¹በዚያች ሰዓት ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀርበው። በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ከሁሉ የሚበልጥ ማን ይሆን? አሉት።

¹In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”

²ሕፃንም ጠርቶ በመካከላቸው አቆመ

²Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst,

³እንዲህም አለ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ካልተመለሳችሁ እንደ ሕፃናትም ካልሆናችሁ፥ ወደ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ከቶ አትገቡም።

³and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁴እንግዲህ እንደዚህ ሕፃን ራሱን የሚያዋርድ ሁሉ፥ በመንግሥተ ሰማያት የሚበልጥ እርሱ ነው።

⁴ Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

⁵እንደዚህም ያለውን አንድ ሕፃን በስሜ የሚቀበል ሁሉ እኔን ይቀበላል፤

⁵ Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

⁶በእኔም ከሚያምኑ ከነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ አንዱን የሚያሰናክል ሁሉ፥ የወፍጮ ድንጋይ በአንገቱ ታስሮ ወደ ጥልቅ ባሕር መስጠም ይሻለው ነበር።

⁶ but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

⁷ወዮ ለዓለም ስለ ማሰናከያ፤ ማሰናከያ ሳይመጣ አይቀርምና፥ ነገር ግን በእርሱ ጠንቅ ማሰናከያ ለሚመጣበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት።

⁷ “Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

⁸እጅህ ወይም እግርህ ብታሰናክልህ፥ ቈርጠህ ከአንተ ጣላት፤ ሁለት እጅ ወይም ሁለት እግር ኖሮህ ወደ ዘላለም እሳት ከምትጣል ይልቅ አንካሳ ወይም ጉንድሽ ሆነህ ወደ ህይወት መግባት ይሻልሀል።

⁸ If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

⁹ዓይንህ ብታሰናክልህ አውጥተህ ከአንተ ጣላት፤ ሁለት ዓይን ኖሮህ ወደ ገሃነመ እሳት ከምትጣል ይልቅ አንዲት ዓይን ኖራህ ወደ ሕይወት መግባት ይሻልሃል።

⁹ If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna or, Hell of fire.

¹⁰ከነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ አንዱን እንዳትንቁ ተጠንቀቁ፤ መላእክቶቻቸው በሰማያት ዘወትር በሰማያት ያለውን የአባቴን ፊት ያያሉ እላችኋለሁና።

¹⁰ See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

¹¹የሰው ልጅ የጠፋውን ለማዳን መጥቶአልና።

¹¹ For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.

¹²ምን ይመስላችኋል? ለአንድ ሰው መቶ በጎች ቢኖሩት ከእነርሱም አንዱ ቢባዝን፥ ዘጠና ዘጠኙን በተራራ ትቶ ሄዶም የባዘነውን አይፈልግምን?

¹² “What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

¹³ቢያገኘውም፥ እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ካልባዘኑቱ ከዘጠና ዘጠኙ ይልቅ በእርሱ ደስ ይለዋል።

¹³ If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

¹⁴እንደዚሁ ከእነዚህ ከታናናሾቹ አንዱ እንዲጠፋ በሰማያት ያለው አባታችሁ ፈቃድ አይደለም።

¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

¹⁵ወንድምህም ቢበድልህ፥ ሄደህ አንተና እርሱ ብቻችሁን ሆናችሁ ውቀሰው። ቢሰማህ፥ ወንድምህን ገንዘብ አደረግኸው፤

¹⁵ “If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

¹⁶ባይሰማህ ግን፥ በሁለት ወይም በሦስት ምስክር አፍ ነገር ሁሉ እንዲጸና፥ ዳግመኛ አንድ ወይም ሁለት ከአንተ ጋር ውሰድ፤

¹⁶ But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Deuteronomy 19:15

¹⁷እነርሱንም ባይሰማ፥ ለቤተ ክርስቲያን ንገራት፤ ደግሞም ቤተ ክርስቲያንን ባይሰማት፥ እንደ አረመኔና እንደ ቀራጭ ይሁንልህ።

¹⁷ If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

¹⁸እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በምድር የምታስሩት ሁሉ በሰማይ የታሰረ ይሆናል፥ በምድርም የምትፈቱት ሁሉ በሰማይ የተፈታ ይሆናል።

¹⁸ Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

¹⁹ደግሞ እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእናንተ ሁለቱ በምድር በማናቸውም በሚለምኑት ነገር ሁሉ ቢስማሙ በሰማያት ካለው ከአባቴ ዘንድ ይደረግላቸዋል።

¹⁹ Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

²⁰ሁለት ወይም ሦስት በስሜ በሚሰበሰቡበት በዚያ በመካከላቸው እሆናለሁና።

²⁰ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.”

²¹በዚያን ጊዜ ጴጥሮስ ወደ እርሱ ቀርቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወንድሜ ቢበድለኝ ስንት ጊዜ ልተውለት? እስከ ሰባት ጊዜን? አለው።

²¹Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

²²ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አለው። እስከ ሰባ ጊዜ ሰባት እንጂ እስከ ሰባት ጊዜ አልልህም።

²²Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

²³ስለዚህ መንግሥተ ሰማያት ባሮቹን ሊቈጣጠር የወደደን ንጉሥ ትመስላለች።

²³ Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

²⁴መቈጣጠርም በጀመረ ጊዜ፥ እልፍ መክሊት ዕዳ ያለበትን አንድ ሰው ወደ እርሱ አመጡ።

²⁴ When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. Ten thousand talents represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day’s wages for agricultural labor.

²⁵የሚከፍለውም ቢያጣ፥ እርሱና ሚስቱ ልጆቹም ያለውም ሁሉ እንዲሸጥና ዕዳው እንዲከፈል ጌታው አዘዘ።

²⁵ But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

²⁶ስለዚህ ባሪያው ወድቆ ሰገደለትና። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ታገሠኝ፥ ሁሉንም እከፍልሃለሁ አለው።

²⁶ The servant therefore fell down and kneeled before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

²⁷የዚያም ባሪያ ጌታ አዘነለትና ለቀቀው፥ ዕዳውንም ተወለት።

²⁷ The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

²⁸ነገር ግን ያ ባሪያ ወጥቶ ከባልንጀሮቹ ከባሮቹ መቶ ዲናር ዕዳ ያለበትን አንዱን አገኘና። ዕዳህን ክፈለኝ ብሎ ያዘና አነቀው።

²⁸ “But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, 100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent. and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

²⁹ስለዚህ ባልንጀራው ባሪያ ወድቆ። ታገሠኝ፥ ሁሉንም እከፍልሃለሁ ብሎ ለመነው።

²⁹ “So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’

³⁰እርሱም አልወደደም፥ ግን ሄዶ ዕዳውን እስኪከፍል ድረስ በወኅኒ አኖረው።

³⁰ He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

³¹ባልንጀሮቹ የሆኑ ባሮችም ያደረገውን አይተው እጅግ አዘኑ፥ መጥተውም የሆነውን ሁሉ ለጌታቸው ገለጡ።

³¹ So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done.

³²ከዚያ ወዲያ ጌታው ጠርቶ። አንተ ክፉ ባሪያ፥ ስለ ለመንኸኝ ያን ዕዳ ሁሉ ተውሁልህ፤

³² Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

³³እኔ እንደ ማርሁህ ባልንጀራህ የሆነውን ያን ባሪያ ልትምረው ለአንተስ አይገባህምን? አለው።

³³ Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

³⁴ጌታውም ተቈጣና ዕዳውን ሁሉ እስኪከፍለው ድረስ ለሚሣቅዩት አሳልፎ ሰጠው።

³⁴ His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.

³⁵ከእናንተ እያንዳንዱ ወንድሙን ከልቡ ይቅር ካላለ፥ እንዲሁ ደግሞ የሰማዩ አባቴ ያደርግባችኋል።

³⁵ So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”