¹In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

¹በዚያን ጊዜ የሕዝብ አእላፍ እርስ በርሳቸው እስኪረጋገጡ ድረስ ተሰብስበው ሳሉ፥ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ ይል ጀመር። አስቀድማችሁ ከፈሪሳውያን እርሾ ተጠበቁ፥ እርሱም ግብዝነት ነው።

²For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

²ነገር ግን የማይገለጥ የተከደነ፥ የማይታወቅም የተሰወረ ምንም የለም።

³Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

³ስለዚህ በጨለማ የምትናገሩት ሁሉ በብርሃን ይሰማል፥ በእልፍኝም ውስጥ በጆሮ የምትናገሩት በሰገነት ላይ ይሰበካል።

⁴And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

⁴ለእናንተም ለወዳጆቼ እላችኋለሁ፥ ሥጋን የሚገድሉትን በኋላም አንድ ስንኳ የሚበልጥ ሊያደርጉ የማይችሉትን አትፍሩ።

⁵But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

⁵እኔ ግን የምትፈሩትን አሳያችኋለሁ፤ ከገደለ በኋላ ወደ ገሃነም ለመጣል ሥልጣን ያለውን ፍሩ። አዎን እላችኋለሁ፥ እርሱን ፍሩ።

⁶Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

⁶አምስት ድንቢጦች በአሥር ሳንቲም ይሸጡ የለምን? ከእነርሱም አንዲቱ ስንኳ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አትረሳም።

⁷But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

⁷ነገር ግን የእናንተ የራሳችሁ ጠጕር ሁሉ እንኳ የተቈጠረ ነው፤ እንግዲያስ አትፍሩ ከብዙ ድንቢጦች ትበልጣላችሁ።

⁸Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

⁸እላችሁማለሁ፥ በሰው ፊት የሚመሰክርልኝ ሁሉ፥ የሰው ልጅ ደግሞ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ይመሰክርለታል፤

⁹But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

⁹በሰውም ፊት የሚክደኝ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ይካዳል።

¹⁰And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

¹⁰በሰው ልጅም ላይ ቃል የሚናገር ሁሉ ይሰረይለታል፤ መንፈስ ቅዱስን የሚሰድብ ግን አይሰረይለትም።

¹¹And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

¹¹ወደ ምኵራቦችና ወደ መኳንንቶችም ወደ ገዢዎችም ሲጐትቱአችሁ፥ እንዴት ወይም ምን እንድትመልሱ ወይም እንድትናገሩ አትጨነቁ፤

¹²For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

¹²መንፈስ ቅዱስ በዚያች ሰዓት ልትናገሩ የሚገባችሁን ያስተምራችኋልና።

¹³And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

¹³ከሕዝቡም አንድ ሰው። መምህር ሆይ፥ ርስቱን ከእኔ ጋር እንዲካፈል ለወንድሜ ንገረው አለው።

¹⁴And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁴እርሱም። አንተ ሰው፥ ፈራጅና አካፋይ በላያችሁ አንድሆን ማን ሾመኝ? አለው።

¹⁵And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

¹⁵የሰው ሕይወት በገንዘቡ ብዛት አይደለምና ተጠንቀቁ፥ ከመጐምጀትም ሁሉ ተጠበቁ አላቸው።

¹⁶And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

¹⁶ምሳሌም ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል። አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው እርሻ እጅግ ፍሬያም ሆነችለት።

¹⁷And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

¹⁷እርሱም። ፍሬዬን የማከማችበት ስፍራ አጥቻለሁና ምን ላድርግ? ብሎ በልቡ አሰበ።

¹⁸And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

¹⁸እንዲህ አደርጋለሁ፤ ጐተራዬን አፍርሼ ሌላ የሚበልጥ እሠራለሁ፥ በዚያም ፍሬዬንና በረከቴን ሁሉ አከማቻለሁ፤

¹⁹And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

¹⁹ነፍሴንም። አንቺ ነፍሴ፥ ለብዙ ዘመን የሚቀር ብዙ በረከት አለሽ፤ ዕረፊ፥ ብዪ፥ ጠጪ፥ ደስ ይበልሽ እላታለሁ አለ።

²⁰But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

²⁰እግዚአብሔር ግን። አንተ ሰነፍ፥ በዚች ሌሊት ነፍስህን ከአንተ ሊወስዱአት ይፈልጓታል፤ ይህስ የሰበሰብኸው ለማን ይሆናል? አለው።

²¹So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

²¹ለራሱ ገንዘብ የሚያከማች፥ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድም ባለ ጠጋ ያልሆነ እንዲህ ነው።

²²And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

²²ለደቀ መዛሙርቱም እንዲህ አለ። ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፥ ለነፍሳችሁ በምትበሉት ወይም ለሰውነታችሁ በምትለብሱት አትጨነቁ።

²³The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.

²³ነፍስ ከመብል ሰውነትም ከልብስ ይበልጣልና።

²⁴Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

²⁴ቍራዎችን ተመልከቱ፤ አይዘሩም አያጭዱምም፥ ዕቃ ቤትም ወይም ጎተራ የላቸውም፥ እግዚአብሔርም ይመግባቸዋል፤ እናንተስ ከወፎች እንዴት ትበልጣላችሁ?

²⁵And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

²⁵ከእናንተ ተጨንቆ በቁመቱ ላይ አንድ ክንድ መጨመር የሚችል ማን ነው?

²⁶If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

²⁶እንግዲህ ትንሹን ነገር ስንኳ የማትችሉ ከሆናችሁ፥ ስለ ምን በሌላ ትጨነቃላችሁ?

²⁷Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

²⁷አበቦችን እንዴት እንዲያድጉ ተመልከቱ፤ አይደክሙም አይፈትሉምም፤ ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰሎሞንስ እንኳ በክብሩ ሁሉ ከእነዚህ እንደ አንዲቱ አለበሰም።

²⁸If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

²⁸እግዚአብሔር ግን ዛሬ ያለውን ነገም ወደ እቶን የሚጣለውን በሜዳ የሆነውን ሣር እንዲህ የሚያለብሰው ከሆነ፥ እናንተ እምነት የጐደላችሁ፥ እናንተንማ ይልቁን እንዴት?

²⁹And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

²⁹እናንተም የምትበሉትን የምትጠጡትንም አትፈልጉ፥ አታወላውሉም፤

³⁰For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

³⁰ይህንስ ሁሉ በዓለም ያሉ አሕዛብ ይፈልጉታልና፤ የእናንተም አባት ይህ እንዲያስፈልጋችሁ ያውቃል።

³¹But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

³¹ዳሩ ግን መንግሥቱን ፈልጉ ይህም ሁሉ ይጨመርላችኋል።

³²Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

³²አንተ ታናሽ መንጋ፥ መንግሥትን ሊሰጣችሁ የአባታችሁ በጎ ፈቃድ ነውና አትፍሩ።

³³Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

³³ያላችሁን ሽጡ ምጽዋትም ስጡ፤ ሌባ በማይቀርብበት ብልም በማያጠፋበት በሰማያት የማያልቅ መዝገብ የሚሆኑትን የማያረጁትንም ኮረጆዎች ለራሳችሁ አድርጉ፤

³⁴For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

³⁴መዝገባችሁ ባለበት ልባችሁ ደግሞ በዚያ ይሆናልና።

³⁵Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

³⁵ወገባችሁ የታጠቀ መብራታችሁም የበራ ይሁን፤

³⁶And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

³⁶እናንተም ጌታቸው መጥቶ ደጁን ሲያንኳኳ ወዲያው እንዲከፍቱለት ከሰርግ እስኪመለስ ድረስ የሚጠብቁ ሰዎችን ምሰሉ

³⁷Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

³⁷ጌታቸው በመጣ ጊዜ ሲተጉ የሚያገኛቸው እነዚያ ባሪያዎች ብፁዓን ናቸው፤ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ታጥቆ በማዕድ ያስቀምጣቸዋል ቀርቦም ያገለግላቸዋል።

³⁸And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

³⁸ከሌሊቱም በሁለተኛው ወይም በሦስተኛው ክፍል መጥቶ እንዲሁ ቢያገኛቸው፥ እነዚያ ባሪያዎች ብፁዓን ናቸው።

³⁹And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

³⁹ይህን ግን እወቁ ባለቤት በምን ሰዓት ሌባ እንዲመጣ ቢያውቅ ኖሮ፥ በነቃ፥ ቤቱም እንዲቆፈር ባልፈቀደም ነበር።

⁴⁰Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

⁴⁰እናንተ ደግሞ ተዘጋጅታችሁ ኑሩ፥ የሰው ልጅ በማታስቡበት ሰዓት ይመጣልና።

⁴¹Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

⁴¹ጴጥሮስም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይህን ምሳሌ ለእኛ ወይስ ደግሞ ለሁሉ ትናገራለህን? አለው።

⁴²And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

⁴²ጌታም አለ። እንኪያስ ምግባቸውን በጊዜው ይሰጣቸው ዘንድ ጌታው በቤተ ሰዎቹ ላይ የሚሾመው ታማኝና ልባም መጋቢ ማን ነው?

⁴³Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

⁴³ጌታው መጥቶ እንዲህ ሲያደርግ የሚያገኘው ያ ባሪያ ብፁዕ ነው።

⁴⁴Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

⁴⁴እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ባለው ሁሉ ላይ ይሾመዋል።

⁴⁵But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

⁴⁵ያ ባሪያ ግን። ጌታዬ እስኪመጣ ይዘገያል ብሎ በልቡ ቢያስብ ሎሌዎችንና ገረዶችንም ይመታ ይበላም ይጠጣም ይሰክርም ዘንድ ቢጀምር፥

⁴⁶The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

⁴⁶የዚያ ባሪያ ጌታ ባልጠበቃት ቀን ባላወቃትም ሰዓት ይመጣል፥ ከሁለትም ይሰነጥቀዋል እድሉንም ከማይታመኑ ጋር ያደርጋል።

⁴⁷And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

⁴⁷የጌታውንም ፈቃድ አውቆ ያልተዘጋጀ እንደ ፈቃዱም ያላደረገ ያ ባሪያ እጅግ ይገረፋል፤

⁴⁸But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

⁴⁸ያላወቀ ግን መገረፍ የሚገባውንም ያደረገ ጥቂት ይገረፋል። ብዙም ከተሰጠው ሰው ሁሉ ከእርሱ ብዙ ይፈለግበታል፥ ብዙ አደራም ከተሰጠው ከእርሱ አብዝተው ይሹበታል።

⁴⁹I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?

⁴⁹በምድር ላይ እሳት ልጥል መጣሁ፥ አሁንም የነደደ ከሆነ ዘንድ ምን እፈልጋለሁ?

⁵⁰But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

⁵⁰ነገር ግን የምጠመቃት ጥምቀት አለችኝ፥ እስክትፈጸምም ድረስ እንዴት እጨነቃለሁ?

⁵¹Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

⁵¹በምድር ላይ ሰላምንም ለመስጠት የመጣሁ ይመስላችኋልን? እላችኋለሁ፥ አይደለም፥ መለያየትን እንጂ።

⁵²For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

⁵²ከአሁን ጀምሮ በአንዲት ቤት አምስት ሰዎች ይኖራሉና፤ ሦስቱም በሁለቱ ላይ ሁለቱም በሦስቱ ላይ ተነሥተው ይለያያሉ።

⁵³The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

⁵³አባት በልጁ ላይ ልጅም በአባቱ ላይ፥ እናት በልጅዋ ላይ ልጅዋም በእናትዋ ላይ፥ አማት በምራትዋ ላይ ምራትም በአማትዋ ላይ ተነሥተው ይለያያሉ።

⁵⁴And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

⁵⁴ደግሞም ሕዝቡን እንዲህ አለ። ደመና ከምዕራብ ሲወጣ ባያችሁ ጊዜ፥ ወዲያው። ዝናብ ይመጣል ትላላችሁ፥ እንዲሁም ይሆናል፤

⁵⁵And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.

⁵⁵በአዜብም ነፋስ ሲነፍስ። ትኩሳት ይሆናል ትላላችሁ፥ ይሆንማል።

⁵⁶Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

⁵⁶እናንት ግብዞች፥ የምድሩንና የሰማዩን ፊት ልትመረምሩ ታውቃላችሁ፥ ነገር ግን ይህን ዘመን የማትመረምሩ እንዴት ነው?

⁵⁷Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

⁵⁷ራሳችሁ ደግሞ ጽድቅን የማትፈርዱ ስለ ምን ነው?

⁵⁸When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

⁵⁸ከባላጋራህ ጋር ወደ ሹም ብትሄድ፥ ወደ ዳኛ እንዳይጐትትህ ዳኛውም ለሎሌው አሳልፎ እንዳይሰጥህ ሎሌውም በወኅኒ እንዳይጥልህ፥ ገና በመንገድ ሳለህ ከባላጋራህ እንድትታረቅ ትጋ።

⁵⁹I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

⁵⁹እልሃለሁ፥ የመጨረሻዋን ግማሽ ሳንቲም እስክትከፍል ድረስ ከዚያ ከቶ አትወጣም።