¹Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

¹በዚያን ጊዜ መንግሥተ ሰማያት መብራታቸውን ይዘው ሙሽራውን ሊቀበሉ የወጡ አሥር ቆነጃጅትን ትመስላለች።

²And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

²ከእነርሱም አምስቱ ሰነፎች አምስቱም ልባሞች ነበሩ።

³They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

³ሰነፎቹ መብራታቸውን ይዘው ከእነርሱ ጋር ዘይት አልያዙምና፤

⁴But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

⁴ልባሞቹ ግን ከመብራታቸው ጋር በማሰሮአቸው ዘይት ያዙ።

⁵While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

⁵ሙሽራውም በዘገየ ጊዜ ሁሉ እንቅልፍ እንቅልፍ አላቸውና ተኙ።

⁶And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

⁶እኩል ሌሊትም ሲሆን። እነሆ፥ ሙሽራው ይመጣል፥ ትቀበሉት ዘንድ ውጡ የሚል ውካታ ሆነ።

⁷Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

⁷በዚያን ጊዜ እነዚያ ቆነጃጅት ሁሉ ተነሡና መብራታቸውን አዘጋጁ።

⁸And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

⁸ሰነፎቹም ልባሞቹን። መብራታችን ሊጠፋብን ነው፤ ከዘይታችሁ ስጡን አሉአቸው።

⁹But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

⁹ልባሞቹ ግን መልሰው። ምናልባት ለእኛና ለእናንተ ባይበቃስ፤ ይልቅስ ወደሚሸጡት ሄዳችሁ ለራሳችሁ ግዙ አሉአቸው።

¹⁰And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

¹⁰ሊገዙም በሄዱ ጊዜ ሙሽራው መጣ፥ ተዘጋጅተው የነበሩትም ከእርሱ ጋር ወደ ሰርግ ገቡ፥ ደጁም ተዘጋ።

¹¹Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

¹¹በኋላም ደግሞ የቀሩቱ ቈነጃጅት መጡና። ጌታ ሆይ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ክፈትልን አሉ።

¹²But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

¹²እርሱ ግን መልሶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ አላውቃችሁም አለ።

¹³Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

¹³ቀኒቱንና ሰዓቲቱን አታውቁምና እንግዲህ ንቁ።

¹⁴For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

¹⁴ወደ ሌላ አገር የሚሄድ ሰው ባሮቹን ጠርቶ ያለውን ገንዘብ እንደ ሰጣቸው እንዲሁ ይሆናልና፤

¹⁵And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

¹⁵ለእያንዳንዱ እንደ ዓቅሙ፥ ለአንዱ አምስት መክሊት ለአንዱ ሁለት ለአንዱም አንድ ሰጠና ወደ ሌላ አገር ወዲያው ሄደ።

¹⁶Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

¹⁶አምስት መክሊትም የተቀበለው ሄዶ ነገደበት ሌላም አምስት አተረፈ፤

¹⁷And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

¹⁷እንዲሁም ሁለት የተቀበለው ሌላ ሁለት አተረፈ።

¹⁸But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

¹⁸አንድ የተቀበለው ግን ሄዶ ምድርን ቈፈረና የጌታውን ገንዘብ ቀበረ።

¹⁹After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

¹⁹ከብዙ ዘመንም በኋላ የእነዚያ ባሮች ጌታ መጣና ተቆጣጠራቸው።

²⁰And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

²⁰አምስት መክሊት የተቀበለውም ቀረበና ሌላ አምስት መክሊት አስረክቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አምስት መክሊት ሰጥተኸኝ ነበር፤ እነሆ፥ ሌላ አምስት መክሊት አተረፍሁበት አለ።

²¹His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

²¹ጌታውም። መልካም፥ አንተ በጎ ታማኝም ባሪያ፤ በጥቂቱ ታምነሃል፥ በብዙ እሾምሃለሁ፤ ወደ ጌታህ ደስታ ግባ አለው።

²²He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

²²ሁለት መክሊትም የተቀበለው ደግሞ ቀርቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ሁለት መክሊት ሰጥተኸኝ ነበር፤ እነሆ፥ ሌላ ሁለት መክሊት አተረፍሁበት አለ።

²³His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

²³ጌታውም። መልካም፥ አንተ በጎ፥ ታማኝም ባሪያ፤ በጥቂቱ ታምነሃል፥ በብዙ እሾምሃለሁ፥ ወደ ጌታህ ደስታ ግባ አለው።

²⁴Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

²⁴አንድ መክሊትም የተቀበለው ደግሞ ቀርቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ካልዘራህባት የምታጭድ ካልበተንህባትም የምትሰበስብ ጨካኝ ሰው መሆንህን አውቃለሁ፤

²⁵And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

²⁵ፈራሁም ሄጄም መክሊትህን በምድር ቀበርሁት፤ እነሆ፥ መክሊትህ አለህ አለ።

²⁶His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

²⁶ጌታውም መልሶ እንዲህ አለው። አንተ ክፉና ሃኬተኛ ባሪያ፥ ካልዘራሁባት እንዳጭድ ካልበተንሁባትም እንድሰበስብ ታውቃለህን?

²⁷Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

²⁷ስለዚህ ገንዘቤን ለለዋጮች አደራ ልትሰጠው በተገባህ ነበር፥ እኔም መጥቼ ያለኝን ከትርፉ ጋር እወስደው ነበር።

²⁸Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

²⁸ስለዚህ መክሊቱን ውሰዱበት አሥር መክሊትም ላለው ስጡት፤

²⁹For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

²⁹ላለው ሁሉ ይሰጠዋልና ይበዛለትማል፤ ከሌለው ግን ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

³⁰And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

³⁰የማይጠቅመውንም ባሪያ በውጭ ወዳለው ጨለማ አውጡት፤ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል።

³¹When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

³¹የሰው ልጅ በክብሩ በሚመጣበት ጊዜ ከእርሱም ጋር ቅዱሳን መላእክቱ ሁሉ፥ በዚያን ጊዜ በክብሩ ዙፋን ይቀመጣል፤

³²And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

³²አሕዛብም ሁሉ በፊቱ ይሰበሰባሉ፤ እረኛም በጎቹን ከፍየሎች እንደሚለይ እርስ በርሳቸው ይለያቸዋል፥

³³And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

³³በጎችን በቀኙ ፍየሎችንም በግራው ያቆማቸዋል።

³⁴Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

³⁴ንጉሡም በቀኙ ያሉትን እንዲህ ይላቸዋል። እናንተ የአባቴ ቡሩካን፥ ኑ፤ ዓለም ከተፈጠረበት ጊዜ ጀምሮ የተዘጋጀላችሁን መንግሥት ውረሱ።

³⁵For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

³⁵ተርቤ አብልታችሁኛልና፥ ተጠምቼ አጠጥታችሁኛልና፥ እንግዳ ሆኜ ተቀብላችሁኛልና፥ ታርዤ አልብሳችሁኛልና፥

³⁶Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

³⁶ታምሜ ጠይቃችሁኛልና፥ ታስሬ ወደ እኔ መጥታችኋልና።

³⁷Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

³⁷ጻድቃንም መልሰው ይሉታል። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ተርበህ አይተን መቼ አበላንህስ? ወይስ ተጠምተህ አይተን መቼ አጠጣንህ?

³⁸When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

³⁸እንግዳ ሆነህስ አይተን መቼ ተቀበልንህ? ወይስ ታርዘህ አይተን መቼ አለበስንህ?

³⁹Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

³⁹ወይስ ታመህ ወይስ ታስረህ አይተን መቼ ወደ አንተ መጣን?

⁴⁰And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

⁴⁰ንጉሡም መልሶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከሁሉ ከሚያንሱ ከእነዚህ ወንድሞቼ ለአንዱ እንኳ ስላደረጋችሁት ለእኔ አደረጋችሁት ይላቸዋል።

⁴¹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

⁴¹በዚያን ጊዜ በግራው ያሉትን ደግሞ ይላቸዋል። እናንተ ርጉማን፥ ለሰይጣንና ለመላእክቱ ወደ ተዘጋጀ ወደ ዘላለም እሳት ከእኔ ሂዱ።

⁴²For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

⁴²ተርቤ አላበላችሁኝምና፥ ተጠምቼ አላጠጣችሁኝምና፥ እንግዳ ሆኜ አልተቀበላችሁኝምና፥

⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

⁴³ታርዤ አላለበሳችሁኝምና፥ ታምሜ ታስሬም አልጠየቃችሁኝምና።

⁴⁴Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

⁴⁴እነርሱ ደግሞ ይመልሱና። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ተርበህ ወይስ ተጠምተህ ወይስ እንግዳ ሆነህ ወይስ ታርዘህ ወይስ ታመህ ወይስ ታስረህ መቼ አይተን አላገለገልንህም? ይሉታል።

⁴⁵Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

⁴⁵ያን ጊዜ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከሁሉ ከሚያንሱ ከእነዚህ ለአንዱ ስላላደረጋችሁት ለእኔ ደግሞ አላደረጋችሁትም ብሎ ይመልስላቸዋል።

⁴⁶And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

⁴⁶እነዚያም ወደ ዘላለም ቅጣት፥ ጻድቃን ግን ወደ ዘላለም ሕይወት ይሄዳሉ።