¹ዓይኑንም አንሥቶ መባቸውን በመዝገብ የሚጥሉ ባለ ጠጎችን አየ።

¹He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.

²አንዲትም ድሀ መበለት ሁለት ሳንቲም በዚያ ስትጥል አየና።

²He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins. literally, “two lepta.” 2 lepta was about 1% of a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.

³እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ይህች ድሀ መበለት ከሁሉ ይልቅ አብልጣ ጣለች፤

³He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,

⁴እነዚህ ሁሉ ከትርፋቸው ወደ እግዚአብሔር መዝገብ ጥለዋልና፤ ይህች ግን ከጕድለትዋ የነበራትን ትዳርዋን ሁሉ ጣለች አለ።

⁴ for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”

⁵አንዳንዶቹም ስለ መቅደስ በመልካም ድንጋይና በተሰጠው ሽልማት እንዳጌጠ ሲነጋገሩ። ይህማ የምታዩት ሁሉ፥

⁵As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,

⁶ድንጋይ በድንጋይ ላይ ሳይፈርስ በዚህ የማይቀርበት ዘመን ይመጣል አለ።

⁶ “As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”

⁷እነርሱም። መምህር ሆይ፥ እንግዲህ ይህ መቼ ይሆናል? ይህስ ይሆን ዘንድ እንዳለው ምልክቱ ምንድር ነው? ብለው ጠየቁት።

⁷They asked him, “Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?”

⁸እንዲህም አለ። እንዳትስቱ ተጠንቀቁ፤ ብዙዎች። እኔ ነኝ፥ ዘመኑም ቀርቦአል እያሉ በስሜ ይመጣሉና፤ እነርሱን ተከትላችሁ አትሂዱ።

⁸He said, “Watch out that you don’t get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he or, I AM ,’ and, ‘The time is at hand.’ Therefore don’t follow them.

⁹ጦርንና ሁከትንም በሰማችሁ ጊዜ አትደንግጡ፤ ይህ አስቀድሞ ይሆን ዘንድ ግድ ነውና፥ ነገር ግን መጨረሻው ወዲያው አይሆንም።

⁹ When you hear of wars and disturbances, don’t be terrified, for these things must happen first, but the end won’t come immediately.”

¹⁰በዚያን ጊዜ እንዲህ አላቸው። ሕዝብ በሕዝብ ላይ፥ መንግሥትም በመንግሥት ላይ ይነሣል፤

¹⁰Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

¹¹ታላቅም የምድር መናወጥና በልዩ ልዩ ስፍራ ቸነፈር ራብም ይሆናል፤ የሚያስፈራም ነገር ከሰማይም ታላቅ ምልክት ይሆናል።

¹¹ There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places. There will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

¹²ከዚህም ሁሉ በፊት እጃቸውን በላያችሁ ይጭናሉ ያሳድዱአችሁማል፤ ስለ ስሜም ወደ ምኵራብና ወደ ወኅኒ አሳልፈው ይሰጡአችኋል፥ ወደ ነገሥታትና ወደ ገዥዎችም ይወስዱአችኋል፤

¹² But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.

¹³ይህም ለምስክርነት ይሆንላችኋል።

¹³ It will turn out as a testimony for you.

¹⁴ሰለዚህ እንዴት እንድትመልሱ አስቀድማችሁ እንዳታስቡ በልባችሁ አኑሩት፤

¹⁴ Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer,

¹⁵ወደረኞቻችሁ ሁሉ ሊቃወሙና ሊከራከሩ የማይችሉትን አፍና ጥበብ እሰጣችኋለሁና።

¹⁵ for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

¹⁶ወላጆችም ስንኳ ወንድሞችም ዘመዶችም ወዳጆችም አሳልፈው ይሰጡአችኋል፥ ከእናንተም አንዳንዱን ይገድላሉ፤

¹⁶ You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death.

¹⁷በሁሉም ስለ ስሜ የተጠላችሁ ትሆናላችሁ።

¹⁷ You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.

¹⁸ከራሳችሁም አንዲት ጠጉር ስንኳ አትጠፋም፤

¹⁸ And not a hair of your head will perish.

¹⁹በመታገሣችሁም ነፍሳችሁን ታገኛላችሁ።

¹⁹ “By your endurance you will win your lives.

²⁰ኢየሩሳሌም ግን በጭፍራ ተከባ ስታዩ በዚያን ጊዜ ጥፋትዋ እንደ ቀረበ እወቁ።

²⁰ “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.

²¹የዚያን ጊዜ በይሁዳ ያሉ ወደ ተራራዎች ይሽሹ፥ በመካከልዋም ያሉ ከእርስዋ ፈቀቅ ይበሉ፥ በገጠር ያሉም ወደ እርስዋ አይግቡ፤

²¹ Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let those who are in the midst of her depart. Let those who are in the country not enter therein.

²²የተጻፈው ሁሉ እንዲፈጸም ይህ የበቀል ጊዜ ነውና።

²² For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

²³በዚያን ወራት ለእርጕዞችና ለሚያጠቡ ወዮላቸው፤ ታላቅ ችግር በምድር ላይ፥ በዚህም ሕዝብ ላይ ቍጣ ይሆናልና፤

²³ Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

²⁴በሰይፍ ስለትም ይወድቃሉ፤ ወደ አሕዛብ ሁሉም ይማረካሉ፤ የአሕዛብም ዘመን እስኪፈጸም ድረስ ኢየሩሳሌም በአሕዛብ የተረገጠች ትሆናለች።

²⁴ They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

²⁵በፀሐይና በጨረቃም በከዋክብትም ምልክት ይሆናል፤ በምድር ላይም አሕዛብ ከባሕሩና ከሞገዱም ድምፅ የተነሣ እያመነቱ ይጨነቃሉ፤

²⁵ There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;

²⁶ሰዎችም ከፍርሃትና በዓለም የሚመጣበትን ከመጠበቅ የተነሣ ይደክማሉ፤ የሰማያት ኃይላት ይናወጣሉና።

²⁶ men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

²⁷በዚያን ጊዜም የሰው ልጅ በኃይልና በብዙ ክብር በደመና ሲመጣ ያዩታል።

²⁷ Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

²⁸ይህም ሊሆን ሲጀምር ቤዛችሁ ቀርቦአልና አሻቅባችሁ ራሳችሁን አንሡ።

²⁸ But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near.”

²⁹ምሳሌንም ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል። በለስንና ዛፎችን ሁሉ እዩ፤

²⁹He told them a parable. “See the fig tree, and all the trees.

³⁰ሲያቈጠቍጡ ተመልክታችሁ በጋ አሁን እንደ ቀረበ ራሳችሁ ታውቃላችሁ።

³⁰ When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.

³¹እንዲሁ ደግሞ እናንተ ይህ ሁሉ መሆኑን ስታዩ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደ ቀረበች እወቁ።

³¹ Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.

³²እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ይህ ሁሉ እስኪሆን ድረስ ይህ ትውልድ አያልፍም።

³² Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.

³³ሰማይና ምድር ያልፋሉ ቃሌ ግን አያልፍም።

³³ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.

³⁴ነገር ግን ልባችሁ በመጠጥ ብዛትና በስካር ስለ ትዳርም በማሰብ እንዳይከብድ፥ ያ ቀንም በድንገት እንዳይመጣባችሁ ለራሳችሁ ተጠንቀቁ፤

³⁴ “So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

³⁵በምድር ሁሉ ላይ በሚቀመጡ ሁሉ እንደ ወጥመድ ይደርስባቸዋልና።

³⁵ For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.

³⁶እንግዲህ ሊመጣ ካለው ከዚህ ሁሉ ለማምለጥ፥ በሰው ልጅም ፊት ለመቆም እንድትችሉ ስትጸልዩ ሁል ጊዜ ትጉ።

³⁶ Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

³⁷ዕለት ዕለትም በመቅደስ ያስተምር ነበር፥ ሌሊት ግን ደብረ ዘይት ወደምትባል ተራራ ወጥቶ ያድር ነበር።

³⁷Every day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.

³⁸ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ይሰሙት ዘንድ ማልደው በመቅደስ ወደ እርሱ ይመጡ ነበር።

³⁸All the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.