¹And Jesus answering, again spake to them in similes, saying,

¹ኢየሱስም መለሰ ደግሞም በምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህም አለ።

²`The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

²መንግሥተ ሰማያት ለልጁ ሰርግ ያደረገ ንጉሥን ትመስላለች።

³and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.

³የታደሙትንም ወደ ሰርጉ ይጠሩ ዘንድ ባሮቹን ላከ ሊመጡም አልወደዱም።

⁴`Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things [are] ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;

⁴ደግሞ ሌሎችን ባሮች ልኮ። የታደሙትን። እነሆ፥ ድግሴን አዘጋጀሁ፥ ኮርማዎቼና የሰቡት ከብቶቼ ታርደዋል፥ ሁሉም ተዘጋጅቶአል፤ ወደ ሰርጉ ኑ በሉአቸው አለ።

⁵and they, having disregarded [it], went away, the one to his own field, and the other to his merchandise;

⁵እነርሱ ግን ቸል ብለው አንዱ ወደ እርሻው፥ ሌላውም ወደ ንግዱ ሄደ፤

⁶and the rest, having laid hold on his servants, did insult and slay [them].

⁶የቀሩትም ባሮቹን ይዘው አንገላቱአቸው ገደሉአቸውም።

⁷`And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;

⁷ንጉሡም ተቈጣ፥ ጭፍሮቹንም ልኮ እነዚያን ገዳዮች አጠፋ፤ ከተማቸውንም አቃጠለ።

⁸then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,

⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ባሮቹን። ሰርጉስ ተዘጋጅቶአል፥ ነገር ግን የታደሙት የማይገባቸው ሆኑ፤

⁹be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.

⁹እንግዲህ ወደ መንገድ መተላለፊያ ሄዳችሁ ያገኛችሁትን ሁሉ ወደ ሰርጉ ጥሩ አለ።

¹⁰`And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.

¹⁰እነዚያም ባሮች ወደ መንገድ ወጥተው ያገኙትን ሁሉ ክፉዎችንም በጎዎችንም ሰበሰቡ፤ የሰርጉንም ቤት ተቀማጮች ሞሉት።

¹¹`And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,

¹¹ንጉሡም የተቀመጡትን ለማየት በገባ ጊዜ በዚያ የሰርግ ልብስ ያለበሰ አንድ ሰው አየና። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥

¹²and he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was speechless.

¹²የሰርግ ልብስ ሳትለብስ እንዴት ወደዚህ ገባህ? አለው እርሱም ዝም አለ።

¹³`Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;

¹³በዚያን ጊዜ ንጉሡ አገልጋዮቹን። እጁንና እግሩን አስራችሁ በውጭ ወዳለው ጨለማ አውጡት፤ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል አለ።

¹⁴for many are called, and few chosen.`

¹⁴የተጠሩ ብዙዎች፥ የተመረጡ ግን ጥቂቶች ናቸውና።

¹⁵Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,

¹⁵ስለዚህ ፈሪሳውያን ሄዱና እንዴት አድርገው በነገር እንዲያጠምዱት ተማከሩ።

¹⁶and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;

¹⁶ደቀ መዛሙርታቸውንም ከሄሮድስ ወገን ጋር ላኩበት፥ እነርሱም። መምህር ሆይ፥ እውነተኛ እንደ ሆንህ በእውነትም የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ እንድታስተምር እናውቃለን፥ ለማንምም አታደላም፥ የሰውን ፊት አትመለከትምና፤

¹⁷tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?`

¹⁷እንግዲህ ምን ይመስልሃል? ንገረን ለቄሣር ግብር መስጠት ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? አሉት።

¹⁸And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?

¹⁸ኢየሱስም ክፋታቸውን አውቆ። እናንተ ግብዞች፥ ስለ ምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ?

¹⁹show me the tribute-coin?` and they brought to him a denary;

¹⁹የግብሩን ብር አሳዩኝ አለ። እነርሱም ዲናር አመጡለት።

²⁰and he saith to them, `Whose [is] this image and the inscription?`

²⁰እርሱም። ይህች መልክ ጽሕፈቲቱስ የማን ናት? አላቸው።

²¹they say to him, `Caesar`s;` then saith he to them, `Render therefore the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;`

²¹የቄሣር ነው አሉት። በዚያን ጊዜ። እንኪያስ የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው።

²²and having heard they wondered, and having left him they went away.

²²ይህንም ሰምተው ተደነቁ፥ ትተውትም ሄዱ።

²³In that day there came near to him Sadducees, who are saying there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,

²³በዚያን ቀን። ትንሣኤ ሙታን የለም የሚሉ ሰዱቃውያን ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡ፥

²⁴`Teacher, Moses said, If any one may die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up seed to his brother.

²⁴እንዲህም ብለው ጠየቁት። መምህር ሆይ፥ ሙሴ አንድ ሰው ልጅ ሳይወልድ ሲሞት ወንድሙ ሚስቱን አግብቶ ለወንድሙ ዘር ይተካ አለ።

²⁵`And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;

²⁵ሰባት ወንድማማች በእኛ ዘንድ ነበሩ፤ ፊተኛውም ሚስት አግብቶ ሞተ፥ ዘርም ስለሌለው ሚስቱን ለወንድሙ ተወለት፤

²⁶in like manner also the second, and the third, unto the seventh,

²⁶እንዲሁ ደግሞ ሁለተኛው ሦስተኛውም፥ እስከ ሰባተኛው ድረስ።

²⁷and last of all died also the woman;

²⁷ከሁሉም በኋላ ሴቲቱ ሞተች።

²⁸therefore in the rising again, of which of the seven shall she be wife — for all had her?`

²⁸ሁሉ አግብተዋታልና በትንሣኤ ቀንስ፥ ከሰባቱ ለማናቸው ሚስት ትሆናለች?

²⁹And Jesus answering said to them, `Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;

²⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። መጻሕፍትንና የእግዚአብሔርን ኃይል አታውቁምና ትስታላችሁ።

³⁰for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.

³⁰በትንሣኤስ እንደ እግዚአብሔር መላእክት በሰማይ ይሆናሉ እንጂ አያገቡም አይጋቡምም።

³¹`And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

³¹ስለ ትንሣኤ ሙታን ግን። እኔ የአብርሃም አምላክ፥ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ የሚል ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ወደ እናንተ የተባለውን አላነበባችሁምን? የሕያዋን አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሙታን አይደለም።

³²I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not a God of dead men, but of living.`

³³ሕዝቡም ይህን ሰምተው በትምህርቱ ተገረሙ።

³³And having heard, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching;

³⁴ፈሪሳውያንም ሰዱቃውያንን ዝም እንዳሰኛቸው በሰሙ ጊዜ አብረው ተሰበሰቡ።

³⁴and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him;

³⁵ከእነርሱም አንድ ሕግ አዋቂ ሊፈትነው።

³⁵and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,

³⁶መምህር ሆይ፥ ከሕግ ማናቸይቱ ትእዛዝ ታላቅ ናት? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

³⁶`Teacher, which [is] the great command in the Law?`

³⁷ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አለው። ጌታ አምላክህን በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹም ነፍስህም በፍጹም አሳብህም ውደድ።

³⁷And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding —

³⁸ታላቂቱና ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ይህች ናት።

³⁸this is a first and great command;

³⁹ሁለተኛይቱም ይህችን ትመስላለች፥ እርስዋም። ባልንጀራህን እንደ ነፍስህ ውደድ የምትለው ናት።

³⁹and the second [is] like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;

⁴⁰በእነዚህ በሁለቱ ትእዛዛት ሕጉም ሁሉ ነቢያትም ተሰቅለዋል።

⁴⁰on these — the two commands — all the law and the prophets do hang.`

⁴¹ፈሪሳውያንም ተሰብስበው ሳሉ፥ ኢየሱስ። ስለ ክርስቶስ ምን ይመስላችኋል? የማንስ ልጅ ነው? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው። የዳዊት ልጅ ነው አሉት።

⁴¹And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,

⁴³እርሱም። እንኪያስ ዳዊት። ጌታ ጌታዬን። ጠላቶችህን የእግርህ መረገጫ እስካደርግልህ ድረስ በቀኜ ተቀመጥ አለው ሲል እንዴት በመንፈስ ጌታ ብሎ ይጠራዋል?

⁴²saying, `What do ye think concerning the Christ? of whom is he son?` They say to him, `Of David.`

⁴⁵ዳዊትስ ጌታ ብሎ ከጠራው፥ እንዴት ልጁ ይሆናል? አላቸው።

⁴³He saith to them, `How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,

⁴⁶አንድም ቃል ስንኳ ይመልስለት ዘንድ የተቻለው የለም፥ ከዚያ ቀንም ጀምሮ ወደ ፊት ማንም ሊጠይቀው አልደፈረም።

⁴⁴The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool?

⁴⁵If then David doth call him lord, how is he his son?`

⁴⁶And no one was able to answer him a word, nor durst any from that day question him any more.