¹And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.

¹ወደ ኢያሪኮም ገብቶ ያልፍ ነበር። እነሆም ዘኬዎስ የሚባል ሰው፥ እርሱም የቀራጮች አለቃ ነበረ፥ ባለ ጠጋም ነበረ።

²And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

³ኢየሱስንም የትኛው እንደ ሆነ ሊያይ ይፈልግ ነበር፤ ቁመቱም አጭር ነበረና ስለ ሕዝቡ ብዛት አቃተው።

³And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.

⁴በዚያችም መንገድ ያልፍ ዘንድ አለውና ያየው ዘንድ ወደ ፊት ሮጦ በአንድ ሾላ ላይ ወጣ።

⁴And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

⁵ኢየሱስም ወደዚያ ስፍራ በደረሰ ጊዜ፥ አሻቅቦ አየና። ዘኬዎስ ሆይ፥ ዛሬ በቤትህ እውል ዘንድ ይገባኛልና ፈጥነህ ውረድ አለው።

⁵And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.

⁶ፈጥኖም ወረደ በደስታም ተቀበለው።

⁶And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

⁷ሁሉም አይተው። ከኃጢአተኛ ሰው ጋር ሊውል ገባ ብለው አንጐራጐሩ።

⁷And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

⁸ዘኬዎስ ግን ቆሞ ጌታን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ካለኝ ሁሉ እኵሌታውን ለድሆች እሰጣለሁ፤ ማንንም በሐሰት ከስሼ እንደ ሆንሁ አራት እጥፍ እመልሳለሁ አለው።

⁸And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

⁹ኢየሱስም። እርሱ ደግሞ የአብርሃም ልጅ ነውና ዛሬ ለዚህ ቤት መዳን ሆኖለታል፤

⁹And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰የሰው ልጅ የጠፋውን ሊፈልግና ሊያድን መጥቶአለና አለው።

¹⁰For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹¹እነርሱም ይህን ሲሰሙ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መቅረቡ ስለ ሆነ የእግዚአብሔርም መንግሥት ፈጥኖ ሊገለጥ እንዳለው ስለ መሰላቸው ምሳሌ ጭምር ተናገረ።

¹¹And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

¹²ስለዚህም እንዲህ አላቸው። አንድ መኰንን ለራሱ መንግሥትን ይዞ ሊመለሰ ወደ ሩቅ አገር ሄደ።

¹²He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

¹³አሥር ባሪያዎችንም ጠርቶ አሥር ምናን ሰጣቸውና። እስክመጣ ድረስ ነግዱ አላቸው።

¹³And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

¹⁴የአገሩ ሰዎች ግን ይጠሉት ነበርና። ይህ በላያችን ሊነግሥ አንወድም ብለው በኋላው መልክተኞችን ላኩ።

¹⁴But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

¹⁵መንግሥትንም ይዞ በተመለሰ ጊዜ፥ ገንዘብ የሰጣቸውን እነዚህን ባሪያዎች ነግደው ምን ያህል እንዳተረፉ ያውቅ ዘንድ እንዲጠሩለት አዘዘ።

¹⁵And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

¹⁶የፊተኛውም ደርሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምናንህ አሥር ምናን አተረፈ አለው።

¹⁶Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

¹⁷እርሱም። መልካም፥ አንተ በጎ ባሪያ፥ በጥቂት የታመንህ ስለ ሆንህ በአሥር ከተማዎች ላይ ሥልጣን ይሁንልህ አለው።

¹⁷And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

¹⁸ሁለተኛውም መጥቶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምናንህ አምስት ምናን አተረፈ አለው።

¹⁸And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

¹⁹ይህንም ደግሞ። አንተም በአምስት ከተማዎች ላይ ሁን አለው።

¹⁹And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

²⁰ሌላውም መጥቶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በጨርቅ ጠቅልዬ የጠበቅኋት ምናንህ እነሆ፤

²⁰And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

²¹ፈርቼሃለሁና፥ ጨካኝ ሰው ስለ ሆንህ፤ ያላኖርኸውን ትወስዳለህ ያልዘራኸውንም ታጭዳለህ አለው።

²¹For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

²²እርሱም። አንተ ክፉ ባሪያ፥ አፍህ በተናገረው እፈርድብሃለሁ። እኔ ያላኖርሁትን የምወስድና ያልዘራሁትን የማጭድ ጨካኝ ሰው እንደ ሆንሁ አወቅህ፤ ምን ነው ገንዘቤን ለለዋጮች አደራ ያልሰጠኸው?

²²And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

²³እኔም መጥቼ ከትርፉ ጋር እወስደው ነበር አለው።

²³Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

²⁴በዚያም ቆመው የነበሩትን። ምናኑን ውሰዱበት አሥሩ ምናን ላለውም ስጡት አላቸው።

²⁴And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.

²⁵እነርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አሥር ምናን አለው አሉት።

²⁵(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)

²⁶እላችኋለሁ፥ ላለው ሁሉ ይሰጠዋል፥ ከሌለው ግን ያው ያለው ስንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

²⁶For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

²⁷ነገር ግን እነዚያን በላያቸው ልነግሥ ያልወደዱትን ጠላቶቼን ወደዚህ አምጡአቸው በፊቴም እረዱአቸው።

²⁷But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

²⁸ይህንም ከተናገረ በኋላ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሲወጣ ይቀድማቸው ነበር።

²⁸And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.

²⁹ደብረ ዘይትም በሚባል ተራራ አጠገብ ወዳሉት ወደ ቤተ ፋጌና ወደ ቢታንያ በቀረበ ጊዜ፥ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁለቱን ላከና።

²⁹And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

³⁰በፊታችሁ ወዳለችው መንደር ሂዱ፥ ወደ እርስዋም ገብታችሁ ከሰው ማንም ገና ያልተቀመጠበት ውርንጫ ታስሮ ታገኛላችሁ፥ ፈትታችሁም አምጡት።

³⁰Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither.

³¹ማንም። ስለ ምን ትፈቱታላችሁ? ብሎ ቢጠይቃችሁ፥ እንዲሁ። ለጌታ ያስፈልገዋል በሉ አላቸው።

³¹And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

³²የተላኩትም ሄደው እንዳላቸው አገኙ።

³²And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.

³³እነርሱም ውርንጫውን ሲፈቱ ጌቶቹ። ውርንጫውን ስለ ምን ትፈቱታላችሁ? አሉአቸውም

³³And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?

³⁴እነርሱም። ለጌታ ያስፈልገዋል አሉ።

³⁴And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

³⁵ወደ ኢየሱስም አመጡት፥ በውርንጫውም ላይ ልብሳቸውን ጭነው ኢየሱስን አስቀመጡት።

³⁵And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.

³⁶ሲሄድም ልብሳቸውን በመንገድ ያነጥፉ ነበር።

³⁶And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.

³⁷ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ቍልቍለትም አሁን በቀረበ ጊዜ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁላቸው ደስ እያላቸው ተአምራትን ሁሉ ስላዩ በታላቅ ድምፅ እግዚአብሔርን ሊያመሰግኑ ጀምረው።

³⁷And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

³⁸በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ ንጉሥ የተባረከ ነው፤ በሰማይ ሰላም በአርያምም ክብር አሉ።

³⁸Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

³⁹ከሕዝብም መካከል ከፈሪሳውያን አንዳንዱ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትህን ገሥጻቸው አሉት።

³⁹And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.

⁴⁰መልሶም። እላችኋለሁ፥ እነዚህ ዝም ቢሉ ድንጋዮች ይጮኻሉ አላቸው።

⁴⁰And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

⁴¹ሲቀርብም ከተማይቱን አይቶ አለቀሰላት፥

⁴¹And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

⁴²እንዲህ እያለ። ለሰላምሽ የሚሆነውን በዚህ ቀን አንቺስ ስንኳ ብታውቂ፤ አሁን ግን ከዓይንሽ ተሰውሮአል።

⁴²Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

⁴³ወራት ይመጣብሻልና፥ ጠላቶችሽም ቅጥር ይቀጥሩብሻል ይከቡሻልም በየበኵሉም ያስጨንቁሻል፤

⁴³For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

⁴⁴አንቺንም በአንቺም ውስጥ የሚኖሩትን ልጆችሽን ወደ ታች ይጥላሉ፥ በአንቺ ውስጥም ድንጋይ በድንጋይ ላይ አይተዉም፥ የመጐብኘትሽን ዘመን አላወቅሽምና።

⁴⁴And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

⁴⁵ወደ መቅደስም ገብቶ በእርሱ የሚሸጡትን የሚገዙትንም ያወጣ ጀመር፤

⁴⁵And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;

⁴⁶እርሱም። ቤቴ የጸሎት ቤት ይሆናል ተብሎ ተጽፎአል፤ እናንተ ግን የወንበዴዎች ዋሻ አደረጋችሁት አላቸው።

⁴⁶Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.

⁴⁷ዕለት ዕለትም በመቅደስ ያስተምር ነበር፤ ነገር ግን የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎች የሕዝቡ ታላላቆችም ሊገድሉት ይፈልጉ ነበር፥

⁴⁷And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

⁴⁸የሚያደርጉበትንም አጡ፤ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ሲሰሙት ተንጠልጥለውበት ነበርና።

⁴⁸And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.