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።

²this one was in the beginning with God;

²ይህ በመጀመሪያው በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ነበረ።

³all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

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 in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.

⁵ብርሃንም በጨለማ ይበራል፥ ጨለማም አላሸነፈውም።

⁶There came a man — having been sent from God — whose name [is] John,

⁶ከእግዚአብሔር የተላከ ስሙ ዮሐንስ የሚባል አንድ ሰው ነበረ፤

⁷this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;

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

⁸that one was not the Light, but — that he might testify about the Light.

⁸ስለ ብርሃን ሊመሰክር መጣ እንጂ፥ እርሱ ብርሃን አልነበረም።

⁹He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;

⁹ለሰው ሁሉ የሚያበራው እውነተኛው ብርሃን ወደ ዓለም ይመጣ ነበር።

¹⁰in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:

¹⁰በዓለም ነበረ፥ ዓለሙም በእርሱ ሆነ፥ ዓለሙም አላወቀውም።

¹¹to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him;

¹¹የእርሱ ወደ ሆነው መጣ፥ የገዛ ወገኖቹም አልተቀበሉትም።

¹²but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God — to those believing in his name,

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

¹³who — not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but — of God were begotten.

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

¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

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

¹⁵John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, `This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come 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 out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace;

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

¹⁷for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;

¹⁷ጸጋና እውነት ግን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሆነ።

¹⁸God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father — he did declare.

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

¹⁹And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, `Who art thou?`

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

²⁰and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed — `I am not the Christ.`

²⁰መሰከረም አልካደምም፤ እኔ ክርስቶስ አይደለሁም ብሎ መሰከረ።

²¹And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou?` and he saith, `I am not.` — `The prophet art thou?` and he answered, `No.`

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

²²They said then to him, `Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?`

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

²³He said, `I [am] a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.`

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

²⁴And those sent were of the Pharisees,

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

²⁵and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?`

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

²⁶John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

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

²⁷of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.`

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

²⁸These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,

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

²⁹on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, `Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking 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 concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because 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 might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

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

³²And John testified, saying — `I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him;

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

³³and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayst see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit;

³⁴እኔም አይቻለሁ እርሱም የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ መስክሬአለሁ።

³⁴and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.`

³⁵በነገው ደግሞ ዮሐንስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሁለት ቆመው ነበር፥

³⁵On the morrow, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples,

³⁶ኢየሱስም ሲሄድ ተመልክቶ። እነሆ የእግዚአብሔር በግ አለ።

³⁶and having looked on Jesus walking, he saith, `Lo, the Lamb of God;`

³⁷ሁለቱም ደቀ መዛሙርት ሲናገር ሰምተው ኢየሱስን ተከተሉት።

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

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

³⁸And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, `What seek ye?` and they said to them, `Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher,) where remainest thou?`

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

³⁹He saith to them, `Come and see;` they came, and saw where he doth remain, and with him they remained that day and the hour was about the tenth.

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

⁴⁰Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard from John, and followed him;

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

⁴¹this one doth first find his own brother Simon, and saith to him, `We have found the Messiah,` (which is, being interpreted, The Anointed,)

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

⁴²and he brought him unto Jesus: and having looked upon him, Jesus saith, `Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas,` (which is interpreted, A rock.)

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

⁴³On the morrow, he willed to go forth to Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, `Be following me.`

⁴⁵ፊልጶስም ከእንድርያስና ከጴጥሮስ ከተማ ከቤተ ሳይዳ ነበረ።

⁴⁴And Philip was from Bethsaida, of 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 to him, `Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets, we have found, Jesus the son of Joseph, who [is] from Nazareth;`

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

⁴⁶and Nathanael said to him, `Out of Nazareth is any good thing able to be?` Philip said to him, `Come and see.`

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

⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, `Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;`

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

⁴⁸Nathanael saith to him, `Whence me dost thou know?` Jesus answered and said to him, `Before Philip`s calling thee — thou being under the fig-tree — I saw thee.`

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

⁴⁹Nathanael answered and saith to 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 to him, `Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou dost believe; greater things than these thou shalt see;`

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

⁵¹and he saith to him, `Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the messengers of God going up and coming down upon the Son of Man.`