¹ወደ ኢየሩሳሌምም ቀርበው ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ወደ ቤተ ፋጌ ሲደርሱ፥ ያንጊዜ ኢየሱስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁለት ላከ፥

¹And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

²እንዲህም አላቸው። በፊታችሁ ወዳለችው መንደር ሂዱ፥ በዚያን ጊዜም የታሰረችን አህያ ውርንጫም ከእርስዋ ጋር ታገኛላችሁ፤ ፈትታችሁ አምጡልኝ።

²saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and immediately ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with it; loose [them] and lead [them] to me.

³ማንም አንዳች ቢላችሁ። ለጌታ ያስፈልጉታል በሉ፤ ወዲያውም ይሰዳቸዋል።

³And if any one say anything to you, ye shall say, The Lord has need of them, and straightway he will send them.

⁴ለጽዮን ልጅ። እነሆ፥ ንጉሥሽ የዋህ ሆኖ በአህያ ላይና በአህያይቱ ግልገል በውርንጫይቱ ላይ ተቀምጦ ወደ አንቺ ይመጣል በሉአት ተብሎ በነቢይ የተነገረው ይፈጸም ዘንድ ይህ ሆነ።

⁴But all this came to pass, that that might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

⁶ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሄደው ኢየሱስ እንዳዘዛቸው አደረጉ፥

⁵Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to thee, meek, and mounted upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

⁷አህያይቱንና ውርንጫዋንም አመጡለት፥ ልብሳቸውንም በእነርሱ ላይ ጫኑ፥ ተቀመጠባቸውም።

⁶But the disciples, having gone and done as Jesus had ordered them,

⁸ከሕዝቡም እጅግ ብዙዎች ልብሳቸውን በመንገድ ላይ አነጠፉ፥ ሌሎችም ከዛፍ ጫፍ ጫፉን እየቈረጡ በመንገድ ላይ ያነጥፉ ነበር።

⁷brought the ass and the colt and put their garments upon them, and he sat on them.

⁹የሚቀድሙትም ሕዝብ የሚከተሉትም። ሆሣዕና ለዳዊት ልጅ በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ የተባረከ ነው፤ ሆሣዕና በአርያም እያሉ ይጮኹ ነበር።

⁸But a very great crowd strewed their own garments on the way, and others kept cutting down branches from the trees and strewing them on the way.

¹⁰ወደ ኢየሩሳሌምም በገባ ጊዜ መላው ከተማ። ይህ ማን ነው? ብሎ ተናወጠ።

⁹And the crowds who went before him and who followed cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed [be] he who comes in the name of [the] Lord; hosanna in the highest.

¹¹ሕዝቡም። ይህ ከገሊላ ናዝሬት የመጣ ነቢዩ ኢየሱስ ነው አሉ።

¹⁰And as he entered into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved, saying, Who is this?

¹²ኢየሱስም ወደ መቅደስ ገባና በመቅደስ የሚሸጡትንና የሚገዙትን ሁሉ አወጣ፥ የገንዘብ ለዋጮችንም ገበታዎች የርግብ ሻጮችንም ወንበሮች ገለበጠና።

¹¹And the crowds said, This is Jesus the prophet who is from Nazareth of Galilee.

¹³ቤቴ የጸሎት ቤት ትባላለች ተብሎ ተጽፎአል፥ እናንተ ግን የወንበዶች ዋሻ አደረጋችኋት አላቸው።

¹²And Jesus entered into the temple [of God], and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those that sold the doves.

¹⁴በመቅደስም ዕውሮችና አንካሶች ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና ፈወሳቸው።

¹³And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers.

¹⁵ነገር ግን የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎች ያደረገውን ድንቃ ድንቅ በመቅደስም። ሆሣዕና ለዳዊት ልጅ እያሉ የሚጮኹትን ልጆች ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ተቈጥተው።

¹⁴And blind and lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

¹⁶እነዚህ የሚሉትን አትሰማምን? አሉት። ኢየሱስም። እሰማለሁ፤ ከሕፃናትና ከሚጠቡት አፍ ምስጋናን ለራስህ አዘጋጀህ የሚለውን ቃል ከቶ አላነበባችሁምን? አላቸው።

¹⁵And when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonders which he wrought, and the children crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were indignant,

¹⁷ትቶአቸውም ከከተማ ወደ ቢታንያ ወጣ በዚያም አደረ።

¹⁶and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

¹⁸በማለዳም ወደ ከተማ ሲመለስ ተራበ።

¹⁷And leaving them he went forth out of the city to Bethany, and there he passed the night.

¹⁹በመንገድም አጠገብ በለስ አይቶ ወደ እርስዋ መጣ፤ ከቅጠልም ብቻ በቀር ምንም አላገኘባትምና። ለዘላለሙ ፍሬ አይገኝብሽ አላት። በለሲቱም ያንጊዜውን ደረቀች።

¹⁸But early in the morning, as he came back into the city, he hungered.

²⁰ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ይህን አይተው። በለሲቱ ያንጊዜውን እንዴት ደረቀች? ብለው ተደነቁ።

¹⁹And seeing one fig-tree in the way, he came to it and found on it nothing but leaves only. And he says to it, Let there be never more fruit of thee for ever. And the fig-tree was immediately dried up.

²¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እምነት ቢኖራችሁ ባትጠራጠሩም፥ በበለሲቱ እንደ ሆነባት ብቻ አታደርጉም፤ ነገር ግን ይህን ተራራ እንኳ። ተነቅለህ ወደ ባሕር ተወርወር ብትሉት ይሆናል፤

²⁰And when the disciples saw [it], they wondered, saying, How immediately is the fig-tree dried up!

²²አምናችሁም በጸሎት የምትለምኑትን ሁሉ ትቀበላላችሁ አላቸው።

²¹And Jesus answering said to them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what [is done] to the fig-tree, but even if ye should say to this mountain, Be thou taken away and be thou cast into the sea, it shall come to pass.

²³ወደ መቅደስም ገብቶ ሲያስተምር የካህናት አለቆችና የሕዝብ ሽማግሎች ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና። በምን ሥልጣን እነዚህን ታደርጋለህ? ይህንስ ሥልጣን ማን ሰጠህ? አሉት።

²²And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

²⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እኔ ደግሞ አንዲት ነገር እጠይቃችኋለሁ፤ እናንተም ያችን ብትነግሩኝ እኔ ደግሞ እነዚህን በምን ሥልጣን እንዳደርግ እነግራችኋለሁ፤

²³And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him [as he was] teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

²⁵የዮሐንስ ጥምቀት ከወዴት ነበረች? ከሰማይን ወይስ ከሰው? አላቸው። እነርሱም እርስ በርሳቸው ሲነጋገሩ። ከሰማይ ብንል። እንኪያስ ስለ ምን አላመናችሁበትም? ይለናል፤

²⁴And Jesus answering said to them, *I* also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, *I* also will tell you by what authority I do these things:

²⁶ከሰው ግን ብንል፥ ዮሐንስን ሁሉም እንደ ነቢይ ያዩታልና ሕዝቡን እንፈራለን አሉ።

²⁵The baptism of John, whence was it? of heaven or of men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we should say, Of heaven, he will say to us, Why then have ye not believed him?

²⁷ለኢየሱስም መልሰው። አናውቅም አሉት። እርሱም ደግሞ። እኔም በምን ሥልጣን እነዚህን እንዳደርግ አልነግራችሁም አላቸው።

²⁶but if we should say, Of men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John for a prophet.

²⁸ነገር ግን ምን ይመስላችኋል? አንድ ሰው ሁለት ልጆች ነበሩት፤ ወደ አንደኛው ቀርቦ። ልጄ ሆይ፥ ዛሬ ሂድና በወይኔ አትክልት ሥራ አለው።

²⁷And answering Jesus they said, We do not know. *He* also said to them, Neither do *I* tell you by what authority I do these things.

²⁹እርሱም መልሶ። አልወድም አለ፤ ኋላ ግን ተጸጸተና ሄደ።

²⁸But what think ye? A man had two children, and coming to the first he said, Child, go to-day, work in [my] vineyard.

³⁰ወደ ሁለተኛውም ቀርቦ እንዲሁ አለው እርሱም መልሶ። እሺ ጌታዬ አለ፤ ነገር ግን አልሄደም።

²⁹And he answering said, I will not; but afterwards repenting himself he went.

³¹ከሁለቱ የአባቱን ፈቃድ ያደረገ ማን ነው? ፊተኛው አሉት። ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አላቸው። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ቀራጮችና ጋለሞቶች ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት በመግባት ይቀድሙአችኋል።

³⁰And coming to the second he said likewise; and he answering said, *I* [go], sir, and went not.

³²ዮሐንስ በጽድቅ መንገድ መጥቶላችሁ ነበርና፥ አላመናችሁበትም፤ ቀራጮችና ጋለሞቶች ግን አመኑበት፤ እናንተም ይህን አይታችሁ ታምኑበት ዘንድ በኋላ ንስሐ አልገባችሁም።

³¹Which of the two did the will of the father? They say [to him], The first. Jesus says to them, Verily I say unto you that the tax-gatherers and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

³³ሌላ ምሳሌ ስሙ። የወይን አትክልት የተከለ ባለቤት ሰው ነበረ፤ ቅጥርም ቀጠረለት፥ መጥመቂያም ማሰለት፥ ግንብም ሠራና ለገበሬዎች አከራይቶ ወደ ሌላ አገር ሄደ።

³²For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but *ye* when ye saw [it] repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him.

³⁴የሚያፈራበትም ጊዜ ሲቀርብ፥ ፍሬውን ሊቀበሉ ባሮቹን ወደ ገበሬዎች ላከ።

³³Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.

³⁵ገበሬዎቹም ባሮቹን ይዘው አንዱን ደበደቡት አንዱንም ገደሉት ሌላውንም ወገሩት።

³⁴But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.

³⁶ደግሞ ከፊተኞች የሚበዙ ሌሎች ባሮችን ላከ፥ እንዲሁም አደረጉባቸው።

³⁵And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

³⁷በኋላ ግን። ልጄንስ ያፍሩታል ብሎ ልጁን ላከባቸው።

³⁶Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner.

³⁸ገበሬዎቹ ግን ልጁን ባዩ ጊዜ እርስ በርሳቸው። ወራሹ ይህ ነው፤ ኑ፥ እንግደለውና ርስቱን እናግኝ ተባባሉ።

³⁷And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son.

³⁹ይዘውም ከወይኑ አትክልት አወጡና ገደሉት።

³⁸But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.

⁴⁰እንግዲህ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ በሚመጣ ጊዜ በእነዚህ ገበሬዎች ምን ያደርግባቸዋል?

³⁹And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.

⁴¹እነርሱም። ክፉዎችን በክፉ ያጠፋቸዋል፥ የወይኑንም አትክልት ፍሬውን በየጊዜው ለሚያስረክቡ ለሌሎች ገበሬዎች ይሰጠዋል አሉት።

⁴⁰When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what shall he do to those husbandmen?

⁴²ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አላቸው። ግንበኞች የናቁት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ ሆነ፤ ይህም ከጌታ ዘንድ ሆነ፥ ለዓይኖቻችንም ድንቅ ነው የሚለውን ከቶ በመጽሐፍ አላነበባችሁምን?

⁴¹They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil [men], and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

⁴³ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከእናንተ ትወሰዳለች ፍሬዋንም ለሚያደርግ ሕዝብ ትሰጣለች።

⁴²Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone: this is of [the] Lord, and it is wonderful in our eyes?

⁴⁴በዚህም ድንጋይ ላይ የሚወድቅ ይቀጠቀጣል፤ ድንጋዩ ግን የሚወድቅበትን ሁሉ ይፈጨዋል።

⁴³Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you and shall be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

⁴⁵የካህናት አለቆችና ፈሪሳውያንም ምሳሌዎቹን ሰምተው ስለ እነርሱ እንደ ተናገረ አስተዋሉ፤

⁴⁴And he that falls on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.

⁴⁶ሊይዙትም ሲፈልጉት ሳሉ ሕዝቡ እንደ ነቢይ ስላዩት ፈሩአቸው።

⁴⁵And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.

⁴⁶And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.