¹ወደ ኢየሩሳሌምም ቀርበው ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ወደ ቤተ ፋጌ ሲደርሱ፥ ያንጊዜ ኢየሱስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁለት ላከ፥

¹When they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethsphage, TR & NU read “Bethphage” instead of “Bethsphage” to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

²እንዲህም አላቸው። በፊታችሁ ወዳለችው መንደር ሂዱ፥ በዚያን ጊዜም የታሰረችን አህያ ውርንጫም ከእርስዋ ጋር ታገኛላችሁ፤ ፈትታችሁ አምጡልኝ።

²saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.

³ማንም አንዳች ቢላችሁ። ለጌታ ያስፈልጉታል በሉ፤ ወዲያውም ይሰዳቸዋል።

³ If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”

⁴ለጽዮን ልጅ። እነሆ፥ ንጉሥሽ የዋህ ሆኖ በአህያ ላይና በአህያይቱ ግልገል በውርንጫይቱ ላይ ተቀምጦ ወደ አንቺ ይመጣል በሉአት ተብሎ በነቢይ የተነገረው ይፈጸም ዘንድ ይህ ሆነ።

⁴All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,

⁶ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሄደው ኢየሱስ እንዳዘዛቸው አደረጉ፥

⁵“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” Zechariah 9:9

⁷አህያይቱንና ውርንጫዋንም አመጡለት፥ ልብሳቸውንም በእነርሱ ላይ ጫኑ፥ ተቀመጠባቸውም።

⁶The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,

⁸ከሕዝቡም እጅግ ብዙዎች ልብሳቸውን በመንገድ ላይ አነጠፉ፥ ሌሎችም ከዛፍ ጫፍ ጫፉን እየቈረጡ በመንገድ ላይ ያነጥፉ ነበር።

⁷and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.

⁹የሚቀድሙትም ሕዝብ የሚከተሉትም። ሆሣዕና ለዳዊት ልጅ በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ የተባረከ ነው፤ ሆሣዕና በአርያም እያሉ ይጮኹ ነበር።

⁸A very great multitude spread their clothes on the road. Others cut branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.

¹⁰ወደ ኢየሩሳሌምም በገባ ጊዜ መላው ከተማ። ይህ ማን ነው? ብሎ ተናወጠ።

⁹The multitudes who went before him, and who followed kept shouting, “Hosanna “Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray.” to the son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” Psalm 118:26

¹¹ሕዝቡም። ይህ ከገሊላ ናዝሬት የመጣ ነቢዩ ኢየሱስ ነው አሉ።

¹⁰When he had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred up, saying, “Who is this?”

¹²ኢየሱስም ወደ መቅደስ ገባና በመቅደስ የሚሸጡትንና የሚገዙትን ሁሉ አወጣ፥ የገንዘብ ለዋጮችንም ገበታዎች የርግብ ሻጮችንም ወንበሮች ገለበጠና።

¹¹The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”

¹³ቤቴ የጸሎት ቤት ትባላለች ተብሎ ተጽፎአል፥ እናንተ ግን የወንበዶች ዋሻ አደረጋችኋት አላቸው።

¹²Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves.

¹⁴በመቅደስም ዕውሮችና አንካሶች ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና ፈወሳቸው።

¹³He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ Isaiah 56:7 but you have made it a den of robbers!” Jeremiah 7:11

¹⁵ነገር ግን የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎች ያደረገውን ድንቃ ድንቅ በመቅደስም። ሆሣዕና ለዳዊት ልጅ እያሉ የሚጮኹትን ልጆች ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ተቈጥተው።

¹⁴The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

¹⁶እነዚህ የሚሉትን አትሰማምን? አሉት። ኢየሱስም። እሰማለሁ፤ ከሕፃናትና ከሚጠቡት አፍ ምስጋናን ለራስህ አዘጋጀህ የሚለውን ቃል ከቶ አላነበባችሁምን? አላቸው።

¹⁵But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children who were crying in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the son of David!” they were indignant,

¹⁷ትቶአቸውም ከከተማ ወደ ቢታንያ ወጣ በዚያም አደረ።

¹⁶and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes. Did you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?’” Psalm 8:2

¹⁸በማለዳም ወደ ከተማ ሲመለስ ተራበ።

¹⁷He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and lodged there.

¹⁹በመንገድም አጠገብ በለስ አይቶ ወደ እርስዋ መጣ፤ ከቅጠልም ብቻ በቀር ምንም አላገኘባትምና። ለዘላለሙ ፍሬ አይገኝብሽ አላት። በለሲቱም ያንጊዜውን ደረቀች።

¹⁸Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.

²⁰ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ይህን አይተው። በለሲቱ ያንጊዜውን እንዴት ደረቀች? ብለው ተደነቁ።

¹⁹Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.

²¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እምነት ቢኖራችሁ ባትጠራጠሩም፥ በበለሲቱ እንደ ሆነባት ብቻ አታደርጉም፤ ነገር ግን ይህን ተራራ እንኳ። ተነቅለህ ወደ ባሕር ተወርወር ብትሉት ይሆናል፤

²⁰When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree immediately wither away?”

²²አምናችሁም በጸሎት የምትለምኑትን ሁሉ ትቀበላላችሁ አላቸው።

²¹Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.

²³ወደ መቅደስም ገብቶ ሲያስተምር የካህናት አለቆችና የሕዝብ ሽማግሎች ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና። በምን ሥልጣን እነዚህን ታደርጋለህ? ይህንስ ሥልጣን ማን ሰጠህ? አሉት።

²² All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

²⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እኔ ደግሞ አንዲት ነገር እጠይቃችኋለሁ፤ እናንተም ያችን ብትነግሩኝ እኔ ደግሞ እነዚህን በምን ሥልጣን እንዳደርግ እነግራችኋለሁ፤

²³When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?”

²⁵የዮሐንስ ጥምቀት ከወዴት ነበረች? ከሰማይን ወይስ ከሰው? አላቸው። እነርሱም እርስ በርሳቸው ሲነጋገሩ። ከሰማይ ብንል። እንኪያስ ስለ ምን አላመናችሁበትም? ይለናል፤

²⁴Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

²⁶ከሰው ግን ብንል፥ ዮሐንስን ሁሉም እንደ ነቢይ ያዩታልና ሕዝቡን እንፈራለን አሉ።

²⁵ The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

²⁷ለኢየሱስም መልሰው። አናውቅም አሉት። እርሱም ደግሞ። እኔም በምን ሥልጣን እነዚህን እንዳደርግ አልነግራችሁም አላቸው።

²⁶But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”

²⁸ነገር ግን ምን ይመስላችኋል? አንድ ሰው ሁለት ልጆች ነበሩት፤ ወደ አንደኛው ቀርቦ። ልጄ ሆይ፥ ዛሬ ሂድና በወይኔ አትክልት ሥራ አለው።

²⁷They answered Jesus, and said, “We don’t know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

²⁹እርሱም መልሶ። አልወድም አለ፤ ኋላ ግን ተጸጸተና ሄደ።

²⁸ But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

³⁰ወደ ሁለተኛውም ቀርቦ እንዲሁ አለው እርሱም መልሶ። እሺ ጌታዬ አለ፤ ነገር ግን አልሄደም።

²⁹ He answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind, and went.

³¹ከሁለቱ የአባቱን ፈቃድ ያደረገ ማን ነው? ፊተኛው አሉት። ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አላቸው። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ቀራጮችና ጋለሞቶች ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት በመግባት ይቀድሙአችኋል።

³⁰ He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but he didn’t go.

³²ዮሐንስ በጽድቅ መንገድ መጥቶላችሁ ነበርና፥ አላመናችሁበትም፤ ቀራጮችና ጋለሞቶች ግን አመኑበት፤ እናንተም ይህን አይታችሁ ታምኑበት ዘንድ በኋላ ንስሐ አልገባችሁም።

³¹ Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.

³³ሌላ ምሳሌ ስሙ። የወይን አትክልት የተከለ ባለቤት ሰው ነበረ፤ ቅጥርም ቀጠረለት፥ መጥመቂያም ማሰለት፥ ግንብም ሠራና ለገበሬዎች አከራይቶ ወደ ሌላ አገር ሄደ።

³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

³⁴የሚያፈራበትም ጊዜ ሲቀርብ፥ ፍሬውን ሊቀበሉ ባሮቹን ወደ ገበሬዎች ላከ።

³³ “Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

³⁵ገበሬዎቹም ባሮቹን ይዘው አንዱን ደበደቡት አንዱንም ገደሉት ሌላውንም ወገሩት።

³⁴ When the season for the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, to receive his fruit.

³⁶ደግሞ ከፊተኞች የሚበዙ ሌሎች ባሮችን ላከ፥ እንዲሁም አደረጉባቸው።

³⁵ The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

³⁷በኋላ ግን። ልጄንስ ያፍሩታል ብሎ ልጁን ላከባቸው።

³⁶ Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they treated them the same way.

³⁸ገበሬዎቹ ግን ልጁን ባዩ ጊዜ እርስ በርሳቸው። ወራሹ ይህ ነው፤ ኑ፥ እንግደለውና ርስቱን እናግኝ ተባባሉ።

³⁷ But afterward he sent to them his son, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

³⁹ይዘውም ከወይኑ አትክልት አወጡና ገደሉት።

³⁸ But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and seize his inheritance.’

⁴⁰እንግዲህ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ በሚመጣ ጊዜ በእነዚህ ገበሬዎች ምን ያደርግባቸዋል?

³⁹ So they took him, and threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

⁴¹እነርሱም። ክፉዎችን በክፉ ያጠፋቸዋል፥ የወይኑንም አትክልት ፍሬውን በየጊዜው ለሚያስረክቡ ለሌሎች ገበሬዎች ይሰጠዋል አሉት።

⁴⁰ When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?”

⁴²ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አላቸው። ግንበኞች የናቁት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ ሆነ፤ ይህም ከጌታ ዘንድ ሆነ፥ ለዓይኖቻችንም ድንቅ ነው የሚለውን ከቶ በመጽሐፍ አላነበባችሁምን?

⁴¹They told him, “He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will give him the fruit in its season.”

⁴³ስለዚህ እላችኋለሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከእናንተ ትወሰዳለች ፍሬዋንም ለሚያደርግ ሕዝብ ትሰጣለች።

⁴²Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?’ Psalm 118:22-23

⁴⁴በዚህም ድንጋይ ላይ የሚወድቅ ይቀጠቀጣል፤ ድንጋዩ ግን የሚወድቅበትን ሁሉ ይፈጨዋል።

⁴³ “Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.

⁴⁵የካህናት አለቆችና ፈሪሳውያንም ምሳሌዎቹን ሰምተው ስለ እነርሱ እንደ ተናገረ አስተዋሉ፤

⁴⁴ He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”

⁴⁶ሊይዙትም ሲፈልጉት ሳሉ ሕዝቡ እንደ ነቢይ ስላዩት ፈሩአቸው።

⁴⁵When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

⁴⁶When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.