ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎷᎦ ᎤᏬᏪᎳᏅᎯ 18
1 ᏚᏟᎶᏍᏓᏁᎴᏃ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏍᏕ ᎤᎬᏩᎴᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏴᏫ ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎤᎾᏓᏙᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏂᏯᏪᎢᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ;
Then he spoke a parable to them about how they should always pray and not become discouraged,
2 ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᎡᎮ ᏗᎫᎪᏗᏍᎩ ᎢᎸᎯᏢ ᎦᏚᎲᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏂᎦᎾᏰᏍᎬᎾ, ᎠᎴ ᏴᏫ ᏂᏚᏁᎶᏛᎾ;
saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect people.
3 ᎠᎴ ᎤᏬᏑᎶᏨᎯ ᎾᎿᎭᎦᏚᎲ ᎡᎮᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᎷᏤᎴᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏪᏍᎨᎢ, ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏂᏍᎩᎾᏛᏂᏏ ᏦᏍᏓᏓᏱᎵᏙᎯ.
Now there was a widow in that city, and she came often to him, saying, 'Help me get justice against my opponent.'
4 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏉᏌᏁ ᎢᎸᏍᎩ ᎢᎪᎯᏛ; ᎣᏂᏍᎩᏂ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎤᏪᏎ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏧᏓᏅᏛᎢ, ᏝᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᏱᏥᎾᏰᏍᎦ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᏱᏗᏥᏯᏁᎶᏗ ᏴᏫ;
For a long time he was not willing to help her, but after a while he said to himself, 'Though I do not fear God or respect man,
5 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏬᏑᎶᏨᎯ ᏣᏆᏕᏯᏙᏗᎭ ᏅᏓᎦᎵᏍᏙᏔᏂ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏅᏓᏥᏯᏛᏁᎵ, ᏂᎪᎯᎸᏰᏃ ᎦᎷᎬ ᏱᏓᎩᏯᏪᎢᏍᏓ.
yet because this widow causes me trouble, I will help her get justice, so that she does not wear me out by her constant coming.'”
6 ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᎢᏣᎦᏌᏯᏍᏓ ᏂᏚᏳᎪᏛᎾ ᎢᏯᏛᏁᎯ ᏗᎫᎪᏗᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᏪᏍᎬᎢ.
Then the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.
7 ᏝᏍᎪᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏚᏳᎪᏛ ᏱᏂᏙᎬᏛᏂᏏ ᎤᏩᏒ ᏧᏤᎵ ᎨᎦᏑᏴᏛ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎬᏩᎩᏨᏗ ᏥᎬᏩᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᎭ, ᎾᏍᏉ ᎪᎯᏗᏳ ᏱᏓᏙᎯᏕᎭ?
Now will not God also bring justice to his chosen ones who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
8 ᎢᏨᏲᏎᎭ ᏞᎩᏳ ᏙᏓᎫᎴᏏ. ᎠᏎᏃ, ᏴᏫ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎦᎷᏨᎭ, ᎪᎯᏳᏗᏍᎪ ᎨᏒ ᏛᏩᏛᎯ ᎡᎶᎯ?
I say to you that he will bring justice to them speedily. Even so, when the Son of Man comes, will he indeed find faith on the earth?”
9 ᎯᎠᏃ ᏚᏟᎶᏍᏓᏁᎴ ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᎾᏍᏗ ᎤᏅᏒ ᎠᎾᏓᎸᏉᏗᏍᎩ, ᎾᏂᏍᎦᏅᎾ ᎤᎾᏤᎸᎯ, ᎤᏩᎾᏓᎴᏃ ᏅᎵᏌᎵ ᏗᏂᏰᎸᏍᎩ.
Then he also spoke this parable to some who were persuaded in themselves that they were righteous and who despised other people,
10 ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏛᎾ-ᏗᎦᎳᏫᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᎾᏓᏙᎵᏍᏔᏅᏎᎢ, ᎠᏏᏴᏫ ᎠᏆᎵᏏ ᎨᏎᎢ, ᏐᎢᏃ ᎠᏕᎸ-ᎠᎩᏏᏙᎯ.
“Two men went up into the temple to pray—the one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
11 ᎠᏆᎵᏏ ᎤᎴᏁ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏔᏁ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᏣᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎬᏯᎵᎡᎵᏤᎭ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᏴᏫ ᏄᎾᏍᏛᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏆᏍᏛᎾ ᏥᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏎᏉ ᎠᎾᏓᎩᎡᎯ ᏥᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᏚᏳᎪᏛᎾ ᎢᏯᎾᏛᏁᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᎾᏓᏲᏁᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏕᎸ-ᎠᎩᏏᏙᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎾᏆᏍᏛᎾ ᏥᎩ.
The Pharisee stood and prayed these things about himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, unrighteous people, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
12 ᏑᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏔᎵ ᎠᎹᏟ ᏂᎬᏍᎪᎢ; ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎠᎩᎾᎥ ᎠᏍᎪᎯᏁ ᎪᏣᎴᏛ ᏥᎥᏍᎪᎢ.
I fast two times every week. I give tithes of all that I get.'
13 ᎠᏕᎸᏃ-ᎠᎩᏏᏙᎯ ᎢᏅ ᏧᎴᏁᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᏰᎵ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏫᏗᎬᏩᎧᏃᏗ ᏱᎨᏎᎢ, ᎦᏁᏥᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏩᏂᎴᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᏣᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᏍᎩᏙᎵᎩ ᏥᏍᎦᎾᎢ.
But the tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but hit his breast, saying, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'
14 ᎢᏨᏲᏎᎭ, ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎤᏚᏓᎴᏛ ᏧᏪᏅᏒ ᏭᎶᏎᎢ, ᏐᎢᏃ ᎥᏝ. ᎩᎶᏰᏃ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎢᎠᏓᏌᎳᏗᏍᎨᏍᏗ ᎡᎳᏗ ᎢᏯᎬᏁᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᎩᎶᏃ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎡᎳᏗ ᏂᎠᏓᏛᏁᎮᏍᏗ ᎠᏥᏌᎳᏙᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
I say to you, this man went back down to his house justified rather than the other, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.”
15 ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏕᎬᏩᏘᏃᎮᎴ ᏧᎾᏍᏗ ᏗᏂᏲᎵ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏏᏔᏗᏍᏗᏱ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎬᏩᏍᏓᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎤᎾᏙᎴᎰᏒ ᏚᏂᎬᏍᎪᎸᏁᎢ.
The people were also bringing to him their infants so that he might touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16 ᏥᏌᏃ ᏫᏚᏯᏅᎲ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᎤᎾᏁᎳᎩ ᏗᏤᎵᏏ ᏗᏂᏲᎵ ᎬᎩᎷᏤᏗᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏞᏍᏗ ᏗᏥᏅᏍᏓᏕᎸᎩ; ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ ᏄᎾᏍᏗ ᎾᎿᎭᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ.
But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Permit the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them. For the kingdom of God belongs to such ones.
17 ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏨᏪᏎᎭ, ᎩᎶ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏂᏓᏓᏂᎸᎬᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎠᏲᎵ ᏥᏓᏓᏂᎸᎪᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎾᎿᎭᎤᏴᏍᏗ ᏱᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God like a child will definitely not enter it.”
A certain ruler asked him, saying, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (aiōnios g166)
19 ᏥᏌᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎴᎢ, ᎦᏙᏃ ᎰᏍᏛ ᎢᏍᏉᏎᎭ? ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏱᎩ ᏌᏉ ᎤᏩᏒᎯᏳ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ.
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good, except God alone.
20 ᏕᎯᎦᏔᎭᏉ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᏣᏓᏲᏁᎸᎩ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᏣᏓᎸᎩ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᏣᏃᏍᎩᏒᎩ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᎦᏰᎪᎩ ᏣᏃᎮᎸᎩ, ᏕᎩᎸᏉᏕᏍᏗ ᏣᏙᏓ ᎠᎴ ᏣᏥ.
You know the commandments—do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not testify falsely, honor your father and mother.”
21 ᎯᎠᏃ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎦᏛ ᏓᎩᎧᎾᏩᏕᏅ ᏥᏧᏣ ᎨᏒ ᏅᏓᎬᏩᏓᎴ ᏅᏛ.
The ruler said, “All these things I have obeyed from the time I was a youth.”
22 ᏥᏌᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏛᎦᏅ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎴᎢ, ᎠᏏ ᏑᏓᎴᎩ ᏣᎷᎳ; ᎯᎾᏚᎦ ᏂᎦᏛ ᏣᎾᎥᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏘᏯᏙᎯᏏ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᎾᏛᎿᎭᏕᎩ, ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏃ ᏫᏣᎮᏍᏗ ᏧᎬᏩᎶᏗ; ᏖᏒᏃ ᏍᎩᏍᏓᏩᏕᏒᎭ.
When Jesus heard that, he said to him, “One thing you still lack. You must sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven—and come, follow me.”
23 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏛᎦᏅ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎤᏲ ᎤᏰᎸᏁᎢ; ᎤᏣᏘᏰᏃ ᎤᏪᎿᎭᎢᏳ ᎨᏎᎢ.
But when the ruler heard these things, he became extremely sad, for he was very rich.
24 ᏥᏌᏃ ᎤᎪᎲ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎤᏲ ᎤᏰᎸᏒᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᏂᎦᎥ ᎠᏍᏓᏱᏳ ᏧᏁᎿᎭᎢ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏗᎨᏒ ᏭᏂᏴᏍᏗᏱ!
Then Jesus, seeing him, became very sad and said, “How difficult it is for those who are rich to enter the kingdom of God!
25 ᎤᏟᏰᏃ ᎠᎯᏗᏳ ᎨᎻᎵ ᎤᎦᏛᎴᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᏴᎩ ᎦᏌᏁᎾᏛᏗᏱ ᎠᏃ ᎤᏪᎿᎭᎢ ᏴᏫ ᏭᏴᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᏗᎨᏒᎢ.
For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅᎯᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏎᎢ, ᎦᎪᏃ ᏰᎵ ᏯᏥᏍᏕᎸ?
Those hearing it said, “Then who can be saved?”
27 ᎯᎠᏃ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏴᏫ ᏰᎵ ᎢᎬᏩᎾᏛᏁᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏥᎩ, ᏰᎵᏉ ᎢᎬᏩᏛᏁᏗ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ.
Jesus answered, “The things which are impossible with people are possible with God.”
28 ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᏈᏓ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎤᏪᏎᎢ, ᎬᏂᏳᏉ ᎠᏴ ᏂᎦᏗᏳ ᏙᎩᏲᏐᏅ, ᎠᎴ ᎢᏨᏍᏓᏩᏕᏅ.
Peter said, “Well, we have left everything that is our own and have followed you.”
29 ᎯᎠᏃ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎴᎢ, ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏨᏪᏎᎭ, ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᏧᏮᏕᏨᎯ ᏱᎩ ᎦᏁᎸᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏓᎵᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏧᏪᏥ, ᏅᏓᏳᎵᏍᏙᏔᏅᎯ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ,
Jesus then said to them, “Truly, I say to you that there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God,
31 ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᏔᎳᏚ ᎢᏯᏂᏛ ᎢᏴᏛ ᏫᏚᏘᏅᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᏂᏚᏪᏎᎴᎢ, ᎬᏂᏳᏉ ᏥᎷᏏᎵᎻ ᏫᏗᎦᏘ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᎥ ᏚᏃᏪᎸ ᎠᎾᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᏥᏃᎮᏍᎬ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ.
After he gathered the twelve to himself, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that have been written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.
32 ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛᏰᏃ ᏴᏫ ᏙᏓᎨᏥᏲᎯᏎᎵ, ᎠᎴ ᏓᏰᎦᏕᎰᏔᏂ, ᎠᎴ ᏓᎦᏰᏥᏐᏢᏔᏂ, ᎠᎴ ᏙᏓᏰᎦᎵᏥᏍᏈ,
For he will be given over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon.
33 ᎠᎴ ᏓᎬᏩᎵᎥᏂᎵ, ᎠᎴ ᏓᎬᏩᎵ; ᏦᎢᏁᏃ ᎢᎦ ᏙᏛᎠᎴᎯᏌᏂ.
After whipping him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise again.”
34 ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎥᏝ ᏳᏃᎵᏤᎢ; ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏒ ᎨᎬᏍᎦᎳᏁᎴᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᏯᏂᎦᏔᎮ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎦᏛᎬ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᏨᎢ.
They understood none of these things, and this word was hidden from them, and they did not understand the things that were said.
35 ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏤᎵᎪ ᎾᎥ ᎤᎷᏨ, ᎩᎶ ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏗᎨᏫ ᏅᏃᎱᎶᏗ ᎤᏬᎴ ᎠᏚᎳᏗᏍᎨᎢ;
It came about that, as Jesus approached Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting by the road begging,
36 ᎤᏛᎦᏅᏃ ᎤᏂᏣᏘ ᎠᏂᎶᏍᎬ ᎤᏛᏛᏁ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏰᎸᏛᎢ.
and hearing a crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
37 ᎬᏩᏃᏁᎴᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏌ ᎾᏎᎵᏗ ᎡᎯ ᎦᎶᏍᎬᎢ.
They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
38 ᎤᏪᎷᏁᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᏥᏌ, ᏕᏫ ᎤᏪᏥ, ᏍᎩᏙᎵᎩ.
So the blind man cried out, saying, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.”
39 ᎢᎬᏱᏃ ᎠᏁᎩ ᎬᏩᎬᏍᎪᎸᏁᎢ, ᎡᎳᏪ ᎲᎾ ᎬᏬᏎᎴᎢ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏟᏉ ᎢᎦᎢ ᎤᏪᎷᏁᎢ; ᏕᏫ ᎤᏪᏥ ᏍᎩᏙᎵᎩ, ᎠᏗᏍᎨᎢ.
The ones who were walking ahead rebuked the blind man, telling him to be quiet. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me.”
40 ᏥᏌᏃ ᎤᎴᏫᏍᏔᏅ ᎤᏁᏤ ᎠᎦᏘᏃᎮᏗᏱ; ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᎾᎥ ᎤᎷᏨ ᎤᏛᏛᏁᎢ,
Jesus stood still and commanded that the man be brought to him. Then when the blind man was near, Jesus asked him,
41 ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᎦᏙ ᏣᏚᎵ ᎬᏯᏛᏁᏗᏱ? ᎯᎠᏃ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ, ᏣᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᎥᎠᎩᎪᏩᏛᏗᏱ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎭ.
“What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord, I want to receive my sight.”
42 ᏥᏌᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎴᎢ, ᎨᏣᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᏫᏂᎦᎵᏍᏓ; ᏦᎯᏳᏒ ᏣᏍᏕᎸ.
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”
43 ᎩᎳᏉᏃ ᎢᏴᏛ ᎬᏩᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏍᏓᏩᏛᏎ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏍᎨ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ; ᏂᎦᏛᏃ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏂᎪᎲ ᎤᏂᎸᏉᏔᏁ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ.
Immediately he received his sight and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw this, gave praise to God.
