¹And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

¹ሳይታክቱም ዘወትር ሊጸልዩ እንዲገባቸው የሚል ምሳሌን ነገራቸው፥

²Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

²እንዲህ ሲል። በአንዲት ከተማ እግዚአብሔርን የማይፈራ ሰውንም የማያፍር አንድ ዳኛ ነበረ።

³And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

³በዚያችም ከተማ አንዲት መበለት ነበረች፥ ወደ እርሱም እየመጣች። ከባላጋራዬ ፍረድልኝ ትለው ነበር።

⁴And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

⁴አያሌ ቀንም አልወደደም፤ ከዚህ በኋላ ግን በልቡ። ምንም እግዚአብሔርን ባልፈራ ሰውንም ባላፍር፥

⁵Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

⁵ይህች መበለት ስለምታደክመኝ ሁልጊዜም እየመጣች እንዳታውከኝ እፈርድላታለሁ አለ።

⁶And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

⁶ጌታም አለ። ዓመፀኛው ዳኛ ያለውን ስሙ።

⁷And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

⁷እግዚአብሔር እንኪያስ ቀንና ሌሊት ወደ እርሱ ለሚጮኹ ለሚታገሣቸውም ምርጦቹ አይፈርድላቸውምን?

⁸I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

⁸እላችኋለሁ፥ ፈጥኖ ይፈርድላቸዋል። ነገር ግን የሰው ልጅ በመጣ ጊዜ በምድር እምነትን ያገኝ ይሆንን?

⁹And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:

⁹ጻድቃን እንደ ሆኑ በራሳቸው ለሚታመኑና ሌሎቹን ሁሉ በጣም ለሚንቁ ይህን ምሳሌ ነገራቸው፥

¹⁰Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

¹⁰እንዲህ ሲል። ሁለት ሰዎች ሊጸልዩ ወደ መቅደስ ወጡ፥ አንዱ ፈሪሳዊ ሁለተኛውም ቀራጭ።

¹¹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

¹¹ፈሪሳዊም ቆሞ በልቡ ይህን ሲጸልይ። እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፥ እንደ ሌላ ሰው ሁሉ፥ ቀማኞችና ዓመፀኞች አመንዝሮችም፥ ወይም እንደዚህ ቀራጭ ስላልሆንሁ አመሰግንሃለሁ፤

¹²I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

¹²በየሳምንቱ ሁለት ጊዜ እጦማለሁ፥ ከማገኘውም ሁሉ አሥራት አወጣለሁ አለ።

¹³And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

¹³ቀራጩ ግን በሩቅ ቆሞ ዓይኖቹን ወደ ሰማይ ሊያነሣ እንኳ አልወደደም፥ ነገር ግን። አምላክ ሆይ፥ እኔን ኃጢአተኛውን ማረኝ እያለ ደረቱን ይደቃ ነበር።

¹⁴I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

¹⁴እላችኋለሁ፥ ከዚያ ይልቅ ይህ ጻድቅ ሆኖ ወደ ቤቱ ተመለሰ፤ ራሱን ከፍ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ይዋረዳልና፥ ራሱን ግን የሚያዋርድ ከፍ ይላል።

¹⁵And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

¹⁵እንዲዳስሳቸውም ሕፃናትን ደግሞ ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም አይተው ገሠጹአቸው።

¹⁶But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

¹⁶ኢየሱስ ግን ሕፃናትን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ። ሕፃናት ወደ እኔ ይመጡ ዘንድ ተዉአቸው አትከልክሉአቸውም፤ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደ እነዚህ ላሉት ናትና።

¹⁷Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

¹⁷እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እንደ ሕፃን የማይቀበላት ሁሉ ከቶ አይገባባትም አለ።

¹⁸And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

¹⁸ከአለቆችም አንዱ። ቸር መምህር፥ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንድወርስ ምን ላድርግ? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

¹⁹And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.

¹⁹ኢየሱስም። ስለ ምን ቸር ትለኛለህ? ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ቸር ማንም የለም።

²⁰Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.

²⁰ትእዛዛቱን ታውቃለህ፥ አታመንዝር፥ አትግደል፥ አትስረቅ፥ በሐሰት አትመስክር፥ አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር አለው።

²¹And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.

²¹እርሱም። ይህን ሁሉ ከሕፃንናቴ ጀምሬ ጠብቄአለሁ አለ።

²²Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

²²ኢየሱስም ይህን ሰምቶ። አንዲት ገና ቀርታሃለች፤ ያለህን ሁሉ ሽጠህ ለድሆች ስጥ፥ በሰማይም መዝገብ ታገኛለህ፥ መጥተህም ተከተለኝ አለው።

²³And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.

²³እርሱ ግን ይህን ሰምቶ እጅግ ባለ ጠጋ ነበርና ብዙ አዘነ።

²⁴And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

²⁴ኢየሱስም ብዙ እንዳዘነ አይቶ። ገንዘብ ላላቸው ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መግባት እንዴት ጭንቅ ይሆናል።

²⁵For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

²⁵ባለ ጠጋ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከሚገባ ይልቅ ግመል በመርፌ ቀዳዳ ሊገባ ይቀላል አለ።

²⁶And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?

²⁶የሰሙትም። እንግዲህ ማን ሊድን ይችላል? አሉ።

²⁷And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

²⁷እርሱ ግን። በሰው ዘንድ የማይቻል በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ይቻላል አለ።

²⁸Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

²⁸ጴጥሮስም። እነሆ፥ እኛ ሁሉን ትተን ተከተልንህ አለ።

²⁹And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

²⁹እርሱም። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ቤትን ወይም ወላጆችን ወይም ወንድሞችን ወይም ሚስትን ወይም ልጆችን የተወ፥

³⁰Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

³⁰በዚህ ዘመን ብዙ እጥፍ በሚመጣውም ዓለም የዘላለምን ሕይወት የማይቀበል ማንም የለም አላቸው።

³¹Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.

³¹አሥራ ሁለቱንም ወደ እርሱ አቅርቦ እንዲህ አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንወጣለን፥ ስለ ሰው ልጅም በነቢያት የተጻፈው ሁሉ ይፈጸማል።

³²For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:

³²ለአሕዛብ አሳልፈው ይሰጡታልና፥ ይዘብቱበትማል ያንገላቱትማል ይተፉበትማል፤

³³And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.

³³ከገረፉትም በኋላ ይገድሉታል፥ በሦስተኛውም ቀን ይነሣል።

³⁴And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

³⁴እነርሱም ከዚህ ነገር ምንም አላስተዋሉም፥ ይህም ቃል ተሰውሮባቸው ነበር፥ የተናገረውንም አላወቁም።

³⁵And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

³⁵ወደ ኢያሪኮም በቀረበ ጊዜ አንድ ዕውር እየለመነ በመንገድ ዳር ተቀምጦ ነበር።

³⁶And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.

³⁶ሕዝብም ሲያልፍ ሰምቶ። ይህ ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ጠየቀ።

³⁷And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.

³⁷እነርሱም። የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ ያልፋል ብለው አወሩለት።

³⁸And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.

³⁸እርሱም። የዳዊት ልጅ፥ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ማረኝ እያለ ጮኸ።

³⁹And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

³⁹በስተ ፊት ይሄዱ የነበሩትም ዝም እንዲል ገሠጹት፤ እርሱ ግን። የዳዊት ልጅ ሆይ፥ ማረኝ እያለ አብዝቶ ጮኸ።

⁴⁰And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,

⁴⁰ኢየሱስም ቆሞ ወደ እርሱ እንዲያመጡት አዘዘ። በቀረበም ጊዜ። ምን ላደርግልህ ትወዳለህ? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

⁴¹Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

⁴¹እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይ ዘንድ ነው አለው።

⁴²And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.

⁴²ኢየሱስም። እይ፤ እምነትህ አድኖሃል አለው።

⁴³And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

⁴³በዚያን ጊዜም አየ፥ እግዚአብሔንም እያከበረ ተከተለው። ሕዝቡም ሁሉ አይተው እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገኑ።