¹በዚያን ቀን ኢየሱስ ከቤት ወጥቶ በባሕር አጠገብ ተቀመጠ፤

¹On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

²እርሱም በታንኳ ገብቶ እስኪቀመጥ ድረስ ብዙ ሰዎች ወደ እርሱ ተሰበሰቡ፥ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ በወደቡ ቆመው ነበር።

²Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

³በምሳሌም ብዙ ነገራቸው እንዲህም አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ዘሪ ሊዘራ ወጣ።

³He spoke to them many things in parables, saying, “Behold, a farmer went out to sow.

⁴እርሱም ሲዘራ አንዳንዱ በመንገድ ዳር ወደቀ፥ ወፎችም መጥተው በሉት።

⁴ As he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and devoured them.

⁵ሌላውም ብዙ መሬት በሌለበት በጭንጫ ላይ ወደቀ፤ ጥልቅ መሬትም ስላልነበረው ወዲያው በቀለ፥

⁵ Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn’t have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

⁶ፀሐይ በወጣ ጊዜ ግን ጠወለገ፥ ሥርም ስላልነበረው ደረቀ።

⁶ When the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

⁷ሌላውም በእሾህ መካከል ወደቀ፥ እሾህም ወጣና አነቀው።

⁷ Others fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.

⁸ሌላውም በመልካም መሬት ወደቀ፤ አንዱም መቶ፥ አንዱም ስድሳ፥ አንዱም ሠላሳ ፍሬ ሰጠ።

⁸ Others fell on good soil, and yielded fruit: some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

⁹የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።

⁹ He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

¹⁰ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ቀርበው። ስለ ምን በምሳሌ ትነግራቸዋለህ? አሉት።

¹⁰The disciples came, and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

¹¹እርሱም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። ለእናንተ የመንግሥተ ሰማያትን ምሥጢር ማወቅ ተሰጥቶአችኋል፥ ለእነርሱ ግን አልተሰጣቸውም።

¹¹He answered them, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.

¹²ላለው ይሰጠዋልና ይበዛለትማል፤ ከሌለው ግን ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

¹² For whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have abundance, but whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he has.

¹³ስለዚህ እያዩ ስለማያዩ እየሰሙም ስለማይሰሙ ስለማያስተውሉም በምሳሌ እነግራቸዋለሁ።

¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.

¹⁴መስማት ትሰማላችሁና አታስተውሉም፥ ማየትም ታያላችሁና አትመለከቱም።

¹⁴ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

¹⁵በዓይናቸው እንዳያዩ፥ በጆሮአቸውም እንዳይሰሙ፥ በልባቸውም እንዳያስተውሉ፥ ተመልሰውም እንዳልፈውሳቸው፥ የዚህ ሕዝብ ልብ ደንድኖአልና ጆሮአቸውም ደንቁሮአል ዓይናቸውንም ጨፍነዋል የሚል የኢሳይያስ ትንቢት በእነርሱ ይፈጸማል።

¹⁵ for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and should turn again; and I would heal them.’ Isaiah 6:9-10

¹⁶የእናንተ ግን ዓይኖቻችሁ ስለሚያዩ ጆሮቻችሁም ስለሚሰሙ ብፁዓን ናቸው።

¹⁶ “But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.

¹⁷እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ብዙዎች ነቢያትና ጻድቃን የምታዩትን ሊያዩ ተመኝተው አላዩም፥ የምትሰሙትንም ሊሰሙ ተመኝተው አልሰሙም።

¹⁷ For most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.

¹⁸እንግዲህ እናንተ የዘሪውን ምሳሌ ስሙ።

¹⁸ “Hear, then, the parable of the farmer.

¹⁹የመንግሥትን ቃል ሰምቶ በማያስተውል ሁሉ፥ ክፉው ይመጣል፥ በልቡ የተዘራውንም ይነጥቃል፤ በመንገድ ዳር የተዘራው ይህ ነው።

¹⁹ When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.

²⁰በጭንጫ ላይ የተዘራውም ይህ ቃሉን ሰምቶ ወዲያው በደስታ የሚቀበለው ነው፤

²⁰ What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

²¹ነገር ግን ለጊዜው ነው እንጂ በእርሱ ሥር የለውም፥ በቃሉ ምክንያትም መከራ ወይም ስደት በሆነ ጊዜ ወዲያው ይሰናከላል።

²¹ yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

²²በእሾህ መካከል የተዘራውም ይህ ቃሉን የሚሰማ ነው፥ የዚህም ዓለም አሳብና የባለጠግነት መታለል ቃሉን ያንቃል፥ የማያፈራም ይሆናል።

²² What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

²³በመልካም መሬት የተዘራውም ይህ ቃሉን ሰምቶ የሚያስተውል ነው፤ እርሱም ፍሬ ያፈራል አንዱም መቶ አንዱም ስድሳ አንዱም ሠላሳ ያደርጋል።

²³ What was sown on the good ground, this is he who hears the word, and understands it, who most certainly bears fruit, and brings forth, some one hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.”

²⁴ሌላ ምሳሌ አቀረበላቸው እንዲህም አለ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት በእርሻው መልካም ዘርን የዘራን ሰው ትመስላለች።

²⁴He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

²⁵ሰዎቹ ሲተኙ ግን ጠላቱ መጣና በስንዴው መካከል እንክርዳድን ዘርቶ ሄደ።

²⁵ but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel weeds darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent. also among the wheat, and went away.

²⁶ስንዴውም በበቀለና በአፈራ ጊዜ እንክርዳዱ ደግሞ ያን ጊዜ ታየ።

²⁶ But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then the darnel weeds appeared also.

²⁷የባለቤቱም ባሮች ቀርበው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ መልካምን ዘር በእርሻህ ዘርተህ አልነበርህምን? እንክርዳዱንስ ከወዴት አገኘ? አሉት።

²⁷ The servants of the householder came and said to him, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?’

²⁸እርሱም። ጠላት ይህን አደረገ አላቸው። ባሮቹም። እንግዲህ ሄደን ብንለቅመው ትወዳለህን? አሉት።

²⁸ “He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and gather them up?’

²⁹እርሱ ግን። እንክርዳዱን ስትለቅሙ ስንዴውን ከእርሱ ጋር እንዳትነቅሉት አይሆንም።

²⁹ “But he said, ‘No, lest perhaps while you gather up the darnel weeds, you root up the wheat with them.

³⁰ተዉአቸው፤ እስከ መከር ጊዜ አብረው ይደጉ፤ በመከር ጊዜም አጫጆችን። እንክርዳዱን አስቀድማችሁ ልቀሙ በእሳትም ለማቃጠል በየነዶው እሰሩ፥ ስንዴውን ግን በጎተራዬ ክተቱ እላለሁ አለ።

³⁰ Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

³¹ሌላ ምሳሌ አቀረበላቸው እንዲህም አለ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ሰው ወስዶ በእርሻው የዘራትን የሰናፍጭ ቅንጣት ትመስላለች፤

³¹He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

³²እርስዋም ከዘር ሁሉ ታንሳለች፥ በአደገች ጊዜ ግን፥ ከአታክልቶች ትበልጣለች የሰማይም ወፎች መጥተው በቅርንጫፎችዋ እስኪሰፍሩ ድረስ ዛፍ ትሆናለች።

³² which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.”

³³ሌላ ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህም አለ። መንግሥተ ሰማያት ሁሉ እስኪቦካ ድረስ ሴት ወስዳ በሦስት መስፈሪያ ዱቄት የሸሸገችውን እርሾ ትመስላለች።

³³He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven 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 meal, until it was all leavened.”

³⁴ኢየሱስም ለሕዝቡ ይህን ሁሉ በምሳሌ ተናገረ፤ በነቢዩም። በምሳሌ አፌን እከፍታለሁ፥ ዓለም ከተፈጠረ ጀምሮ የተሰወረውንም እናገራለሁ የተባለው ይፈጸም ዘንድ ያለ ምሳሌ አልተናገራቸውም።

³⁴Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes; and without a parable, he didn’t speak to them,

³⁶በዚያን ጊዜ ሕዝቡን ትቶ ወደ ቤት ገባ። ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው። የእርሻውን እንክርዳድ ምሳሌ ተርጕምልን አሉት።

³⁵that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.” Psalm 78:2

³⁷እርሱም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። መልካምን ዘር የዘራው የሰው ልጅ ነው፤ እርሻውም ዓለም ነው፤

³⁶Then Jesus sent the multitudes away, and went into the house. His disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the darnel weeds of the field.”

³⁸መልካሙም ዘር የመንግሥት ልጆች ናቸው፤

³⁷He answered them, “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,

³⁹እንክርዳዱም የክፉው ልጆች ናቸው፥ የዘራውም ጠላት ዲያብሎስ ነው፤ መከሩም የዓለም መጨረሻ ነው፥ አጫጆችም መላእክት ናቸው።

³⁸ the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one.

⁴⁰እንግዲህ እንክርዳድ ተለቅሞ በእሳት እንደሚቃጠል፥ በዓለም መጨረሻ እንዲሁ ይሆናል።

³⁹ The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

⁴¹የሰው ልጅ መላእክቱን ይልካል፥ ከመንግሥቱም እንቅፋትን ሁሉ ዓመፃንም የሚያደርጉትን ይለቅማሉ፥

⁴⁰ As therefore the darnel weeds are gathered up and burned with fire; so will it be at the end of this age.

⁴²ወደ እቶነ እሳትም ይጥሉአቸዋል፤ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል።

⁴¹ The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity,

⁴³በዚያን ጊዜ ጻድቃን በአባታቸው መንግሥት እንደ ፀሐይ ይበራሉ። የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።

⁴² and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁴⁴ደግሞ መንግሥተ ሰማያት በእርሻ ውስጥ የተሰወረውን መዝገብ ትመስላለች፤ ሰውም አግኝቶ ሰወረው፥ ከደስታውም የተነሣ ሄዶ ያለውን ሁሉ ሸጠና ያን እርሻ ገዛ።

⁴³ Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

⁴⁵ደግሞ መንግሥተ ሰማያት መልካምን ዕንቁ የሚሻ ነጋዴን ትመስላለች፤

⁴⁴ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

⁴⁶ዋጋዋም እጅግ የበዛ አንዲት ዕንቁ በአገኘ ጊዜ ሄዶ ያለውን ሁሉ ሸጠና ገዛት።

⁴⁵ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,

⁴⁷ደግሞ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ወደ ባሕር የተጣለች ከሁሉም ዓይነት የሰበሰበች መረብን ትመስላለች፤

⁴⁶ who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

⁴⁸በሞላችም ጊዜ ወደ ወደቡ አወጡአት፥ ተቀምጠውም መልካሙን ለቅመው በዕቃዎች ውስጥ አከማቹ ክፉውን ግን ወደ ውጭ ጣሉት።

⁴⁷ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

⁴⁹በዓለም መጨረሻ እንዲሁ ይሆናል፤ መላእክት መጥተው ኃጢአተኞችን ከጻድቃን መካከል ይለዩአቸዋል፥ ወደ እቶነ እሳትም ይጥሉአቸዋል፤

⁴⁸ which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.

⁵⁰በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል።

⁴⁹ So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

⁵¹ኢየሱስም። ይህን ሁሉ አስተዋላችሁን? አላቸው አዎን አሉት።

⁵⁰ and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”

⁵²እርሱም። ስለዚህ የመንግሥተ ሰማያት ደቀ መዝሙር የሆነ ጻፊ ሁሉ ከመዝገቡ አዲሱንና አሮጌውን የሚያወጣ ባለቤትን ይመስላል አላቸው።

⁵¹Jesus said to them, “Have you understood all these things?” They answered him, “Yes, Lord.”

⁵³ኢየሱስም እነዚህም ምሳሌዎች ከጨረሰ በኋላ ከዚያ ሄደ።

⁵²He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things.”

⁵⁴ወደ ገዛ አገሩም መጥቶ እስኪገረሙ ድረስ በምኩራባቸው ያስተምራቸው ነበር፤ እንዲህም አሉ። ይህን ጥበብና ተአምራት ይህ ከወዴት አገኘው?

⁵³It happened that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from there.

⁵⁵ይህ የጸራቢ ልጅ አይደለምን? እናቱስ ማርያም ትባል የለምን? ወንድሞቹስ ያዕቆብና ዮሳ ስምዖንም ይሁዳም አይደሉምን?

⁵⁴Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works?

⁵⁶እኅቶቹስ ሁሉ በእኛ ዘንድ ያሉ አይደሉምን? እንኪያስ ይህን ሁሉ ከወዴት አገኘው? ተሰናከሉበትም።

⁵⁵Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas or, Judah ?

⁵⁷ኢየሱስ ግን። ነቢይ ከገዛ አገሩና ከገዛ ቤቱ በቀር ሳይከበር አይቀርም አላቸው።

⁵⁶Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”

⁵⁸በአለማመናቸውም ምክንያት በዚያ ብዙ ተአምራት አላደረገም።

⁵⁷They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”

⁵⁸He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.