¹And he spake also a simile to them, that it behoveth [us] always to pray, and not to faint,

¹ሳይታክቱም ዘወትር ሊጸልዩ እንዲገባቸው የሚል ምሳሌን ነገራቸው፥

²saying, `A certain judge was in a certain city — God he is not fearing, and man he is not regarding —

²እንዲህ ሲል። በአንዲት ከተማ እግዚአብሔርን የማይፈራ ሰውንም የማያፍር አንድ ዳኛ ነበረ።

³and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,

³በዚያችም ከተማ አንዲት መበለት ነበረች፥ ወደ እርሱም እየመጣች። ከባላጋራዬ ፍረድልኝ ትለው ነበር።

⁴and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,

⁴አያሌ ቀንም አልወደደም፤ ከዚህ በኋላ ግን በልቡ። ምንም እግዚአብሔርን ባልፈራ ሰውንም ባላፍር፥

⁵yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.`

⁵ይህች መበለት ስለምታደክመኝ ሁልጊዜም እየመጣች እንዳታውከኝ እፈርድላታለሁ አለ።

⁶And the Lord said, `Hear ye what the unrighteous judge saith:

⁶ጌታም አለ። ዓመፀኛው ዳኛ ያለውን ስሙ።

⁷and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night — bearing long in regard to them?

⁷እግዚአብሔር እንኪያስ ቀንና ሌሊት ወደ እርሱ ለሚጮኹ ለሚታገሣቸውም ምርጦቹ አይፈርድላቸውምን?

⁸I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?`

⁸እላችኋለሁ፥ ፈጥኖ ይፈርድላቸዋል። ነገር ግን የሰው ልጅ በመጣ ጊዜ በምድር እምነትን ያገኝ ይሆንን?

⁹And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

⁹ጻድቃን እንደ ሆኑ በራሳቸው ለሚታመኑና ሌሎቹን ሁሉ በጣም ለሚንቁ ይህን ምሳሌ ነገራቸው፥

¹⁰`Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer;

¹⁰እንዲህ ሲል። ሁለት ሰዎች ሊጸልዩ ወደ መቅደስ ወጡ፥ አንዱ ፈሪሳዊ ሁለተኛውም ቀራጭ።

¹¹the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

¹¹ፈሪሳዊም ቆሞ በልቡ ይህን ሲጸልይ። እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፥ እንደ ሌላ ሰው ሁሉ፥ ቀማኞችና ዓመፀኞች አመንዝሮችም፥ ወይም እንደዚህ ቀራጭ ስላልሆንሁ አመሰግንሃለሁ፤

¹²I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things — as many as I possess.

¹²በየሳምንቱ ሁለት ጊዜ እጦማለሁ፥ ከማገኘውም ሁሉ አሥራት አወጣለሁ አለ።

¹³`And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me — the sinner!

¹³ቀራጩ ግን በሩቅ ቆሞ ዓይኖቹን ወደ ሰማይ ሊያነሣ እንኳ አልወደደም፥ ነገር ግን። አምላክ ሆይ፥ እኔን ኃጢአተኛውን ማረኝ እያለ ደረቱን ይደቃ ነበር።

¹⁴I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.`

¹⁴እላችኋለሁ፥ ከዚያ ይልቅ ይህ ጻድቅ ሆኖ ወደ ቤቱ ተመለሰ፤ ራሱን ከፍ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ይዋረዳልና፥ ራሱን ግን የሚያዋርድ ከፍ ይላል።

¹⁵And they were bringing near also the babes, that he may touch them, and the disciples having seen did rebuke them,

¹⁵እንዲዳስሳቸውም ሕፃናትን ደግሞ ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም አይተው ገሠጹአቸው።

¹⁶and Jesus having called them near, said, `Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the reign of God;

¹⁶ኢየሱስ ግን ሕፃናትን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ። ሕፃናት ወደ እኔ ይመጡ ዘንድ ተዉአቸው አትከልክሉአቸውም፤ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደ እነዚህ ላሉት ናትና።

¹⁷verily I say to you, Whoever may not receive the reign of God as a little child, may not enter into it.`

¹⁷እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እንደ ሕፃን የማይቀበላት ሁሉ ከቶ አይገባባትም አለ።

¹⁸And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, `Good teacher, what having done — shall I inherit life age-during?`

¹⁸ከአለቆችም አንዱ። ቸር መምህር፥ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንድወርስ ምን ላድርግ? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

¹⁹And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good, except One — God;

¹⁹ኢየሱስም። ስለ ምን ቸር ትለኛለህ? ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ቸር ማንም የለም።

²⁰the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.`

²⁰ትእዛዛቱን ታውቃለህ፥ አታመንዝር፥ አትግደል፥ አትስረቅ፥ በሐሰት አትመስክር፥ አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር አለው።

²¹And he said, `All these I did keep from my youth;`

²¹እርሱም። ይህን ሁሉ ከሕፃንናቴ ጀምሬ ጠብቄአለሁ አለ።

²²and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, `Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things — as many as thou hast — sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;`

²²ኢየሱስም ይህን ሰምቶ። አንዲት ገና ቀርታሃለች፤ ያለህን ሁሉ ሽጠህ ለድሆች ስጥ፥ በሰማይም መዝገብ ታገኛለህ፥ መጥተህም ተከተለኝ አለው።

²³and he, having heard these things, became very sorrowful, for he was exceeding rich.

²³እርሱ ግን ይህን ሰምቶ እጅግ ባለ ጠጋ ነበርና ብዙ አዘነ።

²⁴And Jesus having seen him become very sorrowful, said, `How hardly shall those having riches enter into the reign of God!

²⁴ኢየሱስም ብዙ እንዳዘነ አይቶ። ገንዘብ ላላቸው ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መግባት እንዴት ጭንቅ ይሆናል።

²⁵for it is easier for a camel through the eye of a needle to enter, than for a rich man into the reign of God to enter.`

²⁵ባለ ጠጋ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከሚገባ ይልቅ ግመል በመርፌ ቀዳዳ ሊገባ ይቀላል አለ።

²⁶And those who heard, said, `And who is able to be saved?`

²⁶የሰሙትም። እንግዲህ ማን ሊድን ይችላል? አሉ።

²⁷and he said, `The things impossible with men are possible with God.`

²⁷እርሱ ግን። በሰው ዘንድ የማይቻል በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ይቻላል አለ።

²⁸And Peter said, `Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;`

²⁸ጴጥሮስም። እነሆ፥ እኛ ሁሉን ትተን ተከተልንህ አለ።

²⁹and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

²⁹እርሱም። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ቤትን ወይም ወላጆችን ወይም ወንድሞችን ወይም ሚስትን ወይም ልጆችን የተወ፥

³⁰who may not receive back manifold more in this time, and in the coming age, life age-during.`

³⁰በዚህ ዘመን ብዙ እጥፍ በሚመጣውም ዓለም የዘላለምን ሕይወት የማይቀበል ማንም የለም አላቸው።

³¹And having taken the twelve aside, he said unto them, `Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be completed — that have been written through the prophets — to the Son of Man,

³¹አሥራ ሁለቱንም ወደ እርሱ አቅርቦ እንዲህ አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንወጣለን፥ ስለ ሰው ልጅም በነቢያት የተጻፈው ሁሉ ይፈጸማል።

³²for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon,

³²ለአሕዛብ አሳልፈው ይሰጡታልና፥ ይዘብቱበትማል ያንገላቱትማል ይተፉበትማል፤

³³and having scourged they shall put him to death, and on the third day he shall rise again.`

³³ከገረፉትም በኋላ ይገድሉታል፥ በሦስተኛውም ቀን ይነሣል።

³⁴And they none of these things understood, and this saying was hid from them, and they were not knowing the things said.

³⁴እነርሱም ከዚህ ነገር ምንም አላስተዋሉም፥ ይህም ቃል ተሰውሮባቸው ነበር፥ የተናገረውንም አላወቁም።

³⁵And it came to pass, in his coming nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging,

³⁵ወደ ኢያሪኮም በቀረበ ጊዜ አንድ ዕውር እየለመነ በመንገድ ዳር ተቀምጦ ነበር።

³⁶and having heard a multitude going by, he was inquiring what this may be,

³⁶ሕዝብም ሲያልፍ ሰምቶ። ይህ ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ጠየቀ።

³⁷and they brought him word that Jesus the Nazarene doth pass by,

³⁷እነርሱም። የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ ያልፋል ብለው አወሩለት።

³⁸and he cried out, saying, `Jesus, Son of David, deal kindly with me;`

³⁸እርሱም። የዳዊት ልጅ፥ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ማረኝ እያለ ጮኸ።

³⁹and those going before were rebuking him, that he might be silent, but he was much more crying out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.`

³⁹በስተ ፊት ይሄዱ የነበሩትም ዝም እንዲል ገሠጹት፤ እርሱ ግን። የዳዊት ልጅ ሆይ፥ ማረኝ እያለ አብዝቶ ጮኸ።

⁴⁰And Jesus having stood, commanded him to be brought unto him, and he having come nigh, he questioned him,

⁴⁰ኢየሱስም ቆሞ ወደ እርሱ እንዲያመጡት አዘዘ። በቀረበም ጊዜ። ምን ላደርግልህ ትወዳለህ? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

⁴¹saying, `What wilt thou I shall do to thee?` and he said, `Sir, that I may receive sight.`

⁴¹እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይ ዘንድ ነው አለው።

⁴²And Jesus said to him, `Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee;`

⁴²ኢየሱስም። እይ፤ እምነትህ አድኖሃል አለው።

⁴³and presently he did receive sight, and was following him, glorifying God; and all the people, having seen, did give praise to God.

⁴³በዚያን ጊዜም አየ፥ እግዚአብሔንም እያከበረ ተከተለው። ሕዝቡም ሁሉ አይተው እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገኑ።