¹And Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him,

¹ከዚህም በኋላ ኢየሱስ አይሁድ ሊገድሉት ይፈልጉ ስለ ነበር በይሁዳ ሊመላለስ አይወድም ነበርና በገሊላ ይመላለስ ነበር።

²and the feast of the Jews was nigh — that of tabernacles —

²የአይሁድም የዳስ በዓል ቀርቦ ነበር።

³his brethren, therefore, said unto him, `Remove hence, and go away to Judea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou dost;

³እንግዲህ ወንድሞቹ። ደቀ መዛሙርትህ ደግሞ የምታደርገውን ሥራ እንዲያዩ ከዚህ ተነሣና ወደ ይሁዳ ሂድ፤

⁴for no one in secret doth anything, and himself seeketh to be in public; if thou dost these things — manifest thyself to the world;`

⁴ራሱ ሊገለጥ እየፈለገ በስውር የሚሠራ የለምና። እነዚህን ብታደርግ ራስህን ለዓለም ግለጥ አሉት።

⁵for not even were his brethren believing in him.

⁵ወንድሞቹ ስንኳ አላመኑበትም ነበርና።

⁶Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready;

⁶ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አላቸው። ጊዜዬ ገና አልደረሰም፥ ጊዜያችሁ ግን ዘወትር የተመቸ ነው።

⁷the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

⁷ዓለም እናንተን ሊጠላ አይቻለውም፤ እኔ ግን ሥራው ክፉ መሆኑን እመሰክርበታለሁና እኔን ይጠላኛል።

⁸Ye — go ye up to this feast; I do not yet go up to this feast, because my time hath not yet been fulfilled;`

⁸እናንተ ወደዚህ በዓል ውጡ፤ እኔስ ጊዜዬ ገና ስላልተፈጸመ ወደዚህ በዓል ገና አልወጣም።

⁹and saying these things to them, he remained in Galilee.

⁹ይህንም አላቸውና በገሊላ ቀረ።

¹⁰And when his brethren went up, then also he himself went up to the feast, not manifestly, but as in secret;

¹⁰ወንድሞቹ ግን ወደ በዓሉ ከወጡ በኋላ በዚያን ጊዜ እርሱ ደግሞ በግልጥ ሳይሆን ተሰውሮ ወጣ።

¹¹the Jews, therefore, were seeking him, in the feast, and said, `Where is that one?`

¹¹አይሁድም። እርሱ ወዴት ነው? እያሉ በበዓሉ ይፈልጉት ነበር።

¹²and there was much murmuring about him among the multitudes, some indeed said — `He is good;` and others said, `No, but he leadeth astray the multitude;`

¹²በሕዝብም መካከል ስለ እርሱ ብዙ ማንጐራጐር ነበረ፤ አንዳንዱም። ደግ ሰው ነው፤ ሌሎች ግን። አይደለም፥ ሕዝቡን ግን ያስታል ይሉ ነበር።

¹³no one, however, was speaking freely about him, through fear of the Jews.

¹³ዳሩ ግን አይሁድን ስለ ፈሩ ማንም ስለ እርሱ በግልጥ አይናገርም ነበር።

¹⁴And it being now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the temple, and he was teaching,

¹⁴አሁንም በበዓሉ እኩሌታ ኢየሱስ ወደ መቅደስ ወጥቶ ያስተምር ነበር።

¹⁵and the Jews were wondering, saying, `How hath this one known letters — not having learned?`

¹⁵አይሁድም። ይህ ሰው ሳይማር መጻሕፍትን እንዴት ያውቃል? ብለው ይደነቁ ነበር።

¹⁶Jesus answered them and said, `My teaching is not mine, but His who sent me;

¹⁶ስለዚህ ኢየሱስ መለሰ እንዲህም አላቸው። ትምህርቴስ ከላከኝ ነው እንጂ ከእኔ አይደለም፤

¹⁷if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or — I do speak from myself.

¹⁷ፈቃዱን ሊያደርግ የሚወድ ቢኖር፥ እርሱ ይህ ትምህርት ከእግዚአብሔር ቢሆን ወይም እኔ ከራሴ የምናገር ብሆን ያውቃል።

¹⁸`He who is speaking from himself his own glory doth seek, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;

¹⁸ከራሱ የሚናገር የራሱን ክብር ይፈልጋል፤ የላከውን ክብር የሚፈልግ ግን እርሱ እውነተኛ ነው በእርሱም ዓመፃ የለበትም።

¹⁹hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?`

¹⁹ሙሴ ሕግን አልሰጣችሁምን? ከእናንተ ግን ሕግን የሚያደርግ አንድ ስንኳ የለም። ልትገድሉኝ ስለ ምን ትፈልጋላችሁ?

²⁰The multitude answered and said, `Thou hast a demon, who doth seek to kill thee?`

²⁰ሕዝቡ መለሱና። ጋኔን አለብህ፤ ማን ሊገድልህ ይፈልጋል? አሉት።

²¹Jesus answered and said to them, `One work I did, and ye all wonder,

²¹ኢየሱስ መለሰ አላቸውም። አንድ ሥራ አደረግሁ ሁላችሁም ታደንቃላችሁ።

²²because of this, Moses hath given you the circumcision — not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers — and on a sabbath ye circumcise a man;

²²ስለዚህ ሙሴ መገረዝን ሰጣችሁ፤ ከአባቶችም ነው እንጂ ከሙሴ አይደለም፤ በሰንበትም ሰውን ትገርዛላችሁ።

²³if a man doth receive circumcision on a sabbath that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye wroth with me that I made a man all whole on a sabbath?

²³የሙሴ ሕግ እንዳይሻር ሰው በሰንበት መገረዝን የሚቀበል ከሆነስ ሰውን ሁለንተናውን በሰንበት ጤናማ ስላደረግሁ ትቈጡኛላችሁን?

²⁴judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.`

²⁴ቅን ፍርድ ፍረዱ እንጂ በመልክ አትፍረዱ።

²⁵Certain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, `Is not this he whom they are seeking to kill?

²⁵እንግዲህ ከኢየሩሳሌም ሰዎች አንዳንዶቹ እንዲህ አሉ። ሊገድሉት የሚፈልጉት ይህ አይደለምን?

²⁶and, lo, he doth speak freely, and they say nothing to him; did the rulers at all know truly that this is truly the Christ?

²⁶እነሆም፥ በግልጥ ይናገራል አንዳችም አይሉትም። አለቆቹ ይህ ሰው በእውነት ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆነ በእውነት አወቁን?

²⁷but this one — we have known whence he is; and the Christ, when he doth come, no one doth know whence he is.`

²⁷ነገር ግን ይህን ከወዴት እንደ ሆነ አውቀናል፤ ክርስቶስ ሲመጣ ግን ከወዴት እንደ ሆነ ማንም አያውቅም።

²⁸Jesus cried, therefore, in the temple, teaching and saying, `Ye have both known me, and ye have known whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but He who sent me is true, whom ye have not known;

²⁸እንግዲህ ኢየሱስ በመቅደስ ሲያስተምር። እኔንም ታውቁኛላችሁ ከወዴትም እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቃላችሁ፤ እኔም በራሴ አልመጣሁም ነገር ግን እናንተ የማታውቁት የላከኝ እውነተኛ ነው፤

²⁹and I have known Him, because I am from Him, and He did send me.`

²⁹እኔ ግን ከእርሱ ዘንድ ነኝ እርሱም ልኮኛልና አውቀዋለሁ ብሎ ጮኸ።

³⁰They were seeking, therefore, to seize him, and no one laid the hand on him, because his hour had not yet come,

³⁰ስለዚህ ሊይዙት ይፈልጉ ነበር፤ ነገር ግን ጊዜው ገና ስላልደረሰ ማንም እጁን አልጫነበትም።

³¹and many out of the multitude did believe in him, and said — `The Christ — when he may come — will he do more signs than these that this one did?`

³¹ከሕዝቡ ግን ብዙዎች አመኑበትና። ክርስቶስ በመጣ ጊዜ ይህ ካደረጋቸው ምልክቶች ይልቅ ያደርጋልን? አሉ።

³²The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they may take him;

³²ፈሪሳውያንም ሕዝቡ ሰለ እርሱ እንደዚህ ሲያንጐራጕሩ ሰሙ፤ የካህናት አለቆችም ፈሪሳውያም ሊይዙት ሎሌዎችን ላኩ።

³³Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time I am with you, and I go away unto Him who sent me;

³³ኢየሱስም። ገና ጥቂት ጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር እቆያለሁ ወደ ላከኝም እሄዳለሁ።

³⁴ye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.`

³⁴ትፈልጉኛላችሁ አታገኙኝምም፤ እኔም ወዳለሁበት እናንተ ልትመጡ አትችሉም አለ።

³⁵The Jews, therefore, said among themselves, `Whither is this one about to go that we shall not find him? — to the dispersion of the Greeks is he about to go? and to teach the Greeks;

³⁵እንግዲህ አይሁድ። እኛ እንዳናገኘው ይህ ወዴት ይሄድ ዘንድ አለው? በግሪክ ሰዎች መካከል ተበትነው ወደሚኖሩት ሊሄድና የግሪክን ሰዎች ሊያስተምር አለውን?

³⁶what is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and ye shall not find? and, Where I am, ye are not able to come?`

³⁶እርሱ። ትፈልጉኛላችሁ አታገኙኝምም እኔም ወዳለሁበት እናንተ ልትመጡ አትችሉም የሚለው ይህ ቃል ምንድር ነው? ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው ተነጋገሩ።

³⁷And in the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, `If any one doth thirst, let him come unto me and drink;

³⁷ከበዓሉም በታላቁ በኋለኛው ቀን ኢየሱስ ቆሞ። ማንም የተጠማ ቢኖር ወደ እኔ ይምጣና ይጠጣ።

³⁸he who is believing in me, according as the Writing said, Rivers out of his belly shall flow of living water;`

³⁸በእኔ የሚያምን መጽሐፍ እንዳለ፥ የሕይወት ውኃ ወንዝ ከሆዱ ይፈልቃል ብሎ ጮኸ።

³⁹and this he said of the Spirit, which those believing in him were about to receive; for not yet was the Holy Spirit, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

³⁹ይህን ግን በእርሱ የሚያምኑ ሊቀበሉት ስላላቸው ስለ መንፈስ ተናገረ፤ ኢየሱስ ገና ስላልከበረ መንፈስ ገና አልወረደም ነበርና።

⁴⁰Many, therefore out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, `This is truly the Prophet;`

⁴⁰ስለዚህ ከሕዝቡ አያሌ ሰዎች ይህን ቃል ሲሰሙ። ይህ በእውነት ነቢዩ ነው አሉ፤

⁴¹others said, `This is the Christ;` and others said, `Why, out of Galilee doth the Christ come?

⁴¹ሌሎች። ይህ ክርስቶስ ነው አሉ፤ ሌሎች ግን። ክርስቶስ በእውኑ ከገሊላ ይመጣልን?

⁴²Did not the Writing say, that out of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem — the village where David was — the Christ doth come?`

⁴²ክርስቶስ ከዳዊት ዘር ዳዊትም ከነበረባት መንደር ከቤተ ልሔም እንዲመጣ መጽሐፍ አላለምን? አሉ።

⁴³A division, therefore, arose among the multitude because of him.

⁴³እንግዲህ ከእርሱ የተነሣ በሕዝቡ መካከል መለያየት ሆነ፤

⁴⁴And certain of them were willing to seize him, but no one laid hands on him;

⁴⁴ከእነርሱም አንዳንዶቹ ሊይዙት ወደዱ ነገር ግን እጁን ማንም አልጫነበትም።

⁴⁵the officers came, therefore, unto the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, `Wherefore did ye not bring him?`

⁴⁵ሎሌዎቹም ወደ ካህናት አለቆችና ወደ ፈሪሳውያን መጡ፤ እነዚያም። ያላመጣችሁት ስለ ምን ነው? አሉአቸው።

⁴⁶The officers answered, `Never so spake man — as this man.`

⁴⁶ሎሌዎቹ። እንደዚህ ሰው ማንም እንዲሁ ከቶ አልተናገረም ብለው መለሱ።

⁴⁷The Pharisees, therefore, answered them, `Have ye also been led astray?

⁴⁷እንግዲህ ፈሪሳውያን። እናንተ ደግሞ ሳታችሁን?

⁴⁸did any one out of the rulers believe in him? or out of the Pharisees?

⁴⁸ከአለቆች ወይስ ከፈሪሳውያን በእርሱ ያመነ አለን?

⁴⁹but this multitude, that is not knowing the law, is accursed.`

⁴⁹ነገር ግን ሕግን የማያውቀው ይህ ሕዝብ ርጉም ነው ብለው መለሱላቸው።

⁵⁰Nicodemus saith unto them — he who came by night unto him — being one of them,

⁵⁰ከእነርሱ አንዱ በሌሊት ቀድሞ ወደ እርሱ መጥቶ የነበረ ኒቆዲሞስ።

⁵¹`Doth our law judge the man, if it may not hear from him first, and know what he doth?`

⁵¹ሕጋችን አስቀድሞ ከእርሱ ሳይሰማ ምንስ እንዳደረገ ሳያውቅ በሰው ይፈርዳልን? አላቸው።

⁵²They answered and said to him, `Art thou also out of Galilee? search and see, that a prophet out of Galilee hath not risen;`

⁵²እነርሱም መለሱና። አንተም ደግሞ ከገሊላ ነህን? ነቢይ ከገሊላ እንዳይነሣ መርምርና እይ አሉት።

⁵³and each one went on to his house, but Jesus went on to the mount of the Olives.

⁵³እያንዳንዱም ወደ ቤቱ ሄደ።