¹Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

¹ቀራጮችና ኃጢአተኞችም ሁሉ ሊሰሙት ወደ እርሱ ይቀርቡ ነበር።

²The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

²ፈሪሳውያንና ጻፎችም። ይህስ ኃጢአተኞችን ይቀበላል ከእነርሱም ጋር ይበላል ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው አንጐራጐሩ።

³He told them this parable.

³ይህንም ምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህ ሲል።

⁴ “Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it?

⁴መቶ በግ ያለው ከእነርሱም አንዱ ቢጠፋ፥ ዘጠና ዘጠኙን በበረሃ ትቶ የጠፋውን እስኪያገኘው ድረስ ሊፈልገው የማይሄድ ከእናንተ ማን ነው?

⁵ When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

⁵ባገኘውም ጊዜ ደስ ብሎት በጫንቃው ይሸከመዋል፤

⁶ When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’

⁶ወደ ቤትም በመጣ ጊዜ ወዳጆቹንና ጐረቤቶቹን በአንድነት ጠርቶ። የጠፋውን በጌን አግኝቼዋለሁና ከእኔ ጋር ደስ ይበላችሁ ይላቸዋል።

⁷ I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

⁷እላችኋለሁ፥ እንዲሁ ንስሐ ከማያስፈልጋቸው ከዘጠና ዘጠኝ ጻድቃን ይልቅ ንስሐ በሚገባ በአንድ ኃጢአተኛ በሰማይ ደስታ ይሆናል።

⁸ Or what woman, if she had ten drachma A drachma coin was worth about 2 days wages for an agricultural laborer. coins, if she lost one drachma coin, wouldn’t light a lamp, sweep the house, and seek diligently until she found it?

⁸ወይም አሥር ድሪም ያላት አንድ ድሪም ቢጠፋባት፥ መብራት አብርታ ቤትዋንም ጠርጋ እስክታገኘው ድረስ አጥብቃ የማትፈልግ ሴት ማን ናት?

⁹ When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.’

⁹ባገኘችውም ጊዜ ወዳጆችዋንና ጐረቤቶችዋን በአንድነት ጠርታ። የጠፋውን ድሪሜን አግኝቼዋለሁና ከእኔ ጋር ደስ ይበላችሁ ትላቸዋለች።

¹⁰ Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”

¹⁰እላችኋለሁ፥ እንዲሁ ንስሐ በሚገባ በአንድ ኃጢአተኛ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ደስታ ይሆናል።

¹¹He said, “A certain man had two sons.

¹¹እንዲህም አለ። አንድ ሰው ሁለት ልጆች ነበሩት።

¹² The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.

¹²ከእነርሱም ታናሹ አባቱን። አባቴ ሆይ፥ ከገንዘብህ የሚደርሰኝን ክፍል ስጠኝ አለው። ገንዘቡንም አካፈላቸው።

¹³ Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living.

¹³ከጥቂት ቀንም በኋላ ታናሹ ልጅ ገንዘቡን ሁሉ ሰብስቦ ወደ ሩቅ አገር ሄደ፥ ከዚያም እያባከነ ገዘቡን በተነ።

¹⁴ When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.

¹⁴ሁሉንም ከከሰረ በኋላ በዚያች አገር ጽኑ ራብ ሆነ፥ እርሱም ይጨነቅ ጀመር።

¹⁵ He went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

¹⁵ሄዶም ከዚያች አገር ሰዎች ከአንዱ ጋር ተዳበለ፥ እርሱም እሪያ ሊያሰማራ ወደ ሜዳ ሰደደው።

¹⁶ He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.

¹⁶እሪያዎችም ከሚበሉት አሰር ሊጠግብ ይመኝ ነበር፥ የሚሰጠውም አልነበረም።

¹⁷ But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!

¹⁷ወደ ልቡም ተመልሶ እንዲህ አለ። እንጀራ የሚተርፋቸው የአባቴ ሞያተኞች ስንት ናቸው? እኔ ግን ከዚህ በራብ እጠፋለሁ።

¹⁸ I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.

¹⁸ተነሥቼም ወደ አባቴ እሄዳለሁና። አባቴ ሆይ፥ በሰማይና በፊትህ በደልሁ፥

¹⁹ I am no more worthy to be called your son. Make me as one of your hired servants.”’

¹⁹ወደ ፊትም ልጅህ ልባል አይገባኝም፤ ከሞያተኞችህ እንደ አንዱ አድርገኝ እለዋለሁ።

²⁰ “He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

²⁰ተነሥቶም ወደ አባቱ መጣ። እርሱም ገና ሩቅ ሳለ አባቱ አየውና አዘነለት፥ ሮጦም አንገቱን አቀፈውና ሳመው።

²¹ The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

²¹ልጁም። አባቴ ሆይ፥ በሰማይና በፊትህ በደልሁ፥ ወደ ፊትም ልጅህ ልባል አይገባኝም አለው።

²² “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

²²አባቱ ግን ባሪያዎቹን አለ። ፈጥናችሁ ከሁሉ የተሻለ ልብስ አምጡና አልብሱት፥ ለእጁ ቀለበት ለእግሩም ጫማ ስጡ፤

²³ Bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat, and celebrate;

²³የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አምጥታችሁ እረዱት፥ እንብላም ደስም ይበለን፤

²⁴ for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ They began to celebrate.

²⁴ይህ ልጄ ሞቶ ነበርና ደግሞም ሕያው ሆኖአል፤ ጠፍቶም ነበር ተገኝቶአልም። ደስም ይላቸው ጀመር።

²⁵ “Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

²⁵ታላቁ ልጁ በእርሻ ነበረ፤ መጥቶም ወደ ቤት በቀረበ ጊዜ የመሰንቆና የዘፈን ድምፅ ሰማ፤

²⁶ He called one of the servants to him, and asked what was going on.

²⁶ከብላቴናዎችም አንዱን ጠርቶ። ይህ ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ጠየቀ።

²⁷ He said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’

²⁷እርሱም። ወንድምህ መጥቶአልና በደኅና ስላገኘው አባትህ የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አረደለት አለው።

²⁸ But he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.

²⁸ተቈጣም ሊገባም አልወደደም፤ አባቱም ወጥቶ ለመነው።

²⁹ But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

²⁹እርሱ ግን መልሶ አባቱን። እነሆ፥ ይህን ያህል ዓመት እንደ ባሪያ ተገዝቼልሃለሁ ከትእዛዝህም ከቶ አልተላለፍሁም፤ ለእኔም ከወዳጆቼ ጋር ደስ እንዲለኝ አንድ ጥቦት ስንኳ አልሰጠኸኝም፤

³⁰ But when this, your son, came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

³⁰ነገር ግን ገንዘብህን ከጋለሞቶች ጋር በልቶ ይህ ልጅህ በመጣ ጊዜ፥ የሰባውን ፊሪዳ አረድህለት አለው።

³¹ “He said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

³¹እርሱ ግን። ልጄ ሆይ፥ አንተ ሁልጊዜ ከእኔ ጋር ነህ፥ ለእኔም የሆነ ሁሉ የአንተ ነው፤

³² But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’”

³²ዳሩ ግን ይህ ወንድምህ ሞቶ ነበረ ሕያው ስለ ሆነ ጠፍቶም ነበር ስለ ተገኘ ደስ እንዲለን ፍሥሐም እንድናደርግ ይገባናል አለው።