¹At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

¹በዚያን ጊዜ የሕዝብ አእላፍ እርስ በርሳቸው እስኪረጋገጡ ድረስ ተሰብስበው ሳሉ፥ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ ይል ጀመር። አስቀድማችሁ ከፈሪሳውያን እርሾ ተጠበቁ፥ እርሱም ግብዝነት ነው።

²and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

²ነገር ግን የማይገለጥ የተከደነ፥ የማይታወቅም የተሰወረ ምንም የለም።

³because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

³ስለዚህ በጨለማ የምትናገሩት ሁሉ በብርሃን ይሰማል፥ በእልፍኝም ውስጥ በጆሮ የምትናገሩት በሰገነት ላይ ይሰበካል።

⁴`And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;

⁴ለእናንተም ለወዳጆቼ እላችኋለሁ፥ ሥጋን የሚገድሉትን በኋላም አንድ ስንኳ የሚበልጥ ሊያደርጉ የማይችሉትን አትፍሩ።

⁵but I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.

⁵እኔ ግን የምትፈሩትን አሳያችኋለሁ፤ ከገደለ በኋላ ወደ ገሃነም ለመጣል ሥልጣን ያለውን ፍሩ። አዎን እላችኋለሁ፥ እርሱን ፍሩ።

⁶`Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

⁶አምስት ድንቢጦች በአሥር ሳንቲም ይሸጡ የለምን? ከእነርሱም አንዲቱ ስንኳ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አትረሳም።

⁷but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

⁷ነገር ግን የእናንተ የራሳችሁ ጠጕር ሁሉ እንኳ የተቈጠረ ነው፤ እንግዲያስ አትፍሩ ከብዙ ድንቢጦች ትበልጣላችሁ።

⁸`And I say to you, Every one — whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,

⁸እላችሁማለሁ፥ በሰው ፊት የሚመሰክርልኝ ሁሉ፥ የሰው ልጅ ደግሞ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ይመሰክርለታል፤

⁹and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

⁹በሰውም ፊት የሚክደኝ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ይካዳል።

¹⁰and every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.

¹⁰በሰው ልጅም ላይ ቃል የሚናገር ሁሉ ይሰረይለታል፤ መንፈስ ቅዱስን የሚሰድብ ግን አይሰረይለትም።

¹¹`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

¹¹ወደ ምኵራቦችና ወደ መኳንንቶችም ወደ ገዢዎችም ሲጐትቱአችሁ፥ እንዴት ወይም ምን እንድትመልሱ ወይም እንድትናገሩ አትጨነቁ፤

¹²for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth [you] to say.`

¹²መንፈስ ቅዱስ በዚያች ሰዓት ልትናገሩ የሚገባችሁን ያስተምራችኋልና።

¹³And a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.`

¹³ከሕዝቡም አንድ ሰው። መምህር ሆይ፥ ርስቱን ከእኔ ጋር እንዲካፈል ለወንድሜ ንገረው አለው።

¹⁴And he said to him, `Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?`

¹⁴እርሱም። አንተ ሰው፥ ፈራጅና አካፋይ በላያችሁ አንድሆን ማን ሾመኝ? አለው።

¹⁵And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one`s goods is his life.`

¹⁵የሰው ሕይወት በገንዘቡ ብዛት አይደለምና ተጠንቀቁ፥ ከመጐምጀትም ሁሉ ተጠበቁ አላቸው።

¹⁶And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

¹⁶ምሳሌም ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል። አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው እርሻ እጅግ ፍሬያም ሆነችለት።

¹⁷and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

¹⁷እርሱም። ፍሬዬን የማከማችበት ስፍራ አጥቻለሁና ምን ላድርግ? ብሎ በልቡ አሰበ።

¹⁸and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

¹⁸እንዲህ አደርጋለሁ፤ ጐተራዬን አፍርሼ ሌላ የሚበልጥ እሠራለሁ፥ በዚያም ፍሬዬንና በረከቴን ሁሉ አከማቻለሁ፤

¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

¹⁹ነፍሴንም። አንቺ ነፍሴ፥ ለብዙ ዘመን የሚቀር ብዙ በረከት አለሽ፤ ዕረፊ፥ ብዪ፥ ጠጪ፥ ደስ ይበልሽ እላታለሁ አለ።

²⁰`And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare — to whom shall they be?

²⁰እግዚአብሔር ግን። አንተ ሰነፍ፥ በዚች ሌሊት ነፍስህን ከአንተ ሊወስዱአት ይፈልጓታል፤ ይህስ የሰበሰብኸው ለማን ይሆናል? አለው።

²¹so [is] he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.`

²¹ለራሱ ገንዘብ የሚያከማች፥ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድም ባለ ጠጋ ያልሆነ እንዲህ ነው።

²²And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

²²ለደቀ መዛሙርቱም እንዲህ አለ። ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፥ ለነፍሳችሁ በምትበሉት ወይም ለሰውነታችሁ በምትለብሱት አትጨነቁ።

²³the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

²³ነፍስ ከመብል ሰውነትም ከልብስ ይበልጣልና።

²⁴`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

²⁴ቍራዎችን ተመልከቱ፤ አይዘሩም አያጭዱምም፥ ዕቃ ቤትም ወይም ጎተራ የላቸውም፥ እግዚአብሔርም ይመግባቸዋል፤ እናንተስ ከወፎች እንዴት ትበልጣላችሁ?

²⁵and who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

²⁵ከእናንተ ተጨንቆ በቁመቱ ላይ አንድ ክንድ መጨመር የሚችል ማን ነው?

²⁶If, then, ye are not able for the least — why for the rest are ye anxious?

²⁶እንግዲህ ትንሹን ነገር ስንኳ የማትችሉ ከሆናችሁ፥ ስለ ምን በሌላ ትጨነቃላችሁ?

²⁷`Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

²⁷አበቦችን እንዴት እንዲያድጉ ተመልከቱ፤ አይደክሙም አይፈትሉምም፤ ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰሎሞንስ እንኳ በክብሩ ሁሉ ከእነዚህ እንደ አንዲቱ አለበሰም።

²⁸and if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you — ye of little faith?

²⁸እግዚአብሔር ግን ዛሬ ያለውን ነገም ወደ እቶን የሚጣለውን በሜዳ የሆነውን ሣር እንዲህ የሚያለብሰው ከሆነ፥ እናንተ እምነት የጐደላችሁ፥ እናንተንማ ይልቁን እንዴት?

²⁹`And ye — seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

²⁹እናንተም የምትበሉትን የምትጠጡትንም አትፈልጉ፥ አታወላውሉም፤

³⁰for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

³⁰ይህንስ ሁሉ በዓለም ያሉ አሕዛብ ይፈልጉታልና፤ የእናንተም አባት ይህ እንዲያስፈልጋችሁ ያውቃል።

³¹but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

³¹ዳሩ ግን መንግሥቱን ፈልጉ ይህም ሁሉ ይጨመርላችኋል።

³²`Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

³²አንተ ታናሽ መንጋ፥ መንግሥትን ሊሰጣችሁ የአባታችሁ በጎ ፈቃድ ነውና አትፍሩ።

³³sell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

³³ያላችሁን ሽጡ ምጽዋትም ስጡ፤ ሌባ በማይቀርብበት ብልም በማያጠፋበት በሰማያት የማያልቅ መዝገብ የሚሆኑትን የማያረጁትንም ኮረጆዎች ለራሳችሁ አድርጉ፤

³⁴for where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.

³⁴መዝገባችሁ ባለበት ልባችሁ ደግሞ በዚያ ይሆናልና።

³⁵`Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

³⁵ወገባችሁ የታጠቀ መብራታችሁም የበራ ይሁን፤

³⁶and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.

³⁶እናንተም ጌታቸው መጥቶ ደጁን ሲያንኳኳ ወዲያው እንዲከፍቱለት ከሰርግ እስኪመለስ ድረስ የሚጠብቁ ሰዎችን ምሰሉ

³⁷`Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

³⁷ጌታቸው በመጣ ጊዜ ሲተጉ የሚያገኛቸው እነዚያ ባሪያዎች ብፁዓን ናቸው፤ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ታጥቆ በማዕድ ያስቀምጣቸዋል ቀርቦም ያገለግላቸዋል።

³⁸and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find [it] so, happy are those servants.

³⁸ከሌሊቱም በሁለተኛው ወይም በሦስተኛው ክፍል መጥቶ እንዲሁ ቢያገኛቸው፥ እነዚያ ባሪያዎች ብፁዓን ናቸው።

³⁹`And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;

³⁹ይህን ግን እወቁ ባለቤት በምን ሰዓት ሌባ እንዲመጣ ቢያውቅ ኖሮ፥ በነቃ፥ ቤቱም እንዲቆፈር ባልፈቀደም ነበር።

⁴⁰and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.`

⁴⁰እናንተ ደግሞ ተዘጋጅታችሁ ኑሩ፥ የሰው ልጅ በማታስቡበት ሰዓት ይመጣልና።

⁴¹And Peter said to him, `Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?`

⁴¹ጴጥሮስም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይህን ምሳሌ ለእኛ ወይስ ደግሞ ለሁሉ ትናገራለህን? አለው።

⁴²And the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?

⁴²ጌታም አለ። እንኪያስ ምግባቸውን በጊዜው ይሰጣቸው ዘንድ ጌታው በቤተ ሰዎቹ ላይ የሚሾመው ታማኝና ልባም መጋቢ ማን ነው?

⁴³Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

⁴³ጌታው መጥቶ እንዲህ ሲያደርግ የሚያገኘው ያ ባሪያ ብፁዕ ነው።

⁴⁴truly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him.

⁴⁴እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ባለው ሁሉ ላይ ይሾመዋል።

⁴⁵`And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

⁴⁵ያ ባሪያ ግን። ጌታዬ እስኪመጣ ይዘገያል ብሎ በልቡ ቢያስብ ሎሌዎችንና ገረዶችንም ይመታ ይበላም ይጠጣም ይሰክርም ዘንድ ቢጀምር፥

⁴⁶the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for [him], and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.

⁴⁶የዚያ ባሪያ ጌታ ባልጠበቃት ቀን ባላወቃትም ሰዓት ይመጣል፥ ከሁለትም ይሰነጥቀዋል እድሉንም ከማይታመኑ ጋር ያደርጋል።

⁴⁷`And that servant, who having known his lord`s will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

⁴⁷የጌታውንም ፈቃድ አውቆ ያልተዘጋጀ እንደ ፈቃዱም ያላደረገ ያ ባሪያ እጅግ ይገረፋል፤

⁴⁸and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

⁴⁸ያላወቀ ግን መገረፍ የሚገባውንም ያደረገ ጥቂት ይገረፋል። ብዙም ከተሰጠው ሰው ሁሉ ከእርሱ ብዙ ይፈለግበታል፥ ብዙ አደራም ከተሰጠው ከእርሱ አብዝተው ይሹበታል።

⁴⁹`Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?

⁴⁹በምድር ላይ እሳት ልጥል መጣሁ፥ አሁንም የነደደ ከሆነ ዘንድ ምን እፈልጋለሁ?

⁵⁰but I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!

⁵⁰ነገር ግን የምጠመቃት ጥምቀት አለችኝ፥ እስክትፈጸምም ድረስ እንዴት እጨነቃለሁ?

⁵¹`Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;

⁵¹በምድር ላይ ሰላምንም ለመስጠት የመጣሁ ይመስላችኋልን? እላችኋለሁ፥ አይደለም፥ መለያየትን እንጂ።

⁵²for there shall be henceforth five in one house divided — three against two, and two against three;

⁵²ከአሁን ጀምሮ በአንዲት ቤት አምስት ሰዎች ይኖራሉና፤ ሦስቱም በሁለቱ ላይ ሁለቱም በሦስቱ ላይ ተነሥተው ይለያያሉ።

⁵³a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.`

⁵³አባት በልጁ ላይ ልጅም በአባቱ ላይ፥ እናት በልጅዋ ላይ ልጅዋም በእናትዋ ላይ፥ አማት በምራትዋ ላይ ምራትም በአማትዋ ላይ ተነሥተው ይለያያሉ።

⁵⁴And he said also to the multitudes, `When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;

⁵⁴ደግሞም ሕዝቡን እንዲህ አለ። ደመና ከምዕራብ ሲወጣ ባያችሁ ጊዜ፥ ወዲያው። ዝናብ ይመጣል ትላላችሁ፥ እንዲሁም ይሆናል፤

⁵⁵and when — a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;

⁵⁵በአዜብም ነፋስ ሲነፍስ። ትኩሳት ይሆናል ትላላችሁ፥ ይሆንማል።

⁵⁶hypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time — how do ye not make proof of [it]?

⁵⁶እናንት ግብዞች፥ የምድሩንና የሰማዩን ፊት ልትመረምሩ ታውቃላችሁ፥ ነገር ግን ይህን ዘመን የማትመረምሩ እንዴት ነው?

⁵⁷`And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?

⁵⁷ራሳችሁ ደግሞ ጽድቅን የማትፈርዱ ስለ ምን ነው?

⁵⁸for, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;

⁵⁸ከባላጋራህ ጋር ወደ ሹም ብትሄድ፥ ወደ ዳኛ እንዳይጐትትህ ዳኛውም ለሎሌው አሳልፎ እንዳይሰጥህ ሎሌውም በወኅኒ እንዳይጥልህ፥ ገና በመንገድ ሳለህ ከባላጋራህ እንድትታረቅ ትጋ።

⁵⁹I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.`

⁵⁹እልሃለሁ፥ የመጨረሻዋን ግማሽ ሳንቲም እስክትከፍል ድረስ ከዚያ ከቶ አትወጣም።