የዘሪው ምሳሌ
8፥4-15 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 13፥2-23፤ ማር 4፥1-20
1ከዚህ በኋላ ኢየሱስ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት የምሥራች ቃል እየሰበከ በየከተማውና በየመንደሩ ዐለፈ። ዐሥራ ሁለቱም ከእርሱ ጋር ነበሩ፤ 2እንዲሁም ከርኩሳን መናፍስትና ከደዌ የተፈወሱ አንዳንድ ሴቶች አብረውት ነበሩ፤ እነርሱም ሰባት አጋንንት የወጡላት መግደላዊት የተባለችው ማርያም፣ 3የሄሮድስ ቤት ኀላፊ የነበረው የኩዛ ሚስት ዮሐና፣ ሶስና፣ ደግሞም ሌሎች ብዙዎች ነበሩ፤ እነዚህም በግል ንብረታቸው የሚያገለግሉት ነበሩ።
4ብዙ ሕዝብ በአንድነት ተሰብስቦ ሳለ፣ ደግሞም ሰዎች ከተለያዩ ከተሞች ወደ እርሱ በሚጐርፉበት ጊዜ፣ ይህን ምሳሌ እንዲህ ሲል ነገራቸው፤ 5“አንድ ዐራሽ ዘሩን ሊዘራ ወጣ፤ ሲዘራም፣ አንዳንዱ ዘር መንገድ ዳር ወደቀ፣ በእግርም ተረጋገጠ፤ የሰማይ ወፎችም በሉት። 6አንዳንዱም ዘር በድንጋያማ ቦታ ላይ ወደቀ፤ እንደ በቀለም ርጥበት አልነበረውምና ደረቀ። 7ሌላው ዘር ደግሞ እሾኽ መካከል ወደቀ፤ እሾኹም አብሮት አደገና ዐንቆ አስቀረው። 8ሌላውም ዘር በመልካም መሬት ላይ ወደቀ፤ በበቀለም ጊዜ መቶ ዕጥፍ አፈራ።”
ይህን ብሎ ሲያበቃም ድምፁን ከፍ አድርጎ፣ “ሰሚ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ” አለ።
9ደቀ መዛሙርቱም የዚህን ምሳሌ ትርጕም ጠየቁት። 10እርሱም እንዲህ አለ፤ “የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ምስጢር ማወቅ ለእናንተ ተሰጥቷል፤ ለሌሎች ግን በምሳሌ እናገራለሁ፤ ይኸውም፣
“ ‘እያዩ ልብ እንዳይሉ፣
እየሰሙም እንዳያስተውሉ ነው።’
11“እንግዲህ የምሳሌው ትርጕም ይህ ነው፤ ዘር የተባለው የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ነው። 12በመንገድ ዳር የወደቀው ቃሉን የሚሰሙ፣ ነገር ግን አምነው እንዳይድኑ ዲያብሎስ መጥቶ ቃሉን ከልባቸው የሚወስድባቸው ናቸው። 13በድንጋያማ ቦታ ላይ የወደቀውም ቃሉን ሲሰሙ በደስታ የሚቀበሉ ናቸው፤ እነዚህ ለጊዜው ያምናሉ እንጂ ሥር ስለሌላቸው በፈተና ጊዜ ፈጥነው የሚክዱ ናቸው። 14በእሾኽ መካከል የወደቀውም ቃሉን የሚሰሙት ናቸው፤ እነዚህም ውለው ዐድረው በምድራዊ ሕይወት ጭንቀት፣ በባለጠግነትና ተድላ ደስታ ታንቀው በሚገባ አያፈሩም። 15በመልካም መሬት ላይ የወደቀውም ቃሉን ቅንና በጎ በሆነ ልብ ሰምተው የሚጠብቁ፣ ታግሠውም በመጽናት ፍሬ የሚያፈሩ ናቸው።
በመቅረዝ ላይ ያለ መብራት
16“መብራትን አብርቶ ጋን ውስጥ ወይም በዐልጋ ሥር የሚያስቀምጥ ማንም የለም፤ ይልቁንም ወደ ቤት የሚገቡ ብርሃኑን እንዲያዩ በመቅረዝ ላይ ያስቀምጠዋል። 17የማይገለጥ የተሰወረ፣ የማይታወቅ ወደ ብርሃን የማይወጣ፣ የተደበቀ ነገር የለምና። 18እንግዲህ እንዴት እንደምትሰሙ ተጠንቀቁ፤ ላለው ይጨመርለታልና፤ ከሌለው ሁሉ ግን ያው ያለው የሚመስለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል።”
የኢየሱስ እናትና ወንድሞች
8፥19-21 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 12፥46-50፤ ማር 3፥31-35
19ከዚህ በኋላ የኢየሱስ እናትና ወንድሞቹ እርሱ ወዳለበት መጡ፤ እነርሱም ከሕዝቡ ብዛት የተነሣ ወደ እርሱ ሊቀርቡ አልቻሉም። 20በዚህ ጊዜ፣ “እናትህና ወንድሞችህ ሊያዩህ ፈልገው በውጭ ቆመዋል” የሚል ወሬ ደረሰው።
21እርሱም መልሶ፣ “እናቴና ወንድሞቼስ የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ሰምተው የሚያደርጉት ናቸው” አላቸው።
ኢየሱስ ማዕበሉን ጸጥ አደረገ
8፥22-25 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 8፥23-27፤ ማር 4፥36-41
8፥22-25 ተጓ ምብ – ማር 6፥47-52፤ ዮሐ 6፥16-21
22ከዕለታቱ በአንድ ቀን፣ ኢየሱስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ጀልባ ላይ ወጣ፤ ኢየሱስም፤ “ወደ ባሕሩ ማዶ እንሻገር” አላቸው፤ ከዚያም ጕዞ ቀጠሉ። 23እየተጓዙ ሳሉም ኢየሱስ እንቅልፍ ወስዶት ተኛ፤ በዚህ ጊዜ በባሕሩ ላይ ማዕበል ተነሣ፤ ውሃውም ጀልባዋን ዘልቆ ስለ ገባ፣ አደጋ አፋፍ ላይ ደረሱ።
24ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ቀርበው፣ “ጌታ ሆይ፤ ጌታ ሆይ፤ ማለቃችን እኮ ነው!” እያሉ ቀሰቀሱት።
እርሱም ነቅቶ ነፋሱንና የውሃውን መናወጥ ገሠጸ፤ በዚህ ጊዜ ነፋሱም ነውጡም ተወ፤ ጸጥታም ሆነ። 25እርሱም ደቀ መዛሙርቱን፣ “እምነታችሁ የት አለ?” አላቸው።
እነርሱም በፍርሀትና በመደነቅ፣ “ይህ ነፋስንና ውሃን የሚያዝ፣ እነርሱም የሚታዘዙለት እርሱ ማን ነው?” ተባባሉ።
አጋንንት ያደረበት ሰው መፈወሱ
8፥26-37 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 8፥28-34
8፥26-39 ተጓ ምብ – ማር 5፥1-20
26ከዚህ በኋላ ከገሊላ ባሻገር ወዳለው ወደ ጌርጌሴኖን8፥26 አንዳንድ ቅጆች ጋድሬኔስ፣ ሌሎች ቅጆች ደግሞ ጌርጌ ሴኔስ ይላሉ፤ 37 ይመ አገር በጀልባ ተሻገሩ። 27ኢየሱስ ከጀልባዋ ወደ ምድር በወረደ ጊዜ፣ አጋንንት ያደረበት አንድ ሰው ከከተማ ወጥቶ አገኘው፤ ይህ ሰው ለብዙ ጊዜ ልብስ ሳይለብስ፣ በቤትም ሳይኖር የመቃብርን ስፍራ ቤቱ ያደረገ ነበር። 28ኢየሱስንም ባየው ጊዜ እየጮኸ ፊቱ ተደፋ፤ በታላቅ ድምፅም፣ “የልዑል እግዚአብሔር ልጅ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፤ ከእኔ ጋር ምን ጕዳይ አለህ? እንዳታሠቃየኝ እለምንሃለሁ” አለ። 29ርኩሱ8፥29 ወይም ክፉ መንፈስ ይህን ያለው ከሰውየው እንዲወጣ ኢየሱስ አዝዞት ስለ ነበር ነው። ርኩሱ መንፈስ በየጊዜው ስለሚነሣበት ሰውየው በሰንሰለትና በእግር ብረት እየታሰረ ቢጠበቅም፣ የታሰረበትን ሰንሰለት እየበጣጠሰ ያደረበት ጋኔን ወደ በረሓ ይነዳው ነበር።
30ኢየሱስም፣ “ስምህ ማን ነው?” ብሎ ጠየቀው።
እርሱም ብዙ አጋንንት ገብተውበት ስለ ነበር፣ “ሌጌዎን” አለው። 31አጋንንቱም እንጦርጦስ ግቡ ብሎ እንዳያዝዛቸው አጥብቀው ለመኑት።
32በዚያም አካባቢ በተራራ ወገብ ላይ የብዙ ዐሣማ መንጋ ተሰማርቶ ነበር፤ አጋንንቱም ወደ ዐሣማው መንጋ ግቡ ብሎ እንዲፈቅድላቸው ለመኑት፤ እርሱም ፈቀደላቸው። 33አጋንንቱም ከሰውየው ወጥተው ወደ ዐሣማዎቹ ገቡ፤ የዐሣማውም መንጋ በገደሉ አፋፍ ቍልቍል በመንደርደር ባሕሩ ውስጥ ገብቶ ሰጠመ።
34እረኞቹም የሆነውን ነገር ባዩ ጊዜ፣ ሸሽተው በመሄድ በከተማውና በገጠሩ አወሩ። 35ሕዝቡም የተደረገውን ነገር ለማየት ከያሉበት ወጥተው ወደ ኢየሱስ መጡ። አጋንንት የወጡለትም ሰው ልብስ ለብሶ፣ ወደ ልቦናው ተመልሶ፣ በኢየሱስም እግር ሥር ተቀምጦ ባዩት ጊዜ ፈሩ። 36በአጋንንት የተያዘው ሰው ሲድን ያዩትም፣ እንዴት እንደ ዳነ ለሕዝቡ አወሩላቸው። 37የጌርጌሴኖን አካባቢ ሰዎችም ሁሉ ታላቅ ፍርሀት ስላደረባቸው፣ ከዚያ እንዲሄድላቸው ኢየሱስን ለመኑት፤ እርሱም ወደ ጀልባው ገብቶ ተመልሶ ሄደ።
38አጋንንት የወጡለትም ሰው አብሮት ለመሆን ኢየሱስን ለመነው፤ እርሱ ግን እንዲህ ሲል አሰናበተው፤ 39“ወደ ቤትህ ተመልሰህ፣ እግዚአብሔር ያደረገልህን ታላቅ ነገር ተናገር።” ሰውየውም ኢየሱስ ያደረገለትን ታላቅ ነገር በከተማው ሁሉ በይፋ እየተናገረ ሄደ።
የሞተችው ልጅና የታመመችው ሴት
8፥40-56 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 9፥18-26፤ ማር 5፥22-43
40ሕዝቡ ሁሉ መምጣቱን ይጠባበቁ ስለ ነበር፣ ኢየሱስ በተመለሰ ጊዜ በደስታ ተቀበሉት። 41በዚህ ጊዜ ኢያኢሮስ የተባለ የምኵራብ አለቃ መጥቶ፣ በኢየሱስ እግር ላይ በመውደቅ ወደ ቤቱ እንዲሄድለት ለመነው፤ 42ይህን ልመና ያቀረበው ዕድሜዋ ዐሥራ ሁለት ዓመት የሆነ አንዲት ልጅ ስለ ነበረችው ነው፤ እርሷ በሞት አፋፍ ላይ ነበረች።
ወደዚያው እያመራ ሳለ፣ ሕዝቡ በመጋፋት እጅግ ያጨናንቀው ነበር። 43ዐሥራ ሁለት ዓመት ደም ሲፈስሳት የኖረች አንዲት ሴት ነበረች፤ ያላትን ሁሉ ለባለ መድኀኒቶች ጨርሳ8፥43 አያሌ ቅጆች ያላትን ሁሉ ለባለ መድኀኒቶች ጨርሳ የሚለው የላቸውም። ሊፈውሳትም የቻለ ማንም አልነበረም። 44እርሷም ከበስተ ኋላው ተጠግታ የልብሱን ጫፍ ነካች፤ ይፈስስ የነበረው ደሟም ወዲያው ቆመ።
45ኢየሱስም፣ “የነካኝ ማነው?” አለ።
ሁሉም መንካታቸውን በካዱ ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ፣ “ጌታ ሆይ፤ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ከብቦህ በግፊያ እያስጨነቀህ ነው” አለው።
46ኢየሱስ ግን፣ “አንድ ሰው ነክቶኛል፤ ኀይል ከእኔ እንደ ወጣ ዐውቃለሁና” አለ።
47ሴትዮዋም ሳትታወቅ መሄድ እንዳልቻለች በተረዳች ጊዜ፣ እየተንቀጠቀጠች መጥታ በፊቱ ተደፋች፤ ለምን እንደ ነካችውና እንዴት ወዲያው እንደ ተፈወሰች በሕዝቡ ሁሉ ፊት ተናገረች። 48እርሱም፣ “ልጄ ሆይ እምነትሽ ፈውሶሻል በሰላም ሂጂ” አላት።
49ኢየሱስ ገና እየተናገረ ሳለ፣ አንድ ሰው ከምኵራብ አለቃው ከኢያኢሮስ ቤት መጥቶ፣ “ልጅህ ሞታለች፤ ከዚህ በኋላ መምህሩን አታድክመው” አለው።
50ኢየሱስም ይህን ሰምቶ ኢያኢሮስን፣ “አትፍራ፣ እመን ብቻ እንጂ፤ ልጅህ ትድናለች” አለው።
51ወደ ኢያኢሮስ ቤት ሲገባም ከጴጥሮስ፣ ከዮሐንስና ከያዕቆብ እንዲሁም ከልጅቱ አባትና እናት በቀር ማንም አብሮት እንዲገባ አልፈቀደም። 52በዚህ ጊዜ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ እያለቀሱላት ዋይ ዋይ ይሉ ነበር። እርሱ ግን፣ “አታልቅሱ፤ ተኝታለች እንጂ አልሞተችም” አላቸው።
53ሰዎቹም መሞቷን ስላወቁ ሣቁበት። 54እርሱ ግን እጇን ይዞ፣ “ልጄ ሆይ፤ ተነሺ” አላት። 55የልጅቷም መንፈስ ተመለሰ፤ ወዲያውም ተነሥታ ቆመች፤ ኢየሱስም የሚበላ ነገር እንዲሰጧት አዘዛቸው። 56ወላጆቿም ተደነቁ፤ እርሱ ግን የሆነውን ነገር ለማንም እንዳያወሩ አዘዛቸው።
The Story of the Farmer
1After this, Jesus traveled around from one town and village to another. He announced the good news of God’s kingdom. His 12 disciples were with him. 2So were some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses. One was Mary Magdalene. Seven demons had come out of her. 3Another was Joanna, the wife of Chuza. He was the manager of Herod’s household. Susanna and many others were there also. These women were helping to support Jesus and the 12 disciples with their own money.
4A large crowd gathered together. People came to Jesus from town after town. As they did, he told a story. He said, 5“A farmer went out to plant his seed. He scattered the seed on the ground. Some fell on a path. People walked on it, and the birds ate it up. 6Some seed fell on rocky ground. When it grew, the plants dried up because they had no water. 7Other seed fell among thorns. The thorns grew up with it and crowded out the plants. 8Still other seed fell on good soil. It grew up and produced a crop 100 times more than the farmer planted.”
When Jesus said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears should listen.”
9His disciples asked him what the story meant. 10He said, “You have been given the chance to understand the secrets of God’s kingdom. But to outsiders I speak by using stories. In that way,
“ ‘They see, but they will not know what they are seeing.
They hear, but they will not understand what they are hearing.’ (Isaiah 6:9)
11“Here is what the story means. The seed is God’s message. 12The seed on the path stands for God’s message in the hearts of those who hear. But then the devil comes. He takes away the message from their hearts. He does it so they won’t believe. Then they can’t be saved. 13The seed on rocky ground stands for those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But they have no roots. They believe for a while. But when they are tested, they fall away from the faith. 14The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear the message. But as they go on their way, they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures. So they do not reach full growth. 15But the seed on good soil stands for those with an honest and good heart. Those people hear the message. They keep it in their hearts. They remain faithful and produce a good crop.
A Lamp on a Stand
16“No one lights a lamp and then hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand. Then those who come in can see its light. 17What is hidden will be seen. And what is out of sight will be brought into the open and made known. 18So be careful how you listen. Whoever has something will be given more. Whoever has nothing, even what they think they have will be taken away from them.”
Jesus’ Mother and Brothers
19Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see him. But they could not get near him because of the crowd. 20Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside. They want to see you.”
21He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and do what it says.”
Jesus Calms the Storm
22One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and left. 23As they sailed, Jesus fell asleep. A storm came down on the lake. It was so bad that the boat was about to sink. They were in great danger.
24The disciples went and woke Jesus up. They said, “Master! Master! We’re going to drown!”
He got up and ordered the wind and the huge waves to stop. The storm quieted down. It was completely calm. 25“Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples.
They were amazed and full of fear. They asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the waves, and they obey him.”
Jesus Heals a Man Controlled by Demons
26Jesus and his disciples sailed to the area of the Gerasenes across the lake from Galilee. 27When Jesus stepped on shore, he was met by a man from the town. The man was controlled by demons. For a long time he had not worn clothes or lived in a house. He lived in the tombs. 28When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet. He shouted at the top of his voice, “Jesus, Son of the Most High God, what do you want with me? I beg you, don’t hurt me!” 29This was because Jesus had commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times the spirit had taken hold of him. The man’s hands and feet were chained, and he was kept under guard. But he had broken his chains. And then the demon had forced him to go out into lonely places in the countryside.
30Jesus asked him, “What is your name?”
“Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him. 31And they begged Jesus again and again not to order them to go into the Abyss.
32A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs. And he allowed it. 33When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep bank. They ran into the lake and drowned.
34Those who were tending the pigs saw what had happened. They ran off and reported it in the town and countryside. 35The people went out to see what had happened. Then they came to Jesus. They found the man who was now free of the demons. He was sitting at Jesus’ feet. He was dressed and thinking clearly. All this made the people afraid. 36Those who had seen it told the others how the man who had been controlled by demons was now healed. 37Then all the people who lived in the area of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them. They were filled with fear. So he got into the boat and left.
38The man who was now free of the demons begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him away. He said to him, 39“Return home and tell how much God has done for you.” So the man went away. He told people all over town how much Jesus had done for him.
Jesus Heals a Dead Girl and a Suffering Woman
40When Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him. They were all expecting him. 41Then a man named Jairus came. He was a synagogue leader. He fell at Jesus’ feet and begged Jesus to come to his house. 42His only daughter was dying. She was about 12 years old. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.
43A woman was there who had a sickness that made her bleed. Her sickness had lasted for 12 years. No one could heal her. 44She came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his clothes. Right away her bleeding stopped.
45“Who touched me?” Jesus asked.
Everyone said they didn’t do it. Then Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pushing against you.”
46But Jesus said, “Someone touched me. I know that power has gone out from me.”
47The woman realized that people would notice her. Shaking with fear, she came and fell at his feet. In front of everyone, she told why she had touched him. She also told how she had been healed in an instant. 48Then he said to her, “Dear woman, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
49While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus. Jairus was the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” the messenger said. “Don’t bother the teacher anymore.”
50Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid. Just believe. She will be healed.”
51When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let everyone go in with him. He took only Peter, John and James, and the child’s father and mother. 52During this time, all the people were crying and sobbing loudly over the child. “Stop crying!” Jesus said. “She is not dead. She is sleeping.”
53They laughed at him. They knew she was dead. 54But he took her by the hand and said, “My child, get up!” 55Her spirit returned, and right away she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. 56Her parents were amazed. But Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
