¹And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who [are] in the world — to the end he loved them.

¹ኢየሱስም ከፋሲካ በዓል በፊት፥ ከዚህ ዓለም ወደ አብ የሚሄድበት ሰዓት እንደ ደረሰ አውቆ፥ በዚህ ዓለም ያሉትን ወገኖቹን የወደዳቸውን እስከ መጨረሻ ወደዳቸው።

²And supper being come, the devil already having put [it] into the heart of Judas of Simon, Iscariot, that he may deliver him up,

²እራትም ሲበሉ ዲያብሎስ በስምዖን ልጅ በአስቆሮቱ በይሁዳ ልብ አሳልፎ እንዲሰጠው አሳብ ካገባ በኋላ፥

³Jesus knowing that all things the Father hath given to him — into [his] hands, and that from God he came forth, and unto God he goeth,

³ኢየሱስ አብ ሁሉን በልጁ እንደ ሰጠው ከእግዚአብሔርም እንደ ወጣ ወደ እግዚአብሔርም እንዲሄድ አውቆ፥

⁴doth rise from the supper, and doth lay down his garments, and having taken a towel, he girded himself;

⁴ከእራት ተነሣ ልብሱንም አኖረ፥ ማበሻም ጨርቅ ወስዶ ታጠቀ፤

⁵afterward he putteth water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe with the towel with which he was being girded.

⁵በኋላም በመታጠቢያው ውኃ ጨመረ፥ የደቀ መዛሙርቱንም እግር ሊያጥብና በታጠቀበትም ማበሻ ጨርቅ ሊያብስ ጀመረ።

⁶He cometh, therefore, unto Simon Peter, and that one saith to him, `Sir, thou — dost thou wash my feet?`

⁶ወደ ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም መጣ፤ እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ የእኔን እግር ታጥባለህን? አለው።

⁷Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;`

⁷ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እኔ የማደርገውን አንተ አሁን አታውቅም፥ በኋላ ግን ታስተውለዋለህ አለው።

⁸Peter saith to him, `Thou mayest not wash my feet — to the age.` Jesus answered him, `If I may not wash thee, thou hast no part with me;`

⁸ጴጥሮስም። የእኔን እግር ለዘላለም አታጥብም አለው። ኢየሱስም። ካላጠብሁህ፥ ከእኔ ጋር ዕድል የለህም ብሎ መለሰለት።

⁹Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, not my feet only, but also the hands and the head.`

⁹ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እጄንና ራሴን ደግሞ እንጂ እግሬን ብቻ አይደለም አለው።

¹⁰Jesus saith to him, `He who hath been bathed hath no need save to wash his feet, but he is clean altogether; and ye are clean, but not all;`

¹⁰ኢየሱስም። የታጠበ እግሩን ከመታጠብ በቀር ሌላ አያስፈልገውም፥ ሁለንተናው ግን ንጹሕ ነው፤ እናንተም ንጹሐን ናችሁ፥ ነገር ግን ሁላችሁ አይደላችሁም አለው።

¹¹for he knew him who is delivering him up; because of this he said, `Ye are not all clean.`

¹¹አሳልፎ የሚሰጠውን ያውቅ ነበርና፤ ስለዚህ። ሁላችሁ ንጹሐን አይደላችሁም አለው።

¹²When, therefore, he washed their feet, and took his garments, having reclined (at meat) again, he said to them, `Do ye know what I have done to you?

¹²እግራቸውንም አጥቦ ልብሱንም አንሥቶ ዳግመኛ ተቀመጠ፥ እንዲህም አላቸው። ያደረግሁላችሁን ታስተውላላችሁን?

¹³ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am;

¹³እናንተ መምህርና ጌታ ትሉኛላችሁ፤ እንዲሁ ነኝና መልካም ትላላችሁ።

¹⁴if then I did wash your feet — the Lord and the Teacher — ye also ought to wash one another`s feet.

¹⁴እንግዲህ እኔ ጌታና መምህር ስሆን እግራችሁን ካጠብሁ፥ እናንተ ደግሞ እርስ በርሳችሁ እግራችሁን ትተጣጠቡ ዘንድ ይገባችኋል።

¹⁵`For an example I gave to you, that, according as I did to you, ye also may do;

¹⁵እኔ ለእናንተ እንዳደረግሁ እናንተ ደግሞ ታደርጉ ዘንድ ምሳሌ ሰጥቻችኋለሁና።

¹⁶verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

¹⁶እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ባሪያ ከጌታው አይበልጥም። መልእክተኛም ከላከው አይበልጥም።

¹⁷if these things ye have known, happy are ye, if ye may do them;

¹⁷ይህን ብታውቁ፥ ብታደርጉትም ብፁዓን ናችሁ።

¹⁸not concerning you all do I speak; I have known whom I chose for myself; but that the Writing may be fulfilled: He who is eating the bread with me, did lift up against me his heel.

¹⁸ስለ ሁላችሁ አልናገርም፤ እኔ የመረጥኋቸውን አውቃለሁ፤ ነገር ግን መጽሐፍ። እንጀራዬን የሚበላ በእኔ ላይ ተረከዙን አነሣብኝ ያለው ይፈጸም ዘንድ ነው።

¹⁹`From this time I tell you, before its coming to pass, that, when it may come to pass, ye may believe that I am [he];

¹⁹በሆነ ጊዜ እኔ እንደ ሆንሁ ታምኑ ዘንድ፥ ከአሁን ጀምሬ አስቀድሞ ሳይሆን እነግራችኋለሁ።

²⁰verily, verily, I say to you, he who is receiving whomsoever I may send, doth receive me; and he who is receiving me, doth receive Him who sent me.`

²⁰እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ማናቸውን የምልከውን የሚቀበል እኔን ይቀበላል፥ እኔንም የሚቀበል የላከኝን ይቀበላል።

²¹These things having said, Jesus was troubled in the spirit, and did testify, and said, `Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you will deliver me up;`

²¹ኢየሱስ ይህን ብሎ በመንፈሱ ታወከ መስክሮም። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእናንተ አንዱ አሳልፎ ይሰጠኛል አለ።

²²the disciples were looking, therefore, one at another, doubting concerning whom he speaketh.

²²ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ስለ ማን እንደ ተናገረ አመንትተው እርስ በርሳቸው ተያዩ።

²³And there was one of his disciples reclining (at meat) in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus was loving;

²³ኢየሱስም ይወደው የነበረ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አንዱ በኢየሱስ ደረት ላይ ተጠጋ፤

²⁴Simon Peter, then, doth beckon to this one, to inquire who he may be concerning whom he speaketh,

²⁴ስለዚህ ስምዖን ጴጥሮስ እርሱን ጠቅሶ። ስለማን እንደ ተናገረ ንገረን አለው።

²⁵and that one having leant back on the breast of Jesus, respondeth to him, `Sir, who is it?`

²⁵እርሱም በኢየሱስ ደረት እንዲህ ተጠግቶ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ማን ነው? አለው።

²⁶Jesus answereth, `That one it is to whom I, having dipped the morsel, shall give it;` and having dipped the morsel, he giveth [it] to Judas of Simon, Iscariot.

²⁶ኢየሱስም። እኔ ቍራሽ አጥቅሼ የምሰጠው እርሱ ነው ብሎ መለሰለት። ቍራሽም አጥቅሶ ለአስቆሮቱ ለስምዖን ልጅ ለይሁዳ ሰጠው።

²⁷And after the morsel, then the Adversary entered into that one, Jesus, therefore, saith to him, `What thou dost — do quickly;`

²⁷ቍራሽም ከተቀበለ በኋላ ያን ጊዜ ሰይጣን ገባበት። እንግዲህ ኢየሱስ። የምታደርገውን ቶሎ ብለህ አድርግ አለው።

²⁸and none of those reclining at meat knew for what intent he said this to him,

²⁸ነገር ግን ከተቀመጡት ስለ ምን ይህን እንዳለው ማንም አላወቀም፤

²⁹for certain were thinking, since Judas had the bag, that Jesus saith to him, `Buy what we have need of for the feast;` or that he may give something to the poor;

²⁹ይሁዳ ከረጢቱን የያዘ ስለ ሆነ፥ ኢየሱስ። ለበዓሉ የሚያስፈልገንን ግዛ፥ ወይም ለድሆች ምጽዋት እንዲሰጥ ያለው ለአንዳንዱ መስሎአቸው ነበርና።

³⁰having received, therefore, the morsel, that one immediately went forth, and it was night.

³⁰እርሱም ቍራሹን ከተቀበለ በኋላ ወዲያው ወጣ፤ ሌሊትም ነበረ።

³¹When, therefore, he went forth, Jesus saith, `Now was the Son of Man glorified, and God was glorified in him;

³¹ከወጣም በኋላ ኢየሱስ እንዲ አለ። አሁን የሰው ልጅ ከበረ እግዚአብሔርም ሰለ እርሱ ከበረ፤

³²if God was glorified in him, God also will glorify him in Himself; yea, immediately He will glorify him.

³²እግዚአብሔር ስለ እርሱ የከበረ ከሆነ፥ እግዚአብሔር ደግሞ እርሱን ራሱን ያከብረዋል ወዲያውም ያከብረዋል።

³³`Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews — Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say [it] now.

³³ልጆች ሆይ፥ ገና ጥቂት ጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር ነኝ፤ ትፈልጉኛላችሁ፤ ለአይሁድም። እኔ ወደምሄድበት እናንተ ልትመጡ አይቻላችሁም እንዳልኋቸው፥ አሁን ለእናንተ ደግሞ እላችኋለሁ።

³⁴`A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

³⁴እርስ በርሳችሁ ትዋደዱ ዘንድ፥ እንደ ወደድኋችሁ እናንተ ደግሞ እርስ በርሳችሁ ትዋደዱ ዘንድ አዲስ ትእዛዝ እሰጣችኋለሁ።

³⁵in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.`

³⁵እርስ በርሳችሁ ፍቅር ቢኖራችሁ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቴ እንደ ሆናችሁ ሰዎች ሁሉ በዚህ ያውቃሉ።

³⁶Simon Peter saith to him, `Sir, whither dost thou go away?` Jesus answered him, `Whither I go away, thou art not able now to follow me, but afterward thou shalt follow me.`

³⁶ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወዴት ትሄዳለህ? አለው። ኢየሱስም። ወደምሄድበት አሁን ልትከተለኝ አትችልም፥ ነገር ግን በኋላ ትከተለኛለህ ብሎ መለሰለት።

³⁷Peter saith to him, `Sir, wherefore am I not able to follow thee now? my life for thee I will lay down;`

³⁷ጴጥሮስም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አሁን ልከተልህ አለመቻሌ ስለ ምንድር ነው? ነፍሴን ስንኳ ስለ አንተ እሰጣለሁ አለው።

³⁸Jesus answered him, `Thy life for me thou wilt lay down! verily, verily, I say to thee, a cock will not crow till thou mayest deny me thrice.`

³⁸ኢየሱስም እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰለት። ነፍስህን ስለ እኔ ትሰጣለህን? እውነት እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ ሦስት ጊዜ እስክትክደኝ ድረስ ዶሮ አይጮኽም።