¹ደግሞም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ አለ። መጋቢ የነበረው አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው ነበረ፥ በእርሱ ዘንድ። ይህ ሰው ያለህን ይበትናል ብለው ከሰሱት።

¹And he said also to [his] disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and *he* was accused to him as wasting his goods.

²ጠርቶም። ይህ የምሰማብህ ምንድር ነው? ወደ ፊት ለእኔ መጋቢ ልትሆን አትችልምና የመጋቢነትህን ሂሳብ አስረክበኝ አለው።

²And having called him, he said to him, What [is] this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

³መጋቢውም በልቡ። ጌታዬ መጋቢነቱን ከእኔ ይወስዳልና ምን ላድርግ? ለመቈፈር ኃይል የለኝም፥ መለመንም አፍራለሁ።

³And the steward said within himself, What shall I do; for my lord is taking the stewardship from me? I am not able to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

⁴ከመጋቢነቱ ብሻር በቤታቸው እንዲቀበሉኝ የማደርገውን አውቃለሁ አለ።

⁴I know what I will do, that when I shall have been removed from the stewardship I may be received into their houses.

⁵የጌታውንም ባለ ዕዳዎች እያንዳንዳቸውን ጠርቶ የፊተኛውን። ለጌታዬ ምን ያህል ዕዳ አለብህ? አለው።

⁵And having called to [him] each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

⁶እርሱም። መቶ ማድጋ ዘይት አለ። ደብዳቤህን እንካ ፈጥነህም ተቀምጠህ አምሳ ብለህ ጻፍ አለው።

⁶And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.

⁷በኋላም ሌላውን። አንተስ ስንት ዕዳ አለብህ? አለው። እርሱም። መቶ ጫን ስንዴ አለ። ደብዳቤህን እንካ ሰማንያ ብለህም ጻፍ አለው።

⁷Then he said to another, And thou, how much dost thou owe? And he said, A hundred cors of wheat. And he says to him, Take thy writing and write eighty.

⁸ጌታውም ዓመፀኛውን መጋቢ በልባምነት ስላደረገ አመሰገነው የዚህ ዓለም ልጆች ለትውልዳቸው ከብርሃን ልጆች ይልቅ ልባሞች ናቸውና።

⁸And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.

⁹እኔም እላችኋለሁ፥ የዓመፃ ገንዘብ ሲያልቅ በዘላለም ቤቶች እንዲቀበሉአችሁ፥ በእርሱ ወዳጆችን ለራሳችሁ አድርጉ።

⁹And *I* say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails ye may be received into the eternal tabernacles.

¹⁰ከሁሉ በሚያንስ የታመነ በብዙ ደግሞ የታመነ ነው፥ ከሁሉ በሚያንስም የሚያምፅ በብዙ ደግሞ ዓመፀኛ ነው።

¹⁰He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much; and he that is unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.

¹¹እንግዲያስ በዓመፃ ገንዘብ ካልታመናችሁ፥ እውነተኛውን ገንዘብ ማን አደራ ይሰጣችኋል?

¹¹If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who shall entrust to you the true?

¹²በሌላ ሰው ገንዘብ ካልታመናችሁ፥ የእናንተን ማን ይሰጣችኋል?

¹²and if ye have not been faithful in that which is another's, who shall give to you your own?

¹³ለሁለት ጌቶች መገዛት የሚቻለው ባርያ ማንም የለም፤ ወይም አንዱን ይጠላልና ሁለተኛውንም ይወዳል፥ ወይም ወደ አንዱ ይጠጋል ሁለተኛውንም ይንቃል። ለእግዚአብሔርና ለገንዘብ መገዛት አትችሉም።

¹³No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will cleave to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

¹⁴ገንዘብንም የሚወዱ ፈሪሳውያን ይህን ሁሉ ሰምተው ያፌዙበት ነበር።

¹⁴And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and mocked him.

¹⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። ራሳችሁን በሰው ፊት የምታጸድቁ እናንተ ናችሁ፥ ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር ልባችሁን ያውቃል፤ በሰው ዘንድ የከበረ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ርኵሰት ነውና።

¹⁵And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God.

¹⁶ሕግና ነቢያት እስከ ዮሐንስ ነበሩ፤ ከዚያ ጀምሮ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ይሰበካል፤ ሁሉም ወደ እርስዋ በኃይል ይገቡባታል።

¹⁶The law and the prophets [were] until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

¹⁷ነገር ግን ከሕግ አንዲት ነጥብ ከምትወድቅ ሰማይና ምድር ሊያልፍ ይቀላል።

¹⁷But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

¹⁸ሚስቱንም የሚፈታ ሁሉ ሌላይቱንም የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል፥ ከባልዋም የተፈታችውን የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል።

¹⁸Every one who puts away his wife and marries another commits adultery; and every one that marries one put away from a husband commits adultery.

¹⁹ቀይ ልብስና ቀጭን የተልባ እግር የለበሰ አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው ነበረ፥ ዕለት ዕለትም እየተመቸው በደስታ ይኖር ነበር።

¹⁹Now there was a rich man and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, making good cheer in splendour every day.

²⁰አልዓዛርም የሚባል አንድ ድሀ በቍስል ተወርሶ በደጁ ተኝቶ ነበር፥

²⁰And [there was] a poor man, by name Lazarus, [who] was laid at his gateway full of sores,

²¹ከባለ ጠጋውም ማዕድ ከሚወድቀው ፍርፋሪ ሊጠግብ ይመኝ ነበር፤ ውሾች እንኳ መጥተው ቍስሎቹን ይልሱ ነበር።

²¹and desiring to be filled with the crumbs which fell from the table of the rich man; but the dogs also coming licked his sores.

²²ድሀውም ሞተ፥ መላእክትም ወደ አብርሃም እቅፍ ወሰዱት፤ ባለ ጠጋው ደግሞ ሞተና ተቀበረ።

²²And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.

²³በሲኦልም በሥቃይ ሳለ አሻቅቦ አብርሃምን በሩቅ አየ አልዓዛርንም በእቅፉ።

²³And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

²⁴እርሱም እየጮኸ። አብርሃም አባት ሆይ፥ ማረኝ፥ በዚህ ነበልባል እሣቀያለሁና የጣቱን ጫፍ በውኃ ነክሮ መላሴን እንዲያበርድልኝ አልዓዛርን ስደድልኝ አለ።

²⁴And he crying out said, Father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame.

²⁵አብርሃም ግን። ልጄ ሆይ፥ አንተ በሕይወትህ ሳለህ መልካም እንደ ተቀበልህ አስብ አልዓዛርም እንዲሁ ክፉ፤ አሁን ግን እርሱ በዚህ ይጽናናል አንተም ትሣቀያለህ።

²⁵But Abraham said, Child, recollect that *thou* hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted here, and *thou* art in suffering.

²⁶ከዚህም ሁሉ ጋር ከዚህ ወደ እናንተ ሊያልፉ የሚፈልጉ እንዳይችሉ፥ ወዲያ ያሉ ደግሞ ወደ እኛ እንዳይሻገሩ በእኛና በእናንተ መካከል ታላቅ ገደል ተደርጎአል አለ።

²⁶And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those who desire to pass hence to you cannot, nor do they who [desire to cross] from there pass over unto us.

²⁷እርሱም። እንኪያስ፥ አባት ሆይ፥ ወደ አባቴ ቤት እንድትሰደው እለምንሃለሁ፤ አምስት ወንድሞች አሉኝና፤

²⁷And he said, I beseech thee then, father, that thou wouldest send him to the house of my father,

²⁸እነርሱ ደግሞ ወደዚህ ሥቃይ ስፍራ እንዳይመጡ ይመስክርላቸው አለ።

²⁸for I have five brothers, so that he may earnestly testify to them, that they also may not come to this place of torment.

²⁹አብርሃም ግን። ሙሴና ነቢያት አሉአቸው፤ እነርሱን ይስሙ አለው።

²⁹But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.

³⁰እርሱም። አይደለም፥ አብርሃም አባት ሆይ፥ ነገር ግን ከሙታን አንዱ ቢሄድላቸው ንስሐ ይገባሉ አለ።

³⁰But he said, Nay, father Abraham, but if one from the dead should go to them, they will repent.

³¹ሙሴንና ነቢያትንም የማይሰሙ ከሆነ፥ ከሙታንም እንኳ አንድ ቢነሣ አያምኑም አለው።

³¹And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among [the] dead will they be persuaded.