¹Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,

¹ኢየሱስም መለሰ ደግሞም በምሳሌ ነገራቸው እንዲህም አለ።

² “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

²መንግሥተ ሰማያት ለልጁ ሰርግ ያደረገ ንጉሥን ትመስላለች።

³ and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come.

³የታደሙትንም ወደ ሰርጉ ይጠሩ ዘንድ ባሮቹን ላከ ሊመጡም አልወደዱም።

⁴ Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!”’

⁴ደግሞ ሌሎችን ባሮች ልኮ። የታደሙትን። እነሆ፥ ድግሴን አዘጋጀሁ፥ ኮርማዎቼና የሰቡት ከብቶቼ ታርደዋል፥ ሁሉም ተዘጋጅቶአል፤ ወደ ሰርጉ ኑ በሉአቸው አለ።

⁵ But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise,

⁵እነርሱ ግን ቸል ብለው አንዱ ወደ እርሻው፥ ሌላውም ወደ ንግዱ ሄደ፤

⁶ and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

⁶የቀሩትም ባሮቹን ይዘው አንገላቱአቸው ገደሉአቸውም።

⁷ When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

⁷ንጉሡም ተቈጣ፥ ጭፍሮቹንም ልኮ እነዚያን ገዳዮች አጠፋ፤ ከተማቸውንም አቃጠለ።

⁸ “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren’t worthy.

⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ባሮቹን። ሰርጉስ ተዘጋጅቶአል፥ ነገር ግን የታደሙት የማይገባቸው ሆኑ፤

⁹ Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.’

⁹እንግዲህ ወደ መንገድ መተላለፊያ ሄዳችሁ ያገኛችሁትን ሁሉ ወደ ሰርጉ ጥሩ አለ።

¹⁰ Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests.

¹⁰እነዚያም ባሮች ወደ መንገድ ወጥተው ያገኙትን ሁሉ ክፉዎችንም በጎዎችንም ሰበሰቡ፤ የሰርጉንም ቤት ተቀማጮች ሞሉት።

¹¹ But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,

¹¹ንጉሡም የተቀመጡትን ለማየት በገባ ጊዜ በዚያ የሰርግ ልብስ ያለበሰ አንድ ሰው አየና። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥

¹² and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.

¹²የሰርግ ልብስ ሳትለብስ እንዴት ወደዚህ ገባህ? አለው እርሱም ዝም አለ።

¹³ Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’

¹³በዚያን ጊዜ ንጉሡ አገልጋዮቹን። እጁንና እግሩን አስራችሁ በውጭ ወዳለው ጨለማ አውጡት፤ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል አለ።

¹⁴ For many are called, but few chosen.”

¹⁴የተጠሩ ብዙዎች፥ የተመረጡ ግን ጥቂቶች ናቸውና።

¹⁵Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk.

¹⁵ስለዚህ ፈሪሳውያን ሄዱና እንዴት አድርገው በነገር እንዲያጠምዱት ተማከሩ።

¹⁶They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.

¹⁶ደቀ መዛሙርታቸውንም ከሄሮድስ ወገን ጋር ላኩበት፥ እነርሱም። መምህር ሆይ፥ እውነተኛ እንደ ሆንህ በእውነትም የእግዚአብሔርን መንገድ እንድታስተምር እናውቃለን፥ ለማንምም አታደላም፥ የሰውን ፊት አትመለከትምና፤

¹⁷Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

¹⁷እንግዲህ ምን ይመስልሃል? ንገረን ለቄሣር ግብር መስጠት ተፈቅዶአልን ወይስ አልተፈቀደም? አሉት።

¹⁸But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

¹⁸ኢየሱስም ክፋታቸውን አውቆ። እናንተ ግብዞች፥ ስለ ምን ትፈትኑኛላችሁ?

¹⁹ Show me the tax money.” They brought to him a denarius.

¹⁹የግብሩን ብር አሳዩኝ አለ። እነርሱም ዲናር አመጡለት።

²⁰He asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”

²⁰እርሱም። ይህች መልክ ጽሕፈቲቱስ የማን ናት? አላቸው።

²¹They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

²¹የቄሣር ነው አሉት። በዚያን ጊዜ። እንኪያስ የቄሣርን ለቄሣር የእግዚአብሔርንም ለእግዚአብሔር አስረክቡ አላቸው።

²²When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

²²ይህንም ሰምተው ተደነቁ፥ ትተውትም ሄዱ።

²³On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

²³በዚያን ቀን። ትንሣኤ ሙታን የለም የሚሉ ሰዱቃውያን ወደ እርሱ ቀረቡ፥

²⁴saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.’

²⁴እንዲህም ብለው ጠየቁት። መምህር ሆይ፥ ሙሴ አንድ ሰው ልጅ ሳይወልድ ሲሞት ወንድሙ ሚስቱን አግብቶ ለወንድሙ ዘር ይተካ አለ።

²⁵Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.

²⁵ሰባት ወንድማማች በእኛ ዘንድ ነበሩ፤ ፊተኛውም ሚስት አግብቶ ሞተ፥ ዘርም ስለሌለው ሚስቱን ለወንድሙ ተወለት፤

²⁶In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.

²⁶እንዲሁ ደግሞ ሁለተኛው ሦስተኛውም፥ እስከ ሰባተኛው ድረስ።

²⁷After them all, the woman died.

²⁷ከሁሉም በኋላ ሴቲቱ ሞተች።

²⁸In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.”

²⁸ሁሉ አግብተዋታልና በትንሣኤ ቀንስ፥ ከሰባቱ ለማናቸው ሚስት ትሆናለች?

²⁹But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

²⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው። መጻሕፍትንና የእግዚአብሔርን ኃይል አታውቁምና ትስታላችሁ።

³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.

³⁰በትንሣኤስ እንደ እግዚአብሔር መላእክት በሰማይ ይሆናሉ እንጂ አያገቡም አይጋቡምም።

³¹ But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

³¹ስለ ትንሣኤ ሙታን ግን። እኔ የአብርሃም አምላክ፥ የይስሐቅም አምላክ የያዕቆብም አምላክ ነኝ የሚል ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ወደ እናንተ የተባለውን አላነበባችሁምን? የሕያዋን አምላክ ነው እንጂ የሙታን አይደለም።

³² ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ Exodus 3:6 God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

³³ሕዝቡም ይህን ሰምተው በትምህርቱ ተገረሙ።

³³When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

³⁴ፈሪሳውያንም ሰዱቃውያንን ዝም እንዳሰኛቸው በሰሙ ጊዜ አብረው ተሰበሰቡ።

³⁴But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, gathered themselves together.

³⁵ከእነርሱም አንድ ሕግ አዋቂ ሊፈትነው።

³⁵One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him.

³⁶መምህር ሆይ፥ ከሕግ ማናቸይቱ ትእዛዝ ታላቅ ናት? ብሎ ጠየቀው።

³⁶“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?”

³⁷ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አለው። ጌታ አምላክህን በፍጹም ልብህ በፍጹም ነፍስህም በፍጹም አሳብህም ውደድ።

³⁷Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ Deuteronomy 6:5

³⁸ታላቂቱና ፊተኛይቱ ትእዛዝ ይህች ናት።

³⁸ This is the first and great commandment.

³⁹ሁለተኛይቱም ይህችን ትመስላለች፥ እርስዋም። ባልንጀራህን እንደ ነፍስህ ውደድ የምትለው ናት።

³⁹ A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Leviticus 19:18

⁴⁰በእነዚህ በሁለቱ ትእዛዛት ሕጉም ሁሉ ነቢያትም ተሰቅለዋል።

⁴⁰ The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

⁴¹ፈሪሳውያንም ተሰብስበው ሳሉ፥ ኢየሱስ። ስለ ክርስቶስ ምን ይመስላችኋል? የማንስ ልጅ ነው? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው። የዳዊት ልጅ ነው አሉት።

⁴¹Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,

⁴³እርሱም። እንኪያስ ዳዊት። ጌታ ጌታዬን። ጠላቶችህን የእግርህ መረገጫ እስካደርግልህ ድረስ በቀኜ ተቀመጥ አለው ሲል እንዴት በመንፈስ ጌታ ብሎ ይጠራዋል?

⁴²saying, “What do you think of the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “Of David.”

⁴⁵ዳዊትስ ጌታ ብሎ ከጠራው፥ እንዴት ልጁ ይሆናል? አላቸው።

⁴³He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

⁴⁶አንድም ቃል ስንኳ ይመልስለት ዘንድ የተቻለው የለም፥ ከዚያ ቀንም ጀምሮ ወደ ፊት ማንም ሊጠይቀው አልደፈረም።

⁴⁴ ‘The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?’ Psalm 110:1

⁴⁵ “If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?”

⁴⁶No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forth.