Luke 20
1 One day [during that week, Jesus] was teaching the people in the Temple [courtyard] and telling them [God’s] good message. As he was doing that, the chief priests, the men who taught the [Jewish] laws, and [other Jewish] elders came to him.
Issi gallas Yesuusi Xoossa Keethan asaa tamaarssishininne Wonggelaa markkattishin, kahine halaqati, higge asttamaaretinne deriya cimati issife iyaakko yidi,
2 They asked him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do things [like you did here yesterday]?”
“Neeni hayssata aybi maatan oothiyako nuus oda. Ha maata new immiday oonee?” yaagidi oychchidosona.
3 He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me,
I enttako, “Takka hinttena issibaa oychchana, ane taw zaarite.
4 where did John [the Baptizer] get [his authority to] baptize [those who came to him]? [Did he get it] from God [MTY/EUP] or from people?”
Xammaqiya Yohaannisa xinqqatey Xoossafeyye asappe?” yaagis.
5 They discussed this among themselves. They said, “[If we(inc) say], ‘[It was] from God [MTY/EUP],’ he will say to us, ‘[Then] (you should have believed John’s [message]!/why did you not believe what John preached?) [RHQ]’
Entti woli giddon yaagidi zorettidosona: “Xoossafe giikko yaatin, ays ammanibeekketii?” yaagana.
6 But if we say, ‘It was [from] people,’ the people [here] will [kill us by] throwing stones at us, because they [all] believe that John was a prophet [from God].”
“Asappe giikko, asay ubbay Yohaannisi nabe gideyssa ammaniyaa gisho nuna shuchchan caddana.”
7 So they replied, “We [(exc)] do not know where [John got his authority].”
Yaaniya gisho, “Awuppeeko nu erokko” yaagidi zaaridosona.
8 Then Jesus said to them, “[Because you did not answer my question], I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things [here yesterday].”
Yesuusi zaaridi, “Hiza, takka ay maatan hayssata oothiyako hinttew odikke” yaagis.
9 Then Jesus told the people this parable [to illustrate what God would do to the Jews who rejected the former prophets and himself]: “A [certain] man planted a vineyard. He rented the vineyard to some men [to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return]. Then he went to another country and stayed there several years.
Hessafe guye, Yesuusi ha leemisuwa asaas yaagidi odis; “Issi asi woyne turaa tokkis. Goshshanchchotas kera immidi daro wode gam77idi yaanaw hara biitta bis.
10 When [the vines started producing] grapes, he sent a servant to the men who were taking care of the vineyard. He expected that they would give him some of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. But [after the servant arrived], they beat him and they did not give him any grapes. They [just] sent him away.
Woyne ayfiyaa maxiya wodey gakkin woyniya ayfiyaappe iyaw yeddana mela goshshanchchotakko ba aylliya kiittis. Shin goshshanchchoti he aylliya oykkidi wadhdhidi mela kushe yeddidosona.
11 [Later], [the owner] sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him [also]. They sent him away without giving him any grapes.
Kaallidikka hara aylliya kiittis. Qassi goshshanchchoti iya wadhdhidi, kawushshidi mela kushe yedidosona.
12 [Still later, the owner] sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out [of the vineyard].
Ha77ika zaaridi heedzantho aylliya kiittis. Goshshanchchoti iyakka madunxisidi woyniya turaa giddofe gaxa kessidi yeggidosona.
13 So the owner of the vineyard thought to himself, ‘(I do not know what to do!/What shall I do?) [RHQ]’ [Then he had an idea. He thought to himself], ‘I will send my son, [whom I] love [very much]. Perhaps they will respect him [and give him my share of the grapes].’
“Woyniya goday, ‘Yaatin ta ay ootho? Ane qassi ta dosiya ta na7aa yeddana; ooni eri entti iya bonchchonna aggokona’ yaagis.
14 [So he sent his son], but when the men who were caring for the vineyard saw him [coming], they said to each other, ‘Here [comes] the man who will [some day] inherit [the vineyard]. Let’s kill him so that this vineyard will be ours!’
“Shin goshshanchchoti uraa na7aa be7ida wode, ‘Hayssi iya laatteyssa, haa yiite iya wodhana, yaatikko laatay nuus gidana’ yaagidi zorettidosona.
15 So they dragged him outside the vineyard and they killed him. So (I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them!/do you know what the owner of the vineyard will do to them?) [RHQ]
Woyniya giddofe gaxa kessidi wodhidosona. “Yaatin, woyniya goday he asata waatanee?
16 He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.” When the people listening to Jesus heard that, they said, “[We would] not do anything like those wicked men did!”
Yidi he goshshanchchota dhayssana, woyniya bessaa hara asatas immana. Asay hessa si7ida wode ‘Shinchchalle hessa melabaa ehoppo’ yaagidosona.
17 But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “You can say that, [but think about] the meaning of these words that are written {which [a prophet] wrote} [RHQ] [in the Scriptures], The men who were building a house rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone in the building [MET].
Yesuusi entta caddi xeellidi, “Yaatin ‘Gimbbe keexiya asati borida shuchchay, keethaas malanne minotethi immiya ubbaafe aadhdhiya shuchchi gidis’ geetettidi xaafettidayssa birshshethay aybe?
18 [That stone represents me, the Messiah], and those who reject me are [like people who fall on this stone]. Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces {This stone will break to pieces everyone who falls on it}, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.”
He shuchchaa bolla kunddiya ubbay qoxettana, shuchchay iya bolla wodhdhiya ubbay liiqana” yaagis.
19 The chief priests and the men who taught the [Jewish] laws realized that he was accusing them when he told the parable [about what those wicked men did]. So they immediately tried to find a way to seize [MTY] him, but [they did not seize him, because] they were afraid of [what] the people [there would do if they did that].
Higge asttamaaretinne kahine halaqati ha leemisoy odettiday entta bolla gideyssa eridi he wode iya oykkanaw koyidosona, shin asaas babbidosona.
20 So they watched him carefully. They also hired (spies/secret agents) who pretended to be sincere. [But] they really wanted to get him to say something for [which they could accuse] him. They wanted to be able to turn him over to the authority of the governor [of the province. But they also knew that the Jews were disgusted with having to pay taxes to the government].
Hessa gisho, Yesuusa deriya haariya Roome kawuwa maatas aathi immanaw koyidi iya doonappe bala qaala naagoosona. Hessa polisanaw xillo daanidi cimmiya asata iyaakko kiittidosona.
21 [So] one of them asked Jesus, “Teacher, we [(exc)] know that you [(sg)] speak and teach what is right. You tell the truth even if important people do not like it. You teach truthfully what God wants us to do.
Kiitettidi bida asati, “Asttamaariyaw, neeni odeysinne tamaarsseyssi likke gideyssa, qassi Xoossaa ogiya tumatethan tamaarsseyssanne oonakka shaakkonnayssa nu eroos.
22 [So tell us what you think about this matter]: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government [MTY], or not?”
Hanoshin, Roome kawuwas giira giiranaw bessi bessennee?” yaagidi iya oychchidosona.
23 But Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him [to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government]. So he said to them,
Shin I entta wozanaa iitatethaa erida gisho,
24 “Show me a [Roman] coin. [Then tell me] whose picture is on it. And [tell me whose] name is on it.” They [showed him a coin and] said, “It has the picture and name of Caesar, [the head of the Roman government].”
“Ane tana issi santime bessite, Iya bolla de7iya misileynne sunthay oodebaye?” yaagis. Entti zaaridi, “Roome Kawuwa Qeesareyssa” yaagidosona.
25 He said to them, “In that case, give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].”
I zaaridi, “Yaatikko, Qeesareyssa Qeesares, Xoossayssa Xoossaas immite” yaagis.
26 While the people were there, the [spies] were unable to find fault with him for what he said. And they were amazed at his answer. So they said nothing.
Hessa gisho, I zaarida zaaruwan asaa sinthan bala demmanaw dandda7ibookkona. Iya zaaruwan malaalettidi si7i gidosona.
27 Some Sadducees came to [Jesus]. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die.
Hayqoppe denddoy baawa yaagiya Saduqaawetappe issoti issoti Yesuusakko yidi,
28 They [wanted to] ask [Jesus] a question [in order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again]. One of them said [to Jesus], “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] about situations where a man who has a wife but no children. If the man dies, his brother should marry the [dead man’s] widow so that she can have a child by him. People [will consider] that the child is the descendant of the man [who died], [and in that way the dead man will have descendants].
“Asttamaariyaw, issi asi machcho ekkidi na7a yelonna hayqqiko, iya ishay he maccasiw ekkidi nayta yelidi ba ishaas zerethi ashshana mela Musey xaafis.
29 Well, there were seven brothers in one family. The oldest one married, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Later he died.
Hekko laappun ishati de7oosona. Koyroyssi machcho ekkidi na7a yelonna hayqqis.
30 The second [brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him].
Nam77anthoy iyo ekkidi na7a yelonna hayqqis.
31 Then the third [brother] married her, [but the same thing happened again]. All seven [brothers, one by one, married that woman], [but] they had no children, and [one by one] they died.
Heedzanthoyka hessatho hanis. Laappunati ubbay hessada hanidi iyo ekkidosona, shin na7a yelonna hayqqidosona.
32 Afterwards, the woman died, too.
Wurssethan maccasiya hayqqasu.
33 Therefore, [if it is true that there will be a time] when dead people will become alive again, whose wife [do you think that woman] will be [then]? ([Keep in mind that she was married to all seven brothers!/It will be impossible to decide because] she was married to all seven brothers!) [RHQ]”
Hiza, laappun addey iyo ekkida gisho hayqoppe denddiya wode iya oode machcho gidanee?” yaagidi oychchidosona.
34 Jesus replied to them, “Men who live here in this world take wives, or are given wives [by their parents] {their [parents] choose wives [for them]}. (aiōn g165)
Yesuusi zaaridi, “Asay ha wodiyan ekkoosonanne geloosona. (aiōn g165)
35 But the men whom God considers worthy of [being in heaven after] they become alive again will not be married. (aiōn g165)
Shin hayqoppe denddidi yaana alamiyan daanaw besseyssati ekkokonanne gelokkona. (aiōn g165)
36 [You need to know also that] they cannot die any more, because they will be [immortal] [SIM] like angels. [The fact that God has caused] them to be alive again [will show] that they are God’s children.
Entti kiitanchcho mela gidiya gisho sinthafe hayqqokona. Hayqoppe denddida gisho entti Xoossaa nayta.
37 But [as for people] becoming alive again after they die, Moses wrote something about that. In the place where [he wrote about] the [burning] bush, he mentions the Lord as being the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].
Musey Godaa, ‘Abrahaame Godaa, Yisaaqa Godaa, Yayqooba Godaa’ gidi tushiya giddon xuugettiya tama taarikiya xaafidayssan hayqqida asay denddeyssa bessees.
38 It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we(inc) know their spirits were still alive]! All [people] whose [spirits] are alive [again after they die continue to live to honor God]!”
Ubbay iyaw de7on de7eyssata gidiya gisho I de7on de7eyssata Godaappe attin hayqqidayssata Goda gidenna” yaagidi zaaris.
39 Some of the men who taught the [Jewish] laws replied, “Teacher, you [(sg)] have answered very well!”
Higge asttamaaretappe issoti issoti, “Asttamaariyaw, lo77obaa odadasa” yaagidosona.
40 After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
Hessafe guye, hara oysho oychchanaw yayyidosona.
41 Then Jesus said to them, “I will show you (OR, prove to you) that people [are wrong who] say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David! [RHQ]
Iyappe kaallidi Yesuusi enttako, “Asay Kiristtoosa waattidi Dawite na7a yaagonaa?
42 Because David himself wrote [about the Messiah] in the book of Psalms, God said to my Lord, Sit [here beside me] on my right, [where I will highly honor you(sg)] [MTY].
Ays giikko, Dawitey ba huu7en ba maxaafan, ‘Xoossay ta Godaakko ta ne morkketa ne tohoy yedhdhiyaso oothana gakkanaw taappe ushachchan baggan utta’ gis” yaagis.
43 [Sit here] while I completely defeat your enemies.
44 King David calls [the Messiah] ‘[my] Lord’! So ([the Messiah] cannot be [just someone] descended from [King] David!/how can the Messiah be [just] someone descended from [King] David?) [RHQ] [What I just said proves that he is much greater than David, isn’t that right]?”
“Hiza, Dawitey Kiristtoosa, ‘Godaa gidi xeegishe iyaw na7a waanidi gidi?’” yaagis.
45 While all the [other] people were listening, [Jesus] said to his disciples,
Derey ubbay si7ishin ba tamaaretakko,
46 “Beware that [you do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They like to put on long robes and walk around [to make people think that they are very important]. [They] also like [people to] greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces. They like [to sit in] the most important places in the Jewish meeting places. At dinner parties [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
“Adussa ma7o ma77idi yuushshe doseyssatappe, giyan bonchcho sarotho, Ayhude Woosa Keethan bonchcho oyde, mokettiya sonkka bonchcho bessi koyaa higge asttamaaretappe naagettite.
47 They swindle [MET] the houses [and property] of widows. [Then] they pretend they are good, as they pray [long] prayers [publicly. God] will [certainly] punish them very severely.”
Entti am77eta keethaa kalloyoosona, xillo asi daanidi woosa adussoosona. Hessati ubbaafe aadhdhiya iita pirdda ekkana” yaagis.
