¹`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard,

¹መንግሥተ ሰማያት ለወይኑ አትክልት ሠራተኞችን ሊቀጥር ማልዶ የወጣ ባለቤት ሰውን ትመስላለችና።

²and having agreed with the workmen for a denary a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

²ሠራተኞችንም በቀን አንድ ዲናር ተስማምቶ ወደ ወይኑ አትክልት ሰደዳቸው።

³`And having gone forth about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle,

³በሦስት ሰዓትም ወጥቶ ሥራ የፈቱ ሌሎችን በአደባባይ ቆመው አየ፥

⁴and to these he said, Go ye — also ye — to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous I will give you;

⁴እነዚያንም። እናንተ ደግሞ ወደ ወይኔ አትክልት ሂዱ የሚገባውንም እሰጣችኋለሁ አላቸው። እነርሱም ሄዱ።

⁵and they went away. `Again, having gone forth about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did in like manner.

⁵ደግሞም በስድስትና በዘጠኝ ሰዓት ወጥቶ እንዲሁ አደረገ።

⁶And about the eleventh hour, having gone forth, he found others standing idle, and saith to them, Why here have ye stood all the day idle?

⁶በአሥራ አንደኛውም ሰዓት ወጥቶ ሌሎችን ቆመው አገኘና። ሥራ ፈትታችሁ ቀኑን ሁሉ በዚህ ስለ ምን ትቆማላችሁ? አላቸው።

⁷they say to him, Because no one did hire us; he saith to them, Go ye — ye also — to the vineyard, and whatever may be righteous ye shall receive.

⁷የሚቀጥረን ስለ አጣን ነው አሉት። እርሱም። እናንተ ደግሞ ወደ ወይኔ አትክልት ሂዱ የሚገባውንም ትቀበላላችሁ አላቸው።

⁸`And evening having come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the workmen, and pay them the reward, having begun from the last — unto the first.

⁸በመሸም ጊዜ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ አዛዡን። ሠራተኞችን ጥራና ከኋለኞች ጀምረህ እስከ ፊተኞች ድረስ ደመወዝ ስጣቸው አለው።

⁹And they of about the eleventh hour having come, did receive each a denary.

⁹በአሥራ አንደኛው ሰዓትም የገቡ መጥተው እያንዳንዳቸው አንድ ዲናር ተቀበሉ።

¹⁰`And the first having come, did suppose that they shall receive more, and they received, they also, each a denary,

¹⁰ፊተኞችም በመጡ ጊዜ አብዝተው የሚቀበሉ መስሎአቸው ነበር፤ እነርሱም ደግሞ እያንዳንዳቸው አንድ ዲናር ተቀበሉ።

¹¹and having received [it], they were murmuring against the householder, saying,

¹¹ተቀብለውም። እነዚህ ኋለኞች አንድ ሰዓት ሠሩ፥ የቀኑንም ድካምና ትኩሳት ከተሸከምን ከእኛ ጋር አስተካከልሃቸው ብለው በባለቤቱ ላይ አንጐራጐሩ።

¹²that These, the last, wrought one hour, and thou didst make them equal to us, who were bearing the burden of the day — and the heat.

¹³እርሱ ግን መልሶ ከእነርሱ ለአንዱ እንዲህ አለው። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥ አልበደልሁህም በአንድ ዲናር አልተስማማኸኝምን?

¹³`And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me?

¹⁴ድርሻህን ውሰድና ሂድ፤ እኔ ለዚህ ለኋለኛው እንደ አንተ ልሰጠው እወዳለሁ፤ በገንዘቤ የወደድሁትን አደርግ ዘንድ መብት የለኝምን?

¹⁴take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;

¹⁵ወይስ እኔ መልካም ስለ ሆንሁ ዓይንህ ምቀኛ ናትን?

¹⁵is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?

¹⁶እንዲሁ ኋለኞች ፊተኞች፥ ፊተኞችም ኋለኞች ይሆናሉ፤ የተጠሩ ብዙዎች፥ የተመረጡ ግን ጥቂቶች ናቸውና።

¹⁶So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many are called, and few chosen.`

¹⁷ኢየሱስም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሊወጣ ሳለ፥ በመንገድ አሥራ ሁለቱን ደቀ መዛሙርት ብቻቸውን ወደ እርሱ አቅርቦ።

¹⁷And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples by themselves in the way, and said to them,

¹⁸እነሆ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንወጣለን፥ የሰው ልጅም ለካህናት አለቆችና ለጻፎች ይሰጣል፤ የሞት ፍርድም ይፈርዱበታል፥

¹⁸`Lo, we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes,

¹⁹ሊዘባበቱበትም ሊገርፉትም ሊሰቅሉትም ለአሕዛብ አሳልፈው ይሰጡታል፥ በሦስተኛውም ቀን ይነሣል አላቸው።

¹⁹and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify, and the third day he will rise again.`

²⁰በዚያን ጊዜ የዘብዴዎስ ልጆች እናት ከልጆችዋ ጋር እየሰገደችና አንድ ነገር እየለመነች ወደ እርሱ ቀረበች።

²⁰Then came near to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing and asking something from him,

²¹እርሱም። ምን ትፈልጊያለሽ? አላት። እርስዋም። እነዚህ ሁለቱ ልጆቼ አንዱ በቀኝህ አንዱም በግራህ በመንግሥትህ እንዲቀመጡ እዘዝ አለችው።

²¹and he said to her, `What wilt thou?` She saith to him, `Say, that they may sit — these my two sons — one on thy right hand, and one on the left, in thy reign.`

²²ኢየሱስ ግን መልሶ። የምትለምኑትን አታውቁም። እኔ ልጠጣው ያለውን ጽዋ ልትጠጡ እኔም የምጠመቀውን ጥምቀት ልትጠመቁ ትችላላችሁን? አለ። እንችላለን አሉት።

²²And Jesus answering said, `Ye have not known what ye ask for yourselves; are ye able to drink of the cup that I am about to drink? and with the baptism that I am baptized with, to be baptized?` They say to him, `We are able.`

²³እርሱም። ጽዋዬንስ ትጠጣላችሁ፤ በቀኝና በግራ መቀመጥ ግን ከአባቴ ዘንድ ለተዘጋጀላቸው ነው እንጂ እኔ የምሰጥ አይደለሁም አላቸው።

²³And he saith to them, `Of my cup indeed ye shall drink, and with the baptism that I am baptized with ye shall be baptized; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but — to those for whom it hath been prepared by my father.`

²⁴አሥሩም ሰምተው በሁለቱ ወንድማማች ተቈጡ።

²⁴And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the two brothers,

²⁵ኢየሱስ ግን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ እንዲህ አላቸው። የአሕዛብ አለቆች እንዲገዙአቸው ታላላቆቹም በላያቸው እንዲሠለጥኑ ታውቃላችሁ።

²⁵and Jesus having called them near, said, `Ye have known that the rulers of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those great do exercise authority over them,

²⁶በእናንተስ እንዲህ አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን ማንም ከእናንተ ታላቅ ሊሆን የሚወድ የእናንተ አገልጋይ ይሁን፥

²⁶but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant;

²⁷ከእናንተም ማንም ፊተኛ ሊሆን የሚወድ የእናንተ ባሪያ ይሁን፤

²⁷and whoever may will among you to be first, let him be your servant;

²⁸እንዲሁም የሰው ልጅ ሊያገለግል ነፍሱንም ለብዙዎች ቤዛ ሊሰጥ እንጂ እንዲያገለግሉት አልመጣም።

²⁸even as the Son of Man did not come to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.`

²⁹ከኢያሪኮም ሲወጡ ብዙ ሕዝብ ተከተሉት።

²⁹And they going forth from Jericho, there followed him a great multitude,

³⁰እነሆም፥ ሁለት ዕውሮች በመንገድ ዳር ተቀምጠው፥ ኢየሱስ እንዲያልፍ በሰሙ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ የዳዊት ልጅ፥ ማረን ብለው ጮኹ።

³⁰and lo, two blind men sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus doth pass by, cried, saying, `Deal kindly with us, sir — Son of David.`

³¹ሕዝቡም ዝም እንዲሉ ገሠጹአቸው፤ እነርሱ ግን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ የዳዊት ልጅ፥ ማረን እያሉ አብዝተው ጮኹ።

³¹And the multitude charged them that they might be silent, and they cried out the more, saying, `Deal kindly with us sir — Son of David.`

³²ኢየሱስም ቆሞ ጠራቸውና። ምን ላደርግላችሁ ትወዳላችሁ? አለ።

³²And having stood, Jesus called them, and said, `What will ye [that] I may do to you?`

³³ጌታ ሆይ፥ ዓይኖቻችን ይከፈቱ ዘንድ አሉት።

³³they say to him, `Sir, that our eyes may be opened;`

³⁴ኢየሱስም አዘነላቸውና ዓይኖቻቸውን ዳሰሰ፥ ወዲያውም አዩና ተከተሉት።

³⁴and having been moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.