¹`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

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

²and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

²በበሩ የሚገባ ግን የበጎች እረኛ ነው።

³to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

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

⁴and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

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

⁵and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.`

⁵ከሌላው ግን ይሸሻሉ እንጂ አይከተሉትም፥ የሌሎችን ድምፅ አያውቁምና።

⁶This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

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

⁷Jesus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you — I am the door of the sheep;

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

⁸all, as many as 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, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.

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

¹⁰`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.

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

¹¹`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

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

¹²and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; 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።

¹³and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

¹³ሞያተኛ ስለ ሆነ ለበጎቹም ስለማይገደው ሞያተኛው ይሸሻል።

¹⁴`I am the good shepherd, and I know my [sheep], and am known by mine,

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

¹⁵according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down 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 that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock — one shepherd.

¹⁷ነፍሴን ደግሞ አነሣት ዘንድ አኖራለሁና ስለዚህ አብ ይወደኛል።

¹⁷`Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;

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

¹⁸no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.`

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

¹⁹Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,

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

²⁰and many of them said, `He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?`

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

²¹others said, `These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men`s eyes to open?`

²²በኢየሩሳሌምም የመቅደስ መታደስ በዓል ሆነ፤

²²And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,

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

²³and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,

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

²⁴the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, `Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.`

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

²⁵Jesus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;

²⁶እናንተ ግን እንደ ነገርኋችሁ ከበጎቼ ስላልሆናችሁ አታምኑም።

²⁶but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,

²⁷በጎቼ ድምፄን ይሰማሉ እኔም አውቃቸዋለሁ ይከተሉኝማል፤

²⁷according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

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

²⁸and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish — to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;

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

²⁹my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;

³⁰እኔና አብ አንድ ነን።

³⁰I and the Father are one.`

³¹አይሁድ ሊወግሩት ደግመው ድንጋይ አነሡ።

³¹Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;

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

³²Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them 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 do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.`

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

³⁴Jesus answered them, `Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?

³⁵መጽሐፉ ሊሻር አይቻልምና እነዚያን የእግዚአብሔር ቃል የመጣላቸውን አማልክት ካላቸው፥

³⁵if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

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

³⁶of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say — Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?

³⁷እኔ የአባቴን ሥራ ባላደርግ አትመኑኝ፤

³⁷if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;

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

³⁸and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me [is] the Father, and I in Him.`

³⁹እንግዲህ ደግመው ሊይዙት ፈለጉ፤ ከእጃቸውም ወጣ።

³⁹Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,

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

⁴⁰and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

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

⁴¹and many came unto him, and said — `John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;`

⁴²በዚያም ብዙዎች በእርሱ አመኑ።

⁴²and many did believe in him there.