¹Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

¹ፋሲካም የሚባለው የቂጣ በዓል ቀረበ።

²And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

²የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎችም እንዴት እንዲያጠፉት ይፈልጉ ነበር፤ ሕዝቡን ይፈሩ ነበርና።

³Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

³ሰይጣንም ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ቍጥር አንዱ በነበረው የአስቆሮቱ በሚባለው በይሁዳ ገባ፤

⁴And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.

⁴ሄዶም እንዴት አሳልፎ እንዲሰጣቸው ከካህናት አለቆችና ከመቅደስ አዛዦች ጋር ተነጋገረ።

⁵And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

⁵እነርሱም ደስ አላቸው፥ ገንዘብም ሊሰጡት ተዋዋሉ።

⁶And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

⁶እሺም አለ፥ ሕዝብም በሌለበት አሳልፎ እንዲሰጣቸው ምቹ ጊዜ ይፈልግ ነበር።

⁷Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

⁷ፋሲካንም ሊያርዱበት የሚገባው የቂጣ በዓል ደረሰ፤

⁸And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.

⁸ጴጥሮስንና ዮሐንስንም። ፋሲካን እንድንበላ ሄዳችሁ አዘጋጁልን ብሎ ላካቸው።

⁹And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?

⁹እነርሱም። ወዴት እናዘጋጅ ዘንድ ትወዳለህ? አሉት።

¹⁰And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.

¹⁰እርሱም አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ወደ ከተማ ስትገቡ ማድጋ ውኃ የተሸከመ ሰው ይገናኛችኋል፤ ወደ ሚገባበት ቤት ተከተሉት፤

¹¹And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

¹¹ለባለቤቱም። መምህሩ። ከደቀ መዛሙርቴ ጋር ፋሲካን የምበላበት የእንግዳ ቤት ክፍል ወዴት ነው? ይልሃል በሉት፤

¹²And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.

¹²ያም በደርብ ላይ ያለውን የተነጠፈ ታላቅ አዳራሽ ያሳያችኋል፤ በዚያም አሰናዱልን።

¹³And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

¹³ሄደውም እንዳላቸው አገኙና ፋሲካን አሰናዱ።

¹⁴And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.

¹⁴ሰዓቱም በደረሰ ጊዜ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ሐዋርያት ጋር በማዕድ ተቀመጠ።

¹⁵And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

¹⁵እርሱም። ከመከራዬ በፊት ከእናንተ ጋር ይህን ፋሲካ ልበላ እጅግ እመኝ ነበር፤

¹⁶For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

¹⁶እላችኋለሁና፥ በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እስኪፈጸም ድረስ፥ ወደ ፊት ከዚህ አልበላም አላቸው።

¹⁷And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:

¹⁷ጽዋንም ተቀበለ አመስግኖም። ይህን እንካችሁ በመካከላችሁም ተካፈሉት፤

¹⁸For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

¹⁸እላችኋለሁና፥ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እስክትመጣ ድረስ ከአሁን ጀምሮ ከወይኑ ፍሬ አልጠጣም አለ።

¹⁹And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

¹⁹እንጀራንም አንሥቶ አመሰገነ ቆርሶም ሰጣቸውና። ስለ እናንተ የሚሰጠው ሥጋዬ ይህ ነው፤ ይህን ለመታሰቢያዬ አድርጉት አለ።

²⁰Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.

²⁰እንዲሁም ከእራት በኋላ ጽዋውን አንሥቶ እንዲህ አለ። ይህ ጽዋ ስለ እናንተ በሚፈሰው በደሜ የሚሆን አዲስ ኪዳን ነው።

²¹But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.

²¹ነገር ግን አሳልፎ የሚሰጠኝ እጅ እነሆ በማዕድ ከእኔ ጋር ናት።

²²And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!

²²የሰው ልጅስ እንደ ተወሰነው ይሄዳል፥ ነገር ግን አልፎ ለሚሰጥበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት።

²³And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.

²³ከእነርሱም ይህን ሊያደርግ ያለው ማን እንደ ሆነ እርስ በርሳቸው ይጠያየቁ ጀመር።

²⁴And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

²⁴ደግሞም ማናቸውም ታላቅ ሆኖ እንዲቈጠር በመካከላቸው ክርክር ሆነ።

²⁵And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.

²⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። የአሕዛብ ነገሥታት ይገዙአቸዋል፥ በላያቸውም የሚሠለጥኑት ቸርነት አድራጊዎች ይባላሉ።

²⁶But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

²⁶እናንተ ግን እንዲህ አትሁኑ፤ ነገር ግን ከእናንተ ታላቅ የሆነ በመካከላችሁ እንደ ታናሽ፥ የሚገዛም እንደሚያገለግል ይሁን።

²⁷For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.

²⁷በማዕድ የተቀመጠ ወይስ የሚያገለግል ማናቸው ታላቅ ነው? የተቀመጠው አይደለምን? እኔ ግን በመካከላችሁ እንደሚያገለግል ነኝ።

²⁸Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.

²⁸ነገር ግን እናንተ በፈተናዎቼ ከእኔ ጋር ጸንታችሁ የኖራችሁ ናችሁ፤

²⁹And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;

²⁹አባቴ እኔን እንደ ሾመኝ እኔ ደግሞ በመንግሥቴ ከማዕዴ ትበሉና ትጠጡ ዘንድ፥ በአሥራ ሁለቱ በእስራኤል ነገድ ስትፈርዱ በዙፋኖች ትቀመጡ ዘንድ ለመንግሥት እሾማችኋለሁ።

³⁰That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

³¹ጌታም። ስምዖን ስምዖን ሆይ፥ እነሆ፥ ሰይጣን እንደ ስንዴ ሊያበጥራችሁ ለመነ፤

³¹And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:

³²እኔ ግን እምነትህ እንዳይጠፋ ስለ አንተ አማለድሁ፤ አንተም በተመለስህ ጊዜ ወንድሞችህን አጽና አለ።

³²But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

³³እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ወኅኒም ወደ ሞትም ከአንተ ጋር ለመሄድ የተዘጋጀሁ ነኝ አለው።

³³And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.

³⁴እርሱ ግን። ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ እልሃለሁ፥ እንዳታውቀኝ ሦስት ጊዜ እስክትክደኝ ድረስ ዛሬ ዶሮ አይጮኽም አለው።

³⁴And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

³⁵ደግሞም። ያለ ኮረጆና ያለ ከረጢት ያለ ጫማም በላክኋችሁ ጊዜ፥ አንዳች ጐደለባችሁን? አላቸው። እነርሱም። አንዳች እንኳ አሉ።

³⁵And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.

³⁶እርሱም። አሁን ግን ኮረጆ ያለው ከእርሱ ጋር ይውሰድ፥ ከረጢትም ያለው እንዲሁ፤ የሌለውም ልብሱን ሽጦ ሰይፍ ይግዛ።

³⁶Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.

³⁷እላችኋለሁና፥ ይህ። ከዓመፀኞች ጋር ተቈጠረ ተብሎ የተጻፈው በእኔ ሊፈጸም ግድ ነው፤ አዎን፥ ስለ እኔ የሚሆነው አሁን ይፈጸማልና አላቸው።

³⁷For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.

³⁸እነርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እነሆ፥ በዚህ ሁለት ሰይፎች አሉ አሉት። እርሱም። ይበቃል አላቸው።

³⁸And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.

³⁹ወጥቶም እንደ ልማዱ ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ሄደ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ደግሞ ተከተሉት።

³⁹And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.

⁴⁰ወደ ስፍራውም ደርሶ። ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ጸልዩ አላቸው።

⁴⁰And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

⁴¹ከእነርሱም የድንጋይ ውርወራ የሚያህል ራቀ፥ ተንበርክኮም። አባት ሆይ፥

⁴¹And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

⁴²ብትፈቅድ ይህችን ጽዋ ከእኔ ውሰድ፤ ነገር ግን የእኔ ፈቃድ አይሁን የአንተ እንጂ እያለ ይጸልይ ነበር።

⁴²Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

⁴³ከሰማይም መጥቶ የሚያበረታ መልአክ ታየው።

⁴³And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

⁴⁴በፍርሃትም ሲጣጣር አጽንቶ ይጸልይ ነበር፤ ወዙም በምድር ላይ እንደሚወርድ እንደ ደም ነጠብጣብ ነበረ።

⁴⁴And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

⁴⁵ከጸሎትም ተነሥቶ ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ መጣና ከኀዘን የተነሣ ተኝተው ሲያገኛቸው።

⁴⁵And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

⁴⁶ስለ ምን ትተኛላችሁ? ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ተነሥታችሁ ጸልዩ አላቸው።

⁴⁶And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

⁴⁷ገናም ሲናገር እነሆ፥ ሰዎች መጡ፤ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱም ይሁዳ የሚባለው ይቀድማቸው ነበር፥ ሊስመውም ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀረበ።

⁴⁷And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.

⁴⁸ኢየሱስ ግን። ይሁዳ ሆይ፥ በመሳም የሰውን ልጅ አሳልፈህ ትሰጣለህን? አለው።

⁴⁸But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?

⁴⁹በዙሪያውም የነበሩት የሚሆነውን ባዩ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በሰይፍ እንምታቸውን? አሉት።

⁴⁹When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?

⁵⁰ከእነርሱም አንዱ የሊቀ ካህናቱን ባሪያ መትቶ ቀኝ ጆሮውን ቈረጠው።

⁵⁰And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.

⁵¹ኢየሱስ ግን መልሶ። ይህንስ ፍቀዱ አለ፤ ጆሮውንም ዳስሶ ፈወሰው።

⁵¹And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

⁵²ኢየሱስም ወደ እርሱ ለመጡበት ለካህናት አለቆችና ለመቅደስ አዛዦች ለሽማግሌዎችም። ወንበዴን እንደምትይዙ ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዛችሁ ወጣችሁን?

⁵²Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?

⁵³በመቅደስ ዕለት ዕለት ከእናንተ ጋር ስሆን እጆቻችሁን አልዘረጋችሁብኝም፤ ይህ ግን ጊዜያችሁና የጨለማው ሥልጣን ነው አላቸው።

⁵³When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

⁵⁴ይዘውም ወሰዱት ወደ ሊቀ ካህናት ቤትም አገቡት፤ ጴጥሮስም ርቆ ይከተለው ነበር።

⁵⁴Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.

⁵⁵በግቢ መካከልም እሳት አንድደው በአንድነት ተቀምጠው ሳሉ ጴጥሮስ በመካከላቸው ተቀመጠ።

⁵⁵And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.

⁵⁶በብርሃኑም በኩል ተቀምጦ ሳለ አንዲት ገረድ አየችውና ትኵር ብላ። ይህ ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ አለች።

⁵⁶But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.

⁵⁷እርሱ ግን። አንቺ ሴት፥ አላውቀውም ብሎ ካደ።

⁵⁷And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.

⁵⁸ከጥቂት ጊዜም በኋላ ሌላው አይቶት። አንተ ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ወገን ነህ አለው። ጴጥሮስ ግን። አንተ ሰው፥ እኔ አይደለሁም አለ።

⁵⁸And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.

⁵⁹አንድ ሰዓትም የሚያህል ቆይቶ ሌላው አስረግጦ። እርሱ የገሊላ ሰው ነውና በእውነት ይህ ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ አለ።

⁵⁹And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.

⁶⁰ጴጥሮስ ግን። አንተ ሰው፥ የምትለውን አላውቅም አለ። ያን ጊዜም ገና ሲናገር ዶሮ ጮኸ።

⁶⁰And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

⁶¹ጌታም ዘወር ብሎ ጴጥሮስን ተመለከተው፤ ጴጥሮስም። ዛሬ ዶሮ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ እንዳለው የጌታ ቃል ትዝ አለው።

⁶¹And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

⁶²ጴጥሮስም ወደ ውጭ ወጥቶ ምርር ብሎ አለቀሰ።

⁶²And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

⁶³ኢየሱስንም የያዙት ሰዎች ይዘብቱበትና ይደበድቡት ነበር፤

⁶³And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.

⁶⁴ሸፍነውም ፊቱን ይመቱት ነበርና። በጥፊ የመታህ ማን ነው? ትንቢት ተናገር እያሉ ይጠይቁት ነበር።

⁶⁴And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?

⁶⁵ሌላም ብዙ ነገር እየተሳደቡ በእርሱ ላይ ይናገሩ ነበር።

⁶⁵And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.

⁶⁶በነጋም ጊዜ የሕዝቡ ሽማግሌዎችና የካህናት አለቆች ጻፎችም ተሰብስበው ወደ ሸንጎአቸው ወሰዱትና

⁶⁶And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,

⁶⁷ክርስቶስ አንተ ነህን? ንገረን አሉት። እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አላቸው። ብነግራችሁ አታምኑም፤

⁶⁷Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

⁶⁸ብጠይቅም አትመልሱልኝም አትፈቱኝምም።

⁶⁸And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go.

⁶⁹ነገር ግን ከአሁን ጀምሮ የሰው ልጅ በእግዚአብሔር ኃይል ቀኝ ይቀመጣል።

⁶⁹Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.

⁷⁰ሁላቸውም። እንግዲያስ አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህን? አሉት። እርሱም። እኔ እንደ ሆንሁ እናንተ ትላላችሁ አላቸው።

⁷⁰Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.

⁷¹እነርሱም። ራሳችን ከአፉ ሰምተናልና ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ምን ምስክር ያስፈልገናል? አሉ።

⁷¹And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.