¹The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

¹በዚያን ቀን ኢየሱስ ከቤት ወጥቶ በባሕር አጠገብ ተቀመጠ፤

²And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

²እርሱም በታንኳ ገብቶ እስኪቀመጥ ድረስ ብዙ ሰዎች ወደ እርሱ ተሰበሰቡ፥ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ በወደቡ ቆመው ነበር።

³And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

³በምሳሌም ብዙ ነገራቸው እንዲህም አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ዘሪ ሊዘራ ወጣ።

⁴And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

⁴እርሱም ሲዘራ አንዳንዱ በመንገድ ዳር ወደቀ፥ ወፎችም መጥተው በሉት።

⁵Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

⁵ሌላውም ብዙ መሬት በሌለበት በጭንጫ ላይ ወደቀ፤ ጥልቅ መሬትም ስላልነበረው ወዲያው በቀለ፥

⁶And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

⁶ፀሐይ በወጣ ጊዜ ግን ጠወለገ፥ ሥርም ስላልነበረው ደረቀ።

⁷And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

⁷ሌላውም በእሾህ መካከል ወደቀ፥ እሾህም ወጣና አነቀው።

⁸But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

⁸ሌላውም በመልካም መሬት ወደቀ፤ አንዱም መቶ፥ አንዱም ስድሳ፥ አንዱም ሠላሳ ፍሬ ሰጠ።

⁹Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

⁹የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።

¹⁰And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

¹⁰ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ቀርበው። ስለ ምን በምሳሌ ትነግራቸዋለህ? አሉት።

¹¹He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

¹¹እርሱም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። ለእናንተ የመንግሥተ ሰማያትን ምሥጢር ማወቅ ተሰጥቶአችኋል፥ ለእነርሱ ግን አልተሰጣቸውም።

¹²For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

¹²ላለው ይሰጠዋልና ይበዛለትማል፤ ከሌለው ግን ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

¹³Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

¹³ስለዚህ እያዩ ስለማያዩ እየሰሙም ስለማይሰሙ ስለማያስተውሉም በምሳሌ እነግራቸዋለሁ።

¹⁴And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

¹⁴መስማት ትሰማላችሁና አታስተውሉም፥ ማየትም ታያላችሁና አትመለከቱም።

¹⁵For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

¹⁵በዓይናቸው እንዳያዩ፥ በጆሮአቸውም እንዳይሰሙ፥ በልባቸውም እንዳያስተውሉ፥ ተመልሰውም እንዳልፈውሳቸው፥ የዚህ ሕዝብ ልብ ደንድኖአልና ጆሮአቸውም ደንቁሮአል ዓይናቸውንም ጨፍነዋል የሚል የኢሳይያስ ትንቢት በእነርሱ ይፈጸማል።

¹⁶But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

¹⁶የእናንተ ግን ዓይኖቻችሁ ስለሚያዩ ጆሮቻችሁም ስለሚሰሙ ብፁዓን ናቸው።

¹⁷For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

¹⁷እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ብዙዎች ነቢያትና ጻድቃን የምታዩትን ሊያዩ ተመኝተው አላዩም፥ የምትሰሙትንም ሊሰሙ ተመኝተው አልሰሙም።

¹⁸Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

¹⁸እንግዲህ እናንተ የዘሪውን ምሳሌ ስሙ።

¹⁹When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

¹⁹የመንግሥትን ቃል ሰምቶ በማያስተውል ሁሉ፥ ክፉው ይመጣል፥ በልቡ የተዘራውንም ይነጥቃል፤ በመንገድ ዳር የተዘራው ይህ ነው።

²⁰But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

²⁰በጭንጫ ላይ የተዘራውም ይህ ቃሉን ሰምቶ ወዲያው በደስታ የሚቀበለው ነው፤

²¹Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

²¹ነገር ግን ለጊዜው ነው እንጂ በእርሱ ሥር የለውም፥ በቃሉ ምክንያትም መከራ ወይም ስደት በሆነ ጊዜ ወዲያው ይሰናከላል።

²²He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

²²በእሾህ መካከል የተዘራውም ይህ ቃሉን የሚሰማ ነው፥ የዚህም ዓለም አሳብና የባለጠግነት መታለል ቃሉን ያንቃል፥ የማያፈራም ይሆናል።

²³But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

²³በመልካም መሬት የተዘራውም ይህ ቃሉን ሰምቶ የሚያስተውል ነው፤ እርሱም ፍሬ ያፈራል አንዱም መቶ አንዱም ስድሳ አንዱም ሠላሳ ያደርጋል።

²⁴Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

²⁴ሌላ ምሳሌ አቀረበላቸው እንዲህም አለ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት በእርሻው መልካም ዘርን የዘራን ሰው ትመስላለች።

²⁵But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

²⁵ሰዎቹ ሲተኙ ግን ጠላቱ መጣና በስንዴው መካከል እንክርዳድን ዘርቶ ሄደ።

²⁶But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

²⁶ስንዴውም በበቀለና በአፈራ ጊዜ እንክርዳዱ ደግሞ ያን ጊዜ ታየ።

²⁷So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

²⁷የባለቤቱም ባሮች ቀርበው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ መልካምን ዘር በእርሻህ ዘርተህ አልነበርህምን? እንክርዳዱንስ ከወዴት አገኘ? አሉት።

²⁸He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

²⁸እርሱም። ጠላት ይህን አደረገ አላቸው። ባሮቹም። እንግዲህ ሄደን ብንለቅመው ትወዳለህን? አሉት።

²⁹But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

²⁹እርሱ ግን። እንክርዳዱን ስትለቅሙ ስንዴውን ከእርሱ ጋር እንዳትነቅሉት አይሆንም።

³⁰Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

³⁰ተዉአቸው፤ እስከ መከር ጊዜ አብረው ይደጉ፤ በመከር ጊዜም አጫጆችን። እንክርዳዱን አስቀድማችሁ ልቀሙ በእሳትም ለማቃጠል በየነዶው እሰሩ፥ ስንዴውን ግን በጎተራዬ ክተቱ እላለሁ አለ።

³¹Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

³¹ሌላ ምሳሌ አቀረበላቸው እንዲህም አለ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ሰው ወስዶ በእርሻው የዘራትን የሰናፍጭ ቅንጣት ትመስላለች፤

³²Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

³²እርስዋም ከዘር ሁሉ ታንሳለች፥ በአደገች ጊዜ ግን፥ ከአታክልቶች ትበልጣለች የሰማይም ወፎች መጥተው በቅርንጫፎችዋ እስኪሰፍሩ ድረስ ዛፍ ትሆናለች።

³³Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

³³ሌላ ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህም አለ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ሁሉ እስኪቦካ ድረስ ሴት ወስዳ በሦስት መስፈሪያ ዱቄት የሸሸገችውን እርሾ ትመስላለች።

³⁴All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

³⁴ኢየሱስም ለሕዝቡ ይህን ሁሉ በምሳሌ ተናገረ፤ በነቢዩም። በምሳሌ አፌን እከፍታለሁ፥ ዓለም ከተፈጠረ ጀምሮ የተሰወረውንም እናገራለሁ የተባለው ይፈጸም ዘንድ ያለ ምሳሌ አልተናገራቸውም።

³⁵That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

³⁶በዚያን ጊዜ ሕዝቡን ትቶ ወደ ቤት ገባ። ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው። የእርሻውን እንክርዳድ ምሳሌ ተርጕምልን አሉት።

³⁶Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

³⁷እርሱም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። መልካምን ዘር የዘራው የሰው ልጅ ነው፤ እርሻውም ዓለም ነው፤

³⁷He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

³⁸መልካሙም ዘር የመንግሥት ልጆች ናቸው፤

³⁸The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

³⁹እንክርዳዱም የክፉው ልጆች ናቸው፥ የዘራውም ጠላት ዲያብሎስ ነው፤ መከሩም የዓለም መጨረሻ ነው፥ አጫጆችም መላእክት ናቸው።

³⁹The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

⁴⁰እንግዲህ እንክርዳድ ተለቅሞ በእሳት እንደሚቃጠል፥ በዓለም መጨረሻ እንዲሁ ይሆናል።

⁴⁰As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

⁴¹የሰው ልጅ መላእክቱን ይልካል፥ ከመንግሥቱም እንቅፋትን ሁሉ ዓመፃንም የሚያደርጉትን ይለቅማሉ፥

⁴¹The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

⁴²ወደ እቶነ እሳትም ይጥሉአቸዋል፤ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል።

⁴²And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

⁴³በዚያን ጊዜ ጻድቃን በአባታቸው መንግሥት እንደ ፀሐይ ይበራሉ። የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።

⁴³Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

⁴⁴ደግሞ መንግሥተ ሰማያት በእርሻ ውስጥ የተሰወረውን መዝገብ ትመስላለች፤ ሰውም አግኝቶ ሰወረው፥ ከደስታውም የተነሣ ሄዶ ያለውን ሁሉ ሸጠና ያን እርሻ ገዛ።

⁴⁴Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

⁴⁵ደግሞ መንግሥተ ሰማያት መልካምን ዕንቁ የሚሻ ነጋዴን ትመስላለች፤

⁴⁵Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

⁴⁶ዋጋዋም እጅግ የበዛ አንዲት ዕንቁ በአገኘ ጊዜ ሄዶ ያለውን ሁሉ ሸጠና ገዛት።

⁴⁶Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

⁴⁷ደግሞ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ወደ ባሕር የተጣለች ከሁሉም ዓይነት የሰበሰበች መረብን ትመስላለች፤

⁴⁷Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

⁴⁸በሞላችም ጊዜ ወደ ወደቡ አወጡአት፥ ተቀምጠውም መልካሙን ለቅመው በዕቃዎች ውስጥ አከማቹ ክፉውን ግን ወደ ውጭ ጣሉት።

⁴⁸Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

⁴⁹በዓለም መጨረሻ እንዲሁ ይሆናል፤ መላእክት መጥተው ኃጢአተኞችን ከጻድቃን መካከል ይለዩአቸዋል፥ ወደ እቶነ እሳትም ይጥሉአቸዋል፤

⁴⁹So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

⁵⁰በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል።

⁵⁰And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

⁵¹ኢየሱስም። ይህን ሁሉ አስተዋላችሁን? አላቸው አዎን አሉት።

⁵¹Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

⁵²እርሱም። ስለዚህ የመንግሥተ ሰማያት ደቀ መዝሙር የሆነ ጻፊ ሁሉ ከመዝገቡ አዲሱንና አሮጌውን የሚያወጣ ባለቤትን ይመስላል አላቸው።

⁵²Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

⁵³ኢየሱስም እነዚህም ምሳሌዎች ከጨረሰ በኋላ ከዚያ ሄደ።

⁵³And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

⁵⁴ወደ ገዛ አገሩም መጥቶ እስኪገረሙ ድረስ በምኩራባቸው ያስተምራቸው ነበር፤ እንዲህም አሉ። ይህን ጥበብና ተአምራት ይህ ከወዴት አገኘው?

⁵⁴And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?

⁵⁵ይህ የጸራቢ ልጅ አይደለምን? እናቱስ ማርያም ትባል የለምን? ወንድሞቹስ ያዕቆብና ዮሳ ስምዖንም ይሁዳም አይደሉምን?

⁵⁵Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

⁵⁶እኅቶቹስ ሁሉ በእኛ ዘንድ ያሉ አይደሉምን? እንኪያስ ይህን ሁሉ ከወዴት አገኘው? ተሰናከሉበትም።

⁵⁶And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?

⁵⁷ኢየሱስ ግን። ነቢይ ከገዛ አገሩና ከገዛ ቤቱ በቀር ሳይከበር አይቀርም አላቸው።

⁵⁷And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

⁵⁸በአለማመናቸውም ምክንያት በዚያ ብዙ ተአምራት አላደረገም።

⁵⁸And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.