¹ቀራጮችና ኃጢአተኞችም ሁሉ ሊሰሙት ወደ እርሱ ይቀርቡ ነበር።

¹And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;

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

²and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This [man] receives sinners and eats with them.

³ይህንም ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል።

³And he spoke to 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, does 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 having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;

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

⁶and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.

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

⁷I say unto you, that thus there shall be joy in heaven for one repenting sinner, [more] than for ninety and nine righteous who have no need of repentance.

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

⁸Or, what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek carefully till she find it?

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

⁹and having found it she calls together the friends and neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.

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

¹⁰Thus, I say unto you, there is joy before the angels of God for one repenting sinner.

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 to me the share of the property that falls [to me]. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.

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

¹³And after not many days the younger son gathering all together went away into a country a long way off, and there dissipated his property, living in debauchery.

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

¹⁴But when he had spent all there arose a violent famine throughout 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 longed to fill his belly with the husks which the swine were eating; and no one gave to him.

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

¹⁷And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and *I* perish here by famine.

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

¹⁸I will rise up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee;

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

¹⁹I am no longer worthy to be called thy 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 rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.

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

²¹And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee; I am no longer 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 bondmen, Bring out the best robe and clothe him in [it], and put a ring on his hand and sandals 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 has come to life, was lost and has been found. And they began to make merry.

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

²⁵And his elder son was in the field; and as, coming [up], he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.

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

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

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

²⁷And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father has killed the fatted calf because he has received him safe and well.

²⁸ተቈጣም ሊገባም አልወደደም፤ አባቱም ወጥቶ ለመነው።

²⁸But he became angry and would not go in. And his father went out and besought 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 answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given 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, who has devoured thy substance with harlots, is come, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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

³¹But he said to him, Child, *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 right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.