¹And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come,

¹ከዚህም በኋላ ጌታ ሌሎቹን ሰብዓ ሾመ፥ ሁለት ሁለትም አድርጎ እርሱ ሊሄድበት ወዳለው ከተማና ስፍራ ሁሉ በፊቱ ላካቸው።

²then said he unto them, `The harvest indeed [is] abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

²አላቸውም። መከሩስ ብዙ ነው፥ ሠራተኞች ግን ጥቂቶች ናቸው፤ እንግዴህ የመከሩን ጌታ ለመከሩ ሠራተኞች እንዲልክ ለምኑት።

³`Go away; lo, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves;

³ሂዱ፤ እነሆ፥ እንደ በጎች በተኵላዎች መካከል እልካችኋለሁ።

⁴carry no bag, no scrip, nor sandals; and salute no one on the way;

⁴ኮረጆም ከረጢትም ጫማም አትያዙ፤ በመንገድም ለማንም እጅ አትንሡ።

⁵and into whatever house ye do enter, first say, Peace to this house;

⁵ወደምትገቡበት ቤት ሁሉ አስቀድማችሁ። ሰላም ለዚህ ቤት ይሁን በሉ።

⁶and if indeed there may be there the son of peace, rest on it shall your peace; and if not so, upon you it shall turn back.

⁶በዚያም የሰላም ልጅ ቢኖር፥ ሰላማችሁ ያድርበታል፤ አለዚያም ይመለስላችኋል።

⁷`And in that house remain, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy [is] the workman of his hire; go not from house to house,

⁷በዚያም ቤት ከእነርሱ ዘንድ ካለው እየበላችሁና እየጠጣችሁ ተቀመጡ፤ ለሠራተኛ ደመወዙ ይገባዋልና። ከቤት ወደ ቤት አትተላለፉ።

⁸and into whatever city ye enter, and they may receive you, eat the things set before you,

⁸ወደምትገቡባትም ከተማ ሁሉ ቢቀበሉአችሁ፥ ያቀረቡላችሁን ብሉ፤

⁹and heal the ailing in it, and say to them, The reign of God hath come nigh to you.

⁹በእርስዋም ያሉትን ድውዮችን ፈውሱና። የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ወደ እናንተ ቀረበች በሉአቸው።

¹⁰`And into whatever city ye do enter, and they may not receive you, having gone forth to its broad places, say,

¹⁰ነገር ግን ወደምትገቡባት ከተማ ሁሉ ባይቀበሉአችሁ፥ ወደ አደባባይዋ ወጥታችሁ።

¹¹And the dust that hath cleaved to us, from your city, we do wipe off against you, but this know ye, that the reign of God hath come nigh to you;

¹¹ከከተማችሁ የተጣበቀብንን ትቢያ እንኳን እናራግፍላችኋለን፤ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ግን ወደ እናንተ እንደ ቀረበች ይህን እወቁ በሉ።

¹²and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.

¹²እላችኋለሁ፥ በዚያን ቀን ከዚያች ከተማ ይልቅ ለሰዶም ይቀልላታል።

¹³`Wo to thee, Chorazin; wo to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes, they had reformed;

¹³ወዮልሽ ኮራዚን፥ ወዮልሽ ቤተ ሳይዳ፤ በእናንተ የተደረገው ተአምራት በጢሮስና በሲዶና ተደርጎ ቢሆን፥ ማቅ ለብሰው በአመድም ተቀምጠው ከብዙ ጊዜ በፊት ንስሐ በገቡ ነበር።

¹⁴but for Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in the judgment than for you.

¹⁴ነገር ግን በፍርድ ከእናንተ ይልቅ ለጢሮስና ለሲዶና ይቀልላቸዋል።

¹⁵`And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades thou shalt be brought down.

¹⁵አንቺም ቅፍርናሆም፥ እስከ ሰማይ ከፍ አልሽን? ወደ ሲኦል ትወርጃለሽ።

¹⁶`He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.`

¹⁶የሚሰማችሁ እኔን ይሰማል፥ እናንተንም የጣለ እኔን ይጥላል፤ እኔንም የጣለ የላከኝን ይጥላል።

¹⁷And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, `Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;`

¹⁷ሰብዓውም በደስታ ተመልሰው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አጋንንት ስንኳ በስምህ ተገዝተውልናል አሉት።

¹⁸and he said to them, `I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen;

¹⁸እንዲህም አላቸው ሰይጣንን እንደ መብረቅ ከሰማይ ሲወድቅ አየሁ።

¹⁹lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;

¹⁹እነሆ፥ እባቡንና ጊንጡን ትረግጡ ዘንድ፥ በጠላትም ኃይል ሁሉ ላይ ሥልጣን ሰጥቻችኋለሁ፥ የሚጐዳችሁም ምንም የለም።

²⁰but, in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subjected to you, but rejoice rather that your names were written in the heavens.`

²⁰ነገር ግን መናፍስት ስለ ተገዙላችሁ በዚህ ደስ አይበላችሁ፥ ስማችሁ ግን በሰማያት ሰለ ተጻፈ ደስ ይበላችሁ።

²¹In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, `I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee.

²¹በዚያን ሰዓት ኢየሱስ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ሐሤት አደረገና። የሰማይና የምድር ጌታ አባት ሆይ፥ ይህን ከጥበበኞችና ከአስተዋዮች ሰውረህ ለሕፃናት ስለ ገለጥህላቸው አመሰግናለሁ፤ አዎን አባት ሆይ፥ ፈቃድህ በፊትህ እንዲህ ሆኖአልና።

²²`All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal [Him].`

²²ሁሉ ከአባቴ ዘንድ ተሰጥቶኛል፥ ወልድንም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከአብ በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም፥ አብንም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከወልድ በቀር ወልድም ሊገልጥለት ከሚፈቅድ በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም አለ።

²³And having turned unto the disciples, he said, by themselves, `Happy the eyes that are perceiving what ye perceive;

²³ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ዘወር ብሎ ለብቻቸው። የምታዩትን የሚያዩ ዓይኖች ብፁዓን ናቸው።

²⁴for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.`

²⁴እላችኋለሁና፥ እናንተ የምታዩትን ብዙዎች ነቢያትና ነገሥታት ሊያዩ ወደዱ አላዩምም፥ የምትሰሙትንም ሊሰሙ ወድደው አልሰሙም አለ።

²⁵And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, `Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?`

²⁵እነሆም፥ አንድ ሕግ አዋቂ ሊፈትነው ተነሥቶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንድወርስ ምን ላድርግ? አለው።

²⁶And he said unto him, `In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?`

²⁶እርሱም በሕግ የተጻፈው ምንድር ነው? እንዴትስ ታነባለህ? አለው።

²⁷And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.`

²⁷እርሱም መልሶ። ጌታ አምላክህን በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹም ነፍስህም በፍጹም ኃይልህም በፍጹም አሳብህም ውደድ፥ ባልንጀራህንም እንደ ራስህ ውደድ አለው።

²⁸And he said to him, `Rightly thou didst answer; this do, and thou shalt live.`

²⁸ኢየሱስም። እውነት መለስህ፤ ይህን አድርግ በሕይወትም ትኖራለህ አለው።

²⁹And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said unto Jesus, `And who is my neighbour?`

²⁹እርሱ ግን ራሱን ሊያጸድቅ ወድዶ ኢየሱስን። ባልንጀራዬስ ማን ነው? አለው።

³⁰and Jesus having taken up [the word], said, `A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving [him] half dead.

³⁰ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። አንድ ሰው ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ኢያሪኮ ወረደ በወንበዴዎችም እጅ ወደቀ፤ እነርሱም ደግሞ ገፈፉት ደበደቡትም በሕይወትና በሞት መካከልም ትተውት ሄዱ።

³¹`And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side;

³¹ድንገትም አንድ ካህን በዚያ መንገድ ወረደ አይቶትም ገለል ብሎ አለፈ።

³²and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side.

³²እንዲሁም ደግሞ አንድ ሌዋዊ ወደዚያ ስፍራ መጣና አይቶት ገለል ብሎ አለፈ።

³³`But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion,

³³አንድ ሳምራዊ ግን ሲሄድ ወደ እርሱ መጣ አይቶትም አዘነለት፥

³⁴and having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him;

³⁴ቀርቦም ዘይትና የወይን ጠጅ በቍስሎቹ ላይ አፍስሶ አሰራቸው፥ በራሱ አህያም ላይ አስቀምጦት ወደ እንግዶች ማደርያ ወሰደው ጠበቀውም።

³⁵and on the morrow, going forth, taking out two denaries, he gave to the innkeeper, and said to him, Be careful of him, and whatever thou mayest spend more, I, in my coming again, will give back to thee.

³⁵በማግሥቱም ሁለት ዲናር አውጥቶ ለባለቤቱ ሰጠና። ጠብቀው፥ ከዚህም በላይ የምትከስረውን ሁሉ እኔ ስመለስ እከፍልሃለሁ አለው።

³⁶`Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?`

³⁶እንግዲህ ከነዚህ ከሦስቱ በወንበዴዎች እጅ ለወደቀው ባልንጀራ የሆነው ማንኛው ይመስልሃል?

³⁷and he said, `He who did the kindness with him,` then Jesus said to him, `Be going on, and thou be doing in like manner.`

³⁷እርሱም። ምሕረት ያደረገለት አለ። ኢየሱስም። ሂድ አንተም እንዲሁ አድርግ አለው።

³⁸And it came to pass, in their going on, that he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman, by name Martha, did receive him into her house,

³⁸ሲሄዱም እርሱ ወደ አንዲት መንደር ገባ፤ ማርታ የተባለች አንዲት ሴትም በቤትዋ ተቀበለችው።

³⁹and she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word,

³⁹ለእርስዋም ማርያም የምትባል እኅት ነበረቻት፥ እርስዋም ደግሞ ቃሉን ልትሰማ በኢየሱስ እግር አጠገብ ተቀምጣ ነበረች።

⁴⁰and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, `Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.`

⁴⁰ማርታ ግን አገልግሎት ስለ በዛባት ባከነች፤ ቀርባም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እኔ እንድሠራ እኅቴ ብቻዬን ስትተወኝ አይገድህምን? እንኪያስ እንድታግዘኝ ንገራት አለችው።

⁴¹And Jesus answering said to her, `Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and disquieted about many things,

⁴¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ማርታ፥ ማርታ፥ በብዙ ነገር ትጨነቂአለሽ ትታወኪማለሽ፥

⁴²but of one thing there is need, and Mary the good part did choose, that shall not be taken away from her.`

⁴²የሚያስፈልገው ግን ጥቂት ወይም አንድ ነገር ነው፤ ማርያምም መልካም ዕድልን መርጣለች ከእርስዋም አይወሰድባትም አላት።