እኔ ግን በየውሃቴ ሄጃለሁ፤ አድነኝ ማረኝም። እግሮቼ በቅንነት ቆመዋልና፤ አቤቱ፥ በማኅበር አመሰግንሃለሁ።
አንቺም ቅፍርናሆም፥ እስከ ሰማይ ከፍ አልሽን? ወደ ሲኦል ትወርጃለሽ። የሚሰማችሁ እኔን ይሰማል፥ እናንተንም የጣለ እኔን ይጥላል፤ እኔንም የጣለ የላከኝን ይጥላል። ሰብዓውም በደስታ ተመልሰው፡— ጌታ ሆይ፥ አጋንንት ስንኳ በስምህ ተገዝተውልናል፡ አሉት። እንዲህም አላቸው ሰይጣንን እንደ መብረቅ ከሰማይ ሲወድቅ አየሁ። እነሆ፥ እባቡንና ጊንጡን ትረግጡ ዘንድ፥ በጠላትም ኃይል ሁሉ ላይ ሥልጣን ሰጥቻችኋለሁ፥ የሚጐዳችሁም ምንም የለም። ነገር ግን መናፍስት ስለ ተገዙላችሁ በዚህ ደስ አይበላችሁ፥ ስማችሁ ግን በሰማያት ሰለ ተጻፈ ደስ ይበላችሁ። በዚያን ሰዓት ኢየሱስ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ሐሤት አደረገና፡— የሰማይና የምድር ጌታ አባት ሆይ፥ ይህን ከጥበበኞችና ከአስተዋዮች ሰውረህ ለሕፃናት ስለ ገለጥህላቸው አመሰግናለሁ፤ አዎን አባት ሆይ፥ ፈቃድህ በፊትህ እንዲህ ሆኖአልና። ሁሉ ከአባቴ ዘንድ ተሰጥቶኛል፥ ወልድንም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከአብ በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም፥ አብንም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከወልድ በቀር ወልድም ሊገልጥለት ከሚፈቅድ በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም፡ አለ። ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ዘወር ብሎ ለብቻቸው፡— የምታዩትን የሚያዩ ዓይኖች ብፁዓን ናቸው። እላችኋለሁና፥ እናንተ የምታዩትን ብዙዎች ነቢያትና ነገሥታት ሊያዩ ወደዱ አላዩምም፥ የምትሰሙትንም ሊሰሙ ወድደው አልሰሙም፡ አለ። እነሆም፥ አንድ ሕግ አዋቂ ሊፈትነው ተነሥቶ፡— መምህር ሆይ፥ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንድወርስ ምን ላድርግ? አለው።
መንፈሱ በጌታ በኢየሱስ ቀን ትድን ዘንድ እንደዚህ ያለው ለሥጋው ጥፋት ለሰይጣን እንዲሰጥ ፍርዴ ነው። መመካታችሁ መልካም አይደለም። ጥቂት እርሾ ሊጡን ሁሉ እንዲያቦካ አታውቁምን? እንግዲህ ያለ እርሾ እንዳላችሁ አዲሱን ሊጥ ትሆኑ ዘንድ አሮጌውን እርሾ አስወግዱ። ፋሲካችን ክርስቶስ ታርዶአልና፤ ስለዚህ በቅንነትና በእውነት ቂጣ በዓልን እናድርግ እንጂ በአሮጌ እርሾ በክፋትና በግፍ እርሾም አይደለም። ከሴሰኞች ጋር እንዳትተባበሩ በመልእክቴ ጻፍሁላችሁ። በጠቅላላው የዚህን ዓለም ሴሰኞችን፥ ወይም ገንዘብን የሚመኙትን ነጣቂዎችንም፥ ወይም ጣዖትን የሚያመልኩትን አላልሁም፤ ይህስ ቢሆን ከዓለም ልትወጡ ይገባችሁ ነበር። አሁን ግን ወንድሞች ከሚባሉት አንዱ ሴሰኛ ወይም ገንዘብን የሚመኝ ወይም ጣዖትን የሚያመልክ ወይም ተሳዳቢ ወይም ሰካር ወይም ነጣቂ ቢሆን ከእርሱ ጋር እንዳትተባበሩ እጽፍላችኋለሁ፤ እንደነዚህ ካለው ጋር መብል እንኳን አትብሉ። በውጭ ባሉ ሰዎች ላይ መፍረድ ምን አግዶኝ? በውስጥ ባሉ ሰዎች ላይ እናንተ አትፈርዱምን? በውጭ ባሉቱ ግን እግዚአብሔር ይፈርድባቸዋል። ክፉውን ከመካከላችሁ አውጡት።
ትእዛዝን ከአብ እንደ ተቀበልን ከልጆችሽ በእውነት የሚሄዱ አንዳንዶችን ስለ አገኘኋቸው እጅግ ደስ ብሎኛል። አሁንም፥ እመቤት ሆይ፥ እርስ በርሳችን እንድንዋደድ እለምንሻለሁ፤ ይህች ከመጀመሪያ በእኛ ዘንድ የነበረች ትእዛዝ ናት እንጂ አዲስ ትእዛዝን እንደምጽፍልሽ አይደለም። እንደ ትእዛዛቱም እንሄድ ዘንድ ይህ ፍቅር ነው፤ ከመጀመሪያ እንደ ሰማችሁ፥ በእርስዋ ትሄዱ ዘንድ ትእዛዙ ይህች ናት። ብዙ አሳቾች ወደ ዓለም ገብተዋልና እነርሱም ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ በሥጋ እንደ መጣ የማያምኑ ናቸው፤ ይህ አሳቹና የክርስቶስ ተቃዋሚው ነው። ሙሉ ደመወዝን እንድትቀበሉ እንጂ የሠራችሁትን እንዳታጠፉ ለራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ። ለሚወጣ ሁሉ በክርስቶስም ትምህርት ለማይኖር ሰው አምላክ የለውም፤ በክርስቶስ ትምህርት ለሚኖር አብና ወልድ አሉት። ማንም ወደ እናንተ ቢመጣ ይህንም ትምህርት ባያመጣ በቤታችሁ አትቀበሉት ሰላምም አትበሉት፤ ሰላም የሚለው ሰው በክፉ ሥራው ይካፈላልና። እንድጽፍላችሁ የምፈልገው ብዙ ነገር ሳለኝ በወረቀትና በቀለም ልጽፈው አልወድም፥ ዳሩ ግን ደስታችሁ ፍጹም እንዲሆን ወደ እናንተ ልመጣ አፍ ለአፍም ልናገራችሁ ተስፋ አደርጋለሁ። የተመረጠችው የእኅትሽ ልጆች ሰላምታ ያቀርቡልሻል።
ይህም በኤፌሶን በሚኖሩት ሁሉ በአይሁድና በግሪክ ሰዎች ዘንድ የታወቀ ሆነ፥ በሁላቸውም ላይ ፍርሃት ወደቀባቸው፥ የጌታም የኢየሱስ ስም ተከበረ፤ አምነውም ከነበሩት እጅግ ሰዎች ያደረጉትን እየተናዘዙና እየተናገሩ ይመጡ ነበር። ከአስማተኞችም ብዙዎቹ መጽሐፋቸውን ሰብስበው በሰው ሁሉ ፊት አቃጠሉት፤ ዋጋውም ቢታሰብ አምሳ ሺህ ብር ሆኖ ተገኘ። እንዲህም የጌታ ቃል በኃይል ያድግና ያሸንፍ ነበር። ይህም በተፈጸመ ጊዜ ጳውሎስ፡— ወደዚያ ደርሼ ሮሜን ደግሞ አይ ዘንድ ይገባኛል ብሎ በመቄዶንያና በአካይያ አልፎ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዲሄድ በመንፈስ አሰበ።
የንጉሦች ሴት ልጆች ለክብርህ ናቸው፤ በወርቅ ልብስ ተጐናጽፋና ተሸፋፍና ንግሥቲቱ በቀኝህ ትቆማለች። ልጄ ሆይ፥ ስሚ እዪ ጆሮሽንም አዘንብዪ፤ ወገንሽን ያባትሽንም ቤት እርሺ፤
ማርያምም በዚያ ወራት ተነሥታ ወደ ተራራማው አገር ወደ ይሁዳ ከተማ ፈጥና ወጣች፥ ወደ ዘካርያስም ቤት ገብታ ኤልሳቤጥን ተሳለመቻት። ኤልሳቤጥም የማርያምን ሰላምታ በሰማች ጊዜ ፅንሱ በማኅፀንዋ ውስጥ ዘለለ፤ በኤልሳቤጥም መንፈስ ቅዱስ ሞላባት፥ በታላቅ ድምፅም ጮኻ እንዲህ አለች፡— አንቺ ከሴቶች መካከል የተባረክሽ ነሽ፥ የማኅፀንሽም ፍሬ የተባረከ ነው። የጌታዬ እናት ወደ እኔ ትመጣ ዘንድ እንዴት ይሆንልኛል? እነሆ፥ የሰላምታሽ ድምጽ በጆሮዬ በመጣ ጊዜ ፅንሱ በማኅፀኔ በደስታ ዘሎአልና። ከጌታ፤ የተነገረላት ቃል ይፈጸማልና ያመነች ብፅዕት ናት። ማርያምም እንዲህ አለች። ነፍሴ ጌታን ታከብረዋለች፥ መንፈሴም በአምላኬ በመድኃኒቴ ሐሴት ታደርጋለች፤ የባሪያይቱን ውርደት ተመልክቶአልና፡— እነሆም፥ ከዛሬ ጀምሮ ትውልድ ሁሉ ብፅዕት ይሉኛል፤ ብርቱ የሆነ እርሱ በእኔ ታላቅ ሥራ አድርጎአልና፤ ስሙም ቅዱስ ነው። ምሕረቱም ለሚፈሩት እስከ ትውልድና ትውልድ ይኖራል። በክንዱ ኃይል አድርጎአል፤ ትዕቢተኞችን በልባቸው አሳብ በትኖአል፤ ገዥዎችን ከዙፋናቸው አዋርዶአል፤ ትሑታንንም ከፍ አድርጎአል፤ የተራቡትን በበጎ ነገር አጥግቦአል፤ ባለ ጠጎችንም ባዶአቸውን ሰዶአቸዋል። ለአባቶቻችን እንደ ተናገረ፥ ለአብርሃምና ለዘሩ ለዘላለም ምሕረቱ ትዝ እያለው እስራኤልን ብላቴናውን ረድቶአል። ማርያምም ሦስት ወር የሚያህል በእርስዋ ዘንድ ተቀመጠች ወደ ቤትዋም ተመለሰች። የኤልሳቤጥም የመውለጃዋ ጊዜ ደረሰ፥ ወንድ ልጅም ወለደች።
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12 My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. Psalm 27 A Psalm of David.
15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. 17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. 23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: 24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. 5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. 6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. 7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. 12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. 18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. 19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. 21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: 42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 45 And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. 46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. 48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. 49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. 50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. 51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. 52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. 53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. 54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; 55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. 56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. 57 Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.