Divorce
1Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.
2Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
3“What did Moses command you?” he replied.
4They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
5“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. 6“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’10:6 Gen. 1:27 7‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,10:7 Some early manuscripts do not have and be united to his wife. 8and the two will become one flesh.’10:8 Gen. 2:24 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
10When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. 11He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. 12And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
The Little Children and Jesus
13People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” 16And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.
The Rich and the Kingdom of God
17As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
18“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 19You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’10:19 Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20”
20“Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”
21Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.
23Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
24The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is10:24 Some manuscripts is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God! 25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
26The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”
27Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
28Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”
29“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. 31But many who are first will be last, and the last first.”
Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time
32They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. 33“We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, 34who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”
The Request of James and John
35Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
36“What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
37They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”
38“You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”
39“We can,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, 40but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”
41When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John. 42Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. 43Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight
46Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. 47When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”
So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” 50Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.
51“What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.
The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”
52“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
የባልና የሚስት ፍች
10፥1-12 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 19፥1-9
1ኢየሱስ ከዚያ ተነሥቶ ወደ ይሁዳ አገርና በዮርዳኖስ ማዶ ወዳለው አካባቢ ሄደ፤ ሕዝቡም እንደ ገና በዙሪያው ተሰበሰበ፤ ከዚህ ቀደም ያደርገው እንደ ነበረውም አስተማራቸው።
2አንዳንድ ፈሪሳውያንም መጥተው፣ “ሰው ሚስቱን መፍታት ይገባዋልን?” ብለው ሊፈትኑት ጠየቁት።
3እርሱም መልሶ፣ “ሙሴ ምን ብሎ አዘዛችሁ?” አላቸው።
4እነርሱም፣ “ሙሴማ የፍች ወረቀት ጽፎ እንዲፈታት ፈቅዷል” አሉ።
5ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ሙሴ ይህን ሕግ የጻፈላችሁ ልባችሁ ደንዳና በመሆኑ ነው። 6ነገር ግን በፍጥረት መጀመሪያ እግዚአብሔር ወንድና ሴት አድርጎ ፈጠራቸው። 7ስለዚህ ሰው አባቱንና እናቱን ይተዋል፤ ከሚስቱም ጋር ይጣመራል10፥7 አንዳንድ የጥንት ቅጆች ከሚስቱ ጋር ይጣመራል የሚለው የላቸውም።፤ 8ሁለቱም አንድ ሥጋ ይሆናሉ፤ ከእንግዲህ አንድ ሥጋ ናቸው እንጂ ሁለት አይደሉም፤ 9ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር ያጣመረውን ማንም አይለየው።”
10እንደ ገና ወደ ቤት በገቡ ጊዜ፣ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ይህንኑ አንሥተው ጠየቁት። 11እርሱም፣ “ማንም ሚስቱን ፈትቶ ሌላዪቱን የሚያገባ በእርሷ ላይ ያመነዝራል፤ 12እርሷም ባሏን ፈትታ ሌላ ብታገባ ታመነዝራለች” አላቸው።
ኢየሱስ ሕፃናትን ባረከ
10፥13-16 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 19፥13-15፤ ሉቃ 18፥15-17
13ኢየሱስ እንዲዳስሳቸው፣ ሰዎች ሕፃናትን ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ግን ገሠጿቸው። 14ኢየሱስም ይህን ሲያይ ተቈጥቶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ሕፃናት ወደ እኔ ይምጡ፤ አትከልክሏቸው፤ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደ እነዚህ ላሉት ናትና። 15እውነት እላችኋለሁ፤ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እንደ ሕፃን የማይቀበል ሁሉ ከቶ አይገባባትም።” 16ሕፃናቱንም ዐቀፋቸው፤ እጁንም ጭኖ ባረካቸው።
ሀብታሙ ወጣት
10፥17-31 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 19፥16-30፤ ሉቃ 18፥18-30
17ከዚያ ተነሥቶ መንገዱን ሲጀመር፣ አንድ ሰው ወደ እርሱ እየሮጠ መጣ፤ በፊቱም በጕልበቱ ተንበርክኮ፣ “ቸር መምህር ሆይ፤ የዘላለምን ሕይወት ለመውረስ ምን ማድረግ ይገባኛል” አለው።
18ኢየሱስም እንዲህ ሲል መለሰለት፤ “ለምን ቸር ትለኛለህ? ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በስተቀር ቸር የለም፤ 19ትእዛዞችን ታውቃለህ፤ አትግደል፤ አታመንዝር፤ አትስረቅ፤ በሐሰት አትመስክር፤ አታታልል፤ አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር።”
20ሰውየውም፣ “መምህር ሆይ፤ እነዚህን ሁሉ ከልጅነቴ ጀምሮ ጠብቄአለሁ” አለው።
21ኢየሱስም ተመለከተውና ወደደው፤ “እንግዲያው አንድ ነገር ይጐድልሃል፤ ሂድና ያለህን ሁሉ ሽጥ፤ ለድኾችም ስጥ፤ በሰማይ የተከማቸ ሀብት ታገኛለህ፤ ከዚያ በኋላ ና፤ ተከተለኝም” አለው።
22ሰውየው ይህን ሲሰማ ክፉኛ ዐዘነ፤ ብዙ ሀብት ስለ ነበረውም እየተከዘ ሄደ።
23ኢየሱስ ዙሪያውን በመመልከት ደቀ መዛሙርቱን፣ “ለሀብታሞች ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መግባት እንዴት ከባድ ነገር ነው!” አላቸው።
24ደቀ መዛሙርቱም በንግግሩ ተገረሙ፤ ኢየሱስ ግን እንደ ገና መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ልጆች ሆይ10፥24 አንዳንድ ቅጆች በሀብት ለሚታመኑ የሚል ሐረግ አላቸው።፤ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መግባት እንዴት ከባድ ነገር ነው! 25ሀብታም ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከሚገባ ይልቅ ግመል በመርፌ ቀዳዳ ቢያልፍ ይቀልለዋል።”
26ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ይበልጥ በመገረም፣ “ታዲያ ማን ሊድን ይችላል?” ተባባሉ።
27ኢየሱስም አያቸውና፣ “ይህ በሰው ዘንድ አይቻልም፤ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ግን እንዲህ አይደለም፤ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ሁሉ ይቻላል” አላቸው።
28ጴጥሮስም፣ “እነሆ፤ እኛ ሁሉን ትተን ተከተልንህ” አለው።
29ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለ፤ “እውነት እላችኋለሁ፤ ስለ እኔና ስለ ወንጌል ሲል ቤቱን ወይም ወንድሞቹን ወይም እኅቶቹን ወይም እናቱን ወይም አባቱን ወይም ልጆቹን ወይም ዕርሻውን የተወ ሁሉ፣ 30አሁን በዚህ ዘመን ከስደት ጋር ቤቶችን፣ ወንድሞችን፣ እኅቶችን፣ እናቶችን፣ ልጆችንና ዕርሻን መቶ ዕጥፍ የማይቀበል፣ በሚመጣውም ዓለም የዘላለም ሕይወት የማይወርስ የለም። 31ነገር ግን ብዙ ፊተኞች የሆኑ ኋለኞች፣ ኋለኞች የሆኑም ፊተኞች ይሆናሉ።”
ኢየሱስ ዳግም ስለ ሞቱ አስቀድሞ ተናገረ
10፥32-34 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 20፥17-19፤ ሉቃ 18፥31-33
32ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ለመውጣት በመንገድ ላይ ሳሉ፣ ኢየሱስ ፊት ፊታቸው ይሄድ ነበር፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ተገረሙ፣ ሌሎች የተከተሉት ደግሞ ፈርተው ነበር። ደግሞም ዐሥራ ሁለቱን ከሕዝቡ ለይቶ ምን እንደሚደርስበት ነገራቸው፤ 33እንዲህም አላቸው፤ “ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንወጣለን፤ የሰው ልጅ ለካህናት አለቆችና ለጸሐፍት ዐልፎ ይሰጣል፤ እነርሱም የሞት ፍርድ ይፈርዱበታል፤ አሳልፈው ለአሕዛብ ይሰጡታል፤ 34ያፌዙበታል፤ ይተፉበታል፤ ይገርፉታል፤ ከዚያም ይገድሉታል፤ እርሱ ግን ከሦስት ቀን በኋላ ይነሣል።”
የያዕቆብና የዮሐንስ ጥያቄ
10፥35-45 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 20፥20-28
35ከዚያም የዘብዴዎስ ልጆች ያዕቆብና ዮሐንስ ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው፣ “መምህር ሆይ፤ የምንለምንህን ሁሉ እንድታደርግልን እንፈልጋለን” አሉት።
36እርሱም፣ “ምን እንዳደርግላችሁ ትፈልጋላችሁ?” አላቸው።
37እነርሱም፣ “በክብርህ ጊዜ አንዳችን በቀኝህ፣ አንዳችን በግራህ እንድንቀመጥ ፍቀድልን” አሉት።
38ኢየሱስም፣ “የምትለምኑትን አታውቁም፤ እኔ የምጠጣውን ጽዋ ልትጠጡ፣ የምጠመቀውንስ ጥምቀት ልትጠመቁ ትችላላችሁን?” አላቸው።
39እነርሱም፣ “አዎን እንችላለን” አሉት።
ኢየሱስም፣ “እኔ የምጠጣውን ጽዋ ትጠጣላችሁ፤ እኔ የምጠመቀውንም ጥምቀት ትጠመቃላችሁ፤ 40ነገር ግን በቀኜ ወይም በግራዬ መቀመጥ ለተዘጋጀላቸው የሚሆን እንጂ እኔ የምሰጠው ነገር አይደለም” አላቸው።
41ዐሥሩ ይህን ሲሰሙ፣ ያዕቆብንና ዮሐንስን መቈጣት ጀመሩ። 42ኢየሱስም በአንድነት ሰብስቦ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “የአሕዛብ አለቆች ተብለው የሚታሰቡት እንደሚገዟቸው፤ ሹሞቻቸውም በእነርሱ ላይ ሥልጣናቸውን እንደሚያሳዩ ታውቃላችሁ፤ 43በእናንተ ዘንድ ግን እንዲህ አይደለም፤ ከመካከላችሁ ታላቅ መሆን የሚፈልግ ሁሉ አገልጋይ ይሁን፤ 44ፊተኛ ለመሆን የሚፈልግ ሁሉ፣ የሁሉ ባሪያ ይሁን፤ 45የሰው ልጅ ሊያገለግልና ሕይወቱን ለብዙዎች ቤዛ አድርጎ ሊሰጥ መጣ እንጂ ሊገለገል አልመጣምና።”
ኢየሱስ ዐይነ ስውሩን በርጤሜዎስን ፈወሰ
10፥46-52 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 20፥29-34፤ ሉቃ 18፥35-43
46ከዚህ በኋላ ወደ ኢያሪኮ መጡ። ኢየሱስና ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ከብዙ ሕዝብ ጋር ከኢያሪኮ ሲወጡ ዐይነ ስውሩ የጤሜዎስ ልጅ በርጤሜዎስ በመንገድ ዳር ተቀምጦ ይለምን ነበር። 47እርሱም የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ መሆኑን በሰማ ጊዜ፣ “የዳዊት ልጅ፣ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፤ ማረኝ!” እያለ ይጮኽ ጀመር።
48ብዙዎችም ዝም እንዲል ገሠጹት፤ እርሱ ግን፣ “የዳዊት ልጅ ሆይ፤ ማረኝ!” እያለ የባሰ ጮኸ።
49ኢየሱስም ቆም ብሎ፣ “ጥሩት” አላቸው።
እነርሱም ዐይነ ስውሩን፣ “አይዞህ፤ ተነሥ፤ ይጠራሃል!” አሉት። 50እርሱም ልብሱን ጥሎ ብድግ በማለት፣ ተነሥቶ ወደ ኢየሱስ መጣ።
51ኢየሱስም፣ “ምን እንዳደርግልህ ትፈልጋለህ?” አለው።
ዐይነ ስውሩም፣ “መምህር ሆይ፤ እንዳይ እፈልጋለሁ” አለው።
52ኢየሱስም፣ “ሂድ፣ እምነትህ አድኖሃል” አለው፤ ወዲያውም ዐይኑ በራለት፤ በመንገድም ኢየሱስን ተከትሎት ሄደ።
