¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

¹በመጀመሪያው ቃል ነበረ፥ ቃልም በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ነበረ፥ ቃልም እግዚአብሔር ነበረ።

²The same was in the beginning with God.

²ይህ በመጀመሪያው በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ነበረ።

³All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

³ሁሉ በእርሱ ሆነ፥ ከሆነውም አንዳች ስንኳ ያለ እርሱ አልሆነም።

⁴In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

⁴በእርሱ ሕይወት ነበረች፥ ሕይወትም የሰው ብርሃን ነበረች።

⁵And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

⁵ብርሃንም በጨለማ ይበራል፥ ጨለማም አላሸነፈውም።

⁶There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

⁶ከእግዚአብሔር የተላከ ስሙ ዮሐንስ የሚባል አንድ ሰው ነበረ፤

⁷The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

⁷ሁሉ በእርሱ በኩል እንዲያምኑ ይህ ስለ ብርሃን ይመሰክር ዘንድ ለምስክር መጣ።

⁸He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

⁸ስለ ብርሃን ሊመሰክር መጣ እንጂ፥ እርሱ ብርሃን አልነበረም።

⁹That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

⁹ለሰው ሁሉ የሚያበራው እውነተኛው ብርሃን ወደ ዓለም ይመጣ ነበር።

¹⁰He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

¹⁰በዓለም ነበረ፥ ዓለሙም በእርሱ ሆነ፥ ዓለሙም አላወቀውም።

¹¹He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

¹¹የእርሱ ወደ ሆነው መጣ፥ የገዛ ወገኖቹም አልተቀበሉትም።

¹²But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

¹²ለተቀበሉት ሁሉ ግን፥ በስሙ ለሚያምኑት ለእነርሱ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ይሆኑ ዘንድ ሥልጣንን ሰጣቸው፤

¹³Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹³እነርሱም ከእግዚአብሔር ተወለዱ እንጂ ከደም ወይም ከሥጋ ፈቃድ ወይም ከወንድ ፈቃድ አልተወለዱም።

¹⁴And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

¹⁴ቃልም ሥጋ ሆነ፤ ጸጋንና እውነትንም ተመልቶ በእኛ አደረ፥ አንድ ልጅም ከአባቱ ዘንድ እንዳለው ክብር የሆነው ክብሩን አየን።

¹⁵John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

¹⁵ዮሐንስ ስለ እርሱ መሰከረ እንዲህም ብሎ ጮኸ። ከእኔ በኋላ የሚመጣው እርሱ ከእኔ በፊት ነበረና ከእኔ ይልቅ የከበረ ሆኖአል፤ ስለ እርሱ ያልሁት ይህ ነበረ።

¹⁶And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

¹⁶እኛ ሁላችን ከሙላቱ ተቀብለን በጸጋ ላይ ጸጋ ተሰጥቶናልና ሕግ በሙሴ ተሰጥቶ ነበርና፤

¹⁷For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

¹⁷ጸጋና እውነት ግን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሆነ።

¹⁸No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

¹⁸መቼም ቢሆን እግዚአብሔርን ያየው አንድ ስንኳ የለም፤ በአባቱ እቅፍ ያለ አንድ ልጁ እርሱ ተረከው።

¹⁹And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

¹⁹አይሁድም። አንተ ማን ነህ? ብለው ይጠይቁት ዘንድ ከኢየሩሳሌም ካህናትንና ሌዋውያንን በላኩበት ጊዜ፥ የዮሐንስ ምስክርነት ይህ ነው።

²⁰And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

²⁰መሰከረም አልካደምም፤ እኔ ክርስቶስ አይደለሁም ብሎ መሰከረ።

²¹And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

²¹እንኪያስ ማን ነህ? ኤልያስ ነህን? ብለው ጠየቁት። አይደለሁም አለ። ነቢዩ ነህን? አይደለሁም ብሎ መለሰ።

²²Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

²²እንኪያስ። ማን ነህ? ለላኩን መልስ እንድንሰጥ፤ ስለራስህ ምን ትላለህ? አሉት።

²³He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

²³እርሱም። ነቢዩ ኢሳይያስ እንዳለ። የጌታን መንገድ አቅኑ ብሎ በምድረ በዳ የሚጮኽ ሰው ድምፅ እኔ ነኝ አለ።

²⁴And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

²⁴የተላኩትም ከፈሪሳውያን ነበሩና። እንኪያስ አንተ ክርስቶስ ወይም ኤልያስ ወይም ነቢዩ ካይደለህ፥ ስለ ምን ታጠምቃለህ? ብለው ጠየቁት።

²⁵And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

²⁶ዮሐንስ መልሶ። እኔ በውኃ አጠምቃለሁ፤ ዳሩ ግን እናንተ የማታውቁት በመካከላችሁ ቆሞአል፤

²⁶John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

²⁷እኔ የጫማውን ጠፍር ልፈታ የማይገባኝ፥ ከእኔ በኋላ የሚመጣው ከእኔ ይልቅ የሚከብር ይህ ነው አላቸው።

²⁷He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

²⁸ይህ ነገር ዮሐንስ ያጠምቅበት በነበረው በዮርዳኖስ ማዶ በቢታንያ በቤተ ራባ ሆነ።

²⁸These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹በነገው ዮሐንስ ኢየሱስን ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ አይቶ እንዲህ አለ። እነሆ የዓለምን ኃጢአት የሚያስወግድ የእግዚአብሔር በግ።

²⁹The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

³⁰አንድ ሰው ከእኔ በኋላ ይመጣል፥ ከእኔም በፊት ነበርና ከእኔ ይልቅ የከበረ ሆኖአል ብዬ ስለ እርሱ ያልሁት ይህ ነው።

³⁰This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

³¹እኔም አላውቀውም ነበር፥ ዳሩ ግን ለእስራኤል ይገለጥ ዘንድ ስለዚህ በውኃ እያጠመቅሁ እኔ መጣሁ።

³¹And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

³²ዮሐንስም እንዲህ ብሎ መሰከረ። መንፈስ ከሰማይ እንደ ርግብ ሆኖ ሲወርድ አየሁ፤ በእርሱ ላይም ኖረ።

³²And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

³³እኔም አላውቀውም ነበር፥ ዳሩ ግን በውኃ አጠምቅ ዘንድ የላከኝ እርሱ። መንፈስ ሲወርድበትና ሲኖርበት የምታየው፥ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ የሚያጠምቅ እርሱ ነው አለኝ።

³³And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

³⁴እኔም አይቻለሁ እርሱም የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ መስክሬአለሁ።

³⁴And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

³⁵በነገው ደግሞ ዮሐንስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሁለት ቆመው ነበር፥

³⁵Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

³⁶ኢየሱስም ሲሄድ ተመልክቶ። እነሆ የእግዚአብሔር በግ አለ።

³⁶And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

³⁷ሁለቱም ደቀ መዛሙርት ሲናገር ሰምተው ኢየሱስን ተከተሉት።

³⁷And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

³⁸ኢየሱስም ዘወር ብሎ ሲከተሉትም አይቶ። ምን ትፈልጋላችሁ? አላቸው። እነርሱም። ረቢ፥ ወዴት ትኖራለህ? አሉት፤ ትርጓሜው መምህር ሆይ ማለት ነው።

³⁸Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

⁴⁰መጥታችሁ እዩ አላቸው። መጥተው የሚኖርበትን አዩ፥ በዚያም ቀን በእርሱ ዘንድ ዋሉ፤ አሥር ሰዓት ያህል ነበረ።

³⁹He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

⁴¹ከዮሐንስ ዘንድ ሰምተው ከተከተሉት ከሁለቱ አንዱ የስምዖን ጴጥሮስ ወንድም እንድርያስ ነበረ።

⁴⁰One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

⁴²እርሱ አስቀድሞ የራሱን ወንድም ስምዖንን አገኘውና። መሢሕን አግኝተናል አለው፤ ትርጓሜውም ክርስቶስ ማለት ነው።

⁴¹He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

⁴³ወደ ኢየሱስም አመጣው። ኢየሱስም ተመልክቶ። አንተ የዮና ልጅ ስምዖን ነህ፤ አንተ ኬፋ ትባላለህ አለው፤ ትርጓሜው ጴጥሮስ ማለት ነው።

⁴²And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

⁴⁴በነገው ኢየሱስ ወደ ገሊላ ሊወጣ ወደደ፥ ፊልጶስንም አገኘና። ተከተለኝ አለው።

⁴³The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

⁴⁵ፊልጶስም ከእንድርያስና ከጴጥሮስ ከተማ ከቤተ ሳይዳ ነበረ።

⁴⁴Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

⁴⁶ፊልጶስ ናትናኤልን አግኝቶ። ሙሴ በሕግ ነቢያትም ስለ እርሱ የጻፉትን የዮሴፍን ልጅ የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን አግኝተነዋል አለው።

⁴⁵Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

⁴⁷ናትናኤልም። ከናዝሬት መልካም ነገር ሊወጣ ይችላልን? አለው። ፊልጶስ። መጥተህ እይ አለው።

⁴⁶And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

⁴⁸ኢየሱስ ናትናኤልን ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ አይቶ ስለ እርሱ። ተንኰል የሌለበት በእውነት የእስራኤል ሰው እነሆ አለ።

⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

⁴⁹ናትናኤልም። ከወዴት ታውቀኛለህ? አለው። ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ፊልጶስ ሳይጠራህ፥ ከበለስ በታች ሳለህ፥ አየሁህ አለው።

⁴⁸Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

⁵⁰ናትናኤልም መልሶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህ፤ አንተ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ነህ አለው።

⁴⁹Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

⁵¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ከበለስ በታች አየሁህ ስላልሁህ አመንህን? ከዚህ የሚበልጥ ነገር ታያለህ አለው።

⁵⁰Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

⁵²እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰማይ ሲከፈት የእግዚአብሔርም መላእክት በሰው ልጅ ላይ ሲወጡና ሲወርዱ ታያላችሁ አለው።

⁵¹And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.