¹And in that day Jesus, having gone forth from the house, was sitting by the sea,

¹በዚያን ቀን ኢየሱስ ከቤት ወጥቶ በባሕር አጠገብ ተቀመጠ፤

²and gathered together unto him were many multitudes, so that he having gone into the boat did sit down, and all the multitude on the beach did stand,

²እርሱም በታንኳ ገብቶ እስኪቀመጥ ድረስ ብዙ ሰዎች ወደ እርሱ ተሰበሰቡ፥ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ በወደቡ ቆመው ነበር።

³and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: `Lo, the sower went forth to sow,

³በምሳሌም ብዙ ነገራቸው እንዲህም አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ዘሪ ሊዘራ ወጣ።

⁴and in his sowing, some indeed fell by the way, and the fowls did come and devour them,

⁴እርሱም ሲዘራ አንዳንዱ በመንገድ ዳር ወደቀ፥ ወፎችም መጥተው በሉት።

⁵and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang forth, through not having depth of earth,

⁵ሌላውም ብዙ መሬት በሌለበት በጭንጫ ላይ ወደቀ፤ ጥልቅ መሬትም ስላልነበረው ወዲያው በቀለ፥

⁶and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,

⁶ፀሐይ በወጣ ጊዜ ግን ጠወለገ፥ ሥርም ስላልነበረው ደረቀ።

⁷and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,

⁷ሌላውም በእሾህ መካከል ወደቀ፥ እሾህም ወጣና አነቀው።

⁸and others fell upon the good ground, and were giving fruit, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

⁸ሌላውም በመልካም መሬት ወደቀ፤ አንዱም መቶ፥ አንዱም ስድሳ፥ አንዱም ሠላሳ ፍሬ ሰጠ።

⁹He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.`

⁹የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።

¹⁰And the disciples having come near, said to him, `Wherefore in similes dost thou speak to them?`

¹⁰ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ቀርበው። ስለ ምን በምሳሌ ትነግራቸዋለህ? አሉት።

¹¹And he answering said to them that — `To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,

¹¹እርሱም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። ለእናንተ የመንግሥተ ሰማያትን ምሥጢር ማወቅ ተሰጥቶአችኋል፥ ለእነርሱ ግን አልተሰጣቸውም።

¹²for whoever hath, it shall be given to him, and he shall have overabundance, and whoever hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken from him.

¹²ላለው ይሰጠዋልና ይበዛለትማል፤ ከሌለው ግን ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

¹³`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

¹³ስለዚህ እያዩ ስለማያዩ እየሰሙም ስለማይሰሙ ስለማያስተውሉም በምሳሌ እነግራቸዋለሁ።

¹⁴and fulfilled on them is the prophecy of Isaiah, that saith, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

¹⁴መስማት ትሰማላችሁና አታስተውሉም፥ ማየትም ታያላችሁና አትመለከቱም።

¹⁵for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they might see with the eyes, and with the ears might hear, and with the heart understand, and turn back, and I might heal them.

¹⁵በዓይናቸው እንዳያዩ፥ በጆሮአቸውም እንዳይሰሙ፥ በልባቸውም እንዳያስተውሉ፥ ተመልሰውም እንዳልፈውሳቸው፥ የዚህ ሕዝብ ልብ ደንድኖአልና ጆሮአቸውም ደንቁሮአል ዓይናቸውንም ጨፍነዋል የሚል የኢሳይያስ ትንቢት በእነርሱ ይፈጸማል።

¹⁶`And happy are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

¹⁶የእናንተ ግን ዓይኖቻችሁ ስለሚያዩ ጆሮቻችሁም ስለሚሰሙ ብፁዓን ናቸው።

¹⁷for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.

¹⁷እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ብዙዎች ነቢያትና ጻድቃን የምታዩትን ሊያዩ ተመኝተው አላዩም፥ የምትሰሙትንም ሊሰሙ ተመኝተው አልሰሙም።

¹⁸`Ye, therefore, hear ye the simile of the sower:

¹⁸እንግዲህ እናንተ የዘሪውን ምሳሌ ስሙ።

¹⁹Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding — the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

¹⁹የመንግሥትን ቃል ሰምቶ በማያስተውል ሁሉ፥ ክፉው ይመጣል፥ በልቡ የተዘራውንም ይነጥቃል፤ በመንገድ ዳር የተዘራው ይህ ነው።

²⁰`And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,

²⁰በጭንጫ ላይ የተዘራውም ይህ ቃሉን ሰምቶ ወዲያው በደስታ የሚቀበለው ነው፤

²¹and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

²¹ነገር ግን ለጊዜው ነው እንጂ በእርሱ ሥር የለውም፥ በቃሉ ምክንያትም መከራ ወይም ስደት በሆነ ጊዜ ወዲያው ይሰናከላል።

²²`And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

²²በእሾህ መካከል የተዘራውም ይህ ቃሉን የሚሰማ ነው፥ የዚህም ዓለም አሳብና የባለጠግነት መታለል ቃሉን ያንቃል፥ የማያፈራም ይሆናል።

²³`And that sown on the good ground: this is he who is hearing the word, and is understanding, who indeed doth bear fruit, and doth make, some indeed a hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.`

²³በመልካም መሬት የተዘራውም ይህ ቃሉን ሰምቶ የሚያስተውል ነው፤ እርሱም ፍሬ ያፈራል አንዱም መቶ አንዱም ስድሳ አንዱም ሠላሳ ያደርጋል።

²⁴Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens was likened to a man sowing good seed in his field,

²⁴ሌላ ምሳሌ አቀረበላቸው እንዲህም አለ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት በእርሻው መልካም ዘርን የዘራን ሰው ትመስላለች።

²⁵and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

²⁵ሰዎቹ ሲተኙ ግን ጠላቱ መጣና በስንዴው መካከል እንክርዳድን ዘርቶ ሄደ።

²⁶and when the herb sprang up, and yielded fruit, then appeared also the darnel.

²⁶ስንዴውም በበቀለና በአፈራ ጊዜ እንክርዳዱ ደግሞ ያን ጊዜ ታየ።

²⁷`And the servants of the householder, having come near, said to him, Sir, good seed didst thou not sow in thy field? whence then hath it the darnel?

²⁷የባለቤቱም ባሮች ቀርበው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ መልካምን ዘር በእርሻህ ዘርተህ አልነበርህምን? እንክርዳዱንስ ከወዴት አገኘ? አሉት።

²⁸And he saith to them, A man, an enemy, did this; and the servants said to him, Wilt thou, then, [that] having gone away we may gather it up?

²⁸እርሱም። ጠላት ይህን አደረገ አላቸው። ባሮቹም። እንግዲህ ሄደን ብንለቅመው ትወዳለህን? አሉት።

²⁹`And he said, No, lest — gathering up the darnel — ye root up with it the wheat,

²⁹እርሱ ግን። እንክርዳዱን ስትለቅሙ ስንዴውን ከእርሱ ጋር እንዳትነቅሉት አይሆንም።

³⁰suffer both to grow together till the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the darnel, and bind it in bundles, to burn it, and the wheat gather up into my storehouse.`

³⁰ተዉአቸው፤ እስከ መከር ጊዜ አብረው ይደጉ፤ በመከር ጊዜም አጫጆችን። እንክርዳዱን አስቀድማችሁ ልቀሙ በእሳትም ለማቃጠል በየነዶው እሰሩ፥ ስንዴውን ግን በጎተራዬ ክተቱ እላለሁ አለ።

³¹Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

³¹ሌላ ምሳሌ አቀረበላቸው እንዲህም አለ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ሰው ወስዶ በእርሻው የዘራትን የሰናፍጭ ቅንጣት ትመስላለች፤

³²which less, indeed, is than all the seeds, but when it may be grown, is greatest of the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven do come and rest in its branches.`

³²እርስዋም ከዘር ሁሉ ታንሳለች፥ በአደገች ጊዜ ግን፥ ከአታክልቶች ትበልጣለች የሰማይም ወፎች መጥተው በቅርንጫፎችዋ እስኪሰፍሩ ድረስ ዛፍ ትሆናለች።

³³Another simile spake he to them: `The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.`

³³ሌላ ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህም አለ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ሁሉ እስኪቦካ ድረስ ሴት ወስዳ በሦስት መስፈሪያ ዱቄት የሸሸገችውን እርሾ ትመስላለች።

³⁴All these things spake Jesus in similes to the multitudes, and without a simile he was not speaking to them,

³⁴ኢየሱስም ለሕዝቡ ይህን ሁሉ በምሳሌ ተናገረ፤ በነቢዩም። በምሳሌ አፌን እከፍታለሁ፥ ዓለም ከተፈጠረ ጀምሮ የተሰወረውንም እናገራለሁ የተባለው ይፈጸም ዘንድ ያለ ምሳሌ አልተናገራቸውም።

³⁵that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying, `I will open in similes my mouth, I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world.`

³⁶በዚያን ጊዜ ሕዝቡን ትቶ ወደ ቤት ገባ። ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው። የእርሻውን እንክርዳድ ምሳሌ ተርጕምልን አሉት።

³⁶Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, `Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.`

³⁷እርሱም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። መልካምን ዘር የዘራው የሰው ልጅ ነው፤ እርሻውም ዓለም ነው፤

³⁷And he answering said to them, `He who is sowing the good seed is the Son of Man,

³⁸መልካሙም ዘር የመንግሥት ልጆች ናቸው፤

³⁸and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the reign, and the darnel are the sons of the evil one,

³⁹እንክርዳዱም የክፉው ልጆች ናቸው፥ የዘራውም ጠላት ዲያብሎስ ነው፤ መከሩም የዓለም መጨረሻ ነው፥ አጫጆችም መላእክት ናቸው።

³⁹and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

⁴⁰እንግዲህ እንክርዳድ ተለቅሞ በእሳት እንደሚቃጠል፥ በዓለም መጨረሻ እንዲሁ ይሆናል።

⁴⁰`As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,

⁴¹የሰው ልጅ መላእክቱን ይልካል፥ ከመንግሥቱም እንቅፋትን ሁሉ ዓመፃንም የሚያደርጉትን ይለቅማሉ፥

⁴¹the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,

⁴²ወደ እቶነ እሳትም ይጥሉአቸዋል፤ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል።

⁴²and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

⁴³በዚያን ጊዜ ጻድቃን በአባታቸው መንግሥት እንደ ፀሐይ ይበራሉ። የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።

⁴³`Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the reign of their Father. He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.

⁴⁴ደግሞ መንግሥተ ሰማያት በእርሻ ውስጥ የተሰወረውን መዝገብ ትመስላለች፤ ሰውም አግኝቶ ሰወረው፥ ከደስታውም የተነሣ ሄዶ ያለውን ሁሉ ሸጠና ያን እርሻ ገዛ።

⁴⁴`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

⁴⁵ደግሞ መንግሥተ ሰማያት መልካምን ዕንቁ የሚሻ ነጋዴን ትመስላለች፤

⁴⁵`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a merchant, seeking goodly pearls,

⁴⁶ዋጋዋም እጅግ የበዛ አንዲት ዕንቁ በአገኘ ጊዜ ሄዶ ያለውን ሁሉ ሸጠና ገዛት።

⁴⁶who having found one pearl of great price, having gone away, hath sold all, as much as he had, and bought it.

⁴⁷ደግሞ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ወደ ባሕር የተጣለች ከሁሉም ዓይነት የሰበሰበች መረብን ትመስላለች፤

⁴⁷`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to a net that was cast into the sea, and did gather together of every kind,

⁴⁸በሞላችም ጊዜ ወደ ወደቡ አወጡአት፥ ተቀምጠውም መልካሙን ለቅመው በዕቃዎች ውስጥ አከማቹ ክፉውን ግን ወደ ውጭ ጣሉት።

⁴⁸which, when it was filled, having drawn up again upon the beach, and having sat down, they gathered the good into vessels, and the bad they did cast out,

⁴⁹በዓለም መጨረሻ እንዲሁ ይሆናል፤ መላእክት መጥተው ኃጢአተኞችን ከጻድቃን መካከል ይለዩአቸዋል፥ ወደ እቶነ እሳትም ይጥሉአቸዋል፤

⁴⁹so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,

⁵⁰በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል።

⁵⁰and shall cast them to the furnace of the fire, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.`

⁵¹ኢየሱስም። ይህን ሁሉ አስተዋላችሁን? አላቸው አዎን አሉት።

⁵¹Jesus saith to them, `Did ye understand all these?` They say to him, `Yes, sir.`

⁵²እርሱም። ስለዚህ የመንግሥተ ሰማያት ደቀ መዝሙር የሆነ ጻፊ ሁሉ ከመዝገቡ አዲሱንና አሮጌውን የሚያወጣ ባለቤትን ይመስላል አላቸው።

⁵²And he said to them, `Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.`

⁵³ኢየሱስም እነዚህም ምሳሌዎች ከጨረሰ በኋላ ከዚያ ሄደ።

⁵³And it came to pass, when Jesus finished these similes, he removed thence,

⁵⁴ወደ ገዛ አገሩም መጥቶ እስኪገረሙ ድረስ በምኩራባቸው ያስተምራቸው ነበር፤ እንዲህም አሉ። ይህን ጥበብና ተአምራት ይህ ከወዴት አገኘው?

⁵⁴and having come to his own country, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and were saying, `Whence to this one this wisdom and the mighty works?

⁵⁵ይህ የጸራቢ ልጅ አይደለምን? እናቱስ ማርያም ትባል የለምን? ወንድሞቹስ ያዕቆብና ዮሳ ስምዖንም ይሁዳም አይደሉምን?

⁵⁵is not this the carpenter`s son? is not his mother called Mary, and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

⁵⁶እኅቶቹስ ሁሉ በእኛ ዘንድ ያሉ አይደሉምን? እንኪያስ ይህን ሁሉ ከወዴት አገኘው? ተሰናከሉበትም።

⁵⁶and his sisters — are they not all with us? whence, then, to this one all these?`

⁵⁷ኢየሱስ ግን። ነቢይ ከገዛ አገሩና ከገዛ ቤቱ በቀር ሳይከበር አይቀርም አላቸው።

⁵⁷and they were stumbled at him. And Jesus said to them, `A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, and in his own house:`

⁵⁸በአለማመናቸውም ምክንያት በዚያ ብዙ ተአምራት አላደረገም።

⁵⁸and he did not there many mighty works, because of their unbelief.