የወይን ቦታው ሠራተኞች ምሳሌ
1“መንግሥተ ሰማይ ለወይኑ ቦታ ሠራተኞችን ለመቅጠር ማልዶ የወጣን የአትክልት ስፍራ ባለቤት ትመስላለች። 2በቀን አንዳንድ ዲናር ሊከፍላቸው ከተስማሙ በኋላ ሠራተኞቹን በወይኑ ቦታ አሰማራቸው።
3“ከጧቱ ሦስት ሰዓት ላይ በመውጣት ሥራ ፈትተው በገበያ ቦታ የቆሙትን ሌሎች ሰዎች አግኝቶ፣ 4‘እናንተም ሄዳችሁ በወይኔ ቦታ ሥሩ፤ ተገቢውን ክፍያ እሰጣችኋለሁ’ አላቸው፤ 5እነርሱም ሄዱ።
“ከቀኑ በስድስት ሰዓትና በዘጠኝ ሰዓት ላይ ወጥቶ ሌሎች የቀን ሠራተኞችን ቀጠረ። 6ከሰዓት በኋላም በዐሥራ አንድ ሰዓት ገደማ ወጥቶ ቆመው የነበሩ ሌሎች ሰዎች አገኘና፣ ‘ቀኑን ሙሉ ያለ ሥራ እዚህ ለምን ትቆማላችሁ?’ በማለት ጠየቃቸው።
7“እነርሱም፣ ‘የሚቀጥረን ሰው ስለ ዐጣን ነው’ አሉት።
“እርሱም፣ ‘እናንተም ሄዳችሁ በወይኔ ቦታ ሥሩ’ አላቸው።
8“በመሸም ጊዜ የወይኑ አትክልት ባለቤት የሠራተኞቹን ተቈጣጣሪ፣ ‘ኋላ ከመጡት ጀምረህ መጀመሪያ እስከመጡት ድረስ ያሉትን ሠራተኞች በሙሉ ጥራና ደመወዛቸውን ክፈላቸው’ አለው።
9“በዐሥራ አንደኛው ሰዓት ገደማ የተቀጠሩት ሠራተኞች ቀርበው፣ እያንዳንዳቸው አንዳንድ ዲናር ተቀበሉ። 10በመጀመሪያ የተቀጠሩት ሲቀርቡ ብልጫ ያለው ክፍያ የሚያገኙ መስሏቸው ነበር፤ ነገር ግን እነርሱም አንዳንድ ዲናር ተከፈላቸው። 11ክፍያውን ሲቀበሉ በባለቤቱ ላይ በማጕረምረም፣ 12‘እነዚህ በመጨረሻ የተቀጠሩት አንድ ሰዓት ብቻ ሲሠሩ፣ ቀኑን ሙሉ በሥራ ስንደክምና በፀሓይ ስንንቃቃ ከዋልነው ጋር እንዴት እኩል ትከፍለናለህ?’ አሉት።
13“እርሱም አንደኛውን ሠራተኛ እንዲህ አለው፤ ‘ወዳጄ ሆይ፤ በደል አላደረስሁብህም፤ በአንድ ዲናር ለመሥራት ከእኔ ጋር ተስማምተህ አልነበረምን? 14በል ድርሻህን ይዘህ ሂድ፤ ለአንተ የሰጠሁትን ያህል በመጨረሻ ለመጣውም ሰው መስጠት እፈልጋለሁ። 15ታዲያ በራሴ ገንዘብ የፈለግሁትን ማድረግ አልችልምን? ወይስ ቸር በመሆኔ ምቀኝነት ያዘህን?’
16“ስለዚህ ኋለኞች ፊተኞች፣ ፊተኞችም ኋለኞች ይሆናሉ።”
ኢየሱስ ስለሚደርስበት መከራ ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ ተናገረ
20፥17-19 ተጓ ምብ – ማር 10፥32-34፤ ሉቃ 18፥31-33
17ኢየሱስ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በመሄድ ላይ ሳለ ዐሥራ ሁለቱን ደቀ መዛሙርት ለብቻቸው ወስዶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ 18“እንግዲህ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መሄዳችን ነው፤ የሰው ልጅ ለካህናት አለቆችና ለኦሪት ሕግ መምህራን ዐልፎ ይሰጣል፤ እነርሱም እንዲሞት ይፈርዱበታል፤ 19እንዲያላግጡበት፣ እንዲገርፉትና እንዲሰቅሉት ለአሕዛብ አሳልፈው ይሰጡታል፤ በሦስተኛውም ቀን ከሞት ይነሣል።”
በጌታ መንግሥት ውስጥ ከፍተኛ ስፍራ የማግኘት ጥያቄ
20፥20-28 ተጓ ምብ – ማር 10፥35-45
20ከዚያም፣ የዘብዴዎስ ልጆች እናት ከልጆቿ ጋር ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀርባ በፊቱ ተንበርክካ እየሰገደች፣ አንድ ነገር እንዲያደርግላት ለመነችው።
21እርሱም፣ “ምን ትፈልጊያለሽ?” አላት።
እርሷም፣ “እነዚህ ሁለት ልጆቼ፣ በመንግሥትህ አንዱ በቀኝህ፣ አንዱ በግራህ እንዲቀመጡ ፍቀድ” አለችው።
22ኢየሱስም፣ “የምትለምኑትን አታውቁም፤ እኔ የምጠጣውን ጽዋ ልትጠጡ ትችላላችሁን?” አላቸው።
እነርሱም፣ “እንችላለን” አሉት።
23እርሱም፣ “ከጽዋዬ በርግጥ ትጠጣላችሁ፤ ነገር ግን በቀኜና በግራዬ መቀመጥ አባቴ ላዘጋጀላቸው ነው እንጂ እኔ የምፈቅደው ነገር አይደለም” አላቸው።
24ዐሥሩም ይህን በሰሙ ጊዜ፣ ሁለቱን ወንድማማቾች ተቈጧቸው። 25ኢየሱስም አንድ ላይ ጠርቶ እንዲህ አላቸው፤ “የአሕዛብ ገዦች በሕዝባቸው ላይ ጌቶች እንደሚሆኑ፣ ባለ ሥልጣኖቻቸውም በኀይል እንደሚገዟቸው ታውቃላችሁ፤ 26በእናንተ መካከል ግን እንዲህ መሆን የለበትም። ከእናንተ ትልቅ መሆን የሚፈልግ አገልጋያችሁ ይሁን፤ 27የበላይ ለመሆን የሚሻም የእናንተ የበታች ይሁን፤ 28የሰው ልጅ እንዲያገለግሉት ሳይሆን፣ ለማገልገልና ነፍሱንም ለብዙዎች ቤዛ አድርጎ ለመስጠት መጥቷልና።”
የሁለት ዐይነ ስውሮች መፈወስ
20፥29-34 ተጓ ምብ – ማር 10፥46-52፤ ሉቃ 18፥35-43
29ኢየሱስና ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ከኢያሪኮ ወጥተው ሲሄዱ ብዙ ሕዝብ ተከተለው። 30በዚያም ሁለት ዐይነ ስውሮች በመንገድ ዳር ተቀምጠው ነበር፤ ኢየሱስም በዚያ ማለፉን ሲሰሙ፣ “ጌታ ሆይ፤ የዳዊት ልጅ ማረን!” በማለት ጮኹ።
31ሕዝቡም በግሣጼ ቃል ዝም እንዲሉ ነገሯቸው፤ እነርሱ ግን አምርረው በመጮኽ፣ “ጌታ ሆይ፤ የዳዊት ልጅ ማረን!” አሉ።
32ኢየሱስም ቆም ብሎ ጠራቸውና፣ “ምን እንዳደርግላችሁ ትፈልጋላችሁ?” አላቸው።
33እነርሱም፣ “ዐይኖቻችን እንዲያዩ እንፈልጋለን” አሉት።
34ኢየሱስም ራራላቸው፤ ዐይኖቻቸውንም ዳሰሰ፣ ወዲያው አዩ፤ ተከተሉትም።
1For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 5Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. 6And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. 8So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 9And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 10But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. 11And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, 12Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. 13But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 14Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 16So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
17¶ And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 18Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, 19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
20¶ Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. 21And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. 22But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. 23And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. 24And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. 25But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; 27And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 29And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.
30¶ And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. 31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. 32And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? 33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 34So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
