¹And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury — rich men,

¹ዓይኑንም አንሥቶ መባቸውን በመዝገብ የሚጥሉ ባለ ጠጎችን አየ።

²and he saw also a certain poor widow casting there two mites,

²አንዲትም ድሀ መበለት ሁለት ሳንቲም በዚያ ስትጥል አየና።

³and he said, `Truly I say to you, that this poor widow did cast in more than all;

³እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ይህች ድሀ መበለት ከሁሉ ይልቅ አብልጣ ጣለች፤

⁴for all these out of their superabundance did cast into the gifts to God, but this one out of her want, all the living that she had, did cast in.`

⁴እነዚህ ሁሉ ከትርፋቸው ወደ እግዚአብሔር መዝገብ ጥለዋልና፤ ይህች ግን ከጕድለትዋ የነበራትን ትዳርዋን ሁሉ ጣለች አለ።

⁵And certain saying about the temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things it hath been adorned, he said,

⁵አንዳንዶቹም ስለ መቅደስ በመልካም ድንጋይና በተሰጠው ሽልማት እንዳጌጠ ሲነጋገሩ። ይህማ የምታዩት ሁሉ፥

⁶`These things that ye behold — days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.`

⁶ድንጋይ በድንጋይ ላይ ሳይፈርስ በዚህ የማይቀርበት ዘመን ይመጣል አለ።

⁷And they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, when, then, shall these things be? and what [is] the sign when these things may be about to happen?`

⁷እነርሱም። መምህር ሆይ፥ እንግዲህ ይህ መቼ ይሆናል? ይህስ ይሆን ዘንድ እንዳለው ምልክቱ ምንድር ነው? ብለው ጠየቁት።

⁸And he said, `See — ye may not be led astray, for many shall come in my name, saying — I am [he], and the time hath come nigh; go not on then after them;

⁸እንዲህም አለ። እንዳትስቱ ተጠንቀቁ፤ ብዙዎች። እኔ ነኝ፥ ዘመኑም ቀርቦአል እያሉ በስሜ ይመጣሉና፤ እነርሱን ተከትላችሁ አትሂዱ።

⁹and when ye may hear of wars and uprisings, be not terrified, for it behoveth these things to happen first, but the end [is] not immediately.`

⁹ጦርንና ሁከትንም በሰማችሁ ጊዜ አትደንግጡ፤ ይህ አስቀድሞ ይሆን ዘንድ ግድ ነውና፥ ነገር ግን መጨረሻው ወዲያው አይሆንም።

¹⁰Then said he to them, `Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,

¹⁰በዚያን ጊዜ እንዲህ አላቸው። ሕዝብ በሕዝብ ላይ፥ መንግሥትም በመንግሥት ላይ ይነሣል፤

¹¹great shakings also in every place, and famines, and pestilences, there shall be; fearful things also, and great signs from heaven there shall be;

¹¹ታላቅም የምድር መናወጥና በልዩ ልዩ ስፍራ ቸነፈር ራብም ይሆናል፤ የሚያስፈራም ነገር ከሰማይም ታላቅ ምልክት ይሆናል።

¹²and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name`s sake;

¹²ከዚህም ሁሉ በፊት እጃቸውን በላያችሁ ይጭናሉ ያሳድዱአችሁማል፤ ስለ ስሜም ወደ ምኵራብና ወደ ወኅኒ አሳልፈው ይሰጡአችኋል፥ ወደ ነገሥታትና ወደ ገዥዎችም ይወስዱአችኋል፤

¹³and it shall become to you for a testimony.

¹³ይህም ለምስክርነት ይሆንላችኋል።

¹⁴`Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,

¹⁴ሰለዚህ እንዴት እንድትመልሱ አስቀድማችሁ እንዳታስቡ በልባችሁ አኑሩት፤

¹⁵for I will give to you a mouth and wisdom that all your opposers shall not be able to refute or resist.

¹⁵ወደረኞቻችሁ ሁሉ ሊቃወሙና ሊከራከሩ የማይችሉትን አፍና ጥበብ እሰጣችኋለሁና።

¹⁶`And ye shall be delivered up also by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends, and they shall put of you to death;

¹⁶ወላጆችም ስንኳ ወንድሞችም ዘመዶችም ወዳጆችም አሳልፈው ይሰጡአችኋል፥ ከእናንተም አንዳንዱን ይገድላሉ፤

¹⁷and ye shall be hated by all because of my name —

¹⁷በሁሉም ስለ ስሜ የተጠላችሁ ትሆናላችሁ።

¹⁸and a hair out of your head shall not perish;

¹⁸ከራሳችሁም አንዲት ጠጉር ስንኳ አትጠፋም፤

¹⁹in your patience possess ye your souls.

¹⁹በመታገሣችሁም ነፍሳችሁን ታገኛላችሁ።

²⁰`And when ye may see Jerusalem surrounded by encampments, then know that come nigh did her desolation;

²⁰ኢየሩሳሌም ግን በጭፍራ ተከባ ስታዩ በዚያን ጊዜ ጥፋትዋ እንደ ቀረበ እወቁ።

²¹then those in Judea, let them flee to the mountains; and those in her midst, let them depart out; and those in the countries, let them not come in to her;

²¹የዚያን ጊዜ በይሁዳ ያሉ ወደ ተራራዎች ይሽሹ፥ በመካከልዋም ያሉ ከእርስዋ ፈቀቅ ይበሉ፥ በገጠር ያሉም ወደ እርስዋ አይግቡ፤

²²because these are days of vengeance, to fulfil all things that have been written.

²²የተጻፈው ሁሉ እንዲፈጸም ይህ የበቀል ጊዜ ነውና።

²³`And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;

²³በዚያን ወራት ለእርጕዞችና ለሚያጠቡ ወዮላቸው፤ ታላቅ ችግር በምድር ላይ፥ በዚህም ሕዝብ ላይ ቍጣ ይሆናልና፤

²⁴and they shall fall by the mouth of the sword, and shall be led captive to all the nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by nations, till the times of nations be fulfilled.

²⁴በሰይፍ ስለትም ይወድቃሉ፤ ወደ አሕዛብ ሁሉም ይማረካሉ፤ የአሕዛብም ዘመን እስኪፈጸም ድረስ ኢየሩሳሌም በአሕዛብ የተረገጠች ትሆናለች።

²⁵`And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land [is] distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;

²⁵በፀሐይና በጨረቃም በከዋክብትም ምልክት ይሆናል፤ በምድር ላይም አሕዛብ ከባሕሩና ከሞገዱም ድምፅ የተነሣ እያመነቱ ይጨነቃሉ፤

²⁶men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

²⁶ሰዎችም ከፍርሃትና በዓለም የሚመጣበትን ከመጠበቅ የተነሣ ይደክማሉ፤ የሰማያት ኃይላት ይናወጣሉና።

²⁷`And then they shall see the Son of Man, coming in a cloud, with power and much glory;

²⁷በዚያን ጊዜም የሰው ልጅ በኃይልና በብዙ ክብር በደመና ሲመጣ ያዩታል።

²⁸and these things beginning to happen bend yourselves back, and lift up your heads, because your redemption doth draw nigh.`

²⁸ይህም ሊሆን ሲጀምር ቤዛችሁ ቀርቦአልና አሻቅባችሁ ራሳችሁን አንሡ።

²⁹And he spake a simile to them: `See the fig-tree, and all the trees,

²⁹ምሳሌንም ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል። በለስንና ዛፎችን ሁሉ እዩ፤

³⁰when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves ye know that now is the summer nigh;

³⁰ሲያቈጠቍጡ ተመልክታችሁ በጋ አሁን እንደ ቀረበ ራሳችሁ ታውቃላችሁ።

³¹so also ye, when ye may see these things happening, ye know that near is the reign of God;

³¹እንዲሁ ደግሞ እናንተ ይህ ሁሉ መሆኑን ስታዩ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደ ቀረበች እወቁ።

³²verily I say to you — This generation may not pass away till all may have come to pass;

³²እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ይህ ሁሉ እስኪሆን ድረስ ይህ ትውልድ አያልፍም።

³³the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words may not pass away.

³³ሰማይና ምድር ያልፋሉ ቃሌ ግን አያልፍም።

³⁴`And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

³⁴ነገር ግን ልባችሁ በመጠጥ ብዛትና በስካር ስለ ትዳርም በማሰብ እንዳይከብድ፥ ያ ቀንም በድንገት እንዳይመጣባችሁ ለራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ፤

³⁵for as a snare it shall come on all those dwelling on the face of all the land,

³⁵በምድር ሁሉ ላይ በሚቀመጡ ሁሉ እንደ ወጥመድ ይደርስባቸዋልና።

³⁶watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.`

³⁶እንግዲህ ሊመጣ ካለው ከዚህ ሁሉ ለማምለጥ፥ በሰው ልጅም ፊት ለመቆም እንድትችሉ ስትጸልዩ ሁል ጊዜ ትጉ።

³⁷And he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives;

³⁷ዕለት ዕለትም በመቅደስ ያስተምር ነበር፥ ሌሊት ግን ደብረ ዘይት ወደምትባል ተራራ ወጥቶ ያድር ነበር።

³⁸and all the people were coming early unto him in the temple to hear him.

³⁸ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ይሰሙት ዘንድ ማልደው በመቅደስ ወደ እርሱ ይመጡ ነበር።