| Vers | Amharic NT | English: King James Version |
| 1 | በዚያም ወራት ዓለሙ ሁሉ እንዲጻፍ ከአውግስጦስ ቄሣር ትእዛዝ ወጣች። | And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. |
| 2 | ቄሬኔዎስ በሶርያ አገር ገዥ በነበረ ጊዜ ይህ የመጀመሪያ ጽሕፈት ሆነ። | (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) |
| 3 | ሁሉም እያንዳንዱ ይጻፍ ዘንድ ወደ ከተማው ሄደ። | And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. |
| 4 | ዮሴፍም ደግሞ ከዳዊት ቤትና ወገን ስለ ነበረ ከገሊላ ከናዝሬት ከተማ ተነሥቶ ቤተ ልሔም ወደምትባል ወደ ዳዊት ከተማ ወደ ይሁዳ፥ ፀንሳ ከነበረች ከእጮኛው ከማርያም ጋር ይጻፍ ዘንድ ወጣ። | And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) |
| 6 | በዚያም ሳሉ የመውለጃዋ ወራት ደረሰ፥ | And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. |
| 7 | የበኵር ልጅዋንም ወለደች፥ በመጠቅለያም ጠቀለለችው፤ በእንግዶችም ማደሪያ ስፍራ ስላልነበራቸው በግርግም አስተኛችው። | And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. |
| 8 | በዚያም ምድር መንጋቸውን በሌሊት ሲጠብቁ በሜዳ ያደሩ እረኞች ነበሩ። | And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. |
| 9 | እነሆም፥ የጌታ መልአክ ወደ እነርሱ ቀረበ የጌታ ክብርም በዙሪያቸው አበራ፥ ታላቅ ፍርሃትም ፈሩ። | And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. |
| 10 | መልአኩም እንዲህ አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ለሕዝቡ ሁሉ የሚሆን ታላቅ ደስታ የምሥራች እነግራችኋለሁና አትፍሩ፤ | And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. |
| 11 | ዛሬ በዳዊት ከተማ መድኃኒት እርሱም ክርስቶስ ጌታ የሆነ ተወልዶላችኋልና። | For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. |
| 12 | ይህም ምልክት ይሆንላችኋል፤ ሕፃን ተጠቅልሎ በግርግምም ተኝቶ ታገኛላችሁ። | And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. |
| 13 | ድንገትም ብዙ የሰማይ ሠራዊት ከመልአኩ ጋር ነበሩ። እግዚአብሔርንም እያመሰገኑ። | And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, |
| 14 | ክብር ለእግዚአብሔር በአርያም ይሁን ሰላምም በምድር ለሰውም በጎ ፈቃድ አሉ። | Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. |
| 15 | መላእክትም ከእነርሱ ተለይተው ወደ ሰማይ በወጡ ጊዜ፥ እረኞቹ እርስ በርሳቸው። እንግዲህ እስከ ቤተ ልሔም ድረስ እንሂድ እግዚአብሔርም የገለጠልንን ይህን የሆነውን ነገር እንይ ተባባሉ። | And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. |
| 16 | ፈጥነውም መጡ ማርያምንና ዮሴፍን ሕፃኑንም በግርግም ተኝቶ አገኙ። | And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. |
| 17 | አይተውም ስለዚህ ሕፃን የተነገረላቸውን ነገር ገለጡ። | And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. |
| 18 | የሰሙትን ሁሉ እረኞቹ በነገሩአቸው ነገር አደነቁ፤ | And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. |
| 19 | ማርያም ግን ይህን ነገር ሁሉ በልብዋ እያሰበች ትጠብቀው ነበር። | But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. |
| 20 | እረኞችም እንደ ተባለላቸው ስለ ሰሙትና ስላዩት ሁሉ እግዚአብሔርን እያመሰገኑና እያከበሩ ተመለሱ። | And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. |
| 21 | ሊገርዙት ስምንት ቀን በሞላ ጊዜ፥ በማኅፀን ሳይረገዝ በመልአኩ እንደ ተባለ፥ ስሙ ኢየሱስ ተብሎ ተጠራ። | And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. |
| 22 | እንደ ሙሴም ሕግ የመንጻታቸው ወራት በተፈጸመ ጊዜ፥ በጌታ ሕግ። የእናቱን ማኅፀን የሚከፍት ወንድ ሁሉ ለጌታ የተቀደሰ ይባላል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ በጌታ ፊት ሊያቆሙት፥ በጌታም ሕግ። ሁለት ዋሊያ ወይም ሁለት የርግብ ጫጩቶች እንደ ተባለ፥ መሥዋዕት ሊያቀርቡ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወሰዱት። | And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; |
| 25 | እነሆም፥ በኢየሩሳሌም ስምዖን የሚባል ሰው ነበረ፥ ይህም ሰው የእስራኤልን መጽናናት ይጠባበቅ ነበር፤ ጻድቅና ትጉህም ነበረ፥ መንፈስ ቅዱስም በእርሱ ላይ ነበረ። | And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. |
| 26 | በጌታም የተቀባውን ሳያይ ሞትን እንዳያይ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ተረድቶ ነበር። | And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. |
| 27 | በመንፈስም ወደ መቅደስ ወጣ፤ ወላጆቹም እንደ ሕጉ ልማድ ያደርጉለት ዘንድ ሕፃኑን ኢየሱስን በአስገቡት ጊዜ፥ | And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, |
| 28 | እርሱ ደግሞ ተቀብሎ አቀፈው እግዚአብሔርንም እየባረከ እንዲህ አለ። | Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, |
| 29 | ጌታ ሆይ፥ አሁን እንደ ቃልህ ባሪያህን በሰላም ታሰናብተዋለህ፤ | Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: |
| 30 | ዓይኖቼ በሰዎች ሁሉ ፊት ያዘጋጀኸውን ማዳንህን አይተዋልና፤ | For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, |
| 32 | ይህም ለአሕዛብ ሁሉን የሚገልጥ ብርሃን ለሕዝብህም ለእስራኤል ክብር ነው። | A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. |
| 33 | ዮሴፍና እናቱም ስለ እርሱ በተባለው ነገር ይደነቁ ነበር። | And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. |
| 34 | ስምዖንም ባረካቸው እናቱን ማርያምንም። እነሆ፥ የብዙዎች ልብ አሳብ ይገለጥ ዘንድ፥ ይህ በእስራኤል ላሉት ለብዙዎቹ ለመውደቃቸውና ለመነሣታቸው ለሚቃወሙትም ምልክት ተሾሞአል፥ በአንቺም ደግሞ በነፍስሽ ሰይፍ ያልፋል አላት። | And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; |
| 36 | ከአሴር ወገንም የምትሆን የፋኑኤል ልጅ ሐና የምትባል አንዲት ነቢይት ነበረች፤ እርስዋም ከድንግልናዋ ጀምራ ከባልዋ ጋር ሰባት ዓመት ኖረች፤ | And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; |
| 37 | እርስዋም ሰማኒያ አራት ዓመት ያህል መበለት ሆና በጣም አርጅታ ነበር፤ በጾምና በጸሎትም ሌሊትና ቀን እያገለገለች ከመቅደስ አትለይም ነበር። | And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. |
| 38 | በዚያችም ሰዓት ቀርባ እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገነች፤ የኢየሩሳሌምንም ቤዛ ለሚጠባበቁ ሁሉ ስለ እርሱ ትናገር ነበር። | And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. |
| 39 | ሁሉንም እንደ ጌታ ሕግ ከፈጸሙ በኋላ፥ ወደ ገሊላ ወደ ከተማቸው ወደ ናዝሬት ተመለሱ። | And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. |
| 40 | ሕፃኑም አደገ፥ ጥበብም ሞልቶበት በመንፈስ ጠነከረ፤ የእግዚአብሔርም ጸጋ በእርሱ ላይ ነበረ። | And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. |
| 41 | ወላጆቹም በያመቱ በፋሲካ በዓል ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ይወጡ ነበር። | Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. |
| 42 | የአሥራ ሁለት ዓመት ልጅ በሆነ ጊዜ፥ እንደ በዓሉ ሥርዓት ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጡ፤ | And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. |
| 43 | ቀኖቹንም ከፈጸሙ በኋላ፥ ሲመለሱ ብላቴናው ኢየሱስ በኢየሩሳሌም ቀርቶ ነበር፥ ዮሴፍም እናቱም አላወቁም ነበር። | And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. |
| 44 | ከመንገደኞች ጋር የነበረ ስለ መሰላቸው የአንድ ቀን መንገድ ሄዱ፥ ከዘመዶቻቸውም ከሚያውቋቸውም ዘንድ ፈለጉት፤ | But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. |
| 45 | ባጡትም ጊዜ እየፈለጉት ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሱ። | And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. |
| 46 | ከሦስት ቀንም በኋላ በመምህራን መካከል ተቀምጦ ሲሰማቸውም ሲጠይቃቸውም በመቅደስ አገኙት፤ | And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. |
| 47 | የሰሙትም ሁሉ በማስተዋሉና በመልሱ ተገረሙ። | And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. |
| 48 | ባዩትም ጊዜ ተገረሙ፥ እናቱም። ልጄ ሆይ፥ ለምን እንዲህ አደረግህብን? እነሆ፥ አባትህና እኔ እየተጨነቅን ስንፈልግህ ነበርን አለችው። | And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. |
| 49 | እርሱም። ስለ ምን ፈለጋችሁኝ? በአባቴ ቤት እሆን ዘንድ እንዲገባኝ አላወቃችሁምን? አላቸው። | And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? |
| 50 | እነርሱም የተናገራቸውን ነገር አላስተዋሉም። | And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. |
| 51 | ከእነርሱም ጋር ወርዶ ወደ ናዝሬት መጣ፥ ይታዘዝላቸውም ነበር። እናቱም ይህን ነገር ሁሉ በልብዋ ትጠብቀው ነበር። | And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. |
| 52 | ኢየሱስም ደግሞ በጥበብና በቁመት በሞገስም በእግዚአብሔርና በሰው ፊት ያድግ ነበር። | And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. |
| 5 | To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. | |
| 23 | (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) | |
| 24 | And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. | |
| 31 | Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; | |
| 35 | (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. |