በዚያ ጊዜ ለልጆችህ በራእይ ተናገርህ እንዲህም አልህ፡— ረድኤቴን በኃይል ላይ አኖርሁ፤ ከሕዝቤ የተመረጠውን ከፍ ከፍ አደረግሁ። ባሪያዬን ዳዊትን አገኘሁት፥ ቅዱስ ዘይትም ቀባሁት።
ኢየሱስም ይህን ነገር ከፈጸመ በኋላ፥ ከገሊላ ሄዶ ወደ ይሁዳ አውራጃ ወደ ዮርዳኖስ ማዶ መጣ። ብዙ ሕዝብም ተከተሉት፥ በዚያም ፈወሳቸው። ፈሪሳውያንም ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና ሲፈትኑት፡— ሰው በሆነው ምክንያት ሁሉ ሚስቱን ሊፈታ ተፈቅዶለታልን? አሉት። እርሱ ግን መልሶ እንዲህ አለ፡— ፈጣሪ በመጀመሪያ ወንድና ሴት አደረጋቸው፥ አለም፡— ስለዚህ ሰው አባቱንና እናቱን ይተዋል፥ ከሚስቱም ጋር ይተባበራል፥ ሁለቱም አንድ ሥጋ ይሆናሉ፡ የሚለውን ቃል አላነበባችሁምን? ስለዚህ አንድ ሥጋ ናቸው እንጂ ወደ ፊት ሁለት አይደሉም። እግዚአብሔር ያጣመረውን እንግዲህ ሰው አይለየው። እነርሱም፡— እንኪያስ ሙሴ የፍችዋን ጽሕፈት ሰጥተው እንዲፈቱአት ስለ ምን አዘዘ? አሉት። እርሱም፡— ሙሴስ ስለ ልባችሁ ጥንካሬ ሚስቶቻችሁን ትፈቱ ዘንድ ፈቀደላችሁ፤ ከጥንት ግን እንዲህ አልነበረም። እኔ ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ያለ ዝሙት ምክንያት ሚስቱን ፈትቶ ሌላዪቱን የሚያገባ ሁሉ ያመነዝራል፥ የተፈታችውንም የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል፡ አላቸው። ደቀ መዛሙርቱም፡— የባልና የሚስት ሥርዓት እንዲህ ከሆነ መጋባት አይጠቅምም፡ አሉት። እርሱ ግን፡— ይህ ነገር ለተሰጣቸው ነው እንጂ ለሁሉ አይደለም፤ በእናት ማኅፀን ጃንደረቦች ሆነው የተወለዱ አሉ፥ ሰውም የሰለባቸው ጃንደረቦች አሉ፥ ስለ መንግሥተ ሰማያትም ራሳቸውን የሰለቡ ጃንደረቦች አሉ። ሊቀበለው የሚችል ይቀበለው፡ አላቸው። በዚያን ጊዜ እጁን እንዲጭንባቸውና እንዲጸልይ ሕፃናትን ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ገሠጹአቸው። ነገር ግን ኢየሱስ፡— ሕፃናትን ተዉአቸው፥ ወደ እኔም ይመጡ ዘንድ አትከልክሉአቸው፤ መንግሥተ ሰማያት እንደነዚህ ላሉ ናትና አለ፤ እጁንም ጫነባቸውና ከዚያ ሄደ። እነሆም፥ አንድ ሰው ቀርቦ፡— መምህር ሆይ፥ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንዳገኝ ምን መልካም ነገር ላድርግ? አለው። እርሱም፡— ስለ መልካም ነገር ለምን ትጠይቀኛለህ? መልካም የሆነ አንድ ነው፤ ወደ ሕይወት መግባት ብትወድ ግን ትእዛዛትን ጠብቅ፡ አለው።
ከሁለት ወይም ከሦስት ምስክር በቀር በሽማግሌ ላይ ክስ አትቀበል። ሌሎቹ ደግሞ እንዲፈሩ፥ ኃጢአት የሚሰሩትን በሁሉ ፊት ገሥጻቸው። አንድን እንኳ በአድልዎ ሳታደርግ፥ እነዚህን ያለ መዘንበል እንድትጠብቅ በእግዚአብሔርና በጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በተመረጡትም መላእክት ፊት እመክርሃለሁ። በማንም ላይ ፈጥነህ እጆችህን አትጫን፥ በሌሎችም ኃጢአት አትተባበር፤ ራስህን በንጽህና ጠብቅ። ስለ ሆድህና ስለ በሽታህ ብዛት ጥቂት የወይን ጠጅ ጠጣ እንጂ፥ ወደ ፊት ውኃ ብቻ አትጠጣ። የአንዳንዶች ሰዎች ኃጢአት የተገለጠ ነው ፍርድንም ያመለክታል፥ ሌሎችን ግን ይከተላቸዋል፤ እንዲሁ መልካም ሥራ ደግሞ የተገለጠ ነው፥ ያልተገለጠም ከሆነ ሊሰወር አይችልም።
የመላእክት አለቃ ሚካኤል ግን ከዲያብሎስ ጋር በተከራከረ ጊዜ ስለ ሙሴ ሥጋ ሲነጋገር፡— ጌታ ይገሥጽህ፥ አለው እንጂ የስድብን ፍርድ ሊናገረው አልደፈረም። እነዚህ ግን የማያውቁትን ሁሉ ይሳደባሉ፥ አእምሮም እንደሌላቸው እንስሶች በፍጥረታቸው በሚያውቁት ሁሉ በእርሱ ይጠፋሉ። ወዮላቸው፥ በቃየል መንገድ ሄደዋልና ስለ ደመወዝም ለበለዓም ስሕተት ራሳቸውን አሳልፈው ሰጥተዋል በቆሬም መቃወም ጠፍተዋል። እነዚህ ከእናንተ ጋር ሲጋበዙ በፍቅር ግብዣችሁ እንደ እድፍ ናቸው፤ እንደ እረኞች ያለ ፍርሃት ራሳቸውን ይጠብቃሉ፤ በነፋስ የተወሰዱ ውኃ የሌለባቸው ደመናዎች፥ ፍሬ የማያፈሩ ሁለት ጊዜ የሞቱ ከነሥራቸው የተነቀሉ በበጋ የደረቁ ዛፎች፥ የገዛ ነውራቸውን አረፋ እየደፈቁ ጨካኝ የባሕር ማዕበል፥ ድቅድቅ ጨለማ ለዘላለም የተጠበቀላቸው የሚንከራተቱ ከዋክብት ናቸው። ከአዳም ጀምሮ ሰባተኛ የሆነ ሄኖክ፡— እነሆ፥ ጌታ በሁሉ ላይ እንዲፈርድ፥ በኃጢአተኝነትም ስላደረጉት ስለ ኃጢአተኛ ሥራቸው ሁሉ ዓመፀኞችም ኃጢአተኞች በእርሱ ላይ ስለ ተናገሩ ስለ ጭከና ነገር ሁሉ ኃጢአተኞችን ሁሉ እንዲወቅስ ከአእላፋት ቅዱሳኑ ጋር መጥቶአል ብሎ ለእነዚህ ደግሞ ትንቢት ተናገረ።
እርሱንም ከሻረው በኋላ ዳዊትን በእነርሱ ላይ እንዲነግሥ አስነሣው፥ ሲመሰክርለትም፡— እንደ ልቤ የሆነ ሰው ፈቃዴንም ሁሉ የሚያደርግ የእሴይን ልጅ ዳዊትን አገኘሁ፡ አለ። ከዚህም ሰው ዘር እግዚአብሔር እንደ ተስፋው ቃል ለእስራኤል መድኃኒትን እርሱም ኢየሱስን አመጣ። ከመምጣቱ በፊት ዮሐንስ አስቀድሞ ለእስራኤል ሕዝብ ሁሉ የንስሐን ጥምቀት ሰብኮ ነበር። ዮሐንስም ሩጫውን ሲፈጽም ሳለ፡— እኔ ማን እንደ ሆንሁ ታስባላችሁ? እኔስ እርሱን አይደለሁም፤ ነገር ግን እነሆ፥ የእግሩን ጫማ እፈታ ዘንድ ከማይገባኝ ከእኔ በኋላ ይመጣል ይል ነበር። እናንተ ወንድሞቻችን፥ የአብርሃም ዘር ልጆች ከእናንተ መካከልም እግዚአብሔርን የምትፈሩ ሆይ፥ ለእናንተ የዚህ የመዳን ቃል ተላከ። በኢየሩሳሌም የሚኖሩ ሰዎችና አለቆቻቸው እርሱንና በየሰንበቱ የሚነበቡትን የነቢያትን ድምፆች ስላላወቁ በፍርዳቸው ፈጽመዋልና፤ ለሞትም የሚያደርስ ምክንያት አንድ ስንኳ ባያገኙበት፥ ይገድለው ዘንድ ጲላጦስን ለመኑት፤ ስለ እርሱም የተጻፈውን ሁሉ በፈጸሙ ጊዜ ከእንጨት አውርደው በመቃብር አኖሩት።
በልቅሶ ሸለቆ ውስጥ በወሰነው ስፍራ የሕግ መምህር በረከትን ይሰጣልና። ከኃይል ወደ ኃይል ይሄዳሉ፤ የአማልክት አምላክ በጽዮን ይታያል።
ኢየሱስም ከዚያ አልፎ በመቅረጫው ተቀምጦ የነበረ ማቴዎስ የሚባል አንድ ሰው አየና፡— ተከተለኝ፡ አለው። ተነሥቶም ተከተለው። በቤቱም በማዕድ ተቀምጦ ሳለ፥ እነሆ፥ ብዙ ቀራጮችና ኃጢአተኞች መጥተው ከኢየሱስና ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር አብረው ተቀመጡ። ፈሪሳውያንም አይተው ደቀ መዛሙርቱን፡— መምህራችሁ ከቀራጮችና ከኃጢአተኞች ጋር አብሮ ስለ ምን ይበላል? አሉአቸው። ኢየሱስም ሰምቶ፡— ሕመምተኞች እንጂ ባለ ጤናዎች ባለ መድኃኒት አያስፈልጋቸውም፤ ነገር ግን ሄዳችሁ፡— ምሕረትን እወዳለሁ መሥዋዕትንም አይደለም፡ ያለው ምን እንደ ሆነ ተማሩ፤ ኃጢአተኞችን ወደ ንስሐ እንጂ ጻድቃንን ልጠራ አልመጣሁምና፡ አላቸው። በዚያን ጊዜ የዮሐንስ ደቀ መዛሙርት ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው፡— እኛና ፈሪሳውያን፥ ብዙ ጊዜ የምንጦመው፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትህ ግን የማይጦሙት ስለ ምንድር ነው? አሉት። ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አላቸው፡— ሚዜዎች ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ ጋር ሳለ ሊያዝኑ ይችላሉን? ነገር ግን ሙሽራው ከእነርሱ የሚወሰድበት ወራት ይመጣል፥ በዚያ ጊዜም ይጦማሉ። በአረጀ ልብስ አዲስ እራፊ የሚያኖር የለም፤ መጣፊያው ልብሱን ይቦጭቀዋልና፥ መቀደዱም የባሰ ይሆናል። በአረጀ አቁማዳ አዲስ የወይን ጠጅ የሚያኖር የለም፤ ቢደረግ ግን፥ አቁማዳው ይፈነዳል፥ የወይን ጠጁም ይፈሳል አቁማዳውም ይጠፋል፤ ነገር ግን አዲሱን የወይን ጠጅ በአዲስ አቁማዳ ያኖረዋል፥ ሁለቱም ይጠባበቃሉ። ይህንም ሲነግራቸው፥ አንድ መኰንን መጥቶ፡— ልጄ አሁን ሞተች፤ ነገር ግን መጥተህ እጅህን ጫንባት፥ በሕይወትም ትኖራለች፡ እያለ ሰገደለት። ኢየሱስም ተነሥቶ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ተከተለው። እነሆም፥ ከአሥራ ሁለት ዓመት ጀምሮ ደም የሚፈስሳት ሴት በኋላው ቀርባ የልብሱን ጫፍ ዳሰሰች፤ በልብዋ፡— ልብሱን ብቻ የዳሰስሁ እንደ ሆነ፥ እድናለሁ፡ ትል ነበረችና። ኢየሱስም ዘወር ብሎ አያትና፡— ልጄ ሆይ፥ አይዞሽ፤ እምነትሽ አድኖሻል፡ አላት። ሴቲቱም ከዚያች ሰዓት ጀምራ ዳነች። ኢየሱስም ወደ መኰንኑ ቤት በደረሰ ጊዜ፥ እምቢልተኞችንና የሚንጫጫውን ሕዝብ አይቶ። ብላቴናይቱ ተኝታለች እንጂ አልሞተችምና ፈቀቅ በሉ፡ አላቸው። በጣምም ሳቁበት። ሕዝቡን ግን ከአስወጡ በኋላ ገብቶ እጅዋን ያዛት፥ ብላቴናይቱም ተነሣች። ያም ዝና ወደዚያ አገር ሁሉ ወጣ። ኢየሱስም ከዚያ ሲያልፍ ሁለት ዕውሮች፡— የዳዊት ልጅ ሆይ፥ ማረን፡ ብለው እየጮሁ ተከተሉት። ወደ ቤትም በገባ ጊዜ ዕውሮቹ ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡ፥ ኢየሱስም፡— ይህን ማድረግ እንድችል ታምናላችሁን? አላቸው። አዎን፥ ጌታ ሆይ፡ አሉት። በዚያን ጊዜ፡— እንደ እምነታችሁ ይሁንላችሁ፡ ብሎ ዓይኖቻቸውን ዳሰሰ። ዓይኖቻቸውም ተከፈቱ። ኢየሱስም፡— ማንም እንዳያውቅ ተጠንቀቁ፡ ብሎ በብርቱ አዘዛቸው። እነርሱ ግን ወጥተው በዚያ አገር ሁሉ ስለ እርሱ አወሩ። እነርሱም ሲወጡ እነሆ፥ ጋኔን ያደረበትን ዲዳ ሰው ወደ እርሱ አመጡ።
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; 2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? 8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. 10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. 11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. 12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. 13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. 16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. 21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. 22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure. 23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. 24 Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after. 25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. 10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. 10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath- arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. 11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; 12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. 13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?
22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 23 Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. 7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. 16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. 17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. 18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. 19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. 23 And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, 24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. 26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. 32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.