¹He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

¹በምሳሌም ይነግራቸው ጀመር። አንድ ሰው የወይን አትክልት ተከለ፥ ቅጥርም ቀጠረለት፥ መጥመቂያም ማሰለት፥ ግንብም ሠራና ለገበሬዎች አከራይቶ ወደ ሌላ አገር ሄደ።

² When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

²በጊዜውም ከወይን አትክልት ፍሬ ከገበሬዎቹ እንዲቀበል አንድ ባሪያ ወደ ገበሬዎቹ ላከ፤

³ They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

³ይዘውም ደበደቡት ባዶውንም ሰደዱት።

⁴ Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.

⁴ዳግመኛም ሌላውን ባሪያ ወደ እነርሱ ላከ እርሱንም ወግረው ራሱን አቈሰሉት አዋርደውም ሰደዱት።

⁵ Again he sent another; and they killed him; and many others, beating some, and killing some.

⁵ሌላውንም ላከ፤ እርሱንም ገደሉት፥ ከሌሎችም ከብዙዎች አንዳንዱን ደበደቡ አንዳንዱንም ገደሉ።

⁶ Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

⁶የሚወደው አንድ ልጅ ገና ነበረው፤ ልጄንስ ያፍሩታል ብሎ እርሱን ከሁሉ በኋላ ወደ እነርሱ ላከ።

⁷ But those farmers said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

⁷እነዚያ ገበሬዎች ግን እርስ በርሳቸው። ወራሹ ይህ ነው፤ ኑ፥ እንግደለው፥ ርስቱም ለኛ ይሆናል ተባባሉ።

⁸ They took him, killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

⁸ይዘውም ገደሉት፥ ከወይኑም አትክልት ወደ ውጭ ጣሉት።

⁹ What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.

⁹እንግዲህ የወይኑ አትክልት ጌታ ምን ያደርጋል? ይመጣል ገበሬዎቹንም ያጠፋል፥ የወይኑንም አትክልት ለሌሎች ይሰጣል።

¹⁰ Haven’t you even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner.

¹⁰ግንበኞች የናቁት ድንጋይ እርሱ የማዕዘን ራስ ሆነ፤ ይህም ከጌታ ዘንድ ሆነ፥ ለዓይኖቻችንም ድንቅ ነው። የሚለውን ይህን መጽሐፍ አላነበባችሁምን?

¹¹ This was from the Lord, it is marvelous in our eyes’?” Psalm 118:22-23

¹²ምሳሌውንም ስለ እነርሱ እንደ ተናገረ አውቀዋልና ሊይዙት ፈለጉ፥ ነገር ግን ሕዝቡን ፈሩ። ትተውትም ሄዱ።

¹²They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

¹³በንግግርም ሊያጠምዱት ከፈሪሳውያንና ከሄሮድስ ወገን የሆኑትን ወደ እርሱ ላኩ።

¹³They sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, that they might trap him with words.

¹⁴መጥተውም። መምህር ሆይ፥ የሰውን ፊት ሳትመለከት በእውነት የእግዚአብሔር መንገድ ታስተምራለህና እውነተኛ እንደ ሆንህ ለማንምም እንዳታደላ እናውቃለን፤ ለቄሣር ግብር መስጠት ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? እንስጥን ወይስ አንስጥ? አሉት።

¹⁴When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

¹⁵እርሱ ግን ግብዝነታቸውን አውቆ። ለምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ? አየው ዘንድ አንድ ዲናር አምጡልኝ አላቸው።

¹⁵Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”

¹⁶እነርሱም አመጡለት። ይህች መልክ ጽሕፈቲቱስ የማን ናት? አላቸው፤ እነርሱም። የቄሣር ናት አሉት።

¹⁶They brought it. He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”

¹⁷ኢየሱስም መልሶ። የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው። በእርሱም ተደነቁ።

¹⁷Jesus answered them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” They marveled greatly at him.

¹⁸ትንሣኤ ሙታን የለም የሚሉ ሰዱቃውያን ወደ እርሱ መጥተው ጠየቁት እንዲህም አሉት።

¹⁸There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

¹⁹መምህር ሆይ፥ ሙሴ። የአንድ ሰው ወንድም ሚስቱን ትቶ ልጅ ሳያስቀር ቢሞት፥ ወንድሙ ሚስቱን አግብቶ ለወንድሙ ዘር ይተካ ብሎ ጻፈልን።

¹⁹“Teacher, Moses wrote to us, ‘If a man’s brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’

²⁰ሰባት ወንድማማቾች ነበሩ፤ ፊተኛውም ሚስት አግብቶ ዘር ሳያስቀር ሞተ፤

²⁰There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.

²¹ሁለተኛውም አገባት፥ ዘርም ሳይተው ሞተ፤ ሦስተኛውም እንዲሁ፤

²¹The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;

²²ሰባቱም አገቡአት፥ ዘርም አላስቀሩም። ከሁሉም በኋላ ሴቲቱ ደግሞ ሞተች።

²²and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.

²³ሰባቱ አግብተዋታልና በትንሣኤ ቀን ሲነሡ ከእነርሱ ለማናቸው ሚስት ትሆናለች?

²³In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife.”

²⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። መጻሕፍትንና የእግዚአብሔርን ኃይል አታውቁምና ስለዚህ የምትስቱ አይደለምን?

²⁴Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

²⁵ከሙታንስ ሲነሡ በሰማያት እንዳሉ መላእክት ይሆናሉ እንጂ አያገቡም፥ አይጋቡምም።

²⁵ For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

²⁶ስለ ሙታን ግን እንዲነሡ እግዚአብሔር። እኔ የአብርሃም አምላክ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ እንዳለው በሙሴ መጽሐፍ በቍጥቋጦው ዘንድ የተጻፈውን አላነበባችሁምን?

²⁶ But about the dead, that they are raised; haven’t you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’ Exodus 3:6 ?

²⁷የሕያዋን አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሙታን አይደለም። እንግዲህ እጅግ ትስታላችሁ።

²⁷ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”

²⁸ከጻፎችም አንዱ ቀርቦ ሲከራከሩ ሰማና መልካም አድርጎ እንደ መለሰላቸው አስተውሎ። ከሁሉ ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ማናቸይቱ ናት? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

²⁸One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”

²⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለው። ከትእዛዛቱ ሁሉ ፊተኛይቱ። እስራኤል ሆይ፥ ስማ፤ ጌታ አምላካችን አንድ ጌታ ነው፥

²⁹Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:

³⁰አንተም በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹምም ነፍስህ በፍጹምም አሳብህ በፍጹምም ኃይልህ ጌታ አምላክህን ውደድ የምትል ናት። ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ይህች ናት።

³⁰ you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ Deuteronomy 6:4-5 This is the first commandment.

³¹ሁለተኛይቱም። ባልንጀራህን እንደ ራስህ ውደድ የምትል እርስዋን የምትመስል ይህች ናት። ከእነዚህ የምትበልጥ ሌላ ትእዛዝ የለችም።

³¹ The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Leviticus 19:18 There is no other commandment greater than these.”

³²ጻፊውም። መልካም ነው፥ መምህር ሆይ፤ አንድ ነው ከእርሱም በቀር ሌላ የለም ብለህ በእውነት ተናገርህ፤

³²The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,

³³በፍጹም ልብ በፍጹም አእምሮም በፍጹም ነፍስም በፍጹም ኃይልም እርሱን መውደድ፥ ባልንጀራንም እንደ ራስ መውደድ በሙሉ ከሚቃጠል መሥዋዕትና ከሌላው መሥዋዕት ሁሉ የሚበልጥ ነው አለው።

³³and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

³⁴ኢየሱስም በአእምሮ እንደ መለሰ አይቶ። አንተ ከእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት የራቅህ አይደለህም አለው። ከዚህም በኋላ ማንም ሊጠይቀው አልደፈረም።

³⁴When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” No one dared ask him any question after that.

³⁵ኢየሱስም በመቅደስ ሲያስተምር መልሶ እንዲህ አለ። ጻፎች ክርስቶስ የዳዊት ልጅ ነው እንዴት ይላሉ?

³⁵Jesus responded, as he taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?

³⁶ዳዊት ራሱ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ። ጌታ ጌታዬን። ጠላቶችህን የእግርህ መረገጫ እስካደርግልህ ድረስ በቀኜ ተቀመጥ አለው አለ።

³⁶ For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.”’ Psalm 110:1

³⁷ዳዊትም ራሱ ጌታ አለው፤ እንዴትስ ልጁ ይሆናል? ብዙ ሕዝብም በደስታ ይሰሙት ነበር።

³⁷ Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?” The common people heard him gladly.

³⁸ሲያስተምርም እንዲህ አለ። ረጃጅም ልብስ ለብሰው መዞርን፥ በገበያም ሰላምታን፥ በምኵራብም የከበሬታን ወንበር፥ በግብርም የከበሬታን ስፍራ ከሚወዱ ከጻፎች ተጠበቁ፤

³⁸In his teaching he said to them, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and to get greetings in the marketplaces,

⁴⁰የመበለቶችን ቤት የሚበሉ ጸሎታቸውንም በማስረዘም የሚያመካኙ እነዚህ የባሰ ፍርድ ይቀበላሉ።

³⁹ and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:

⁴¹ኢየሱስም በመዝገብ አንጻር ተቀምጦ ሕዝቡ በመዝገብ ውስጥ ገንዘብ እንዴት እንዲጥሉ ያይ ነበር፤ ብዙ ባለ ጠጎችም ብዙ ይጥሉ ነበር፤

⁴⁰ those who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”

⁴²አንዲትም ድሀ መበለት መጥታ አንድ ሳንቲም የሚያህሉ ሁለት ናስ ጣለች።

⁴¹Jesus sat down opposite the treasury, and saw how the multitude cast money into the treasury. Many who were rich cast in much.

⁴³ደቀ መዛሙርቱንም ጠርቶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በመዝገብ ውስጥ ከሚጥሉት ሁሉ ይልቅ ይህች ድሀ መበለት አብልጣ ጣለች፤

⁴²A poor widow came, and she cast in two small brass coins, literally, lepta (or widow’s mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages. which equal a quadrans coin. A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.

⁴⁴ሁሉ ከትርፋቸው ጥለዋልና፥ ይህች ግን ከጕድለትዋ የነበራትን ሁሉ ትዳርዋን ሁሉ ጣለች አላቸው።

⁴³He called his disciples to himself, and said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, this poor widow gave more than all those who are giving into the treasury,

⁴⁴ for they all gave out of their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, gave all that she had to live on.”