¹He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

¹ሳይታክቱም ዘወትር ሊጸልዩ እንዲገባቸው የሚል ምሳሌን ነገራቸው፥

²saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God, and didn’t respect man.

²እንዲህ ሲል። በአንዲት ከተማ እግዚአብሔርን የማይፈራ ሰውንም የማያፍር አንድ ዳኛ ነበረ።

³ A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’

³በዚያችም ከተማ አንዲት መበለት ነበረች፥ ወደ እርሱም እየመጣች። ከባላጋራዬ ፍረድልኝ ትለው ነበር።

⁴ He wouldn’t for a while, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,

⁴አያሌ ቀንም አልወደደም፤ ከዚህ በኋላ ግን በልቡ። ምንም እግዚአብሔርን ባልፈራ ሰውንም ባላፍር፥

⁵ yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”

⁵ይህች መበለት ስለምታደክመኝ ሁልጊዜም እየመጣች እንዳታውከኝ እፈርድላታለሁ አለ።

⁶The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.

⁶ጌታም አለ። ዓመፀኛው ዳኛ ያለውን ስሙ።

⁷ Won’t God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?

⁷እግዚአብሔር እንኪያስ ቀንና ሌሊት ወደ እርሱ ለሚጮኹ ለሚታገሣቸውም ምርጦቹ አይፈርድላቸውምን?

⁸ I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

⁸እላችኋለሁ፥ ፈጥኖ ይፈርድላቸዋል። ነገር ግን የሰው ልጅ በመጣ ጊዜ በምድር እምነትን ያገኝ ይሆንን?

⁹He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.

⁹ጻድቃን እንደ ሆኑ በራሳቸው ለሚታመኑና ሌሎቹን ሁሉ በጣም ለሚንቁ ይህን ምሳሌ ነገራቸው፥

¹⁰ “Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector.

¹⁰እንዲህ ሲል። ሁለት ሰዎች ሊጸልዩ ወደ መቅደስ ወጡ፥ አንዱ ፈሪሳዊ ሁለተኛውም ቀራጭ።

¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: ‘God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

¹¹ፈሪሳዊም ቆሞ በልቡ ይህን ሲጸልይ። እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፥ እንደ ሌላ ሰው ሁሉ፥ ቀማኞችና ዓመፀኞች አመንዝሮችም፥ ወይም እንደዚህ ቀራጭ ስላልሆንሁ አመሰግንሃለሁ፤

¹² I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

¹²በየሳምንቱ ሁለት ጊዜ እጦማለሁ፥ ከማገኘውም ሁሉ አሥራት አወጣለሁ አለ።

¹³ But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

¹³ቀራጩ ግን በሩቅ ቆሞ ዓይኖቹን ወደ ሰማይ ሊያነሣ እንኳ አልወደደም፥ ነገር ግን። አምላክ ሆይ፥ እኔን ኃጢአተኛውን ማረኝ እያለ ደረቱን ይደቃ ነበር።

¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

¹⁴እላችኋለሁ፥ ከዚያ ይልቅ ይህ ጻድቅ ሆኖ ወደ ቤቱ ተመለሰ፤ ራሱን ከፍ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ይዋረዳልና፥ ራሱን ግን የሚያዋርድ ከፍ ይላል።

¹⁵They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

¹⁵እንዲዳስሳቸውም ሕፃናትን ደግሞ ወደ እርሱ አመጡ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም አይተው ገሠጹአቸው።

¹⁶Jesus summoned them, saying, “Allow the little children to come to me, and don’t hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

¹⁶ኢየሱስ ግን ሕፃናትን ወደ እርሱ ጠርቶ። ሕፃናት ወደ እኔ ይመጡ ዘንድ ተዉአቸው አትከልክሉአቸውም፤ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደ እነዚህ ላሉት ናትና።

¹⁷ Most certainly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it.”

¹⁷እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት እንደ ሕፃን የማይቀበላት ሁሉ ከቶ አይገባባትም አለ።

¹⁸A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

¹⁸ከአለቆችም አንዱ። ቸር መምህር፥ የዘላለምን ሕይወት እንድወርስ ምን ላድርግ? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

¹⁹Jesus asked him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one—God.

¹⁹ኢየሱስም። ስለ ምን ቸር ትለኛለህ? ከአንዱ ከእግዚአብሔር በቀር ቸር ማንም የለም።

²⁰ You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’” Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20

²⁰ትእዛዛቱን ታውቃለህ፥ አታመንዝር፥ አትግደል፥ አትስረቅ፥ በሐሰት አትመስክር፥ አባትህንና እናትህን አክብር አለው።

²¹He said, “I have observed all these things from my youth up.”

²¹እርሱም። ይህን ሁሉ ከሕፃንናቴ ጀምሬ ጠብቄአለሁ አለ።

²²When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.”

²²ኢየሱስም ይህን ሰምቶ። አንዲት ገና ቀርታሃለች፤ ያለህን ሁሉ ሽጠህ ለድሆች ስጥ፥ በሰማይም መዝገብ ታገኛለህ፥ መጥተህም ተከተለኝ አለው።

²³But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.

²³እርሱ ግን ይህን ሰምቶ እጅግ ባለ ጠጋ ነበርና ብዙ አዘነ።

²⁴Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, “How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!

²⁴ኢየሱስም ብዙ እንዳዘነ አይቶ። ገንዘብ ላላቸው ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት መግባት እንዴት ጭንቅ ይሆናል።

²⁵ For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”

²⁵ባለ ጠጋ ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከሚገባ ይልቅ ግመል በመርፌ ቀዳዳ ሊገባ ይቀላል አለ።

²⁶Those who heard it said, “Then who can be saved?”

²⁶የሰሙትም። እንግዲህ ማን ሊድን ይችላል? አሉ።

²⁷But he said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

²⁷እርሱ ግን። በሰው ዘንድ የማይቻል በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ይቻላል አለ።

²⁸Peter said, “Look, we have left everything, and followed you.”

²⁸ጴጥሮስም። እነሆ፥ እኛ ሁሉን ትተን ተከተልንህ አለ።

²⁹He said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God’s sake,

²⁹እርሱም። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ስለ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ቤትን ወይም ወላጆችን ወይም ወንድሞችን ወይም ሚስትን ወይም ልጆችን የተወ፥

³⁰ who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.”

³⁰በዚህ ዘመን ብዙ እጥፍ በሚመጣውም ዓለም የዘላለምን ሕይወት የማይቀበል ማንም የለም አላቸው።

³¹He took the twelve aside, and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.

³¹አሥራ ሁለቱንም ወደ እርሱ አቅርቦ እንዲህ አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንወጣለን፥ ስለ ሰው ልጅም በነቢያት የተጻፈው ሁሉ ይፈጸማል።

³² For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.

³²ለአሕዛብ አሳልፈው ይሰጡታልና፥ ይዘብቱበትማል ያንገላቱትማል ይተፉበትማል፤

³³ They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”

³³ከገረፉትም በኋላ ይገድሉታል፥ በሦስተኛውም ቀን ይነሣል።

³⁴They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.

³⁴እነርሱም ከዚህ ነገር ምንም አላስተዋሉም፥ ይህም ቃል ተሰውሮባቸው ነበር፥ የተናገረውንም አላወቁም።

³⁵It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.

³⁵ወደ ኢያሪኮም በቀረበ ጊዜ አንድ ዕውር እየለመነ በመንገድ ዳር ተቀምጦ ነበር።

³⁶Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.

³⁶ሕዝብም ሲያልፍ ሰምቶ። ይህ ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ጠየቀ።

³⁷They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.

³⁷እነርሱም። የናዝሬቱ ኢየሱስ ያልፋል ብለው አወሩለት።

³⁸He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”

³⁸እርሱም። የዳዊት ልጅ፥ ኢየሱስ ሆይ፥ ማረኝ እያለ ጮኸ።

³⁹Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”

³⁹በስተ ፊት ይሄዱ የነበሩትም ዝም እንዲል ገሠጹት፤ እርሱ ግን። የዳዊት ልጅ ሆይ፥ ማረኝ እያለ አብዝቶ ጮኸ።

⁴⁰Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,

⁴⁰ኢየሱስም ቆሞ ወደ እርሱ እንዲያመጡት አዘዘ። በቀረበም ጊዜ። ምን ላደርግልህ ትወዳለህ? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

⁴¹ “What do you want me to do?” He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”

⁴¹እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አይ ዘንድ ነው አለው።

⁴²Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”

⁴²ኢየሱስም። እይ፤ እምነትህ አድኖሃል አለው።

⁴³Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.

⁴³በዚያን ጊዜም አየ፥ እግዚአብሔንም እያከበረ ተከተለው። ሕዝቡም ሁሉ አይተው እግዚአብሔርን አመሰገኑ።