¹በዚያች ሰዓት ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀርበው። በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ከሁሉ የሚበልጥ ማን ይሆን? አሉት።

¹In that hour the disciples came to Jesus saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of the heavens?

²ሕፃንም ጠርቶ በመካከላቸው አቆመ

²And Jesus having called a little child to [him], set it in their midst,

³እንዲህም አለ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ካልተመለሳችሁ እንደ ሕፃናትም ካልሆናችሁ፥ ወደ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ከቶ አትገቡም።

³and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens.

⁴እንግዲህ እንደዚህ ሕፃን ራሱን የሚያዋርድ ሁሉ፥ በመንግሥተ ሰማያት የሚበልጥ እርሱ ነው።

⁴Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, *he* is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens;

⁵እንደዚህም ያለውን አንድ ሕፃን በስሜ የሚቀበል ሁሉ እኔን ይቀበላል፤

⁵and whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receives me.

⁶በእኔም ከሚያምኑ ከነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ አንዱን የሚያሰናክል ሁሉ፥ የወፍጮ ድንጋይ በአንገቱ ታስሮ ወደ ጥልቅ ባሕር መስጠም ይሻለው ነበር።

⁶But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were profitable for him that a great millstone had been hanged upon his neck and he be sunk in the depths of the sea.

⁷ወዮ ለዓለም ስለ ማሰናከያ፤ ማሰናከያ ሳይመጣ አይቀርምና፥ ነገር ግን በእርሱ ጠንቅ ማሰናከያ ለሚመጣበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት።

⁷Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!

⁸እጅህ ወይም እግርህ ብታሰናክልህ፥ ቈርጠህ ከአንተ ጣላት፤ ሁለት እጅ ወይም ሁለት እግር ኖሮህ ወደ ዘላለም እሳት ከምትጣል ይልቅ አንካሳ ወይም ጉንድሽ ሆነህ ወደ ህይወት መግባት ይሻልሀል።

⁸And if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, [rather] than having two hands or two feet to be cast into eternal fire.

⁹ዓይንህ ብታሰናክልህ አውጥተህ ከአንተ ጣላት፤ ሁለት ዓይን ኖሮህ ወደ ገሃነመ እሳት ከምትጣል ይልቅ አንዲት ዓይን ኖራህ ወደ ሕይወት መግባት ይሻልሃል።

⁹And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast [it] from thee; it is good for thee to enter into life one-eyed, [rather] than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.

¹⁰ከነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ አንዱን እንዳትንቁ ተጠንቀቁ፤ መላእክቶቻቸው በሰማያት ዘወትር በሰማያት ያለውን የአባቴን ፊት ያያሉ እላችኋለሁና።

¹⁰See that ye do not despise one of these little ones; for I say unto you that their angels in [the] heavens continually behold the face of my Father who is in [the] heavens.

¹¹የሰው ልጅ የጠፋውን ለማዳን መጥቶአልና።

¹¹For the Son of man has come to save that which was lost.

¹²ምን ይመስላችኋል? ለአንድ ሰው መቶ በጎች ቢኖሩት ከእነርሱም አንዱ ቢባዝን፥ ዘጠና ዘጠኙን በተራራ ትቶ ሄዶም የባዘነውን አይፈልግምን?

¹²What think ye? If a certain man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not, leaving the ninety and nine on the mountains, go and seek the one that has gone astray?

¹³ቢያገኘውም፥ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ካልባዘኑቱ ከዘጠና ዘጠኙ ይልቅ በእርሱ ደስ ይለዋል።

¹³And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray.

¹⁴እንደዚሁ ከእነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ አንዱ እንዲጠፋ በሰማያት ያለው አባታችሁ ፈቃድ አይደለም።

¹⁴So it is not the will of your Father who is in [the] heavens that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁵ወንድምህም ቢበድልህ፥ ሄደህ አንተና እርሱ ብቻችሁን ሆናችሁ ውቀሰው። ቢሰማህ፥ ወንድምህን ገንዘብ አደረግኸው፤

¹⁵But if thy brother sin against thee, go, reprove him between thee and him alone. If he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

¹⁶ባይሰማህ ግን፥ በሁለት ወይም በሦስት ምስክር አፍ ነገር ሁሉ እንዲጸና፥ ዳግመኛ አንድ ወይም ሁለት ከአንተ ጋር ውሰድ፤

¹⁶But if he do not hear [thee], take with thee one or two besides, that every matter may stand upon the word of two witnesses or of three.

¹⁷እነርሱንም ባይሰማ፥ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን ንገራት፤ ደግሞም ቤተ ክርስቲያንን ባይሰማት፥ እንደ አረመኔና እንደ ቀራጭ ይሁንልህ።

¹⁷But if he will not listen to them, tell it to the assembly; and if also he will not listen to the assembly, let him be to thee as one of the nations and a tax-gatherer.

¹⁸እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በምድር የምታስሩት ሁሉ በሰማይ የታሰረ ይሆናል፥ በምድርም የምትፈቱት ሁሉ በሰማይ የተፈታ ይሆናል።

¹⁸Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the earth shall be loosed in heaven.

¹⁹ደግሞ እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእናንተ ሁለቱ በምድር በማናቸውም በሚለምኑት ነገር ሁሉ ቢስማሙ በሰማያት ካለው ከአባቴ ዘንድ ይደረግላቸዋል።

¹⁹Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in [the] heavens.

²⁰ሁለት ወይም ሦስት በስሜ በሚሰበሰቡበት በዚያ በመካከላቸው እሆናለሁና።

²⁰For where two or three are gathered together unto my name, there am I in the midst of them.

²¹በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ ወደ እርሱ ቀርቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወንድሜ ቢበድለኝ ስንት ጊዜ ልተውለት? እስከ ሰባት ጊዜን? አለው።

²¹Then Peter came to him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? until seven times?

²²ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አለው። እስከ ሰባ ጊዜ ሰባት እንጂ እስከ ሰባት ጊዜ አልልህም።

²²Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

²³ስለዚህ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ባሮቹን ሊቈጣጠር የወደደን ንጉሥ ትመስላለች።

²³For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.

²⁴መቈጣጠርም በጀመረ ጊዜ፥ እልፍ መክሊት ዕዳ ያለበትን አንድ ሰው ወደ እርሱ አመጡ።

²⁴And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him.

²⁵የሚከፍለውም ቢያጣ፥ እርሱና ሚስቱ ልጆቹም ያለውም ሁሉ እንዲሸጥና ዕዳው እንዲከፈል ጌታው አዘዘ።

²⁵But he not having anything to pay, [his] lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made.

²⁶ስለዚህ ባሪያው ወድቆ ሰገደለትና። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ታገሠኝ፥ ሁሉንም እከፍልሃለሁ አለው።

²⁶The bondman therefore falling down did him homage, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay thee all.

²⁷የዚያም ባሪያ ጌታ አዘነለትና ለቀቀው፥ ዕዳውንም ተወለት።

²⁷And the lord of that bondman, being moved with compassion, loosed him and forgave him the loan.

²⁸ነገር ግን ያ ባሪያ ወጥቶ ከባልንጀሮቹ ከባሮቹ መቶ ዲናር ዕዳ ያለበትን አንዱን አገኘና። ዕዳህን ክፈለኝ ብሎ ያዘና አነቀው።

²⁸But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay [me] if thou owest anything.

²⁹ስለዚህ ባልንጀራው ባሪያ ወድቆ። ታገሠኝ፥ ሁሉንም እከፍልሃለሁ ብሎ ለመነው።

²⁹His fellow-bondman therefore, having fallen down [at his feet], besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.

³⁰እርሱም አልወደደም፥ ግን ሄዶ ዕዳውን እስኪከፍል ድረስ በወኅኒ አኖረው።

³⁰But he would not, but went away and cast him into prison, until he should pay what was owing.

³¹ባልንጀሮቹ የሆኑ ባሮችም ያደረገውን አይተው እጅግ አዘኑ፥ መጥተውም የሆነውን ሁሉ ለጌታቸው ገለጡ።

³¹But his fellow-bondmen, having seen what had taken place, were greatly grieved, and went and recounted to their lord all that had taken place.

³²ከዚያ ወዲያ ጌታው ጠርቶ። አንተ ክፉ ባሪያ፥ ስለ ለመንኸኝ ያን ዕዳ ሁሉ ተውሁልህ፤

³²Then his lord, having called him to [him], says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me;

³³እኔ እንደ ማርሁህ ባልንጀራህ የሆነውን ያን ባሪያ ልትምረው ለአንተስ አይገባህምን? አለው።

³³shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-bondman, as *I* also had compassion on thee?

³⁴ጌታውም ተቈጣና ዕዳውን ሁሉ እስኪከፍለው ድረስ ለሚሣቅዩት አሳልፎ ሰጠው።

³⁴And his lord being angry delivered him to the tormentors till he paid all that was owing to him.

³⁵ከእናንተ እያንዳንዱ ወንድሙን ከልቡ ይቅር ካላለ፥ እንዲሁ ደግሞ የሰማዩ አባቴ ያደርግባችኋል።

³⁵Thus also my heavenly Father shall do to you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother.