¹And having entered, he was passing through Jericho,

¹ወደ ኢያሪኮም ገብቶ ያልፍ ነበር። እነሆም ዘኬዎስ የሚባል ሰው፥ እርሱም የቀራጮች አለቃ ነበረ፥ ባለ ጠጋም ነበረ።

²and lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich,

³ኢየሱስንም የትኛው እንደ ሆነ ሊያይ ይፈልግ ነበር፤ ቁመቱም አጭር ነበረና ስለ ሕዝቡ ብዛት አቃተው።

³and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,

⁴በዚያችም መንገድ ያልፍ ዘንድ አለውና ያየው ዘንድ ወደ ፊት ሮጦ በአንድ ሾላ ላይ ወጣ።

⁴and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that [way] he was about to pass by.

⁵ኢየሱስም ወደዚያ ስፍራ በደረሰ ጊዜ፥ አሻቅቦ አየና። ዘኬዎስ ሆይ፥ ዛሬ በቤትህ እውል ዘንድ ይገባኛልና ፈጥነህ ውረድ አለው።

⁵And as Jesus came up to the place, having looked up, he saw him, and said unto him, `Zaccheus, having hastened, come down, for to-day in thy house it behoveth me to remain;`

⁶ፈጥኖም ወረደ በደስታም ተቀበለው።

⁶and he having hastened did come down, and did receive him rejoicing;

⁷ሁሉም አይተው። ከኃጢአተኛ ሰው ጋር ሊውል ገባ ብለው አንጐራጐሩ።

⁷and having seen [it], they were all murmuring, saying — `With a sinful man he went in to lodge!`

⁸ዘኬዎስ ግን ቆሞ ጌታን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ካለኝ ሁሉ እኵሌታውን ለድሆች እሰጣለሁ፤ ማንንም በሐሰት ከስሼ እንደ ሆንሁ አራት እጥፍ እመልሳለሁ አለው።

⁸And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, `Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.`

⁹ኢየሱስም። እርሱ ደግሞ የአብርሃም ልጅ ነውና ዛሬ ለዚህ ቤት መዳን ሆኖለታል፤

⁹And Jesus said unto him — `To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

¹⁰የሰው ልጅ የጠፋውን ሊፈልግና ሊያድን መጥቶአለና አለው።

¹⁰for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.`

¹¹እነርሱም ይህን ሲሰሙ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መቅረቡ ስለ ሆነ የእግዚአብሔርም መንግሥት ፈጥኖ ሊገለጥ እንዳለው ስለ መሰላቸው ምሳሌ ጭምር ተናገረ።

¹¹And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.

¹²ስለዚህም እንዲህ አላቸው። አንድ መኰንን ለራሱ መንግሥትን ይዞ ሊመለሰ ወደ ሩቅ አገር ሄደ።

¹²He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,

¹³አሥር ባሪያዎችንም ጠርቶ አሥር ምናን ሰጣቸውና። እስክመጣ ድረስ ነግዱ አላቸው።

¹³and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business — till I come;

¹⁴የአገሩ ሰዎች ግን ይጠሉት ነበርና። ይህ በላያችን ሊነግሥ አንወድም ብለው በኋላው መልክተኞችን ላኩ።

¹⁴and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.

¹⁵መንግሥትንም ይዞ በተመለሰ ጊዜ፥ ገንዘብ የሰጣቸውን እነዚህን ባሪያዎች ነግደው ምን ያህል እንዳተረፉ ያውቅ ዘንድ እንዲጠሩለት አዘዘ።

¹⁵`And it came to pass, on his coming back, having taken the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what any one had done in business.

¹⁶የፊተኛውም ደርሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምናንህ አሥር ምናን አተረፈ አለው።

¹⁶`And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;

¹⁷እርሱም። መልካም፥ አንተ በጎ ባሪያ፥ በጥቂት የታመንህ ስለ ሆንህ በአሥር ከተማዎች ላይ ሥልጣን ይሁንልህ አለው።

¹⁷and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

¹⁸ሁለተኛውም መጥቶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምናንህ አምስት ምናን አተረፈ አለው።

¹⁸`And the second came, saying, Sir, thy pound made five pounds;

¹⁹ይህንም ደግሞ። አንተም በአምስት ከተማዎች ላይ ሁን አለው።

¹⁹and he said also to this one, And thou, become thou over five cities.

²⁰ሌላውም መጥቶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በጨርቅ ጠቅልዬ የጠበቅኋት ምናንህ እነሆ፤

²⁰`And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin;

²¹ፈርቼሃለሁና፥ ጨካኝ ሰው ስለ ሆንህ፤ ያላኖርኸውን ትወስዳለህ ያልዘራኸውንም ታጭዳለህ አለው።

²¹for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou didst not lay down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

²²እርሱም። አንተ ክፉ ባሪያ፥ አፍህ በተናገረው እፈርድብሃለሁ። እኔ ያላኖርሁትን የምወስድና ያልዘራሁትን የማጭድ ጨካኝ ሰው እንደ ሆንሁ አወቅህ፤ ምን ነው ገንዘቤን ለለዋጮች አደራ ያልሰጠኸው?

²²`And he saith to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, evil servant: thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow!

²³እኔም መጥቼ ከትርፉ ጋር እወስደው ነበር አለው።

²³and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

²⁴በዚያም ቆመው የነበሩትን። ምናኑን ውሰዱበት አሥሩ ምናን ላለውም ስጡት አላቸው።

²⁴`And to those standing by he said, Take from him the pound, and give to him having the ten pounds —

²⁵እነርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አሥር ምናን አለው አሉት።

²⁵(and they said to him, Sir, he hath ten pounds) —

²⁶እላችኋለሁ፥ ላለው ሁሉ ይሰጠዋል፥ ከሌለው ግን ያው ያለው ስንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

²⁶for I say to you, that to every one having shall be given, and from him not having, also what he hath shall be taken from him,

²⁷ነገር ግን እነዚያን በላያቸው ልነግሥ ያልወደዱትን ጠላቶቼን ወደዚህ አምጡአቸው በፊቴም እረዱአቸው።

²⁷but those my enemies, who did not wish me to reign over them, bring hither and slay before me.`

²⁸ይህንም ከተናገረ በኋላ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሲወጣ ይቀድማቸው ነበር።

²⁸And having said these things, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem.

²⁹ደብረ ዘይትም በሚባል ተራራ አጠገብ ወዳሉት ወደ ቤተ ፋጌና ወደ ቢታንያ በቀረበ ጊዜ፥ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁለቱን ላከና።

²⁹And it came to pass, as he came nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, unto the mount called of the Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

³⁰በፊታችሁ ወዳለችው መንደር ሂዱ፥ ወደ እርስዋም ገብታችሁ ከሰው ማንም ገና ያልተቀመጠበት ውርንጫ ታስሮ ታገኛላችሁ፥ ፈትታችሁም አምጡት።

³⁰having said, Go away to the village over-against, in which, entering into, ye shall find a colt bound, on which no one of men did ever sit, having loosed it, bring [it];

³¹ማንም። ስለ ምን ትፈቱታላችሁ? ብሎ ቢጠይቃችሁ፥ እንዲሁ። ለጌታ ያስፈልገዋል በሉ አላቸው።

³¹and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose [it]? thus ye shall say to him — The Lord hath need of it.`

³²የተላኩትም ሄደው እንዳላቸው አገኙ።

³²And those sent, having gone away, found according as he said to them,

³³እነርሱም ውርንጫውን ሲፈቱ ጌቶቹ። ውርንጫውን ስለ ምን ትፈቱታላችሁ? አሉአቸውም

³³and while they are loosing the colt, its owners said unto them, `Why loose ye the colt?`

³⁴እነርሱም። ለጌታ ያስፈልገዋል አሉ።

³⁴and they said, `The Lord hath need of it;`

³⁵ወደ ኢየሱስም አመጡት፥ በውርንጫውም ላይ ልብሳቸውን ጭነው ኢየሱስን አስቀመጡት።

³⁵and they brought it unto Jesus, and having cast their garments upon the colt, they did set Jesus upon it.

³⁶ሲሄድም ልብሳቸውን በመንገድ ያነጥፉ ነበር።

³⁶And as he is going, they were spreading their garments in the way,

³⁷ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ቍልቍለትም አሁን በቀረበ ጊዜ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁላቸው ደስ እያላቸው ተአምራትን ሁሉ ስላዩ በታላቅ ድምፅ እግዚአብሔርን ሊያመሰግኑ ጀምረው።

³⁷and as he is coming nigh now, at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God with a great voice for all the mighty works they had seen,

³⁸በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ ንጉሥ የተባረከ ነው፤ በሰማይ ሰላም በአርያምም ክብር አሉ።

³⁸saying, `blessed [is] he who is coming, a king in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.`

³⁹ከሕዝብም መካከል ከፈሪሳውያን አንዳንዱ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትህን ገሥጻቸው አሉት።

³⁹And certain of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, `Teacher, rebuke thy disciples;`

⁴⁰መልሶም። እላችኋለሁ፥ እነዚህ ዝም ቢሉ ድንጋዮች ይጮኻሉ አላቸው።

⁴⁰and he answering said to them, `I say to you, that, if these shall be silent, the stones will cry out!`

⁴¹ሲቀርብም ከተማይቱን አይቶ አለቀሰላት፥

⁴¹And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it,

⁴²እንዲህ እያለ። ለሰላምሽ የሚሆነውን በዚህ ቀን አንቺስ ስንኳ ብታውቂ፤ አሁን ግን ከዓይንሽ ተሰውሮአል።

⁴²saying — `If thou didst know, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things for thy peace; but now they were hid from thine eyes.

⁴³ወራት ይመጣብሻልና፥ ጠላቶችሽም ቅጥር ይቀጥሩብሻል ይከቡሻልም በየበኵሉም ያስጨንቁሻል፤

⁴³`Because days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast around thee a rampart, and compass thee round, and press thee on every side,

⁴⁴አንቺንም በአንቺም ውስጥ የሚኖሩትን ልጆችሽን ወደ ታች ይጥላሉ፥ በአንቺ ውስጥም ድንጋይ በድንጋይ ላይ አይተዉም፥ የመጐብኘትሽን ዘመን አላወቅሽምና።

⁴⁴and lay thee low, and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou didst not know the time of thy inspection.`

⁴⁵ወደ መቅደስም ገብቶ በእርሱ የሚሸጡትን የሚገዙትንም ያወጣ ጀመር፤

⁴⁵And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying,

⁴⁶እርሱም። ቤቴ የጸሎት ቤት ይሆናል ተብሎ ተጽፎአል፤ እናንተ ግን የወንበዴዎች ዋሻ አደረጋችሁት አላቸው።

⁴⁶saying to them, `It hath been written, My house is a house of prayer — but ye made it a den of robbers.`

⁴⁷ዕለት ዕለትም በመቅደስ ያስተምር ነበር፤ ነገር ግን የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎች የሕዝቡ ታላላቆችም ሊገድሉት ይፈልጉ ነበር፥

⁴⁷And he was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests and the scribes were seeking to destroy him — also the chiefs of the people —

⁴⁸የሚያደርጉበትንም አጡ፤ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ሲሰሙት ተንጠልጥለውበት ነበርና።

⁴⁸and they were not finding what they shall do, for all the people were hanging on him, hearing him.