Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?
13:5
አልቦእብለክሙእመሰኢነሳሕክሙከማሆሙትትኀጐሉአንትሙሂኵልክሙ።
我告訴你們，不是的！你們若不悔改，都要如此滅亡！」
I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”
He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down! Why does it waste the soil?’
13:8
ወአውሥአወይቤሎኅድጋእግዚኦኀሪፈኒእስከእከሪመሬተወእወዲወእክዑድኵዐታሕቴሃ።
管園的說：『 主啊，今年且留着，等我周圍掘開土，加上糞；
He answered, ‘Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
13:9
ለእመቦከመትፈሪለዓሙወእመአኮሰንገዝማለእመሐዮነ።
以後若結果子便罷，不然再把它砍了。』」
If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”
13:10
ወመሀሮሙበሰንበትበአሐዱምኵራብ።
安息日，耶穌在會堂裏教訓人。
He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, “There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”
Therefore the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath and lead him away to water?
It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his own garden. It grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”
13:20
ወካዕበይቤበምንትአስተማስላለመንግሥተእግዚአብሔር።
又說：「我拿甚麼來比上帝的國呢？
Again he said, “To what shall I compare God’s Kingdom?
13:21
ትመስልብኁአዘነሥአቶብእሲትወደፈነቶውስተሐሪጽዘሠለስቱመስፈርትወአብኅአኵሎ።
好比麵酵，有婦人拿來藏在三斗麵裏，直等全團都發起來。」
It is like yeast, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”
13:22
ወየሐውርአህጉረወአዕጻዳተያንሶሱበኢየሩሳሌምወይሜህር።
耶穌往耶路撒冷去，在所經過的各城各鄉教訓人。
He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
13:23
ወይቤሎአሐዱእግዚኦውኁዳንኑእንጋእሙንቱእለይድኅኑ።
有一個人問他說：「主啊，得救的人少嗎？」
One said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” He said to them,
13:24
ወይቤሎሙተኀየሉትባኡእንተጸባብአንቀጽእብለክሙብዙኃንእለየኀሥሡይባኡወኢይክሉ።
耶穌對眾人說：「你們要努力進窄門。我告訴你們，將來有許多人想要進去，卻是不能。
“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
When once the master of the house has risen up and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’
13:26
ወእምዝይእኅዙይበልዎበላዕነሂወሰተይነሂበቅድሜከወመሀርከበመራሕብቲነ።
那時，你們要說：『我們在你面前吃過喝過，你也在我們的街上教訓過人。』
Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
13:27
ወይቤሎሙእብለክሙኢየአምረክሙእምአይቴአንትሙረኀቁእምኔየኵልክሙገበርተዐመፃ።
他要說：『我告訴你們，我不曉得你們是哪裏來的。你們這一切作惡的人，離開我去吧！』
He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside.
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!