¹ወደ ኢያሪኮም ገብቶ ያልፍ ነበር። እነሆም ዘኬዎስ የሚባል ሰው፥ እርሱም የቀራጮች አለቃ ነበረ፥ ባለ ጠጋም ነበረ።

¹And he entered and was passing through Jericho.

³ኢየሱስንም የትኛው እንደ ሆነ ሊያይ ይፈልግ ነበር፤ ቁመቱም አጭር ነበረና ስለ ሕዝቡ ብዛት አቃተው።

²And behold, a man called by name Zacchaeus; and he was a chief publican, and he was rich.

⁴በዚያችም መንገድ ያልፍ ዘንድ አለውና ያየው ዘንድ ወደ ፊት ሮጦ በአንድ ሾላ ላይ ወጣ።

³And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.

⁵ኢየሱስም ወደዚያ ስፍራ በደረሰ ጊዜ፥ አሻቅቦ አየና። ዘኬዎስ ሆይ፥ ዛሬ በቤትህ እውል ዘንድ ይገባኛልና ፈጥነህ ውረድ አለው።

⁴And he ran on before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.

⁶ፈጥኖም ወረደ በደስታም ተቀበለው።

⁵And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house.

⁷ሁሉም አይተው። ከኃጢአተኛ ሰው ጋር ሊውል ገባ ብለው አንጐራጐሩ።

⁶And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

⁸ዘኬዎስ ግን ቆሞ ጌታን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ካለኝ ሁሉ እኵሌታውን ለድሆች እሰጣለሁ፤ ማንንም በሐሰት ከስሼ እንደ ሆንሁ አራት እጥፍ እመልሳለሁ አለው።

⁷And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He is gone in to lodge with a man that is a sinner.

⁹ኢየሱስም። እርሱ ደግሞ የአብርሃም ልጅ ነውና ዛሬ ለዚህ ቤት መዳን ሆኖለታል፤

⁸And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold.

¹⁰የሰው ልጅ የጠፋውን ሊፈልግና ሊያድን መጥቶአለና አለው።

⁹And Jesus said unto him, To-day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

¹¹እነርሱም ይህን ሲሰሙ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መቅረቡ ስለ ሆነ የእግዚአብሔርም መንግሥት ፈጥኖ ሊገለጥ እንዳለው ስለ መሰላቸው ምሳሌ ጭምር ተናገረ።

¹⁰For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

¹²ስለዚህም እንዲህ አላቸው። አንድ መኰንን ለራሱ መንግሥትን ይዞ ሊመለሰ ወደ ሩቅ አገር ሄደ።

¹¹And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and [because] they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear.

¹³አሥር ባሪያዎችንም ጠርቶ አሥር ምናን ሰጣቸውና። እስክመጣ ድረስ ነግዱ አላቸው።

¹²He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

¹⁴የአገሩ ሰዎች ግን ይጠሉት ነበርና። ይህ በላያችን ሊነግሥ አንወድም ብለው በኋላው መልክተኞችን ላኩ።

¹³And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye [herewith] till I come.

¹⁵መንግሥትንም ይዞ በተመለሰ ጊዜ፥ ገንዘብ የሰጣቸውን እነዚህን ባሪያዎች ነግደው ምን ያህል እንዳተረፉ ያውቅ ዘንድ እንዲጠሩለት አዘዘ።

¹⁴But his citizens hated him, and sent an ambassage after him, saying, We will not that this man reign over us.

¹⁶የፊተኛውም ደርሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምናንህ አሥር ምናን አተረፈ አለው።

¹⁵And it came to pass, when he was come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, unto whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

¹⁷እርሱም። መልካም፥ አንተ በጎ ባሪያ፥ በጥቂት የታመንህ ስለ ሆንህ በአሥር ከተማዎች ላይ ሥልጣን ይሁንልህ አለው።

¹⁶And the first came before him, saying, Lord, thy pound hath made ten pounds more.

¹⁸ሁለተኛውም መጥቶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ምናንህ አምስት ምናን አተረፈ አለው።

¹⁷And he said unto him, Well done, thou good servant: because thou wast found faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

¹⁹ይህንም ደግሞ። አንተም በአምስት ከተማዎች ላይ ሁን አለው።

¹⁸And the second came, saying, Thy pound, Lord, hath made five pounds.

²⁰ሌላውም መጥቶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በጨርቅ ጠቅልዬ የጠበቅኋት ምናንህ እነሆ፤

¹⁹And he said unto him also, Be thou also over five cities.

²¹ፈርቼሃለሁና፥ ጨካኝ ሰው ስለ ሆንህ፤ ያላኖርኸውን ትወስዳለህ ያልዘራኸውንም ታጭዳለህ አለው።

²⁰And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin:

²²እርሱም። አንተ ክፉ ባሪያ፥ አፍህ በተናገረው እፈርድብሃለሁ። እኔ ያላኖርሁትን የምወስድና ያልዘራሁትን የማጭድ ጨካኝ ሰው እንደ ሆንሁ አወቅህ፤ ምን ነው ገንዘቤን ለለዋጮች አደራ ያልሰጠኸው?

²¹for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.

²³እኔም መጥቼ ከትርፉ ጋር እወስደው ነበር አለው።

²²He saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow;

²⁴በዚያም ቆመው የነበሩትን። ምናኑን ውሰዱበት አሥሩ ምናን ላለውም ስጡት አላቸው።

²³then wherefore gavest thou not my money into the bank, and I at my coming should have required it with interest?

²⁵እነርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አሥር ምናን አለው አሉት።

²⁴And he said unto them that stood by, Take away from him the pound, and give it unto him that hath the ten pounds.

²⁶እላችኋለሁ፥ ላለው ሁሉ ይሰጠዋል፥ ከሌለው ግን ያው ያለው ስንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

²⁵And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.

²⁷ነገር ግን እነዚያን በላያቸው ልነግሥ ያልወደዱትን ጠላቶቼን ወደዚህ አምጡአቸው በፊቴም እረዱአቸው።

²⁶I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.

²⁸ይህንም ከተናገረ በኋላ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሲወጣ ይቀድማቸው ነበር።

²⁷But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

²⁹ደብረ ዘይትም በሚባል ተራራ አጠገብ ወዳሉት ወደ ቤተ ፋጌና ወደ ቢታንያ በቀረበ ጊዜ፥ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁለቱን ላከና።

²⁸And when he had thus spoken, he went on before, going up to Jerusalem.

³⁰በፊታችሁ ወዳለችው መንደር ሂዱ፥ ወደ እርስዋም ገብታችሁ ከሰው ማንም ገና ያልተቀመጠበት ውርንጫ ታስሮ ታገኛላችሁ፥ ፈትታችሁም አምጡት።

²⁹And it came to pass, when he drew nigh unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples,

³¹ማንም። ስለ ምን ትፈቱታላችሁ? ብሎ ቢጠይቃችሁ፥ እንዲሁ። ለጌታ ያስፈልገዋል በሉ አላቸው።

³⁰saying, Go your way into the village over against [you]; in which as ye enter ye shall find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat: loose him, and bring him.

³²የተላኩትም ሄደው እንዳላቸው አገኙ።

³¹And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him.

³³እነርሱም ውርንጫውን ሲፈቱ ጌቶቹ። ውርንጫውን ስለ ምን ትፈቱታላችሁ? አሉአቸውም

³²And they that were sent went away, and found even as he had said unto them.

³⁴እነርሱም። ለጌታ ያስፈልገዋል አሉ።

³³And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?

³⁵ወደ ኢየሱስም አመጡት፥ በውርንጫውም ላይ ልብሳቸውን ጭነው ኢየሱስን አስቀመጡት።

³⁴And they said, The Lord hath need of him.

³⁶ሲሄድም ልብሳቸውን በመንገድ ያነጥፉ ነበር።

³⁵And they brought him to Jesus: and they threw their garments upon the colt, and set Jesus thereon.

³⁷ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ቍልቍለትም አሁን በቀረበ ጊዜ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁላቸው ደስ እያላቸው ተአምራትን ሁሉ ስላዩ በታላቅ ድምፅ እግዚአብሔርን ሊያመሰግኑ ጀምረው።

³⁶And as he went, they spread their garments in the way.

³⁸በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ ንጉሥ የተባረከ ነው፤ በሰማይ ሰላም በአርያምም ክብር አሉ።

³⁷And as he was now drawing nigh, [even] at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen;

³⁹ከሕዝብም መካከል ከፈሪሳውያን አንዳንዱ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርትህን ገሥጻቸው አሉት።

³⁸saying, Blessed [is] the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

⁴⁰መልሶም። እላችኋለሁ፥ እነዚህ ዝም ቢሉ ድንጋዮች ይጮኻሉ አላቸው።

³⁹And some of the Pharisees from the multitude said unto him, Teacher, rebuke thy disciples.

⁴¹ሲቀርብም ከተማይቱን አይቶ አለቀሰላት፥

⁴⁰And he answered and said, I tell you that, if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

⁴²እንዲህ እያለ። ለሰላምሽ የሚሆነውን በዚህ ቀን አንቺስ ስንኳ ብታውቂ፤ አሁን ግን ከዓይንሽ ተሰውሮአል።

⁴¹And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it,

⁴³ወራት ይመጣብሻልና፥ ጠላቶችሽም ቅጥር ይቀጥሩብሻል ይከቡሻልም በየበኵሉም ያስጨንቁሻል፤

⁴²saying, If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things which belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

⁴⁴አንቺንም በአንቺም ውስጥ የሚኖሩትን ልጆችሽን ወደ ታች ይጥላሉ፥ በአንቺ ውስጥም ድንጋይ በድንጋይ ላይ አይተዉም፥ የመጐብኘትሽን ዘመን አላወቅሽምና።

⁴³For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

⁴⁵ወደ መቅደስም ገብቶ በእርሱ የሚሸጡትን የሚገዙትንም ያወጣ ጀመር፤

⁴⁴and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

⁴⁶እርሱም። ቤቴ የጸሎት ቤት ይሆናል ተብሎ ተጽፎአል፤ እናንተ ግን የወንበዴዎች ዋሻ አደረጋችሁት አላቸው።

⁴⁵And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold,

⁴⁷ዕለት ዕለትም በመቅደስ ያስተምር ነበር፤ ነገር ግን የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎች የሕዝቡ ታላላቆችም ሊገድሉት ይፈልጉ ነበር፥

⁴⁶saying unto them, It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of robbers.

⁴⁸የሚያደርጉበትንም አጡ፤ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ሲሰሙት ተንጠልጥለውበት ነበርና።

⁴⁷And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:

⁴⁸and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.