¹And having risen, the whole multitude of them did lead him to Pilate,

¹ሁሉም በሞላው ተነሥተው ወደ ጲላጦስ ወሰዱትና።

²and began to accuse him, saying, `This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.`

²ይህ ሕዝባችንን ሲያጣምም ለቄሣርም ግብር እንዳይሰጥ ሲከለክል ደግሞም። እኔ ክርስቶስ ንጉሥ ነኝ ሲል አገኘነው ብለው ይከሱት ጀመር።

³And Pilate questioned him, saying, `Thou art the king of the Jews?` and he answering him, said, `Thou dost say [it].`

³ጲላጦስም። አንተ የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ነህን? ብሎ ጠየቀው። እርሱም መልሶ። አንተ አልህ አለው።

⁴And Pilate said unto the chief priests, and the multitude, `I find no fault in this man;`

⁴ጲላጦስም ለካህናት አለቆችና ለሕዝቡ። በዚህ ሰው አንድ በደል ስንኳ አላገኘሁበትም አለ።

⁵and they were the more urgent, saying — `He doth stir up the people, teaching throughout the whole of Judea — having begun from Galilee — unto this place.`

⁵እነርሱ ግን አጽንተው። ከገሊላ ጀምሮ እስከዚህ ድረስ በይሁዳ ሁሉ እያስተማረ ሕዝቡን ያውካል አሉ።

⁶And Pilate having heard of Galilee, questioned if the man is a Galilean,

⁶ጲላጦስ ግን። ገሊላ ሲሉ በሰማ ጊዜ። የገሊላ ሰው ነውን? ብሎ ጠየቀ፤

⁷and having known that he is from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him back unto Herod, he being also in Jerusalem in those days.

⁷ከሄሮድስም ግዛት እንደ ሆነ ባወቀ ጊዜ ወደ ሄሮድስ ሰደደው፤ እርሱ ደግሞ በዚያ ጊዜ በኢየሩሳሌም ነበረና።

⁸And Herod having seen Jesus did rejoice exceedingly, for he was wishing for a long [time] to see him, because of hearing many things about him, and he was hoping some sign to see done by him,

⁸ሄሮድስም ኢየሱስን ባየው ጊዜ እጅግ ደስ አለው፤ ስለ እርሱ ስለ ሰማ ከብዙ ጊዜ ጀምሮ ሊያየው ይመኝ ነበርና፥ ምልክትም ሲያደርግ ሊያይ ተስፋ ያደርግ ነበር።

⁹and was questioning him in many words, and he answered him nothing.

⁹በብዙ ቃልም ጠየቀው፤ እርሱ ግን አንድ ስንኳ አልመለሰለትም።

¹⁰And the chief priests and the scribes stood vehemently accusing him,

¹⁰የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎችም አጽንተው ሲከሱት ቆመው ነበር።

¹¹and Herod with his soldiers having set him at nought, and having mocked, having put around him gorgeous apparel, did send him back to Pilate,

¹¹ሄሮድስም ከሠራዊቱ ጋር ናቀው ዘበተበትም፥ የጌጥ ልብስም አልብሶ ወደ ጲላጦስ መልሶ ሰደደው።

¹²and both Pilate and Herod became friends on that day with one another, for they were before at enmity between themselves.

¹²ሄሮድስና ጲላጦስም በዚያን ቀን እርስ በርሳቸው ወዳጆች ሆኑ፥ ቀድሞ በመካከላቸው ጥል ነበረና።

¹³And Pilate having called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people,

¹³ጲላጦስም፥ የካህናትን አለቆችና መኳንንትን ሕዝቡንም በአንድነት ጠርቶ እንዲህ አላቸው።

¹⁴said unto them, `Ye brought to me this man as perverting the people, and lo, I before you having examined, found in this man no fault in those things ye bring forward against him;

¹⁴ሕዝቡን ያጣምማል ብላችሁ ይህን ሰው ወደ እኔ አመጣችሁት፤ እነሆም፥ በፊታችሁ መርምሬ ከምትከሱበት ነገር አንድ በደል ስንኳ በዚህ ሰው አላገኘሁበትም።

¹⁵no, nor yet Herod, for I sent you back unto him, and lo, nothing worthy of death is having been done by him;

¹⁵ሄሮድስም ደግሞ ምንም አላገኘም፤ ወደ እኛ መልሶታልና፤ እነሆም፥ ለሞት የሚያደርሰው ምንም አላደረገም፤

¹⁶having chastised, therefore, I will release him,`

¹⁶እንግዲያስ ቀጥቼ እፈታዋለሁ። በበዓሉ አንድ ይፈታላቸው ዘንድ ግድ ነበረና።

¹⁷for it was necessary for him to release to them one at every feast,

¹⁸ሁላቸውም በአንድነት። ይህን አስወግድ፥ በርባንንም ፍታልን እያሉ ጮኹ፤

¹⁸and they cried out — the whole multitude — saying, `Away with this one, and release to us Barabbas,`

¹⁹እርሱም ሁከትን በከተማ አንሥቶ ሰውን ስለ ገደለ በወኅኒ ታስሮ ነበር።

¹⁹who had been, because of a certain sedition made in the city, and murder, cast into prison.

²⁰ጲላጦስም ኢየሱስን ሊፈታ ወድዶ ዳግመኛ ተናገራቸው፤

²⁰Pilate again then — wishing to release Jesus — called to them,

²¹ነገር ግን እነርሱ። ስቀለው ስቀለው እያሉ ይጮኹ ነበር።

²¹but they were calling out, saying, `Crucify, crucify him.`

²²ሦስተኛም። ምን ነው? ያደረገውስ ክፋት ምንድር ነው? ለሞት የሚያደርሰው በደል አላገኘሁበትም፤ ስለዚህ ቀጥቼ እፈታዋለሁ አላቸው።

²²And he a third time said unto them, `Why, what evil did he? no cause of death did I find in him; having chastised him, then, I will release [him].`

²³እነርሱ ግን እንዲሰቀል በታላቅ ድምፅ አጽንተው ለመኑት። የእነርሱ ጩኸትና የካህናት አለቆችም ቃል በረታ።

²³And they were pressing with loud voices asking him to be crucified, and their voices, and those of the chief priests, were prevailing,

²⁴ጲላጦስም ልመናቸው እንዲሆንላቸው ፈረደበት።

²⁴and Pilate gave judgment for their request being done,

²⁵ያንን የለመኑትንም፥ ስለ ሁከት ሰውንም ስለ መግደል በወኅኒ ታስሮ የነበረውን አስፈታላቸው፥ ኢየሱስን ግን ለፈቃዳቸው አሳልፎ ሰጠው።

²⁵and he released him who because of sedition and murder hath been cast into the prison, whom they were asking, and Jesus he gave up to their will.

²⁶በወሰዱትም ጊዜ ስምዖን የተባለ የቀሬናን ሰው ከገጠር ሲመጣ ይዘው ከኢየሱስ በኋላ መስቀሉን እንዲሸከም ጫኑበት።

²⁶And as they led him away, having taken hold on Simon, a certain Cyrenian, coming from the field, they put on him the cross, to bear [it] behind Jesus.

²⁷ዋይ ዋይ ከሚሉና ሙሾ ከሚያወጡ ሴቶችና ከሕዝቡ እጅግ ብዙዎች ተከተሉት።

²⁷And there was following him a great multitude of the people, and of women, who also were beating themselves and lamenting him,

²⁸ኢየሱስ ግን ወደ እነርሱ ዘወር ብሎ እንዲህ አለ። እናንተ የኢየሩሳሌም ልጆች፥ ለእኔስ አታልቅሱልኝ፤ ዳሩ ግን። መካኖችና ያልወለዱ ማኅፀኖች ያላጠቡ ጡቶችም ብፁዓን ናቸው የሚሉበት ጊዜ እነሆ ይመጣልና ለራሳችሁና ለልጆቻችሁ አልቅሱ።

²⁸and Jesus having turned unto them, said, `Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;

³⁰በዚያን ጊዜ ተራራዎችን። በላያችን ውደቁ፥ ኮረብቶችንም። ሰውሩን ይሉ ዘንድ ይጀምራሉ፤

²⁹for, lo, days do come, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, and wombs that did not bare, and paps that did not give suck;

³¹በእርጥብ እንጨት እንዲህ የሚያደርጉ ከሆኑ፥ በደረቀውስ እንዴት ይሆን?

³⁰then they shall begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us; —

³²ሌሎችንም ሁለት ክፉ አድራጊዎች ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር ይገድሉ ዘንድ ወሰዱ።

³¹for, if in the green tree they do these things — in the dry what may happen?`

³³ቀራንዮም ወደሚባል ስፍራ በደረሱ ጊዜ፥ በዚያ እርሱን ክፉ አድራጊዎቹንም አንዱን በቀኝ ሁለተኛውንም በግራ ሰቀሉ።

³²And there were also others — two evil-doers — with him, to be put to death;

³⁴ኢየሱስም። አባት ሆይ፥ የሚያደርጉትን አያውቁምና ይቅር በላቸው አለ። ልብሱንም ተካፍለው ዕጣ ተጣጣሉበት።

³³and when they came to the place that is called Skull, there they crucified him and the evil-doers, one on the right hand and one on the left.

³⁵ሕዝቡም ቆመው ይመለከቱ ነበር። መኳንንቱም ደግሞ። ሌሎችን አዳነ፤ እርሱ በእግዚአብሔር የተመረጠው ክርስቶስ ከሆነ፥ ራሱን ያድን እያሉ ያፌዙበት ነበር።

³⁴And Jesus said, `Father, forgive them, for they have not known what they do;` and parting his garments they cast a lot.

³⁶ጭፍሮችም ደግሞ ወደ እርሱ ቀርበው ሆምጣጤም አምጥተው።

³⁵And the people were standing, looking on, and the rulers also were sneering with them, saying, `Others he saved, let him save himself, if this be the Christ, the choice one of God.`

³⁷አንተስ የአሁድ ንጉሥ ከሆንህ፥ ራስህን አድን እያሉ ይዘብቱበት ነበር።

³⁶And mocking him also were the soldiers, coming near and offering vinegar to him,

³⁸ይህ የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ነው ተብሎ በግሪክና በሮማይስጥ በዕብራይስጥም ፊደል የተጻፈ ጽሕፈት ደግሞ በእርሱ ላይ ነበረ።

³⁷and saying, `If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.`

³⁹ከተሰቀሉት ከክፉ አድራጊዎቹም አንዱ። አንተስ ክርስቶስ አይደለህምን? ራስህንም እኛንም አድን ብሎ ሰደበው።

³⁸And there was also a superscription written over him, in letters of Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew, `This is the King of the Jews.`

⁴⁰ሁለተኛው ግን መልሶ። አንተ እንደዚህ ባለ ፍርድ ሳለህ እግዚአብሔርን ከቶ አትፈራውምን?

³⁹And one of the evil-doers who were hanged, was speaking evil of him, saying, `If thou be the Christ, save thyself and us.`

⁴¹ስለ አደረግነውም የሚገባንን እንቀበላለንና በእኛስ እውነተኛ ፍርድ ነው፤ ይህ ግን ምንም ክፋት አላደረገም ብሎ ገሠጸው።

⁴⁰And the other answering, was rebuking him, saying, `Dost thou not even fear God, that thou art in the same judgment?

⁴²ኢየሱስንም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በመንግሥትህ በመጣህ ጊዜ አስበኝ አለው።

⁴¹and we indeed righteously, for things worthy of what we did we receive back, but this one did nothing out of place;`

⁴³ኢየሱስም። እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ ዛሬ ከእኔ ጋር በገነት ትሆናለህ አለው።

⁴²and he said to Jesus, `Remember me, lord, when thou mayest come in thy reign;`

⁴⁴ስድስት ሰዓትም ያህል ነበረ፥ ጨለማም እስከ ዘጠኝ ሰዓት በምድር ሁሉ ላይ ሆነ፥ ፀሐይም ጨለመ፥

⁴³and Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, To-day with me thou shalt be in the paradise.`

⁴⁵የቤተ መቅደስም መጋረጃ ከመካከሉ ተቀደደ።

⁴⁴And it was, as it were, the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land till the ninth hour,

⁴⁶ኢየሱስም በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኾ። አባት ሆይ፥ ነፍሴን በእጅህ አደራ እሰጣለሁ አለ። ይህንም ብሎ ነፍሱን ሰጠ።

⁴⁵and the sun was darkened, and the vail of the sanctuary was rent in the midst,

⁴⁷የመቶ አለቃውም የሆነውን ነገር ባየ ጊዜ። ይህ ሰው በእውነት ጻድቅ ነበረ ብሎ እግዚአብሔርን አከበረ።

⁴⁶and having cried with a loud voice, Jesus said, `Father, to Thy hands I commit my spirit;` and these things having said, he breathed forth the spirit.

⁴⁸ይህንም ለማየት ተከማችተው የነበሩ ሕዝብ ሁሉ፥ የሆነውን ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ደረታቸውን እየደቁ ተመለሱ።

⁴⁷And the centurion having seen what was done, did glorify God, saying, `Really this man was righteous;`

⁴⁹የሚያውቁቱ ግን ሁሉ ከገሊላ የተከተሉት ሴቶችም ይህን እያዩ በሩቅ ቆመው ነበር።

⁴⁸and all the multitudes who were come together to this sight, beholding the things that came to pass, smiting their breasts did turn back;

⁵⁰እነሆም፥ በጎና ጻድቅ ሰው የሸንጎ አማካሪም የሆነ ዮሴፍ የሚባል ሰው ነበረ፤

⁴⁹and all his acquaintances stood afar off, and women who did follow him from Galilee, beholding these things.

⁵¹ይህም በምክራቸውና በሥራቸው አልተባበረም ነበር፤ አርማትያስም ከምትባል ከአይሁድ ከተማ ሆኖ እርሱ ደግሞ የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ይጠባበቅ ነበር።

⁵⁰And lo, a man, by name Joseph, being a counsellor, a man good and righteous,

⁵²ይኸውም ወደ ጲላጦስ ቀርቦ የኢየሱስን ሥጋ ለመነው፤

⁵¹— he was not consenting to their counsel and deed — from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who also himself was expecting the reign of God,

⁵³አውርዶም በተልባ እግር ልብስ ከፈነው፥ ማንም ገና ባልተቀበረበት ከዓለትም በተወቀረ መቃብር አኖረው።

⁵²he, having gone near to Pilate, asked the body of Jesus,

⁵⁴የመዘጋጀት ቀንም ነበረ፤ ሰንበትም ሊጀምር ነበረ።

⁵³and having taken it down, he wrapped it in fine linen, and placed it in a tomb hewn out, where no one was yet laid.

⁵⁵ከገሊላም ከእርሱ ጋር የመጡት ሴቶች ተከትለው መቃብሩን ሥጋውንም እንዴት እንዳኖሩት አዩ።

⁵⁴And the day was a preparation, and sabbath was approaching,

⁵⁶ተመልሰውም ሽቱና ቅባት አዘጋጁ። በሰንበትም እንደ ትእዛዙ ዐረፉ።

⁵⁵and the women also who have come with him out of Galilee having followed after, beheld the tomb, and how his body was placed,

⁵⁶and having turned back, they made ready spices and ointments, and on the sabbath, indeed, they rested, according to the command.