¹ “Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

¹በዚያን ጊዜ መንግሥተ ሰማያት መብራታቸውን ይዘው ሙሽራውን ሊቀበሉ የወጡ አሥር ቆነጃጅትን ትመስላለች።

² Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

²ከእነርሱም አምስቱ ሰነፎች አምስቱም ልባሞች ነበሩ።

³ Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them,

³ሰነፎቹ መብራታቸውን ይዘው ከእነርሱ ጋር ዘይት አልያዙምና፤

⁴ but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

⁴ልባሞቹ ግን ከመብራታቸው ጋር በማሰሮአቸው ዘይት ያዙ።

⁵ Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

⁵ሙሽራውም በዘገየ ጊዜ ሁሉ እንቅልፍ እንቅልፍ አላቸውና ተኙ።

⁶ But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!’

⁶እኩል ሌሊትም ሲሆን። እነሆ፥ ሙሽራው ይመጣል፥ ትቀበሉት ዘንድ ውጡ የሚል ውካታ ሆነ።

⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. The end of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut off periodically to avoid having it become clogged with carbon deposits. The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly and gives good light without producing a lot of smoke.

⁷በዚያን ጊዜ እነዚያ ቆነጃጅት ሁሉ ተነሡና መብራታቸውን አዘጋጁ።

⁸ The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

⁸ሰነፎቹም ልባሞቹን። መብራታችን ሊጠፋብን ነው፤ ከዘይታችሁ ስጡን አሉአቸው።

⁹ But the wise answered, saying, ‘What if there isn’t enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’

⁹ልባሞቹ ግን መልሰው። ምናልባት ለእኛና ለእናንተ ባይበቃስ፤ ይልቅስ ወደሚሸጡት ሄዳችሁ ለራሳችሁ ግዙ አሉአቸው።

¹⁰ While they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

¹⁰ሊገዙም በሄዱ ጊዜ ሙሽራው መጣ፥ ተዘጋጅተው የነበሩትም ከእርሱ ጋር ወደ ሰርግ ገቡ፥ ደጁም ተዘጋ።

¹¹ Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’

¹¹በኋላም ደግሞ የቀሩቱ ቈነጃጅት መጡና። ጌታ ሆይ ጌታ ሆይ፥ ክፈትልን አሉ።

¹² But he answered, ‘Most certainly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

¹²እርሱ ግን መልሶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ አላውቃችሁም አለ።

¹³ Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

¹³ቀኒቱንና ሰዓቲቱን አታውቁምና እንግዲህ ንቁ።

¹⁴ “For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

¹⁴ወደ ሌላ አገር የሚሄድ ሰው ባሮቹን ጠርቶ ያለውን ገንዘብ እንደ ሰጣቸው እንዲሁ ይሆናልና፤

¹⁵ To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

¹⁵ለእያንዳንዱ እንደ ዓቅሙ፥ ለአንዱ አምስት መክሊት ለአንዱ ሁለት ለአንዱም አንድ ሰጠና ወደ ሌላ አገር ወዲያው ሄደ።

¹⁶ Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

¹⁶አምስት መክሊትም የተቀበለው ሄዶ ነገደበት ሌላም አምስት አተረፈ፤

¹⁷ In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two.

¹⁷እንዲሁም ሁለት የተቀበለው ሌላ ሁለት አተረፈ።

¹⁸ But he who received the one went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

¹⁸አንድ የተቀበለው ግን ሄዶ ምድርን ቈፈረና የጌታውን ገንዘብ ቀበረ።

¹⁹ “Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.

¹⁹ከብዙ ዘመንም በኋላ የእነዚያ ባሮች ጌታ መጣና ተቆጣጠራቸው።

²⁰ He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.’

²⁰አምስት መክሊት የተቀበለውም ቀረበና ሌላ አምስት መክሊት አስረክቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አምስት መክሊት ሰጥተኸኝ ነበር፤ እነሆ፥ ሌላ አምስት መክሊት አተረፍሁበት አለ።

²¹ “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

²¹ጌታውም። መልካም፥ አንተ በጎ ታማኝም ባሪያ፤ በጥቂቱ ታምነሃል፥ በብዙ እሾምሃለሁ፤ ወደ ጌታህ ደስታ ግባ አለው።

²² “He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.’

²²ሁለት መክሊትም የተቀበለው ደግሞ ቀርቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ሁለት መክሊት ሰጥተኸኝ ነበር፤ እነሆ፥ ሌላ ሁለት መክሊት አተረፍሁበት አለ።

²³ “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

²³ጌታውም። መልካም፥ አንተ በጎ፥ ታማኝም ባሪያ፤ በጥቂቱ ታምነሃል፥ በብዙ እሾምሃለሁ፥ ወደ ጌታህ ደስታ ግባ አለው።

²⁴ “He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.

²⁴አንድ መክሊትም የተቀበለው ደግሞ ቀርቦ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ካልዘራህባት የምታጭድ ካልበተንህባትም የምትሰበስብ ጨካኝ ሰው መሆንህን አውቃለሁ፤

²⁵ I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’

²⁵ፈራሁም ሄጄም መክሊትህን በምድር ቀበርሁት፤ እነሆ፥ መክሊትህ አለህ አለ።

²⁶ “But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

²⁶ጌታውም መልሶ እንዲህ አለው። አንተ ክፉና ሃኬተኛ ባሪያ፥ ካልዘራሁባት እንዳጭድ ካልበተንሁባትም እንድሰበስብ ታውቃለህን?

²⁷ You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

²⁷ስለዚህ ገንዘቤን ለለዋጮች አደራ ልትሰጠው በተገባህ ነበር፥ እኔም መጥቼ ያለኝን ከትርፉ ጋር እወስደው ነበር።

²⁸ Take away therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

²⁸ስለዚህ መክሊቱን ውሰዱበት አሥር መክሊትም ላለው ስጡት፤

²⁹ For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have abundance, but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away.

²⁹ላለው ሁሉ ይሰጠዋልና ይበዛለትማል፤ ከሌለው ግን ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል።

³⁰ Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

³⁰የማይጠቅመውንም ባሪያ በውጭ ወዳለው ጨለማ አውጡት፤ በዚያ ልቅሶና ጥርስ ማፋጨት ይሆናል።

³¹ “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.

³¹የሰው ልጅ በክብሩ በሚመጣበት ጊዜ ከእርሱም ጋር ቅዱሳን መላእክቱ ሁሉ፥ በዚያን ጊዜ በክብሩ ዙፋን ይቀመጣል፤

³² Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

³²አሕዛብም ሁሉ በፊቱ ይሰበሰባሉ፤ እረኛም በጎቹን ከፍየሎች እንደሚለይ እርስ በርሳቸው ይለያቸዋል፥

³³ He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

³³በጎችን በቀኙ ፍየሎችንም በግራው ያቆማቸዋል።

³⁴ Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

³⁴ንጉሡም በቀኙ ያሉትን እንዲህ ይላቸዋል። እናንተ የአባቴ ቡሩካን፥ ኑ፤ ዓለም ከተፈጠረበት ጊዜ ጀምሮ የተዘጋጀላችሁን መንግሥት ውረሱ።

³⁵ for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in.

³⁵ተርቤ አብልታችሁኛልና፥ ተጠምቼ አጠጥታችሁኛልና፥ እንግዳ ሆኜ ተቀብላችሁኛልና፥ ታርዤ አልብሳችሁኛልና፥

³⁶ I was naked, and you clothed me. I was sick, and you visited me. I was in prison, and you came to me.’

³⁶ታምሜ ጠይቃችሁኛልና፥ ታስሬ ወደ እኔ መጥታችኋልና።

³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?

³⁷ጻድቃንም መልሰው ይሉታል። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ተርበህ አይተን መቼ አበላንህስ? ወይስ ተጠምተህ አይተን መቼ አጠጣንህ?

³⁸ When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you?

³⁸እንግዳ ሆነህስ አይተን መቼ ተቀበልንህ? ወይስ ታርዘህ አይተን መቼ አለበስንህ?

³⁹ When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’

³⁹ወይስ ታመህ ወይስ ታስረህ አይተን መቼ ወደ አንተ መጣን?

⁴⁰ “The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” , you did it to me.’

⁴⁰ንጉሡም መልሶ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከሁሉ ከሚያንሱ ከእነዚህ ወንድሞቼ ለአንዱ እንኳ ስላደረጋችሁት ለእኔ አደረጋችሁት ይላቸዋል።

⁴¹ Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

⁴¹በዚያን ጊዜ በግራው ያሉትን ደግሞ ይላቸዋል። እናንተ ርጉማን፥ ለሰይጣንና ለመላእክቱ ወደ ተዘጋጀ ወደ ዘላለም እሳት ከእኔ ሂዱ።

⁴² for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

⁴²ተርቤ አላበላችሁኝምና፥ ተጠምቼ አላጠጣችሁኝምና፥ እንግዳ ሆኜ አልተቀበላችሁኝምና፥

⁴³ I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’

⁴³ታርዤ አላለበሳችሁኝምና፥ ታምሜ ታስሬም አልጠየቃችሁኝምና።

⁴⁴ “Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn’t help you?’

⁴⁴እነርሱ ደግሞ ይመልሱና። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ተርበህ ወይስ ተጠምተህ ወይስ እንግዳ ሆነህ ወይስ ታርዘህ ወይስ ታመህ ወይስ ታስረህ መቼ አይተን አላገለገልንህም? ይሉታል።

⁴⁵ “Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn’t do it to one of the least of these, you didn’t do it to me.’

⁴⁵ያን ጊዜ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከሁሉ ከሚያንሱ ከእነዚህ ለአንዱ ስላላደረጋችሁት ለእኔ ደግሞ አላደረጋችሁትም ብሎ ይመልስላቸዋል።

⁴⁶ These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

⁴⁶እነዚያም ወደ ዘላለም ቅጣት፥ ጻድቃን ግን ወደ ዘላለም ሕይወት ይሄዳሉ።