¹በዚያን ጊዜ የሕዝብ አእላፍ እርስ በርሳቸው እስኪረጋገጡ ድረስ ተሰብስበው ሳሉ፥ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ ይል ጀመር። አስቀድማችሁ ከፈሪሳውያን እርሾ ተጠበቁ፥ እርሱም ግብዝነት ነው።

¹In those [times], the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

²ነገር ግን የማይገለጥ የተከደነ፥ የማይታወቅም የተሰወረ ምንም የለም።

²but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;

³ስለዚህ በጨለማ የምትናገሩት ሁሉ በብርሃን ይሰማል፥ በእልፍኝም ውስጥ በጆሮ የምትናገሩት በሰገነት ላይ ይሰበካል።

³therefore whatever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

⁴ለእናንተም ለወዳጆቼ እላችኋለሁ፥ ሥጋን የሚገድሉትን በኋላም አንድ ስንኳ የሚበልጥ ሊያደርጉ የማይችሉትን አትፍሩ።

⁴But I say to you, my friends, Fear not those who kill the body and after this have no more that they can do.

⁵እኔ ግን የምትፈሩትን አሳያችኋለሁ፤ ከገደለ በኋላ ወደ ገሃነም ለመጣል ሥልጣን ያለውን ፍሩ። አዎን እላችኋለሁ፥ እርሱን ፍሩ።

⁵But I will shew you whom ye shall fear: Fear him who after he has killed has authority to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear *him*.

⁶አምስት ድንቢጦች በአሥር ሳንቲም ይሸጡ የለምን? ከእነርሱም አንዲቱ ስንኳ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አትረሳም።

⁶Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? and one of them is not forgotten before God.

⁷ነገር ግን የእናንተ የራሳችሁ ጠጕር ሁሉ እንኳ የተቈጠረ ነው፤ እንግዲያስ አትፍሩ ከብዙ ድንቢጦች ትበልጣላችሁ።

⁷But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.

⁸እላችሁማለሁ፥ በሰው ፊት የሚመሰክርልኝ ሁሉ፥ የሰው ልጅ ደግሞ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ይመሰክርለታል፤

⁸But I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, the Son of man will confess him also before the angels of God;

⁹በሰውም ፊት የሚክደኝ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ይካዳል።

⁹but he that shall have denied me before men shall be denied before the angels of God;

¹⁰በሰው ልጅም ላይ ቃል የሚናገር ሁሉ ይሰረይለታል፤ መንፈስ ቅዱስን የሚሰድብ ግን አይሰረይለትም።

¹⁰and whoever shall say a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him; but to him that speaks injuriously against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.

¹¹ወደ ምኵራቦችና ወደ መኳንንቶችም ወደ ገዢዎችም ሲጐትቱአችሁ፥ እንዴት ወይም ምን እንድትመልሱ ወይም እንድትናገሩ አትጨነቁ፤

¹¹But when they bring you before the synagogues and rulers and the authorities, be not careful how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say;

¹²መንፈስ ቅዱስ በዚያች ሰዓት ልትናገሩ የሚገባችሁን ያስተምራችኋልና።

¹²for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the hour itself what should be said.

¹³ከሕዝቡም አንድ ሰው። መምህር ሆይ፥ ርስቱን ከእኔ ጋር እንዲካፈል ለወንድሜ ንገረው አለው።

¹³And a person said to him out of the crowd, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

¹⁴እርሱም። አንተ ሰው፥ ፈራጅና አካፋይ በላያችሁ አንድሆን ማን ሾመኝ? አለው።

¹⁴But he said to him, Man, who established me [as] a judge or a divider over you?

¹⁵የሰው ሕይወት በገንዘቡ ብዛት አይደለምና ተጠንቀቁ፥ ከመጐምጀትም ሁሉ ተጠበቁ አላቸው።

¹⁵And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for [it is] not because a man is in abundance [that] his life is in his possessions.

¹⁶ምሳሌም ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል። አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው እርሻ እጅግ ፍሬያም ሆነችለት።

¹⁶And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

¹⁷እርሱም። ፍሬዬን የማከማችበት ስፍራ አጥቻለሁና ምን ላድርግ? ብሎ በልቡ አሰበ።

¹⁷And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits.

¹⁸እንዲህ አደርጋለሁ፤ ጐተራዬን አፍርሼ ሌላ የሚበልጥ እሠራለሁ፥ በዚያም ፍሬዬንና በረከቴን ሁሉ አከማቻለሁ፤

¹⁸And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;

¹⁹ነፍሴንም። አንቺ ነፍሴ፥ ለብዙ ዘመን የሚቀር ብዙ በረከት አለሽ፤ ዕረፊ፥ ብዪ፥ ጠጪ፥ ደስ ይበልሽ እላታለሁ አለ።

¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

²⁰እግዚአብሔር ግን። አንተ ሰነፍ፥ በዚች ሌሊት ነፍስህን ከአንተ ሊወስዱአት ይፈልጓታል፤ ይህስ የሰበሰብኸው ለማን ይሆናል? አለው።

²⁰But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?

²¹ለራሱ ገንዘብ የሚያከማች፥ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድም ባለ ጠጋ ያልሆነ እንዲህ ነው።

²¹Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

²²ለደቀ መዛሙርቱም እንዲህ አለ። ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፥ ለነፍሳችሁ በምትበሉት ወይም ለሰውነታችሁ በምትለብሱት አትጨነቁ።

²²And he said to his disciples, For this cause I say unto you, Be not careful for life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.

²³ነፍስ ከመብል ሰውነትም ከልብስ ይበልጣልና።

²³The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.

²⁴ቍራዎችን ተመልከቱ፤ አይዘሩም አያጭዱምም፥ ዕቃ ቤትም ወይም ጎተራ የላቸውም፥ እግዚአብሔርም ይመግባቸዋል፤ እናንተስ ከወፎች እንዴት ትበልጣላችሁ?

²⁴Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are *ye* than the birds?

²⁵ከእናንተ ተጨንቆ በቁመቱ ላይ አንድ ክንድ መጨመር የሚችል ማን ነው?

²⁵But which of you by being careful can add to his stature one cubit?

²⁶እንግዲህ ትንሹን ነገር ስንኳ የማትችሉ ከሆናችሁ፥ ስለ ምን በሌላ ትጨነቃላችሁ?

²⁶If therefore ye cannot [do] even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?

²⁷አበቦችን እንዴት እንዲያድጉ ተመልከቱ፤ አይደክሙም አይፈትሉምም፤ ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰሎሞንስ እንኳ በክብሩ ሁሉ ከእነዚህ እንደ አንዲቱ አለበሰም።

²⁷Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.

²⁸እግዚአብሔር ግን ዛሬ ያለውን ነገም ወደ እቶን የሚጣለውን በሜዳ የሆነውን ሣር እንዲህ የሚያለብሰው ከሆነ፥ እናንተ እምነት የጐደላችሁ፥ እናንተንማ ይልቁን እንዴት?

²⁸But if God thus clothe the grass, which to-day is in the field and to-morrow is cast into [the] oven, how much rather you, O ye of little faith?

²⁹እናንተም የምትበሉትን የምትጠጡትንም አትፈልጉ፥ አታወላውሉም፤

²⁹And *ye*, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;

³⁰ይህንስ ሁሉ በዓለም ያሉ አሕዛብ ይፈልጉታልና፤ የእናንተም አባት ይህ እንዲያስፈልጋችሁ ያውቃል።

³⁰for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things;

³¹ዳሩ ግን መንግሥቱን ፈልጉ ይህም ሁሉ ይጨመርላችኋል።

³¹but seek his kingdom, and [all] these things shall be added to you.

³²አንተ ታናሽ መንጋ፥ መንግሥትን ሊሰጣችሁ የአባታችሁ በጎ ፈቃድ ነውና አትፍሩ።

³²Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.

³³ያላችሁን ሽጡ ምጽዋትም ስጡ፤ ሌባ በማይቀርብበት ብልም በማያጠፋበት በሰማያት የማያልቅ መዝገብ የሚሆኑትን የማያረጁትንም ኮረጆዎች ለራሳችሁ አድርጉ፤

³³Sell what ye possess and give alms; make to yourselves purses which do not grow old, a treasure which does not fail in the heavens, where thief does not draw near nor moth destroy.

³⁴መዝገባችሁ ባለበት ልባችሁ ደግሞ በዚያ ይሆናልና።

³⁴For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.

³⁵ወገባችሁ የታጠቀ መብራታችሁም የበራ ይሁን፤

³⁵Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;

³⁶እናንተም ጌታቸው መጥቶ ደጁን ሲያንኳኳ ወዲያው እንዲከፍቱለት ከሰርግ እስኪመለስ ድረስ የሚጠብቁ ሰዎችን ምሰሉ

³⁶and *ye* like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

³⁷ጌታቸው በመጣ ጊዜ ሲተጉ የሚያገኛቸው እነዚያ ባሪያዎች ብፁዓን ናቸው፤ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ታጥቆ በማዕድ ያስቀምጣቸዋል ቀርቦም ያገለግላቸዋል።

³⁷Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.

³⁸ከሌሊቱም በሁለተኛው ወይም በሦስተኛው ክፍል መጥቶ እንዲሁ ቢያገኛቸው፥ እነዚያ ባሪያዎች ብፁዓን ናቸው።

³⁸And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].

³⁹ይህን ግን እወቁ ባለቤት በምን ሰዓት ሌባ እንዲመጣ ቢያውቅ ኖሮ፥ በነቃ፥ ቤቱም እንዲቆፈር ባልፈቀደም ነበር።

³⁹But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.

⁴⁰እናንተ ደግሞ ተዘጋጅታችሁ ኑሩ፥ የሰው ልጅ በማታስቡበት ሰዓት ይመጣልና።

⁴⁰And ye therefore, be *ye* ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think [it], the Son of man comes.

⁴¹ጴጥሮስም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይህን ምሳሌ ለእኛ ወይስ ደግሞ ለሁሉ ትናገራለህን? አለው።

⁴¹And Peter said to him, Lord, sayest thou this parable to us, or also to all?

⁴²ጌታም አለ። እንኪያስ ምግባቸውን በጊዜው ይሰጣቸው ዘንድ ጌታው በቤተ ሰዎቹ ላይ የሚሾመው ታማኝና ልባም መጋቢ ማን ነው?

⁴²And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?

⁴³ጌታው መጥቶ እንዲህ ሲያደርግ የሚያገኘው ያ ባሪያ ብፁዕ ነው።

⁴³Blessed is that bondman whom his lord [on] coming shall find doing thus;

⁴⁴እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ባለው ሁሉ ላይ ይሾመዋል።

⁴⁴verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.

⁴⁵ያ ባሪያ ግን። ጌታዬ እስኪመጣ ይዘገያል ብሎ በልቡ ቢያስብ ሎሌዎችንና ገረዶችንም ይመታ ይበላም ይጠጣም ይሰክርም ዘንድ ቢጀምር፥

⁴⁵But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,

⁴⁶የዚያ ባሪያ ጌታ ባልጠበቃት ቀን ባላወቃትም ሰዓት ይመጣል፥ ከሁለትም ይሰነጥቀዋል እድሉንም ከማይታመኑ ጋር ያደርጋል።

⁴⁶the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.

⁴⁷የጌታውንም ፈቃድ አውቆ ያልተዘጋጀ እንደ ፈቃዱም ያላደረገ ያ ባሪያ እጅግ ይገረፋል፤

⁴⁷But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared [himself] nor done his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes];

⁴⁸ያላወቀ ግን መገረፍ የሚገባውንም ያደረገ ጥቂት ይገረፋል። ብዙም ከተሰጠው ሰው ሁሉ ከእርሱ ብዙ ይፈለግበታል፥ ብዙ አደራም ከተሰጠው ከእርሱ አብዝተው ይሹበታል።

⁴⁸but he who knew [it] not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom [men] have committed much, they will ask from him the more.

⁴⁹በምድር ላይ እሳት ልጥል መጣሁ፥ አሁንም የነደደ ከሆነ ዘንድ ምን እፈልጋለሁ?

⁴⁹I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?

⁵⁰ነገር ግን የምጠመቃት ጥምቀት አለችኝ፥ እስክትፈጸምም ድረስ እንዴት እጨነቃለሁ?

⁵⁰But I have a baptism to be baptised with, and how am I straitened until it shall have been accomplished!

⁵¹በምድር ላይ ሰላምንም ለመስጠት የመጣሁ ይመስላችኋልን? እላችኋለሁ፥ አይደለም፥ መለያየትን እንጂ።

⁵¹Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:

⁵²ከአሁን ጀምሮ በአንዲት ቤት አምስት ሰዎች ይኖራሉና፤ ሦስቱም በሁለቱ ላይ ሁለቱም በሦስቱ ላይ ተነሥተው ይለያያሉ።

⁵²for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:

⁵³አባት በልጁ ላይ ልጅም በአባቱ ላይ፥ እናት በልጅዋ ላይ ልጅዋም በእናትዋ ላይ፥ አማት በምራትዋ ላይ ምራትም በአማትዋ ላይ ተነሥተው ይለያያሉ።

⁵³father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

⁵⁴ደግሞም ሕዝቡን እንዲህ አለ። ደመና ከምዕራብ ሲወጣ ባያችሁ ጊዜ፥ ወዲያው። ዝናብ ይመጣል ትላላችሁ፥ እንዲሁም ይሆናል፤

⁵⁴And he said also to the crowds, When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, straightway ye say, A shower is coming; and so it happens.

⁵⁵በአዜብም ነፋስ ሲነፍስ። ትኩሳት ይሆናል ትላላችሁ፥ ይሆንማል።

⁵⁵And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it happens.

⁵⁶እናንት ግብዞች፥ የምድሩንና የሰማዩን ፊት ልትመረምሩ ታውቃላችሁ፥ ነገር ግን ይህን ዘመን የማትመረምሩ እንዴት ነው?

⁵⁶Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how [is it then that] ye do not discern this time?

⁵⁷ራሳችሁ ደግሞ ጽድቅን የማትፈርዱ ስለ ምን ነው?

⁵⁷And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

⁵⁸ከባላጋራህ ጋር ወደ ሹም ብትሄድ፥ ወደ ዳኛ እንዳይጐትትህ ዳኛውም ለሎሌው አሳልፎ እንዳይሰጥህ ሎሌውም በወኅኒ እንዳይጥልህ፥ ገና በመንገድ ሳለህ ከባላጋራህ እንድትታረቅ ትጋ።

⁵⁸For as thou goest with thine adverse party before a magistrate, strive in the way to be reconciled with him, lest he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

⁵⁹እልሃለሁ፥ የመጨረሻዋን ግማሽ ሳንቲም እስክትከፍል ድረስ ከዚያ ከቶ አትወጣም።

⁵⁹I say unto thee, Thou shalt in no wise come out thence until thou hast paid the very last mite.