¹Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.

¹ቀራጮችና ኃጢአተኞችም ሁሉ ሊሰሙት ወደ እርሱ ይቀርቡ ነበር።

²And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

²ፈሪሳውያንና ጻፎችም። ይህስ ኃጢአተኞችን ይቀበላል ከእነርሱም ጋር ይበላል ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው አንጐራጐሩ።

³And he spake this parable unto them, saying,

³ይህንም ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል።

⁴What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

⁴መቶ በግ ያለው ከእነርሱም አንዱ ቢጠፋ፥ ዘጠና ዘጠኙን በበረሃ ትቶ የጠፋውን እስኪያገኘው ድረስ ሊፈልገው የማይሄድ ከእናንተ ማን ነው?

⁵And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

⁵ባገኘውም ጊዜ ደስ ብሎት በጫንቃው ይሸከመዋል፤

⁶And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

⁶ወደ ቤትም በመጣ ጊዜ ወዳጆቹንና ጐረቤቶቹን በአንድነት ጠርቶ። የጠፋውን በጌን አግኝቼዋለሁና ከእኔ ጋር ደስ ይበላችሁ ይላቸዋል።

⁷I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

⁷እላችኋለሁ፥ እንዲሁ ንስሐ ከማያስፈልጋቸው ከዘጠና ዘጠኝ ጻድቃን ይልቅ ንስሐ በሚገባ በአንድ ኃጢአተኛ በሰማይ ደስታ ይሆናል።

⁸Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

⁸ወይም አሥር ድሪም ያላት አንድ ድሪም ቢጠፋባት፥ መብራት አብርታ ቤትዋንም ጠርጋ እስክታገኘው ድረስ አጥብቃ የማትፈልግ ሴት ማን ናት?

⁹And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

⁹ባገኘችውም ጊዜ ወዳጆችዋንና ጐረቤቶችዋን በአንድነት ጠርታ። የጠፋውን ድሪሜን አግኝቼዋለሁና ከእኔ ጋር ደስ ይበላችሁ ትላቸዋለች።

¹⁰Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

¹⁰እላችኋለሁ፥ እንዲሁ ንስሐ በሚገባ በአንድ ኃጢአተኛ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ደስታ ይሆናል።

¹¹And he said, A certain man had two sons:

¹¹እንዲህም አለ። አንድ ሰው ሁለት ልጆች ነበሩት።

¹²And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

¹²ከእነርሱም ታናሹ አባቱን። አባቴ ሆይ፥ ከገንዘብህ የሚደርሰኝን ክፍል ስጠኝ አለው። ገንዘቡንም አካፈላቸው።

¹³And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

¹³ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ታናሹ ልጅ ገንዘቡን ሁሉ ሰብስቦ ወደ ሩቅ አገር ሄደ፥ ከዚያም እያባከነ ገዘቡን በተነ።

¹⁴And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

¹⁴ሁሉንም ከከሰረ በኋላ በዚያች አገር ጽኑ ራብ ሆነ፥ እርሱም ይጨነቅ ጀመር።

¹⁵And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

¹⁵ሄዶም ከዚያች አገር ሰዎች ከአንዱ ጋር ተዳበለ፥ እርሱም እሪያ ሊያሰማራ ወደ ሜዳ ሰደደው።

¹⁶And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

¹⁶እሪያዎችም ከሚበሉት አሰር ሊጠግብ ይመኝ ነበር፥ የሚሰጠውም አልነበረም።

¹⁷And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

¹⁷ወደ ልቡም ተመልሶ እንዲህ አለ። እንጀራ የሚተርፋቸው የአባቴ ሞያተኞች ስንት ናቸው? እኔ ግን ከዚህ በራብ እጠፋለሁ።

¹⁸I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

¹⁸ተነሥቼም ወደ አባቴ እሄዳለሁና። አባቴ ሆይ፥ በሰማይና በፊትህ በደልሁ፥

¹⁹And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

¹⁹ወደ ፊትም ልጅህ ልባል አይገባኝም፤ ከሞያተኞችህ እንደ አንዱ አድርገኝ እለዋለሁ።

²⁰And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

²⁰ተነሥቶም ወደ አባቱ መጣ። እርሱም ገና ሩቅ ሳለ አባቱ አየውና አዘነለት፥ ሮጦም አንገቱን አቀፈውና ሳመው።

²¹And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

²¹ልጁም። አባቴ ሆይ፥ በሰማይና በፊትህ በደልሁ፥ ወደ ፊትም ልጅህ ልባል አይገባኝም አለው።

²²But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

²²አባቱ ግን ባሪያዎቹን አለ። ፈጥናችሁ ከሁሉ የተሻለ ልብስ አምጡና አልብሱት፥ ለእጁ ቀለበት ለእግሩም ጫማ ስጡ፤

²³And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

²³የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አምጥታችሁ እረዱት፥ እንብላም ደስም ይበለን፤

²⁴For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

²⁴ይህ ልጄ ሞቶ ነበርና ደግሞም ሕያው ሆኖአል፤ ጠፍቶም ነበር ተገኝቶአልም። ደስም ይላቸው ጀመር።

²⁵Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

²⁵ታላቁ ልጁ በእርሻ ነበረ፤ መጥቶም ወደ ቤት በቀረበ ጊዜ የመሰንቆና የዘፈን ድምፅ ሰማ፤

²⁶And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

²⁶ከብላቴናዎችም አንዱን ጠርቶ። ይህ ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ጠየቀ።

²⁷And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

²⁷እርሱም። ወንድምህ መጥቶአልና በደኅና ስላገኘው አባትህ የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አረደለት አለው።

²⁸And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

²⁸ተቈጣም ሊገባም አልወደደም፤ አባቱም ወጥቶ ለመነው።

²⁹And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

²⁹እርሱ ግን መልሶ አባቱን። እነሆ፥ ይህን ያህል ዓመት እንደ ባሪያ ተገዝቼልሃለሁ ከትእዛዝህም ከቶ አልተላለፍሁም፤ ለእኔም ከወዳጆቼ ጋር ደስ እንዲለኝ አንድ ጥቦት ስንኳ አልሰጠኸኝም፤

³⁰But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

³⁰ነገር ግን ገንዘብህን ከጋለሞቶች ጋር በልቶ ይህ ልጅህ በመጣ ጊዜ፥ የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አረድህለት አለው።

³¹And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

³¹እርሱ ግን። ልጄ ሆይ፥ አንተ ሁልጊዜ ከእኔ ጋር ነህ፥ ለእኔም የሆነ ሁሉ የአንተ ነው፤

³²It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

³²ዳሩ ግን ይህ ወንድምህ ሞቶ ነበረ ሕያው ስለ ሆነ ጠፍቶም ነበር ስለ ተገኘ ደስ እንዲለን ፍሥሐም እንድናደርግ ይገባናል አለው።