¹በሰንበትም ከፈሪሳውያን አለቆች ወደ አንዱ ቤት እንጀራ ሊበላ በገባ ጊዜ እነርሱ ይጠባበቁት ነበር።

¹And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the rulers, [who was] of the Pharisees, to eat bread on [the] sabbath, that *they* were watching him.

²እነሆም፥ ሆዱ የተነፋ ሰው በፊቱ ነበረ።

²And behold, there was a certain dropsical [man] before him.

³ኢየሱስም መልሶ። በሰንበት መፈወስ ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? ብሎ ለሕግ አዋቂዎችና ለፈሪሳውያን ተናገረ።

³And Jesus answering spoke unto the doctors of the law and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath?

⁴እነርሱ ግን ዝም አሉ። ይዞም ፈወሰውና አሰናበተው።

⁴But they were silent. And taking him he healed him and let him go.

⁵ከእናንተ አህያው ወይስ በሬው በጕድጓድ ቢወድቅ በሰንበት ወዲያው የማያወጣው ማን ነው? አላቸው።

⁵And answering he said to them, Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a well, that he does not straightway pull him up on the sabbath day?

⁶ስለዚህ ነገርም ሊመልሱለት አልተቻላቸውም።

⁶And they were not able to answer him to these things.

⁷የታደሙትንም የከበሬታ ስፍራ እንደ መረጡ ተመልክቶ ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል።

⁷And he spoke a parable to those that were invited, remarking how they chose out the first places, saying to them,

⁸ማንም ለሰርግ ቢጠራህ በከበሬታ ስፍራ አትቀመጥ፤ ምናልባት ከአንተ ይልቅ የከበረ ተጠርቶ ይሆናልና አንተን እርሱንም የጠራ መጥቶ።

⁸When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him,

⁹ለዚህ ስፍራ ተውለት ይልሃል፥ በዚያን ጊዜም እያፈርህ በዝቅተኛው ስፍራ ልትሆን ትጀምራለህ።

⁹and he who invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this [man], and then thou begin with shame to take the last place.

¹⁰ነገር ግን በተጠራህ ጊዜ፥ የጠራህ መጥቶ። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥ ወደ ላይ ውጣ እንዲልህ፥ ሄደህ በዝቅተኛው ስፍራ ተቀመጥ፤ ያን ጊዜም ከአንተ ጋር በተቀመጡት ሁሉ ፊት ክብር ይሆንልሃል።

¹⁰But when thou hast been invited, go and put thyself down in the last place, that when he who has invited thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour before all that are lying at table with thee;

¹¹ራሱን ከፍ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ይዋረዳልና፥ ራሱንም የሚያዋርድ ከፍ ይላል።

¹¹for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.

¹²የጠራውንም ደግሞ እንዲህ አለው። ምሳ ወይም እራት ባደረግህ ጊዜ፥ እነርሱ ደግሞ በተራቸው ምናልባት እንዳይጠሩህ ብድራትም እንዳይመልሱልህ፥ ወዳጆችህንና ወንድሞችህን ዘመዶችህንም ባለ ጠጎች ጎረቤቶችህንም አትጥራ።

¹²And he said also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsfolk, nor rich neighbours, lest it may be they also should invite thee in return, and a recompense be made thee.

¹³ነገር ግን ግብዣ ባደረግህ ጊዜ ድሆችንና ጕንድሾችን አንካሶችንም ዕውሮችንም ጥራ፤

¹³But when thou makest a feast, call poor, crippled, lame, blind:

¹⁴የሚመልሱት ብድራት የላቸውምና ብፁዕ ትሆናለህ፤ በጻድቃን ትንሣኤ ይመለስልሃልና።

¹⁴and thou shalt be blessed; for they have not [the means] to recompense thee; for it shall be recompensed thee in the resurrection of the just.

¹⁵ከተቀመጡትም አንዱ ይህን ሰምቶ። በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንጀራ የሚበላ ብፁዕ ነው አለው።

¹⁵And one of those that were lying at table with [them], hearing these things, said to him, Blessed [is] he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

¹⁶እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አለው። አንድ ሰው ታላቅ እራት አድርጎ ብዙዎችን ጠራ፤

¹⁶And he said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many.

¹⁷በእራትም ሰዓት የታደሙትን። አሁን ተዘጋጅቶአልና ኑ እንዲላቸው ባሪያውን ላከ።

¹⁷And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.

¹⁸ሁላቸውም በአንድነት ያመካኙ ጀመር። የፊተኛው። መሬት ገዝቼአለሁ ወጥቼም ላየው በግድ ያስፈልገኛል፤ ይቅር እንድትለኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለው።

¹⁸And all began, without exception, to excuse themselves. The first said to him, I have bought land, and I must go out and see it; I pray thee hold me for excused.

¹⁹ሌላውም። አምስት ጥምድ በሬዎች ገዝቼአለሁ ልፈትናቸውም እሄዳለሁ፤ ይቅር እንድትለኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለው።

¹⁹And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee hold me for excused.

²⁰ሌላውም። ሚስት አግብቼአለሁ ስለዚህም ልመጣ አልችልም አለው።

²⁰And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

²¹ባሪያውም ደርሶ ይህን ለጌታው ነገረው። በዚያን ጊዜ ባለቤቱ ተቆጥቶ ባሪያውን። ወደ ከተማ ጎዳናና ወደ ስላች ፈጥነህ ውጣ ድሆችንና ጕንድሾችን አንካሶችንና ዕውሮችንም ወደዚህ አግባ አለው።

²¹And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.

²²ባሪያውም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እንዳዘዝኸኝ ተደርጎአል፥ ገናም ስፍራ አለ አለው።

²²And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.

²³ጌታውም ባሪያውን። ቤቴ እንዲሞላ ወደ መንገድና ወደ ቅጥር ውጣና ይገቡ ዘንድ ግድ በላቸው፤

²³And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;

²⁴እላችኋለሁና፥ ከታደሙት ከእነዚያ ሰዎች አንድ ስንኳ እራቴን አይቀምስም አለው።

²⁴for I say to you, that not one of those men who were invited shall taste of my supper.

²⁵ብዙም ሕዝብ ከእርሱ ጋር ይሄዱ ነበር፥ ዘወር ብሎም እንዲህ አላቸው።

²⁵And great crowds went with him; and, turning round, he said to them,

²⁶ማንም ወደ እኔ የሚመጣ ቢኖር አባቱንና እናቱን ሚስቱንም ልጆቹንም ወንድሞቹንም እኅቶቹንም የራሱን ሕይወት ስንኳ ሳይቀር ባይጠላ፥ ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

²⁶If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;

²⁷ማንም መስቀሉን ተሸክሞ በኋላዬ የማይመጣ፥ ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

²⁷and whoever does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

²⁸ከእናንተ ግንብ ሊሠራ የሚወድ ለመደምደሚያ የሚበቃ ያለው እንደ ሆነ አስቀድሞ ተቀምጦ ከሳራውን የማይቈጥር ማን ነው?

²⁸For which of you, desirous of building a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, if he have what [is needed] to complete it;

²⁹ያለዚያ መሠረቱን ቢመሠርት፥ ሊደመድመውም ቢያቅተው፥ ያዩት ሁሉ።

²⁹in order that, having laid the foundation of it, and not being able to finish it, all who see it do not begin to mock at him,

³⁰ይህ ሰው ሊሠራ ጀምሮ ሊደመድመው አቃተው ብለው ሊዘብቱበት ይጀምራሉ።

³⁰saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish?

³¹ወይም ሌላውን ንጉሥ በጦርነት ሊጋጠም የሚሄድ፥ ከሁለት እልፍ ጋር የሚመጣበትን በአንድ እልፍ ሊገናኝ የሚችል እንደ ሆነ አስቀድሞ ተቀምጦ የማያስብ ንጉሥ ማን ነው?

³¹Or what king, going on his way to engage in war with another king, does not, sitting down first, take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him coming against him with twenty thousand?

³²ባይሆንስ ሌላው ገና ሩቅ ሳለ መልክተኞች ልኮ ዕርቅ ይለምናል።

³²and if not, while he is yet far off, having sent an embassy, he asks for terms of peace.

³³እንግዲህ እንደዚሁ ማንም ከእናንተ ያለውን ሁሉ የማይተው ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

³³Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.

³⁴ጨው መልካም ነው፤ ጨው አልጫ ቢሆን ግን በምን ይጣፈጣል?

³⁴Salt [then] [is] good, but if the salt also has become savourless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

³⁵ለምድር ቢሆን ለፍግ መቈለያም ቢሆን አይረባም፤ ወደ ውጭ ይጥሉታል። የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።

³⁵It is proper neither for land nor for dung; it is cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.