¹He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

¹ደግሞም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንዲህ አለ። መጋቢ የነበረው አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው ነበረ፥ በእርሱ ዘንድ። ይህ ሰው ያለህን ይበትናል ብለው ከሰሱት።

² He called him, and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

²ጠርቶም። ይህ የምሰማብህ ምንድር ነው? ወደ ፊት ለእኔ መጋቢ ልትሆን አትችልምና የመጋቢነትህን ሂሳብ አስረክበኝ አለው።

³ “The manager said within himself, ‘What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don’t have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.

³መጋቢውም በልቡ። ጌታዬ መጋቢነቱን ከእኔ ይወስዳልና ምን ላድርግ? ለመቈፈር ኃይል የለኝም፥ መለመንም አፍራለሁ።

⁴ I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from management, they may receive me into their houses.’

⁴ከመጋቢነቱ ብሻር በቤታቸው እንዲቀበሉኝ የማደርገውን አውቃለሁ አለ።

⁵ Calling each one of his lord’s debtors to him, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe to my lord?’

⁵የጌታውንም ባለ ዕዳዎች እያንዳንዳቸውን ጠርቶ የፊተኛውን። ለጌታዬ ምን ያህል ዕዳ አለብህ? አለው።

⁶ He said, ‘A hundred batos 100 batos is about 395 litres or 104 U. S. gallons. of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

⁶እርሱም። መቶ ማድጋ ዘይት አለ። ደብዳቤህን እንካ ፈጥነህም ተቀምጠህ አምሳ ብለህ ጻፍ አለው።

⁷ Then he said to another, ‘How much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred cors 100 cors = about 3,910 litres or 600 bushels. of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’

⁷በኋላም ሌላውን። አንተስ ስንት ዕዳ አለብህ? አለው። እርሱም። መቶ ጫን ስንዴ አለ። ደብዳቤህን እንካ ሰማንያ ብለህም ጻፍ አለው።

⁸ “His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

⁸ጌታውም ዓመፀኛውን መጋቢ በልባምነት ስላደረገ አመሰገነው የዚህ ዓለም ልጆች ለትውልዳቸው ከብርሃን ልጆች ይልቅ ልባሞች ናቸውና።

⁹ I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

⁹እኔም እላችኋለሁ፥ የዓመፃ ገንዘብ ሲያልቅ በዘላለም ቤቶች እንዲቀበሉአችሁ፥ በእርሱ ወዳጆችን ለራሳችሁ አድርጉ።

¹⁰ He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

¹⁰ከሁሉ በሚያንስ የታመነ በብዙ ደግሞ የታመነ ነው፥ ከሁሉ በሚያንስም የሚያምፅ በብዙ ደግሞ ዓመፀኛ ነው።

¹¹ If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

¹¹እንግዲያስ በዓመፃ ገንዘብ ካልታመናችሁ፥ እውነተኛውን ገንዘብ ማን አደራ ይሰጣችኋል?

¹² If you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

¹²በሌላ ሰው ገንዘብ ካልታመናችሁ፥ የእናንተን ማን ይሰጣችኋል?

¹³ No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and mammon “Mammon” refers to riches or a false god of wealth. .”

¹³ለሁለት ጌቶች መገዛት የሚቻለው ባርያ ማንም የለም፤ ወይም አንዱን ይጠላልና ሁለተኛውንም ይወዳል፥ ወይም ወደ አንዱ ይጠጋል ሁለተኛውንም ይንቃል። ለእግዚአብሔርና ለገንዘብ መገዛት አትችሉም።

¹⁴The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

¹⁴ገንዘብንም የሚወዱ ፈሪሳውያን ይህን ሁሉ ሰምተው ያፌዙበት ነበር።

¹⁵He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

¹⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። ራሳችሁን በሰው ፊት የምታጸድቁ እናንተ ናችሁ፥ ነገር ግን እግዚአብሔር ልባችሁን ያውቃል፤ በሰው ዘንድ የከበረ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት ርኵሰት ነውና።

¹⁶ The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

¹⁶ሕግና ነቢያት እስከ ዮሐንስ ነበሩ፤ ከዚያ ጀምሮ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ይሰበካል፤ ሁሉም ወደ እርስዋ በኃይል ይገቡባታል።

¹⁷ But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tiny stroke of a pen in the law to fall.

¹⁷ነገር ግን ከሕግ አንዲት ነጥብ ከምትወድቅ ሰማይና ምድር ሊያልፍ ይቀላል።

¹⁸ Everyone who divorces his wife, and marries another, commits adultery. He who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery.

¹⁸ሚስቱንም የሚፈታ ሁሉ ሌላይቱንም የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል፥ ከባልዋም የተፈታችውን የሚያገባ ያመነዝራል።

¹⁹ “Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

¹⁹ቀይ ልብስና ቀጭን የተልባ እግር የለበሰ አንድ ባለ ጠጋ ሰው ነበረ፥ ዕለት ዕለትም እየተመቸው በደስታ ይኖር ነበር።

²⁰ A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,

²⁰አልዓዛርም የሚባል አንድ ድሀ በቍስል ተወርሶ በደጁ ተኝቶ ነበር፥

²¹ and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

²¹ከባለ ጠጋውም ማዕድ ከሚወድቀው ፍርፋሪ ሊጠግብ ይመኝ ነበር፤ ውሾች እንኳ መጥተው ቍስሎቹን ይልሱ ነበር።

²² It happened that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried.

²²ድሀውም ሞተ፥ መላእክትም ወደ አብርሃም እቅፍ ወሰዱት፤ ባለ ጠጋው ደግሞ ሞተና ተቀበረ።

²³ In Hades or, Hell , he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

²³በሲኦልም በሥቃይ ሳለ አሻቅቦ አብርሃምን በሩቅ አየ አልዓዛርንም በእቅፉ።

²⁴ He cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’

²⁴እርሱም እየጮኸ። አብርሃም አባት ሆይ፥ ማረኝ፥ በዚህ ነበልባል እሣቀያለሁና የጣቱን ጫፍ በውኃ ነክሮ መላሴን እንዲያበርድልኝ አልዓዛርን ስደድልኝ አለ።

²⁵ “But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.

²⁵አብርሃም ግን። ልጄ ሆይ፥ አንተ በሕይወትህ ሳለህ መልካም እንደ ተቀበልህ አስብ አልዓዛርም እንዲሁ ክፉ፤ አሁን ግን እርሱ በዚህ ይጽናናል አንተም ትሣቀያለህ።

²⁶ Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.’

²⁶ከዚህም ሁሉ ጋር ከዚህ ወደ እናንተ ሊያልፉ የሚፈልጉ እንዳይችሉ፥ ወዲያ ያሉ ደግሞ ወደ እኛ እንዳይሻገሩ በእኛና በእናንተ መካከል ታላቅ ገደል ተደርጎአል አለ።

²⁷ “He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house;

²⁷እርሱም። እንኪያስ፥ አባት ሆይ፥ ወደ አባቴ ቤት እንድትሰደው እለምንሃለሁ፤ አምስት ወንድሞች አሉኝና፤

²⁸ for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’

²⁸እነርሱ ደግሞ ወደዚህ ሥቃይ ስፍራ እንዳይመጡ ይመስክርላቸው አለ።

²⁹ “But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’

²⁹አብርሃም ግን። ሙሴና ነቢያት አሉአቸው፤ እነርሱን ይስሙ አለው።

³⁰ “He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’

³⁰እርሱም። አይደለም፥ አብርሃም አባት ሆይ፥ ነገር ግን ከሙታን አንዱ ቢሄድላቸው ንስሐ ይገባሉ አለ።

³¹ “He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”

³¹ሙሴንና ነቢያትንም የማይሰሙ ከሆነ፥ ከሙታንም እንኳ አንድ ቢነሣ አያምኑም አለው።