¹ኢየሱስም መለሰ ደግሞም በምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህም አለ።

¹And Jesus answering spoke to them again in parables, saying,

²መንግሥተ ሰማያት ለልጁ ሰርግ ያደረገ ንጉሥን ትመስላለች።

²The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,

³የታደሙትንም ወደ ሰርጉ ይጠሩ ዘንድ ባሮቹን ላከ ሊመጡም አልወደዱም።

³and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.

⁴ደግሞ ሌሎችን ባሮች ልኮ። የታደሙትን። እነሆ፥ ድግሴን አዘጋጀሁ፥ ኮርማዎቼና የሰቡት ከብቶቼ ታርደዋል፥ ሁሉም ተዘጋጅቶአል፤ ወደ ሰርጉ ኑ በሉአቸው አለ።

⁴Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.

⁵እነርሱ ግን ቸል ብለው አንዱ ወደ እርሻው፥ ሌላውም ወደ ንግዱ ሄደ፤

⁵But they made light of it, and went, one to his own land, and another to his commerce.

⁶የቀሩትም ባሮቹን ይዘው አንገላቱአቸው ገደሉአቸውም።

⁶And the rest, laying hold of his bondmen, ill-treated and slew [them].

⁷ንጉሡም ተቈጣ፥ ጭፍሮቹንም ልኮ እነዚያን ገዳዮች አጠፋ፤ ከተማቸውንም አቃጠለ።

⁷And [when] the king [heard of it he] was wroth, and having sent his forces, destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ባሮቹን። ሰርጉስ ተዘጋጅቶአል፥ ነገር ግን የታደሙት የማይገባቸው ሆኑ፤

⁸Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;

⁹እንግዲህ ወደ መንገድ መተላለፊያ ሄዳችሁ ያገኛችሁትን ሁሉ ወደ ሰርጉ ጥሩ አለ።

⁹go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.

¹⁰እነዚያም ባሮች ወደ መንገድ ወጥተው ያገኙትን ሁሉ ክፉዎችንም በጎዎችንም ሰበሰቡ፤ የሰርጉንም ቤት ተቀማጮች ሞሉት።

¹⁰And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests.

¹¹ንጉሡም የተቀመጡትን ለማየት በገባ ጊዜ በዚያ የሰርግ ልብስ ያለበሰ አንድ ሰው አየና። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥

¹¹And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.

¹²የሰርግ ልብስ ሳትለብስ እንዴት ወደዚህ ገባህ? አለው እርሱም ዝም አለ።

¹²And he says to him, [My] friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.

¹³በዚያን ጊዜ ንጉሡ አገልጋዮቹን። እጁንና እግሩን አስራችሁ በውጭ ወዳለው ጨለማ አውጡት፤ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል አለ።

¹³Then said the king to the servants, Bind him feet and hands, and take him away, and cast him out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

¹⁴የተጠሩ ብዙዎች፥ የተመረጡ ግን ጥቂቶች ናቸውና።

¹⁴For many are called ones, but few chosen ones.

¹⁵ስለዚህ ፈሪሳውያን ሄዱና እንዴት አድርገው በነገር እንዲያጠምዱት ተማከሩ።

¹⁵Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.

¹⁶ደቀ መዛሙርታቸውንም ከሄሮድስ ወገን ጋር ላኩበት፥ እነርሱም። መምህር ሆይ፥ እውነተኛ እንደ ሆንህ በእውነትም የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ እንድታስተምር እናውቃለን፥ ለማንምም አታደላም፥ የሰውን ፊት አትመለከትምና፤

¹⁶And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person;

¹⁷እንግዲህ ምን ይመስልሃል? ንገረን ለቄሣር ግብር መስጠት ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? አሉት።

¹⁷tell us therefore what thou thinkest: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?

¹⁸ኢየሱስም ክፋታቸውን አውቆ። እናንተ ግብዞች፥ ስለ ምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ?

¹⁸But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites?

¹⁹የግብሩን ብር አሳዩኝ አለ። እነርሱም ዲናር አመጡለት።

¹⁹Shew me the money of the tribute. And they presented to him a denarius.

²⁰እርሱም። ይህች መልክ ጽሕፈቲቱስ የማን ናት? አላቸው።

²⁰And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription?

²¹የቄሣር ነው አሉት። በዚያን ጊዜ። እንኪያስ የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው።

²¹They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Pay then what is Caesar's to Caesar, and what is God's to God.

²²ይህንም ሰምተው ተደነቁ፥ ትተውትም ሄዱ።

²²And when they heard [him], they wondered, and left him, and went away.

²³በዚያን ቀን። ትንሣኤ ሙታን የለም የሚሉ ሰዱቃውያን ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡ፥

²³On that day came to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him,

²⁴እንዲህም ብለው ጠየቁት። መምህር ሆይ፥ ሙሴ አንድ ሰው ልጅ ሳይወልድ ሲሞት ወንድሙ ሚስቱን አግብቶ ለወንድሙ ዘር ይተካ አለ።

²⁴saying, Teacher, Moses said, If any one die, not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and shall raise up seed to his brother.

²⁵ሰባት ወንድማማች በእኛ ዘንድ ነበሩ፤ ፊተኛውም ሚስት አግብቶ ሞተ፥ ዘርም ስለሌለው ሚስቱን ለወንድሙ ተወለት፤

²⁵Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.

²⁶እንዲሁ ደግሞ ሁለተኛው ሦስተኛውም፥ እስከ ሰባተኛው ድረስ።

²⁶In like manner also the second and the third, unto the seven.

²⁷ከሁሉም በኋላ ሴቲቱ ሞተች።

²⁷And last of all the woman also died.

²⁸ሁሉ አግብተዋታልና በትንሣኤ ቀንስ፥ ከሰባቱ ለማናቸው ሚስት ትሆናለች?

²⁸In the resurrection therefore of which of the seven shall she be wife, for all had her?

²⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። መጻሕፍትንና የእግዚአብሔርን ኃይል አታውቁምና ትስታላችሁ።

²⁹And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.

³⁰በትንሣኤስ እንደ እግዚአብሔር መላእክት በሰማይ ይሆናሉ እንጂ አያገቡም አይጋቡምም።

³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as angels of God in heaven.

³¹ስለ ትንሣኤ ሙታን ግን። እኔ የአብርሃም አምላክ፥ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ የሚል ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ወደ እናንተ የተባለውን አላነበባችሁምን? የሕያዋን አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሙታን አይደለም።

³¹But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

³³ሕዝቡም ይህን ሰምተው በትምህርቱ ተገረሙ።

³²*I* am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of [the] dead, but of [the] living.

³⁴ፈሪሳውያንም ሰዱቃውያንን ዝም እንዳሰኛቸው በሰሙ ጊዜ አብረው ተሰበሰቡ።

³³And when the crowds heard [it] they were astonished at his doctrine.

³⁵ከእነርሱም አንድ ሕግ አዋቂ ሊፈትነው።

³⁴But the Pharisees, having heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together.

³⁶መምህር ሆይ፥ ከሕግ ማናቸይቱ ትእዛዝ ታላቅ ናት? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

³⁵And one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and saying,

³⁷ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አለው። ጌታ አምላክህን በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹም ነፍስህም በፍጹም አሳብህም ውደድ።

³⁶Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?

³⁸ታላቂቱና ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ይህች ናት።

³⁷And he said to him, Thou shalt love [the] Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy understanding.

³⁹ሁለተኛይቱም ይህችን ትመስላለች፥ እርስዋም። ባልንጀራህን እንደ ነፍስህ ውደድ የምትለው ናት።

³⁸This is [the] great and first commandment.

⁴⁰በእነዚህ በሁለቱ ትእዛዛት ሕጉም ሁሉ ነቢያትም ተሰቅለዋል።

³⁹And [the] second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

⁴¹ፈሪሳውያንም ተሰብስበው ሳሉ፥ ኢየሱስ። ስለ ክርስቶስ ምን ይመስላችኋል? የማንስ ልጅ ነው? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው። የዳዊት ልጅ ነው አሉት።

⁴⁰On these two commandments the whole law and the prophets hang.

⁴³እርሱም። እንኪያስ ዳዊት። ጌታ ጌታዬን። ጠላቶችህን የእግርህ መረገጫ እስካደርግልህ ድረስ በቀኜ ተቀመጥ አለው ሲል እንዴት በመንፈስ ጌታ ብሎ ይጠራዋል?

⁴¹And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus demanded of them,

⁴⁵ዳዊትስ ጌታ ብሎ ከጠራው፥ እንዴት ልጁ ይሆናል? አላቸው።

⁴²saying, What think ye concerning the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, David's.

⁴⁶አንድም ቃል ስንኳ ይመልስለት ዘንድ የተቻለው የለም፥ ከዚያ ቀንም ጀምሮ ወደ ፊት ማንም ሊጠይቀው አልደፈረም።

⁴³He says to them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying,

⁴⁴The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies under thy feet?

⁴⁵If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son?

⁴⁶And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day to question him any more.