¹And it came to pass, on his going into the house of a certain one of the chiefs of the Pharisees, on a sabbath, to eat bread, that they were watching him,

¹በሰንበትም ከፈሪሳውያን አለቆች ወደ አንዱ ቤት እንጀራ ሊበላ በገባ ጊዜ እነርሱ ይጠባበቁት ነበር።

²and lo, there was a certain dropsical man before him;

²እነሆም፥ ሆዱ የተነፋ ሰው በፊቱ ነበረ።

³and Jesus answering spake to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, `Is it lawful on the sabbath-day to heal?`

³ኢየሱስም መልሶ። በሰንበት መፈወስ ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? ብሎ ለሕግ አዋቂዎችና ለፈሪሳውያን ተናገረ።

⁴and they were silent, and having taken hold of [him], he healed him, and let [him] go;

⁴እነርሱ ግን ዝም አሉ። ይዞም ፈወሰውና አሰናበተው።

⁵and answering them he said, `Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?`

⁵ከእናንተ አህያው ወይስ በሬው በጕድጓድ ቢወድቅ በሰንበት ወዲያው የማያወጣው ማን ነው? አላቸው።

⁶and they were not able to answer him again unto these things.

⁶ስለዚህ ነገርም ሊመልሱለት አልተቻላቸውም።

⁷And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,

⁷የታደሙትንም የከበሬታ ስፍራ እንደ መረጡ ተመልክቶ ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል።

⁸`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

⁸ማንም ለሰርግ ቢጠራህ በከበሬታ ስፍራ አትቀመጥ፤ ምናልባት ከአንተ ይልቅ የከበረ ተጠርቶ ይሆናልና አንተን እርሱንም የጠራ መጥቶ።

⁹and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.

⁹ለዚህ ስፍራ ተውለት ይልሃል፥ በዚያን ጊዜም እያፈርህ በዝቅተኛው ስፍራ ልትሆን ትጀምራለህ።

¹⁰`But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;

¹⁰ነገር ግን በተጠራህ ጊዜ፥ የጠራህ መጥቶ። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥ ወደ ላይ ውጣ እንዲልህ፥ ሄደህ በዝቅተኛው ስፍራ ተቀመጥ፤ ያን ጊዜም ከአንተ ጋር በተቀመጡት ሁሉ ፊት ክብር ይሆንልሃል።

¹¹because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.`

¹¹ራሱን ከፍ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ይዋረዳልና፥ ራሱንም የሚያዋርድ ከፍ ይላል።

¹²And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

¹²የጠራውንም ደግሞ እንዲህ አለው። ምሳ ወይም እራት ባደረግህ ጊዜ፥ እነርሱ ደግሞ በተራቸው ምናልባት እንዳይጠሩህ ብድራትም እንዳይመልሱልህ፥ ወዳጆችህንና ወንድሞችህን ዘመዶችህንም ባለ ጠጎች ጎረቤቶችህንም አትጥራ።

¹³but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

¹³ነገር ግን ግብዣ ባደረግህ ጊዜ ድሆችንና ጕንድሾችን አንካሶችንም ዕውሮችንም ጥራ፤

¹⁴and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.`

¹⁴የሚመልሱት ብድራት የላቸውምና ብፁዕ ትሆናለህ፤ በጻድቃን ትንሣኤ ይመለስልሃልና።

¹⁵And one of those reclining with him, having heard these things, said to him, `Happy [is] he who shall eat bread in the reign of God;`

¹⁵ከተቀመጡትም አንዱ ይህን ሰምቶ። በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንጀራ የሚበላ ብፁዕ ነው አለው።

¹⁶and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

¹⁶እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አለው። አንድ ሰው ታላቅ እራት አድርጎ ብዙዎችን ጠራ፤

¹⁷and he sent his servant at the hour of the supper to say to those having been called, Be coming, because now are all things ready.

¹⁷በእራትም ሰዓት የታደሙትን። አሁን ተዘጋጅቶአልና ኑ እንዲላቸው ባሪያውን ላከ።

¹⁸`And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

¹⁸ሁላቸውም በአንድነት ያመካኙ ጀመር። የፊተኛው። መሬት ገዝቼአለሁ ወጥቼም ላየው በግድ ያስፈልገኛል፤ ይቅር እንድትለኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለው።

¹⁹`And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:

¹⁹ሌላውም። አምስት ጥምድ በሬዎች ገዝቼአለሁ ልፈትናቸውም እሄዳለሁ፤ ይቅር እንድትለኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለው።

²⁰and another said, A wife I married, and because of this I am not able to come.

²⁰ሌላውም። ሚስት አግብቼአለሁ ስለዚህም ልመጣ አልችልም አለው።

²¹`And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

²¹ባሪያውም ደርሶ ይህን ለጌታው ነገረው። በዚያን ጊዜ ባለቤቱ ተቆጥቶ ባሪያውን። ወደ ከተማ ጎዳናና ወደ ስላች ፈጥነህ ውጣ ድሆችንና ጕንድሾችን አንካሶችንና ዕውሮችንም ወደዚህ አግባ አለው።

²²`And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

²²ባሪያውም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እንዳዘዝኸኝ ተደርጎአል፥ ገናም ስፍራ አለ አለው።

²³`And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;

²³ጌታውም ባሪያውን። ቤቴ እንዲሞላ ወደ መንገድና ወደ ቅጥር ውጣና ይገቡ ዘንድ ግድ በላቸው፤

²⁴for I say to you, that none of those men who have been called shall taste of my supper.`

²⁴እላችኋለሁና፥ ከታደሙት ከእነዚያ ሰዎች አንድ ስንኳ እራቴን አይቀምስም አለው።

²⁵And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

²⁵ብዙም ሕዝብ ከእርሱ ጋር ይሄዱ ነበር፥ ዘወር ብሎም እንዲህ አላቸው።

²⁶`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

²⁶ማንም ወደ እኔ የሚመጣ ቢኖር አባቱንና እናቱን ሚስቱንም ልጆቹንም ወንድሞቹንም እኅቶቹንም የራሱን ሕይወት ስንኳ ሳይቀር ባይጠላ፥ ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

²⁷and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

²⁷ማንም መስቀሉን ተሸክሞ በኋላዬ የማይመጣ፥ ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

²⁸`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing?

²⁸ከእናንተ ግንብ ሊሠራ የሚወድ ለመደምደሚያ የሚበቃ ያለው እንደ ሆነ አስቀድሞ ተቀምጦ ከሳራውን የማይቈጥር ማን ነው?

²⁹lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

²⁹ያለዚያ መሠረቱን ቢመሠርት፥ ሊደመድመውም ቢያቅተው፥ ያዩት ሁሉ።

³⁰saying — This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

³⁰ይህ ሰው ሊሠራ ጀምሮ ሊደመድመው አቃተው ብለው ሊዘብቱበት ይጀምራሉ።

³¹`Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?

³¹ወይም ሌላውን ንጉሥ በጦርነት ሊጋጠም የሚሄድ፥ ከሁለት እልፍ ጋር የሚመጣበትን በአንድ እልፍ ሊገናኝ የሚችል እንደ ሆነ አስቀድሞ ተቀምጦ የማያስብ ንጉሥ ማን ነው?

³²and if not so — he being yet a long way off — having sent an embassy, he doth ask the things for peace.

³²ባይሆንስ ሌላው ገና ሩቅ ሳለ መልክተኞች ልኮ ዕርቅ ይለምናል።

³³`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

³³እንግዲህ እንደዚሁ ማንም ከእናንተ ያለውን ሁሉ የማይተው ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

³⁴`The salt [is] good, but if the salt doth become tasteless, with what shall it be seasoned?

³⁴ጨው መልካም ነው፤ ጨው አልጫ ቢሆን ግን በምን ይጣፈጣል?

³⁵neither for land nor for manure is it fit — they cast it without. He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.`

³⁵ለምድር ቢሆን ለፍግ መቈለያም ቢሆን አይረባም፤ ወደ ውጭ ይጥሉታል። የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።