የጠፋው በግ ምሳሌ
15፥4-7 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 18፥12-14
1አንድ ቀን፣ ቀረጥ ሰብሳቢዎችና “ኀጢአተኞች” ሁሉ ሊሰሙት በዙሪያው ተሰበሰቡ። 2ፈሪሳውያንና ጸሐፍትም፣ “ይህ ሰው ኀጢአተኞችን ይቀበላል፤ ከእነርሱም ጋር ይበላል” እያሉ አጕረመረሙ።
3ኢየሱስም እንዲህ ሲል ይህን ምሳሌ ነገራቸው፤ 4“ከእናንተ መካከል አንዱ መቶ በጎች ቢኖሩትና ከእነርሱ አንዱ ቢጠፋበት፣ ዘጠና ዘጠኙን በሜዳ ላይ ጥሎ የጠፋውን እስኪያገኝ ድረስ ሊፈልገው የማይሄድ ማን ነው? 5ባገኘውም ጊዜ ደስ ብሎት በጫንቃው ተሸክሞ፣ 6ወደ ቤቱ ይመለሳል፤ ወዳጆቹንና ጎረቤቶቹንም በአንድነት ጠርቶ፣ ‘የጠፋውን በጌን አግኝቻለሁና ከእኔ ጋር ደስ ይበላችሁ’ ይላቸዋል። 7እላችኋለሁ፤ እንደዚሁም ንስሓ ከማያስፈልጋቸው ከዘጠና ዘጠኝ ጻድቃን ይልቅ፣ ንስሓ በሚገባ በአንድ ኀጢአተኛ በሰማይ ደስታ ይሆናል።
የጠፋው ሳንቲም ምሳሌ
8“ወይም ዐሥር የብር ሳንቲሞች ያላት ሴት ከዐሥሩ አንዱ ቢጠፋባት፣ እስክታገኘው ድረስ መብራት አብርታ፣ ቤቷን ጠርጋ፣ አጥብቃ የማትፈልግ ሴት ማን ናት? 9ባገኘችውም ጊዜ ወዳጆቿንና ጎረቤቶቿን በአንድነት ጠርታ፣ ‘የጠፋብኝን የብር ሳንቲም አግኝቻለሁና ከእኔ ጋር ደስ ይበላችሁ’ ትላቸዋለች። 10እላችኋለሁ፤ እንደዚሁም ንስሓ በሚገባ በአንድ ኀጢአተኛ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ደስታ ይሆናል።”
ጠፍቶ የተገኘው ልጅ ምሳሌነት
11ደግሞም ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “አንድ ሰው ሁለት ልጆች ነበሩት። 12ከእነርሱም ታናሹ ልጅ አባቱን፣ ‘አባቴ ሆይ፤ ከሀብትህ ድርሻዬን ስጠኝ’ አለው፤ አባትየውም ሀብቱን ለልጆቹ አካፈላቸው።
13“ብዙም ቀን ሳይቈይ፣ ታናሹ ልጅ ድርሻውን ሁሉ ጠቅልሎ ወደ ሩቅ አገር ሄደ፤ በዚያም በማጋጣነት ንብረቱን አባከነ። 14እርሱም ያለውን ሁሉ ከጨረሰ በኋላ፣ በዚያ አገር ሁሉ ጽኑ ራብ ሆነ፤ ይቸገርም ጀመር። 15ስለዚህ ከዚያ አገር ነዋሪዎች አንዱን ተጠጋ፤ ሰውየውም ዐሣማ እንዲቀልብለት ወደ ዕርሻው ላከው። 16ዐሣማዎቹ የሚመገቡትን ዐሠር እንኳ ለመብላት ይመኝ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን ይህን እንኳ የሚሰጠው ሰው አልነበረም።
17“ልብ በገዛ ጊዜ ግን እንዲህ አለ፤ ‘ስንቱ የአባቴ ሠራተኛ ምግብ ተርፎታል፤ እኔ ግን እዚህ በራብ ልሞት ተቃርቤአለሁ 18ተነሥቼ ወደ አባቴ ልሂድና፣ እንዲህ ልበለው፤ አባቴ ሆይ፤ በሰማይና በአንተ ፊት በድያለሁ፤ 19ከእንግዲህ ልጅህ ተብዬ ልጠራ አይገባኝም፤ ከተቀጠሩት አገልጋዮችህ እንደ አንዱ ቍጠረኝ።’ 20ስለዚህም ተነሥቶ ወደ አባቱ ሄደ።
“ነገር ግን፣ እርሱ ገና ሩቅ ሳለ፣ አባቱ አይቶት ራራለት፤ ወደ እርሱም እየሮጠ ሄዶ ዐቅፎ ሳመው።
21“ልጁም፣ ‘አባቴ ሆይ፤ በሰማይና በአንተ ፊት በድያለሁ፤ ከእንግዲህ ልጅህ ተብዬ ልጠራ አይገባኝም’ አለው።15፥21 አንዳንድ የጥንት ቅጆች ከተቀጠሩት አገልጋዮችህ እንኳ እንደ አንዱ ቈጥረህ ተቀበለኝ የሚል አላቸው።
22“አባቱ ግን አገልጋዮቹን እንዲህ አላቸው፤ ‘ፈጥናችሁ ከሁሉ ምርጥ የሆነውን ልብስ አምጡና አልብሱት፤ ለጣቱ ቀለበት፣ ለእግሩም ጫማ አድርጉለት፤ 23የሠባውንም ፍሪዳ አምጡና ዕረዱ፤ እንብላ፤ እንደሰት፤ 24ይህ ልጄ ሞቶ ነበር፤ አሁን ግን ሕያው ሆኗል፤ ጠፍቶም ነበር፤ ተገኝቷል።’ ከዚያም ይደሰቱ ጀመር።
25“በዚህ ጊዜ ታላቁ ልጅ በዕርሻ ቦታ ነበረ፤ ከዚያም ተመልሶ ወደ ቤት በተቃረበ ጊዜ፣ የሙዚቃና የጭፈራ ድምፅ ሰማ፤ 26እርሱም ከአገልጋዮቹ አንዱን ጠርቶ ነገሩ ምን እንደ ሆነ ጠየቀው። 27አገልጋዩም፣ ‘ወንድምህ መጥቷል፤ በሰላም በጤና ስለ መጣም አባትህ የሠባውን ፍሪዳ ዐርዶለታል’ አለው።
28“ታላቅ ወንድሙም ተቈጣ፤ ወደ ቤትም መግባት አልፈለገም፤ አባቱም ወደ ውጭ ወጥቶ እንዲገባ ለመነው። 29እርሱ ግን መልሶ አባቱን እንዲህ አለው፤ ‘እነሆ፤ ይህን ያህል ዘመን እንደ ባሪያ አገልግዬሃለሁ፤ ከትእዛዝህም አንዱን እንኳ አላጓደልሁም፤ አንተ ግን ከባልንጀሮቼ ጋር እንድደሰት አንዲት የፍየል ግልገል እንኳ አልሰጠኸኝም፤ 30ነገር ግን ይህ ልጅህ ንብረትህን ከጋለሞቶች ጋር አውድሞ ሲመጣ፣ የሠባውን ፍሪዳ ዐረድህለት።’
31“አባቱም እንዲህ አለው፤ ‘ልጄ ሆይ፤ አንተ ሁልጊዜ ከእኔ ጋር ነህ፤ የእኔ የሆነው ሁሉ የአንተ ነው፤ 32ይህ ወንድምህ ግን ሞቶ ነበር፤ ሕያው ሆነ፤ ጠፍቶ ነበር ተገኘ፤ ስለዚህ ደስ ሊለንና ፍሥሓ ልናደርግ ይገባናል።’ ”
1Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
3¶ And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? 5And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. 7I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
8¶ Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? 9And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
11¶ And he said, A certain man had two sons: 12And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. 13And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. 15And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 19And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 20And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. 25Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 26And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 29And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 32It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
