¹And he said also unto his disciples, `A certain man was rich, who had a steward, and he was accused to him as scattering his goods;

¹ደግሞም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ አለ። መጋቢ የነበረው አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው ነበረ፥ በእርሱ ዘንድ። ይህ ሰው ያለህን ይበትናል ብለው ከሰሱት።

²and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about thee? render the account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest not any longer be steward.

²ጠርቶም። ይህ የምሰማብህ ምንድር ነው? ወደ ፊት ለእኔ መጋቢ ልትሆን አትችልምና የመጋቢነትህን ሂሳብ አስረክበኝ አለው።

³`And the steward said in himself, What shall I do, because my lord doth take away the stewardship from me? to dig I am not able, to beg I am ashamed: —

³መጋቢውም በልቡ። ጌታዬ መጋቢነቱን ከእኔ ይወስዳልና ምን ላድርግ? ለመቈፈር ኃይል የለኝም፥ መለመንም አፍራለሁ።

⁴I have known what I shall do, that, when I may be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses.

⁴ከመጋቢነቱ ብሻር በቤታቸው እንዲቀበሉኝ የማደርገውን አውቃለሁ አለ።

⁵`And having called near each one of his lord`s debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

⁵የጌታውንም ባለ ዕዳዎች እያንዳንዳቸውን ጠርቶ የፊተኛውን። ለጌታዬ ምን ያህል ዕዳ አለብህ? አለው።

⁶and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.

⁶እርሱም። መቶ ማድጋ ዘይት አለ። ደብዳቤህን እንካ ፈጥነህም ተቀምጠህ አምሳ ብለህ ጻፍ አለው።

⁷`Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.

⁷በኋላም ሌላውን። አንተስ ስንት ዕዳ አለብህ? አለው። እርሱም። መቶ ጫን ስንዴ አለ። ደብዳቤህን እንካ ሰማንያ ብለህም ጻፍ አለው።

⁸`And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.

⁸ጌታውም ዓመፀኛውን መጋቢ በልባምነት ስላደረገ አመሰገነው የዚህ ዓለም ልጆች ለትውልዳቸው ከብርሃን ልጆች ይልቅ ልባሞች ናቸውና።

⁹and I say to you, Make to yourselves friends out of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when ye may fail, they may receive you to the age-during tabernacles.

⁹እኔም እላችኋለሁ፥ የዓመፃ ገንዘብ ሲያልቅ በዘላለም ቤቶች እንዲቀበሉአችሁ፥ በእርሱ ወዳጆችን ለራሳችሁ አድርጉ።

¹⁰`He who is faithful in the least, [is] also faithful in much; and he who in the least [is] unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

¹⁰ከሁሉ በሚያንስ የታመነ በብዙ ደግሞ የታመነ ነው፥ ከሁሉ በሚያንስም የሚያምፅ በብዙ ደግሞ ዓመፀኛ ነው።

¹¹if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful — the true who will entrust to you?

¹¹እንግዲያስ በዓመፃ ገንዘብ ካልታመናችሁ፥ እውነተኛውን ገንዘብ ማን አደራ ይሰጣችኋል?

¹²and if in the other`s ye became not faithful — your own, who shall give to you?

¹²በሌላ ሰው ገንዘብ ካልታመናችሁ፥ የእናንተን ማን ይሰጣችኋል?

¹³`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.`

¹³ለሁለት ጌቶች መገዛት የሚቻለው ባርያ ማንም የለም፤ ወይም አንዱን ይጠላልና ሁለተኛውንም ይወዳል፥ ወይም ወደ አንዱ ይጠጋል ሁለተኛውንም ይንቃል። ለእግዚአብሔርና ለገንዘብ መገዛት አትችሉም።

¹⁴And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

¹⁴ገንዘብንም የሚወዱ ፈሪሳውያን ይህን ሁሉ ሰምተው ያፌዙበት ነበር።

¹⁵and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, [is] abomination before God;

¹⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። ራሳችሁን በሰው ፊት የምታጸድቁ እናንተ ናችሁ፥ ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር ልባችሁን ያውቃል፤ በሰው ዘንድ የከበረ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ርኵሰት ነውና።

¹⁶the law and the prophets [are] till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

¹⁶ሕግና ነቢያት እስከ ዮሐንስ ነበሩ፤ ከዚያ ጀምሮ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ይሰበካል፤ ሁሉም ወደ እርስዋ በኃይል ይገቡባታል።

¹⁷and it is easier to the heaven and the earth to pass away, than of the law one tittle to fall.

¹⁷ነገር ግን ከሕግ አንዲት ነጥብ ከምትወድቅ ሰማይና ምድር ሊያልፍ ይቀላል።

¹⁸`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

¹⁸ሚስቱንም የሚፈታ ሁሉ ሌላይቱንም የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል፥ ከባልዋም የተፈታችውን የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል።

¹⁹`And — a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

¹⁹ቀይ ልብስና ቀጭን የተልባ እግር የለበሰ አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው ነበረ፥ ዕለት ዕለትም እየተመቸው በደስታ ይኖር ነበር።

²⁰and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,

²⁰አልዓዛርም የሚባል አንድ ድሀ በቍስል ተወርሶ በደጁ ተኝቶ ነበር፥

²¹and desiring to be filled from the crumbs that are falling from the table of the rich man; yea, also the dogs, coming, were licking his sores.

²¹ከባለ ጠጋውም ማዕድ ከሚወድቀው ፍርፋሪ ሊጠግብ ይመኝ ነበር፤ ውሾች እንኳ መጥተው ቍስሎቹን ይልሱ ነበር።

²²`And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham — and the rich man also died, and was buried;

²²ድሀውም ሞተ፥ መላእክትም ወደ አብርሃም እቅፍ ወሰዱት፤ ባለ ጠጋው ደግሞ ሞተና ተቀበረ።

²³and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

²³በሲኦልም በሥቃይ ሳለ አሻቅቦ አብርሃምን በሩቅ አየ አልዓዛርንም በእቅፉ።

²⁴and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame.

²⁴እርሱም እየጮኸ። አብርሃም አባት ሆይ፥ ማረኝ፥ በዚህ ነበልባል እሣቀያለሁና የጣቱን ጫፍ በውኃ ነክሮ መላሴን እንዲያበርድልኝ አልዓዛርን ስደድልኝ አለ።

²⁵`And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive — thou — thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;

²⁵አብርሃም ግን። ልጄ ሆይ፥ አንተ በሕይወትህ ሳለህ መልካም እንደ ተቀበልህ አስብ አልዓዛርም እንዲሁ ክፉ፤ አሁን ግን እርሱ በዚህ ይጽናናል አንተም ትሣቀያለህ።

²⁶and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

²⁶ከዚህም ሁሉ ጋር ከዚህ ወደ እናንተ ሊያልፉ የሚፈልጉ እንዳይችሉ፥ ወዲያ ያሉ ደግሞ ወደ እኛ እንዳይሻገሩ በእኛና በእናንተ መካከል ታላቅ ገደል ተደርጎአል አለ።

²⁷`And he said, I pray thee, then, father, that thou mayest send him to the house of my father,

²⁷እርሱም። እንኪያስ፥ አባት ሆይ፥ ወደ አባቴ ቤት እንድትሰደው እለምንሃለሁ፤ አምስት ወንድሞች አሉኝና፤

²⁸for I have five brothers, so that he may thoroughly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

²⁸እነርሱ ደግሞ ወደዚህ ሥቃይ ስፍራ እንዳይመጡ ይመስክርላቸው አለ።

²⁹`Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets, let them hear them;

²⁹አብርሃም ግን። ሙሴና ነቢያት አሉአቸው፤ እነርሱን ይስሙ አለው።

³⁰and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

³⁰እርሱም። አይደለም፥ አብርሃም አባት ሆይ፥ ነገር ግን ከሙታን አንዱ ቢሄድላቸው ንስሐ ይገባሉ አለ።

³¹And he said to him, If Moses and the prophets they do not hear, neither if one may rise out of the dead will they be persuaded.`

³¹ሙሴንና ነቢያትንም የማይሰሙ ከሆነ፥ ከሙታንም እንኳ አንድ ቢነሣ አያምኑም አለው።