¹And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

¹ወደ ኢየሩሳሌምም ቀርበው ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ወደ ቤተ ፋጌ ሲደርሱ፥ ያንጊዜ ኢየሱስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁለት ላከ፥

²saying to them, `Go on to the village over-against you, and immediately ye shall find an ass bound, and a colt with her — having loosed, bring ye to me;

²እንዲህም አላቸው። በፊታችሁ ወዳለችው መንደር ሂዱ፥ በዚያን ጊዜም የታሰረችን አህያ ውርንጫም ከእርስዋ ጋር ታገኛላችሁ፤ ፈትታችሁ አምጡልኝ።

³and if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.`

³ማንም አንዳች ቢላችሁ። ለጌታ ያስፈልጉታል በሉ፤ ወዲያውም ይሰዳቸዋል።

⁴And all this came to pass, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through the prophet, saying,

⁴ለጽዮን ልጅ። እነሆ፥ ንጉሥሽ የዋህ ሆኖ በአህያ ላይና በአህያይቱ ግልገል በውርንጫይቱ ላይ ተቀምጦ ወደ አንቺ ይመጣል በሉአት ተብሎ በነቢይ የተነገረው ይፈጸም ዘንድ ይህ ሆነ።

⁵`Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy king doth come to thee, meek, and mounted on an ass, and a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.`

⁶ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሄደው ኢየሱስ እንዳዘዛቸው አደረጉ፥

⁶And the disciples having gone and having done as Jesus commanded them,

⁷አህያይቱንና ውርንጫዋንም አመጡለት፥ ልብሳቸውንም በእነርሱ ላይ ጫኑ፥ ተቀመጠባቸውም።

⁷brought the ass and the colt, and did put on them their garments, and set [him] upon them;

⁸ከሕዝቡም እጅግ ብዙዎች ልብሳቸውን በመንገድ ላይ አነጠፉ፥ ሌሎችም ከዛፍ ጫፍ ጫፉን እየቈረጡ በመንገድ ላይ ያነጥፉ ነበር።

⁸and the very great multitude spread their own garments in the way, and others were cutting branches from the trees, and were strewing in the way,

⁹የሚቀድሙትም ሕዝብ የሚከተሉትም። ሆሣዕና ለዳዊት ልጅ በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ የተባረከ ነው፤ ሆሣዕና በአርያም እያሉ ይጮኹ ነበር።

⁹and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.`

¹⁰ወደ ኢየሩሳሌምም በገባ ጊዜ መላው ከተማ። ይህ ማን ነው? ብሎ ተናወጠ።

¹⁰And he having entered into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, `Who is this?`

¹¹ሕዝቡም። ይህ ከገሊላ ናዝሬት የመጣ ነቢዩ ኢየሱስ ነው አሉ።

¹¹And the multitudes said, `This is Jesus the prophet, who [is] from Nazareth of Galilee.`

¹²ኢየሱስም ወደ መቅደስ ገባና በመቅደስ የሚሸጡትንና የሚገዙትን ሁሉ አወጣ፥ የገንዘብ ለዋጮችንም ገበታዎች የርግብ ሻጮችንም ወንበሮች ገለበጠና።

¹²And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves,

¹³ቤቴ የጸሎት ቤት ትባላለች ተብሎ ተጽፎአል፥ እናንተ ግን የወንበዶች ዋሻ አደረጋችኋት አላቸው።

¹³and he saith to them, `It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.`

¹⁴በመቅደስም ዕውሮችና አንካሶች ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና ፈወሳቸው።

¹⁴And there came to him blind and lame men in the temple, and he healed them,

¹⁵ነገር ግን የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎች ያደረገውን ድንቃ ድንቅ በመቅደስም። ሆሣዕና ለዳዊት ልጅ እያሉ የሚጮኹትን ልጆች ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ተቈጥተው።

¹⁵and the chief priests and the scribes having seen the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David,` were much displeased;

¹⁶እነዚህ የሚሉትን አትሰማምን? አሉት። ኢየሱስም። እሰማለሁ፤ ከሕፃናትና ከሚጠቡት አፍ ምስጋናን ለራስህ አዘጋጀህ የሚለውን ቃል ከቶ አላነበባችሁምን? አላቸው።

¹⁶and they said to him, `Hearest thou what these say?` And Jesus saith to them, `Yes, did ye never read, that, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou didst prepare praise?`

¹⁷ትቶአቸውም ከከተማ ወደ ቢታንያ ወጣ በዚያም አደረ።

¹⁷And having left them, he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and did lodge there,

¹⁸በማለዳም ወደ ከተማ ሲመለስ ተራበ።

¹⁸and in the morning turning back to the city, he hungered,

¹⁹በመንገድም አጠገብ በለስ አይቶ ወደ እርስዋ መጣ፤ ከቅጠልም ብቻ በቀር ምንም አላገኘባትምና። ለዘላለሙ ፍሬ አይገኝብሽ አላት። በለሲቱም ያንጊዜውን ደረቀች።

¹⁹and having seen a certain fig-tree on the way, he came to it, and found nothing in it except leaves only, and he saith to it, `No more from thee may fruit be — to the age;` and forthwith the fig-tree withered.

²⁰ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ይህን አይተው። በለሲቱ ያንጊዜውን እንዴት ደረቀች? ብለው ተደነቁ።

²⁰And the disciples having seen, did wonder, saying, `How did the fig-tree forthwith wither?`

²¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እምነት ቢኖራችሁ ባትጠራጠሩም፥ በበለሲቱ እንደ ሆነባት ብቻ አታደርጉም፤ ነገር ግን ይህን ተራራ እንኳ። ተነቅለህ ወደ ባሕር ተወርወር ብትሉት ይሆናል፤

²¹And Jesus answering said to them, `Verily I say to you, If ye may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig-tree shall ye do, but even if to this mount ye may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass;

²²አምናችሁም በጸሎት የምትለምኑትን ሁሉ ትቀበላላችሁ አላቸው።

²²and all — as much as ye may ask in the prayer, believing, ye shall receive.`

²³ወደ መቅደስም ገብቶ ሲያስተምር የካህናት አለቆችና የሕዝብ ሽማግሎች ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና። በምን ሥልጣን እነዚህን ታደርጋለህ? ይህንስ ሥልጣን ማን ሰጠህ? አሉት።

²³And he having come to the temple, there came to him when teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people, saying, `By what authority dost thou do these things? and who gave thee this authority?`

²⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እኔ ደግሞ አንዲት ነገር እጠይቃችኋለሁ፤ እናንተም ያችን ብትነግሩኝ እኔ ደግሞ እነዚህን በምን ሥልጣን እንዳደርግ እነግራችኋለሁ፤

²⁴And Jesus answering said to them, `I will ask you — I also — one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things;

²⁵የዮሐንስ ጥምቀት ከወዴት ነበረች? ከሰማይን ወይስ ከሰው? አላቸው። እነርሱም እርስ በርሳቸው ሲነጋገሩ። ከሰማይ ብንል። እንኪያስ ስለ ምን አላመናችሁበትም? ይለናል፤

²⁵the baptism of John, whence was it? — from heaven, or from men?` And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

²⁶ከሰው ግን ብንል፥ ዮሐንስን ሁሉም እንደ ነቢይ ያዩታልና ሕዝቡን እንፈራለን አሉ።

²⁶and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.`

²⁷ለኢየሱስም መልሰው። አናውቅም አሉት። እርሱም ደግሞ። እኔም በምን ሥልጣን እነዚህን እንዳደርግ አልነግራችሁም አላቸው።

²⁷And answering Jesus they said, `We have not known.` He said to them — he also — `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

²⁸ነገር ግን ምን ይመስላችኋል? አንድ ሰው ሁለት ልጆች ነበሩት፤ ወደ አንደኛው ቀርቦ። ልጄ ሆይ፥ ዛሬ ሂድና በወይኔ አትክልት ሥራ አለው።

²⁸`And what think ye? A man had two children, and having come to the first, he said, Child, go, to-day be working in my vineyard.`

²⁹እርሱም መልሶ። አልወድም አለ፤ ኋላ ግን ተጸጸተና ሄደ።

²⁹And he answering said, `I will not,` but at last, having repented, he went.

³⁰ወደ ሁለተኛውም ቀርቦ እንዲሁ አለው እርሱም መልሶ። እሺ ጌታዬ አለ፤ ነገር ግን አልሄደም።

³⁰`And having come to the second, he said in the same manner, and he answering said, I [go], sir, and went not;

³¹ከሁለቱ የአባቱን ፈቃድ ያደረገ ማን ነው? ፊተኛው አሉት። ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አላቸው። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ቀራጮችና ጋለሞቶች ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት በመግባት ይቀድሙአችኋል።

³¹which of the two did the will of the father?` They say to him, `The first.` Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

³²ዮሐንስ በጽድቅ መንገድ መጥቶላችሁ ነበርና፥ አላመናችሁበትም፤ ቀራጮችና ጋለሞቶች ግን አመኑበት፤ እናንተም ይህን አይታችሁ ታምኑበት ዘንድ በኋላ ንስሐ አልገባችሁም።

³²for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last — to believe him.

³³ሌላ ምሳሌ ስሙ። የወይን አትክልት የተከለ ባለቤት ሰው ነበረ፤ ቅጥርም ቀጠረለት፥ መጥመቂያም ማሰለት፥ ግንብም ሠራና ለገበሬዎች አከራይቶ ወደ ሌላ አገር ሄደ።

³³`Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

³⁴የሚያፈራበትም ጊዜ ሲቀርብ፥ ፍሬውን ሊቀበሉ ባሮቹን ወደ ገበሬዎች ላከ።

³⁴`And when the season of the fruits came nigh, he sent his servants unto the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it,

³⁵ገበሬዎቹም ባሮቹን ይዘው አንዱን ደበደቡት አንዱንም ገደሉት ሌላውንም ወገሩት።

³⁵and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.

³⁶ደግሞ ከፊተኞች የሚበዙ ሌሎች ባሮችን ላከ፥ እንዲሁም አደረጉባቸው።

³⁶`Again he sent other servants more than the first, and they did to them in the same manner.

³⁷በኋላ ግን። ልጄንስ ያፍሩታል ብሎ ልጁን ላከባቸው።

³⁷`And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;

³⁸ገበሬዎቹ ግን ልጁን ባዩ ጊዜ እርስ በርሳቸው። ወራሹ ይህ ነው፤ ኑ፥ እንግደለውና ርስቱን እናግኝ ተባባሉ።

³⁸and the husbandmen having seen the son, said among themselves, This is the heir, come, we may kill him, and may possess his inheritance;

³⁹ይዘውም ከወይኑ አትክልት አወጡና ገደሉት።

³⁹and having taken him, they cast [him] out of the vineyard, and killed him;

⁴⁰እንግዲህ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ በሚመጣ ጊዜ በእነዚህ ገበሬዎች ምን ያደርግባቸዋል?

⁴⁰whenever therefore the lord of the vineyard may come, what will he do to these husbandmen?`

⁴¹እነርሱም። ክፉዎችን በክፉ ያጠፋቸዋል፥ የወይኑንም አትክልት ፍሬውን በየጊዜው ለሚያስረክቡ ለሌሎች ገበሬዎች ይሰጠዋል አሉት።

⁴¹They say to him, `Evil men — he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.`

⁴²ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አላቸው። ግንበኞች የናቁት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ ሆነ፤ ይህም ከጌታ ዘንድ ሆነ፥ ለዓይኖቻችንም ድንቅ ነው የሚለውን ከቶ በመጽሐፍ አላነበባችሁምን?

⁴²Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

⁴³ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከእናንተ ትወሰዳለች ፍሬዋንም ለሚያደርግ ሕዝብ ትሰጣለች።

⁴³`Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

⁴⁴በዚህም ድንጋይ ላይ የሚወድቅ ይቀጠቀጣል፤ ድንጋዩ ግን የሚወድቅበትን ሁሉ ይፈጨዋል።

⁴⁴and he who is falling on this stone shall be broken, and on whomsoever it may fall it will crush him to pieces.`

⁴⁵የካህናት አለቆችና ፈሪሳውያንም ምሳሌዎቹን ሰምተው ስለ እነርሱ እንደ ተናገረ አስተዋሉ፤

⁴⁵And the chief priests and the Pharisees having heard his similes, knew that of them he speaketh,

⁴⁶ሊይዙትም ሲፈልጉት ሳሉ ሕዝቡ እንደ ነቢይ ስላዩት ፈሩአቸው።

⁴⁶and seeking to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, seeing they were holding him as a prophet.