¹Jesus, therefore, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus, who had died, whom he raised out of the dead;

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

²they made, therefore, to him a supper there, and Martha was ministering, and Lazarus was one of those reclining together (at meat) with him;

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

³Mary, therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of spikenard, of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus and did wipe with her hair his feet, and the house was filled from the fragrance of the ointment.

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

⁴Therefore saith one of his disciples — Judas Iscariot, of Simon, who is about to deliver him up —

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

⁵`Wherefore was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries, and given to the poor?`

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

⁶and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

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

⁷Jesus, therefore, said, `Suffer her; for the day of my embalming she hath kept it,

⁷ኢየሱስም። ለምቀበርበት ቀን እንድትጠብቀው ተውአት፤

⁸for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.`

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

⁹A great multitude, therefore, of the Jews knew that he is there, and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that Lazarus also they may see, whom he raised out of the dead;

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

¹⁰and the chief priests took counsel, that also Lazarus they may kill,

¹⁰የካህናት አለቆችም አልዓዛርን ደግሞ ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ፥

¹¹because on account of him many of the Jews were going away, and were believing in Jesus.

¹¹ከአይሁድ ብዙዎች ከእርሱ የተነሣ ሄደው በኢየሱስ ያምኑ ነበርና።

¹²On the morrow, a great multitude that came to the feast, having heard that Jesus doth come to Jerusalem,

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

¹³took the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet him, and were crying, `Hosanna, blessed [is] he who is coming in the name of the Lord — the king of Israel;`

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

¹⁴and Jesus having found a young ass did sit upon it, according as it is written,

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

¹⁵`Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass` colt.`

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

¹⁶And these things his disciples did not know at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were having been written about him, and these things they did to him.

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

¹⁷The multitude, therefore, who are with him, were testifying that he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and did raise him out of the dead;

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

¹⁸because of this also did the multitude meet him, because they heard of his having done this sign,

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

¹⁹the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, `Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.`

²⁰በበዓሉም ሊሰግዱ ከወጡት አንዳንዶቹ የግሪክ ሰዎች ነበሩ፤

²⁰And there were certain Greeks out of those coming up that they may worship in the feast,

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

²¹these then came near to Philip, who [is] from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were asking him, saying, `Sir, we wish to 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 responded to them, saying, `The hour hath come that the Son of Man may be glorified;

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

²⁴verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit;

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

²⁵he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world — to life age-during shall keep it;

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

²⁶if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me — honour him will the Father.

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

²⁷`Now hath my soul been troubled, and what? shall I say — Father, save me from this hour? — but because of this I came to this hour;

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

²⁸Father, glorify Thy name.` There came, therefore, a voice out of the heaven, `I both glorified, and again I will glorify [it];`

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

²⁹the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there hath been thunder; others said, `A messenger hath spoken to him.`

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

³⁰Jesus answered and said, `Not because of me hath this voice come, but because of you;

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

³¹now is a judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast forth;

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

³²and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.`

³³በምን ዓይነትም ሞት ይሞት ዘንድ እንዳለው ሲያመለክታቸው ይህን ተናገረ።

³³And this he said signifying by what death he was about to 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 multitude answered him, `We heard out of the law that the Christ doth remain — to the age; and how dost thou say, That it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up? who is this — the Son of Man?`

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

³⁵Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth;

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

³⁶while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.` These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid 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።

³⁷yet he having done so many signs before them, they were not believing in him,

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

³⁸that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, `Lord, who gave credence to our report? and the arm of the Lord — to whom was it revealed?`

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

³⁹Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,

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

⁴⁰`He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;`

⁴³ከእግዚአብሔር ክብር ይልቅ የሰውን ክብር ወደዋልና።

⁴¹these things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

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

⁴²Still, however, also out of the rulers did many believe in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue,

⁴⁵እኔንም የሚያይ የላከኝን ያያል።

⁴³for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

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

⁴⁴And Jesus cried and said, `He who is believing in me, doth not believe in me, but in Him who sent me;

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

⁴⁵and he who is beholding me, doth behold Him who sent me;

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

⁴⁶I a light to the world have come, that every one who is believing in me — in the darkness may not remain;

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

⁴⁷and if any one may hear my sayings, and not believe, I — I do not judge him, for I came not that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

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

⁴⁸`He who is rejecting me, and not receiving my sayings, hath one who is judging him, the word that I spake, that will judge him in the last day,

⁴⁹because I spake not from myself, but the Father who sent me, He did give me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,

⁵⁰and I have known that His command is life age-during; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father hath said to me, so I speak.`