¹በዚያን ጊዜ የሕዝብ አእላፍ እርስ በርሳቸው እስኪረጋገጡ ድረስ ተሰብስበው ሳሉ፥ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ ይል ጀመር። አስቀድማችሁ ከፈሪሳውያን እርሾ ተጠበቁ፥ እርሱም ግብዝነት ነው።

¹Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

²ነገር ግን የማይገለጥ የተከደነ፥ የማይታወቅም የተሰወረ ምንም የለም።

² But there is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed, nor hidden, that will not be known.

³ስለዚህ በጨለማ የምትናገሩት ሁሉ በብርሃን ይሰማል፥ በእልፍኝም ውስጥ በጆሮ የምትናገሩት በሰገነት ላይ ይሰበካል።

³ Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

⁴ለእናንተም ለወዳጆቼ እላችኋለሁ፥ ሥጋን የሚገድሉትን በኋላም አንድ ስንኳ የሚበልጥ ሊያደርጉ የማይችሉትን አትፍሩ።

⁴ “I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

⁵እኔ ግን የምትፈሩትን አሳያችኋለሁ፤ ከገደለ በኋላ ወደ ገሃነም ለመጣል ሥልጣን ያለውን ፍሩ። አዎን እላችኋለሁ፥ እርሱን ፍሩ።

⁵ But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. or, Hell Yes, I tell you, fear him.

⁶አምስት ድንቢጦች በአሥር ሳንቲም ይሸጡ የለምን? ከእነርሱም አንዲቱ ስንኳ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አትረሳም።

⁶ “Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins An assarion was a small copper coin worth about an hour’s wages for an agricultural laborer. ? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

⁷ነገር ግን የእናንተ የራሳችሁ ጠጕር ሁሉ እንኳ የተቈጠረ ነው፤ እንግዲያስ አትፍሩ ከብዙ ድንቢጦች ትበልጣላችሁ።

⁷ But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

⁸እላችሁማለሁ፥ በሰው ፊት የሚመሰክርልኝ ሁሉ፥ የሰው ልጅ ደግሞ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ይመሰክርለታል፤

⁸ “I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;

⁹በሰውም ፊት የሚክደኝ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ይካዳል።

⁹ but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

¹⁰በሰው ልጅም ላይ ቃል የሚናገር ሁሉ ይሰረይለታል፤ መንፈስ ቅዱስን የሚሰድብ ግን አይሰረይለትም።

¹⁰ Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

¹¹ወደ ምኵራቦችና ወደ መኳንንቶችም ወደ ገዢዎችም ሲጐትቱአችሁ፥ እንዴት ወይም ምን እንድትመልሱ ወይም እንድትናገሩ አትጨነቁ፤

¹¹ When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;

¹²መንፈስ ቅዱስ በዚያች ሰዓት ልትናገሩ የሚገባችሁን ያስተምራችኋልና።

¹² for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”

¹³ከሕዝቡም አንድ ሰው። መምህር ሆይ፥ ርስቱን ከእኔ ጋር እንዲካፈል ለወንድሜ ንገረው አለው።

¹³One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

¹⁴እርሱም። አንተ ሰው፥ ፈራጅና አካፋይ በላያችሁ አንድሆን ማን ሾመኝ? አለው።

¹⁴But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?”

¹⁵የሰው ሕይወት በገንዘቡ ብዛት አይደለምና ተጠንቀቁ፥ ከመጐምጀትም ሁሉ ተጠበቁ አላቸው።

¹⁵He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

¹⁶ምሳሌም ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል። አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው እርሻ እጅግ ፍሬያም ሆነችለት።

¹⁶He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

¹⁷እርሱም። ፍሬዬን የማከማችበት ስፍራ አጥቻለሁና ምን ላድርግ? ብሎ በልቡ አሰበ።

¹⁷ He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’

¹⁸እንዲህ አደርጋለሁ፤ ጐተራዬን አፍርሼ ሌላ የሚበልጥ እሠራለሁ፥ በዚያም ፍሬዬንና በረከቴን ሁሉ አከማቻለሁ፤

¹⁸ He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

¹⁹ነፍሴንም። አንቺ ነፍሴ፥ ለብዙ ዘመን የሚቀር ብዙ በረከት አለሽ፤ ዕረፊ፥ ብዪ፥ ጠጪ፥ ደስ ይበልሽ እላታለሁ አለ።

¹⁹ I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.”’

²⁰እግዚአብሔር ግን። አንተ ሰነፍ፥ በዚች ሌሊት ነፍስህን ከአንተ ሊወስዱአት ይፈልጓታል፤ ይህስ የሰበሰብኸው ለማን ይሆናል? አለው።

²⁰ “But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

²¹ለራሱ ገንዘብ የሚያከማች፥ በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድም ባለ ጠጋ ያልሆነ እንዲህ ነው።

²¹ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

²²ለደቀ መዛሙርቱም እንዲህ አለ። ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፥ ለነፍሳችሁ በምትበሉት ወይም ለሰውነታችሁ በምትለብሱት አትጨነቁ።

²²He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

²³ነፍስ ከመብል ሰውነትም ከልብስ ይበልጣልና።

²³ Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

²⁴ቍራዎችን ተመልከቱ፤ አይዘሩም አያጭዱምም፥ ዕቃ ቤትም ወይም ጎተራ የላቸውም፥ እግዚአብሔርም ይመግባቸዋል፤ እናንተስ ከወፎች እንዴት ትበልጣላችሁ?

²⁴ Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!

²⁵ከእናንተ ተጨንቆ በቁመቱ ላይ አንድ ክንድ መጨመር የሚችል ማን ነው?

²⁵ Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height?

²⁶እንግዲህ ትንሹን ነገር ስንኳ የማትችሉ ከሆናችሁ፥ ስለ ምን በሌላ ትጨነቃላችሁ?

²⁶ If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest?

²⁷አበቦችን እንዴት እንዲያድጉ ተመልከቱ፤ አይደክሙም አይፈትሉምም፤ ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰሎሞንስ እንኳ በክብሩ ሁሉ ከእነዚህ እንደ አንዲቱ አለበሰም።

²⁷ Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

²⁸እግዚአብሔር ግን ዛሬ ያለውን ነገም ወደ እቶን የሚጣለውን በሜዳ የሆነውን ሣር እንዲህ የሚያለብሰው ከሆነ፥ እናንተ እምነት የጐደላችሁ፥ እናንተንማ ይልቁን እንዴት?

²⁸ But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?

²⁹እናንተም የምትበሉትን የምትጠጡትንም አትፈልጉ፥ አታወላውሉም፤

²⁹ Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious.

³⁰ይህንስ ሁሉ በዓለም ያሉ አሕዛብ ይፈልጉታልና፤ የእናንተም አባት ይህ እንዲያስፈልጋችሁ ያውቃል።

³⁰ For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.

³¹ዳሩ ግን መንግሥቱን ፈልጉ ይህም ሁሉ ይጨመርላችኋል።

³¹ But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

³²አንተ ታናሽ መንጋ፥ መንግሥትን ሊሰጣችሁ የአባታችሁ በጎ ፈቃድ ነውና አትፍሩ።

³² Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

³³ያላችሁን ሽጡ ምጽዋትም ስጡ፤ ሌባ በማይቀርብበት ብልም በማያጠፋበት በሰማያት የማያልቅ መዝገብ የሚሆኑትን የማያረጁትንም ኮረጆዎች ለራሳችሁ አድርጉ፤

³³ Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

³⁴መዝገባችሁ ባለበት ልባችሁ ደግሞ በዚያ ይሆናልና።

³⁴ For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

³⁵ወገባችሁ የታጠቀ መብራታችሁም የበራ ይሁን፤

³⁵ “Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.

³⁶እናንተም ጌታቸው መጥቶ ደጁን ሲያንኳኳ ወዲያው እንዲከፍቱለት ከሰርግ እስኪመለስ ድረስ የሚጠብቁ ሰዎችን ምሰሉ

³⁶ Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.

³⁷ጌታቸው በመጣ ጊዜ ሲተጉ የሚያገኛቸው እነዚያ ባሪያዎች ብፁዓን ናቸው፤ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ታጥቆ በማዕድ ያስቀምጣቸዋል ቀርቦም ያገለግላቸዋል።

³⁷ Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.

³⁸ከሌሊቱም በሁለተኛው ወይም በሦስተኛው ክፍል መጥቶ እንዲሁ ቢያገኛቸው፥ እነዚያ ባሪያዎች ብፁዓን ናቸው።

³⁸ They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

³⁹ይህን ግን እወቁ ባለቤት በምን ሰዓት ሌባ እንዲመጣ ቢያውቅ ኖሮ፥ በነቃ፥ ቤቱም እንዲቆፈር ባልፈቀደም ነበር።

³⁹ But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not allowed his house to be broken into.

⁴⁰እናንተ ደግሞ ተዘጋጅታችሁ ኑሩ፥ የሰው ልጅ በማታስቡበት ሰዓት ይመጣልና።

⁴⁰ Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”

⁴¹ጴጥሮስም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይህን ምሳሌ ለእኛ ወይስ ደግሞ ለሁሉ ትናገራለህን? አለው።

⁴¹Peter said to him, “Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?”

⁴²ጌታም አለ። እንኪያስ ምግባቸውን በጊዜው ይሰጣቸው ዘንድ ጌታው በቤተ ሰዎቹ ላይ የሚሾመው ታማኝና ልባም መጋቢ ማን ነው?

⁴²The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

⁴³ጌታው መጥቶ እንዲህ ሲያደርግ የሚያገኘው ያ ባሪያ ብፁዕ ነው።

⁴³ Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.

⁴⁴እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ባለው ሁሉ ላይ ይሾመዋል።

⁴⁴ Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.

⁴⁵ያ ባሪያ ግን። ጌታዬ እስኪመጣ ይዘገያል ብሎ በልቡ ቢያስብ ሎሌዎችንና ገረዶችንም ይመታ ይበላም ይጠጣም ይሰክርም ዘንድ ቢጀምር፥

⁴⁵ But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,

⁴⁶የዚያ ባሪያ ጌታ ባልጠበቃት ቀን ባላወቃትም ሰዓት ይመጣል፥ ከሁለትም ይሰነጥቀዋል እድሉንም ከማይታመኑ ጋር ያደርጋል።

⁴⁶ then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.

⁴⁷የጌታውንም ፈቃድ አውቆ ያልተዘጋጀ እንደ ፈቃዱም ያላደረገ ያ ባሪያ እጅግ ይገረፋል፤

⁴⁷ That servant, who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,

⁴⁸ያላወቀ ግን መገረፍ የሚገባውንም ያደረገ ጥቂት ይገረፋል። ብዙም ከተሰጠው ሰው ሁሉ ከእርሱ ብዙ ይፈለግበታል፥ ብዙ አደራም ከተሰጠው ከእርሱ አብዝተው ይሹበታል።

⁴⁸ but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

⁴⁹በምድር ላይ እሳት ልጥል መጣሁ፥ አሁንም የነደደ ከሆነ ዘንድ ምን እፈልጋለሁ?

⁴⁹ “I came to throw fire on the earth. I wish it were already kindled.

⁵⁰ነገር ግን የምጠመቃት ጥምቀት አለችኝ፥ እስክትፈጸምም ድረስ እንዴት እጨነቃለሁ?

⁵⁰ But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!

⁵¹በምድር ላይ ሰላምንም ለመስጠት የመጣሁ ይመስላችኋልን? እላችኋለሁ፥ አይደለም፥ መለያየትን እንጂ።

⁵¹ Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.

⁵²ከአሁን ጀምሮ በአንዲት ቤት አምስት ሰዎች ይኖራሉና፤ ሦስቱም በሁለቱ ላይ ሁለቱም በሦስቱ ላይ ተነሥተው ይለያያሉ።

⁵² For from now on, there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

⁵³አባት በልጁ ላይ ልጅም በአባቱ ላይ፥ እናት በልጅዋ ላይ ልጅዋም በእናትዋ ላይ፥ አማት በምራትዋ ላይ ምራትም በአማትዋ ላይ ተነሥተው ይለያያሉ።

⁵³ They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.” Micah 7:6

⁵⁴ደግሞም ሕዝቡን እንዲህ አለ። ደመና ከምዕራብ ሲወጣ ባያችሁ ጊዜ፥ ወዲያው። ዝናብ ይመጣል ትላላችሁ፥ እንዲሁም ይሆናል፤

⁵⁴ He said to the multitudes also, “When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and so it happens.

⁵⁵በአዜብም ነፋስ ሲነፍስ። ትኩሳት ይሆናል ትላላችሁ፥ ይሆንማል።

⁵⁵ When a south wind blows, you say, ‘There will be a scorching heat,’ and it happens.

⁵⁶እናንት ግብዞች፥ የምድሩንና የሰማዩን ፊት ልትመረምሩ ታውቃላችሁ፥ ነገር ግን ይህን ዘመን የማትመረምሩ እንዴት ነው?

⁵⁶ You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don’t interpret this time?

⁵⁷ራሳችሁ ደግሞ ጽድቅን የማትፈርዱ ስለ ምን ነው?

⁵⁷ Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

⁵⁸ከባላጋራህ ጋር ወደ ሹም ብትሄድ፥ ወደ ዳኛ እንዳይጐትትህ ዳኛውም ለሎሌው አሳልፎ እንዳይሰጥህ ሎሌውም በወኅኒ እንዳይጥልህ፥ ገና በመንገድ ሳለህ ከባላጋራህ እንድትታረቅ ትጋ።

⁵⁸ For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

⁵⁹እልሃለሁ፥ የመጨረሻዋን ግማሽ ሳንቲም እስክትከፍል ድረስ ከዚያ ከቶ አትወጣም።

⁵⁹ I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny. literally, lepton. A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages. ”