¹በዚያን ጊዜም ሰዎች መጥተው ጲላጦስ ደማቸውን ከመሥዋዕታቸው ጋር ስላደባለቀው ስለ ገሊላ ሰዎች አወሩለት።

¹Now there were some present at the same time who told him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

²ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። እነዚህ የገሊላ ሰዎች ይህ ስለ ደረሰባቸው ከገሊላ ሰዎች ሁሉ ይልቅ ኃጢአተኞች የሆኑ ይመስሉአችኋልን?

²Jesus answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?

³እላችኋለሁ፥ አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን ንስሐ ባትገቡ ሁላችሁ እንዲሁ ትጠፋላችሁ።

³ I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

⁴ወይስ በሰሌሆም ግንቡ የወደቀባቸውና የገደላቸው እነዚያ አሥራ ስምንት ሰዎች በኢየሩሳሌም ከሚኖሩት ሁሉ ይልቅ በደለኞች ይመስሉአችኋልን? አይደለም፥ እላችኋለሁ፤

⁴ Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

⁵ነገር ግን ንስሐ ባትገቡ ሁላችሁ እንደዚሁ ትጠፋላችሁ።

⁵ I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”

⁶ይህንም ምሳሌ አለ። ለአንድ ሰው በወይኑ አትክልት የተተከለች በለስ ነበረችው፥ ፍሬም ሊፈልግባት መጥቶ ምንም አላገኘም።

⁶He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

⁷የወይን አትክልት ሠራተኛውንም። እነሆ፥ ከዚህች በለስ ፍሬ ልፈልግ ሦስት ዓመት እየመጣሁ ምንም አላገኘሁም፤ ቍረጣት፤ ስለ ምን ደግሞ መሬቱን ታጐሳቍላለች? አለው።

⁷ He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?’

⁸እርሱ ግን መልሶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ዙሪያዋን እስክኰተኵትላትና ፋንድያ እስካፈስላት ድረስ በዚች ዓመት ደግሞ ተዋት።

⁸ He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.

⁹ወደ ፊትም ብታፈራ፥ ደኅና ነው፤ ያለዚያ ግን ትቈርጣታለህ አለው።

⁹ If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”

¹⁰በሰንበትም በአንድ ምኵራብ ያስተምር ነበር።

¹⁰He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.

¹¹እነሆም፥ ከአሥራ ስምንት ዓመት ጀምሮ የድካም መንፈስ ያደረባት ሴት ነበረች፥ እርስዋም ጐባጣ ነበረች ቀንታም ልትቆም ከቶ አልተቻላትም።

¹¹Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.

¹²ኢየሱስም ባያት ጊዜ ጠራትና። አንቺ ሴት፥ ከድካምሽ ተፈትተሻል አላት፥ እጁንም ጫነባት፤

¹²When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”

¹³ያን ጊዜም ቀጥ አለች፥ እግዚአብሔርንም አመሰገነች።

¹³He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.

¹⁴የምኵራብ አለቃ ግን ኢየሱስ በሰንበት ስለ ፈወሰ ተቈጥቶ መለሰና ሕዝቡን። ሊሠራባቸው የሚገባ ስድስት ቀኖች አሉ፤ እንግዲህ በእነርሱ መጥታችሁ ተፈወሱ እንጂ በሰንበት አይደለም አለ።

¹⁴The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”

¹⁵ጌታም መልሶ። እናንተ ግብዞች፥ ከእናንተ እያንዳንዱ በሰንበት በሬውን ወይስ አህያውን ከግርግሙ ፈትቶ ውኃ ሊያጠጣው ይወስደው የለምን?

¹⁵Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?

¹⁶ይህችም የአብርሃም ልጅ ሆና ከአሥራ ስምንት ዓመት ጀምሮ ሰይጣን ያሰራት በሰንበት ቀን ከዚህ እስራት ልትፈታ አይገባምን? አለው።

¹⁶ Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”

¹⁷ይህንም ሲናገር ሳለ የተቃወሙት ሁሉ አፈሩ፤ ከእርሱም በተደረገው ድንቅ ሁሉ ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ደስ አላቸው።

¹⁷As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

¹⁸እርሱም። የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ምን ትመስላለች፥ በምንስ አስመስላታለሁ?

¹⁸He said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?

¹⁹ሰው ወስዶ በአትክልቱ የጣላትን የሰናፍጭ ቅንጣት ትመስላለች፤ አደገችም ታላቅ ዛፍም ሆነች፥ የሰማይ ወፎችም በቅርንጫፎችዋ ሰፈሩ አለ።

¹⁹ It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden. It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in its branches.”

²⁰ደግሞም፥ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት በምን አስመስላታለሁ?

²⁰ Again he said, “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?

²¹ሴት ወስዳ ሁሉ እስኪቦካ ድረስ በሦስት መስፈሪያ ዱቄት የሸሸገችውን እርሾ ትመስላለች አለ።

²¹ It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 litres or a bit more than a bushel of flour, until it was all leavened.”

²²ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሲሄድ ከተማዎችንና መንደሮችን እያስተማረ ያልፍ ነበር።

²²He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.

²³አንድ ሰውም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ የሚድኑ ጥቂቶች ናቸውን? አለው። እርሱም እንዲህ አላቸው።

²³One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them,

²⁴በጠበበው በር ለመግባት ተጋደሉ፤ እላችኋለሁና፥ ብዙዎች ሊገቡ ይፈልጋሉ አይችሉምም።

²⁴ “Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

²⁵ባለቤቱ ተነሥቶ በሩን ከቈለፈ በኋላ፥ እናንተ በውጭ ቆማችሁ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ክፈትልን እያላችሁ በሩን ልታንኳኩ ትጀምራላችሁ እርሱም መልሶ። ከወዴት እንደ ሆናችሁ አላውቃችሁም ይላችኋል።

²⁵ When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

²⁶በዚያን ጊዜም። በፊትህ በላን ጠጣንም በአደባባያችንም አስተማርህ ልትሉ ትጀምራላችሁ፤

²⁶ Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’

²⁷እርሱም። እላችኋለሁ፥ ከወዴት እንደ ሆናችሁ አላውቃችሁም፤ ሁላችሁ ዓመፀኞች፥ ከእኔ ራቁ ይላችኋል።

²⁷ He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’

²⁸አብርሃምንና ይስሐቅን ያዕቆብንም ነቢያትንም ሁሉ በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ባያችሁ ጊዜ፥ እናንተ ግን ወደ ውጭ ተጥላችሁ ስትቀሩ፥ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል።

²⁸ There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.

²⁹ከምሥራቅና ከምዕራብም ከሰሜንና ከደቡብም ይመጣሉ፥ በእግዚአብሔርም መንግሥት በማዕድ ይቀመጣሉ።

²⁹ They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.

³⁰እነሆም፥ ከኋለኞች ፊተኞች የሚሆኑ አሉ፥ ከፊተኞችም ኋለኞች የሚሆኑ አሉ።

³⁰ Behold, there are some who are last who will be first, and there are some who are first who will be last.”

³¹በዚያን ሰዓት ከፈሪሳውያን አንዳንዱ ቀርበው። ሄሮድስ ሊገድልህ ይወዳልና ከዚህ ውጣና ሂድ አሉት።

³¹On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, “Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you.”

³²እንዲህም አላቸው። ሄዳችሁ ለዚያች ቀበሮ። እነሆ፥ ዛሬና ነገ አጋንንትን አወጣለሁ በሽተኞችንም እፈውሳለሁ፥ በሦስተኛውም ቀን እፈጸማለሁ በሉአት።

³²He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.

³³ዳሩ ግን ነቢይ ከኢየሩሳሌም ውጭ ይጠፋ ዘንድ አይገባውምና ዛሬና ነገ ከነገ በስቲያም ልሄድ ያስፈልገኛል።

³³ Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.’

³⁴ኢየሩሳሌም፥ ኢየሩሳሌም፥ ነቢያትን የምትገድል ወደ እርስዋ የተላኩትንም የምትወግር፥ ዶሮ ጫጩቶችዋን በክንፎችዋ በታች እንደምትሰበስብ ልጆችሽን እሰበስብ ዘንድ ስንት ጊዜ ወደድሁ፥ እናንተም አልወደዳችሁም።

³⁴ “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!

³⁵እነሆ፥ ቤታችሁ የተፈታ ሆኖ ይቀርላችኋል። እላችኋለሁም፥ በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ የተባረከ ነው እስክትሉ ድረስ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ አታዩኝም።

³⁵ Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’” Psalm 118:26