¹መንግሥተ ሰማያት ለወይኑ አትክልት ሠራተኞችን ሊቀጥር ማልዶ የወጣ ባለቤት ሰውን ትመስላለችና።

¹ “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

²ሠራተኞችንም በቀን አንድ ዲናር ተስማምቶ ወደ ወይኑ አትክልት ሰደዳቸው።

² When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor. a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

³በሦስት ሰዓትም ወጥቶ ሥራ የፈቱ ሌሎችን በአደባባይ ቆመው አየ፥

³ He went out about the third hour, Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 AM. and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.

⁴እነዚያንም። እናንተ ደግሞ ወደ ወይኔ አትክልት ሂዱ የሚገባውንም እሰጣችኋለሁ አላቸው። እነርሱም ሄዱ።

⁴ To them he said, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.

⁵ደግሞም በስድስትና በዘጠኝ ሰዓት ወጥቶ እንዲሁ አደረገ።

⁵ Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, noon and 3:00 P. M. and did likewise.

⁶በአሥራ አንደኛውም ሰዓት ወጥቶ ሌሎችን ቆመው አገኘና። ሥራ ፈትታችሁ ቀኑን ሁሉ በዚህ ስለ ምን ትቆማላችሁ? አላቸው።

⁶ About the eleventh hour 5:00 PM he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’

⁷የሚቀጥረን ስለ አጣን ነው አሉት። እርሱም። እናንተ ደግሞ ወደ ወይኔ አትክልት ሂዱ የሚገባውንም ትቀበላላችሁ አላቸው።

⁷ “They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’

⁸በመሸም ጊዜ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ አዛዡን። ሠራተኞችን ጥራና ከኋለኞች ጀምረህ እስከ ፊተኞች ድረስ ደመወዝ ስጣቸው አለው።

⁸ When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

⁹በአሥራ አንደኛው ሰዓትም የገቡ መጥተው እያንዳንዳቸው አንድ ዲናር ተቀበሉ።

⁹ “When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

¹⁰ፊተኞችም በመጡ ጊዜ አብዝተው የሚቀበሉ መስሎአቸው ነበር፤ እነርሱም ደግሞ እያንዳንዳቸው አንድ ዲናር ተቀበሉ።

¹⁰ When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.

¹¹ተቀብለውም። እነዚህ ኋለኞች አንድ ሰዓት ሠሩ፥ የቀኑንም ድካምና ትኩሳት ከተሸከምን ከእኛ ጋር አስተካከልሃቸው ብለው በባለቤቱ ላይ አንጐራጐሩ።

¹¹ When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,

¹³እርሱ ግን መልሶ ከእነርሱ ለአንዱ እንዲህ አለው። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥ አልበደልሁህም በአንድ ዲናር አልተስማማኸኝምን?

¹² saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’

¹⁴ድርሻህን ውሰድና ሂድ፤ እኔ ለዚህ ለኋለኛው እንደ አንተ ልሰጠው እወዳለሁ፤ በገንዘቤ የወደድሁትን አደርግ ዘንድ መብት የለኝምን?

¹³ “But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius?

¹⁵ወይስ እኔ መልካም ስለ ሆንሁ ዓይንህ ምቀኛ ናትን?

¹⁴ Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

¹⁶እንዲሁ ኋለኞች ፊተኞች፥ ፊተኞችም ኋለኞች ይሆናሉ፤ የተጠሩ ብዙዎች፥ የተመረጡ ግን ጥቂቶች ናቸውና።

¹⁵ Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

¹⁷ኢየሱስም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሊወጣ ሳለ፥ በመንገድ አሥራ ሁለቱን ደቀ መዛሙርት ብቻቸውን ወደ እርሱ አቅርቦ።

¹⁶ So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

¹⁸እነሆ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንወጣለን፥ የሰው ልጅም ለካህናት አለቆችና ለጻፎች ይሰጣል፤ የሞት ፍርድም ይፈርዱበታል፥

¹⁷As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,

¹⁹ሊዘባበቱበትም ሊገርፉትም ሊሰቅሉትም ለአሕዛብ አሳልፈው ይሰጡታል፥ በሦስተኛውም ቀን ይነሣል አላቸው።

¹⁸ “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

²⁰በዚያን ጊዜ የዘብዴዎስ ልጆች እናት ከልጆችዋ ጋር እየሰገደችና አንድ ነገር እየለመነች ወደ እርሱ ቀረበች።

¹⁹ and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up.”

²¹እርሱም። ምን ትፈልጊያለሽ? አላት። እርስዋም። እነዚህ ሁለቱ ልጆቼ አንዱ በቀኝህ አንዱም በግራህ በመንግሥትህ እንዲቀመጡ እዘዝ አለችው።

²⁰Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, kneeling and asking a certain thing of him.

²²ኢየሱስ ግን መልሶ። የምትለምኑትን አታውቁም። እኔ ልጠጣው ያለውን ጽዋ ልትጠጡ እኔም የምጠመቀውን ጥምቀት ልትጠመቁ ትችላላችሁን? አለ። እንችላለን አሉት።

²¹He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”

²³እርሱም። ጽዋዬንስ ትጠጣላችሁ፤ በቀኝና በግራ መቀመጥ ግን ከአባቴ ዘንድ ለተዘጋጀላቸው ነው እንጂ እኔ የምሰጥ አይደለሁም አላቸው።

²²But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”

²⁴አሥሩም ሰምተው በሁለቱ ወንድማማች ተቈጡ።

²³He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

²⁵ኢየሱስ ግን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ እንዲህ አላቸው። የአሕዛብ አለቆች እንዲገዙአቸው ታላላቆቹም በላያቸው እንዲሠለጥኑ ታውቃላችሁ።

²⁴When the ten heard it, they were indignant with the two brothers.

²⁶በእናንተስ እንዲህ አይደለም፤ ነገር ግን ማንም ከእናንተ ታላቅ ሊሆን የሚወድ የእናንተ አገልጋይ ይሁን፥

²⁵But Jesus summoned them, and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

²⁷ከእናንተም ማንም ፊተኛ ሊሆን የሚወድ የእናንተ ባሪያ ይሁን፤

²⁶ It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall be TR reads “let him be” instead of “shall be” your servant.

²⁸እንዲሁም የሰው ልጅ ሊያገለግል ነፍሱንም ለብዙዎች ቤዛ ሊሰጥ እንጂ እንዲያገለግሉት አልመጣም።

²⁷ Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,

²⁹ከኢያሪኮም ሲወጡ ብዙ ሕዝብ ተከተሉት።

²⁸ even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

³⁰እነሆም፥ ሁለት ዕውሮች በመንገድ ዳር ተቀምጠው፥ ኢየሱስ እንዲያልፍ በሰሙ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ የዳዊት ልጅ፥ ማረን ብለው ጮኹ።

²⁹As they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

³¹ሕዝቡም ዝም እንዲሉ ገሠጹአቸው፤ እነርሱ ግን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ የዳዊት ልጅ፥ ማረን እያሉ አብዝተው ጮኹ።

³⁰Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

³²ኢየሱስም ቆሞ ጠራቸውና። ምን ላደርግላችሁ ትወዳላችሁ? አለ።

³¹The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”

³³ጌታ ሆይ፥ ዓይኖቻችን ይከፈቱ ዘንድ አሉት።

³²Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, “What do you want me to do for you?”

³⁴ኢየሱስም አዘነላቸውና ዓይኖቻቸውን ዳሰሰ፥ ወዲያውም አዩና ተከተሉት።

³³They told him, “Lord, that our eyes may be opened.”

³⁴Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.