¹Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

¹እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ወደ በጎች በረት በበሩ የማይገባ በሌላ መንገድ ግን የሚወጣ እርሱ ሌባ ወንበዴም ነው፤

²But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

²በበሩ የሚገባ ግን የበጎች እረኛ ነው።

³To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

³ለእርሱ በረኛው ይከፍትለታል፤ በጎቹም ድምፁን ይሰሙታል፥ የራሱንም በጎች በየስማቸው ጠርቶ ይወስዳቸዋል።

⁴And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

⁴የራሱንም ሁሉ ካወጣቸው በኋላ በፊታቸው ይሄዳል፥ በጎቹም ድምፁን ያውቃሉና ይከተሉታል፤

⁵And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

⁵ከሌላው ግን ይሸሻሉ እንጂ አይከተሉትም፥ የሌሎችን ድምፅ አያውቁምና።

⁶This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

⁶ኢየሱስ ይህን ምሳሌ ነገራቸው፤ እነርሱ ግን የነገራቸው ምን እንደ ሆነ አላስተዋሉም።

⁷Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁷ኢየሱስም ደግሞ አላቸው። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እኔ የበጎች በር ነኝ።

⁸All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

⁸ከእኔ በፊት የመጡ ሁሉ ሌቦችና ወንበዴዎች ናቸው፤ ዳሩ ግን በጎቹ አልሰሙአቸውም።

⁹I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

⁹በሩ እኔ ነኝ፤ በእኔ የሚገባ ቢኖር ይድናል፥ ይገባልም ይወጣልም መሰማሪያም ያገኛል።

¹⁰The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

¹⁰ሌባው ሊሰርቅና ሊያርድ ሊያጠፋም እንጂ ስለ ሌላ አይመጣም፤ እኔ ሕይወት እንዲሆንላቸው እንዲበዛላቸውም መጣሁ።

¹¹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

¹¹መልካም እረኛ እኔ ነኝ። መልካም እረኛ ነፍሱን ስለ በጎቹ ያኖራል።

¹²But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

¹²እረኛ ያልሆነው በጎቹም የእርሱ ያልሆኑ ሞያተኛ ግን ተኵላ ሲመጣ ባየ ጊዜ በጎቹን ትቶ ይሸሻል፤ ተኵላም ይነጥቃቸዋል በጎቹንም ይበትናቸዋል።

¹³The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

¹³ሞያተኛ ስለ ሆነ ለበጎቹም ስለማይገደው ሞያተኛው ይሸሻል።

¹⁴I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

¹⁴መልካም እረኛ እኔ ነኝ፥ አብም እንደሚያውቀኝ እኔም አብን እንደማውቀው የራሴን በጎች አውቃለሁ የራሴም በጎች ያውቁኛል፤ ነፍሴንም ስለ በጎች አኖራለሁ።

¹⁵As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

¹⁶ከዚህም በረት ያልሆኑ ሌሎች በጎች አሉኝ፤ እነርሱን ደግሞ ላመጣ ይገባኛል ድምፄንም ይሰማሉ፥ አንድም መንጋ ይሆናሉ እረኛውም አንድ።

¹⁶And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

¹⁷ነፍሴን ደግሞ አነሣት ዘንድ አኖራለሁና ስለዚህ አብ ይወደኛል።

¹⁷Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

¹⁸እኔ በፈቃዴ አኖራታለሁ እንጂ ከእኔ ማንም አይወስዳትም። ላኖራት ሥልጣን አለኝ ደግሞም ላነሣት ሥልጣን አለኝ ይህችን ትእዛዝ ከአባቴ ተቀበልሁ።

¹⁸No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

¹⁹እንግዲህ ከዚህ ቃል የተነሣ በአይሁድ መካከል እንደ ገና መለያየት ሆነ።

¹⁹There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

²⁰ከእነርሱም ብዙዎች። ጋኔን አለበት አብዶአልም፤ ስለ ምንስ ትሰሙታላችሁ? አሉ።

²⁰And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?

²¹ሌሎችም። ይህ ጋኔን ያለበት ሰው ቃል አይደለም፤ ጋኔን የዕውሮችን ዓይኖች ሊከፍት ይችላልን? አሉ።

²¹Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?

²²በኢየሩሳሌምም የመቅደስ መታደስ በዓል ሆነ፤

²²And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.

²³ክረምትም ነበረ። ኢየሱስም በመቅደስ በሰሎሞን ደጅ መመላለሻ ይመላለስ ነበር።

²³And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.

²⁴አይሁድም እርሱን ከበው። እስከ መቼ ድረስ በጥርጣሪ ታቆየናለህ? አንተ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆንህ ገልጠህ ንገረን አሉት።

²⁴Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

²⁵ኢየሱስም መለሰላቸው፥ እንዲህ ሲል። ነገርኋችሁ አታምኑምም እኔ በአባቴ ስም የማደርገው ሥራ ይህ ስለ እኔ ይመሰክራል፤

²⁵Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

²⁶እናንተ ግን እንደ ነገርኋችሁ ከበጎቼ ስላልሆናችሁ አታምኑም።

²⁶But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

²⁷በጎቼ ድምፄን ይሰማሉ እኔም አውቃቸዋለሁ ይከተሉኝማል፤

²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

²⁸እኔም የዘላለም ሕይወትን እሰጣቸዋለሁ፥ ለዘላለምም አይጠፉም፥ ከእጄም ማንም አይነጥቃቸውም።

²⁸And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

²⁹የሰጠኝ አባቴ ከሁሉ ይበልጣል፥ ከአባቴም እጅ ሊነጥቃቸው ማንም አይችልም።

²⁹My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

³⁰እኔና አብ አንድ ነን።

³⁰I and my Father are one.

³¹አይሁድ ሊወግሩት ደግመው ድንጋይ አነሡ።

³¹Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

³²ኢየሱስ። ከአባቴ ብዙ መልካም ሥራ አሳየኋችሁ፤ ከእነርሱ ስለ ማናቸው ሥራ ትወግሩኛላችሁ? ብሎ መለሰላቸው።

³²Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

³³አይሁድም። ስለ መልካም ሥራ አንወግርህም፤ ስለ ስድብ፤ አንተም ሰው ስትሆን ራስህን አምላክ ስለ ማድረግህ ነው እንጂ ብለው መለሱለት።

³³The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

³⁴ኢየሱስም እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰላቸው። እኔ። አማልክት ናችሁ አልሁ ተብሎ በሕጋችሁ የተጻፈ አይደለምን?

³⁴Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?

³⁵መጽሐፉ ሊሻር አይቻልምና እነዚያን የእግዚአብሔር ቃል የመጣላቸውን አማልክት ካላቸው፥

³⁵If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;

³⁶የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነኝ ስላልሁ እናንተ አብ የቀደሰውን ወደ ዓለምም የላከውን። ትሳደባለህ ትሉታላችሁን?

³⁶Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

³⁷እኔ የአባቴን ሥራ ባላደርግ አትመኑኝ፤

³⁷If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

³⁸ባደርገው ግን፥ እኔን ስንኳ ባታምኑ አብ በእኔ እንደ ሆነ እኔም በአብ እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቁና ታስተውሉ ዘንድ ሥራውን እመኑ።

³⁸But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

³⁹እንግዲህ ደግመው ሊይዙት ፈለጉ፤ ከእጃቸውም ወጣ።

³⁹Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,

⁴⁰ዮሐንስም በመጀመሪያ ያጠምቅበት ወደ ነበረው ስፍራ ወደ ዮርዳኖስ ማዶ እንደ ገና ሄደ በዚያም ኖረ።

⁴⁰And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

⁴¹ብዙ ሰዎችም ወደ እርሱ መጥተው። ዮሐንስ አንድ ምልክት ስንኳ አላደረገም፥ ነገር ግን ዮሐንስ ስለዚህ ሰው የተናገረው ሁሉ እውነት ነበረ አሉ።

⁴¹And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.

⁴²በዚያም ብዙዎች በእርሱ አመኑ።

⁴²And many believed on him there.