¹It happened, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.

¹በሰንበትም ከፈሪሳውያን አለቆች ወደ አንዱ ቤት እንጀራ ሊበላ በገባ ጊዜ እነርሱ ይጠባበቁት ነበር።

²Behold, a certain man who had dropsy was in front of him.

²እነሆም፥ ሆዱ የተነፋ ሰው በፊቱ ነበረ።

³Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”

³ኢየሱስም መልሶ። በሰንበት መፈወስ ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? ብሎ ለሕግ አዋቂዎችና ለፈሪሳውያን ተናገረ።

⁴But they were silent. He took him, and healed him, and let him go.

⁴እነርሱ ግን ዝም አሉ። ይዞም ፈወሰውና አሰናበተው።

⁵He answered them, “Which of you, if your son TR reads “donkey” instead of “son” or an ox fell into a well, wouldn’t immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?”

⁵ከእናንተ አህያው ወይስ በሬው በጕድጓድ ቢወድቅ በሰንበት ወዲያው የማያወጣው ማን ነው? አላቸው።

⁶They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.

⁶ስለዚህ ነገርም ሊመልሱለት አልተቻላቸውም።

⁷He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,

⁷የታደሙትንም የከበሬታ ስፍራ እንደ መረጡ ተመልክቶ ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል።

⁸ “When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don’t sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,

⁸ማንም ለሰርግ ቢጠራህ በከበሬታ ስፍራ አትቀመጥ፤ ምናልባት ከአንተ ይልቅ የከበረ ተጠርቶ ይሆናልና አንተን እርሱንም የጠራ መጥቶ።

⁹ and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.

⁹ለዚህ ስፍራ ተውለት ይልሃል፥ በዚያን ጊዜም እያፈርህ በዝቅተኛው ስፍራ ልትሆን ትጀምራለህ።

¹⁰ But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.

¹⁰ነገር ግን በተጠራህ ጊዜ፥ የጠራህ መጥቶ። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥ ወደ ላይ ውጣ እንዲልህ፥ ሄደህ በዝቅተኛው ስፍራ ተቀመጥ፤ ያን ጊዜም ከአንተ ጋር በተቀመጡት ሁሉ ፊት ክብር ይሆንልሃል።

¹¹ For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

¹¹ራሱን ከፍ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ይዋረዳልና፥ ራሱንም የሚያዋርድ ከፍ ይላል።

¹²He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

¹²የጠራውንም ደግሞ እንዲህ አለው። ምሳ ወይም እራት ባደረግህ ጊዜ፥ እነርሱ ደግሞ በተራቸው ምናልባት እንዳይጠሩህ ብድራትም እንዳይመልሱልህ፥ ወዳጆችህንና ወንድሞችህን ዘመዶችህንም ባለ ጠጎች ጎረቤቶችህንም አትጥራ።

¹³ But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

¹³ነገር ግን ግብዣ ባደረግህ ጊዜ ድሆችንና ጕንድሾችን አንካሶችንም ዕውሮችንም ጥራ፤

¹⁴ and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”

¹⁴የሚመልሱት ብድራት የላቸውምና ብፁዕ ትሆናለህ፤ በጻድቃን ትንሣኤ ይመለስልሃልና።

¹⁵When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!”

¹⁵ከተቀመጡትም አንዱ ይህን ሰምቶ። በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንጀራ የሚበላ ብፁዕ ነው አለው።

¹⁶But he said to him, “A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.

¹⁶እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አለው። አንድ ሰው ታላቅ እራት አድርጎ ብዙዎችን ጠራ፤

¹⁷ He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, ‘Come, for everything is ready now.’

¹⁷በእራትም ሰዓት የታደሙትን። አሁን ተዘጋጅቶአልና ኑ እንዲላቸው ባሪያውን ላከ።

¹⁸ They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’

¹⁸ሁላቸውም በአንድነት ያመካኙ ጀመር። የፊተኛው። መሬት ገዝቼአለሁ ወጥቼም ላየው በግድ ያስፈልገኛል፤ ይቅር እንድትለኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለው።

¹⁹ “Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’

¹⁹ሌላውም። አምስት ጥምድ በሬዎች ገዝቼአለሁ ልፈትናቸውም እሄዳለሁ፤ ይቅር እንድትለኝ እለምንሃለሁ አለው።

²⁰ “Another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I can’t come.’

²⁰ሌላውም። ሚስት አግብቼአለሁ ስለዚህም ልመጣ አልችልም አለው።

²¹ “That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’

²¹ባሪያውም ደርሶ ይህን ለጌታው ነገረው። በዚያን ጊዜ ባለቤቱ ተቆጥቶ ባሪያውን። ወደ ከተማ ጎዳናና ወደ ስላች ፈጥነህ ውጣ ድሆችንና ጕንድሾችን አንካሶችንና ዕውሮችንም ወደዚህ አግባ አለው።

²² “The servant said, ‘Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.’

²²ባሪያውም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እንዳዘዝኸኝ ተደርጎአል፥ ገናም ስፍራ አለ አለው።

²³ “The lord said to the servant, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

²³ጌታውም ባሪያውን። ቤቴ እንዲሞላ ወደ መንገድና ወደ ቅጥር ውጣና ይገቡ ዘንድ ግድ በላቸው፤

²⁴ For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.’”

²⁴እላችኋለሁና፥ ከታደሙት ከእነዚያ ሰዎች አንድ ስንኳ እራቴን አይቀምስም አለው።

²⁵Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,

²⁵ብዙም ሕዝብ ከእርሱ ጋር ይሄዱ ነበር፥ ዘወር ብሎም እንዲህ አላቸው።

²⁶ “If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard or, hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

²⁶ማንም ወደ እኔ የሚመጣ ቢኖር አባቱንና እናቱን ሚስቱንም ልጆቹንም ወንድሞቹንም እኅቶቹንም የራሱን ሕይወት ስንኳ ሳይቀር ባይጠላ፥ ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

²⁷ Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.

²⁷ማንም መስቀሉን ተሸክሞ በኋላዬ የማይመጣ፥ ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

²⁸ For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

²⁸ከእናንተ ግንብ ሊሠራ የሚወድ ለመደምደሚያ የሚበቃ ያለው እንደ ሆነ አስቀድሞ ተቀምጦ ከሳራውን የማይቈጥር ማን ነው?

²⁹ Or perhaps, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, everyone who sees begins to mock him,

²⁹ያለዚያ መሠረቱን ቢመሠርት፥ ሊደመድመውም ቢያቅተው፥ ያዩት ሁሉ።

³⁰ saying, ‘This man began to build, and wasn’t able to finish.’

³⁰ይህ ሰው ሊሠራ ጀምሮ ሊደመድመው አቃተው ብለው ሊዘብቱበት ይጀምራሉ።

³¹ Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

³¹ወይም ሌላውን ንጉሥ በጦርነት ሊጋጠም የሚሄድ፥ ከሁለት እልፍ ጋር የሚመጣበትን በአንድ እልፍ ሊገናኝ የሚችል እንደ ሆነ አስቀድሞ ተቀምጦ የማያስብ ንጉሥ ማን ነው?

³² Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.

³²ባይሆንስ ሌላው ገና ሩቅ ሳለ መልክተኞች ልኮ ዕርቅ ይለምናል።

³³ So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.

³³እንግዲህ እንደዚሁ ማንም ከእናንተ ያለውን ሁሉ የማይተው ደቀ መዝሙሬ ሊሆን አይችልም።

³⁴ Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?

³⁴ጨው መልካም ነው፤ ጨው አልጫ ቢሆን ግን በምን ይጣፈጣል?

³⁵ It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

³⁵ለምድር ቢሆን ለፍግ መቈለያም ቢሆን አይረባም፤ ወደ ውጭ ይጥሉታል። የሚሰማ ጆሮ ያለው ይስማ።