Marqqoosa 12
1 Yesuusi enttaw leemison yaagidi odis; “Issi uray woyne atakiltte tokkidi, yuushshi aathidi dirssi diris. Qassi he woyniya gum77iya olaaka bookkis. Iya naaganaw adussa shakko shakkis. Hessafe guye, kothe oothiya asaas immidi, hara biitta bis.
And Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man once planted a vineyard, put a fence round it, dug a wine-press, built a tower, and then let it out to tenants and went abroad.
2 Woyne ayfiyaa maxiya wodey gakkin, bana gakkeyssa ekkidi yaana mela, issi ba aylliya kothe aawatakko kiittis.
At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants, to receive from them a share of the produce of the vintage;
3 Kothe aawati iya aylliya oykkidi wadhdhidi, mela kushe yeddidosona.
but they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
4 Nam77antho hara aylle enttako kiittin, entti he aylliyas huu7iya qoo7idi kawushshidi yeddidosona.
A second time the owner sent a servant to them; this man, too, the tenants struck on the head, and insulted.
5 Woyne atakilttiya goday qassika hara aylle kiittis. He aylliya wodhidosona, qassi hara darota hessada oothidosona, issota issota wadhdhidi, harata wodhidosona.
He sent another, but him they killed; and so with many others — some they beat and some they killed.
6 “Woyne atakilttiya godaas kiittanaw ubbaafe wurssethan I daro dosiya ba na7aa xalaali attis. I, “Entti ta na7aa bonchchonna aggokona” gidi, ba na7aa enttako kiittis.
He had still one son, who was very dear to him; and him he sent to them last of all. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
7 “Shin kothe aawati bantta giddon, ‘Laattanayssi hayssa; yedhdhite iya wodhoos; iya laatay nubaa gidana!’ yaagidosona.
But those tenants said to one another ‘Here is the heir! Come, let us kill him, and his inheritance will be ours.’
8 Na7aa oykkidi wodhidi, iya ahaa woyne atakilttiya giddofe gaxa kessi holidosona.
So they seized him, and killed him, and threw his body outside the vineyard.
9 “Hiza, woyne atakilttiya goday waatanee? Yidi he kothe aawata wodhi onggidi, woyniya kothe oothiya hara asas immana.
What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and put the tenants to death, and he will let the vineyard to others.
10 ‘Gimbbeyssati boridi ixxida shuchchay godaa xaphuwa minthiya, ubbaafe aadhdhiya shuchchu gidis. Hayssi Goday oothidabaa; qassi nu ayfiyaaskka malaalisiyabaa’ yaageyssa Geeshsha Maxaafaappe nabbabibeekketii?” yaagis.
‘Have you never read this passage of Scripture? — ‘The very stone which the builders despised has now itself become the corner-stone;
this corner-stone has come from the Lord, and is marvellous in our eyes.’”
12 Kahine halaqati, higge asttamaaretinne cimati Yesuusi he leemisuwa bantta bolla leemisidayssa erida gisho, iya oykkanaw koyidosona, shin asaas yayyidi, aggi bidosona.
After this his enemies were eager to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd; for they saw that it was at them that he had aimed the parable. So they let him alone, and went away.
13 Qassi iya odaappe bala demmidi, iya oykkana mela, Farisaawetappenne Heroodisa baggatappe guutha asata iyaakko kiittidosona.
Afterwards they sent to Jesus some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to set a trap for him in the course of conversation.
14 Entti iyaakko yidi, “Asttamaariyaw, neeni tuma odetteyssanne asappe ase shaakkonnayssa nuuni eroos. Neeni ase dummayakka; qassi Xoossaa ogiya tumatethan tamaarssaasa. Nuuni Roome biittaa Kawuwa Qeesares giira giireyssi wogeyye woga gidennee? Giira giiranee agganee?” yaagidosona.
These men came to him and said: “Teacher, we know that you are an honest man, and are not afraid of any one, for you pay no regard to a person’s position, but teach the Way of God honestly; are we right in paying taxes to the Emperor, or not?
15 Shin entta cubbotethaa Yesuusi eridi, “Tana ays paacetii? Ane issi santime tana bessite” yaagis.
Should we pay, or should we not pay?” Knowing their hypocrisy, Jesus said to them: “Why are you testing me? Bring me a florin to look at.”
16 Entti iyaw ehidosona, “Ha malaynne sunthay oodeysee?” yaagidi entta oychchis. Entti, “Roome Kawuwa Qeesareyssa” yaagidosona.
And, when they had brought it, he asked: “Whose head and title are these?” “The Emperor’s,” they said;
17 Yesuusi zaaridi, “Yaatikko, Qeesareyssa Qeesares, Xoossayssa Xoossaas immite” yaagin entti iyabaa malaalettidosona.
and Jesus replied: “Pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God.” And they wondered at him.
18 Hayqqida asi denddenna giya Saduqaawetappe issi issi asati Yesuusakko yidi, hayssada yaagidi, iya oychchidosona.
Next came some Sadducees — the men who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this —
19 “Asttamaariyaw, Musey nuus higgiya xaafishe, ‘Machcho ekkida asi na7a yelonna hayqqiko, he hayqqidayssa ishay iya machchiw ekkidi, ba ishaas na7a yelanaw bessees’ yaageyssa xaafis.
“Teacher, in our Scriptures Moses decreed that, should a man’s brother die, leaving a widow but no child, the man should take the widow as his wife, and raise up a family for his brother.
20 Beni wode laappun ishati de7eyssatappe bayray machcho ekkidi, na7a yelonna hayqqis.
There were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest took a wife, but died and left no family;
21 Nam77anthoy iyo ekkis, ikka na7a yelonna hayqqis. Heedzanthoyka hessada hanis.
and the second took her, and died without family; and so did the third.
22 Laappunatikka hessatho iyo ekkidi, na7a yelonna hayqqidosona. Ubbaafe guye, qassi he maccasiya hayqqasu.
All the seven died and left no family. The woman herself died last of all.
23 Yaatin, laappunati iyo ekkida gisho hayqqida asay hayqoppe denddiya gallas, iya enttafe awussas machcho gidanee?” yaagidosona.
At the resurrection whose wife will she be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?”
24 Yesuusi zaaridi, “Hintte baley, Geeshsha Maxaafata woykko Xoossaa wolqqaa eronna gishossa!
“Is not the reason of your mistake,” answered Jesus, “your ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
25 Hayqqida asay hayqoppe denddiya gallas, salon de7iya kiitanchchota mela gidanaappe attin adde asay ekkokona; macca asay gelekkona.
When men rise from the dead, there is no marrying or being married; but they are as angels in Heaven.
26 Shin hayqqidayssata dendduwabaa gidikko, Muse maxaafan xaafettida xuugettiya buuriyabaa odiya bessan, Xoossay Musekko, ‘Taani, Abrahaame Xoossaa, Yisaaqa Xoossaa, Yayqooba Xoossaa’ gidayssa nabbabibeekketii?
“As to the dead, and the fact that they rise, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him thus — ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
27 Hessa gisho, I, paxa de7eyssata Xoossaafe attin hayqqidayssata Xoosse gidenna. Hintte daro balideta” yaagis.
He is not God of dead men, but of living. You are greatly mistaken.”
28 Higge asttamaaretappe issoy entti palameyssa shiiqidi si7is. Qassi Yesuusi enttaw loythi zaaridayssa si7idi, “Kiita ubbaafe aadhdhiya kiitay awussee?” yaagidi Yesuusa oychchis.
Then came up one of the Teachers of the Law who had heard their discussions. Knowing that Jesus had answered them wisely, he asked him this question: “What is the first of all the commandments?”
29 Yesuusi zaaridi, iya hayssada yaagis; “Kiita ubbaafe aadhdhiya kiitaa si7ite; ‘Isra7eele asaw, Goday nu Xoossay issi Godaa.
“The first,” answered Jesus, “is — ‘Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is the one Lord;
30 Ne Godaa ne Xoossaa ne kumetha wozanappe, ne kumetha shemppuwafe, ne kumetha qofaappe, ne kumetha wolqqaafe dosa’ yaagees.
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.’
31 Qassi kiita ubbaafe aadhdhiya nam77antho kiitay hayssa; ‘Ase ubbaa ne huu7iyada dosa’ yaageyssa; hayssatappe aadhdhiya hara kiiti baawa” yaagis.
The second is this — ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thou dost love thyself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
32 Higge asttamaarey Yesuusakko, “Asttamaariyaw, tuma gadasa; neeni ‘Xoossay issi Xoossaa xalaala. Iyappe attin hari baawa’ gidayssi tuma.
“Wisely answered, Teacher!” exclaimed the Teacher of the Law. “It is true, as you say, that ‘there is one God,’ and that ‘there is no other besides him’;
33 Xoossaa kumetha wozanappe, kumetha qofaappenne kumetha wolqqaafe doseysinne qassi ase ubbaa ba huu7iyada doseyssi, xuuggiya yarshshuwafenne hara yarshsho ubbaafe aadhdhees” yaagis.
and to ‘love him with all one’s heart, and with all one’s understanding, and with all one’s strength,’ and to ‘love one’s neighbour as one loves oneself’ is far beyond all ‘burnt-offerings and sacrifices.’”
34 Yesuusi higge asttamaariya zaaroy aadhdhida eranchcho asa zaaro gididayssa be7idi, “Neeni Xoossaa kawotethaafe haakkabaakka” yaagis; hessafe guye, Yesuusa harabaa oychchanaw oonikka minnibeenna.
Seeing that he had answered with discernment, Jesus said to him: “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” After that no one ventured to question him further.
35 Yesuusi Xoossa Keethan tamaarssishe, hayssada yaagis: “Higge asttamaareti Kiristtoosa woygidi Dawite na7a goonaa?
While Jesus was teaching in the Temple Courts, he asked: “How is it that the Teachers of the Law say that the Christ is to be David’s son?
36 Dawitey Geeshsha Ayyaanan kumidi, ‘Goday, ta Godaa, “Taani ne morkketa ne tohoy yedhdhiyaso oothana gakkanaw, hayssan taappe ushachcha baggara utta” gis’ yaagis.
David said himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit — ‘The Lord said to my lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I put thy enemies beneath thy feet.’”
37 Dawitey ba huu7en Kiristtoosa, ‘Godaa’ gidi xeegikko, yaatin, Kiristtoosi waanidi, Dawite na7a gidii” yaagis. Daro asay Yesuusi geyssa ufayssan si7idosona.
David himself calls him ‘lord,’ how comes it, then, that he is to be his son?” The mass of the people listened to Jesus with delight.
38 Yesuusi tamaarssishe, hayssada yaagis; “Higge asttamaaretappe naagettite; entti adussa ma7o ma7idi yuuyeyssanne giyankka asay entta bonchchidi sarotheyssa dosoosona.
In the course of his teaching, Jesus said: “See that you are on your guard against the Teachers of the Law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and to be greeted in the streets with respect,
39 Entti Ayhude Woosa Keethatan daro lo77iya oydiya dosoosona; qassi asi banttana mokkiya bessan bonchcho bessi dosoosona.
and to have the best seats in the Synagogues, and places of honour at dinner.
40 Entti am77eta keethaa bonqidi, banttaw lo77o daananaw woosa adussoosona; entti ubbaafe aadhdhiya pirddaa ekkana” yaagis.
They are the men that rob widows of their homes, and make a pretence of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier.”
41 Yesuusi Xoossa Keethan muxaata yeggiya saaxiniya matan uttidi, asay ba miishiya he saaxiniyan yeggeyssa be7is; daro dure asay daro miishiya he saaxiniyan yeggoosona.
Then Jesus sat down opposite the chests for the Temple offerings, and watched how the people put money into them. Many rich people were putting in large sums;
42 Issi manqo am77iya yada, nam77u bakkannata he saaxiniyan yeggasu.
but one poor widow came and put in two farthings, which make a half-penny.
43 Yesuusi ba tamaareta xeegidi, “Taani hinttew tuma odays; muxaata saaxiniyan yeggida asa ubbaafe ha manqo am77iya darssada yeggasu.
On this, calling his disciples to him, Jesus said: “I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all the others who were putting money into the chests;
44 Ays giikko, harati ubbay bantaw palahida miishiyappe yeggidosona. Shin iya ba pacciyaafe, baw de7iya aquwaa kumethi immasu” yaagis.
for every one else put in something from what he had to spare, while she, in her need, put in all she had — everything that she had to live on.”
