¹And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;

¹በዚያን ጊዜም ሰዎች መጥተው ጲላጦስ ደማቸውን ከመሥዋዕታቸው ጋር ስላደባለቀው ስለ ገሊላ ሰዎች አወሩለት።

²and Jesus answering said to them, `Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?

²ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። እነዚህ የገሊላ ሰዎች ይህ ስለ ደረሰባቸው ከገሊላ ሰዎች ሁሉ ይልቅ ኃጢአተኞች የሆኑ ይመስሉአችኋልን?

³No — I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

³እላችኋለሁ፥ አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን ንስሐ ባትገቡ ሁላችሁ እንዲሁ ትጠፋላችሁ።

⁴`Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that these became debtors beyond all men who are dwelling in Jerusalem?

⁴ወይስ በሰሌሆም ግንቡ የወደቀባቸውና የገደላቸው እነዚያ አሥራ ስምንት ሰዎች በኢየሩሳሌም ከሚኖሩት ሁሉ ይልቅ በደለኞች ይመስሉአችኋልን? አይደለም፥ እላችኋለሁ፤

⁵No — I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.`

⁵ነገር ግን ንስሐ ባትገቡ ሁላችሁ እንደዚሁ ትጠፋላችሁ።

⁶And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find;

⁶ይህንም ምሳሌ አለ። ለአንድ ሰው በወይኑ አትክልት የተተከለች በለስ ነበረችው፥ ፍሬም ሊፈልግባት መጥቶ ምንም አላገኘም።

⁷and he said unto the vine-dresser, Lo, three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and do not find, cut it off, why also the ground doth it render useless?

⁷የወይን አትክልት ሠራተኛውንም። እነሆ፥ ከዚህች በለስ ፍሬ ልፈልግ ሦስት ዓመት እየመጣሁ ምንም አላገኘሁም፤ ቍረጣት፤ ስለ ምን ደግሞ መሬቱን ታጐሳቍላለች? አለው።

⁸`And he answering saith to him, Sir, suffer it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;

⁸እርሱ ግን መልሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ዙሪያዋን እስክኰተኵትላትና ፋንድያ እስካፈስላት ድረስ በዚች ዓመት ደግሞ ተዋት።

⁹and if indeed it may bear fruit —; and if not so, thereafter thou shalt cut it off.`

⁹ወደ ፊትም ብታፈራ፥ ደኅና ነው፤ ያለዚያ ግን ትቈርጣታለህ አለው።

¹⁰And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath,

¹⁰በሰንበትም በአንድ ምኵራብ ያስተምር ነበር።

¹¹and lo, there was a woman having a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bowed together, and not able to bend back at all,

¹¹እነሆም፥ ከአሥራ ስምንት ዓመት ጀምሮ የድካም መንፈስ ያደረባት ሴት ነበረች፥ እርስዋም ጐባጣ ነበረች ቀንታም ልትቆም ከቶ አልተቻላትም።

¹²and Jesus having seen her, did call [her] near, and said to her, `Woman, thou hast been loosed from thy infirmity;`

¹²ኢየሱስም ባያት ጊዜ ጠራትና። አንቺ ሴት፥ ከድካምሽ ተፈትተሻል አላት፥ እጁንም ጫነባት፤

¹³and he laid on her [his] hands, and presently she was set upright, and was glorifying God.

¹³ያን ጊዜም ቀጥ አለች፥ እግዚአብሔርንም አመሰገነች።

¹⁴And the chief of the synagogue answering — much displeased that on the sabbath Jesus healed — said to the multitude, `Six days there are in which it behoveth [us] to be working; in these, then, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath-day.`

¹⁴የምኵራብ አለቃ ግን ኢየሱስ በሰንበት ስለ ፈወሰ ተቈጥቶ መለሰና ሕዝቡን። ሊሠራባቸው የሚገባ ስድስት ቀኖች አሉ፤ እንግዲህ በእነርሱ መጥታችሁ ተፈወሱ እንጂ በሰንበት አይደለም አለ።

¹⁵Then the Lord answered him and said, `Hypocrite, doth not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the stall, and having led away, doth water [it]?

¹⁵ጌታም መልሶ። እናንተ ግብዞች፥ ከእናንተ እያንዳንዱ በሰንበት በሬውን ወይስ አህያውን ከግርግሙ ፈትቶ ውኃ ሊያጠጣው ይወስደው የለምን?

¹⁶and this one, being a daughter of Abraham, whom the Adversary bound, lo, eighteen years, did it not behove to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?`

¹⁶ይህችም የአብርሃም ልጅ ሆና ከአሥራ ስምንት ዓመት ጀምሮ ሰይጣን ያሰራት በሰንበት ቀን ከዚህ እስራት ልትፈታ አይገባምን? አለው።

¹⁷And he saying these things, all who were opposed to him were being ashamed, and all the multitude were rejoicing over all the glorious things that are being done by him.

¹⁷ይህንም ሲናገር ሳለ የተቃወሙት ሁሉ አፈሩ፤ ከእርሱም በተደረገው ድንቅ ሁሉ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ደስ አላቸው።

¹⁸And he said, `To what is the reign of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

¹⁸እርሱም። የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ምን ትመስላለች፥ በምንስ አስመስላታለሁ?

¹⁹It is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did cast into his garden, and it increased, and came to a great tree, and the fowls of the heavens did rest in its branches.`

¹⁹ሰው ወስዶ በአትክልቱ የጣላትን የሰናፍጭ ቅንጣት ትመስላለች፤ አደገችም ታላቅ ዛፍም ሆነች፥ የሰማይ ወፎችም በቅርንጫፎችዋ ሰፈሩ አለ።

²⁰And again he said, `To what shall I liken the reign of God?

²⁰ደግሞም፥ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት በምን አስመስላታለሁ?

²¹It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.`

²¹ሴት ወስዳ ሁሉ እስኪቦካ ድረስ በሦስት መስፈሪያ ዱቄት የሸሸገችውን እርሾ ትመስላለች አለ።

²²And he was going through cities and villages, teaching, and making progress toward Jerusalem;

²²ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሲሄድ ከተማዎችንና መንደሮችን እያስተማረ ያልፍ ነበር።

²³and a certain one said to him, `Sir, are those saved few?` and he said unto them,

²³አንድ ሰውም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ የሚድኑ ጥቂቶች ናቸውን? አለው። እርሱም እንዲህ አላቸው።

²⁴`Be striving to go in through the straight gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to go in, and shall not be able;

²⁴በጠበበው በር ለመግባት ተጋደሉ፤ እላችኋለሁና፥ ብዙዎች ሊገቡ ይፈልጋሉ አይችሉምም።

²⁵from the time the master of the house may have risen up, and may have shut the door, and ye may begin without to stand, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I have not known you whence ye are,

²⁵ባለቤቱ ተነሥቶ በሩን ከቈለፈ በኋላ፥ እናንተ በውጭ ቆማችሁ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ክፈትልን እያላችሁ በሩን ልታንኳኩ ትጀምራላችሁ እርሱም መልሶ። ከወዴት እንደ ሆናችሁ አላውቃችሁም ይላችኋል።

²⁶then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach;

²⁶በዚያን ጊዜም። በፊትህ በላን ጠጣንም በአደባባያችንም አስተማርህ ልትሉ ትጀምራላችሁ፤

²⁷and he shall say, I say to you, I have not known you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of the unrighteousness.

²⁷እርሱም። እላችኋለሁ፥ ከወዴት እንደ ሆናችሁ አላውቃችሁም፤ ሁላችሁ ዓመፀኞች፥ ከእኔ ራቁ ይላችኋል።

²⁸`There shall be there the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth, when ye may see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the reign of God, and yourselves being cast out without;

²⁸አብርሃምንና ይስሐቅን ያዕቆብንም ነቢያትንም ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ባያችሁ ጊዜ፥ እናንተ ግን ወደ ውጭ ተጥላችሁ ስትቀሩ፥ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል።

²⁹and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

²⁹ከምሥራቅና ከምዕራብም ከሰሜንና ከደቡብም ይመጣሉ፥ በእግዚአብሔርም መንግሥት በማዕድ ይቀመጣሉ።

³⁰and lo, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.`

³⁰እነሆም፥ ከኋለኞች ፊተኞች የሚሆኑ አሉ፥ ከፊተኞችም ኋለኞች የሚሆኑ አሉ።

³¹On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, `Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;`

³¹በዚያን ሰዓት ከፈሪሳውያን አንዳንዱ ቀርበው። ሄሮድስ ሊገድልህ ይወዳልና ከዚህ ውጣና ሂድ አሉት።

³²and he said to them, `Having gone, say to this fox, Lo, I cast forth demons, and perfect cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third [day] I am being perfected;

³²እንዲህም አላቸው። ሄዳችሁ ለዚያች ቀበሮ። እነሆ፥ ዛሬና ነገ አጋንንትን አወጣለሁ በሽተኞችንም እፈውሳለሁ፥ በሦስተኛውም ቀን እፈጸማለሁ በሉአት።

³³but it behoveth me to-day, and to-morrow, and the [day] following, to go on, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish out of Jerusalem.

³³ዳሩ ግን ነቢይ ከኢየሩሳሌም ውጭ ይጠፋ ዘንድ አይገባውምና ዛሬና ነገ ከነገ በስቲያም ልሄድ ያስፈልገኛል።

³⁴`Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that is killing the prophets, and stoning those sent unto her, how often did I will to gather together thy children, as a hen her brood under the wings, and ye did not will.

³⁴ኢየሩሳሌም፥ ኢየሩሳሌም፥ ነቢያትን የምትገድል ወደ እርስዋ የተላኩትንም የምትወግር፥ ዶሮ ጫጩቶችዋን በክንፎችዋ በታች እንደምትሰበስብ ልጆችሽን እሰበስብ ዘንድ ስንት ጊዜ ወደድሁ፥ እናንተም አልወደዳችሁም።

³⁵`Lo, your house is being left to you desolate, and verily I say to you — ye may not see me, till it may come, when ye may say, Blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord.`

³⁵እነሆ፥ ቤታችሁ የተፈታ ሆኖ ይቀርላችኋል። እላችኋለሁም፥ በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ የተባረከ ነው እስክትሉ ድረስ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ አታዩኝም።