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

¹And he entered and passed through Jericho.

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

²And behold, [there was] a man by name called Zacchaeus, and he was chief tax-gatherer, 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 he could not for the crowd, because he was little in stature.

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

⁴And running on before, he got up into a sycamore that he might see him, for he was going to pass that [way].

⁶ፈጥኖም ወረደ በደስታም ተቀበለው።

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

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

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

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

⁷And all murmured when they saw [it], saying, He has turned in to lodge with a sinful man.

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

⁸But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I return [him] fourfold.

¹⁰የሰው ልጅ የጠፋውን ሊፈልግና ሊያድን መጥቶአለና አለው።

⁹And Jesus said to him, To-day salvation is come to this house, inasmuch 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 has come to seek and to save that which is lost.

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

¹¹But as they were listening to these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was about to be immediately manifested.

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

¹²He said therefore, A certain high-born man went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.

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

¹³And having called his own ten bondmen, he gave to them ten minas, and said to them, Trade while I am coming.

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

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

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

¹⁵And it came to pass on his arrival back again, having received the kingdom, that he desired these bondmen to whom he gave the money to be called to him, in order that he might know what every one had gained by trading.

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

¹⁶And the first came up, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has produced ten minas.

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

¹⁷And he said to him, Well [done], thou good bondman; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou in authority over ten cities.

¹⁹ይህንም ደግሞ። አንተም በአምስት ከተማዎች ላይ ሁን አለው።

¹⁸And the second came, saying, [My] Lord, thy mina has made five minas.

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

¹⁹And he said also to this one, And *thou*, be over five cities.

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

²⁰And another came, saying, [My] Lord, lo, [there is] thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.

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 a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.

²³እኔም መጥቼ ከትርፉ ጋር እወስደው ነበር አለው።

²²He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked bondman: thou knewest that *I* am a harsh man, taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed.

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

²³And why didst thou not give my money to [the] bank; and *I* should have received it, at my coming, with interest?

²⁵እነርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አሥር ምናን አለው አሉት።

²⁴And he said to those that stood by, Take from him the mina and give [it] to him who has the ten minas.

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

²⁵And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.

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

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

²⁸ይህንም ከተናገረ በኋላ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሲወጣ ይቀድማቸው ነበር።

²⁷Moreover those mine enemies, who would not [have] me to reign over them, bring them here and slay [them] before me.

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

²⁸And having said these things, 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 as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the mountain called [the mount] of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

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

³⁰saying, Go into the village over against [you], in which ye will find, on entering it, a colt tied up, on which no [child] of man ever sat at any time: loose it and lead it [here].

³²የተላኩትም ሄደው እንዳላቸው አገኙ።

³¹And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose [it]? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it.

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

³²And they that were sent, having gone their way, found as he had said to them.

³⁴እነርሱም። ለጌታ ያስፈልገዋል አሉ።

³³And as they were loosing the colt, its masters said to them, Why loose ye the colt?

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

³⁴And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.

³⁶ሲሄድም ልብሳቸውን በመንገድ ያነጥፉ ነበር።

³⁵And they led it to Jesus; and having cast their own garments on the colt, they put Jesus on [it].

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 strewed their clothes in the way.

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

³⁷And as he drew near, already at the descent of the mount of Olives, all the multitude of the disciples began, rejoicing, to praise God with a loud voice for all the works of power which they had seen,

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

³⁸saying, Blessed the King that comes 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 crowd said to him, Teacher, rebuke thy disciples.

⁴¹ሲቀርብም ከተማይቱን አይቶ አለቀሰላት፥

⁴⁰And he answering said to them, I say unto you, If these shall be silent, the stones will cry out.

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

⁴¹And as he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it,

⁴³ወራት ይመጣብሻልና፥ ጠላቶችሽም ቅጥር ይቀጥሩብሻል ይከቡሻልም በየበኵሉም ያስጨንቁሻል፤

⁴²saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, even at least in this thy day, the things that are for thy 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 days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall make a palisaded mound about thee, and shall close thee around, and keep thee in on every side,

⁴⁵ወደ መቅደስም ገብቶ በእርሱ የሚሸጡትን የሚገዙትንም ያወጣ ጀመር፤

⁴⁴and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children in thee; and shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation.

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

⁴⁵And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those that sold and bought in it,

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

⁴⁶saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.

⁴⁸የሚያደርጉበትንም አጡ፤ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ሲሰሙት ተንጠልጥለውበት ነበርና።

⁴⁷And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

⁴⁸and did not find what they could do, for all the people hung on him to hear.