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18:1
ወይቤሎሙበምሳሌከመዘልፈይጸልዩወኢይትሀከዩ።
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray and not give up,
耶穌設一個比喻，是要人常常禱告，不可灰心。
18:2
ወይቤሎሙሀሎበአሐቲሀገርአሐዱመኰንንዘኢይፈርህእግዚአብሔርሃወኢየኀፍርሰብአ።
saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God and didn’t respect man.
說：「某城裏有一個官，不懼怕上帝，也不尊重世人。
18:3
ወሀለወትአሐቲዕቤርትበይእቲሀገርወኮነትትመጽእኀቤሁወትብሎኰንነኒእምዕድውየ።
A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’
那城裏有個寡婦，常到他那裏，說：『我有一個對頭，求你給我伸冤。』
18:4
ወአበያወአጐንደያወእምዝኀለየወይቤእመኢይፈርሆለእግዚአብሔርወኢየኀፍርሰብአ።
He wouldn’t for a while; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
他多日不准， 後來心裏說：『我雖不懼怕上帝，也不尊重世人，
18:5
እትቤቀልላቲከመኢታንጥየኒዛቲእቤርከመኢትምጻእወኢታስርሐኒዘልፈ።
yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’”
只因這寡婦煩擾我，我就給她伸冤吧，免得她常來纏磨我！』」
18:6
ወይቤሎሙእግዚእነስምዑዘይቤመኰንነዐመፃ።
The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
主說：「你們聽這不義之官所說的話。
18:7
ኢይፈትሕኑእንከእግዚአብሔርለኅሩያኒሁእለይግዕሩኀቤሁመዓልተወሌሊተወይትዔገሦሙኑ።
Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
法利賽人站着，自言自語地禱告說：『上帝啊，我感謝你，我不像別人勒索、不義、姦淫，也不像這個稅吏。
18:12
አንሰእጸውምሰኑየዕለተበሰናብትወአበውእዐሥራተእዴሁለኵሉዘአጥረይኩ።
I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’
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.”
我告訴你們，這人回家去比那人倒算為義了；因為，凡自高的，必降為卑；自卑的，必升為高。」
18:15
ወአምጽኡኀቤሁሕፃናተይግሥሦሙወርእዮሙአርዳኢሁገሠጽዎሙ።
They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”
He 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 God’s Kingdom’s sake,
耶穌說：「我實在告訴你們，人為上帝的國撇下房屋，或是妻子、弟兄、父母、兒女，
18:30
ዘኢይትዐሰይምእተምክዕቢተበዝንቱዓለምወበዓለምሰዘይመጽእሕይወተዘለዓለም።
who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.”
He 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.
耶穌帶着十二個門徒，對他們說：「看哪，我們上耶路撒冷去，先知所寫的一切事都要成就在人子身上。
18:32
ወይሜጥውዎለአሕዛብወይሣለቁላዕሌሁወይጼዕልዎወይዌርቅዎ።
For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.
他將要被交給外邦人；他們要戲弄他，凌辱他，吐唾沫在他臉上，
18:33
ወይቀሥፍዎወይቀትልዎወይትነሣእበሣልስትዕለት።
They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”
並要鞭打他，殺害他；第三日他要復活。」
18:34
ወእሙንቱሰአልቦዘለበዉእምዘይቤሎሙእስመስዉርውእቱዝነገርእምኔሆሙወኢየአምሩዘይብል።
They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn’t understand the things that were said.
這些事門徒一樣也不懂得，意思乃是隱藏的；他們不曉得所說的是甚麼。
18:35
ወእምዝአልጺቆሙኢያሪሆሀሎአሐዱዕዉርይነብርውስተፍኖትወይስእል።
As he came near Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.
耶穌將近耶利哥的時候，有一個瞎子坐在路旁討飯。
18:36
ወሰሚዖድምፀሰብእዘየኀልፍይቤምንትኑዝዘእሰምዕ።
Hearing a multitude going by, he asked what this meant.
聽見許多人經過，就問是甚麼事。
18:37
ወይቤልዎኢየሱስናዝራዊየኀልፍ።
They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
他們告訴他，是拿撒勒人耶穌經過。
18:38
ወዐውየወወይቤኢየሱስወልደዳዊትተሣሀለኒ።
He cried out, “Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!”
他就呼叫說：「大衛的子孫耶穌啊，可憐我吧！」
18:39
ወገሠጽዎእለይመርሕዎከመያርምምወዐውየወፈድፋደወይቤወልደዳዊትተሣሀለኒ።
Those 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!”
在前頭走的人就責備他，不許他作聲；他卻越發喊叫說：「大衛的子孫，可憐我吧！」
18:40
ወቆመእግዚእኢየሱስወአዘዘያምጽእዎኀቤሁወበጺሖኀቤሁይቤሎምንተትፈቅድእግበርለከ።
Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,
耶穌站住，吩咐把他領過來，到了跟前，就問他說：
18:41
ወይቤሎእግዚኦከመይርአያአዕይንትየ።
“What do you want me to do?” He said, “Lord, that I may see again.”
「你要我為你做甚麼？」他說：「主啊，我要能看見。」
18:42
ወይቤሎእግዚእኢየሱስርኢሃይማኖትከአሕየወተከ።
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”
耶穌說：「你可以看見！你的信救了你了。」
18:43
ወርእየሶቤሃወተለዎወአእኰቶለእግዚአብሔርወርእዮሙኵሉሕዝብሰብሕዎለእግዚአብሔር።
Immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.