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.

¹Ary nampianatra teo amoron'ny ranomasina indray Jesosy; ary nisy vahoaka betsaka nanatona Azy, dia niditra teo an-tsambokely Izy ka nipetraka teo amin'ny ranomasina; ary ny vahoaka rehetra dia teny an-tanety amoron-dranomasina.

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

²Ary nampianatra azy zavatra maro tamin'ny fanoharana Izy ka nilaza tamin'ny fampianarany azy hoe:

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

³Mihainoa: Indro, nivoaka ny mpamafy mba hamafy.

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.

⁴Ary raha namafy izy, ny sasany dia voafafy teny amoron-dalana, dia avy ny vorona ka nandany izany.

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

⁵Ary ny sasany dia voafafy teny amin'ny tany marivo ambony vatolampy; dia nalaky nitrebona ireny, satria tsy nisy tany lalina.

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

⁶Fa rehefa niposaka ny masoandro, dia nalazo ireny; ary satria tsy nanam-paka, dia maty izy.

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

⁷Ary ny sasany dia voafafy teny amin'ny tsilo; ary ny tsilo naniry ka nangeja azy, dia tsy namoa izy.

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.”

⁸Ary ny sasany dia voafafy teny amin'ny tany tsara, ary raha naniry sy namoa, dia vokatra, fa namoa: ny sasany avy telo-polo heny, ary ny sasany avy enim-polo heny, ary ny sasany avy zato heny.

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

⁹Ary hoy Izy: Izay manan-tsofina ho enti-mihaino, aoka izy hihaino.

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

¹⁰Ary raha tao amin'ny mangingina Izy, dia nanontany Azy ny amin'ny fanoharana ireo nomba Azy mbamin'ny roa ambin'ny folo lahy.

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,

¹¹Ary hoy Izy taminy: Hianareo no efa nomena ny zava-miafina ny amin'ny fanjakan'Andriamanitra; fa amin'ireny izay any ivelany kosa ny zavatra rehetra dia atao amin'ny fanoharana;

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

¹²mba hijery mandrakariva ihany izy, fa tsy hahita; ary mba handre mandrakariva ihany izy, fa tsy hahafantatra; fandrao hibebaka izy, ka havela ny helony (Isa. 6. 9, 10).

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

¹³Ary hoy Izy taminy: Tsy azonareo va ilay fanoharana teo? koa hataonareo ahoana no fahafantatra ny fanoharana rehetra?

¹⁴ The farmer sows the word.

¹⁴Ny mpamafy dia mamafy ny teny.

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.

¹⁵Ary ireto no ilay teo amoron-dalana, dia izay amafazana ny teny, fa rehefa nandre izy, dia avy miaraka amin'izay Satana ka manaisotra ny teny izay nafafy tao aminy.

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.

¹⁶Ary tahaka izany koa, ireto no ilay voafafy teny amin'ny tany marivo ambony vatolampy, dia izay mandre ny teny ka malaky mandray izany amin'ny hafaliana;

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

¹⁷nefa tsy manam-paka ao anatiny ireny, fa maharitra vetivety foana; koa rehefa afaka izany, ka tonga izay fahoriana na fanenjehana noho ny teny, dia tafintohina miaraka amin'izay izy.

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

¹⁸Ary misy hafa koa izay voafafy teny amin'ny tsilo, dia ireo no ilay nandre ny teny,

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.

¹⁹fa ny fiahiahiana izao fiainana izao sy ny fitaky ny harena ary ny filàna ny zavatra hafa miditra, dia mangeja ny teny, ka tsy mamoa izy.

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.”

²⁰Ary ireto no ilay voafafy teny amin'ny tany tsara, dia izay mandre ny teny ka mandray azy dia mamoa: ny sasany avy telo-polo heny, ny sasany avy enim-polo heny, ary ny sasany avy zato heny.

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?

²¹Ary hoy Izy taminy: Moa entina va ny jiro mba hosaronan'ny vata famarana, na hatao ao ambanin'ny farafara? Tsy hatao amin'ny fanaovan-jiro va izy?[Gr. avy]

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.

²²Fa tsy misy takona izay tsy ho hita, na miafina izay tsy haseho.

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

²³Raha misy olona manan-tsofina ho enti-mihaino, aoka izy hihaino.

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.

²⁴Ary hoy Izy taminy: Diniho izay teny renareo; araka ny ohatra anoharanareo ihany no hanoharana ho anareo, ary homena mihoatra aza ianareo.

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.”

²⁵Fa izay manana no homena; ary ny amin'ny tsy manana, na dia izay ananany aza dia halaina aminy.

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

²⁶Ary hoy Izy: Toy izao ny fanjakan'Andriamanitra: tahaka ny lehilahy mamafy voa amin'ny tany

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

²⁷ka matory sy mahatsiaro isan'alina sy isan'andro; ary ny voa dia mitsimoka ka maniry, nefa tsy fantany ny faniriny

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

²⁸Fa ny tany mahavokatra ho azy: voalohany misy tahony, dia teraka, ary rehefa izany, dia feno voa.

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

²⁹Fa rehefa azo jinjana izy, dia jinjany miaraka amin'izay, fa efa tonga ny fararano.

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

³⁰Ary hoy Izy: Ahoana no hanoharantsika ny fanjakan'Andriamanitra, ary inona no fanoharana hanoharantsika azy?

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,

³¹Tahaka ny voantsinapy izy, izay kely noho ny voa rehetra, raha vao afafy amin'ny tany;

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.”

³²Fa rehefa voafafy kosa izy, dia maniry ka tonga lehibe noho ny anana rehetra, ary mandrantsana vaventy, ka azon'ny voro-manidina itoerana ny alokalony.

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

³³Ary fanoharana maro toy izany no nanambarany ny teny taminy, araka izay hainy hohenoina.

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

³⁴Ary raha tsy tamin'ny fanoharana dia tsy niteny taminy Izy; ary tamin'ny mangingina no nilazany tamin'ny mpianany ny hevitr'ireo rehetra ireo.

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

³⁵Ary androtrizay ihany, rehefa hariva ny andro, dia hoy Izy taminy: Andeha isika hita ho eny am-pita.

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

³⁶Ary rehefa nampodin'ny mpianany ny vahoaka, dia nentiny tamin'io sambokely io tamin'izao ihany Jesosy. Ary nisy sambokely sasany koa niaraka taminy.

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

³⁷Ary nisy tafio-drivotra mahery, ary nianjerazeran'ny alondrano ny sambokely ka nila ho feno rano.

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?”

³⁸Ary Jesosy natory teo am-bodin'ny sambokely tambonin'ny ondana; ary namoha Azy izy ireo ka nanao taminy hoe: Mpampianatra ô, tsy mampaninona Anao va izao hahafatesanay izao?

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

³⁹Ary nifoha Izy, dia niteny mafy ny rivotra sady nilaza tamin'ny ranomasina hoe: Mangina, mitsahara. Ary dia nitsahatra ny rivotra, ka tony tsara ny andro.

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

⁴⁰Ary hoy Izy taminy: Nahoana no saro-tahotra ianareo? Tsy mbola manam-pinoana va ianareo?Ary natahotra indrindra izy ireo ka niresaka hoe: Iza moa Ity, fa ny rivotra sy ny ranomasina aza manaiky Azy?

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

⁴¹Ary natahotra indrindra izy ireo ka niresaka hoe: Iza moa Ity, fa ny rivotra sy ny ranomasina aza manaiky Azy?