና አለው። ጴጥሮስም ከታንኳይቱ ወርዶ ወደ ኢየሱስ ሊደርስ በውኃው ላይ ሄደ።

³⁰But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

³⁰ነገር ግን የነፋሱን ኃይል አይቶ ፈራ፥ ሊሰጥምም በጀመረ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አድነኝ ብሎ ጮኸ።

³¹Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

³¹ወዲያውም ኢየሱስ እጁን ዘርግቶ ያዘውና። አንተ እምነት የጎደለህ፥ ስለምን ተጠራጠርህ? አለው።

³²When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased.

³²ወደ ታንኳይቱም በወጡ ጊዜ ነፋሱ ተወ።

³³Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, “You are truly the Son of God!”

³³በታንኳይቱም የነበሩት። በእውነት የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህ ብለው ሰገዱለት።

³⁴When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret.

³⁴ተሻግረውም ወደ ጌንሴሬጥ ምድር መጡ።

³⁵When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick,

³⁵የዚያ ቦታ ሰዎችም ባወቁት ጊዜ በዙርያው ወዳለ አገር ሁሉ ላኩ፥ ሕመምተኞችንም ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤

³⁶and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe or, tassel of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.

³⁶የልብሱንም ጫፍ ብቻ ሊዳስሱ ይለምኑት ነበር፤ የዳሰሱትም ሁሉ ዳኑ።