¹And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

¹በሰንበትም ከፈሪሳውያን አለቆች ወደ አንዱ ቤት እንጀራ ሊበላ በገባ ጊዜ እነርሱ ይጠባበቁት ነበር።

²And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

²እነሆም፥ ሆዱ የተነፋ ሰው በፊቱ ነበረ።

³And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

³ኢየሱስም መልሶ። በሰንበት መፈወስ ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? ብሎ ለሕግ አዋቂዎችና ለፈሪሳውያን ተናገረ።

⁴And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

⁴እነርሱ ግን ዝም አሉ። ይዞም ፈወሰውና አሰናበተው።

⁵And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

⁵ከእናንተ አህያው ወይስ በሬው በጕድጓድ ቢወድቅ በሰንበት ወዲያው የማያወጣው ማን ነው? አላቸው።

⁶And they could not answer him again to these things.

⁶ስለዚህ ነገርም ሊመልሱለት አልተቻላቸውም።

⁷And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.

⁷የታደሙትንም የከበሬታ ስፍራ እንደ መረጡ ተመልክቶ ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል።

⁸When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

⁸ማንም ለሰርግ ቢጠራህ በከበሬታ ስፍራ አትቀመጥ፤ ምናልባት ከአንተ ይልቅ የከበረ ተጠርቶ ይሆናልና አንተን እርሱንም የጠራ መጥቶ።

⁹And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

⁹ለዚህ ስፍራ ተውለት ይልሃል፥ በዚያን ጊዜም እያፈርህ በዝቅተኛው ስፍራ ልትሆን ትጀምራለህ።

¹⁰But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

¹⁰ነገር ግን በተጠራህ ጊዜ፥ የጠራህ መጥቶ። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥ ወደ ላይ ውጣ እንዲልህ፥ ሄደህ በዝቅተኛው ስፍራ ተቀመጥ፤ ያን ጊዜም ከአንተ ጋር በተቀመጡት ሁሉ ፊት ክብር ይሆንልሃል።

¹¹For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

¹¹ራሱን ከፍ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ይዋረዳልና፥ ራሱንም የሚያዋርድ ከፍ ይላል።

¹²Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

¹²የጠራውንም ደግሞ እንዲህ አለው። ምሳ ወይም እራት ባደረግህ ጊዜ፥ እነርሱ ደግሞ በተራቸው ምናልባት እንዳይጠሩህ ብድራትም እንዳይመልሱልህ፥ ወዳጆችህንና ወንድሞችህን ዘመዶችህንም ባለ ጠጎች ጎረቤቶችህንም አትጥራ።

¹³But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

¹³ነገር ግን ግብዣ ባደረግህ ጊዜ ድሆችንና ጕንድሾችን አንካሶችንም ዕውሮችንም ጥራ፤

¹⁴And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

¹⁴የሚመልሱት ብድራት የላቸውምና ብፁዕ ትሆናለህ፤ በጻድቃን ትንሣኤ ይመለስልሃልና።

¹⁵And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

¹⁵ከተቀመጡትም አንዱ ይህን ሰምቶ። በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንጀራ የሚበላ ብፁዕ ነው አለው።

¹⁶Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

¹⁶እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አለው። አንድ ሰው ታላቅ እራት አድርጎ ብዙዎችን ጠራ፤

¹⁷And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

¹⁷በእራትም ሰዓት የታደሙትን። አሁን ተዘጋጅቶአልና ኑ እንዲላቸው ባሪያውን ላከ።

¹⁸And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

¹⁸ሁላቸውም በአንድነት ያመካኙ ጀመር። የፊተኛው። መሬት ገዝቼአለሁ ወጥቼም ላየው በግድ ያስፈልገኛል፤ ይቅር እንድትለኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለው።

¹⁹And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

¹⁹ሌላውም። አምስት ጥምድ በሬዎች ገዝቼአለሁ ልፈትናቸውም እሄዳለሁ፤ ይቅር እንድትለኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለው።

²⁰And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

²⁰ሌላውም። ሚስት አግብቼአለሁ ስለዚህም ልመጣ አልችልም አለው።

²¹So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

²¹ባሪያውም ደርሶ ይህን ለጌታው ነገረው። በዚያን ጊዜ ባለቤቱ ተቆጥቶ ባሪያውን። ወደ ከተማ ጎዳናና ወደ ስላች ፈጥነህ ውጣ ድሆችንና ጕንድሾችን አንካሶችንና ዕውሮችንም ወደዚህ አግባ አለው።

²²And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

²²ባሪያውም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እንዳዘዝኸኝ ተደርጎአል፥ ገናም ስፍራ አለ አለው።

²³And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

²³ጌታውም ባሪያውን። ቤቴ እንዲሞላ ወደ መንገድና ወደ ቅጥር ውጣና ይገቡ ዘንድ ግድ በላቸው፤

²⁴For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

²⁴እላችኋለሁና፥ ከታደሙት ከእነዚያ ሰዎች አንድ ስንኳ እራቴን አይቀምስም አለው።

²⁵And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

²⁵ብዙም ሕዝብ ከእርሱ ጋር ይሄዱ ነበር፥ ዘወር ብሎም እንዲህ አላቸው።

²⁶If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

²⁶ማንም ወደ እኔ የሚመጣ ቢኖር አባቱንና እናቱን ሚስቱንም ልጆቹንም ወንድሞቹንም እኅቶቹንም የራሱን ሕይወት ስንኳ ሳይቀር ባይጠላ፥ ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

²⁷And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

²⁷ማንም መስቀሉን ተሸክሞ በኋላዬ የማይመጣ፥ ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

²⁸For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

²⁸ከእናንተ ግንብ ሊሠራ የሚወድ ለመደምደሚያ የሚበቃ ያለው እንደ ሆነ አስቀድሞ ተቀምጦ ከሳራውን የማይቈጥር ማን ነው?

²⁹Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

²⁹ያለዚያ መሠረቱን ቢመሠርት፥ ሊደመድመውም ቢያቅተው፥ ያዩት ሁሉ።

³⁰Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

³⁰ይህ ሰው ሊሠራ ጀምሮ ሊደመድመው አቃተው ብለው ሊዘብቱበት ይጀምራሉ።

³¹Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

³¹ወይም ሌላውን ንጉሥ በጦርነት ሊጋጠም የሚሄድ፥ ከሁለት እልፍ ጋር የሚመጣበትን በአንድ እልፍ ሊገናኝ የሚችል እንደ ሆነ አስቀድሞ ተቀምጦ የማያስብ ንጉሥ ማን ነው?

³²Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

³²ባይሆንስ ሌላው ገና ሩቅ ሳለ መልክተኞች ልኮ ዕርቅ ይለምናል።

³³So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

³³እንግዲህ እንደዚሁ ማንም ከእናንተ ያለውን ሁሉ የማይተው ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

³⁴Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

³⁴ጨው መልካም ነው፤ ጨው አልጫ ቢሆን ግን በምን ይጣፈጣል?

³⁵It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

³⁵ለምድር ቢሆን ለፍግ መቈለያም ቢሆን አይረባም፤ ወደ ውጭ ይጥሉታል። የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።