He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude.
8:7
ወቦሙዓሣኒኅዳጥወባረከኪያሁኒወይቤሎሙአቅርቡሎሙዘኒ።
又有幾條小魚;耶穌祝了福,就吩咐也擺在眾人面前。
They also had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
8:8
ወበልዑወጸግቡወዘአግኀሡዘተርፈፍተታትመልአሰብዐተአስፈሬዳተ።
眾人都吃,並且吃飽了,收拾剩下的零碎,有七筐子。
They ate and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over.
8:9
ወእለሰበልዕዎየአክሉአርብዓምእትወእምዝፈነዎሙሶቤሃይሑሩ።
人數約有四千。耶穌打發他們走了,
Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.
8:10
ወእምዝዐርገሐመረምስለአርዳኢሁወበጽሐውስተደወለድልማኑታ።
隨即同門徒上船,來到大瑪努他境內。
Immediately he entered into the boat with his disciples and came into the region of Dalmanutha.
8:11
ወወፅኡፈሪሳውያንወአኀዙይትኀሠሥዎወይሰአልዎትእምርተእምሰማይእንዘያሜክርዎ።
法利賽人出來盤問耶穌,求他從天上顯個神蹟給他們看,想要試探他。
The Pharisees came out and began to question him, seeking from him a sign from heaven and testing him.
Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, “Why do you reason that it’s because you have no bread? Don’t you perceive yet or understand? Is your heart still hardened?
8:18
አዕይንትብክሙወኢትሬእዩወእዝንብክሙወኢትሰምዑወኢትዜከሩኑ።
你們有眼睛,看不見嗎?有耳朵,聽不見嗎?也不記得嗎?
Having eyes, don’t you see? Having ears, don’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
8:24
ወነጸረወይቤእሬኢሰብአከመዕፀውያንሶስዉ።
他就抬頭一看,說:「我看見人了;他們好像樹木,並且行走。」
He looked up, and said, “I see men, but I see them like walking trees.”
8:25
ወገሠሦአዕይንቲሁካዕበወርእየዳኅነወነጸረኵሎብሩሀ።
隨後又按手在他眼睛上,他定睛一看,就復了原,樣樣都看得清楚了。
Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
8:26
ወፈነዎቤቶወይቤሎኢትባእውስተአዕጻዳትወአልቦዘትነግርበውስተሀገርኒ።
耶穌打發他回家,說:「連這村子你也不要進去。」
He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”
He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
8:32
ወገሀደነገሮሙዘንተነገረወቀርበጴጥሮስወአኀዘይክልኦ።
耶穌明明地說這話,彼得就拉着他,勸他。
He spoke to them openly. Peter took him and began to rebuke him.
But he, turning around and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.”
He called the multitude to himself with his disciples and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
8:35
ወዘይፈቅድያድኅናለነፍሱለይግድፋወዘሰገደፋለነፍሱበእንቲኣየወበእንተወንጌልይረክባ።
因為,凡要救自己生命 的,必喪掉生命;凡為我和福音喪掉生命的,必救了生命。
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
8:36
ወምንተይበቍዖለሰብእለእመኵሎዓለመረብኀወነፍሶኀጕለ።
人就是賺得全世界,賠上自己的生命,有甚麼益處呢?
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?
8:37
ወምንተእምወሀበሰብእቤዛሃለነፍሱ።
人還能拿甚麼換生命呢?
For what will a man give in exchange for his life?
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”