¹And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

¹ደግሞም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ አለ። መጋቢ የነበረው አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው ነበረ፥ በእርሱ ዘንድ። ይህ ሰው ያለህን ይበትናል ብለው ከሰሱት።

²And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.

²ጠርቶም። ይህ የምሰማብህ ምንድር ነው? ወደ ፊት ለእኔ መጋቢ ልትሆን አትችልምና የመጋቢነትህን ሂሳብ አስረክበኝ አለው።

³Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

³መጋቢውም በልቡ። ጌታዬ መጋቢነቱን ከእኔ ይወስዳልና ምን ላድርግ? ለመቈፈር ኃይል የለኝም፥ መለመንም አፍራለሁ።

⁴I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

⁴ከመጋቢነቱ ብሻር በቤታቸው እንዲቀበሉኝ የማደርገውን አውቃለሁ አለ።

⁵So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

⁵የጌታውንም ባለ ዕዳዎች እያንዳንዳቸውን ጠርቶ የፊተኛውን። ለጌታዬ ምን ያህል ዕዳ አለብህ? አለው።

⁶And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

⁶እርሱም። መቶ ማድጋ ዘይት አለ። ደብዳቤህን እንካ ፈጥነህም ተቀምጠህ አምሳ ብለህ ጻፍ አለው።

⁷Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

⁷በኋላም ሌላውን። አንተስ ስንት ዕዳ አለብህ? አለው። እርሱም። መቶ ጫን ስንዴ አለ። ደብዳቤህን እንካ ሰማንያ ብለህም ጻፍ አለው።

⁸And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

⁸ጌታውም ዓመፀኛውን መጋቢ በልባምነት ስላደረገ አመሰገነው የዚህ ዓለም ልጆች ለትውልዳቸው ከብርሃን ልጆች ይልቅ ልባሞች ናቸውና።

⁹And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

⁹እኔም እላችኋለሁ፥ የዓመፃ ገንዘብ ሲያልቅ በዘላለም ቤቶች እንዲቀበሉአችሁ፥ በእርሱ ወዳጆችን ለራሳችሁ አድርጉ።

¹⁰He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

¹⁰ከሁሉ በሚያንስ የታመነ በብዙ ደግሞ የታመነ ነው፥ ከሁሉ በሚያንስም የሚያምፅ በብዙ ደግሞ ዓመፀኛ ነው።

¹¹If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

¹¹እንግዲያስ በዓመፃ ገንዘብ ካልታመናችሁ፥ እውነተኛውን ገንዘብ ማን አደራ ይሰጣችኋል?

¹²And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

¹²በሌላ ሰው ገንዘብ ካልታመናችሁ፥ የእናንተን ማን ይሰጣችኋል?

¹³No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

¹³ለሁለት ጌቶች መገዛት የሚቻለው ባርያ ማንም የለም፤ ወይም አንዱን ይጠላልና ሁለተኛውንም ይወዳል፥ ወይም ወደ አንዱ ይጠጋል ሁለተኛውንም ይንቃል። ለእግዚአብሔርና ለገንዘብ መገዛት አትችሉም።

¹⁴And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

¹⁴ገንዘብንም የሚወዱ ፈሪሳውያን ይህን ሁሉ ሰምተው ያፌዙበት ነበር።

¹⁵And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

¹⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። ራሳችሁን በሰው ፊት የምታጸድቁ እናንተ ናችሁ፥ ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር ልባችሁን ያውቃል፤ በሰው ዘንድ የከበረ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ርኵሰት ነውና።

¹⁶The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

¹⁶ሕግና ነቢያት እስከ ዮሐንስ ነበሩ፤ ከዚያ ጀምሮ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ይሰበካል፤ ሁሉም ወደ እርስዋ በኃይል ይገቡባታል።

¹⁷And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.

¹⁷ነገር ግን ከሕግ አንዲት ነጥብ ከምትወድቅ ሰማይና ምድር ሊያልፍ ይቀላል።

¹⁸Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

¹⁸ሚስቱንም የሚፈታ ሁሉ ሌላይቱንም የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል፥ ከባልዋም የተፈታችውን የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል።

¹⁹There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

¹⁹ቀይ ልብስና ቀጭን የተልባ እግር የለበሰ አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው ነበረ፥ ዕለት ዕለትም እየተመቸው በደስታ ይኖር ነበር።

²⁰And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

²⁰አልዓዛርም የሚባል አንድ ድሀ በቍስል ተወርሶ በደጁ ተኝቶ ነበር፥

²¹And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

²¹ከባለ ጠጋውም ማዕድ ከሚወድቀው ፍርፋሪ ሊጠግብ ይመኝ ነበር፤ ውሾች እንኳ መጥተው ቍስሎቹን ይልሱ ነበር።

²²And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

²²ድሀውም ሞተ፥ መላእክትም ወደ አብርሃም እቅፍ ወሰዱት፤ ባለ ጠጋው ደግሞ ሞተና ተቀበረ።

²³And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

²³በሲኦልም በሥቃይ ሳለ አሻቅቦ አብርሃምን በሩቅ አየ አልዓዛርንም በእቅፉ።

²⁴And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

²⁴እርሱም እየጮኸ። አብርሃም አባት ሆይ፥ ማረኝ፥ በዚህ ነበልባል እሣቀያለሁና የጣቱን ጫፍ በውኃ ነክሮ መላሴን እንዲያበርድልኝ አልዓዛርን ስደድልኝ አለ።

²⁵But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

²⁵አብርሃም ግን። ልጄ ሆይ፥ አንተ በሕይወትህ ሳለህ መልካም እንደ ተቀበልህ አስብ አልዓዛርም እንዲሁ ክፉ፤ አሁን ግን እርሱ በዚህ ይጽናናል አንተም ትሣቀያለህ።

²⁶And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

²⁶ከዚህም ሁሉ ጋር ከዚህ ወደ እናንተ ሊያልፉ የሚፈልጉ እንዳይችሉ፥ ወዲያ ያሉ ደግሞ ወደ እኛ እንዳይሻገሩ በእኛና በእናንተ መካከል ታላቅ ገደል ተደርጎአል አለ።

²⁷Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

²⁷እርሱም። እንኪያስ፥ አባት ሆይ፥ ወደ አባቴ ቤት እንድትሰደው እለምንሃለሁ፤ አምስት ወንድሞች አሉኝና፤

²⁸For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

²⁸እነርሱ ደግሞ ወደዚህ ሥቃይ ስፍራ እንዳይመጡ ይመስክርላቸው አለ።

²⁹Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

²⁹አብርሃም ግን። ሙሴና ነቢያት አሉአቸው፤ እነርሱን ይስሙ አለው።

³⁰And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

³⁰እርሱም። አይደለም፥ አብርሃም አባት ሆይ፥ ነገር ግን ከሙታን አንዱ ቢሄድላቸው ንስሐ ይገባሉ አለ።

³¹And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

³¹ሙሴንና ነቢያትንም የማይሰሙ ከሆነ፥ ከሙታንም እንኳ አንድ ቢነሣ አያምኑም አለው።