| Vers | Amharic NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | ደግሞም በባሕር ዳር ሊያስተምር ጀመረ። እጅግ ብዙ ሰዎችም ወደ እርሱ ስለ ተሰበሰቡ እርሱ በታንኳ ገብቶ በባሕር ላይ ተቀመጠ፤ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ በባሕር ዳር በምድር ላይ ነበሩ። | And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. |
| 2 | በምሳሌም ብዙ ያስተምራቸው ነበር፥ በትምህርቱም አላቸው። ስሙ። | And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, |
| 3 | እነሆ፥ ዘሪ ሊዘራ ወጣ። ሲዘራም አንዳንዱ በመንገድ ዳር ወደቀና ወፎች መጥተው በሉት። | Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: |
| 5 | ሌላውም ብዙ መሬት በሌለበት በጭንጫ ላይ ወደቀና ጥልቅ መሬት ስላልነበረው ወዲያው በቀለ፤ | And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: |
| 6 | ፀሐይም ሲወጣ ጠወለገ፥ ሥርም ስላልነበረው ደረቀ። | But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. |
| 7 | ሌላውም በእሾህ መካከል ወደቀ፥ እሾህም ወጣና አነቀው፥ ፍሬም አልሰጠም። | And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. |
| 8 | ሌላውም በመልካም መሬት ላይ ወደቀና ወጥቶ አድጎ ፍሬ ሰጠ፥ አንዱም ሠላሳ አንዱም ስድሳ አንዱም መቶ አፈራ። | And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. |
| 9 | የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ አለ። | And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. |
| 10 | ብቻውንም በሆነ ጊዜ፥ በዙሪያው የነበሩት ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ጋር ስለ ምሳሌው ጠየቁት። | And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. |
| 11 | እንዲህም አላቸው። ለእናንተ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ምሥጢር ማወቅ ተሰጥቶአችኋል፤ በውጭ ላሉት ግን፥ አይተው እንዲያዩ እንዳይመለከቱም፥ ሰምተውም እንዲሰሙ እንዳያስተውሉም፥ እንዳይመለሱ ኃጢአታቸውም እንዳይሰረይላቸው ነገር ሁሉ በምሳሌ ይሆንባቸዋል። | And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: |
| 13 | አላቸውም። ይህን ምሳሌ አታውቁምን? እንዴትስ ምሳሌዎቹን ሁሉ ታውቃላችሁ? | And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? |
| 14 | ዘሪው ቃሉን ይዘራል። ቃልም በተዘራበት በመንገድ ዳር የሆኑት እነዚህ ናቸው፥ | The sower soweth the word. |
| 15 | በሰሙት ጊዜም ሰይጣን ወዲያው መጥቶ በልባቸው የተዘራውን ቃል ይወስዳል። | And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. |
| 16 | እንዲሁም በጭንጫ ላይ የተዘሩት እነዚህ ናቸው፥ ቃሉንም ሰምተው ወዲያው በደስታ ይቀበሉታል፥ | And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; |
| 17 | ለጊዜውም ነው እንጂ በእነርሱ ሥር የላቸውም፥ ኋላም በቃሉ ምክንያት መከራ ወይም ስደት በሆነ ጊዜ ወዲያው ይሰናከላሉ። | And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. |
| 18 | በእሾህም የተዘሩት ሌሎች ናቸው፥ ቃሉን የሰሙት እነዚህ ናቸው፥ | And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, |
| 19 | የዚህም ዓለም አሳብና የባለጠግነት ማታለል የሌላውም ነገር ምኞት ገብተው ቃሉን ያንቃሉ፥ የማያፈራም ይሆናል። | And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. |
| 20 | በመልካምም መሬት የተዘሩት ቃሉን ሰምተው የሚቀበሉት አንዱም ሠላሳ አንዱም ስድሳ አንዱም መቶ ፍሬ የሚያፈሩት እነዚህ ናቸው። | And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. |
| 21 | እንዲህም አላቸው። መብራትን ከዕንቅብ ወይስ ከአልጋ በታች ሊያኖሩት ያመጡታልን? በመቅረዝ ላይ ሊያኖሩት አይደለምን? | And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? |
| 22 | እንዲገለጥ ባይሆን የተሰወረ የለምና፤ ወደ ግልጥ እንዲመጣ እንጂ የተሸሸገ የለም። | For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. |
| 23 | የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ቢኖር ይስማ። | If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. |
| 24 | አላቸውም። ምን እንድትሰሙ ተጠበቁ። በምትሰፍሩበት መስፈሪያ ይሰፈርላችኋል ለእናንተም ይጨመርላችኋል። | And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. |
| 25 | ላለው ይሰጠዋልና፤ ከሌለውም ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል። | For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. |
| 26 | እርሱም አለ። በምድር ዘርን እንደሚዘራ ሰው የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደዚህ ናት ሌሊትና ቀን ይተኛልም ይነሣልም፥ | And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; |
| 27 | እርሱም እንዴት እንደሚሆን ሳያውቅ ዘሩ ይበቅላል ያድግማል። | And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. |
| 28 | ምድሪቱም አውቃ በመጀመሪያ ቡቃያ ኋላም ዛላ ኋላም በዛላው ፍጹም ሰብል ታፈራለች። | For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. |
| 29 | ፍሬ ግን ሲበስል መከር ደርሶአልና ወዲያው ማጭድ ይልካል። | But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. |
| 30 | እርሱም አለ። የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት በምን እናስመስላታለን? ወይስ በምን ምሳሌ እንመስላታለን? | And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? |
| 31 | እንደ ሰናፍጭ ቅንጣት ናት፥ እርስዋም በምድር በተዘራች ጊዜ በምድር ካለ ዘር ሁሉ ታንሳለች፤ በተዘራችም ጊዜ ትወጣለች ከአትክልትም ሁሉ የምትበልጥ ትሆናለች፥ | It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: |
| 32 | የሰማይ ወፎችም በጥላዋ ሊሰፍሩ እስኪችሉ ታላላቅ ቅርንጫፎች ታደርጋለች። | But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. |
| 33 | መስማትም በሚችሉበት መጠን እነዚህን በሚመስል በብዙ ምሳሌ ቃሉን ይነግራቸው ነበር፤ ያለ ምሳሌ ግን አልነገራቸውም፥ | And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. |
| 34 | ለብቻቸውም ሲሆኑ ነገሩን ሁሉ ለገዛ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ይፈታላቸው ነበር። | But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. |
| 35 | በዚያም ቀን በመሸ ጊዜ። ወደ ማዶ እንሻገር አላቸው። | And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. |
| 36 | ሕዝቡንም ትተው በታንኳ እንዲያው ወሰዱት፥ ሌሎች ታንኳዎችም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩ። | And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. |
| 37 | ብርቱ ዐውሎ ነፋስም ተነሣና ውኃ በታንኳይቱ እስኪሞላ ድረስ ማዕበሉ በታንኳይቱ ይገባ ነበር። | And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. |
| 38 | እርሱም በስተኋላዋ ትራስ ተንተርሶ ተኝቶ ነበር፤ አንቅተውም። መምህር ሆይ፥ ስንጠፋ አይገድህምን? አሉት። | And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? |
| 39 | ነቅቶም ነፋሱን ገሠጸው ባሕሩንም። ዝም በል፥ ፀጥ በል አለው። ነፋሱም ተወ ታላቅ ፀጥታም ሆነ። | And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. |
| 40 | እንዲህ የምትፈሩ ስለ ምን ነው? እንዴትስ እምነት የላችሁም? አላቸው። | And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? |
| 41 | እጅግም ፈሩና። እንግዲህ ነፋስም ባሕርም የሚታዘዙለት ይህ ማን ነው? ተባባሉ። | And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? |
| 4 | And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. | |
| 12 | That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. |