¹አንድ ቀንም ሕዝቡን በመቅደስ ሲያስተምር ወንጌልንም ሲሰብክላቸው፥ የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎች ከሽማግሌዎች ጋር ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና።

¹And it came to pass on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and announcing the glad tidings, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up,

²እስኪ ንገረን፤ እነዚህን በምን ሥልጣን ታደርጋለህ ወይስ ይህን ሥልጣን የሰጠህ ማን ነው? ብለው ተናገሩት።

²and spoke to him saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things, or who is it who has given thee this authority?

³መልሶም። እኔ ደግሞ አንዲት ነገር እጠይቃችኋለሁ፥ እናንተም ንገሩኝ፤

³And he answering said to them, *I* also will ask you [one] thing, and tell me:

⁴የዮሐንስ ጥምቀት ከሰማይ ነበረችን ወይስ ከሰው? አላቸው።

⁴The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men?

⁵እርስ በርሳቸውም ሲነጋገሩ። ከሰማይ ብንል። ስለ ምን አላመናችሁበትም? ይለናል፤

⁵And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say, Why have ye not believed him?

⁶ከሰው ብንል ግን ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ይወግሩናል፤ ዮሐንስ ነቢይ እንደ ነበረ ሁሉ ያምኑ ነበርና አሉ።

⁶but if we should say, Of men, the whole people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

⁷መልሰውም። ከወዴት እንደ ሆነ አናውቅም አሉት።

⁷And they answered, they did not know whence.

⁸ኢየሱስም። እኔም በምን ሥልጣን እነዚህን እንዳደርግ አልነግራችሁም አላቸው።

⁸And Jesus said to them, Neither do *I* tell you by what authority I do these things.

⁹ይህንም ምሳሌ ለሕዝቡ ይላቸው ጀመር። አንድ ሰው የወይን አትክልት ተከለ ለገበሬዎችም አከራይቶ ለብዙ ዘመን ወደ ሌላ አገር ሄደ።

⁹And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.

¹⁰በጊዜውም ከወይኑ አትክልት ፍሬ እንዲሰጡት አንድ ባሪያ ወደ ገበሬዎች ላከ፤ ገበሬዎቹ ግን ደበደቡት ባዶውንም ሰደዱት።

¹⁰And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent [him] away empty.

¹¹ጨምሮም ሌላውን ባሪያ ላከ፤ እነርሱም ያን ደግሞ ደበደቡት አዋርደውም ባዶውን ሰደዱት።

¹¹And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent [him] away empty.

¹²ጨምሮም ሦስተኛውን ላከ፤ እነርሱም ይህን ደግሞ አቍሰለው አወጡት።

¹²And again he sent a third; and they, having wounded him also, cast [him] out.

¹³የወይኑም አትክልት ጌታ። ምን ላድርግ? የምወደውን ልጄን እልካለሁ፤ ምናልባት እርሱን አይተው ያፍሩታል አለ።

¹³And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect [him].

¹⁴ገበሬዎቹ ግን አይተውት እርስ በርሳቸው ሲነጋገሩ። ወራሹ ይህ ነው፤ ርስቱ ለእኛ እንዲሆን ኑ እንግደለው አሉ።

¹⁴But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; [come,] let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.

¹⁵ከወይኑም አትክልት ወደ ውጭ አውጥተው ገደሉት። እንግዲህ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ ምን ያደርጋቸዋል?

¹⁵And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed [him]. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁶ይመጣል እነዚህንም ገበሬዎች ያጠፋል፥ የወይኑንም አትክልት ለሌሎች ይሰጣል። ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ። ይህስ አይሁን አሉ።

¹⁶He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be!

¹⁷እርሱ ግን ወደ እነርሱ ተመልክቶ። እንግዲህ። ግንበኞች የናቁት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ ሆነ ተብሎ የተጻፈው ይህ ምንድር ነው?

¹⁷But he looking at them said, What then is this that is written, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone?

¹⁸በዚያም ድንጋይ ላይ የሚወድቅ ሁሉ ይቀጠቀጣል፤ የሚወድቅበትን ሁሉ ግን ይፈጨዋል አለ።

¹⁸Every one falling on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.

¹⁹የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎችም ይህን ምሳሌ በእነርሱ ላይ እንደ ተናገረ አውቀው በዚያች ሰዓት እጃቸውን ሊጭኑበት ፈለጉ ነገር ግን ሕዝቡን ፈሩ።

¹⁹And the chief priests and the scribes sought the same hour to lay hands on him, and they feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken this parable of them.

²⁰ሲጠባበቁም ወደ ገዢ ግዛትና ሥልጣን አሳልፈው እንዲሰጡት ጻድቃን መስለው በቃሉ የሚያጠምዱትን ሸማቂዎች ሰደዱበት።

²⁰And having watched [him], they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in [his] language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

²¹ጠይቀውም። መምህር ሆይ፥ እውነትን እንድትናገርና እንድታስተምር ለሰው ፊትም እንዳታደላ እናውቃለን፥ በእውነት የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ ታስተምራለህ እንጂ፤

²¹And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest no [man's] person, but teachest with truth the way of God:

²²ለቄሣር ግብር ልንሰጥ ተፈቅዶአልን? ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? አሉት።

²²Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

²³እርሱ ግን ተንኰላቸውንም ተመልክቶ። ስለ ምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ? አንድ ዲናር አሳዩኝ፤

²³But perceiving their deceit he said to them, Why do ye tempt me?

²⁴መልኩ ጽሕፈቱስ የማን ነው? አላቸው። መልሰውም። የቄሣር ነው አሉት።

²⁴Shew me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it? And answering they said, Caesar's.

²⁵እርሱም። እንኪያስ የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው።

²⁵And he said to them, Pay therefore what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.

²⁶በሕዝቡም ፊት በቃሉ ሊያጠምዱት አልቻሉም በመልሱም እየተደነቁ ዝም አሉ።

²⁶And they were not able to take hold of him in [his] expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.

²⁷ትንሣኤ ሙታንንም የሚክዱ ከሰዱቃውያን አንዳንዶቹ ቀርበው ጠየቁት፥

²⁷And some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, coming up [to him],

²⁸እንዲህ ሲሉ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ሙሴ። ሚስት ያለችው የአንድ ሰው ወንድም ልጅ ሳይወልድ ቢሞት፥ ወንድሙ ሚስቱን አግብቶ ለወንድሙ ዘር ይተካ ብሎ ጻፈልን።

²⁸demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.

²⁹እንግዲያስ ሰባት ወንድማማች ነበሩ፤ የፊተኛውም ሚስት አግብቶ ልጅ ሳይወልድ ሞተ፤

²⁹There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;

³⁰ሁለተኛውም አገባት፥ ሦስተኛውም፥ እንዲሁም ሰባቱ ደግሞ ልጅ ሳይተዉ ሞቱ።

³⁰and the second [took the woman, and *he* died childless];

³²ከሁሉም በኋላ ሴቲቱ ደግሞ ሞተች።

³¹and the third took her: and in like manner also the seven left no children and died;

³³እንግዲህ ሰባቱ አግብተዋታልና ሴቲቱ በትንሣኤ ከእነርሱ ለማንኛቸው ሚስት ትሆናለች?

³²and last of all the woman also died.

³⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። የዚህ ዓለም ልጆች ያገባሉ ይጋባሉም፥

³³In the resurrection therefore of which of them does she become wife, for the seven had her as wife?

³⁵ያን ዓለምና ከሙታን ትንሣኤ ሊያገኙ የሚገባቸው እነዚያ ግን አያገቡም አይጋቡምም፥ እንደ መላእክት ናቸውና፥

³⁴And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and are given in marriage,

³⁶ሊሞቱም ወደ ፊት አይቻላቸውም፥ የትንሣኤም ልጆች ስለ ሆኑ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ናቸው።

³⁵but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among [the] dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

³⁷ሙታን እንዲነሡ ግን ሙሴ ደግሞ በቍጥቋጦው ዘንድ ጌታን የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ በማለቱ አስታወቀ፤

³⁶for neither can they die any more, for they are equal to angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

³⁸ሁሉ ለእርሱ ሕያዋን ስለ ሆኑ፥ የሕያዋን አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሙታን አይደለም።

³⁷But that the dead rise, even Moses shewed in [the section of] the bush, when he called [the] Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob;

³⁹ከጻፎችም አንዳንዶቹ መልሰው። መምህር ሆይ፥ መልካም ተናገርህ አሉት።

³⁸but he is not God of [the] dead but of [the] living; for all live for him.

⁴⁰ወደ ፊትም አንድ ነገር ስንኳ ሊጠይቁት አልደፈሩም።

³⁹And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.

⁴¹እንዲህም አላቸው። ክርስቶስ የዳዊት ልጅ ነው እንዴት ይላሉ?

⁴⁰For they did not dare any more to ask him anything.

⁴²ዳዊትም ራሱ በመዝሙራት መጽሐፍ። ጌታ ጌታዬን። ጠላቶችህን ለእግርህ መርገጫ እስካደርግልህ ድረስ በቀኜ ተቀመጥ አለው ይላል።

⁴¹And he said to them, How do they say that the Christ is David's son,

⁴⁴እንግዲህ ዳዊት። ጌታ ብሎ ይጠራዋል፥ እንዴትስ ልጁ ይሆናል?

⁴²and David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand

⁴⁵ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ሲሰሙ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን።

⁴³until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet?

⁴⁶ረጃጅም ልብስ ለብሰው መዞር ከሚፈልጉ፥ በገበያም ሰላምታ፥ በምኵራብም የከበሬታ ወንበር፥ በምሳም የከበሬታ ስፍራ ከሚወዱ ከጻፎች ተጠበቁ፤

⁴⁴David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?

⁴⁷የመበለቶችን ቤት የሚበሉ ጸሎታቸውንም በማስረዘም የሚያመካኙ፥ እነዚህ የባሰ ፍርድ ይቀበላሉ አለ።

⁴⁵And, as all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,

⁴⁶Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and who love salutations in the market-places, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

⁴⁷who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.