¹And it came to pass, on one of those days, as he is teaching the people in the temple, and proclaiming good news, the chief priests and the scribes, with the elders, came upon [him],

¹አንድ ቀንም ሕዝቡን በመቅደስ ሲያስተምር ወንጌልንም ሲሰብክላቸው፥ የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎች ከሽማግሌዎች ጋር ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና።

²and spake unto him, saying, `Tell us by what authority thou dost these things? or who is he that gave to thee this authority?`

²እስኪ ንገረን፤ እነዚህን በምን ሥልጣን ታደርጋለህ ወይስ ይህን ሥልጣን የሰጠህ ማን ነው? ብለው ተናገሩት።

³And he answering said unto them, `I will question you — I also — one thing, and tell me:

³መልሶም። እኔ ደግሞ አንዲት ነገር እጠይቃችኋለሁ፥ እናንተም ንገሩኝ፤

⁴the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?`

⁴የዮሐንስ ጥምቀት ከሰማይ ነበረችን ወይስ ከሰው? አላቸው።

⁵And they reasoned with themselves, saying — `If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

⁵እርስ በርሳቸውም ሲነጋገሩ። ከሰማይ ብንል። ስለ ምን አላመናችሁበትም? ይለናል፤

⁶and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.`

⁶ከሰው ብንል ግን ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ይወግሩናል፤ ዮሐንስ ነቢይ እንደ ነበረ ሁሉ ያምኑ ነበርና አሉ።

⁷And they answered, that they knew not whence [it was],

⁷መልሰውም። ከወዴት እንደ ሆነ አናውቅም አሉት።

⁸and Jesus said to them, `Neither do I say to you by what authority I do these things.`

⁸ኢየሱስም። እኔም በምን ሥልጣን እነዚህን እንዳደርግ አልነግራችሁም አላቸው።

⁹And he began to speak unto the people this simile: `A certain man planted a vineyard, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time,

⁹ይህንም ምሳሌ ለሕዝቡ ይላቸው ጀመር። አንድ ሰው የወይን አትክልት ተከለ ለገበሬዎችም አከራይቶ ለብዙ ዘመን ወደ ሌላ አገር ሄደ።

¹⁰and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send [him] away empty.

¹⁰በጊዜውም ከወይኑ አትክልት ፍሬ እንዲሰጡት አንድ ባሪያ ወደ ገበሬዎች ላከ፤ ገበሬዎቹ ግን ደበደቡት ባዶውንም ሰደዱት።

¹¹`And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;

¹¹ጨምሮም ሌላውን ባሪያ ላከ፤ እነርሱም ያን ደግሞ ደበደቡት አዋርደውም ባዶውን ሰደዱት።

¹²and he added to send a third, and this one also, having wounded, they did cast out.

¹²ጨምሮም ሦስተኛውን ላከ፤ እነርሱም ይህን ደግሞ አቍሰለው አወጡት።

¹³`And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son — the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;

¹³የወይኑም አትክልት ጌታ። ምን ላድርግ? የምወደውን ልጄን እልካለሁ፤ ምናልባት እርሱን አይተው ያፍሩታል አለ።

¹⁴and having seen him, the husbandmen reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, we may kill him, that the inheritance may become ours;

¹⁴ገበሬዎቹ ግን አይተውት እርስ በርሳቸው ሲነጋገሩ። ወራሹ ይህ ነው፤ ርስቱ ለእኛ እንዲሆን ኑ እንግደለው አሉ።

¹⁵and having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed [him]; what, then, shall the owner of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁵ከወይኑም አትክልት ወደ ውጭ አውጥተው ገደሉት። እንግዲህ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ ምን ያደርጋቸዋል?

¹⁶He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.` And having heard, they said, `Let it not be!`

¹⁶ይመጣል እነዚህንም ገበሬዎች ያጠፋል፥ የወይኑንም አትክልት ለሌሎች ይሰጣል። ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ። ይህስ አይሁን አሉ።

¹⁷and he, having looked upon them, said, `What, then, is this that hath been written: A stone that the builders rejected — this became head of a corner?

¹⁷እርሱ ግን ወደ እነርሱ ተመልክቶ። እንግዲህ። ግንበኞች የናቁት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ ሆነ ተብሎ የተጻፈው ይህ ምንድር ነው?

¹⁸every one who hath fallen on that stone shall be broken, and on whom it may fall, it will crush him to pieces.`

¹⁸በዚያም ድንጋይ ላይ የሚወድቅ ሁሉ ይቀጠቀጣል፤ የሚወድቅበትን ሁሉ ግን ይፈጨዋል አለ።

¹⁹And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him in that hour, and they feared the people, for they knew that against them he spake this simile.

¹⁹የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎችም ይህን ምሳሌ በእነርሱ ላይ እንደ ተናገረ አውቀው በዚያች ሰዓት እጃቸውን ሊጭኑበት ፈለጉ ነገር ግን ሕዝቡን ፈሩ።

²⁰And, having watched [him], they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor,

²⁰ሲጠባበቁም ወደ ገዢ ግዛትና ሥልጣን አሳልፈው እንዲሰጡት ጻድቃን መስለው በቃሉ የሚያጠምዱትን ሸማቂዎች ሰደዱበት።

²¹and they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;

²¹ጠይቀውም። መምህር ሆይ፥ እውነትን እንድትናገርና እንድታስተምር ለሰው ፊትም እንዳታደላ እናውቃለን፥ በእውነት የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ ታስተምራለህ እንጂ፤

²²Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?`

²²ለቄሣር ግብር ልንሰጥ ተፈቅዶአልን? ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? አሉት።

²³And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, `Why me do ye tempt?

²³እርሱ ግን ተንኰላቸውንም ተመልክቶ። ስለ ምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ? አንድ ዲናር አሳዩኝ፤

²⁴shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?` and they answering said, `Of Caesar:`

²⁴መልኩ ጽሕፈቱስ የማን ነው? አላቸው። መልሰውም። የቄሣር ነው አሉት።

²⁵and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;`

²⁵እርሱም። እንኪያስ የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው።

²⁶and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

²⁶በሕዝቡም ፊት በቃሉ ሊያጠምዱት አልቻሉም በመልሱም እየተደነቁ ዝም አሉ።

²⁷And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,

²⁷ትንሣኤ ሙታንንም የሚክዱ ከሰዱቃውያን አንዳንዶቹ ቀርበው ጠየቁት፥

²⁸saying, `Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one`s brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless — that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.

²⁸እንዲህ ሲሉ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ሙሴ። ሚስት ያለችው የአንድ ሰው ወንድም ልጅ ሳይወልድ ቢሞት፥ ወንድሙ ሚስቱን አግብቶ ለወንድሙ ዘር ይተካ ብሎ ጻፈልን።

²⁹`There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,

²⁹እንግዲያስ ሰባት ወንድማማች ነበሩ፤ የፊተኛውም ሚስት አግብቶ ልጅ ሳይወልድ ሞተ፤

³⁰and the second took the wife, and he died childless,

³⁰ሁለተኛውም አገባት፥ ሦስተኛውም፥ እንዲሁም ሰባቱ ደግሞ ልጅ ሳይተዉ ሞቱ።

³¹and the third took her, and in like manner also the seven — they left not children, and they died;

³²ከሁሉም በኋላ ሴቲቱ ደግሞ ሞተች።

³²and last of all died also the woman:

³³እንግዲህ ሰባቱ አግብተዋታልና ሴቲቱ በትንሣኤ ከእነርሱ ለማንኛቸው ሚስት ትሆናለች?

³³in the rising again, then, of which of them doth she become wife? — for the seven had her as wife.`

³⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። የዚህ ዓለም ልጆች ያገባሉ ይጋባሉም፥

³⁴And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,

³⁵ያን ዓለምና ከሙታን ትንሣኤ ሊያገኙ የሚገባቸው እነዚያ ግን አያገቡም አይጋቡምም፥ እንደ መላእክት ናቸውና፥

³⁵but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage;

³⁶ሊሞቱም ወደ ፊት አይቻላቸውም፥ የትንሣኤም ልጆች ስለ ሆኑ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ናቸው።

³⁶for neither are they able to die any more — for they are like messengers — and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.

³⁷ሙታን እንዲነሡ ግን ሙሴ ደግሞ በቍጥቋጦው ዘንድ ጌታን የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ በማለቱ አስታወቀ፤

³⁷`And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;

³⁸ሁሉ ለእርሱ ሕያዋን ስለ ሆኑ፥ የሕያዋን አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሙታን አይደለም።

³⁸and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.`

³⁹ከጻፎችም አንዳንዶቹ መልሰው። መምህር ሆይ፥ መልካም ተናገርህ አሉት።

³⁹And certain of the scribes answering said, `Teacher, thou didst say well;`

⁴⁰ወደ ፊትም አንድ ነገር ስንኳ ሊጠይቁት አልደፈሩም።

⁴⁰and no more durst they question him anything.

⁴¹እንዲህም አላቸው። ክርስቶስ የዳዊት ልጅ ነው እንዴት ይላሉ?

⁴¹And he said unto them, `How do they say the Christ to be son of David,

⁴²ዳዊትም ራሱ በመዝሙራት መጽሐፍ። ጌታ ጌታዬን። ጠላቶችህን ለእግርህ መርገጫ እስካደርግልህ ድረስ በቀኜ ተቀመጥ አለው ይላል።

⁴²and David himself saith in the Book of Psalms, The Lord said to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

⁴⁴እንግዲህ ዳዊት። ጌታ ብሎ ይጠራዋል፥ እንዴትስ ልጁ ይሆናል?

⁴³till I shall make thine enemies thy footstool;

⁴⁵ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ሲሰሙ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን።

⁴⁴David, then, doth call him lord, and how is he his son?`

⁴⁶ረጃጅም ልብስ ለብሰው መዞር ከሚፈልጉ፥ በገበያም ሰላምታ፥ በምኵራብም የከበሬታ ወንበር፥ በምሳም የከበሬታ ስፍራ ከሚወዱ ከጻፎች ተጠበቁ፤

⁴⁵And, all the people hearing, he said to his disciples,

⁴⁷የመበለቶችን ቤት የሚበሉ ጸሎታቸውንም በማስረዘም የሚያመካኙ፥ እነዚህ የባሰ ፍርድ ይቀበላሉ አለ።

⁴⁶`Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,

⁴⁷who devour the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, these shall receive more abundant judgment.`