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20:1
እስመትመስልመንግሥተሰማያትብእሴበዓለቤትዘወፅአበነግህይትዐሰብገባእተለዐጸደወይኑ።
“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
「因為天國好像家主清早去雇人進他的葡萄園做工，
20:2
ወተካሀሎሙዐስቦሙበበዲናርለዕለትወፈነዎሙውስተዐጸደወይኑይትቀነዩ።
When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
和工人講定一天一錢銀子，就打發他們進葡萄園去。
20:3
ወወፂኦጊዜሠለስቱሰዓትርእየካልኣነእንዘይቀውሙውስተምሥያጥፅሩዓነ።
He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
約在巳初出去，看見市上還有閒站的人，
20:4
ወሎሙኒይቤሎሙሑሩአንትሙኒውስተዐጸደወይንየተቀነዩወዘረትዐኒእሁበክሙወእሙንቱሂሖሩ።
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
就對他們說：『你們也進葡萄園去，所當給的，我必給你們。』他們也進去了。
20:5
ወካዕበወፂኦጊዜስሱወተስዑሰዓትገብረከማሁክመ።
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
“When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’
到了晚上，園主對管事的說：『叫工人都來，給他們工錢，從後來的起，到先來的為止。』
20:9
ወመጽኡእለዐሥሩወአሐዱሰዓትወነሥኡበበዲናር።
“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.
約在酉初雇的人來了，各人得了一錢銀子。
20:10
ወመጽኡቀደምትወመሰሎሙዘያፈደፍዱነሢአእምእሉወነሥኡበበዲናርእሙንቱሂ።
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
及至那先雇的來了，他們以為必要多得；誰知也是各得一錢。
20:11
ወነሢኦሙአንጐርጐሩላዕሌሁለበዓለቤት።
When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household,
He said to her, “What do you want?” She said to him, “Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom.”
But Jesus answered, “You don’t know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” They said to him, “We are able.”
He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”