Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let’s make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
17:6
ወሰሚዖሙአርዳኢሁደንገፁወፈርሁጥቀወወድቁበገጾሙዲበምድር።
門徒聽見，就俯伏在地，極其害怕。
When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
17:7
ወቀርበእግዚእኢየሱስወለከፎሙወይቤሎሙተንሥኡወኢትፍርሁ።
耶穌進前來，摸他們，說：「起來，不要害怕！」
Jesus came and touched them and said, “Get up, and don’t be afraid.”
17:8
ወአንሥኡአዕይንቲሆሙወአልቦዘርእዩወኢመነሂዘእንበለእግዚእኢየሱስባሕቲቱ።
他們舉目不見一人，只見耶穌在那裏。
Lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, except Jesus alone.
As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, “Don’t tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”
17:10
ወተስእልዎአርዳኢሁእንዘይብሉእፎይብሉጸሐፍትኤልያስሀለዎይምጻእቅድመ።
門徒問耶穌說：「文士為甚麼說以利亞必須先來？」
His disciples asked him, saying, “Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
17:11
ወአውሥአእግዚእኢየሱስወይቤሎሙእወኤልያስይቀድምመጺአወያስተራትዕኵሎ።
耶穌回答說：「以利亞固然先來，並要復興萬事；
Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things;
but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”
17:13
ወእምዝአእመሩአርዳኢሁከመበእንተዮሐንስመጥምቅይቤሎሙ።
門徒這才明白耶穌所說的是指着施洗的約翰。
Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
17:14
ወበጺሖኀበሕዝብቀርበኀቤሁብእሲወሰገደሎቱእንዘይትመሐለልወይብል፤
耶穌和門徒到了眾人那裏，有一個人來見耶穌，跪下，
When they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him and saying,
He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
17:21
ወዝንቱዘመድኢይወፅእዘእንበለበጾምወበጸሎት።
至於這一類的鬼，若不禱告、禁食，他就不出來 。」
But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.”
He said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?”
17:26
ወይቤእምኀበነኪርወይቤሎእግዚእኢየሱስእንጋውሉዶሙሰኬአግዓዝያንኑእሙንቱ።
彼得說：「是向外人。」耶穌說：「既然如此，兒子就可以免稅了。
Peter said to him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Therefore the children are exempt.
But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”