¹ቀራጮችና ኃጢአተኞችም ሁሉ ሊሰሙት ወደ እርሱ ይቀርቡ ነበር።

¹Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

²ፈሪሳውያንና ጻፎችም። ይህስ ኃጢአተኞችን ይቀበላል ከእነርሱም ጋር ይበላል ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው አንጐራጐሩ።

²The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

³ይህንም ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል።

³He told them this parable.

⁴መቶ በግ ያለው ከእነርሱም አንዱ ቢጠፋ፥ ዘጠና ዘጠኙን በበረሃ ትቶ የጠፋውን እስኪያገኘው ድረስ ሊፈልገው የማይሄድ ከእናንተ ማን ነው?

⁴ “Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

⁵ባገኘውም ጊዜ ደስ ብሎት በጫንቃው ይሸከመዋል፤

⁵ When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

⁶ወደ ቤትም በመጣ ጊዜ ወዳጆቹንና ጐረቤቶቹን በአንድነት ጠርቶ። የጠፋውን በጌን አግኝቼዋለሁና ከእኔ ጋር ደስ ይበላችሁ ይላቸዋል።

⁶ When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

⁷እላችኋለሁ፥ እንዲሁ ንስሐ ከማያስፈልጋቸው ከዘጠና ዘጠኝ ጻድቃን ይልቅ ንስሐ በሚገባ በአንድ ኃጢአተኛ በሰማይ ደስታ ይሆናል።

⁷ I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

⁸ወይም አሥር ድሪም ያላት አንድ ድሪም ቢጠፋባት፥ መብራት አብርታ ቤትዋንም ጠርጋ እስክታገኘው ድረስ አጥብቃ የማትፈልግ ሴት ማን ናት?

⁸ Or what woman, if she had ten drachma A drachma coin was worth about 2 days wages for an agricultural laborer. coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

⁹ባገኘችውም ጊዜ ወዳጆችዋንና ጐረቤቶችዋን በአንድነት ጠርታ። የጠፋውን ድሪሜን አግኝቼዋለሁና ከእኔ ጋር ደስ ይበላችሁ ትላቸዋለች።

⁹ When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.’

¹⁰እላችኋለሁ፥ እንዲሁ ንስሐ በሚገባ በአንድ ኃጢአተኛ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ደስታ ይሆናል።

¹⁰ Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”

¹¹እንዲህም አለ። አንድ ሰው ሁለት ልጆች ነበሩት።

¹¹He said, “A certain man had two sons.

¹²ከእነርሱም ታናሹ አባቱን። አባቴ ሆይ፥ ከገንዘብህ የሚደርሰኝን ክፍል ስጠኝ አለው። ገንዘቡንም አካፈላቸው።

¹² The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.

¹³ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ታናሹ ልጅ ገንዘቡን ሁሉ ሰብስቦ ወደ ሩቅ አገር ሄደ፥ ከዚያም እያባከነ ገዘቡን በተነ።

¹³ Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

¹⁴ሁሉንም ከከሰረ በኋላ በዚያች አገር ጽኑ ራብ ሆነ፥ እርሱም ይጨነቅ ጀመር።

¹⁴ When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

¹⁵ሄዶም ከዚያች አገር ሰዎች ከአንዱ ጋር ተዳበለ፥ እርሱም እሪያ ሊያሰማራ ወደ ሜዳ ሰደደው።

¹⁵ He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

¹⁶እሪያዎችም ከሚበሉት አሰር ሊጠግብ ይመኝ ነበር፥ የሚሰጠውም አልነበረም።

¹⁶ He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

¹⁷ወደ ልቡም ተመልሶ እንዲህ አለ። እንጀራ የሚተርፋቸው የአባቴ ሞያተኞች ስንት ናቸው? እኔ ግን ከዚህ በራብ እጠፋለሁ።

¹⁷ But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!

¹⁸ተነሥቼም ወደ አባቴ እሄዳለሁና። አባቴ ሆይ፥ በሰማይና በፊትህ በደልሁ፥

¹⁸ I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

¹⁹ወደ ፊትም ልጅህ ልባል አይገባኝም፤ ከሞያተኞችህ እንደ አንዱ አድርገኝ እለዋለሁ።

¹⁹ I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’

²⁰ተነሥቶም ወደ አባቱ መጣ። እርሱም ገና ሩቅ ሳለ አባቱ አየውና አዘነለት፥ ሮጦም አንገቱን አቀፈውና ሳመው።

²⁰ “He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

²¹ልጁም። አባቴ ሆይ፥ በሰማይና በፊትህ በደልሁ፥ ወደ ፊትም ልጅህ ልባል አይገባኝም አለው።

²¹ The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

²²አባቱ ግን ባሪያዎቹን አለ። ፈጥናችሁ ከሁሉ የተሻለ ልብስ አምጡና አልብሱት፥ ለእጁ ቀለበት ለእግሩም ጫማ ስጡ፤

²² “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

²³የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አምጥታችሁ እረዱት፥ እንብላም ደስም ይበለን፤

²³ Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;

²⁴ይህ ልጄ ሞቶ ነበርና ደግሞም ሕያው ሆኖአል፤ ጠፍቶም ነበር ተገኝቶአልም። ደስም ይላቸው ጀመር።

²⁴ for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate.

²⁵ታላቁ ልጁ በእርሻ ነበረ፤ መጥቶም ወደ ቤት በቀረበ ጊዜ የመሰንቆና የዘፈን ድምፅ ሰማ፤

²⁵ “Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

²⁶ከብላቴናዎችም አንዱን ጠርቶ። ይህ ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ጠየቀ።

²⁶ He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

²⁷እርሱም። ወንድምህ መጥቶአልና በደኅና ስላገኘው አባትህ የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አረደለት አለው።

²⁷ He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’

²⁸ተቈጣም ሊገባም አልወደደም፤ አባቱም ወጥቶ ለመነው።

²⁸ But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

²⁹እርሱ ግን መልሶ አባቱን። እነሆ፥ ይህን ያህል ዓመት እንደ ባሪያ ተገዝቼልሃለሁ ከትእዛዝህም ከቶ አልተላለፍሁም፤ ለእኔም ከወዳጆቼ ጋር ደስ እንዲለኝ አንድ ጥቦት ስንኳ አልሰጠኸኝም፤

²⁹ But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

³⁰ነገር ግን ገንዘብህን ከጋለሞቶች ጋር በልቶ ይህ ልጅህ በመጣ ጊዜ፥ የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አረድህለት አለው።

³⁰ But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

³¹እርሱ ግን። ልጄ ሆይ፥ አንተ ሁልጊዜ ከእኔ ጋር ነህ፥ ለእኔም የሆነ ሁሉ የአንተ ነው፤

³¹ “He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

³²ዳሩ ግን ይህ ወንድምህ ሞቶ ነበረ ሕያው ስለ ሆነ ጠፍቶም ነበር ስለ ተገኘ ደስ እንዲለን ፍሥሐም እንድናደርግ ይገባናል አለው።

³² But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”