At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty.
20:11
ወዳግመፈነወካልአኒገብሮወኪያሁኒዘበጥዎወአኅሠርዎወፈነውዎዕራቆ።
又打發一個僕人去,他們也打了他,並且凌辱他,叫他空手回去。
He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
20:12
ወካዕበፈነወሣልሰኒገብሮወኪያሁኒፈቅእዎወሰደድዎ።
又打發第三個僕人去,他們也打傷了他,把他推出去了。
He sent yet a third, and they also wounded him and threw him out.
The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
They asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up children for his brother.
20:29
ወሀለዉእንከኅቤነሰብዐቱአኀውወአውሰበዘይልኅቅብእሲተወሞተእንዘአልቦውሉድ።
有弟兄七人,第一個娶了妻,沒有孩子死了;
There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
20:30
ወከማሁአውሰባካልኡሂወኢወለደወከማሁሣልሱሂወኢኀደጉውሉደ።
第二個、第三個也娶過她;
The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
20:31
ወሰብዓቲሆሙከማሁአውሰብዋወሞቱእንዘአልቦሙውሉድ።
那七個人都娶過她,沒有留下孩子就死了。
The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
20:32
ወድኅረኵሎሙሞተትይእቲብእሲት።
後來婦人也死了。
Afterward the woman also died.
20:33
ወአመየሐይዉእንከምዉታንለመኑእምኔሆሙትከውኖብእሲተእስመናሁሰብዓቲሆሙአውሰብዋ።
這樣,當復活的時候,她是哪一個的妻子呢?因為他們七個人都娶過她。」
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife.”
20:34
ወአውሥአእግዚእኢየሱስወይቤሎሙውሉደዝንቱዓለምያወስቡወይትዋሰቡወይወልዱወይትዋለዱ።
耶穌說:「這世界的人有娶有嫁;
Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and are given in marriage.
20:35
ወእለሰይደልዎሙይርከብዎለዝክቱዓለምአመየሐይዉሙታንኢያወስቡወኢይትዋሰቡ።
惟有算為配得那世界,與從死裏復活的人也不娶也不嫁;
But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
“Beware of those scribes who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;
20:47
እለይውኅጥዎንለአብያተመበለታትወለምክንያትያነውኁጸሎተእሙንቱይነሥኡዘየዐቢኵነኔ።
他們侵吞寡婦的家產,假意作很長的禱告。這些人要受更重的刑罰!」
who devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”