¹It happened on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Good News, that the TR adds “chief” priests and scribes came to him with the elders.

¹አንድ ቀንም ሕዝቡን በመቅደስ ሲያስተምር ወንጌልንም ሲሰብክላቸው፥ የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎች ከሽማግሌዎች ጋር ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡና።

²They asked him, “Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?”

²እስኪ ንገረን፤ እነዚህን በምን ሥልጣን ታደርጋለህ ወይስ ይህን ሥልጣን የሰጠህ ማን ነው? ብለው ተናገሩት።

³He answered them, “I also will ask you one question. Tell me:

³መልሶም። እኔ ደግሞ አንዲት ነገር እጠይቃችኋለሁ፥ እናንተም ንገሩኝ፤

⁴ the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?”

⁴የዮሐንስ ጥምቀት ከሰማይ ነበረችን ወይስ ከሰው? አላቸው።

⁵They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’

⁵እርስ በርሳቸውም ሲነጋገሩ። ከሰማይ ብንል። ስለ ምን አላመናችሁበትም? ይለናል፤

⁶But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”

⁶ከሰው ብንል ግን ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ይወግሩናል፤ ዮሐንስ ነቢይ እንደ ነበረ ሁሉ ያምኑ ነበርና አሉ።

⁷They answered that they didn’t know where it was from.

⁷መልሰውም። ከወዴት እንደ ሆነ አናውቅም አሉት።

⁸Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

⁸ኢየሱስም። እኔም በምን ሥልጣን እነዚህን እንዳደርግ አልነግራችሁም አላቸው።

⁹He began to tell the people this parable. “A NU (in brackets) and TR add “certain” man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

⁹ይህንም ምሳሌ ለሕዝቡ ይላቸው ጀመር። አንድ ሰው የወይን አትክልት ተከለ ለገበሬዎችም አከራይቶ ለብዙ ዘመን ወደ ሌላ አገር ሄደ።

¹⁰ At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.

¹⁰በጊዜውም ከወይኑ አትክልት ፍሬ እንዲሰጡት አንድ ባሪያ ወደ ገበሬዎች ላከ፤ ገበሬዎቹ ግን ደበደቡት ባዶውንም ሰደዱት።

¹¹ He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

¹¹ጨምሮም ሌላውን ባሪያ ላከ፤ እነርሱም ያን ደግሞ ደበደቡት አዋርደውም ባዶውን ሰደዱት።

¹² He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him, and threw him out.

¹²ጨምሮም ሦስተኛውን ላከ፤ እነርሱም ይህን ደግሞ አቍሰለው አወጡት።

¹³ The lord of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.’

¹³የወይኑም አትክልት ጌታ። ምን ላድርግ? የምወደውን ልጄን እልካለሁ፤ ምናልባት እርሱን አይተው ያፍሩታል አለ።

¹⁴ “But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.’

¹⁴ገበሬዎቹ ግን አይተውት እርስ በርሳቸው ሲነጋገሩ። ወራሹ ይህ ነው፤ ርስቱ ለእኛ እንዲሆን ኑ እንግደለው አሉ።

¹⁵ They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?

¹⁵ከወይኑም አትክልት ወደ ውጭ አውጥተው ገደሉት። እንግዲህ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ ምን ያደርጋቸዋል?

¹⁶ He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.” When they heard it, they said, “May it never be!”

¹⁶ይመጣል እነዚህንም ገበሬዎች ያጠፋል፥ የወይኑንም አትክልት ለሌሎች ይሰጣል። ይህንም በሰሙ ጊዜ። ይህስ አይሁን አሉ።

¹⁷But he looked at them, and said, “Then what is this that is written, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief cornerstone?’ Psalm 118:22

¹⁷እርሱ ግን ወደ እነርሱ ተመልክቶ። እንግዲህ። ግንበኞች የናቁት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ ሆነ ተብሎ የተጻፈው ይህ ምንድር ነው?

¹⁸ Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust.”

¹⁸በዚያም ድንጋይ ላይ የሚወድቅ ሁሉ ይቀጠቀጣል፤ የሚወድቅበትን ሁሉ ግን ይፈጨዋል አለ።

¹⁹The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

¹⁹የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎችም ይህን ምሳሌ በእነርሱ ላይ እንደ ተናገረ አውቀው በዚያች ሰዓት እጃቸውን ሊጭኑበት ፈለጉ ነገር ግን ሕዝቡን ፈሩ።

²⁰They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.

²⁰ሲጠባበቁም ወደ ገዢ ግዛትና ሥልጣን አሳልፈው እንዲሰጡት ጻድቃን መስለው በቃሉ የሚያጠምዱትን ሸማቂዎች ሰደዱበት።

²¹They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.

²¹ጠይቀውም። መምህር ሆይ፥ እውነትን እንድትናገርና እንድታስተምር ለሰው ፊትም እንዳታደላ እናውቃለን፥ በእውነት የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ ታስተምራለህ እንጂ፤

²²Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

²²ለቄሣር ግብር ልንሰጥ ተፈቅዶአልን? ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? አሉት።

²³But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?

²³እርሱ ግን ተንኰላቸውንም ተመልክቶ። ስለ ምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ? አንድ ዲናር አሳዩኝ፤

²⁴ Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”

²⁴መልኩ ጽሕፈቱስ የማን ነው? አላቸው። መልሰውም። የቄሣር ነው አሉት።

²⁵He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

²⁵እርሱም። እንኪያስ የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው።

²⁶They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

²⁶በሕዝቡም ፊት በቃሉ ሊያጠምዱት አልቻሉም በመልሱም እየተደነቁ ዝም አሉ።

²⁷Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.

²⁷ትንሣኤ ሙታንንም የሚክዱ ከሰዱቃውያን አንዳንዶቹ ቀርበው ጠየቁት፥

²⁸They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.

²⁸እንዲህ ሲሉ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ሙሴ። ሚስት ያለችው የአንድ ሰው ወንድም ልጅ ሳይወልድ ቢሞት፥ ወንድሙ ሚስቱን አግብቶ ለወንድሙ ዘር ይተካ ብሎ ጻፈልን።

²⁹There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.

²⁹እንግዲያስ ሰባት ወንድማማች ነበሩ፤ የፊተኛውም ሚስት አግብቶ ልጅ ሳይወልድ ሞተ፤

³⁰The second took her as wife, and he died childless.

³⁰ሁለተኛውም አገባት፥ ሦስተኛውም፥ እንዲሁም ሰባቱ ደግሞ ልጅ ሳይተዉ ሞቱ።

³¹The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.

³²ከሁሉም በኋላ ሴቲቱ ደግሞ ሞተች።

³²Afterward the woman also died.

³³እንግዲህ ሰባቱ አግብተዋታልና ሴቲቱ በትንሣኤ ከእነርሱ ለማንኛቸው ሚስት ትሆናለች?

³³Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”

³⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። የዚህ ዓለም ልጆች ያገባሉ ይጋባሉም፥

³⁴Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.

³⁵ያን ዓለምና ከሙታን ትንሣኤ ሊያገኙ የሚገባቸው እነዚያ ግን አያገቡም አይጋቡምም፥ እንደ መላእክት ናቸውና፥

³⁵ But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

³⁶ሊሞቱም ወደ ፊት አይቻላቸውም፥ የትንሣኤም ልጆች ስለ ሆኑ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ናቸው።

³⁶ For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

³⁷ሙታን እንዲነሡ ግን ሙሴ ደግሞ በቍጥቋጦው ዘንድ ጌታን የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ በማለቱ አስታወቀ፤

³⁷ But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Exodus 3:6

³⁸ሁሉ ለእርሱ ሕያዋን ስለ ሆኑ፥ የሕያዋን አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሙታን አይደለም።

³⁸ Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.”

³⁹ከጻፎችም አንዳንዶቹ መልሰው። መምህር ሆይ፥ መልካም ተናገርህ አሉት።

³⁹Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”

⁴⁰ወደ ፊትም አንድ ነገር ስንኳ ሊጠይቁት አልደፈሩም።

⁴⁰They didn’t dare to ask him any more questions.

⁴¹እንዲህም አላቸው። ክርስቶስ የዳዊት ልጅ ነው እንዴት ይላሉ?

⁴¹He said to them, “Why do they say that the Christ is David’s son?

⁴²ዳዊትም ራሱ በመዝሙራት መጽሐፍ። ጌታ ጌታዬን። ጠላቶችህን ለእግርህ መርገጫ እስካደርግልህ ድረስ በቀኜ ተቀመጥ አለው ይላል።

⁴² David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,

⁴⁴እንግዲህ ዳዊት። ጌታ ብሎ ይጠራዋል፥ እንዴትስ ልጁ ይሆናል?

⁴³ until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’ Psalm 110:1

⁴⁵ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ሲሰሙ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን።

⁴⁴ “David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?”

⁴⁶ረጃጅም ልብስ ለብሰው መዞር ከሚፈልጉ፥ በገበያም ሰላምታ፥ በምኵራብም የከበሬታ ወንበር፥ በምሳም የከበሬታ ስፍራ ከሚወዱ ከጻፎች ተጠበቁ፤

⁴⁵In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,

⁴⁷የመበለቶችን ቤት የሚበሉ ጸሎታቸውንም በማስረዘም የሚያመካኙ፥ እነዚህ የባሰ ፍርድ ይቀበላሉ አለ።

⁴⁶ “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

⁴⁷ who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation.”