¹These things having said, Jesus went forth with his disciples beyond the brook of Kedron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples,

¹ኢየሱስም ይህን ብሎ አትክልት ወዳለበት ስፍራ ወደ ቄድሮን ወንዝ ማዶ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ወጣ፤ እርሱም ደቀ መዛሙርቱም በዚያ ገቡ።

²and Judas also, who delivered him up, had known the place, because many times did Jesus assemble there with his disciples.

²ኢየሱስም ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ብዙ ጊዜ ወደዚያ ስለ ተሰበሰቡ አሳልፎ የሰጠው ይሁዳ ደግሞ ስፍራውን ያውቅ ነበር።

³Judas, therefore, having taken the band and officers out of the chief priests and Pharisees, doth come thither with torches and lamps, and weapons;

³ስለዚህ ይሁዳ ጭፍሮችንና ከካህናት አለቆች ከፈሪሳውያንም ሎሌዎችን ተቀብሎ በችቦና በፋና በጋሻ ጦርም ወደዚያ መጣ።

⁴Jesus, therefore, knowing all things that are coming upon him, having gone forth, said to them, `Whom do ye seek?`

⁴ኢየሱስም የሚመጣበትን ሁሉ አውቆ ወጣና። ማንን ትፈልጋላችሁ አላቸው።

⁵they answered him, `Jesus the Nazarene;` Jesus saith to them, `I am [he];` — and Judas who delivered him up was standing with them; —

⁵የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን ብለው መለሱለት። ኢየሱስ። እኔ ነኝ አላቸው። አሳልፎ የሰጠውም ይሁዳ ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ጋር ቆሞ ነበር።

⁶when, therefore, he said to them — `I am [he],` they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

⁶እንግዲህ። እኔ ነኝ ባላቸው ጊዜ ወደ ኋላ አፈግፍገው በምድር ወደቁ።

⁷Again, therefore, he questioned them, `Whom do ye seek?` and they said, `Jesus the Nazarene;`

⁷ደግሞም። ማንን ትፈልጋላችሁ? ብሎ ጠየቃቸው። እነርሱም። የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን አሉት።

⁸Jesus answered, `I said to you that I am [he]; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;`

⁸ኢየሱስ መልሶ። እኔ ነኝ አልኋችሁ፤ እንግዲህ እኔን ትፈልጉ እንደ ሆናችሁ እነዚህ ይሂዱ ተዉአቸው አለ፤

⁹that the word might be fulfilled that he said — `Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.`

⁹ይህም። ከእነዚህ ከሰጠኸኝ አንዱን ስንኳ አላጠፋሁም ያለው ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ ነው።

¹⁰Simon Peter, therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the chief priest`s servant, and cut off his right ear — and the name of the servant was Malchus —

¹⁰ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም ሰይፍ ስለ ነበረው መዘዘው፥ የሊቀ ካህናቱንም ባርያ መትቶ ቀኝ ጆሮውን ቈረጠ፤ የባርያውም ስም ማልኮስ ነበረ።

¹¹Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, `Put the sword into the sheath; the cup that the Father hath given to me, may I not drink it?`

¹¹ኢየሱስም ጴጥሮስን። ሰይፍህን ወደ ሰገባው ክተተው፤ አብ የሰጠኝን ጽዋ አልጠጣትምን? አለው።

¹²The band, therefore, and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, took hold on Jesus, and bound him,

¹²እንግዲህ የሻለቃውና ጭፍሮቹ የአይሁድም ሎሌዎች ኢየሱስን ይዘው አሰሩት፥

¹³and they led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year,

¹³አስቀድመውም ወደ ሐና ወሰዱት፤ በዚያች ዓመት ሊቀ ካህናት ለነበረው ለቀያፋ አማቱ ነበርና።

¹⁴and Caiaphas was he who gave counsel to the Jews, that it is good for one man to perish for the people.

¹⁴ቀያፋም። አንድ ሰው ስለ ሕዝብ ይሞት ዘንድ ይሻላል ብሎ ለአይሁድ የመከራቸው ነበረ።

¹⁵And following Jesus was Simon Peter, and the other disciple, and that disciple was known to the chief priest, and he entered with Jesus to the hall of the chief priest,

¹⁵ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም ሌላውም ደቀ መዝሙር ኢየሱስን ተከተሉ። ያም ደቀ መዝሙር በሊቀ ካህናቱ ዘንድ የታወቀ ነበረ፥ ወደ ሊቀ ካህናቱም ግቢ ከኢየሱስ ጋር ገባ፤

¹⁶and Peter was standing at the door without, therefore went forth the other disciple who was known to the chief priest, and he spake to the female keeping the door, and he brought in Peter.

¹⁶ጴጥሮስ ግን በውጭ በበሩ ቆሞ ነበር። እንግዲህ በሊቀ ካህናቱ ዘንድ የታወቀው ሌላው ደቀ መዝሙር ወጣ ለበረኛይቱም ነግሮ ጴጥሮስን አስገባው።

¹⁷Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, `Art thou also of the disciples of this man?` he saith, `I am not;`

¹⁷በረኛ የነበረችይቱም ገረድ ጴጥሮስን። አንተ ደግሞ ከዚህ ሰው ደቀ መዛሙርት አንዱ አይደለህምን? አለችው። እርሱ። አይደለሁም አለ።

¹⁸and the servants and the officers were standing, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and they were warming themselves, and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself.

¹⁸ብርድ ነበረና ባሮችና ሎሌዎች የፍም እሳት አንድደው ቆሙ ይሞቁም ነበር፤ ጴጥሮስም ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ጋር ቆሞ ይሞቅ ነበር።

¹⁹The chief priests, therefore, questioned Jesus concerning his disciples, and concerning his teaching;

¹⁹ሊቀ ካህናቱም ኢየሱስን ስለ ደቀ መዛሙርቱና ስለ ትምህርቱ ጠየቀው።

²⁰Jesus answered him, `I spake freely to the world, I did always teach in a synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews do always come together; and in secret I spake nothing;

²⁰ኢየስስም መልሶ። እኔ በግልጥ ለዓለም ተናገርሁ፤ አይሁድ ሁሉ በሚሰበሰቡበት በምኵራብና በመቅደስ እኔ ሁልጊዜ አስተማርሁ፥ በስውርም ምንም አልተናገርሁም።

²¹why me dost thou question? question those having heard what I spake to them; lo, these have known what I said.`

²¹ስለምን ትጠይቀኛለህ? ለእነርሱ የተናገርሁትን የሰሙትን ጠይቅ፤ እነሆ፥ እነዚህ እኔ የነገርሁትን ያውቃሉ አለው።

²²And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, `Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?`

²²ይህንም ሲል በዚያ ቆሞ የነበረው ከሎሌዎች አንዱ። ለሊቀ ካህናቱ እንዲህ ትመልሳለህን? ብሎ ኢየሱስን በጥፊ መታው።

²³Jesus answered him, `If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?`

²³ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ክፉ ተናግሬ እንደ ሆንሁ ስለ ክፉ መስክር፤ መልካም ተናግሬ እንደ ሆንሁ ግን ሰለ ምን ትመታኛለህ? አለው።

²⁴Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest.

²⁴ስለዚህ ሐና እንደ ታሰረ ወደ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ወደ ቀያፋ ሰደደው።

²⁵And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself, they said then to him, `Art thou also of his disciples?` he denied, and said, `I am not.`

²⁵ስምዖን ጴጥሮስም ቆሞ እሳት ይሞቅ ነበር። እንግዲህ። አንተ ደግሞ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አይደለህምን? አሉት። እርሱም። አይደለሁም ብሎ ካደ።

²⁶One of the servants of the chief priest, being kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, saith, `Did not I see thee in the garden with him?`

²⁶ጴጥሮስ ጆሮውን የቈረጠው ዘመድ የሆነ ከሊቀ ካህናቱ ባሮች አንዱ። በአትክልቱ ከእርሱ ጋር እኔ አይቼህ አልነበረምን? አለው።

²⁷again, therefore, Peter denied, and immediately a cock crew.

²⁷ጴጥሮስም እንደ ገና ካደ፥ ወዲያውም ዶሮ ጮኸ።

²⁸They led, therefore, Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium, and it was early, and they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but that they might eat the passover;

²⁸ኢየሱስንም ከቀያፋ ወደ ገዡ ግቢ ወሰዱት፤ ማለዳም ነበረ፤ እነርሱም የፋሲካ በግ ይበሉ ዘንድ እንጂ እንዳይረክሱ ወደ ገዡ ግቢ አልገቡም።

²⁹Pilate, therefore, went forth unto them, and said, `What accusation do ye bring against this man?`

²⁹ስለዚህ ጲላጦስ ወደ ውጭ ወደ እነርሱ ወጥቶ። ይህን ሰው ስለ ምን ትከሱታላችሁ አላቸው።

³⁰they answered and said to him, `If he were not an evil doer, we had not delivered him to thee.`

³⁰እነርሱም መልሰው። ይህስ ክፉ አድራጊ ባይሆን ወደ አንተ አሳልፈን ባልሰጠነውም ነበር አሉት።

³¹Pilate, therefore, said to them, `Take ye him — ye — and according to your law judge him;` the Jews, therefore, said to him, `It is not lawful to us to put any one to death;`

³¹ጲላጦስም። እናንተ ወስዳችሁ እንደ ሕጋችሁ ፍረዱበት አላቸው። አይሁድም። ለእኛስ ማንንም ልንገድል አልተፈቀደልንም አሉት፤

³²that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled which he said, signifying by what death he was about to die.

³²ኢየሱስ በምን ዓይነት ሞት ሊሞት እንዳለው ሲያመለክት የተናገረው ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ ነው።

³³Pilate, therefore, entered into the praetorium again, and called Jesus, and said to him, `Thou art the King of the Jews?`

³³ጲላጦስም እንደ ገና ወደ ገዡ ግቢ ገባና ኢየሱስን ጠርቶ። የአይሁድ ንጉሥ አንተ ነህን? አለው።

³⁴Jesus answered him, `From thyself dost thou say this? or did others say it to thee about me?`

³⁴ኢየሱስም መልሶ። አንተ ይህን የምትለው ከራስህ ነውን ወይስ ሌሎች ስለ እኔ ነገሩህን? አለው።

³⁵Pilate answered, `Am I a Jew? thy nation, and the chief priests did deliver thee up to me; what didst thou?`

³⁵ጲላጦስ መልሶ። እኔ አይሁዳዊ ነኝን? ወገኖችህና የካህናት አለቆች ለእኔ አሳልፈው ሰጡህ፤ ምን አድርገሃል? አለው።

³⁶Jesus answered, `My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my officers had struggled that I might not be delivered up to Jews; but now my kingdom is not from hence.`

³⁶ኢየሱስም መልሶ። መንግሥቴ ከዚህ ዓለም አይደለችም፤ መንግሥቴስ ከዚህ ዓለም ብትሆን፥ ወደ አይሁድ እንዳልሰጥ ሎሌዎቼ ይዋጉልኝ ነበር፤ አሁን ግን መንግሥቴ ከዚህ አይደለችም አለው።

³⁷Pilate, therefore, said to him, `Art thou then a king?` Jesus answered, `Thou dost say [it]; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.`

³⁷ጲላጦስም። እንግዲያ ንጉሥ ነህን? አለው። ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እኔ ንጉሥ እንደ ሆንሁ አንተ ትላለህ። እኔ ለእውነት ልመሰክር ስለዚህ ተወልጃለሁ ስለዚህም ወደ ዓለም መጥቻለሁ፤ ከእውነት የሆነ ሁሉ ድምፄን ይሰማል አለው።

³⁸Pilate saith to him, `What is truth?` and this having said, again he went forth unto the Jews, and saith to them, `I do find no fault in him;

³⁸ጲላጦስ። እውነት ምንድር ነው? አለው። ይህንም ብሎ ዳግመኛ ወደ አይሁድ ወጥቶ። እኔስ አንዲት በደል ስንኳ አላገኘሁበትም።

³⁹and ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, [that] I shall release to you the king of the Jews?`

³⁹ነገር ግን በፋሲካ አንድ ልፈታላችሁ ልማድ አላችሁ፤ እንግዲህ የአይሁድን ንጉሥ ልፈታላችሁ ትወዳላችሁን? አላቸው።

⁴⁰therefore they all cried out again, saying, `Not this one — but Barabbas;` and Barabbas was a robber.

⁴⁰ሁሉም ደግመው። በርባንን እንጂ ይህን አይደለም እያሉ ጮኹ። በርባን ግን ወንበዴ ነበረ።