በአንድ ወቅት፣ አንድ የበግ እረኛ ነበረ።
Beand weqt, and yebeg eregna nebere.
Once, there was a shepherd.
ሁልጊዜ ማታ ማታ በጎቹን ሰብስቦ ይቆጥር ነበር።
Hulgize mata mata begochun sebsbo yqotr neber.
Every night, he gathered and counted his sheep.
ምክንያቱም እንዳይጠፉበት ተጠንቅቆ ነበር የሚጠብቀው።
Mknyatun endaytefubet tetenqqo neber yemitbeqew.
Because he used to guard them carefully so that they wouldn’t get lost.
አንድ ቀን ማታ፣ የተወሰኑ የዱር በጎች ከእሱ በጎች ጋር እንደተቀላቀሉ አየ።
And qen mata, yetewesenu yedur begoch kesu begoch gar endeteqalaqelu aye.
One night, he saw some wild sheep had joined his herd.
እነዚህን የዱር በጎች የራሱ ለማድረግ በጣም ጓጓ።
Enezihn yedur begoch yerasu lemadreg betam guagua.
He was very eager to make these wild sheep his own.
የዛን ቀን አዳሩን በረዶ ሲዘንብ አደረ።
Yezan qen adarun beredo sizenb adere.
That night, it snowed all night long.
ጧት ላይ እረኛው በጎቹን ከበረቱ ማውጣት አልቻለም።
Tuat lay eregnaw begochun keberetu mawtat alchalem.
In the morning, the shepherd couldn’t take his sheep out of the pen.
ምክንያቱም በረዶ ነበር።
Mknyatun beredo neber.
Because there was snow.
ስለዚህ በማደሪያቸው ውስጥ ሊመግባቸው ተገደደ።
Selezihem bemaderiyachew wst limegbachew tegedede.
Therefore, he was forced to feed them inside their shelter.
ለራሱ በጎች ጥቂት ስንዴ ሰጣቸው።
Lerasu begoch tqit snde setachew.
He gave a small amount of wheat to his own sheep.
ለዱር በጎቹ ግን ብዙ ምግብ ሰጠ።
Ledur begochu gn bzu mgb sete.
But he gave a lot of food to the wild sheep.
ብዙ ስንዴ የሰጣቸው እንዲላመዱትና ጥለዉት እንዳይሄዱ ያደርጋቸዋል ብሎ አስቦ ነበር።
Bzu snde yesetachew endilamedutna tlewt endayheidu yadregachewal blo asbo neber.
He thought that giving them a lot of wheat would make them get used to him and prevent them from leaving.
ለብዙ ቀናት በረዶ ጣለ።
Lebzu qenat beredo tale.
It snowed for several days.
በዚያን ሰሞን የራሱ በጎች በምግብ እጥረት በጣም ተጎድተው ነበር።
Beziyan semon yerasu begoch bemgb etret betam tegodtew neber.
During that time, his own sheep suffered greatly from a food shortage.
የዱር በጎቹ ግን በጣም በጥሩ ሁኔታ ሲመገቡ ከረሙ።
Yedur begochu gn betam betru huneta simegebu keremu.
The wild sheep, however, spent those days eating very well.
በመጨረሻም በረዶው ቀለጠ፣ እነርሱም ወደ ውጭ ወጡ።
Bemechrasham beredow qelete, enersum wede wch wetu.
At last, the snow melted, and they ventured outdoors.
የጎጆውን በር እንደከፈተ፣ የዱር በጎቹ መሸሽ ጀመሩ።
Yegojown ber endekefete, yedur begochu meshesh jemeru.
As soon as he opened the door of his hut, the wild sheep started to run away.
ቆይ! እንዲህ ነው ውለታ የምትመልሱት?” ሲል እረኛው ጮኸ።
Qoy! Endih new wuleta yemtmelsut?” sil eregnaw chohe.
Wait! Is this how you return a favor?” the shepherd shouted.በጣም በጥሩ ሁኔታ ካስተናገድኳችሁ በኋላ፣ ለምን ትሸሻላችሁ? ድምፁ በጥላቻ ተሞልቶ ነበር።
Betam betru huneta kastenagedkuachhu behwala, lemen tsheshalachhu? dmtsu betlacha temolto neber.
After I treated you so well, why do you run away? his voice was full of hatred.
የዱር በጎቹ ቆም አሉና ወደ እረኛው ዞሩ።
Yedur begochu qom aluna wede eregnaw zoru.
The wild sheep stopped for a moment and turned toward the shepherd.
ከዱር በጎቹ አንዱ “የምንሄደው ከራስህ በጎች አስበልጠህ ስለመገብከን ነው” ብሎ መለሰ።
Kedur begochu andu “Yemnheidew kerash begoch asbelteh slemegebken new” blo melese.
One of the wild sheep replied, “We are leaving because you fed us better than your own sheep.”
በዚህ ሞኝነት በተሞላበት እቅድህ ልታታልለን ሞከርክ።
Bezih mognnet betemolabet eqdh ltatalen mokerk.
You tried to deceive us with your plan full of foolishness.“ትላንት በጥሩ ሁኔታ አስተናገድኸን፣ ነገ ግን ልትቀየር ትችላለህ።
Tlant betru huneta astenagedhen, nege gn ltqeyer tchalaleh.
Yesterday you treated us well, but tomorrow you might change.ሌሎች የዱር በጎች ከመንጋህ ጋር ቢቀላቀሉ፣ እኛን ምንም እንደማንጠቅም ታየናለህ።” ብለውት እየሮጡ ሄዱ።
Leloch yedur begoch kemengah gar biqelaqelu, egnan mnm endemantqem tayenaleh.” blewt eyerotu heidu.
If other wild sheep joined your herd, you would view us as completely useless.” They said this to him and ran away.
የዱር በጎቹ እየሮጡ ሲሄዱ፣ እረኛው ስህተቱን ተረዳ።
Yedur begochu eyerotu siheidu, eregnaw shtetun tereda.
As the wild sheep ran away, the shepherd understood his mistake.
ይህ አስጠሊታ ሁኔታ በራሱ ጥፋት ምክንያት እንደተከሰተ ገባው።
Yih astelita huneta berasu tfat mknyat endetekesete gebaw.
He realized that this ugly situation had occurred because of his own fault.
እርሱ አጥጋቢ ተንከባካቢ አልነበረም።
Ersu atgabi tenkabkabi alneberem.
He was not a satisfactory caretaker.
ይልቁንም፣ ለዱር በጎቹ የውሸት ተንከባካቢ ነበር።
Ylqunm, ledur begochu yewshet tenkabkabi neber.
Instead, he was a fake caretaker to the wild sheep.
በዚህም ምክንያት የራሱን በጎች በድሎ ነበር።
Bezihm mknyat yerasun begoch bedlo neber.
Because of this, he had wronged his own sheep.
