¹Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him literally, “before his face” into every city and place, where he was about to come.

¹ከዚህም በኋላ ጌታ ሌሎቹን ሰብዓ ሾመ፥ ሁለት ሁለትም አድርጎ እርሱ ሊሄድበት ወዳለው ከተማና ስፍራ ሁሉ በፊቱ ላካቸው።

²Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

²አላቸውም። መከሩስ ብዙ ነው፥ ሠራተኞች ግን ጥቂቶች ናቸው፤ እንግዴህ የመከሩን ጌታ ለመከሩ ሠራተኞች እንዲልክ ለምኑት።

³ Go your ways. Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.

³ሂዱ፤ እነሆ፥ እንደ በጎች በተኵላዎች መካከል እልካችኋለሁ።

⁴ Carry no purse, nor wallet, nor sandals. Greet no one on the way.

⁴ኮረጆም ከረጢትም ጫማም አትያዙ፤ በመንገድም ለማንም እጅ አትንሡ።

⁵ Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’

⁵ወደምትገቡበት ቤት ሁሉ አስቀድማችሁ። ሰላም ለዚህ ቤት ይሁን በሉ።

⁶ If a son of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

⁶በዚያም የሰላም ልጅ ቢኖር፥ ሰላማችሁ ያድርበታል፤ አለዚያም ይመለስላችኋል።

⁷ Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go from house to house.

⁷በዚያም ቤት ከእነርሱ ዘንድ ካለው እየበላችሁና እየጠጣችሁ ተቀመጡ፤ ለሠራተኛ ደመወዙ ይገባዋልና። ከቤት ወደ ቤት አትተላለፉ።

⁸ Into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat the things that are set before you.

⁸ወደምትገቡባትም ከተማ ሁሉ ቢቀበሉአችሁ፥ ያቀረቡላችሁን ብሉ፤

⁹ Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God has come near to you.’

⁹በእርስዋም ያሉትን ድውዮችን ፈውሱና። የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ወደ እናንተ ቀረበች በሉአቸው።

¹⁰ But into whatever city you enter, and they don’t receive you, go out into its streets and say,

¹⁰ነገር ግን ወደምትገቡባት ከተማ ሁሉ ባይቀበሉአችሁ፥ ወደ አደባባይዋ ወጥታችሁ።

¹¹ ‘Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.’

¹¹ከከተማችሁ የተጣበቀብንን ትቢያ እንኳን እናራግፍላችኋለን፤ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ግን ወደ እናንተ እንደ ቀረበች ይህን እወቁ በሉ።

¹² I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

¹²እላችኋለሁ፥ በዚያን ቀን ከዚያች ከተማ ይልቅ ለሰዶም ይቀልላታል።

¹³ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

¹³ወዮልሽ ኮራዚን፥ ወዮልሽ ቤተ ሳይዳ፤ በእናንተ የተደረገው ተአምራት በጢሮስና በሲዶና ተደርጎ ቢሆን፥ ማቅ ለብሰው በአመድም ተቀምጠው ከብዙ ጊዜ በፊት ንስሐ በገቡ ነበር።

¹⁴ But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you.

¹⁴ነገር ግን በፍርድ ከእናንተ ይልቅ ለጢሮስና ለሲዶና ይቀልላቸዋል።

¹⁵ You, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades. Hades is the lower realm of the dead, or Hell.

¹⁵አንቺም ቅፍርናሆም፥ እስከ ሰማይ ከፍ አልሽን? ወደ ሲኦል ትወርጃለሽ።

¹⁶ Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

¹⁶የሚሰማችሁ እኔን ይሰማል፥ እናንተንም የጣለ እኔን ይጥላል፤ እኔንም የጣለ የላከኝን ይጥላል።

¹⁷The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

¹⁷ሰብዓውም በደስታ ተመልሰው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አጋንንት ስንኳ በስምህ ተገዝተውልናል አሉት።

¹⁸He said to them, “I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

¹⁸እንዲህም አላቸው ሰይጣንን እንደ መብረቅ ከሰማይ ሲወድቅ አየሁ።

¹⁹ Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

¹⁹እነሆ፥ እባቡንና ጊንጡን ትረግጡ ዘንድ፥ በጠላትም ኃይል ሁሉ ላይ ሥልጣን ሰጥቻችኋለሁ፥ የሚጐዳችሁም ምንም የለም።

²⁰ Nevertheless, don’t rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

²⁰ነገር ግን መናፍስት ስለ ተገዙላችሁ በዚህ ደስ አይበላችሁ፥ ስማችሁ ግን በሰማያት ሰለ ተጻፈ ደስ ይበላችሁ።

²¹In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”

²¹በዚያን ሰዓት ኢየሱስ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ሐሤት አደረገና። የሰማይና የምድር ጌታ አባት ሆይ፥ ይህን ከጥበበኞችና ከአስተዋዮች ሰውረህ ለሕፃናት ስለ ገለጥህላቸው አመሰግናለሁ፤ አዎን አባት ሆይ፥ ፈቃድህ በፊትህ እንዲህ ሆኖአልና።

²²Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”

²²ሁሉ ከአባቴ ዘንድ ተሰጥቶኛል፥ ወልድንም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከአብ በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም፥ አብንም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከወልድ በቀር ወልድም ሊገልጥለት ከሚፈቅድ በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም አለ።

²³Turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,

²³ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ዘወር ብሎ ለብቻቸው። የምታዩትን የሚያዩ ዓይኖች ብፁዓን ናቸው።

²⁴ for I tell you that many prophets and kings 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.”

²⁴እላችኋለሁና፥ እናንተ የምታዩትን ብዙዎች ነቢያትና ነገሥታት ሊያዩ ወደዱ አላዩምም፥ የምትሰሙትንም ሊሰሙ ወድደው አልሰሙም አለ።

²⁵Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

²⁵እነሆም፥ አንድ ሕግ አዋቂ ሊፈትነው ተነሥቶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንድወርስ ምን ላድርግ? አለው።

²⁶He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”

²⁶እርሱም በሕግ የተጻፈው ምንድር ነው? እንዴትስ ታነባለህ? አለው።

²⁷He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; Deuteronomy 6:5 and your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19:18

²⁷እርሱም መልሶ። ጌታ አምላክህን በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹም ነፍስህም በፍጹም ኃይልህም በፍጹም አሳብህም ውደድ፥ ባልንጀራህንም እንደ ራስህ ውደድ አለው።

²⁸He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”

²⁸ኢየሱስም። እውነት መለስህ፤ ይህን አድርግ በሕይወትም ትኖራለህ አለው።

²⁹But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”

²⁹እርሱ ግን ራሱን ሊያጸድቅ ወድዶ ኢየሱስን። ባልንጀራዬስ ማን ነው? አለው።

³⁰Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

³⁰ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። አንድ ሰው ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ኢያሪኮ ወረደ በወንበዴዎችም እጅ ወደቀ፤ እነርሱም ደግሞ ገፈፉት ደበደቡትም በሕይወትና በሞት መካከልም ትተውት ሄዱ።

³¹ By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

³¹ድንገትም አንድ ካህን በዚያ መንገድ ወረደ አይቶትም ገለል ብሎ አለፈ።

³² In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

³²እንዲሁም ደግሞ አንድ ሌዋዊ ወደዚያ ስፍራ መጣና አይቶት ገለል ብሎ አለፈ።

³³ But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

³³አንድ ሳምራዊ ግን ሲሄድ ወደ እርሱ መጣ አይቶትም አዘነለት፥

³⁴ came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

³⁴ቀርቦም ዘይትና የወይን ጠጅ በቍስሎቹ ላይ አፍስሶ አሰራቸው፥ በራሱ አህያም ላይ አስቀምጦት ወደ እንግዶች ማደርያ ወሰደው ጠበቀውም።

³⁵ On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.’

³⁵በማግሥቱም ሁለት ዲናር አውጥቶ ለባለቤቱ ሰጠና። ጠብቀው፥ ከዚህም በላይ የምትከስረውን ሁሉ እኔ ስመለስ እከፍልሃለሁ አለው።

³⁶ Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?”

³⁶እንግዲህ ከነዚህ ከሦስቱ በወንበዴዎች እጅ ለወደቀው ባልንጀራ የሆነው ማንኛው ይመስልሃል?

³⁷He said, “He who showed mercy on him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

³⁷እርሱም። ምሕረት ያደረገለት አለ። ኢየሱስም። ሂድ አንተም እንዲሁ አድርግ አለው።

³⁸It happened as they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

³⁸ሲሄዱም እርሱ ወደ አንዲት መንደር ገባ፤ ማርታ የተባለች አንዲት ሴትም በቤትዋ ተቀበለችው።

³⁹She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.

³⁹ለእርስዋም ማርያም የምትባል እኅት ነበረቻት፥ እርስዋም ደግሞ ቃሉን ልትሰማ በኢየሱስ እግር አጠገብ ተቀምጣ ነበረች።

⁴⁰But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.”

⁴⁰ማርታ ግን አገልግሎት ስለ በዛባት ባከነች፤ ቀርባም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እኔ እንድሠራ እኅቴ ብቻዬን ስትተወኝ አይገድህምን? እንኪያስ እንድታግዘኝ ንገራት አለችው።

⁴¹Jesus answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,

⁴¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ማርታ፥ ማርታ፥ በብዙ ነገር ትጨነቂአለሽ ትታወኪማለሽ፥

⁴² but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

⁴²የሚያስፈልገው ግን ጥቂት ወይም አንድ ነገር ነው፤ ማርያምም መልካም ዕድልን መርጣለች ከእርስዋም አይወሰድባትም አላት።