¹And the feast of the unleavened food was coming nigh, that is called Passover,

¹ፋሲካም የሚባለው የቂጣ በዓል ቀረበ።

²and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they may take him up, for they were afraid of the people.

²የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎችም እንዴት እንዲያጠፉት ይፈልጉ ነበር፤ ሕዝቡን ይፈሩ ነበርና።

³And the Adversary entered into Judas, who is surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve,

³ሰይጣንም ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ቍጥር አንዱ በነበረው የአስቆሮቱ በሚባለው በይሁዳ ገባ፤

⁴and he, having gone away, spake with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might deliver him up to them,

⁴ሄዶም እንዴት አሳልፎ እንዲሰጣቸው ከካህናት አለቆችና ከመቅደስ አዛዦች ጋር ተነጋገረ።

⁵and they rejoiced, and covenanted to give him money,

⁵እነርሱም ደስ አላቸው፥ ገንዘብም ሊሰጡት ተዋዋሉ።

⁶and he agreed, and was seeking a favourable season to deliver him up to them without tumult.

⁶እሺም አለ፥ ሕዝብም በሌለበት አሳልፎ እንዲሰጣቸው ምቹ ጊዜ ይፈልግ ነበር።

⁷And the day of the unleavened food came, in which it was behoving the passover to be sacrificed,

⁷ፋሲካንም ሊያርዱበት የሚገባው የቂጣ በዓል ደረሰ፤

⁸and he sent Peter and John, saying, `Having gone on, prepare to us the passover, that we may eat;`

⁸ጴጥሮስንና ዮሐንስንም። ፋሲካን እንድንበላ ሄዳችሁ አዘጋጁልን ብሎ ላካቸው።

⁹and they said to him, `Where wilt thou that we might prepare?`

⁹እነርሱም። ወዴት እናዘጋጅ ዘንድ ትወዳለህ? አሉት።

¹⁰And he said to them, `Lo, in your entering into the city, there shall meet you a man, bearing a pitcher of water, follow him to the house where he doth go in,

¹⁰እርሱም አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ወደ ከተማ ስትገቡ ማድጋ ውኃ የተሸከመ ሰው ይገናኛችኋል፤ ወደ ሚገባበት ቤት ተከተሉት፤

¹¹and ye shall say to the master of the house, The Teacher saith to thee, Where is the guest-chamber where the passover with my disciples I may eat?

¹¹ለባለቤቱም። መምህሩ። ከደቀ መዛሙርቴ ጋር ፋሲካን የምበላበት የእንግዳ ቤት ክፍል ወዴት ነው? ይልሃል በሉት፤

¹²and he shall show you a large upper room furnished, there make ready;`

¹²ያም በደርብ ላይ ያለውን የተነጠፈ ታላቅ አዳራሽ ያሳያችኋል፤ በዚያም አሰናዱልን።

¹³and they, having gone away, found as he hath said to them, and they made ready the passover.

¹³ሄደውም እንዳላቸው አገኙና ፋሲካን አሰናዱ።

¹⁴And when the hour come, he reclined (at meat), and the twelve apostles with him,

¹⁴ሰዓቱም በደረሰ ጊዜ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ሐዋርያት ጋር በማዕድ ተቀመጠ።

¹⁵and he said unto them, `With desire I did desire to eat this passover with you before my suffering,

¹⁵እርሱም። ከመከራዬ በፊት ከእናንተ ጋር ይህን ፋሲካ ልበላ እጅግ እመኝ ነበር፤

¹⁶for I say to you, that no more may I eat of it till it may be fulfilled in the reign of God.`

¹⁶እላችኋለሁና፥ በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እስኪፈጸም ድረስ፥ ወደ ፊት ከዚህ አልበላም አላቸው።

¹⁷And having taken a cup, having given thanks, he said, `Take this and divide to yourselves,

¹⁷ጽዋንም ተቀበለ አመስግኖም። ይህን እንካችሁ በመካከላችሁም ተካፈሉት፤

¹⁸for I say to you that I may not drink of the produce of the vine till the reign of God may come.`

¹⁸እላችኋለሁና፥ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እስክትመጣ ድረስ ከአሁን ጀምሮ ከወይኑ ፍሬ አልጠጣም አለ።

¹⁹And having taken bread, having given thanks, he brake and gave to them, saying, `This is my body, that for you is being given, this do ye — to remembrance of me.`

¹⁹እንጀራንም አንሥቶ አመሰገነ ቆርሶም ሰጣቸውና። ስለ እናንተ የሚሰጠው ሥጋዬ ይህ ነው፤ ይህን ለመታሰቢያዬ አድርጉት አለ።

²⁰In like manner, also, the cup after the supping, saying, `This cup [is] the new covenant in my blood, that for you is being poured forth.

²⁰እንዲሁም ከእራት በኋላ ጽዋውን አንሥቶ እንዲህ አለ። ይህ ጽዋ ስለ እናንተ በሚፈሰው በደሜ የሚሆን አዲስ ኪዳን ነው።

²¹`But, lo, the hand of him delivering me up [is] with me on the table,

²¹ነገር ግን አሳልፎ የሚሰጠኝ እጅ እነሆ በማዕድ ከእኔ ጋር ናት።

²²and indeed the Son of Man doth go according to what hath been determined; but wo to that man through whom he is being delivered up.`

²²የሰው ልጅስ እንደ ተወሰነው ይሄዳል፥ ነገር ግን አልፎ ለሚሰጥበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት።

²³And they began to reason among themselves, who then of them it may be, who is about to do this thing.

²³ከእነርሱም ይህን ሊያደርግ ያለው ማን እንደ ሆነ እርስ በርሳቸው ይጠያየቁ ጀመር።

²⁴And there happened also a strife among them — who of them is accounted to be greater.

²⁴ደግሞም ማናቸውም ታላቅ ሆኖ እንዲቈጠር በመካከላቸው ክርክር ሆነ።

²⁵And he said to them, `The kings of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those exercising authority upon them are called benefactors;

²⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። የአሕዛብ ነገሥታት ይገዙአቸዋል፥ በላያቸውም የሚሠለጥኑት ቸርነት አድራጊዎች ይባላሉ።

²⁶but ye [are] not so, but he who is greater among you — let him be as the younger; and he who is leading, as he who is ministering;

²⁶እናንተ ግን እንዲህ አትሁኑ፤ ነገር ግን ከእናንተ ታላቅ የሆነ በመካከላችሁ እንደ ታናሽ፥ የሚገዛም እንደሚያገለግል ይሁን።

²⁷for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I — I am in your midst as he who is ministering.

²⁷በማዕድ የተቀመጠ ወይስ የሚያገለግል ማናቸው ታላቅ ነው? የተቀመጠው አይደለምን? እኔ ግን በመካከላችሁ እንደሚያገለግል ነኝ።

²⁸`And ye — ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations,

²⁸ነገር ግን እናንተ በፈተናዎቼ ከእኔ ጋር ጸንታችሁ የኖራችሁ ናችሁ፤

²⁹and I appoint to you, as my Father did appoint to me, a kingdom,

²⁹አባቴ እኔን እንደ ሾመኝ እኔ ደግሞ በመንግሥቴ ከማዕዴ ትበሉና ትጠጡ ዘንድ፥ በአሥራ ሁለቱ በእስራኤል ነገድ ስትፈርዱ በዙፋኖች ትቀመጡ ዘንድ ለመንግሥት እሾማችኋለሁ።

³⁰that ye may eat and may drink at my table, in my kingdom, and may sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.`

³¹ጌታም። ስምዖን ስምዖን ሆይ፥ እነሆ፥ ሰይጣን እንደ ስንዴ ሊያበጥራችሁ ለመነ፤

³¹And the Lord said, `Simon, Simon, lo, the Adversary did ask you for himself to sift as the wheat,

³²እኔ ግን እምነትህ እንዳይጠፋ ስለ አንተ አማለድሁ፤ አንተም በተመለስህ ጊዜ ወንድሞችህን አጽና አለ።

³²and I besought for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and thou, when thou didst turn, strengthen thy brethren.`

³³እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ወኅኒም ወደ ሞትም ከአንተ ጋር ለመሄድ የተዘጋጀሁ ነኝ አለው።

³³And he said to him, `Sir, with thee I am ready both to prison and to death to go;`

³⁴እርሱ ግን። ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ እልሃለሁ፥ እንዳታውቀኝ ሦስት ጊዜ እስክትክደኝ ድረስ ዛሬ ዶሮ አይጮኽም አለው።

³⁴and he said, `I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow to-day, before thrice thou mayest disown knowing me.`

³⁵ደግሞም። ያለ ኮረጆና ያለ ከረጢት ያለ ጫማም በላክኋችሁ ጊዜ፥ አንዳች ጐደለባችሁን? አላቸው። እነርሱም። አንዳች እንኳ አሉ።

³⁵And he said to them, `When I sent you without bag, and scrip, and sandals, did ye lack anything?` and they said, `Nothing.`

³⁶እርሱም። አሁን ግን ኮረጆ ያለው ከእርሱ ጋር ይውሰድ፥ ከረጢትም ያለው እንዲሁ፤ የሌለውም ልብሱን ሽጦ ሰይፍ ይግዛ።

³⁶Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take [it] up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

³⁷እላችኋለሁና፥ ይህ። ከዓመፀኞች ጋር ተቈጠረ ተብሎ የተጻፈው በእኔ ሊፈጸም ግድ ነው፤ አዎን፥ ስለ እኔ የሚሆነው አሁን ይፈጸማልና አላቸው።

³⁷for I say to you, that yet this that hath been written it behoveth to be fulfilled in me: And with lawless ones he was reckoned, for also the things concerning me have an end.`

³⁸እነርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እነሆ፥ በዚህ ሁለት ሰይፎች አሉ አሉት። እርሱም። ይበቃል አላቸው።

³⁸And they said, `Sir, lo, here [are] two swords;` and he said to them, `It is sufficient.`

³⁹ወጥቶም እንደ ልማዱ ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ሄደ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ደግሞ ተከተሉት።

³⁹And having gone forth, he went on, according to custom, to the mount of the Olives, and his disciples also followed him,

⁴⁰ወደ ስፍራውም ደርሶ። ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ጸልዩ አላቸው።

⁴⁰and having come to the place, he said to them, `Pray ye not to enter into temptation.`

⁴¹ከእነርሱም የድንጋይ ውርወራ የሚያህል ራቀ፥ ተንበርክኮም። አባት ሆይ፥

⁴¹And he was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone`s cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying,

⁴²ብትፈቅድ ይህችን ጽዋ ከእኔ ውሰድ፤ ነገር ግን የእኔ ፈቃድ አይሁን የአንተ እንጂ እያለ ይጸልይ ነበር።

⁴²saying, `Father, if Thou be counselling to make this cup pass from me —; but, not my will, but Thine be done.` —

⁴³ከሰማይም መጥቶ የሚያበረታ መልአክ ታየው።

⁴³And there appeared to him a messenger from heaven strengthening him;

⁴⁴በፍርሃትም ሲጣጣር አጽንቶ ይጸልይ ነበር፤ ወዙም በምድር ላይ እንደሚወርድ እንደ ደም ነጠብጣብ ነበረ።

⁴⁴and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.

⁴⁵ከጸሎትም ተነሥቶ ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ መጣና ከኀዘን የተነሣ ተኝተው ሲያገኛቸው።

⁴⁵And having risen up from the prayer, having come unto the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow,

⁴⁶ስለ ምን ትተኛላችሁ? ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ተነሥታችሁ ጸልዩ አላቸው።

⁴⁶and he said to them, `Why do ye sleep? having risen, pray that ye may not enter into temptation.`

⁴⁷ገናም ሲናገር እነሆ፥ ሰዎች መጡ፤ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱም ይሁዳ የሚባለው ይቀድማቸው ነበር፥ ሊስመውም ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀረበ።

⁴⁷And while he is speaking, lo, a multitude, and he who is called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming before them, and he came nigh to Jesus to kiss him,

⁴⁸ኢየሱስ ግን። ይሁዳ ሆይ፥ በመሳም የሰውን ልጅ አሳልፈህ ትሰጣለህን? አለው።

⁴⁸and Jesus said to him, `Judas, with a kiss the Son of Man dost thou deliver up?`

⁴⁹በዙሪያውም የነበሩት የሚሆነውን ባዩ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በሰይፍ እንምታቸውን? አሉት።

⁴⁹And those about him, having seen what was about to be, said to him, `Sir, shall we smite with a sword?`

⁵⁰ከእነርሱም አንዱ የሊቀ ካህናቱን ባሪያ መትቶ ቀኝ ጆሮውን ቈረጠው።

⁵⁰And a certain one of them smote the servant of the chief priest, and took off his right ear,

⁵¹ኢየሱስ ግን መልሶ። ይህንስ ፍቀዱ አለ፤ ጆሮውንም ዳስሶ ፈወሰው።

⁵¹and Jesus answering said, `Suffer ye thus far,` and having touched his ear, he healed him.

⁵²ኢየሱስም ወደ እርሱ ለመጡበት ለካህናት አለቆችና ለመቅደስ አዛዦች ለሽማግሌዎችም። ወንበዴን እንደምትይዙ ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዛችሁ ወጣችሁን?

⁵²And Jesus said to those having come upon him — chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders — `As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks?

⁵³በመቅደስ ዕለት ዕለት ከእናንተ ጋር ስሆን እጆቻችሁን አልዘረጋችሁብኝም፤ ይህ ግን ጊዜያችሁና የጨለማው ሥልጣን ነው አላቸው።

⁵³while daily I was with you in the temple, ye did stretch forth no hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of the darkness.`

⁵⁴ይዘውም ወሰዱት ወደ ሊቀ ካህናት ቤትም አገቡት፤ ጴጥሮስም ርቆ ይከተለው ነበር።

⁵⁴And having taken him, they led and brought him to the house of the chief priest. And Peter was following afar off,

⁵⁵በግቢ መካከልም እሳት አንድደው በአንድነት ተቀምጠው ሳሉ ጴጥሮስ በመካከላቸው ተቀመጠ።

⁵⁵and they having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and having sat down together, Peter was sitting in the midst of them,

⁵⁶በብርሃኑም በኩል ተቀምጦ ሳለ አንዲት ገረድ አየችውና ትኵር ብላ። ይህ ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ አለች።

⁵⁶and a certain maid having seen him sitting at the light, and having earnestly looked at him, she said, `And this one was with him!`

⁵⁷እርሱ ግን። አንቺ ሴት፥ አላውቀውም ብሎ ካደ።

⁵⁷and he disowned him, saying, `Woman, I have not known him.`

⁵⁸ከጥቂት ጊዜም በኋላ ሌላው አይቶት። አንተ ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ወገን ነህ አለው። ጴጥሮስ ግን። አንተ ሰው፥ እኔ አይደለሁም አለ።

⁵⁸And after a little, another having seen him, said, `And thou art of them!` and Peter said, `Man, I am not.`

⁵⁹አንድ ሰዓትም የሚያህል ቆይቶ ሌላው አስረግጦ። እርሱ የገሊላ ሰው ነውና በእውነት ይህ ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ አለ።

⁵⁹And one hour, as it were, having intervened, a certain other was confidently affirming, saying, `Of a truth this one also was with him, for he is also a Galilean;`

⁶⁰ጴጥሮስ ግን። አንተ ሰው፥ የምትለውን አላውቅም አለ። ያን ጊዜም ገና ሲናገር ዶሮ ጮኸ።

⁶⁰and Peter said, `Man, I have not known what thou sayest;` and presently, while he is speaking, a cock crew.

⁶¹ጌታም ዘወር ብሎ ጴጥሮስን ተመለከተው፤ ጴጥሮስም። ዛሬ ዶሮ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ እንዳለው የጌታ ቃል ትዝ አለው።

⁶¹And the Lord having turned did look on Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him — `Before a cock shall crow, thou mayest disown me thrice;`

⁶²ጴጥሮስም ወደ ውጭ ወጥቶ ምርር ብሎ አለቀሰ።

⁶²and Peter having gone without, wept bitterly.

⁶³ኢየሱስንም የያዙት ሰዎች ይዘብቱበትና ይደበድቡት ነበር፤

⁶³And the men who were holding Jesus were mocking him, beating [him];

⁶⁴ሸፍነውም ፊቱን ይመቱት ነበርና። በጥፊ የመታህ ማን ነው? ትንቢት ተናገር እያሉ ይጠይቁት ነበር።

⁶⁴and having blindfolded him, they were striking him on the face, and were questioning him, saying, `Prophesy who he is who smote thee?`

⁶⁵ሌላም ብዙ ነገር እየተሳደቡ በእርሱ ላይ ይናገሩ ነበር።

⁶⁵and many other things, speaking evilly, they spake in regard to him.

⁶⁶በነጋም ጊዜ የሕዝቡ ሽማግሌዎችና የካህናት አለቆች ጻፎችም ተሰብስበው ወደ ሸንጎአቸው ወሰዱትና

⁶⁶And when it became day there was gathered together the eldership of the people, chief priests also, and scribes, and they led him up to their own sanhedrim,

⁶⁷ክርስቶስ አንተ ነህን? ንገረን አሉት። እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አላቸው። ብነግራችሁ አታምኑም፤

⁶⁷saying, `If thou be the Christ, tell us.` And he said to them, `If I may tell you, ye will not believe;

⁶⁸ብጠይቅም አትመልሱልኝም አትፈቱኝምም።

⁶⁸and if I also question [you], ye will not answer me or send me away;

⁶⁹ነገር ግን ከአሁን ጀምሮ የሰው ልጅ በእግዚአብሔር ኃይል ቀኝ ይቀመጣል።

⁶⁹henceforth, there shall be the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power of God.`

⁷⁰ሁላቸውም። እንግዲያስ አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህን? አሉት። እርሱም። እኔ እንደ ሆንሁ እናንተ ትላላችሁ አላቸው።

⁷⁰And they all said, `Thou, then, art the Son of God?` and he said unto them, `Ye say [it], because I am;`

⁷¹እነርሱም። ራሳችን ከአፉ ሰምተናልና ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ምን ምስክር ያስፈልገናል? አሉ።

⁷¹and they said, `What need yet have we of testimony? for we ourselves did hear [it] from his mouth.`