He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?
11:8
እብለክሙለእመሂኢተንሥአየሀቦእስመዐርኩውእቱከመኢያንጥዮይትነሣእወይሁቦመጠነፈቀደ።
我告訴你們,雖不因他是朋友起來給他,但因他情詞迫切地直求,就必起來照他所需用的給他。
I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
11:9
ወአነሂእብለክሙሰአሉወይትወሀበክሙጐድጕዱወይትረኀወክሙኅሡወትረክቡ።
我又告訴你們,你們祈求,就給你們;尋找,就尋見;叩門,就給你們開門。
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
11:10
እስመኵሉዘሰአለይነሥእወዘሂኀሠሠይረክብወለዘሂጐድጐደይትረኀዎ።
因為,凡祈求的,就得着;尋找的,就尋見;叩門的,就給他開門。
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
11:12
ወእመኒአንቆቅሖሰአሎዐቅራበኑይሁቦህየንቴሁ።
求雞蛋,反給他蠍子呢?
Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
11:25
ወመጺኦይረክቦእንዘያስተራክብእዳወወሥርግወወኵስቱረ።
到了,就看見裏面打掃乾淨,修飾好了,
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
11:28
ወይቤላውእቱኒብፁዓንሰእለይሰምዑቃለእግዚአብሔርወየዐቅቡ።
耶穌說:「是,卻還不如聽上帝之道而遵守的人有福。」
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
11:35
ዑቅእንከብርሃንከጽልመተኢይኩን።
所以,你要省察,恐怕你裏頭的光或者黑暗了。
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness.
If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”
11:37
ወእንዘይነግሮሙዘንተይቤሎአሐዱፈሪሳዊከመይምሳሕኀቤሁወቦአወረፈቀ።
說話的時候,有一個法利賽人請耶穌同他吃飯,耶穌就進去坐席。
Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table.
11:38
ወርእዮፈሪሳዊአንከረእስመኢተኀፅበእዴሁለመሲሕ።
這法利賽人看見耶穌飯前不洗手便詫異。
When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
11:47
አሌለክሙጸሐፍትወፈሪሳውያንእስመተሐንጹመቃብሪሆሙለነቢያትእለአበዊክሙቀተልዎሙ።
你們有禍了!因為你們修造先知的墳墓,那先知正是你們的祖宗所殺的。
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.