¹And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

¹ኢየሱስም መለሰ ደግሞም በምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህም አለ።

²The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

²መንግሥተ ሰማያት ለልጁ ሰርግ ያደረገ ንጉሥን ትመስላለች።

³And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

³የታደሙትንም ወደ ሰርጉ ይጠሩ ዘንድ ባሮቹን ላከ ሊመጡም አልወደዱም።

⁴Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

⁴ደግሞ ሌሎችን ባሮች ልኮ። የታደሙትን። እነሆ፥ ድግሴን አዘጋጀሁ፥ ኮርማዎቼና የሰቡት ከብቶቼ ታርደዋል፥ ሁሉም ተዘጋጅቶአል፤ ወደ ሰርጉ ኑ በሉአቸው አለ።

⁵But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

⁵እነርሱ ግን ቸል ብለው አንዱ ወደ እርሻው፥ ሌላውም ወደ ንግዱ ሄደ፤

⁶And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

⁶የቀሩትም ባሮቹን ይዘው አንገላቱአቸው ገደሉአቸውም።

⁷But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

⁷ንጉሡም ተቈጣ፥ ጭፍሮቹንም ልኮ እነዚያን ገዳዮች አጠፋ፤ ከተማቸውንም አቃጠለ።

⁸Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ባሮቹን። ሰርጉስ ተዘጋጅቶአል፥ ነገር ግን የታደሙት የማይገባቸው ሆኑ፤

⁹Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

⁹እንግዲህ ወደ መንገድ መተላለፊያ ሄዳችሁ ያገኛችሁትን ሁሉ ወደ ሰርጉ ጥሩ አለ።

¹⁰So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

¹⁰እነዚያም ባሮች ወደ መንገድ ወጥተው ያገኙትን ሁሉ ክፉዎችንም በጎዎችንም ሰበሰቡ፤ የሰርጉንም ቤት ተቀማጮች ሞሉት።

¹¹And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

¹¹ንጉሡም የተቀመጡትን ለማየት በገባ ጊዜ በዚያ የሰርግ ልብስ ያለበሰ አንድ ሰው አየና። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥

¹²And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

¹²የሰርግ ልብስ ሳትለብስ እንዴት ወደዚህ ገባህ? አለው እርሱም ዝም አለ።

¹³Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

¹³በዚያን ጊዜ ንጉሡ አገልጋዮቹን። እጁንና እግሩን አስራችሁ በውጭ ወዳለው ጨለማ አውጡት፤ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል አለ።

¹⁴For many are called, but few are chosen.

¹⁴የተጠሩ ብዙዎች፥ የተመረጡ ግን ጥቂቶች ናቸውና።

¹⁵Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

¹⁵ስለዚህ ፈሪሳውያን ሄዱና እንዴት አድርገው በነገር እንዲያጠምዱት ተማከሩ።

¹⁶And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

¹⁶ደቀ መዛሙርታቸውንም ከሄሮድስ ወገን ጋር ላኩበት፥ እነርሱም። መምህር ሆይ፥ እውነተኛ እንደ ሆንህ በእውነትም የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ እንድታስተምር እናውቃለን፥ ለማንምም አታደላም፥ የሰውን ፊት አትመለከትምና፤

¹⁷Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

¹⁷እንግዲህ ምን ይመስልሃል? ንገረን ለቄሣር ግብር መስጠት ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? አሉት።

¹⁸But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

¹⁸ኢየሱስም ክፋታቸውን አውቆ። እናንተ ግብዞች፥ ስለ ምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ?

¹⁹Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.

¹⁹የግብሩን ብር አሳዩኝ አለ። እነርሱም ዲናር አመጡለት።

²⁰And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

²⁰እርሱም። ይህች መልክ ጽሕፈቲቱስ የማን ናት? አላቸው።

²¹They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

²¹የቄሣር ነው አሉት። በዚያን ጊዜ። እንኪያስ የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው።

²²When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

²²ይህንም ሰምተው ተደነቁ፥ ትተውትም ሄዱ።

²³The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

²³በዚያን ቀን። ትንሣኤ ሙታን የለም የሚሉ ሰዱቃውያን ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡ፥

²⁴Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

²⁴እንዲህም ብለው ጠየቁት። መምህር ሆይ፥ ሙሴ አንድ ሰው ልጅ ሳይወልድ ሲሞት ወንድሙ ሚስቱን አግብቶ ለወንድሙ ዘር ይተካ አለ።

²⁵Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

²⁵ሰባት ወንድማማች በእኛ ዘንድ ነበሩ፤ ፊተኛውም ሚስት አግብቶ ሞተ፥ ዘርም ስለሌለው ሚስቱን ለወንድሙ ተወለት፤

²⁶Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

²⁶እንዲሁ ደግሞ ሁለተኛው ሦስተኛውም፥ እስከ ሰባተኛው ድረስ።

²⁷And last of all the woman died also.

²⁷ከሁሉም በኋላ ሴቲቱ ሞተች።

²⁸Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

²⁸ሁሉ አግብተዋታልና በትንሣኤ ቀንስ፥ ከሰባቱ ለማናቸው ሚስት ትሆናለች?

²⁹Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

²⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። መጻሕፍትንና የእግዚአብሔርን ኃይል አታውቁምና ትስታላችሁ።

³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

³⁰በትንሣኤስ እንደ እግዚአብሔር መላእክት በሰማይ ይሆናሉ እንጂ አያገቡም አይጋቡምም።

³¹But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

³¹ስለ ትንሣኤ ሙታን ግን። እኔ የአብርሃም አምላክ፥ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ የሚል ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ወደ እናንተ የተባለውን አላነበባችሁምን? የሕያዋን አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሙታን አይደለም።

³²I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

³³ሕዝቡም ይህን ሰምተው በትምህርቱ ተገረሙ።

³³And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

³⁴ፈሪሳውያንም ሰዱቃውያንን ዝም እንዳሰኛቸው በሰሙ ጊዜ አብረው ተሰበሰቡ።

³⁴But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

³⁵ከእነርሱም አንድ ሕግ አዋቂ ሊፈትነው።

³⁵Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

³⁶መምህር ሆይ፥ ከሕግ ማናቸይቱ ትእዛዝ ታላቅ ናት? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

³⁶Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

³⁷ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አለው። ጌታ አምላክህን በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹም ነፍስህም በፍጹም አሳብህም ውደድ።

³⁷Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

³⁸ታላቂቱና ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ይህች ናት።

³⁸This is the first and great commandment.

³⁹ሁለተኛይቱም ይህችን ትመስላለች፥ እርስዋም። ባልንጀራህን እንደ ነፍስህ ውደድ የምትለው ናት።

³⁹And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

⁴⁰በእነዚህ በሁለቱ ትእዛዛት ሕጉም ሁሉ ነቢያትም ተሰቅለዋል።

⁴⁰On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

⁴¹ፈሪሳውያንም ተሰብስበው ሳሉ፥ ኢየሱስ። ስለ ክርስቶስ ምን ይመስላችኋል? የማንስ ልጅ ነው? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው። የዳዊት ልጅ ነው አሉት።

⁴¹While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

⁴³እርሱም። እንኪያስ ዳዊት። ጌታ ጌታዬን። ጠላቶችህን የእግርህ መረገጫ እስካደርግልህ ድረስ በቀኜ ተቀመጥ አለው ሲል እንዴት በመንፈስ ጌታ ብሎ ይጠራዋል?

⁴²Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.

⁴⁵ዳዊትስ ጌታ ብሎ ከጠራው፥ እንዴት ልጁ ይሆናል? አላቸው።

⁴³He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,

⁴⁶አንድም ቃል ስንኳ ይመልስለት ዘንድ የተቻለው የለም፥ ከዚያ ቀንም ጀምሮ ወደ ፊት ማንም ሊጠይቀው አልደፈረም።

⁴⁴The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?

⁴⁵If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

⁴⁶And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.