¹በምሳሌም ይነግራቸው ጀመር። አንድ ሰው የወይን አትክልት ተከለ፥ ቅጥርም ቀጠረለት፥ መጥመቂያም ማሰለት፥ ግንብም ሠራና ለገበሬዎች አከራይቶ ወደ ሌላ አገር ሄደ።

¹And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round [it] and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

²በጊዜውም ከወይን አትክልት ፍሬ ከገበሬዎቹ እንዲቀበል አንድ ባሪያ ወደ ገበሬዎቹ ላከ፤

²And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

³ይዘውም ደበደቡት ባዶውንም ሰደዱት።

³But they took him, and beat [him], and sent [him] away empty.

⁴ዳግመኛም ሌላውን ባሪያ ወደ እነርሱ ላከ እርሱንም ወግረው ራሱን አቈሰሉት አዋርደውም ሰደዱት።

⁴And again he sent to them another bondman; and [at] him they [threw stones, and] struck [him] on the head, and sent [him] away with insult.

⁵ሌላውንም ላከ፤ እርሱንም ገደሉት፥ ከሌሎችም ከብዙዎች አንዳንዱን ደበደቡ አንዳንዱንም ገደሉ።

⁵And [again] he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.

⁶የሚወደው አንድ ልጅ ገና ነበረው፤ ልጄንስ ያፍሩታል ብሎ እርሱን ከሁሉ በኋላ ወደ እነርሱ ላከ።

⁶Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.

⁷እነዚያ ገበሬዎች ግን እርስ በርሳቸው። ወራሹ ይህ ነው፤ ኑ፥ እንግደለው፥ ርስቱም ለኛ ይሆናል ተባባሉ።

⁷But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.

⁸ይዘውም ገደሉት፥ ከወይኑም አትክልት ወደ ውጭ ጣሉት።

⁸And they took him and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.

⁹እንግዲህ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ ምን ያደርጋል? ይመጣል ገበሬዎቹንም ያጠፋል፥ የወይኑንም አትክልት ለሌሎች ይሰጣል።

⁹What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.

¹⁰ግንበኞች የናቁት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ ሆነ፤ ይህም ከጌታ ዘንድ ሆነ፥ ለዓይኖቻችንም ድንቅ ነው። የሚለውን ይህን መጽሐፍ አላነበባችሁምን?

¹⁰Have ye not even read this scripture, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone:

¹²ምሳሌውንም ስለ እነርሱ እንደ ተናገረ አውቀዋልና ሊይዙት ፈለጉ፥ ነገር ግን ሕዝቡን ፈሩ። ትተውትም ሄዱ።

¹¹this is of [the] Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes?

¹³በንግግርም ሊያጠምዱት ከፈሪሳውያንና ከሄሮድስ ወገን የሆኑትን ወደ እርሱ ላኩ።

¹²And they sought to lay hold of him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had spoken the parable of them. And they left him and went away.

¹⁴መጥተውም። መምህር ሆይ፥ የሰውን ፊት ሳትመለከት በእውነት የእግዚአብሔር መንገድ ታስተምራለህና እውነተኛ እንደ ሆንህ ለማንምም እንዳታደላ እናውቃለን፤ ለቄሣር ግብር መስጠት ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? እንስጥን ወይስ አንስጥ? አሉት።

¹³And they send to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, that they might catch him in speaking.

¹⁵እርሱ ግን ግብዝነታቸውን አውቆ። ለምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ? አየው ዘንድ አንድ ዲናር አምጡልኝ አላቸው።

¹⁴And they come and say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not men's person, but teachest the way of God with truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?

¹⁶እነርሱም አመጡለት። ይህች መልክ ጽሕፈቲቱስ የማን ናት? አላቸው፤ እነርሱም። የቄሣር ናት አሉት።

¹⁵Should we give, or should we not give? But he knowing their hypocrisy said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denarius that I may see [it].

¹⁷ኢየሱስም መልሶ። የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው። በእርሱም ተደነቁ።

¹⁶And they brought [it]. And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.

¹⁸ትንሣኤ ሙታን የለም የሚሉ ሰዱቃውያን ወደ እርሱ መጥተው ጠየቁት እንዲህም አሉት።

¹⁷And Jesus answering said to them, Pay what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God. And they wondered at him.

¹⁹መምህር ሆይ፥ ሙሴ። የአንድ ሰው ወንድም ሚስቱን ትቶ ልጅ ሳያስቀር ቢሞት፥ ወንድሙ ሚስቱን አግብቶ ለወንድሙ ዘር ይተካ ብሎ ጻፈልን።

¹⁸And Sadducees come to him, that say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him saying,

²⁰ሰባት ወንድማማቾች ነበሩ፤ ፊተኛውም ሚስት አግብቶ ዘር ሳያስቀር ሞተ፤

¹⁹Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if any one's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, that his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

²¹ሁለተኛውም አገባት፥ ዘርም ሳይተው ሞተ፤ ሦስተኛውም እንዲሁ፤

²⁰There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;

²²ሰባቱም አገቡአት፥ ዘርም አላስቀሩም። ከሁሉም በኋላ ሴቲቱ ደግሞ ሞተች።

²¹and the second took her and died, and neither did he leave seed; and the third likewise.

²³ሰባቱ አግብተዋታልና በትንሣኤ ቀን ሲነሡ ከእነርሱ ለማናቸው ሚስት ትሆናለች?

²²And the seven [took her and] did not leave seed. Last of all the woman also died.

²⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። መጻሕፍትንና የእግዚአብሔርን ኃይል አታውቁምና ስለዚህ የምትስቱ አይደለምን?

²³In the resurrection, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be wife, for the seven had her as wife?

²⁵ከሙታንስ ሲነሡ በሰማያት እንዳሉ መላእክት ይሆናሉ እንጂ አያገቡም፥ አይጋቡምም።

²⁴And Jesus answering said to them, Do not ye therefore err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God?

²⁶ስለ ሙታን ግን እንዲነሡ እግዚአብሔር። እኔ የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ እንዳለው በሙሴ መጽሐፍ በቍጥቋጦው ዘንድ የተጻፈውን አላነበባችሁምን?

²⁵For when they rise from among [the] dead they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels [who are] in the heavens.

²⁷የሕያዋን አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሙታን አይደለም። እንግዲህ እጅግ ትስታላችሁ።

²⁶But concerning the dead that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the section of] the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, *I* [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

²⁸ከጻፎችም አንዱ ቀርቦ ሲከራከሩ ሰማና መልካም አድርጎ እንደ መለሰላቸው አስተውሎ። ከሁሉ ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ማናቸይቱ ናት? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

²⁷He is not the God of [the] dead, but of [the] living. *Ye* therefore greatly err.

²⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለው። ከትእዛዛቱ ሁሉ ፊተኛይቱ። እስራኤል ሆይ፥ ስማ፤ ጌታ አምላካችን አንድ ጌታ ነው፥

²⁸And one of the scribes who had come up, and had heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, demanded of him, Which is [the] first commandment of all?

³⁰አንተም በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹምም ነፍስህ በፍጹምም አሳብህ በፍጹምም ኃይልህ ጌታ አምላክህን ውደድ የምትል ናት። ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ይህች ናት።

²⁹And Jesus answered him, [The] first commandment of all [is], Hear, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord;

³¹ሁለተኛይቱም። ባልንጀራህን እንደ ራስህ ውደድ የምትል እርስዋን የምትመስል ይህች ናት። ከእነዚህ የምትበልጥ ሌላ ትእዛዝ የለችም።

³⁰and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding, and with all thy strength. This is [the] first commandment.

³²ጻፊውም። መልካም ነው፥ መምህር ሆይ፤ አንድ ነው ከእርሱም በቀር ሌላ የለም ብለህ በእውነት ተናገርህ፤

³¹And a second like it [is] this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is not another commandment greater than these.

³³በፍጹም ልብ በፍጹም አእምሮም በፍጹም ነፍስም በፍጹም ኃይልም እርሱን መውደድ፥ ባልንጀራንም እንደ ራስ መውደድ በሙሉ ከሚቃጠል መሥዋዕትና ከሌላው መሥዋዕት ሁሉ የሚበልጥ ነው አለው።

³²And the scribe said to him, Right, teacher; thou hast spoken according to [the] truth. For he is one, and there is none other besides him;

³⁴ኢየሱስም በአእምሮ እንደ መለሰ አይቶ። አንተ ከእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት የራቅህ አይደለህም አለው። ከዚህም በኋላ ማንም ሊጠይቀው አልደፈረም።

³³and to love him with all the heart, and with all the intelligence, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbour as one's self, is more than all the burnt-offerings and sacrifices.

³⁵ኢየሱስም በመቅደስ ሲያስተምር መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። ጻፎች ክርስቶስ የዳዊት ልጅ ነው እንዴት ይላሉ?

³⁴And Jesus, seeing that he had answered intelligently, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no one dared question him any more.

³⁶ዳዊት ራሱ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ። ጌታ ጌታዬን። ጠላቶችህን የእግርህ መረገጫ እስካደርግልህ ድረስ በቀኜ ተቀመጥ አለው አለ።

³⁵And Jesus answering said [as he was] teaching in the temple, How do the scribes say that the Christ is son of David?

³⁷ዳዊትም ራሱ ጌታ አለው፤ እንዴትስ ልጁ ይሆናል? ብዙ ሕዝብም በደስታ ይሰሙት ነበር።

³⁶[for] David himself said [speaking] in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet.

³⁸ሲያስተምርም እንዲህ አለ። ረጃጅም ልብስ ለብሰው መዞርን፥ በገበያም ሰላምታን፥ በምኵራብም የከበሬታን ወንበር፥ በግብርም የከበሬታን ስፍራ ከሚወዱ ከጻፎች ተጠበቁ፤

³⁷David himself [therefore] calls him Lord, and whence is he his son? And the mass of the people heard him gladly.

⁴⁰የመበለቶችን ቤት የሚበሉ ጸሎታቸውንም በማስረዘም የሚያመካኙ እነዚህ የባሰ ፍርድ ይቀበላሉ።

³⁸And he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and salutations in the marketplaces,

⁴¹ኢየሱስም በመዝገብ አንጻር ተቀምጦ ሕዝቡ በመዝገብ ውስጥ ገንዘብ እንዴት እንዲጥሉ ያይ ነበር፤ ብዙ ባለ ጠጎችም ብዙ ይጥሉ ነበር፤

³⁹and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

⁴²አንዲትም ድሀ መበለት መጥታ አንድ ሳንቲም የሚያህሉ ሁለት ናስ ጣለች።

⁴⁰who devour the houses of widows, and as a pretext make long prayers. These shall receive a severer judgment.

⁴³ደቀ መዛሙርቱንም ጠርቶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በመዝገብ ውስጥ ከሚጥሉት ሁሉ ይልቅ ይህች ድሀ መበለት አብልጣ ጣለች፤

⁴¹And Jesus, having sat down opposite the treasury, saw how the crowd was casting money into the treasury; and many rich cast in much.

⁴⁴ሁሉ ከትርፋቸው ጥለዋልና፥ ይህች ግን ከጕድለትዋ የነበራትን ሁሉ ትዳርዋን ሁሉ ጣለች አላቸው።

⁴²And a poor widow came and cast in two mites, which is a farthing.

⁴³And having called his disciples to [him] he said to them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow has cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:

⁴⁴for all have cast in of that which they had in abundance, but she of her destitution has cast in all that she had, the whole of her living.