¹At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

¹በዚያች ሰዓት ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀርበው። በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ከሁሉ የሚበልጥ ማን ይሆን? አሉት።

²And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

²ሕፃንም ጠርቶ በመካከላቸው አቆመ

³And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

³እንዲህም አለ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ካልተመለሳችሁ እንደ ሕፃናትም ካልሆናችሁ፥ ወደ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ከቶ አትገቡም።

⁴Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

⁴እንግዲህ እንደዚህ ሕፃን ራሱን የሚያዋርድ ሁሉ፥ በመንግሥተ ሰማያት የሚበልጥ እርሱ ነው።

⁵And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.

⁵እንደዚህም ያለውን አንድ ሕፃን በስሜ የሚቀበል ሁሉ እኔን ይቀበላል፤

⁶But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

⁶በእኔም ከሚያምኑ ከነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ አንዱን የሚያሰናክል ሁሉ፥ የወፍጮ ድንጋይ በአንገቱ ታስሮ ወደ ጥልቅ ባሕር መስጠም ይሻለው ነበር።

⁷Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

⁷ወዮ ለዓለም ስለ ማሰናከያ፤ ማሰናከያ ሳይመጣ አይቀርምና፥ ነገር ግን በእርሱ ጠንቅ ማሰናከያ ለሚመጣበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት።

⁸Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

⁸እጅህ ወይም እግርህ ብታሰናክልህ፥ ቈርጠህ ከአንተ ጣላት፤ ሁለት እጅ ወይም ሁለት እግር ኖሮህ ወደ ዘላለም እሳት ከምትጣል ይልቅ አንካሳ ወይም ጉንድሽ ሆነህ ወደ ህይወት መግባት ይሻልሀል።

⁹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

⁹ዓይንህ ብታሰናክልህ አውጥተህ ከአንተ ጣላት፤ ሁለት ዓይን ኖሮህ ወደ ገሃነመ እሳት ከምትጣል ይልቅ አንዲት ዓይን ኖራህ ወደ ሕይወት መግባት ይሻልሃል።

¹⁰Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

¹⁰ከነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ አንዱን እንዳትንቁ ተጠንቀቁ፤ መላእክቶቻቸው በሰማያት ዘወትር በሰማያት ያለውን የአባቴን ፊት ያያሉ እላችኋለሁና።

¹¹For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

¹¹የሰው ልጅ የጠፋውን ለማዳን መጥቶአልና።

¹²How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?

¹²ምን ይመስላችኋል? ለአንድ ሰው መቶ በጎች ቢኖሩት ከእነርሱም አንዱ ቢባዝን፥ ዘጠና ዘጠኙን በተራራ ትቶ ሄዶም የባዘነውን አይፈልግምን?

¹³And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.

¹³ቢያገኘውም፥ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ካልባዘኑቱ ከዘጠና ዘጠኙ ይልቅ በእርሱ ደስ ይለዋል።

¹⁴Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁴እንደዚሁ ከእነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ አንዱ እንዲጠፋ በሰማያት ያለው አባታችሁ ፈቃድ አይደለም።

¹⁵Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

¹⁵ወንድምህም ቢበድልህ፥ ሄደህ አንተና እርሱ ብቻችሁን ሆናችሁ ውቀሰው። ቢሰማህ፥ ወንድምህን ገንዘብ አደረግኸው፤

¹⁶But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

¹⁶ባይሰማህ ግን፥ በሁለት ወይም በሦስት ምስክር አፍ ነገር ሁሉ እንዲጸና፥ ዳግመኛ አንድ ወይም ሁለት ከአንተ ጋር ውሰድ፤

¹⁷And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

¹⁷እነርሱንም ባይሰማ፥ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን ንገራት፤ ደግሞም ቤተ ክርስቲያንን ባይሰማት፥ እንደ አረመኔና እንደ ቀራጭ ይሁንልህ።

¹⁸Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

¹⁸እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በምድር የምታስሩት ሁሉ በሰማይ የታሰረ ይሆናል፥ በምድርም የምትፈቱት ሁሉ በሰማይ የተፈታ ይሆናል።

¹⁹Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

¹⁹ደግሞ እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእናንተ ሁለቱ በምድር በማናቸውም በሚለምኑት ነገር ሁሉ ቢስማሙ በሰማያት ካለው ከአባቴ ዘንድ ይደረግላቸዋል።

²⁰For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

²⁰ሁለት ወይም ሦስት በስሜ በሚሰበሰቡበት በዚያ በመካከላቸው እሆናለሁና።

²¹Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

²¹በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ ወደ እርሱ ቀርቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወንድሜ ቢበድለኝ ስንት ጊዜ ልተውለት? እስከ ሰባት ጊዜን? አለው።

²²Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

²²ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አለው። እስከ ሰባ ጊዜ ሰባት እንጂ እስከ ሰባት ጊዜ አልልህም።

²³Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

²³ስለዚህ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ባሮቹን ሊቈጣጠር የወደደን ንጉሥ ትመስላለች።

²⁴And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

²⁴መቈጣጠርም በጀመረ ጊዜ፥ እልፍ መክሊት ዕዳ ያለበትን አንድ ሰው ወደ እርሱ አመጡ።

²⁵But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

²⁵የሚከፍለውም ቢያጣ፥ እርሱና ሚስቱ ልጆቹም ያለውም ሁሉ እንዲሸጥና ዕዳው እንዲከፈል ጌታው አዘዘ።

²⁶The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

²⁶ስለዚህ ባሪያው ወድቆ ሰገደለትና። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ታገሠኝ፥ ሁሉንም እከፍልሃለሁ አለው።

²⁷Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

²⁷የዚያም ባሪያ ጌታ አዘነለትና ለቀቀው፥ ዕዳውንም ተወለት።

²⁸But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

²⁸ነገር ግን ያ ባሪያ ወጥቶ ከባልንጀሮቹ ከባሮቹ መቶ ዲናር ዕዳ ያለበትን አንዱን አገኘና። ዕዳህን ክፈለኝ ብሎ ያዘና አነቀው።

²⁹And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

²⁹ስለዚህ ባልንጀራው ባሪያ ወድቆ። ታገሠኝ፥ ሁሉንም እከፍልሃለሁ ብሎ ለመነው።

³⁰And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

³⁰እርሱም አልወደደም፥ ግን ሄዶ ዕዳውን እስኪከፍል ድረስ በወኅኒ አኖረው።

³¹So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

³¹ባልንጀሮቹ የሆኑ ባሮችም ያደረገውን አይተው እጅግ አዘኑ፥ መጥተውም የሆነውን ሁሉ ለጌታቸው ገለጡ።

³²Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

³²ከዚያ ወዲያ ጌታው ጠርቶ። አንተ ክፉ ባሪያ፥ ስለ ለመንኸኝ ያን ዕዳ ሁሉ ተውሁልህ፤

³³Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

³³እኔ እንደ ማርሁህ ባልንጀራህ የሆነውን ያን ባሪያ ልትምረው ለአንተስ አይገባህምን? አለው።

³⁴And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

³⁴ጌታውም ተቈጣና ዕዳውን ሁሉ እስኪከፍለው ድረስ ለሚሣቅዩት አሳልፎ ሰጠው።

³⁵So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

³⁵ከእናንተ እያንዳንዱ ወንድሙን ከልቡ ይቅር ካላለ፥ እንዲሁ ደግሞ የሰማዩ አባቴ ያደርግባችኋል።