¹After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee (of Tiberias),

¹ከዚህ በኋላ ኢየሱስ ወደ ገሊላ ባሕር ማዶ ተሻገረ፤ እርሱም የጥብርያዶስ ባሕር ነው።

²and there was following him a great multitude, because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing;

²በበሽተኞችም ያደረገውን ምልክቶች ስላዩ ብዙ ሕዝብ ተከተሉት።

³and Jesus went up to the mount, and he was there sitting with his disciples,

³ኢየሱስም ወደ ተራራ ወጣና በዚያ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ተቀመጠ።

⁴and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.

⁴የአይሁድ በዓልም ፋሲካ ቀርቦ ነበር።

⁵Jesus then having lifted up [his] eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, `Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?` —

⁵ኢየሱስም ዓይኖቹን አንሥቶ ብዙ ሕዝብ ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ አየና ፊልጶስን። እነዚህ እንዲበሉ እንጀራ ከወዴት እንገዛለን? አለው።

⁶and this he said, trying him, for he himself had known what he was about to do.

⁶ራሱ ሊያደርግ ያለውን ያውቅ ነበርና ሊፈትነው ይህን ተናገረ።

⁷Philip answered him, `Two hundred denaries` worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;`

⁷ፊልጶስ። እያንዳንዳቸው ትንሽ ትንሽ እንኳ እንዲቀበሉ የሁለት መቶ ዲናር እንጀራ አይበቃቸውም ብሎ መለሰለት።

⁸one of his disciples — Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter — saith to him,

⁸ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አንዱ የስምዖን ጴጥሮስ ወንድም እንድርያስ።

⁹`There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these — what are they to so many?`

⁹አምስት የገብስ እንጀራና ሁለት ዓሣ የያዘ ብላቴና በዚህ አለ፤ ነገር ግን እነዚህን ለሚያህሉ ሰዎች ይህ ምን ይሆናል? አለው።

¹⁰And Jesus said, `Make the men to sit down;` and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand,

¹⁰ኢየሱስም። ሰዎቹን እንዲቀመጡ አድርጉ አለ። በዚያም ስፍራ ብዙ ሣር ነበረበት። ወንዶችም ተቀመጡ ቍጥራቸውም አምስት ሺህ የሚያህል ነበር።

¹¹and Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those reclining, in like manner, also of the little fishes as much as they wished.

¹¹ኢየሱስም እንጀራውን ያዘ፥ አመስግኖም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለተቀመጡት ሰዎች ሰጡአቸው እንዲሁም ከዓሣው በፈለጉት መጠን።

¹²And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;`

¹²ከጠገቡም በኋላ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን። አንድ ስንኳ እንዳይጠፋ የተረፈውን ቍርስራሽ አከማቹ አላቸው።

¹³they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten.

¹³ሰለዚህ አከማቹ፥ ከበሉትም ከአምስቱ የገብስ እንጀራ የተረፈውን ቍርስራሽ አሥራ ሁለት መሶብ ሞሉ።

¹⁴The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said — `This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;`

¹⁴ከዚህ የተነሣ ሰዎቹ ኢየሱስ ያደረገውን ምልክት ባዩ ጊዜ። ይህ በእውነት ወደ ዓለም የሚመጣው ነቢይ ነው አሉ።

¹⁵Jesus, therefore, having known that they are about to come, and to take him by force that they may make him king, retired again to the mountain himself alone.

¹⁵በዚህም ምክንያት ኢየሱስ ያነግሡት ዘንድ ሊመጡና ሊነጥቁት እንዳላቸው አውቆ ደግሞ ወደ ተራራ ብቻውን ፈቀቅ አለ።

¹⁶And when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

¹⁶በመሸም ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ ባሕር ወረዱ፥

¹⁷and having entered into the boat, they were going over the sea to Capernaum, and darkness had already come, and Jesus had not come unto them,

¹⁷በታንኳም ገብተው በባሕር ማዶ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም ይመጡ ነበር። አሁንም ጨልሞ ነበር፤ ኢየሱስም ገና ወደ እነርሱ አልመጣም ነበር፤

¹⁸the sea also — a great wind blowing — was being raised,

¹⁸ብርቱ ነፋስም ስለ ነፈሰ ባሕሩ ተናወጠ።

¹⁹having pushed onwards, therefore, about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and coming nigh to the boat, and they were afraid;

¹⁹ሀያ አምስት ወይም ሠላሳ ምዕራፍ ከቀዘፉ በኋላም፥ ኢየሱስ በባሕር ላይ እየሄደ ወደ ታንኳይቱ ሲቀርብ አይተው ፈሩ።

²⁰and he saith to them, `I am [he], be not afraid;`

²⁰እርሱ ግን። እኔ ነኝ፤ አትፍሩ አላቸው።

²¹they were willing then to receive him into the boat, and immediately the boat came unto the land to which they were going.

²¹ስለዚህ በታንኳይቱ ሊቀበሉት ወደዱ፤ ወዲያውም ታንኳይቱ ወደሚሄዱበት ምድር ደረሰች።

²²On the morrow, the multitude that was standing on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other little boat there except one — that into which his disciples entered — and that Jesus went not in with his disciples into the little boat, but his disciples went away alone,

²²በነገው በባሕር ማዶ ቆመው የነበሩ ሕዝቡ ከአንዲት ጀልባ በቀር በዚያ ሌላ ጀልባ እንዳልነበረች፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለብቻቸው እንደ ሄዱ እንጂ ኢየሱስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ወደ ታንኳይቱ እንዳልገባ አዩ፤

²³(and other little boats came from Tiberias, nigh the place where they did eat the bread, the Lord having given thanks),

²³ዳሩ ግን ሌሎች ጀልባዎች ጌታ የባረከውን እንጀራ ወደ በሉበት ስፍራ አጠገብ ከጥብርያዶስ መጡ።

²⁴when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus is not there, nor his disciples, they also themselves did enter into the boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus;

²⁴ሕዝቡም ኢየሱስ ወይም ደቀ መዛሙርቱ በዚያ እንዳልነበሩ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ራሳቸው በጀልባዎቹ ገብተው ኢየሱስን እየፈለጉ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም መጡ።

²⁵and having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, `Rabbi, when hast thou come hither?`

²⁵በባሕር ማዶም ሲያገኙት። መምህር ሆይ፥ ወደዚህ መቼ መጣህ? አሉት።

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied;

²⁶ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የምትፈልጉኝ እንጀራን ስለ በላችሁና ስለ ጠገባችሁ ነው እንጂ ምልክቶችን ስላያችሁ አይደለም።

²⁷work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal — [even] God.`

²⁷ለሚጠፋ መብል አትሥሩ፤ ነገር ግን ለዘላለም ሕይወት ለሚኖር መብል የሰው ልጅ ለሚሰጣችሁ ሥሩ፤ እርሱን እግዚአብሔር አብ አትሞታልና።

²⁸They said therefore unto him, `What may we do that we may work the works of God?`

²⁸እንግዲህ። የእግዚአብሔርን ሥራ እንድንሠራ ምን እናድርግ? አሉት።

²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.`

²⁹ኢየሱስ መልሶ። ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ሥራ እርሱ በላከው እንድታምኑ ነው አላቸው።

³⁰They said therefore to him, `What sign, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work?

³⁰እንግዲህ። እንኪያ አይተን እንድናምንህ አንተ ምን ምልክት ታደርጋለህ? ምንስ ትሠራለህ?

³¹our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.`

³¹ይበሉ ዘንድ ከሰማይ እንጀራ ሰጣቸው ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ አባቶቻችን በምድረ በዳ መና በሉ አሉት።

³²Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven;

³²ኢየሱስም። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እውነተኛ እንጀራ ከሰማይ የሚሰጣችሁ አባቴ ነው እንጂ ከሰማይ እንጀራ የሰጣችሁ ሙሴ አይደለም፤

³³for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.`

³³የእግዚአብሔር እንጀራ ከሰማይ የሚወርድ ለዓለምም ሕይወትን የሚሰጥ ነውና አላቸው።

³⁴They said, therefore, unto him, `Sir, always give us this bread.`

³⁴ስለዚህ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይህን እንጀራ ዘወትር ስጠን አሉት።

³⁵And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst — at any time;

³⁵ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አላቸው። የሕይወት እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ፤ ወደ እኔ የሚመጣ ከቶ አይራብም በእኔ የሚያምንም ሁልጊዜ ከቶ አይጠማም።

³⁶but I said to you, that ye also have seen me, and ye believe not;

³⁶ነገር ግን አይታችሁኝ እንዳላመናችሁ አልኋችሁ።

³⁷all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,

³⁷አብ የሚሰጠኝ ሁሉ ወደ እኔ ይመጣል፥ ወደ እኔም የሚመጣውን ከቶ ወደ ውጭ አላወጣውም፤

³⁸because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

³⁸ፈቃዴን ለማድረግ አይደለም እንጂ የላከኝን ፈቃድ ለማድረግ ከሰማይ ወርጃለሁና።

³⁹`And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

³⁹ከሰጠኝም ሁሉ አንድን ስንኳ እንዳላጠፋ በመጨረሻው ቀን እንዳስነሣው እንጂ የላከኝ የአብ ፈቃድ ይህ ነው።

⁴⁰and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.`

⁴⁰ልጅንም አይቶ በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ የዘላለም ሕይወትን እንዲያገኝ የአባቴ ፈቃድ ይህ ነው፥ እኔም በመጨረሻው ቀን አስነሣዋለሁ።

⁴¹The Jews, therefore, were murmuring at him, because he said, `I am the bread that came down out of the heaven;`

⁴¹እንግዲህ አይሁድ። ከሰማይ የወረደ እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ ስላለ ስለ እርሱ አንጐራጐሩና።

⁴²and they said, `Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one — Out of the heaven I have come down?`

⁴²አባቱንና እናቱን የምናውቃቸው ይህ የዮሴፍ ልጅ ኢየሱስ አይደለምን? እንግዲህ። ከሰማይ ወርጃለሁ እንዴት ይላል? አሉ።

⁴³Jesus answered, therefore, and said to them, `Murmur not one with another;

⁴³ኢየሱስ መለሰ አላቸውም። እርስ በርሳችሁ አታንጐራጕሩ።

⁴⁴no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

⁴⁴የላከኝ አብ ከሳበው በቀር ወደ እኔ ሊመጣ የሚችል የለም፥ እኔም በመጨረሻው ቀን አስነሣዋለሁ።

⁴⁵it is having been written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God; every one therefore who heard from the Father, and learned, cometh to me;

⁴⁵ሁሉም ከእግዚአብሔር የተማሩ ይሆናሉ ተብሎ በነቢያት ተጽፎአል፤ እንግዲህ ከአብ የሰማ የተማረም ሁሉ ወደ እኔ ይመጣል።

⁴⁶not that any one hath seen the Father, except he who is from God, he hath seen the Father.

⁴⁶አብን ያየ ማንም የለም፤ ከእግዚአብሔር ከሆነ በቀር፥ እርሱ አብን አይቶአል።

⁴⁷`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during;

⁴⁷እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ በእኔ የሚያምን የዘላለም ሕይወት አለው።

⁴⁸I am the bread of the life;

⁴⁸የሕይወት እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ።

⁴⁹your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;

⁴⁹አባቶቻችሁ በምድረ በዳ መና በሉ ሞቱም፤

⁵⁰this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.

⁵⁰ሰው ከእርሱ በልቶ እንዳይሞት ከሰማይ አሁን የወረደ እንጀራ ይህ ነው።

⁵¹`I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live — to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.`

⁵¹ከሰማይ የወረደ ሕያው እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ፤ ሰው ከዚህ እንጀራ ቢበላ ለዘላለም ይኖራል፤ እኔም ስለ ዓለም ሕይወት የምሰጠው እንጀራ ሥጋዬ ነው።

⁵²The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, `How is this one able to give us [his] flesh to eat?`

⁵²እንግዲህ አይሁድ። ይህ ሰው ሥጋውን ልንበላ ይሰጠን ዘንድ እንዴት ይችላል? ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው ተከራከሩ።

⁵³Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;

⁵³ስለዚህ ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አላቸው። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የሰውን ልጅ ሥጋ ካልበላችሁ ደሙንም ካልጠጣችሁ በራሳችሁ ሕይወት የላችሁም።

⁵⁴he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;

⁵⁴ሥጋዬን የሚበላ ደሜንም የሚጠጣ የዘላለም ሕይወት አለው፥ እኔም በመጨረሻው ቀን አስነሣዋለሁ።

⁵⁵for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink;

⁵⁵ሥጋዬ እውነተኛ መብል ደሜም እውነተኛ መጠጥ ነውና።

⁵⁶he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him.

⁵⁶ሥጋዬን የሚበላ ደሜንም የሚጠጣ በእኔ ይኖራል እኔም በእርሱ እኖራለሁ።

⁵⁷`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

⁵⁷ሕያው አብ እንደ ላከኝ እኔም ከአብ የተነሣ ሕያው እንደምሆን፥ እንዲሁ የሚበላኝ ደግሞ ከእኔ የተነሣ ሕያው ይሆናል።

⁵⁸this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live — to the age.`

⁵⁸ከሰማይ የወረደ እንጀራ ይህ ነው፤ አባቶቻችሁ መና በልተው እንደ ሞቱ አይደለም፤ ይህን እንጀራ የሚበላ ለዘላለም ይኖራል

⁵⁹These things he said in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum;

⁵⁹በቅፍርናሆም ሲያስተምር ይህን በምኵራብ አለ።

⁶⁰many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, `This word is hard; who is able to hear it?`

⁶⁰ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም ብዙዎች በሰሙ ጊዜ። ይህ የሚያስጨንቅ ንግግር ነው፤ ማን ሊሰማው ይችላል? አሉ።

⁶¹And Jesus having known in himself that his disciples are murmuring about this, said to them, `Doth this stumble you?

⁶¹ኢየሱስ ግን ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ስለዚህ እንዳንጐራጐሩ በልቡ አውቆ አላቸው። ይህ ያሰናክላችኋልን?

⁶²if then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before?

⁶²እንግዲህ የሰው ልጅ አስቀድሞ ወደ ነበረበት ሲወጣ ብታዩ እንዴት ይሆናል?

⁶³the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

⁶³ሕይወትን የሚሰጥ መንፈስ ነው፤ ሥጋ ምንም አይጠቅምም፤ እኔ የነገርኋችሁ ቃል መንፈስ ነው ሕይወትም ነው።

⁶⁴but there are certain of you who do not believe;` for Jesus had known from the beginning who they are who are not believing, and who is he who will deliver him up,

⁶⁴ነገር ግን ከእናንተ የማያምኑ አሉ። ኢየሱስ የማያምኑት እነማን እንደ ሆኑ አሳልፎ የሚሰጠውም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከመጀመሪያ ያውቅ ነበርና።

⁶⁵and he said, `Because of this I have said to you — No one is able to come unto me, if it may not have been given him from my Father.`

⁶⁵ደግሞ። ስለዚህ አልኋችሁ፥ ከአብ የተሰጠው ካልሆነ ወደ እኔ ሊመጣ የሚችል የለም አለ።

⁶⁶From this [time] many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him,

⁶⁶ከዚህም የተነሣ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ብዙዎች ወደ ኋላ ተመለሱ፤ ወደ ፊትም ከእርሱ ጋር አልሄዱም።

⁶⁷Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, `Do ye also wish to go away?`

⁶⁷ኢየሱስም ለአሥራ ሁለቱ። እናንተ ደግሞ ልትሄዱ ትወዳላችሁን? አለ።

⁶⁸Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, `Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during;

⁶⁸ስምዖን ጴጥሮስ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ማን እንሄዳለን? አንተ የዘላለም ሕይወት ቃል አለህ፤

⁶⁹and we have believed, and we have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.`

⁶⁹እኛስ አንተ ክርስቶስ የሕያው የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆንህ አምነናል አውቀናልም ብሎ መለሰለት።

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, `Did not I choose you — the twelve? and of you — one is a devil.

⁷⁰ኢየሱስም። እኔ እናንተን አሥራ ሁለታችሁን የመረጥኋችሁ አይደለምን? ከእናንተም አንዱ ዲያብሎስ ነው ብሎ መለሰላቸው።

⁷¹And he spake of Judas, Simon`s [son], Iscariot, for he was about to deliver him up, being one of the twelve.

⁷¹ስለ ስምዖንም ልጅ ስለ አስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ ተናገረ፤ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱ የሆነ እርሱ አሳልፎ ይሰጠው ዘንድ አለውና።