Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”
19:9
ወይቤሎእግዚእኢየሱስዮምሰሕይወትኮነለሰብአዝንቱቤትእስመአንተሂወልደአብርሃምአንተ።
耶穌說:「今天救恩到了這家,因為他也是亞伯拉罕的子孫。
Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
19:10
እስመመጽአወልደዕጓለእመሕያውይኅሥሥወያድኅንዘተኀጕለ።
人子來,為要尋找、拯救失喪的人。」
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost.”
As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that God’s Kingdom would be revealed immediately.
19:12
ወይቤአሐዱብእሲክቡርሖረብሔረርኁቀይንሣእሎቱመንግሥተወይሰወጥ።
「有一個貴冑往遠方去,要得國回來,
He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
19:13
ወጸውዐአግብርቲሁዐሠርተወወሀቦሙዐሠርተምናናተወይቤሎሙተገበሩእንከእስከአአቱ።
便叫了他的十個僕人來,交給他們十錠 銀子,說:『你們去做生意,直等我回來。』
He called ten servants of his and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’
“When he had come back again, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
19:16
ወመጽአቀዳማዊወይቤሎእግዚኦምናንከዐሠርቱወዐሠርተምናናተረባኅኩ።
頭一個上來,說:『主啊,你的一錠銀子已經賺了十錠。』
The first came before him, saying, ‘Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.’
“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down and reaping that which I didn’t sow.
19:23
ወለምንትኢያግባእከወርቅየውስተማእድየወለልየአነአቲውየእምአስተገበርክዎምስለረባኁ።
為甚麼不把我的銀子交給銀行,等我來的時候,連本帶利都可以要回來呢?』
Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’
19:24
ወይቤሎሙለእለይቀውሙህየንሥኡእምላዕሌሁዘንተምናነወሀብዎለዘቦቱዐሠርቱምናናት።
就對旁邊站着的人說:『奪過他這一錠來,給那有十錠的。』
He said to those who stood by, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to him who has the ten minas.’
19:25
ወይቤልዎእግዚኦአኮኑቦቱዐሠርቱምናናት።
他們說:『主啊,他已經有十錠了。』
“They said to him, ‘Lord, he has ten minas!’
19:26
ወይቤሎሙእብለክሙለኵሉዘቦይሁብዎወይዌስክዎወለዘሰአልቦእለሂቦየሀድይዎ።
主人說:『我告訴你們,凡有的,還要加給他;沒有的,連他所有的也要奪過來。
‘For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn’t have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.
saying, “Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, which no man has ever sat upon. Untie it and bring it.
19:31
ወእመቦዘይቤለክሙለምንትትፈትሑበሉእግዚኡይፈቅዶ።
若有人問為甚麼解牠,你們就說:『主要用牠。』」
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”
19:32
ወሐዊሮሙእለተፈነዉረከቡበከመይቤሎሙ።
打發的人去了,所遇見的正如耶穌所說的。
Those who were sent went away and found things just as he had told them.
19:33
ወፈትሑዕዋለወእንዘይፈትሑዕዋለይቤልዎሙአጋእዝቲሁለምንትትፈትሕዎለዕዋል።
他們解驢駒的時候,主人問他們說:「解驢駒做甚麼?」
As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn’t know the time of your visitation.”