but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.
If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.
If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.
“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.
Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.
18:20
እስመኀበሀለዉክልኤቱወሠለስቱጉቡኣንበስምየህየእሄሉአነማእከሎሙ።
因為無論在哪裏,有兩三個人奉我的名聚會,那裏就有我在他們中間。」
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”
18:21
ወእምዝቀርበኀቤሁጴጥሮስወይቤሎእግዚኦስፍነእመአበሰሊተእኁየእኅድግሎቱእስከስብዕኑ።
那時,彼得進前來,對耶穌說:「主啊,我弟兄得罪我,我當饒恕他幾次呢?到七次可以嗎?」
Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”
18:22
ወይቤሎእግዚእኢየሱስኢይብለከእስከስብዕአላእስከሰብዓበበስብዕ።
耶穌說:「我對你說,不是到七次,乃是到七十個七次。
Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
18:23
በእንተዝትመስልመንግሥተሰማያትብእሴንጉሠዘፈቀደይትሐሰቦሙለአግብርቲሁ።
天國好像一個王要和他僕人算帳。
Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
18:24
ወሶበአኀዘይትሐሰቦሙአምጽኡሎቱአሐደዘይፈድዮእልፈመካልየ።
才算的時候,有人帶了一個欠一千萬銀子的來。
When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
18:25
ወኀጢኦዘይፈድዮአዘዘእግዚኡይሢጥዎምስለብእሲቱወምስለውሉዱወኵሎዘቦእስከይፈዲ።
因為他沒有甚麼償還之物,主人吩咐把他和他妻子兒女,並一切所有的都賣了償還。
But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
“But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
18:29
ወወድቀውእቱገብርታሕተእገሪሁወአስተብቍዖእንዘይብልተዐገሠኒወኵሎእፈድየከ።
他的同伴就俯伏央求他,說:『寬容我吧,將來我必還清。』
“So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’
18:30
ወአበዮወሖረወሞቅሖእስከይፈድዮ።
他不肯,竟去把他下在監裏,等他還了所欠的債。
He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due.
18:31
ወርእዮሙአብያጺሁዘገብረተከዙጥቀወሐዊሮሙነገርዎለእግዚኦሙኵሎዘገብረ።
眾同伴看見他所做的事就甚憂愁,去把這事都告訴了主人。
So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.
18:32
ወእምዝጸውዖእግዚኡወይቤሎኦገብርእኩይኵሎዕዳከኀደጉለከእስመአስተብቋዕከኒ።
於是主人叫了他來,對他說:『你這惡奴才!你央求我,我就把你所欠的都免了,
Then his lord called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
18:33
አኮሁመፍትውአንተሂትምሀርቢጸከበከመአነመሐርኩከ።
你不應當憐恤你的同伴,像我憐恤你嗎?』
Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’
18:34
ወተምዐእግዚኡወመጠዎለእለይሣቅይዎእስከአመይሤልጥኵሎዘይፈድዮ።
主人就大怒,把他交給掌刑的,等他還清了所欠的債。
His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.
18:35
ከማሁኬአቡየኒሰማያዊይገብርብክሙእመኢኀደግሙአበሳሆሙለቢጽክሙእምኵሉልብክሙ።
你們各人若不從心裏饒恕你的弟兄,我天父也要這樣待你們了。」
So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”