¹ቀራጮችና ኃጢአተኞችም ሁሉ ሊሰሙት ወደ እርሱ ይቀርቡ ነበር።

¹Now all the publicans and sinners were drawing near unto him to hear him.

²ፈሪሳውያንና ጻፎችም። ይህስ ኃጢአተኞችን ይቀበላል ከእነርሱም ጋር ይበላል ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው አንጐራጐሩ።

²And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

³ይህንም ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል።

³And he spake unto them this parable, saying,

⁴መቶ በግ ያለው ከእነርሱም አንዱ ቢጠፋ፥ ዘጠና ዘጠኙን በበረሃ ትቶ የጠፋውን እስኪያገኘው ድረስ ሊፈልገው የማይሄድ ከእናንተ ማን ነው?

⁴What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

⁵ባገኘውም ጊዜ ደስ ብሎት በጫንቃው ይሸከመዋል፤

⁵And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

⁶ወደ ቤትም በመጣ ጊዜ ወዳጆቹንና ጐረቤቶቹን በአንድነት ጠርቶ። የጠፋውን በጌን አግኝቼዋለሁና ከእኔ ጋር ደስ ይበላችሁ ይላቸዋል።

⁶And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

⁷እላችኋለሁ፥ እንዲሁ ንስሐ ከማያስፈልጋቸው ከዘጠና ዘጠኝ ጻድቃን ይልቅ ንስሐ በሚገባ በአንድ ኃጢአተኛ በሰማይ ደስታ ይሆናል።

⁷I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, [more] than over ninety and nine righteous persons, who need no repentance.

⁸ወይም አሥር ድሪም ያላት አንድ ድሪም ቢጠፋባት፥ መብራት አብርታ ቤትዋንም ጠርጋ እስክታገኘው ድረስ አጥብቃ የማትፈልግ ሴት ማን ናት?

⁸Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?

⁹ባገኘችውም ጊዜ ወዳጆችዋንና ጐረቤቶችዋን በአንድነት ጠርታ። የጠፋውን ድሪሜን አግኝቼዋለሁና ከእኔ ጋር ደስ ይበላችሁ ትላቸዋለች።

⁹And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.

¹⁰እላችኋለሁ፥ እንዲሁ ንስሐ በሚገባ በአንድ ኃጢአተኛ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ደስታ ይሆናል።

¹⁰Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

¹¹እንዲህም አለ። አንድ ሰው ሁለት ልጆች ነበሩት።

¹¹And he said, A certain man had two sons:

¹²ከእነርሱም ታናሹ አባቱን። አባቴ ሆይ፥ ከገንዘብህ የሚደርሰኝን ክፍል ስጠኝ አለው። ገንዘቡንም አካፈላቸው።

¹²and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of [thy] substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

¹³ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ታናሹ ልጅ ገንዘቡን ሁሉ ሰብስቦ ወደ ሩቅ አገር ሄደ፥ ከዚያም እያባከነ ገዘቡን በተነ።

¹³And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together and took his journey into a far country; and there he wasted his substance with riotous living.

¹⁴ሁሉንም ከከሰረ በኋላ በዚያች አገር ጽኑ ራብ ሆነ፥ እርሱም ይጨነቅ ጀመር።

¹⁴And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

¹⁵ሄዶም ከዚያች አገር ሰዎች ከአንዱ ጋር ተዳበለ፥ እርሱም እሪያ ሊያሰማራ ወደ ሜዳ ሰደደው።

¹⁵And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

¹⁶እሪያዎችም ከሚበሉት አሰር ሊጠግብ ይመኝ ነበር፥ የሚሰጠውም አልነበረም።

¹⁶And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

¹⁷ወደ ልቡም ተመልሶ እንዲህ አለ። እንጀራ የሚተርፋቸው የአባቴ ሞያተኞች ስንት ናቸው? እኔ ግን ከዚህ በራብ እጠፋለሁ።

¹⁷But when he came to himself he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!

¹⁸ተነሥቼም ወደ አባቴ እሄዳለሁና። አባቴ ሆይ፥ በሰማይና በፊትህ በደልሁ፥

¹⁸I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight:

¹⁹ወደ ፊትም ልጅህ ልባል አይገባኝም፤ ከሞያተኞችህ እንደ አንዱ አድርገኝ እለዋለሁ።

¹⁹I am no more worthy to be called your son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

²⁰ተነሥቶም ወደ አባቱ መጣ። እርሱም ገና ሩቅ ሳለ አባቱ አየውና አዘነለት፥ ሮጦም አንገቱን አቀፈውና ሳመው።

²⁰And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

²¹ልጁም። አባቴ ሆይ፥ በሰማይና በፊትህ በደልሁ፥ ወደ ፊትም ልጅህ ልባል አይገባኝም አለው።

²¹And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: I am no more worthy to be called thy son.

²²አባቱ ግን ባሪያዎቹን አለ። ፈጥናችሁ ከሁሉ የተሻለ ልብስ አምጡና አልብሱት፥ ለእጁ ቀለበት ለእግሩም ጫማ ስጡ፤

²²But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

²³የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አምጥታችሁ እረዱት፥ እንብላም ደስም ይበለን፤

²³and bring the fatted calf, [and] kill it, and let us eat, and make merry:

²⁴ይህ ልጄ ሞቶ ነበርና ደግሞም ሕያው ሆኖአል፤ ጠፍቶም ነበር ተገኝቶአልም። ደስም ይላቸው ጀመር።

²⁴for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

²⁵ታላቁ ልጁ በእርሻ ነበረ፤ መጥቶም ወደ ቤት በቀረበ ጊዜ የመሰንቆና የዘፈን ድምፅ ሰማ፤

²⁵Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

²⁶ከብላቴናዎችም አንዱን ጠርቶ። ይህ ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ጠየቀ።

²⁶And he called to him one of the servants, and inquired what these things might be.

²⁷እርሱም። ወንድምህ መጥቶአልና በደኅና ስላገኘው አባትህ የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አረደለት አለው።

²⁷And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

²⁸ተቈጣም ሊገባም አልወደደም፤ አባቱም ወጥቶ ለመነው።

²⁸But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.

²⁹እርሱ ግን መልሶ አባቱን። እነሆ፥ ይህን ያህል ዓመት እንደ ባሪያ ተገዝቼልሃለሁ ከትእዛዝህም ከቶ አልተላለፍሁም፤ ለእኔም ከወዳጆቼ ጋር ደስ እንዲለኝ አንድ ጥቦት ስንኳ አልሰጠኸኝም፤

²⁹But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and [yet] thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

³⁰ነገር ግን ገንዘብህን ከጋለሞቶች ጋር በልቶ ይህ ልጅህ በመጣ ጊዜ፥ የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አረድህለት አለው።

³⁰but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

³¹እርሱ ግን። ልጄ ሆይ፥ አንተ ሁልጊዜ ከእኔ ጋር ነህ፥ ለእኔም የሆነ ሁሉ የአንተ ነው፤

³¹And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.

³²ዳሩ ግን ይህ ወንድምህ ሞቶ ነበረ ሕያው ስለ ሆነ ጠፍቶም ነበር ስለ ተገኘ ደስ እንዲለን ፍሥሐም እንድናደርግ ይገባናል አለው።

³²But it was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive [again]; and [was] lost, and is found.