¹And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

¹በምሳሌም ይነግራቸው ጀመር። አንድ ሰው የወይን አትክልት ተከለ፥ ቅጥርም ቀጠረለት፥ መጥመቂያም ማሰለት፥ ግንብም ሠራና ለገበሬዎች አከራይቶ ወደ ሌላ አገር ሄደ።

²And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

²በጊዜውም ከወይን አትክልት ፍሬ ከገበሬዎቹ እንዲቀበል አንድ ባሪያ ወደ ገበሬዎቹ ላከ፤

³And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

³ይዘውም ደበደቡት ባዶውንም ሰደዱት።

⁴And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

⁴ዳግመኛም ሌላውን ባሪያ ወደ እነርሱ ላከ እርሱንም ወግረው ራሱን አቈሰሉት አዋርደውም ሰደዱት።

⁵And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

⁵ሌላውንም ላከ፤ እርሱንም ገደሉት፥ ከሌሎችም ከብዙዎች አንዳንዱን ደበደቡ አንዳንዱንም ገደሉ።

⁶Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.

⁶የሚወደው አንድ ልጅ ገና ነበረው፤ ልጄንስ ያፍሩታል ብሎ እርሱን ከሁሉ በኋላ ወደ እነርሱ ላከ።

⁷But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's.

⁷እነዚያ ገበሬዎች ግን እርስ በርሳቸው። ወራሹ ይህ ነው፤ ኑ፥ እንግደለው፥ ርስቱም ለኛ ይሆናል ተባባሉ።

⁸And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

⁸ይዘውም ገደሉት፥ ከወይኑም አትክልት ወደ ውጭ ጣሉት።

⁹What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

⁹እንግዲህ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ ምን ያደርጋል? ይመጣል ገበሬዎቹንም ያጠፋል፥ የወይኑንም አትክልት ለሌሎች ይሰጣል።

¹⁰And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

¹⁰ግንበኞች የናቁት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ ሆነ፤ ይህም ከጌታ ዘንድ ሆነ፥ ለዓይኖቻችንም ድንቅ ነው። የሚለውን ይህን መጽሐፍ አላነበባችሁምን?

¹¹This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

¹²ምሳሌውንም ስለ እነርሱ እንደ ተናገረ አውቀዋልና ሊይዙት ፈለጉ፥ ነገር ግን ሕዝቡን ፈሩ። ትተውትም ሄዱ።

¹²And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.

¹³በንግግርም ሊያጠምዱት ከፈሪሳውያንና ከሄሮድስ ወገን የሆኑትን ወደ እርሱ ላኩ።

¹³And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

¹⁴መጥተውም። መምህር ሆይ፥ የሰውን ፊት ሳትመለከት በእውነት የእግዚአብሔር መንገድ ታስተምራለህና እውነተኛ እንደ ሆንህ ለማንምም እንዳታደላ እናውቃለን፤ ለቄሣር ግብር መስጠት ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? እንስጥን ወይስ አንስጥ? አሉት።

¹⁴And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

¹⁵እርሱ ግን ግብዝነታቸውን አውቆ። ለምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ? አየው ዘንድ አንድ ዲናር አምጡልኝ አላቸው።

¹⁵Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

¹⁶እነርሱም አመጡለት። ይህች መልክ ጽሕፈቲቱስ የማን ናት? አላቸው፤ እነርሱም። የቄሣር ናት አሉት።

¹⁶And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

¹⁷ኢየሱስም መልሶ። የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው። በእርሱም ተደነቁ።

¹⁷And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.

¹⁸ትንሣኤ ሙታን የለም የሚሉ ሰዱቃውያን ወደ እርሱ መጥተው ጠየቁት እንዲህም አሉት።

¹⁸Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

¹⁹መምህር ሆይ፥ ሙሴ። የአንድ ሰው ወንድም ሚስቱን ትቶ ልጅ ሳያስቀር ቢሞት፥ ወንድሙ ሚስቱን አግብቶ ለወንድሙ ዘር ይተካ ብሎ ጻፈልን።

¹⁹Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

²⁰ሰባት ወንድማማቾች ነበሩ፤ ፊተኛውም ሚስት አግብቶ ዘር ሳያስቀር ሞተ፤

²⁰Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

²¹ሁለተኛውም አገባት፥ ዘርም ሳይተው ሞተ፤ ሦስተኛውም እንዲሁ፤

²¹And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

²²ሰባቱም አገቡአት፥ ዘርም አላስቀሩም። ከሁሉም በኋላ ሴቲቱ ደግሞ ሞተች።

²²And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

²³ሰባቱ አግብተዋታልና በትንሣኤ ቀን ሲነሡ ከእነርሱ ለማናቸው ሚስት ትሆናለች?

²³In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

²⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። መጻሕፍትንና የእግዚአብሔርን ኃይል አታውቁምና ስለዚህ የምትስቱ አይደለምን?

²⁴And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

²⁵ከሙታንስ ሲነሡ በሰማያት እንዳሉ መላእክት ይሆናሉ እንጂ አያገቡም፥ አይጋቡምም።

²⁵For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

²⁶ስለ ሙታን ግን እንዲነሡ እግዚአብሔር። እኔ የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ እንዳለው በሙሴ መጽሐፍ በቍጥቋጦው ዘንድ የተጻፈውን አላነበባችሁምን?

²⁶And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

²⁷የሕያዋን አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሙታን አይደለም። እንግዲህ እጅግ ትስታላችሁ።

²⁷He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

²⁸ከጻፎችም አንዱ ቀርቦ ሲከራከሩ ሰማና መልካም አድርጎ እንደ መለሰላቸው አስተውሎ። ከሁሉ ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ማናቸይቱ ናት? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

²⁸And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

²⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለው። ከትእዛዛቱ ሁሉ ፊተኛይቱ። እስራኤል ሆይ፥ ስማ፤ ጌታ አምላካችን አንድ ጌታ ነው፥

²⁹And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

³⁰አንተም በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹምም ነፍስህ በፍጹምም አሳብህ በፍጹምም ኃይልህ ጌታ አምላክህን ውደድ የምትል ናት። ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ይህች ናት።

³⁰And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

³¹ሁለተኛይቱም። ባልንጀራህን እንደ ራስህ ውደድ የምትል እርስዋን የምትመስል ይህች ናት። ከእነዚህ የምትበልጥ ሌላ ትእዛዝ የለችም።

³¹And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

³²ጻፊውም። መልካም ነው፥ መምህር ሆይ፤ አንድ ነው ከእርሱም በቀር ሌላ የለም ብለህ በእውነት ተናገርህ፤

³²And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

³³በፍጹም ልብ በፍጹም አእምሮም በፍጹም ነፍስም በፍጹም ኃይልም እርሱን መውደድ፥ ባልንጀራንም እንደ ራስ መውደድ በሙሉ ከሚቃጠል መሥዋዕትና ከሌላው መሥዋዕት ሁሉ የሚበልጥ ነው አለው።

³³And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

³⁴ኢየሱስም በአእምሮ እንደ መለሰ አይቶ። አንተ ከእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት የራቅህ አይደለህም አለው። ከዚህም በኋላ ማንም ሊጠይቀው አልደፈረም።

³⁴And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

³⁵ኢየሱስም በመቅደስ ሲያስተምር መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። ጻፎች ክርስቶስ የዳዊት ልጅ ነው እንዴት ይላሉ?

³⁵And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?

³⁶ዳዊት ራሱ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ። ጌታ ጌታዬን። ጠላቶችህን የእግርህ መረገጫ እስካደርግልህ ድረስ በቀኜ ተቀመጥ አለው አለ።

³⁶For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

³⁷ዳዊትም ራሱ ጌታ አለው፤ እንዴትስ ልጁ ይሆናል? ብዙ ሕዝብም በደስታ ይሰሙት ነበር።

³⁷David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

³⁸ሲያስተምርም እንዲህ አለ። ረጃጅም ልብስ ለብሰው መዞርን፥ በገበያም ሰላምታን፥ በምኵራብም የከበሬታን ወንበር፥ በግብርም የከበሬታን ስፍራ ከሚወዱ ከጻፎች ተጠበቁ፤

³⁸And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,

⁴⁰የመበለቶችን ቤት የሚበሉ ጸሎታቸውንም በማስረዘም የሚያመካኙ እነዚህ የባሰ ፍርድ ይቀበላሉ።

³⁹And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

⁴¹ኢየሱስም በመዝገብ አንጻር ተቀምጦ ሕዝቡ በመዝገብ ውስጥ ገንዘብ እንዴት እንዲጥሉ ያይ ነበር፤ ብዙ ባለ ጠጎችም ብዙ ይጥሉ ነበር፤

⁴⁰Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

⁴²አንዲትም ድሀ መበለት መጥታ አንድ ሳንቲም የሚያህሉ ሁለት ናስ ጣለች።

⁴¹And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.

⁴³ደቀ መዛሙርቱንም ጠርቶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በመዝገብ ውስጥ ከሚጥሉት ሁሉ ይልቅ ይህች ድሀ መበለት አብልጣ ጣለች፤

⁴²And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

⁴⁴ሁሉ ከትርፋቸው ጥለዋልና፥ ይህች ግን ከጕድለትዋ የነበራትን ሁሉ ትዳርዋን ሁሉ ጣለች አላቸው።

⁴³And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:

⁴⁴For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.