¹ከዚህም በኋላ ጌታ ሌሎቹን ሰብዓ ሾመ፥ ሁለት ሁለትም አድርጎ እርሱ ሊሄድበት ወዳለው ከተማና ስፍራ ሁሉ በፊቱ ላካቸው።

¹Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself was about to come.

²አላቸውም። መከሩስ ብዙ ነው፥ ሠራተኞች ግን ጥቂቶች ናቸው፤ እንግዴህ የመከሩን ጌታ ለመከሩ ሠራተኞች እንዲልክ ለምኑት።

²And he said unto them, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

³ሂዱ፤ እነሆ፥ እንደ በጎች በተኵላዎች መካከል እልካችኋለሁ።

³Go your ways; behold, I send you forth as lambs in the midst of wolves.

⁴ኮረጆም ከረጢትም ጫማም አትያዙ፤ በመንገድም ለማንም እጅ አትንሡ።

⁴Carry no purse, no wallet, no shoes; and salute no man on the way.

⁵ወደምትገቡበት ቤት ሁሉ አስቀድማችሁ። ሰላም ለዚህ ቤት ይሁን በሉ።

⁵And into whatsoever house ye shall enter, first say, Peace [be] to this house.

⁶በዚያም የሰላም ልጅ ቢኖር፥ ሰላማችሁ ያድርበታል፤ አለዚያም ይመለስላችኋል።

⁶And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall turn to you again.

⁷በዚያም ቤት ከእነርሱ ዘንድ ካለው እየበላችሁና እየጠጣችሁ ተቀመጡ፤ ለሠራተኛ ደመወዙ ይገባዋልና። ከቤት ወደ ቤት አትተላለፉ።

⁷And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

⁸ወደምትገቡባትም ከተማ ሁሉ ቢቀበሉአችሁ፥ ያቀረቡላችሁን ብሉ፤

⁸And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:

⁹በእርስዋም ያሉትን ድውዮችን ፈውሱና። የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ወደ እናንተ ቀረበች በሉአቸው።

⁹and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

¹⁰ነገር ግን ወደምትገቡባት ከተማ ሁሉ ባይቀበሉአችሁ፥ ወደ አደባባይዋ ወጥታችሁ።

¹⁰But into whatsoever city ye shall enter, and they receive you not, go out into the streets thereof and say,

¹¹ከከተማችሁ የተጣበቀብንን ትቢያ እንኳን እናራግፍላችኋለን፤ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ግን ወደ እናንተ እንደ ቀረበች ይህን እወቁ በሉ።

¹¹Even the dust from your city, that cleaveth to our feet, we wipe off against you: nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh.

¹²እላችኋለሁ፥ በዚያን ቀን ከዚያች ከተማ ይልቅ ለሰዶም ይቀልላታል።

¹²I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

¹³ወዮልሽ ኮራዚን፥ ወዮልሽ ቤተ ሳይዳ፤ በእናንተ የተደረገው ተአምራት በጢሮስና በሲዶና ተደርጎ ቢሆን፥ ማቅ ለብሰው በአመድም ተቀምጠው ከብዙ ጊዜ በፊት ንስሐ በገቡ ነበር።

¹³Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

¹⁴ነገር ግን በፍርድ ከእናንተ ይልቅ ለጢሮስና ለሲዶና ይቀልላቸዋል።

¹⁴But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.

¹⁵አንቺም ቅፍርናሆም፥ እስከ ሰማይ ከፍ አልሽን? ወደ ሲኦል ትወርጃለሽ።

¹⁵And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades.

¹⁶የሚሰማችሁ እኔን ይሰማል፥ እናንተንም የጣለ እኔን ይጥላል፤ እኔንም የጣለ የላከኝን ይጥላል።

¹⁶He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.

¹⁷ሰብዓውም በደስታ ተመልሰው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አጋንንት ስንኳ በስምህ ተገዝተውልናል አሉት።

¹⁷And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject unto us in thy name.

¹⁸እንዲህም አላቸው ሰይጣንን እንደ መብረቅ ከሰማይ ሲወድቅ አየሁ።

¹⁸And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.

¹⁹እነሆ፥ እባቡንና ጊንጡን ትረግጡ ዘንድ፥ በጠላትም ኃይል ሁሉ ላይ ሥልጣን ሰጥቻችኋለሁ፥ የሚጐዳችሁም ምንም የለም።

¹⁹Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any wise hurt you.

²⁰ነገር ግን መናፍስት ስለ ተገዙላችሁ በዚህ ደስ አይበላችሁ፥ ስማችሁ ግን በሰማያት ሰለ ተጻፈ ደስ ይበላችሁ።

²⁰Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

²¹በዚያን ሰዓት ኢየሱስ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ሐሤት አደረገና። የሰማይና የምድር ጌታ አባት ሆይ፥ ይህን ከጥበበኞችና ከአስተዋዮች ሰውረህ ለሕፃናት ስለ ገለጥህላቸው አመሰግናለሁ፤ አዎን አባት ሆይ፥ ፈቃድህ በፊትህ እንዲህ ሆኖአልና።

²¹In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.

²²ሁሉ ከአባቴ ዘንድ ተሰጥቶኛል፥ ወልድንም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከአብ በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም፥ አብንም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከወልድ በቀር ወልድም ሊገልጥለት ከሚፈቅድ በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም አለ።

²²All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth who the Son is, save the Father; and who the Father is, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal [him].

²³ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ዘወር ብሎ ለብቻቸው። የምታዩትን የሚያዩ ዓይኖች ብፁዓን ናቸው።

²³And turning to the disciples, he said privately, Blessed [are] the eyes which see the things that ye see:

²⁴እላችኋለሁና፥ እናንተ የምታዩትን ብዙዎች ነቢያትና ነገሥታት ሊያዩ ወደዱ አላዩምም፥ የምትሰሙትንም ሊሰሙ ወድደው አልሰሙም አለ።

²⁴for I say unto you, that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.

²⁵እነሆም፥ አንድ ሕግ አዋቂ ሊፈትነው ተነሥቶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንድወርስ ምን ላድርግ? አለው።

²⁵And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

²⁶እርሱም በሕግ የተጻፈው ምንድር ነው? እንዴትስ ታነባለህ? አለው።

²⁶And he said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

²⁷እርሱም መልሶ። ጌታ አምላክህን በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹም ነፍስህም በፍጹም ኃይልህም በፍጹም አሳብህም ውደድ፥ ባልንጀራህንም እንደ ራስህ ውደድ አለው።

²⁷And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.

²⁸ኢየሱስም። እውነት መለስህ፤ ይህን አድርግ በሕይወትም ትኖራለህ አለው።

²⁸And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.

²⁹እርሱ ግን ራሱን ሊያጸድቅ ወድዶ ኢየሱስን። ባልንጀራዬስ ማን ነው? አለው።

²⁹But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

³⁰ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። አንድ ሰው ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ኢያሪኮ ወረደ በወንበዴዎችም እጅ ወደቀ፤ እነርሱም ደግሞ ገፈፉት ደበደቡትም በሕይወትና በሞት መካከልም ትተውት ሄዱ።

³⁰Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

³¹ድንገትም አንድ ካህን በዚያ መንገድ ወረደ አይቶትም ገለል ብሎ አለፈ።

³¹And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

³²እንዲሁም ደግሞ አንድ ሌዋዊ ወደዚያ ስፍራ መጣና አይቶት ገለል ብሎ አለፈ።

³²And in like manner a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

³³አንድ ሳምራዊ ግን ሲሄድ ወደ እርሱ መጣ አይቶትም አዘነለት፥

³³But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

³⁴ቀርቦም ዘይትና የወይን ጠጅ በቍስሎቹ ላይ አፍስሶ አሰራቸው፥ በራሱ አህያም ላይ አስቀምጦት ወደ እንግዶች ማደርያ ወሰደው ጠበቀውም።

³⁴and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on [them] oil and wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

³⁵በማግሥቱም ሁለት ዲናር አውጥቶ ለባለቤቱ ሰጠና። ጠብቀው፥ ከዚህም በላይ የምትከስረውን ሁሉ እኔ ስመለስ እከፍልሃለሁ አለው።

³⁵And on the morrow he took out two shillings, and gave them to the host, and said, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back again, will repay thee.

³⁶እንግዲህ ከነዚህ ከሦስቱ በወንበዴዎች እጅ ለወደቀው ባልንጀራ የሆነው ማንኛው ይመስልሃል?

³⁶Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor unto him that fell among the robbers?

³⁷እርሱም። ምሕረት ያደረገለት አለ። ኢየሱስም። ሂድ አንተም እንዲሁ አድርግ አለው።

³⁷And he said, He that showed mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

³⁸ሲሄዱም እርሱ ወደ አንዲት መንደር ገባ፤ ማርታ የተባለች አንዲት ሴትም በቤትዋ ተቀበለችው።

³⁸Now as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

³⁹ለእርስዋም ማርያም የምትባል እኅት ነበረቻት፥ እርስዋም ደግሞ ቃሉን ልትሰማ በኢየሱስ እግር አጠገብ ተቀምጣ ነበረች።

³⁹And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet, and heard his word.

⁴⁰ማርታ ግን አገልግሎት ስለ በዛባት ባከነች፤ ቀርባም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እኔ እንድሠራ እኅቴ ብቻዬን ስትተወኝ አይገድህምን? እንኪያስ እንድታግዘኝ ንገራት አለችው።

⁴⁰But Martha was cumbered about much serving; and she came up to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

⁴¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ማርታ፥ ማርታ፥ በብዙ ነገር ትጨነቂአለሽ ትታወኪማለሽ፥

⁴¹But the Lord answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about many things:

⁴²የሚያስፈልገው ግን ጥቂት ወይም አንድ ነገር ነው፤ ማርያምም መልካም ዕድልን መርጣለች ከእርስዋም አይወሰድባትም አላት።

⁴²but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.