Maarqos 12
1 Yesuusis akkana jedhee fakkeenyaan isaanitti dubbachuu jalqabe; “Namichi tokko iddoo dhaabaa wayinii irra wayinii dhaabbate. Innis naannoo isaatti dallaa ijaaree, boolla itti wayinii cuunfan qotee qooxii eegumsaa ijaare. Ergasiis iddoo dhaabaa wayinii sana qonnaan bultootatti kiraa kennatee biyya fagoo dhaqe.
Then Jesus told [those Jewish leaders] a parable. [He wanted to show what God would do to those who rejected the former prophets and himself. He said], “A certain man planted a vineyard. He built a fence around it [in order to protect it]. He made a stone tank [to collect the juice that] they would press [out of the grapes]. He also built a tower [for someone to sit in to guard his vineyard]. Then he leased the vineyard to some men to care for it and [to] give him some of the [grapes] in return. Then he went away to another country.
2 Innis yeroo midhaan walitti qabamutti akka inni ija iddoo dhaabaa wayinii irraa waa fiduufiif garbicha tokko qottuuwwan sanatti ergate.
When the time came to harvest the [grapes], he sent a servant to the men [who were taking care of the vineyard] in order to receive from them his share of the grapes that the vineyard had produced.
3 Isaan garuu qabanii, tumanii harka duwwaa of irraa isa deebisan.
But [after the servant arrived], they grabbed him and beat him, and they did not give him any fruit. Then they sent him away.
4 Ammas garbicha biraa isaanitti ergate; isaanis mataa isaa buruqsanii isa qaanessan.
Later the one who owned the vineyard sent another servant to them. But they beat that one on his head, and they insulted him.
5 Amma illee garbicha biraa ergate; isas ni ajjeesan. Garboota biraa baayʼees ergate; isaanis gartokko ni tuman; kaan immoo ni ajjeesan.
Later he sent another servant. That man they killed. They mistreated many other servants [whom he sent]. Some they beat and some they killed.
6 “Amma iyyuu inni nama ergu tokko qaba ture; innis ilma isaa jaallatamaa dha. Namichis, ‘Ilma koo ni kabaju’ jedhee dhuma irratti isa ergate.
The man still had one other [person with him]. It was his son. He loved him very much. So, finally he sent his son to them because he thought that they would respect him [and give him some of the grapes].
7 “Qottoonni sun garuu, ‘Dhaaltuun isa kana. Kottaa isa ajjeefnaa; dhaalli sun keenya taʼaatii’ waliin jedhan.
But [when they saw his son coming], those men who were looking after the vineyard said to each other, ‘Look! Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard! So let’s kill him in order that this vineyard will be ours!’
8 Kanaafuu isaan fuudhanii isa ajjeesan; iddoo dhaabaa wayinii keessaas gad baasanii isa gatan.
They seized him and killed him. Then they threw his body outside the vineyard.
9 “Egaa abbaan iddoo dhaabaa wayinii sanaa maal godhinna laata? Inni dhufee qottuuwwan sana ni ajjeesa; iddoo dhaabaa wayinii sanas namoota biraatti kennata.
So (do you know what the man who owns the vineyard will do?/I will tell you what the man who owns the vineyard will do [RHQ]). He will come, and he will kill those evil men who were taking care of his vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.
10 Isin Katabbii Qulqulluu hin dubbifnee? Innis akkana jedha: “‘Dhagaan ijaartonni tuffatan, dhagaa golee taʼeera;
[Now think carefully about these words], which you have read [in] the Scriptures: The men who were building the building rejected one stone. But others [put that same stone in its proper place, and] it has become the most important stone in the building [MET]!
11 kanas Gooftaatu godhe; kunis ija keenyatti dinqii dha.’”
The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it.”
12 Isaanis akka inni isaaniin mormuudhaan fakkeenya sana dubbate waan beekaniif isa qabuu barbaadan. Garuu namoota sana sodaatan; kanaafuu isa dhiisanii qajeelan.
Then [the Jewish leaders] realized that he was accusing them when he told this story [about what those wicked people did]. So they wanted to seize him. But they were afraid of what the crowds [would do if they did that]. So they left him and went away.
13 Ergasii waan inni dubbatuun isa qabuuf jedhanii Fariisotaa fi garee Heroodis keessaa jara tokko Yesuusitti ergan.
The [Jewish leaders] sent to [Jesus] some Pharisees [who thought that the Jews should pay only the tax that their own Jewish authorities required people to pay]. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod [Antipas and the Roman government]. They wanted to make Jesus say something wrong [that would make one of those groups very angry with him].
14 Isaanis gara isaa dhufanii akkana jedhaniin; “Yaa barsiisaa, akka ati nama dhugaa taate beekna. Ati waan fuula namaa hin ilaalleef namni kam iyyuu karaa irraa si hin jalʼisuutii; garuu ati dhugaadhaan karaa Waaqaa barsiifta. Qeesaariif gibira baasuun eeyyamameera moo hin eeyyamamne?
After they arrived, they said to him [deceivingly], “Teacher, we know that you [teach] the truth. We also know that you are not concerned about [what] people [say about you, even if an important person does not like what you say]. Instead, you teach truthfully what God wants [us to do]. So [tell us what you think about this matter: ] Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government, or not [MTY]? Should we pay the taxes, or should we not pay them?”
15 Haa baasnu moo haa dhiifnuu?” Yesuus garuu fakkeessitummaa isaanii beekee, “Isin maaliif na qortu? Mee diinaariitokko natti fidaa nan ilaalaa” jedheen.
Jesus knew that they did not really want to know [what God wanted them to do]. So he said to them, “(I [know that] you are [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me./Why are you [just] trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me?) [RHQ] [But I will answer your question anyway]. Bring me a coin so that I might [ask you something after] I look at it.”
16 Isaanis diinaarii tokko isatti fidan; innis, “Fakkiin kun kan eenyuu ti? Katabbiin kunis kan eenyuu ti?” jedhee isaan gaafate. Isaanis, “Kan Qeesaari” jedhanii deebisan.
After they brought him a coin, he asked them, “Whose picture is [on] this [coin]? And [whose] name [is on it]?” They replied, “It is a picture and the name of Caesar, [the man who rules the Roman government].”
17 Kana irratti Yesuus, “Kan Qeesaar Qeesaariif, kan Waaqaa immoo Waaqaaf kennaa” jedheen. Isaanis isa dinqifatan.
Then Jesus said to them, “[That is correct, so] give to the government [MTY] what they [require], and give to God what he [requires].” They were [frustrated at his answer but] amazed at what he said, [because they were not able to accuse him of anything because of what he said].
18 Ergasii Saduuqonni, duʼaa kaʼuun hin jiru jedhan gara Yesuus dhufanii akkana jedhanii gaaffii tokko isa gaafatan;
[Men who belong to the] Sadducee [sect] deny that people become alive again after they die. [In order to discredit] Jesus [by ridiculing the idea that people will live again, some of] them came to him and asked him,
19 “Yaa barsiisaa yoo obboleessi nama tokkoo niitii fuudhee utuu ijoollee hin dhalchin niitii isaa irraa duʼe, obboleessi isaa niitii sana dhaalee obboleessa isaatiif sanyii haa dhaabuu jedhee Museen nuu barreesseera.
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us [Jews] that if a man who has no children dies, his brother should marry the dead man’s widow. [Then if those two bear children, everyone will consider that those children are the] children of the man who died, [and in that way the dead man will continue to have descendants].
20 Kunoo obboloota torbatu ture. Inni jalqabaa niitii fuudhee utuu ijoollee hin dhalchin duʼe.
[So here is an example]. There were seven boys [in one family]. The oldest one married [a woman], but [he and his wife] did not bear any children. Then he [later] died.
21 Inni lammaffaanis ishee fuudhee utuu ijoollee hin dhalchin duʼe. Inni sadaffaanis akkasuma taʼe.
The second [brother followed this law and] married that woman and he, too, did not bear any children. Then he [later] died. The third [brother did] like [his other brothers did. But he also did not bear any children, and later died].
22 Torban isaanii iyyuu ijoollee hin dhalchine. Dhuma irratti dubartittiinis ni duute.
Eventually all seven [brothers married that woman, one by one], but they had no children, and one by one they died. Afterwards the woman died, too.
23 Guyyaa duʼaa kaʼuutti isheen niitii isa kamii taati? Torban isaanii iyyuu ishee fuudhaniiruutii.”
Therefore, [if it were true what some people say, that people will become alive again after they die], whose wife do you think that woman will be when people become alive again? ([Keep in mind that] she was married to all seven [brothers]!/She was married to all seven [brothers, so how can anyone decide] [RHQ]?)”
24 Yesuus immoo akkana jedhee deebise; “Isin waan Katabbiiwwan Qulqulluu yookaan humna Waaqaa hin beekneef dogoggortu mitii?
Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong [RHQ]. You do not know [what they have written in] the Scriptures [about this]. You also do not understand God’s power [to make people alive again].
25 Warri duʼan yommuu duʼaa kaʼanitti akka ergamoota samii taʼu malee hin fuudhan; hin heerumanis.
[That woman will not be the wife of any of them], because when people have become alive again, instead of men having wives and women having husbands, they will be like the angels in heaven, [who do not marry].
26 Waaʼee warri duʼan duʼaa kaʼuu garuu akka Waaqni Kitaaba Musee keessatti, daggala bobaʼu biratti, ‘Ani Waaqa Abrahaam, Waaqa Yisihaaqii fi Waaqa Yaaqoob’jedhee isatti dubbate isin hin dubbifnee?
But as to people becoming alive again after they die, in the book that Moses [wrote, he said something about people who have died] that I am sure that you have read [RHQ]. When Moses [was looking at] the bush [that was burning], God said to him, ‘I am the God whom Abraham [worships] and the God whom Isaac [worships] and the God whom Jacob [worships].’
27 Inni Waaqa warra jiraataniiti malee Waaqa warra duʼanii miti. Isin akka malee dogoggortaniirtu!”
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 know their spirits were still alive]! So your [claim that dead people do not become alive again] is very wrong.”
28 Barsiistota seeraa keessaa inni tokko dhufee wal falmuu isaanii dhagaʼe. Innis akka Yesuus deebii gaarii isaaniif kenne hubatee, “Ajajni ajajawwan hunda caalu isa kami?” jedhee isa gaafate.
A man who taught the [Jewish] laws heard their discussion. He knew that Jesus answered the question well. So he stepped forward and asked Jesus, “Which commandment is the most important?”
29 Yesuusis akkana jedhee deebise; “Ajajni ajajawwan hunda caalu isa kana; ‘Yaa Israaʼel dhagaʼi! Waaqayyo Gooftaan keenya Gooftaa tokkicha.
Jesus answered, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, [you people of] Israel! [You must worship] the Lord, our God, our only Lord.
30 Waaqa kee Goofticha garaa kee guutuudhaan, lubbuu kee guutuudhaan, yaada kee guutuudhaan, humna kee guutuudhaan jaalladhu.’
[You must show that you love him in all the ways that you live] Show it in all that you want and feel, in all that you think, and in all that you do!’
31 Inni lammaffaan immoo, isa kana; ‘Ollaa kee akkuma ofii keetiitti jaalladhu.’Ajajni ajajawwan kanneen caalu tokko iyyuu hin jiru.”
The next [most important commandment] is: ‘You must love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these two!”
32 Barsiisaan seeraa sunis akkana jedhee deebise; “Yaa barsiisaa, ati dhugaa jette; Waaqa tokkicha malee Waaqni biraa hin jiruutii.
The man said to Jesus, “Teacher, [you have answered] well. You correctly said that he is the only [God] and that there is no other God [we must worship/obey].
33 Garaa kee guutuudhaan, yaada kee guutuudhaan, humna kee guutuudhaan isa jaallachuun, ollaa kees akkuma ofii keetiitti jaallachuun, qalma gubamuu fi aarsaa hunda caala.”
You have also said correctly that we ([should/must show that we]) love God by all that we are, by all that we think, and by the way that we live. And you have said correctly that we must love (people with whom we come in contact/others) as much as we love ourselves. And you have also implied that doing these things [pleases God] more than offering/giving animals to him or burning [other] sacrifices.”
34 Yesuusis yommuu akka inni hubannaadhaan deebise argetti, “Ati mootummaa Waaqaa irraa fagoo hin jirtu” jedheen. Ergasii namni tokko iyyuu deebiʼee gaaffii isa gaafachuuf ija hin jabaanne.
Jesus realized that this man had answered wisely. So he said to him, “[I perceive that] you will soon [decide to let] God rule your life.” After that, [the Jewish leaders] were afraid to ask him any more questions [like that to try to trap him].
35 Yesuus utuu mana qulqullummaa keessatti barsiisaa jiruu akkana jedhee gaafate; “Barsiistonni seeraa maaliif Kiristoos ilma Daawit jedhu?
[Later], while he was teaching in the Temple [courtyard], Jesus said [to the people], “These men who teach the [Jewish] laws, (they must be wrong when they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David!/why do they say that the Messiah is [merely] a descendant of [King] David?) [RHQ]
36 Daawit mataan isaa iyyuu Hafuura Qulqulluudhaan geggeeffamee akkana jedhe: “‘Gooftichi Gooftaa kootiin, “Hamma ani diinota kee, miilla kee jala siif galchutti, gara mirga koo taaʼi.”’
The Holy Spirit caused David himself to say [about the Messiah], God said to my Lord, ‘Sit here beside me at the place where I will highly honor you! Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies! [MTY]’
37 Daawit mataan isaa iyyuu ‘Gooftaa’ jedhee isa waama. Yoos inni akkamitti ilma isaa taʼuu dandaʼa ree?” Tuunni guddaan sunis gammachuudhaan isa dhagaʼe.
Therefore, [because] David himself calls [the Messiah] ‘my Lord,’ (the Messiah cannot be [just] a man who descended [from King David!]/how can the Messiah be [just] a man who descended [from King David]?) [RHQ] [He must be much greater than David]”! Many people listened to him gladly [as he taught those things].
38 Yesuusis utuu barsiisuu akkana jedhe; “Barsiistota seeraa irraa of eeggadhaa. Isaan uffata dhedheeraa uffatanii nanaannaʼuu fi gabaa keessattis nagaa gaafatamuu jaallatu;
While Jesus was teaching [the people], he said to them, “Beware that you [do not act like] the men who teach our [Jewish] laws. They [like people to honor them, so] they put on long robes and walk around [in order to show people how important they are]. They also like people to greet them [respectfully] in the marketplaces.
39 manneen sagadaa keessatti taaʼumsa ulfinaa, lafa cidhaatti immoo iddoo ulfinaa jaallatu.
[They like to sit] in the most important seats in our (synagogue/Jewish meeting place). At festivals, [they like to sit in] the seats where the most honored people sit.
40 Isaanis mana haadha hiyyeessaa saamanii onsu; of argisiisuuf jedhaniis kadhannaa dheeressu. Namoonni kunneen adaba guddaa adabamu.”
They (swindle/take for themselves) the houses [and property] of widows by cheating them. [Then] they pretend [that they are good] by praying long prayers [publicly. God] will certainly punish them severely!”
41 Yesuusis fuullee iddoo kennaan kaaʼamuu taaʼee namoota maallaqa isaanii miʼa buusii keessa buusan ilaala ture. Sooreyyiin baayʼeenis maallaqa baayʼee miʼa sana keessa buusaa turan.
[Later], Jesus sat down [in the Temple courtyard opposite the boxes in which people put offerings. As he was sitting there], he watched as all the people put money in the box. Many rich people put in large amounts [of money].
42 Haati hiyyeessaa hiyyeettiin tokko dhuftee saantima sibiila diimaa xixinnoo lama kan gatiin isaa gara saantima tokkoo taʼe miʼa sana keessa buufte.
Then a poor widow came along and put in two small copper coins, which had a very small value.
43 Yesuusis barattoota isaa ofitti waamee akkana jedhe; “Ani dhuguman isinitti hima; haati hiyyeessaa hiyyeettiin kun warra miʼa buusii kana keessa kennaa buusan hunda caalaa buufteerti.
He gathered his disciples around him and said to them, “The truth is that these other people have a lot of money, [but] they gave [only a small part of it]. But this woman, who is very poor, has put in all the money that she had to pay for the things she needs. [So God considers that] this poor widow has put more money into the box than all the other people!”
44 Isaan hundi qabeenya isaanii irraa kennan; isheen garuu hiyyuma ishee keessaa waan hunda, waan ittiin jiraattu hunda kennite.”
