¹ኢየሱስም መለሰ ደግሞም በምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህም አለ።

¹Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

²መንግሥተ ሰማያት ለልጁ ሰርግ ያደረገ ንጉሥን ትመስላለች።

² “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

³የታደሙትንም ወደ ሰርጉ ይጠሩ ዘንድ ባሮቹን ላከ ሊመጡም አልወደዱም።

³ and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

⁴ደግሞ ሌሎችን ባሮች ልኮ። የታደሙትን። እነሆ፥ ድግሴን አዘጋጀሁ፥ ኮርማዎቼና የሰቡት ከብቶቼ ታርደዋል፥ ሁሉም ተዘጋጅቶአል፤ ወደ ሰርጉ ኑ በሉአቸው አለ።

⁴ Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!”’

⁵እነርሱ ግን ቸል ብለው አንዱ ወደ እርሻው፥ ሌላውም ወደ ንግዱ ሄደ፤

⁵ But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,

⁶የቀሩትም ባሮቹን ይዘው አንገላቱአቸው ገደሉአቸውም።

⁶ and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

⁷ንጉሡም ተቈጣ፥ ጭፍሮቹንም ልኮ እነዚያን ገዳዮች አጠፋ፤ ከተማቸውንም አቃጠለ።

⁷ When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ባሮቹን። ሰርጉስ ተዘጋጅቶአል፥ ነገር ግን የታደሙት የማይገባቸው ሆኑ፤

⁸ “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.

⁹እንግዲህ ወደ መንገድ መተላለፊያ ሄዳችሁ ያገኛችሁትን ሁሉ ወደ ሰርጉ ጥሩ አለ።

⁹ Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.’

¹⁰እነዚያም ባሮች ወደ መንገድ ወጥተው ያገኙትን ሁሉ ክፉዎችንም በጎዎችንም ሰበሰቡ፤ የሰርጉንም ቤት ተቀማጮች ሞሉት።

¹⁰ Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

¹¹ንጉሡም የተቀመጡትን ለማየት በገባ ጊዜ በዚያ የሰርግ ልብስ ያለበሰ አንድ ሰው አየና። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥

¹¹ But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,

¹²የሰርግ ልብስ ሳትለብስ እንዴት ወደዚህ ገባህ? አለው እርሱም ዝም አለ።

¹² and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.

¹³በዚያን ጊዜ ንጉሡ አገልጋዮቹን። እጁንና እግሩን አስራችሁ በውጭ ወዳለው ጨለማ አውጡት፤ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል አለ።

¹³ Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’

¹⁴የተጠሩ ብዙዎች፥ የተመረጡ ግን ጥቂቶች ናቸውና።

¹⁴ For many are called, but few chosen.”

¹⁵ስለዚህ ፈሪሳውያን ሄዱና እንዴት አድርገው በነገር እንዲያጠምዱት ተማከሩ።

¹⁵Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

¹⁶ደቀ መዛሙርታቸውንም ከሄሮድስ ወገን ጋር ላኩበት፥ እነርሱም። መምህር ሆይ፥ እውነተኛ እንደ ሆንህ በእውነትም የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ እንድታስተምር እናውቃለን፥ ለማንምም አታደላም፥ የሰውን ፊት አትመለከትምና፤

¹⁶They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

¹⁷እንግዲህ ምን ይመስልሃል? ንገረን ለቄሣር ግብር መስጠት ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? አሉት።

¹⁷Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

¹⁸ኢየሱስም ክፋታቸውን አውቆ። እናንተ ግብዞች፥ ስለ ምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ?

¹⁸But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

¹⁹የግብሩን ብር አሳዩኝ አለ። እነርሱም ዲናር አመጡለት።

¹⁹ Show me the tax money.” They brought to him a denarius.

²⁰እርሱም። ይህች መልክ ጽሕፈቲቱስ የማን ናት? አላቸው።

²⁰He asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”

²¹የቄሣር ነው አሉት። በዚያን ጊዜ። እንኪያስ የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው።

²¹They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

²²ይህንም ሰምተው ተደነቁ፥ ትተውትም ሄዱ።

²²When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

²³በዚያን ቀን። ትንሣኤ ሙታን የለም የሚሉ ሰዱቃውያን ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡ፥

²³On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

²⁴እንዲህም ብለው ጠየቁት። መምህር ሆይ፥ ሙሴ አንድ ሰው ልጅ ሳይወልድ ሲሞት ወንድሙ ሚስቱን አግብቶ ለወንድሙ ዘር ይተካ አለ።

²⁴saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.’

²⁵ሰባት ወንድማማች በእኛ ዘንድ ነበሩ፤ ፊተኛውም ሚስት አግብቶ ሞተ፥ ዘርም ስለሌለው ሚስቱን ለወንድሙ ተወለት፤

²⁵Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.

²⁶እንዲሁ ደግሞ ሁለተኛው ሦስተኛውም፥ እስከ ሰባተኛው ድረስ።

²⁶In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.

²⁷ከሁሉም በኋላ ሴቲቱ ሞተች።

²⁷After them all, the woman died.

²⁸ሁሉ አግብተዋታልና በትንሣኤ ቀንስ፥ ከሰባቱ ለማናቸው ሚስት ትሆናለች?

²⁸In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.”

²⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። መጻሕፍትንና የእግዚአብሔርን ኃይል አታውቁምና ትስታላችሁ።

²⁹But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

³⁰በትንሣኤስ እንደ እግዚአብሔር መላእክት በሰማይ ይሆናሉ እንጂ አያገቡም አይጋቡምም።

³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.

³¹ስለ ትንሣኤ ሙታን ግን። እኔ የአብርሃም አምላክ፥ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ የሚል ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ወደ እናንተ የተባለውን አላነበባችሁምን? የሕያዋን አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሙታን አይደለም።

³¹ But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

³³ሕዝቡም ይህን ሰምተው በትምህርቱ ተገረሙ።

³² ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ Exodus 3:6 God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

³⁴ፈሪሳውያንም ሰዱቃውያንን ዝም እንዳሰኛቸው በሰሙ ጊዜ አብረው ተሰበሰቡ።

³³When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

³⁵ከእነርሱም አንድ ሕግ አዋቂ ሊፈትነው።

³⁴But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

³⁶መምህር ሆይ፥ ከሕግ ማናቸይቱ ትእዛዝ ታላቅ ናት? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

³⁵One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

³⁷ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አለው። ጌታ አምላክህን በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹም ነፍስህም በፍጹም አሳብህም ውደድ።

³⁶“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”

³⁸ታላቂቱና ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ይህች ናት።

³⁷Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ Deuteronomy 6:5

³⁹ሁለተኛይቱም ይህችን ትመስላለች፥ እርስዋም። ባልንጀራህን እንደ ነፍስህ ውደድ የምትለው ናት።

³⁸ This is the first and great commandment.

⁴⁰በእነዚህ በሁለቱ ትእዛዛት ሕጉም ሁሉ ነቢያትም ተሰቅለዋል።

³⁹ A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Leviticus 19:18

⁴¹ፈሪሳውያንም ተሰብስበው ሳሉ፥ ኢየሱስ። ስለ ክርስቶስ ምን ይመስላችኋል? የማንስ ልጅ ነው? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው። የዳዊት ልጅ ነው አሉት።

⁴⁰ The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

⁴³እርሱም። እንኪያስ ዳዊት። ጌታ ጌታዬን። ጠላቶችህን የእግርህ መረገጫ እስካደርግልህ ድረስ በቀኜ ተቀመጥ አለው ሲል እንዴት በመንፈስ ጌታ ብሎ ይጠራዋል?

⁴¹Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,

⁴⁵ዳዊትስ ጌታ ብሎ ከጠራው፥ እንዴት ልጁ ይሆናል? አላቸው።

⁴²saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”

⁴⁶አንድም ቃል ስንኳ ይመልስለት ዘንድ የተቻለው የለም፥ ከዚያ ቀንም ጀምሮ ወደ ፊት ማንም ሊጠይቀው አልደፈረም።

⁴³He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

⁴⁴ ‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’ Psalm 110:1

⁴⁵ “If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”

⁴⁶No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth.