ኢየሱስ ሰባ ሁለቱን ላካቸው
10፥4-12 ተጓ ምብ – ሉቃ 9፥3-5
10፥13-15፡21፡22 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 11፥21-23፡25-27
10፥23፡24 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 13፥16፡17
1ከዚህ በኋላ ጌታ ሌሎች ሰባ ሁለት ሰዎችን መርጦ ሾመ፤ ወደሚሄድበትም ከተማና ቦታ ሁሉ እንዲቀድሙት፣ ሁለት ሁለት አድርጎ ላካቸው፤ 2እንዲህም አላቸው፤ “መከሩ ብዙ ነው፤ ሠራተኞች ግን ጥቂት ናቸው፤ ስለዚህ የመከሩ ጌታ ሠራተኞችን ወደ መከሩ ቦታ እንዲልክ ለምኑት። 3እንግዲህ ሂዱ፤ እንደ በጎች በተኵላዎች መካከል እልካችኋለሁ። 4ኰረጆ ወይም ከረጢት ወይም ጫማ አትያዙ፤ በመንገድ ላይም ለማንም ሰላምታ አትስጡ።
5“ወደ ማንኛውም ቤት ስትገቡ አስቀድማችሁ፣ ‘ሰላም ለዚህ ቤት ይሁን’ በሉ፤ 6የሰላም ሰው በዚያ ካለ፣ ሰላማችሁ ያርፍበታል፤ አለዚያም ሰላማችሁ ለእናንተው ይመለሳል። 7ያቀረቡላችሁን ሁሉ እየበላችሁና እየጠጣችሁ በዚያ ቤት ተቀመጡ፤ የሚሠራ ደመወዝ ማግኘት ይገባዋልና። ከአንዱ ቤት ወደ ሌላው ቤት አትዘዋወሩ።
8“ወደ ማንኛውም ከተማ ስትገቡ ሰዎቹ ከተቀበሏችሁ፣ ያቀረቡላችሁን ብሉ። 9በዚያ የሚገኙትን በሽተኞች እየፈወሳችሁ፣ ‘የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ወደ እናንተ ቀርባለች’ በሏቸው። 10ነገር ግን ወደ አንድ ከተማ ገብታችሁ ካልተቀበሏችሁ፣ ወደ አደባባዩ ውጡና እንዲህ በሉ፤ 11‘በእግራችን ላይ ያለውን የከተማችሁን ትቢያ እንኳ እናራግፍላችኋለን፤ ነገር ግን የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እንደ ቀረበች ይህን ዕወቁ።’ 12እላችኋለሁ፤ በዚያን ዕለት ከዚያች ከተማ ይልቅ ለሰዶም ቀላል ይሆንላታል።
13“ወዮልሽ ኮራዚን! ወዮልሽ ቤተ ሳይዳ በእናንተ የተደረጉት ታምራት በጢሮስና በሲዶና ተደርገው ቢሆን ኖሮ፣ ገና ዱሮ ማቅ ለብሰው፣ ዐመድ ነስንሰው ንስሓ በገቡ ነበር። 14ነገር ግን በፍርድ ጊዜ ከእናንተ ይልቅ ለጢሮስና ለሲዶና ይቀልላቸዋል። 15አንቺም ቅፍርናሆም፣ ወደ ሰማይ ከፍ ከፍ አልሽን? ወደ ሲኦል10፥15 ወይም ወደ ጥልቁ ትወርጃለሽ።
16“እናንተን የሚሰማ እኔን ይሰማል፤ እናንተን የማይቀበል እኔን አይቀበልም፤ እኔንም የማይቀበል የላከኝን አይቀበልም።”
17ሰባ ሁለቱም ደስ እያላቸው ተመልሰው፣ “ጌታ ሆይ፤ አጋንንት እንኳ በስምህ ተገዙልን” አሉት።
18እርሱም እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “ሰይጣን እንደ መብረቅ ከሰማይ ሲወድቅ አየሁ። 19እንግዲህ እባቡንና ጊንጡን እንድትረግጡ፣ በጠላትም ኀይል ሁሉ ላይ ሥልጣን ሰጥቻችኋለሁ፤ የሚጐዳችሁም አንዳች ነገር አይኖርም። 20ይሁን እንጂ መናፍስት ስለ ተገዙላችሁ በዚያ ደስ አይበላችሁ፤ ስማችሁ ግን በሰማይ ስለ ተጻፈ ደስ ይበላችሁ።”
21በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ ሐሤት አድርጎ እንዲህ አለ፤ “የሰማይና የምድር ጌታ፤ አባት ሆይ፤ ይህን ሁሉ ከጥበበኞችና ከዐዋቂዎች ሰውረህ ለሕፃናት ስለ ገለጥህላቸው አመሰግንሃለሁ፤ አዎን፣ አባት ሆይ፤ ይህ የአንተ በጎ ፈቃድ ሆኗልና።
22“ሁሉ ከአባቴ ዘንድ ተሰጥቶኛል፤ ደግሞም ወልድ ማን እንደ ሆነ ከአብ በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም፤ አብ ማን እንደ ሆነም ከወልድ በቀር፣ ወልድም ሊገልጥለት ከሚፈቅደው በቀር የሚያውቅ የለም።”
23ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ዘወር ብሎ ለብቻቸው እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “እናንተ የምታዩትን የሚያዩ ዐይኖች ብፁዓን ናቸው፤ 24እላችኋለሁና፤ ብዙ ነቢያትና ነገሥታት እናንተ የምታዩትን ለማየት ፈልገው አላዩም፤ የምትሰሙትንም ለመስማት ፈልገው አልሰሙም።”
ደጉ ሳምራዊ
10፥25-28 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 22፥34-40፤ ማር 12፥28-31
25እነሆም አንድ ቀን፣ አንድ ሕግ ዐዋቂ ኢየሱስን ሊፈትነው ተነሥቶ፣ “መምህር ሆይ፤ የዘላለምን ሕይወት ለመውረስ ምን ላድርግ?” አለው።
26ኢየሱስም፣ “በሕግ የተጻፈው ምንድን ነው? እንዴትስ ታነብበዋለህ?” ሲል መለሰለት።
27ሰውየውም መልሶ፣ “ጌታ አምላክህን በፍጹም ልብህ፣ በፍጹም ነፍስህ፣ በፍጹም ኀይልህና በፍጹም ሐሳብህ ውደድ፤ ባልንጀራህንም እንደ ራስህ ውደድ ይላል” አለው።
28ኢየሱስም፣ “በትክክል መልሰሃል፤ አንተም እንደዚሁ አድርግ፤ በሕይወት ትኖራለህ” አለው።
29ሰውየውም ራሱን ጻድቅ ለማድረግ ፈልጎ፣ “ለመሆኑ ባልንጀራዬ ማን ነው?” አለው።
30ኢየሱስም እንዲህ ሲል መልስ ሰጠው፤ “አንድ ሰው ከኢየሩሳሌም ወደ ኢያሪኮ ሲወርድ በወንበዴዎች እጅ ወደቀ፤ ልብሱንም ገፍፈው ደበደቡት፤ በሞት አፋፍ ላይ ጥለውት ሄዱ። 31አንድ ካህን በአጋጣሚ በዚያው መንገድ ቍልቍል ሲወርድ አየውና ገለል ብሎ ዐለፈ። 32ደግሞም አንድ ሌዋዊ እዚያ ቦታ ሲደርስ አየውና እርሱም ገለል ብሎ ዐለፈ። 33አንድ ሳምራዊ ግን እግረ መንገዱን ሲሄድ ሰውየው ወዳለበት ቦታ ደረሰ፤ ባየውም ጊዜ ዐዘነለት፤ 34ቀርቦም ቍስሎቹ ላይ ዘይትና የወይን ጠጅ አፍስሶ አሰረለት፤ በራሱም አህያ ላይ አስቀምጦት ወደ እንግዶች ማረፊያ ቤት ወሰደው፤ በዚያም ተንከባከበው። 35በማግስቱም ሁለት ዲናር10፥35 ወይም ሁለት የናስ ሳንቲሞች አውጥቶ ለማረፊያ ቤቱ ባለቤት ሰጠና፣ ‘ይህን ሰው ዐደራ አስታምመው፤ ከዚህ በላይ የምታወጣውንም ወጭ እኔ ስመለስ እከፍልሃለሁ’ አለው።
36“እንግዲህ፣ ከእነዚህ ከሦስቱ በወንበዴዎች እጅ ለወደቀው ሰው ባልንጀራ የሆነው የትኛው ይመስልሃል?”
37ሕግ ዐዋቂውም፣ “የራራለት ነዋ” አለ።
ኢየሱስም፣ “አንተም ሂድና እንዲሁ አድርግ” አለው።
ኢየሱስ በማርታና በማርያም ቤት
38ኢየሱስና ደቀ መዛሙርቱ መንገድ ሲሄዱ፣ ኢየሱስ ወደ አንድ መንደር ገባ፤ ማርታ የተባለች አንዲት ሴትም በቤቷ ተቀበለችው። 39እርሷም ማርያም የተባለች እኅት ነበረቻት፤ ማርያምም ቃሉን እየሰማች በጌታ እግር ሥር ተቀምጣ ነበር። 40ማርታ ግን በሥራ ብዛት ትባክን ነበርና ወደ እርሱ ቀርባ፣ “ጌታ ሆይ፤ እኅቴ ሥራውን ለእኔ ብቻ ጥላ ስትቀመጥ ዝም ትላለህን? እንድታግዘኝ ንገራት እንጂ” አለችው።
41ጌታ ግን እንዲህ ሲል መለሰላት፤ “ማርታ፣ ማርታ፤ ስለ ብዙ ነገር ትጨነቂያለሽ፤ ትዋከቢአለሽም፤ 42የሚያስፈልገው ግን አንድ ነገር ብቻ ነው10፥42 አንዳንድ ቅጆች የሚያስፈልገው ግን ጥቂት ወይም አንድ ነገር ብቻ ነው ይላሉ።፤ ማርያም እኮ የሚሻለውን ድርሻ መርጣለች፤ ይህም ከእርሷ አይወሰድም።”
Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two
1After this the Lord appointed seventy-two10:1 Some manuscripts seventy; also in verse 17 others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4Do not take a purse or bag or sandals; and do not greet anyone on the road.
5“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’ 6If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you. 7Stay there, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
8“When you enter a town and are welcomed, eat what is offered to you. 9Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’ 12I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
13“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.10:15 That is, the realm of the dead
16“Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
17The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”
18He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 20However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
21At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
22“All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
23Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27He answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’10:27 Deut. 6:5; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’10:27 Lev. 19:18”
28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35The next day he took out two denarii10:35 A denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see Matt. 20:2). and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
At the Home of Martha and Mary
38As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41“Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42but few things are needed—or indeed only one.10:42 Some manuscripts but only one thing is needed Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
