Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
1Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
5When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
8But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
9Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
The Parable of the Ten Minas
11While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once. 12He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas.19:13 A mina was about three months’ wages. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’
14“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’
15“He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
16“The first one came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned ten more.’
17“ ‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.’
18“The second came and said, ‘Sir, your mina has earned five more.’
19“His master answered, ‘You take charge of five cities.’
20“Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. 21I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’
22“His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow? 23Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’
24“Then he said to those standing by, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
25“ ‘Sir,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’
26“He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away. 27But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’ ”
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
28After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30“Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it.’ ”
32Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. 33As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
34They replied, “The Lord needs it.”
35They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road.
37When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen:
38“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”19:38 Psalm 118:26
“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
39Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”
40“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
41As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it 42and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. 43The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. 44They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”
Jesus at the Temple
45When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. 46“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be a house of prayer’19:46 Isaiah 56:7; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’19:46 Jer. 7:11”
47Every day he was teaching at the temple. But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 48Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.
ቀረጥ ሰብሳቢው ዘኬዎስ
1ኢየሱስ ወደ ኢያሪኮ ገብቶ በዚያ ዐልፎ ይሄድ ነበር። 2ስሙ ዘኬዎስ የተባለ አንድ ሰው በዚያ ነበረ፤ ዋና ቀረጥ ሰብሳቢና ሀብታም ነበረ። 3እርሱም ኢየሱስ የተባለው የትኛው እንደ ሆነ ሊያይ ይፈልግ ነበር፤ ቁመቱ ዐጭር ነበረና ከሕዝቡ ብዛት የተነሣ ሊያየው አልቻለም። 4ኢየሱስ በዚያ መንገድ ያልፍ ስለ ነበርም፣ ሊያየው ወደ ፊት ሮጦ አንድ ሾላ ዛፍ ላይ ወጣ።
5ኢየሱስም እዚያ ቦታ ሲደርስ፣ ቀና ብሎ፣ “ዘኬዎስ ሆይ፤ ዛሬ አንተ ቤት መዋል ይገባኛልና ፈጥነህ ውረድ” አለው። 6እርሱም ፈጥኖ ወርዶ በደስታ ተቀበለው።
7በዚያ የነበሩ ሰዎች ሁሉም ይህን አይተው፣ “ከኀጢአተኛ ቤት ገብቶ ሊስተናገድ ነው።” በማለት ማጕረምረም ጀመሩ።
8ዘኬዎስ ግን ቆመና ጌታን፣ “ጌታ ሆይ፤ እነሆ ካለኝ ሀብት ሁሉ ግማሹን ለድኾች እሰጣለሁ፤ ማንንም በሐሰት ቀምቼ ከሆነ፣ አራት ዕጥፍ አድርጌ እመልሳለሁ” አለው።
9ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አለው፤ “ይህ ሰው ደግሞ የአብርሃም ልጅ ስለሆነ፣ ዛሬ መዳን ወደዚህ ቤት መጥቷል፤ 10ምክንያቱም የሰው ልጅ የመጣው የጠፋውን ሊፈልግና ሊያድን ነው።”
የዐሥሩ ምናን ምሳሌ
19፥12-27 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 25፥14-30
11ሕዝቡ ይህን እየሰሙ ሳሉ፣ በምሳሌ መናገሩን ቀጠለ፤ ምክንያቱም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም በመቃረቡና ሰዎቹም የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት የሚገለጥ ስለ መሰላቸው ነው። 12ስለዚህም እንዲህ አለ፤ “አንድ መስፍን የንጉሥነትን ማዕረግ ተቀብሎ ለመመለስ ወደ ሩቅ አገር ሄደ። 13ከአገልጋዮቹም መካከል ዐሥሩን ጠርቶ ዐሥር ምናን ሰጣቸውና ‘ተመልሼ እስክመጣ ድረስ በዚህ ገንዘብ ነግዱበት’ አላቸው።
14“የአገሩ ሰዎች ግን ስለ ጠሉት፤ ‘ይህ ሰው በላያችን እንዲነግሥ አንፈልግም’ ብለው ከኋላው መልእክተኞችን ላኩበት።
15“ይሁን እንጂ ይህ መስፍን ንጉሥ ሆኖ ወደ አገሩ ተመለሰ፤ እነዚያ አገልጋዮቹም እርሱ በሰጣቸው ገንዘብ ነግደው ምን ያህል እንዳተረፉ ለማወቅ አስጠራቸው።
16“የመጀመሪያው አገልጋይ ቀርቦ፣ ‘ጌታ ሆይ፤ የሰጠኸኝ ምናን ዐሥር ምናን ትርፍ አስገኝቷል’ አለው።
17“ጌታውም፣ ‘አንተ ታማኝ አገልጋይ፣ መልካም አድርገሃል፤ በትንሽ ነገር ታማኝ ሆነህ ስለ ተገኘህ፣ በዐሥር ከተሞች ላይ ሥልጣን ተሰጥቶሃል’ አለው።
18“ሁለተኛውም ቀርቦ፣ ‘ጌታ ሆይ፤ የሰጠኸኝ ምናን አምስት ምናን ትርፍ አስገኝቷል’ አለው።
19“ጌታውም፣ ‘አንተ ደግሞ በአምስት ከተሞች ላይ ሥልጣን ተሰጥቶሃል’ አለው።
20“ሌላውም አገልጋይ ቀርቦ እንዲህ አለው፤ ‘ጌታ ሆይ፤ በጨርቅ ጠቅልዬ ያቈየሁት ምናንህ ይኸው፤ 21አንተ ያላስቀመጥኸውን የምትወስድ፣ ያልዘራኸውን የምታጭድ ጨካኝ ሰው ስለ ሆንህ ፈራሁህ።’
22“ጌታውም እንዲህ አለው፤ ‘አንተ ክፉ አገልጋይ! በራስህ ቃል እፈርድብሃለሁ፤ ያላስቀመጥሁትን የምወስድ፣ ያልዘራሁትን የማጭድ፣ ጨካኝ ሰው መሆኔን ካወቅህ፣ 23መጥቼ ገንዘቤን ከነትርፉ እንድወስድ፣ ለምን ለሚሠሩበት ሰዎች አልሰጠህም?’
24“ጌታውም እዚያ የቆሙትን፣ ‘ምናኑን ውሰዱበትና ዐሥር ምናን ላለው ስጡት’ አላቸው።
25“እነርሱም፣ ‘ጌታ ሆይ፤ እርሱ እኮ ዐሥር ምናን አለው’ አሉት።
26“እርሱም እንዲህ አለ፤ ‘እላችኋለሁ፤ ላለው ሁሉ ይጨመርለታል፤ የሌለው ግን ያው ያለው እንኳ ይወሰድበታል። 27ነገር ግን እኔ በላያቸው እንዳልነግሥ የፈለጉትን እነዚያን ጠላቶቼን ወደዚህ አምጡና በፊቴ ዕረዷቸው።’ ”
ኢየሱስ በታላቅ ክብር ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም መግባቱ
19፥29-38 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 21፥1-9፤ ማር 11፥1-10
19፥35-38 ተጓ ምብ – ዮሐ 12፥12-15
28ኢየሱስ ይህን ከተናገረ በኋላ፣ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሊወጣ ቀድሟቸው ይሄድ ነበር። 29ደብረ ዘይት በተባለው ተራራ ወደሚገኙት፣ ወደ ቤተ ፋጌና ወደ ቢታንያ ከተሞች በቀረበ ጊዜ፣ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁለቱን እንዲህ ሲል ላካቸው፤ 30“በፊታችሁ ወዳለችው መንደር ሂዱ፤ ወደዚያም ስትገቡ ማንም ገና ያልተቀመጠበት ውርንጫ ታስሮ ታገኛላችሁ፤ ፈትታችሁ ወደዚህ አምጡት። 31ማንም፣ ‘ለምን ትፈቱታላችሁ?’ ብሎ ቢጠይቃችሁ፣ ‘ለጌታ ያስፈልገዋል’ በሉት።”
32የተላኩትም ሄደው ልክ እንደ ነገራቸው ሆኖ አገኙት። 33ባለቤቶቹም ውርንጫውን ሲፈቱ አይተው፣ “ውርንጫውን ለምን ትፈታላችሁ?” አሏቸው።
34እነርሱም፣ “ለጌታ ያስፈልገዋል” አሉ።
35ከዚያም ውርንጫውን ወደ ኢየሱስ አመጡት፤ ልብሳቸውንም በላዩ ጣል አድርገው ኢየሱስን በውርንጫው ላይ አስቀመጡት። 36ሰዎችም እርሱ በሚሄድበት መንገድ ላይ ልብሳቸውን ያነጥፉ ነበር።
37በደብረ ዘይት ተራራ ቍልቍል ወደሚወስደው መንገድ በተቃረቡ ጊዜ፣ ቍጥራቸው እጅግ ብዙ የሆነ ደቀ መዛሙርት ስላዩት ታምራት ሁሉ ደስ እያላቸው ድምፃቸውን ከፍ በማድረግ እንዲህ እያሉ እግዚአብሔርን ያመሰግኑ ጀመር፤
38“በጌታ ስም የሚመጣው ንጉሥ የተባረከ ነው!”
“በሰማይ ሰላም፣ በአርያምም ክብር ይሁን!”
39በሕዝቡ መካከል የነበሩ አንዳንድ ፈሪሳውያንም ኢየሱስን፣ “መምህር ሆይ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርትህን ገሥጻቸው እንጂ” አሉት።
40እርሱም፣ “እላችኋለሁ፤ እነርሱ ዝም ቢሉ፣ ድንጋዮች ይጮኻሉ” አላቸው።
41ኢየሱስም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ሲቃረብ ከተማዋን አይቶ አለቀሰላት፤ 42እንዲህም አለ፤ “ሰላምሽ የሚሆነውን ምነው አንቺ ዛሬ በተረዳሽ ኖሮ! አሁን ግን ከዐይንሽ ተሰውሯል፤ 43ጠላቶችሽ ዙሪያሽን ቅጥር ሠርተው፣ ከየአቅጣጫውም ከብበው አንቺን የሚያስጨንቁበት ጊዜ ይመጣልና፤ 44አንቺንና በቅጥርሽ ውስጥ የሚኖሩትንም ልጆችሽን ከዐፈር ይደባልቃሉ፤ ድንጋይም በድንጋይ ላይ አይተዉም፤ የመጐብኛሽን ጊዜ አላወቅሽምና።”
ኢየሱስ በቤተ መቅደስ
19፥45፡46 ተጓ ምብ – ማቴ 21፥12-16፤ ማር 11፥15-18፤ ዮሐ 2፥13-16
45ከዚህ በኋላ ኢየሱስ ወደ ቤተ መቅደስ ገብቶ፣ ሻጮችን ከዚያ አስወጣ፤ 46ደግሞም “ ‘ቤቴ የጸሎት ቤት ይሆናል’ ተብሎ ተጽፏል፤ እናንተ ግን ‘የወንበዴዎች ዋሻ’ አደረጋችሁት” አላቸው።
47በየቀኑም በቤተ መቅደስ ያስተምር ነበር፤ የካህናት አለቆች፣ ጸሐፍትና የሕዝብ መሪዎችም ሊገድሉት ይፈልጉ ነበር፤ 48ነገር ግን ሕዝቡ ሁሉ ከእርሱ ጋር ተቈራኝተው ትምህርቱን ይከታተሉ ስለ ነበር፣ የሚያደርጉት ግራ ገባቸው።
