¹Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

¹ከፋሲካም በፊት በስድስተኛው ቀን ኢየሱስ ከሙታን ያስነሣው አልዓዛር ወደ ነበረበት ወደ ቢታንያ መጣ።

²There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

²በዚያም እራት አደረጉለት፤ ማርታም ታገለግል ነበር፤ አልዓዛር ግን ከእርሱ ጋር ከተቀመጡት አንዱ ነበረ።

³Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

³ማርያምም ዋጋው እጅግ የከበረ የጥሩ ናርዶስ ሽቱ ንጥር ወስዳ የኢየሱስን እግር ቀባች፤ በጠጕርዋም እግሩን አበሰች፤ ቤቱም ከናርዶስ ሽቱ ሞላ።

⁴Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,

⁴ነገር ግን ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አንዱ አሳልፎ ሊሰጠው ያለው የስምዖን ልጅ የአስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ።

⁵Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?

⁵ይህ ሽቱ ለሦስት መቶ ዲናር ተሽጦ ለድሆች ያልተሰጠ ስለ ምን ነው? አለ።

⁶This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

⁶ይህንም የተናገረ ሌባ ስለ ነበረ ነው እንጂ ለድሆች ተገድዶላቸው አይደለም፤ ከረጢትም ይዞ በውስጡ ከሚገባው ይወስድ ስለ ነበረ ነው።

⁷Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

⁷ኢየሱስም። ለምቀበርበት ቀን እንድትጠብቀው ተውአት፤

⁸For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

⁸ድሆችስ ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር ይኖራሉና፥ እኔ ግን ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር አልኖርም አለ።

⁹Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

⁹ከአይሁድም ብዙ ሕዝብ በዚያ እንደ ነበረ አውቀው መጡ፥ ከሙታንም ያስነሣውን አልዓዛርን ደግሞ እንዲያዩ ነበረ እንጂ ስለ ኢየሱስ ብቻ አይደለም።

¹⁰But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

¹⁰የካህናት አለቆችም አልዓዛርን ደግሞ ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ፥

¹¹Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

¹¹ከአይሁድ ብዙዎች ከእርሱ የተነሣ ሄደው በኢየሱስ ያምኑ ነበርና።

¹²On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

¹²በማግሥቱ ወደ በዓሉ መጥተው የነበሩ ብዙ ሕዝብ ኢየሱስ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዲመጣ በሰሙ ጊዜ፥

¹³Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.

¹³የዘንባባ ዛፍ ዝንጣፊ ይዘው ሊቀበሉት ወጡና። ሆሣዕና፤ በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ የተባረከ ነው እያሉ ጮኹ።

¹⁴And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

¹⁴አንቺ የጽዮን ልጅ አትፍሪ፤ እነሆ፥ ንጉሥሽ በአህያ ውርንጫ ላይ ተቀምጦ ይመጣል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ ኢየሱስ የአህያ ውርንጫ አግኝቶ በእርሱ ተቀመጠ።

¹⁵Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

¹⁶ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ይህን ነገር በመጀመሪያ አላስተዋሉም፤ ነገር ግን ኢየሱስ ከከበረ በኋላ በዚያን ጊዜ ይህ ስለ እርሱ እንደ ተጻፈ ይህንም እንዳደረጉለት ትዝ አላቸው።

¹⁶These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

¹⁷አልዓዛርንም ከመቃብር ጠርቶ ከሙታን ሲያስነሣው ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ሕዝብ ይመሰክሩለት ነበር።

¹⁷The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

¹⁸ስለዚህ ደግሞ ሕዝቡ ይህን ምልክት እንዳደረገ ስለ ሰሙ ሊቀበሉት ወጡ።

¹⁸For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.

¹⁹ሰለዚህ ፈሪሳውያን እርስ በርሳቸው። አንድ ስንኳ ልታደርጉ እንዳይቻላችሁ ታያላችሁን? እነሆ፥ ዓለሙ በኋላው ተከትሎት ሄዶአል ተባባሉ።

¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.

²⁰በበዓሉም ሊሰግዱ ከወጡት አንዳንዶቹ የግሪክ ሰዎች ነበሩ፤

²⁰And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

²¹እነርሱም ከገሊላ ቤተ ሳይዳ ወደሚሆን ወደ ፊልጶስ መጥተው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ኢየሱስን ልናይ እንወዳለን ብለው ለመኑት።

²¹The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

²²ፊልጶስም መጥቶ ለእንድርያስ ነገረው፤ እንድርያስና ፊልጶስ መጥተው ለኢየሱስ ነገሩት።

²²Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

²³ኢየሱስም መለሰላቸው፥ እንዲህ ሲል። የሰው ልጅ ይከብር ዘንድ ሰዓቱ ደርሶአል።

²³And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

²⁴እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የስንዴ ቅንጣት በምድር ወድቃ ካልሞተች ብቻዋን ትቀራለች፤ ብትሞት ግን ብዙ ፍሬ ታፈራለች።

²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

²⁵ነፍሱን የሚወድ ያጠፋታል፥ ነፍሱንም በዚህ ዓለም የሚጠላ ለዘላለም ሕይወት ይጠብቃታል።

²⁵He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

²⁶የሚያገለግለኝ ቢኖር ይከተለኝ፥ እኔም ባለሁበት አገልጋዬ ደግሞ በዚያ ይሆናል፤ የሚያገለግለኝም ቢኖር አብ ያከብረዋል።

²⁶If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

²⁷አሁን ነፍሴ ታውካለች ምንስ እላለሁ? አባት ሆይ፥ ከዚህ ሰዓት አድነኝ። ነገር ግን ስለዚህ ወደዚህ ሰዓት መጣሁ።

²⁷Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.

²⁸አባት ሆይ፥ ስምህን አክብረው። ስለዚህም። አከበርሁት ደግሞም አከብረዋለሁ የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማይ መጣ።

²⁸Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

²⁹በዚያ ቆመው የነበሩትም ሕዝብ በሰሙ ጊዜ። ነጐድጓድ ነው አሉ፤ ሌሎች። መልአክ ተናገረው አሉ።

²⁹The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.

³⁰ኢየሱስም መለሰ፥ እንዲህ ሲል። ይህ ድምፅ ስለ እናንተ መጥቶአል እጂ ስለ እኔ አይደለም።

³⁰Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.

³¹አሁን የዚህ ዓለም ፍርድ ደርሶአል፤ አሁን የዚህ ዓለም ገዥ ወደ ውጭ ይጣላል፤

³¹Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

³²እኔም ከምድር ከፍ ከፍ ያልሁ እንደ ሆነ ሁሉን ወደ እኔ እስባለሁ።

³²And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

³³በምን ዓይነትም ሞት ይሞት ዘንድ እንዳለው ሲያመለክታቸው ይህን ተናገረ።

³³This he said, signifying what death he should die.

³⁴እንግዲህ ሕዝቡ። እኛስ ክርስቶስ ለዘላለም እንዲኖር ከሕጉ ሰምተናል፤ አንተስ የሰው ልጅ ከፍ ከፍ ይል ዘንድ እንዲያስፈልገው እንዴት ትላላህ? ይህ የሰው ልጅ ማን ነው? ብለው መለሱለት።

³⁴The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

³⁵ኢየሱስም። ገና ጥቂት ጊዜ ብርሃን ከእናንተ ጋር ነው። ጨለማ እንዳይደርስባችሁ ብርሃን ሳለላችሁ ተመላለሱ፤ በጨለማም የሚመላለስ ወዴት እንዲሄድ አያውቅም።

³⁵Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

³⁶የብርሃን ልጆች እንድትሆኑ ብርሃን ሳለላችሁ በብርሃኑ እመኑ አላቸው። ኢየሱስም ይህን ተናግሮ ሄደና ተሰወረባቸው።

³⁶While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

³⁷ነገር ግን ይህን ያህል ምልክት በፊታቸው ምንም ቢያደርግ፤ ነቢዩ ኢሳይያስ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ማን ምስክርነታችንን አመነ? የእግዚአብሔርስ ክንድ ለማን ተገለጠ? ብሎ የተናገረው ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ በእርሱ አላመኑም።

³⁷But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

³⁹ኢሳይያስ ደግሞ። በዓይኖቻቸው እንዳያዩ፥ በልባቸውም እንዳያስተውሉ፥ እንዳይመለሱም፥ እኔም እንዳልፈውሳቸው፥ ዓይኖቻቸውን አሳወረ ልባቸውንም አደነደነ ብሎአልና ስለዚህ ማመን አቃታቸው።

³⁸That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

⁴¹ክብሩን ስለ አየ ኢሳይያስ ይህን አለ፥ ስለ እርሱም ተናገረ።

³⁹Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,

⁴²ከዚህም ጋር ከአለቆች ደግሞ ብዙዎች በእርሱ አመኑ፤ ነገር ግን ከምኵራብ እንዳያስወጡአቸው በፈሪሳውያን ምክንያት አልመሰከሩለትም፤

⁴⁰He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

⁴³ከእግዚአብሔር ክብር ይልቅ የሰውን ክብር ወደዋልና።

⁴¹These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

⁴⁴ኢየሱስም ጮኸ፥ እንዲህም አለ። በእኔ የሚያምን በላከኝ ማመኑ ነው እንጂ በእኔ አይደለም፤

⁴²Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

⁴⁵እኔንም የሚያይ የላከኝን ያያል።

⁴³For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

⁴⁶በእኔ የሚያምን ሁሉ በጨለማ እንዳይኖር እኔ ብርሃን ሆኜ ወደ ዓለም መጥቻለሁ።

⁴⁴Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

⁴⁷ዓለምን ላድን እንጂ በዓለም ልፈርድ አልመጣሁምና ቃሌን ሰምቶ የማይጠብቀው ቢኖር የምፈርድበት እኔ አይደለሁም።

⁴⁵And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

⁴⁸የሚጥለኝ ቃሌንም የማይቀበለው እርሱ የሚፈርድበት አለው፤ እኔ የተናገርሁት ቃል እርሱ በመጨረሻው ቀን ይፈርድበታል።

⁴⁶I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

⁴⁹እኔ ከራሴ አልተናገርሁምና፤ ነገር ግን የላከኝ አብ እርሱ የምለውን የምናገረውንም ትእዛዝ ሰጠኝ።

⁴⁷And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

⁵⁰ትእዛዙም የዘላለም ሕይወት እንደ ሆነች አውቃለሁ። ስለዚህ እኔ የምናገረውን አብ እንደ ነገረኝ እንዲሁ እናገራለሁ።

⁴⁸He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

⁴⁹For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

⁵⁰And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.