¹And the passover and the unleavened food were after two days, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by guile, having taken hold of him, they might kill him;

¹ከሁለት ቀን በኋላ ፋሲካና የቂጣ በዓል ነበረ። የካህናት አለቆችም ጻፎችም እንዴት አድርገው በተንኰል እንደሚይዙትና እንደሚገድሉት ይፈልጉ ነበር።

²and they said, `Not in the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.`

²የሕዝብ ሁከት እንዳይሆን በበዓል አይሁን ይሉ ነበርና።

³And he, being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, at his reclining (at meat), there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, of spikenard, very precious, and having broken the alabaster box, did pour on his head;

³እርሱም በቢታንያ በለምጻሙ በስምዖን ቤት በነበረ ጊዜ፥ በማዕድ ተቀምጦ ሳለ፥ አንዲት ሴት ዋጋው እጅግ የከበረ ጥሩ ናርዶስ ሽቱ የመላበት የአልባስጥሮስ ቢልቃጥ ይዛ መጣች፤ ቢልቃጡንም ሰብራ በራሱ ላይ አፈሰሰችው።

⁴and there were certain much displeased within themselves, and saying, `For what hath this waste of the ointment been made?

⁴አንዳንዶችም። ይህ የሽቱ ጥፋት ለምንድር ነው?

⁵for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;` and they were murmuring at her.

⁵ይህ ሽቱ ከሦስት መቶ ዲናር በሚበልጥ ዋጋ ተሽጦ ለድሆች ሊሰጥ ይቻል ነበርና ብለው በራሳቸው ይቈጡ ነበር፤ እርስዋንም ነቀፉአት።

⁶And Jesus said, `Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me;

⁶ኢየሱስ ግን እንዲህ አለ። ተዉአት፤ ስለ ምን ታደክሙአታላችሁ? መልካም ሥራ ሠርታልኛለች።

⁷for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;

⁷ድሆች ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር ይኖራሉና፥ በማናቸውም በወደዳችሁት ጊዜ መልካም ልታደርጉላቸው ትችላላችሁ፥ እኔ ግን ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር አልኖርም።

⁸what she could she did, she anticipated to anoint my body for the embalming.

⁸የተቻላትን አደረገች፤ አስቀድማ ለመቃብሬ ሥጋዬን ቀባችው።

⁹Verily I say to you, wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what also this woman did shall be spoken of — for a memorial of her.`

⁹እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ይህ ወንጌል በዓለሙ ሁሉ በሚሰበክበት በማናቸውም ስፍራ፥ እርስዋ ያደረገችው ደግሞ ለእርስዋ መታሰቢያ ሊሆን ይነገራል።

¹⁰And Judas the Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away unto the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them,

¹⁰ከአሥራ ሁለቱም አንዱ የአስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ አሳልፎ ሊሰጠው ወደ ካህናት አለቆች ሄደ።

¹¹and having heard, they were glad, and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how, conveniently, he might deliver him up.

¹¹ሲሰሙም ደስ አላቸው ብርም ይሰጡት ዘንድ ተስፋ ሰጡት። በሚመች ጊዜም እንዴት አድርጎ አሳልፎ እንዲሰጠው ይፈልግ ነበር።

¹²And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, `Where wilt thou, [that,] having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?`

¹²ፋሲካን በሚያርዱበት በቂጣ በዓል መጀመሪያ ቀን ደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ፋሲካን ትበላ ዘንድ ወዴት ሄደን ልናሰናዳ ትወዳለህ? አሉት።

¹³And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith to them, `Go ye away to the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water, follow him;

¹³ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሁለት ላከ እንዲህም አላቸው። ወደ ከተማ ሂዱ፥ ማድጋ ውኃ የተሸከመ ሰውም ይገናኛችኋል፤

¹⁴and wherever he may go in, say ye to the master of the house — The Teacher saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where the passover, with my disciples, I may eat?

¹⁴ተከተሉት፥ የሚገባበትንም የቤቱን ጌታ። መምህሩ። ከደቀ መዛሙርቴ ጋር ፋሲካን የምበላበት የእንግዳ ቤት ወዴት ነው? ይላል በሉት።

¹⁵and he will shew you a large upper room, furnished, prepared — there make ready for us.`

¹⁵እርሱም በደርብ ላይ ያለውን የተሰናዳና የተነጠፈ ታላቅ አዳራሽ ያሳያችኋል፤

¹⁶And his disciples went forth, and came to the city, and found as he said to them, and they made ready the passover.

¹⁶በዚያም አሰናዱልን። ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ወጡ ወደ ከተማም ሄደው እንዳላቸው አገኙ፥ ፋሲካንም አሰናዱ።

¹⁷And evening having come, he cometh with the twelve,

¹⁷በመሸም ጊዜ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ጋር መጣ።

¹⁸and as they are reclining, and eating, Jesus said, `Verily I say to you — one of you, who is eating with me — shall deliver me up.`

¹⁸ተቀምጠውም ሲበሉ ኢየሱስ። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእናንተ አንዱ፥ እርሱም ከእኔ ጋር የሚበላው አሳልፎ ይሰጠኛል አለ።

¹⁹And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him, one by one, `Is it I?` and another, `Is it I?`

¹⁹እነርሱም ያዝኑ፥ እያንዳንዳቸውም። እኔ እሆንን? ይሉት ጀመር።

²⁰And he answering said to them, `One of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish;

²⁰እርሱም መልሶ። ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱ ከእኔ ጋር ወደ ወጭቱ እጁን የሚያጠልቀው ነው።

²¹the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but wo to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up; good were it to him if that man had not been born.`

²¹የሰው ልጅስ ስለ እርሱ እንደ ተጻፈ ይሄዳል፤ ነገር ግን የሰው ልጅ አልፎ ለሚሰጥበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት፤ ያ ሰው ባልተወለደ ይሻለው ነበር አላቸው።

²²And as they are eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, brake, and gave to them, and said, `Take, eat; this is my body.`

²²ሲበሉም ኢየሱስ እንጀራን አንሥቶ ባረከ ቈርሶም ሰጣቸውና። እንካችሁ፤ ይህ ሥጋዬ ነው አለ።

²³And having taken the cup, having given thanks, he gave to them, and they drank of it — all;

²³ጽዋንም አንሥቶ አመስግኖም ሰጣቸው፥ ሁሉም ከእርሱ ጠጡ።

²⁴and he said to them, `This is my blood of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out;

²⁴እርሱም። ይህ ስለ ብዙዎች የሚፈስ የአዲስ ኪዳን ደሜ ነው።

²⁵verily I say to you, that no more may I drink of the produce of the vine till that day when I may drink it new in the reign of God.`

²⁵እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ከወይኑ ፍሬ አዲሱን እስከምጠጣበት እስከዚያ ቀን ድረስ ደግሞ አልጠጣውም አላቸው።

²⁶And having sung an hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives,

²⁶መዝሙርም ከዘመሩ በኋላ ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ወጡ።

²⁷and Jesus saith to them — `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night, because it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad,

²⁷ኢየሱስም። በዚች ሌሊት ሁላችሁ በእኔ ትሰናከላላችሁ፤ እረኛዉን እመታለሁ በጎችም ይበተናሉ የሚል ተጽፎአልና።

²⁸but after my having risen I will go before you to Galilee.`

²⁸ነገር ግን ከተነሣሁ በኋላ ወደ ገሊላ እቀድማችኋለሁ አላቸው።

²⁹And Peter said to him, `And if all shall be stumbled, yet not I;`

²⁹ጴጥሮስም። ሁሉም ቢሰናከሉ እኔ ግን ከቶ አልሰናከልም አለው።

³⁰And Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that to-day, this night, before a cock shall crow twice, thrice thou shalt deny me.`

³⁰ኢየሱስም። እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ ዛሬ በዚች ሌሊት ዶሮ ሁለት ጊዜ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ አለው።

³¹And he spake the more vehemently, `If it may be necessary for me to die with thee — I will in nowise deny thee;` and in like manner also said they all.

³¹እርሱም ቃሉን አበርትቶ። ከአንተ ጋር የምሞት እንኳ ቢሆን ከቶ አልክድህም አለ። ሁሉም ደግሞ እንደዚሁ አሉ።

³²And they come to a spot, the name of which [is] Gethsemane, and he saith to his disciples, `Sit ye here till I may pray;`

³²ጌቴሴማኒ ወደምትባልም ስፍራ መጡ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱንም። ስጸልይ ሳለሁ፥ በዚህ ተቀመጡ አላቸው።

³³and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,

³³ጴጥሮስንና ያዕቆብን ዮሐንስንም ከእርሱ ጋር ወሰደ፤ ሊደነግጥም ሊተክዝም ጀመረና።

³⁴and he saith to them, `Exceeding sorrowful is my soul — to death; remain here, and watch.`

³⁴ነፍሴ እስከ ሞት ድረስ እጅግ አዘነች፤ በዚህ ቈዩ ትጉም አላቸው።

³⁵And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth, and was praying, that, if it be possible the hour may pass from him,

³⁵ጥቂትም ወደ ፊት እልፍ ብሎ በምድርም ወድቆ፥ ይቻልስ ቢሆን ሰዓቲቱ ከእርሱ እንድታልፍ ጸለየና።

³⁶and he said, `Abba, Father; all things are possible to Thee; make this cup pass from me; but, not what I will, but what Thou.`

³⁶አባ አባት ሆይ፥ ሁሉ ይቻልሃል፤ ይህችን ጽዋ ከእኔ ውሰድ፤ ነገር ግን አንተ የምትወደው እንጂ እኔ የምወደው አይሁን አለ።

³⁷And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, `Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!

³⁷መጣም ተኝተውም አገኛቸው፥ ጴጥሮስንም። ስምዖን ሆይ፥ ተኝተሃልን? አንዲት ሰዓት ስንኳ ልትተጋ አልቻልህምን?

³⁸Watch ye and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.`

³⁸ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ትጉ ጸልዩም፤ መንፈስስ ተዘጋጅታለች፥ ሥጋ ግን ደካማ ነው አለው።

³⁹And again having gone away, he prayed, the same word saying;

³⁹ደግሞም ሄዶ ያንኑ ቃል ጸለየ።

⁴⁰and having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him.

⁴⁰ደግሞም መጥቶ ዓይኖቻቸው በእንቅልፍ ከብደው ነበርና ተኝተው አገኛቸው፥ የሚመልሱለትንም አላወቁም።

⁴¹And he cometh the third time, and saith to them, `Sleep on henceforth, and rest — it is over; the hour did come; lo, the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of the sinful;

⁴¹ሦስተኛም መጥቶ። እንግዲህስ ተኙ ዕረፉም፤ ይበቃል፤ ሰዓቲቱ ደረሰች፤ እነሆ፥ የሰው ልጅ በኃጢአተኞች እጅ አልፎ ይሰጣል።

⁴²rise, we may go, lo, he who is delivering me up hath come nigh.`

⁴²ተነሡ፥ እንሂድ፤ እነሆ፥ አሳልፎ የሚሰጠኝ ቀርቦአል አላቸው።

⁴³And immediately — while he is yet speaking — cometh near Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders;

⁴³ወዲያውም ገና ሲናገር ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱ ይሁዳ መጣ፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ብዙ ሰዎች ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዘው ከካህናት አለቆችና ከጻፎች ከሽማግሌዎችም ዘንድ መጡ።

⁴⁴and he who is delivering him up had given a token to them, saying, `Whomsoever I shall kiss, he it is, lay hold on him, and lead him away safely,`

⁴⁴አሳልፎ የሚሰጠውም። የምስመው እርሱ ነው፤ ያዙት ተጠንቅቃችሁም ውሰዱት ብሎ ምልክት ሰጥቶአቸው ነበር።

⁴⁵and having come, immediately, having gone near him, he saith, `Rabbi, Rabbi,` and kissed him.

⁴⁵መጥቶም ወዲያው ወደ እርሱ ቀረበና። መምህር ሆይ፥ መምህር ሆይ፥ ብሎ ሳመው፤

⁴⁶And they laid on him their hands, and kept hold on him;

⁴⁶እነርሱም እጃቸውን በእርሱ ላይ ጭነው ያዙት።

⁴⁷and a certain one of those standing by, having drawn the sword, struck the servant of the chief priest, and took off his ear.

⁴⁷በአጠገብ ከቆሙት ግን አንዱ ሰይፉን መዞ የሊቀ ካህናቱን ባሪያ መታ ጆሮውንም ቈረጠ።

⁴⁸And Jesus answering said to them, `As against a robber ye came out, with swords and sticks, to take me!

⁴⁸ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ወንበዴ እንደምትይዙ ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዛችሁ ልትይዙኝ መጣችሁን?

⁴⁹daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold on me — but that the Writings may be fulfilled.`

⁴⁹በመቅደስ ዕለት ዕለት እያስተማርሁ ከእናንተ ጋር ስኖር አልያዛችሁኝም፤ ነገር ግን መጻሕፍት ይፈጸሙ ዘንድ ይህ ሆነ አላቸው።

⁵⁰And having left him they all fled;

⁵⁰ሁሉም ትተውት ሸሹ።

⁵¹and a certain young man was following him, having put a linen cloth about [his] naked body, and the young men lay hold on him,

⁵¹ዕርቃኑን በነጠላ የሸፈነ አንድ ጎበዝ ይከተለው ነበር፥

⁵²and he, having left the linen cloth, did flee from them naked.

⁵²ጎበዛዝቱም ያዙት፤ እርሱ ግን ነጠላውን ትቶ ዕራቁቱን ሸሸ።

⁵³And they led away Jesus unto the chief priest, and come together to him do all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes;

⁵³ኢየሱስንም ወደ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ወሰዱት፥ የካህናት አለቆችም ሁሉ ሽማግሌዎችም ጻፎችም ተሰበሰቡ።

⁵⁴and Peter afar off did follow him, to the inside of the hall of the chief priest, and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself near the fire.

⁵⁴ጴጥሮስም እስከ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ግቢ ውስጥ በሩቁ ተከተለው፥ ከሎሌዎችም ጋር ተቀምጦ እሳት ይሞቅ ነበር።

⁵⁵And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking against Jesus testimony — to put him to death, and they were not finding,

⁵⁵የካህናት አለቆችም ሸንጎውም ሁሉ እንዲገድሉት በኢየሱስ ላይ ምስክር ይፈልጉ ነበር፥ አላገኙምም፤

⁵⁶for many were bearing false testimony against him, and their testimonies were not alike.

⁵⁶ብዙዎች በሐሰት ይመሰክሩበት ነበርና፥ ምስክርነታቸው ግን አልተሰማማም።

⁵⁷And certain having risen up, were bearing false testimony against him, saying —

⁵⁷ሰዎችም ተነሥተው። እኔ ይህን በእጅ የተሠራውን ቤተ መቅደስ አፈርሰዋለሁ በሦስት ቀንም ሌላውን በእጅ ያልተሠራውን እሠራለሁ ሲል ሰማነው ብለው በሐሰት መሰከሩበት።

⁵⁸`We heard him saying — I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;`

⁵⁹ምስክርነታቸውም እንዲሁ እንኳ አልተሰማማም።

⁵⁹and neither so was their testimony alike.

⁶⁰ሊቀ ካህናቱም በመካከላቸው ተነሥቶ። አንዳች አትመልስምን? እነዚህስ በአንተ ላይ የሚመሰክሩብህ ምንድር ነው? ብሎ ኢየሱስን ጠየቀው።

⁶⁰And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, `Thou dost not answer anything! what do these testify against thee?`

⁶¹እርሱ ግን ዝም አለ አንዳችም አልመለሰም። ደግሞ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ጠየቀውና። የቡሩክ ልጅ ክርስቶስ አንተ ነህን? አለው።

⁶¹and he was keeping silent, and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning him, and saith to him, `Art thou the Christ — the Son of the Blessed?`

⁶²ኢየሱስም። እኔ ነኝ፤ የሰው ልጅም በኃይል ቀኝ ሲቀመጥ በሰማይም ደመና ሲመጣ ታያላችሁ አለ።

⁶²and Jesus said, `I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming with the clouds, of the heaven.`

⁶³ሊቀ ካህናቱም ልብሱን ቀደደና። ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ምስክሮችን ምን ያስፈልገናል?

⁶³And the chief priest, having rent his garments, saith, `What need have we yet of witnesses?

⁶⁴ስድቡን ሰማችሁ፤ ምን ይመስላችኋል? አለ። እነርሱም ሁሉ። ሞት ይገባዋል ብለው ፈረዱበት።

⁶⁴Ye heard the evil speaking, what appeareth to you?` and they all condemned him to be worthy of death,

⁶⁵አንዳንዶችም ይተፉበት ፊቱንም ሸፍነው ይጐስሙትና። ትንቢት ተናገር ይሉት ጀመር፤ ሎሌዎችም በጥፊ እየመቱ ወሰዱት።

⁶⁵and certain began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, `Prophesy;` and the officers were striking him with their palms.

⁶⁶ጴጥሮስም በግቢ ውስጥ ወደ ታች ሳለ ከሊቀ ካህናቱ ገረዶች አንዲቱ መጣች፥

⁶⁶And Peter being in the hall beneath, there doth come one of the maids of the chief priest,

⁶⁷ጴጥሮስም እሳት ሲሞቅ አይታ ተመለከተችውና። አንተ ደግሞ ከናዝሬቱ ከኢየሱስ ጋር ነበርህ አለችው።

⁶⁷and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on him, she said, `And thou wast with Jesus of Nazareth!`

⁶⁸እርሱ ግን። የምትዪውን አላውቅም አላስተውልምም ብሎ ካደ። ወደ ውጭም ወደ ደጅ ወጣ፤ ዶሮም ጮኸ።

⁶⁸and he denied, saying, `I have not known [him], neither do I understand what thou sayest;` and he went forth without to the porch, and a cock crew.

⁶⁹ገረዲቱም አይታው በዚያ ለቆሙት። ይህም ከእነርሱ ወገን ነው ስትል ሁለተኛ ትነግራቸው ጀመር።

⁶⁹And the maid having seen him again, began to say to those standing near — `This is of them;`

⁷⁰እርሱም ደግሞ ካደ። ጥቂት ቈይተውም በዚያ የቆሙት ዳግመኛ ጴጥሮስን። የገሊላ ሰው ነህና ከእነርሱ ወገን በእውነት ነህ አሉት።

⁷⁰and he was again denying. And after a little again, those standing near said to Peter, `Truly thou art of them, for thou also art a Galilean, and thy speech is alike;`

⁷¹እርሱ ግን። ይህን የምትሉትን ሰው አላውቀውም ብሎ ይረገምና ይምል ጀመር። ወዲያውም ዶሮ ሁለተኛ ጮኸ።

⁷¹and he began to anathematize, and to swear — `I have not known this man of whom ye speak;`

⁷²ጴጥሮስንም ኢየሱስ። ዶሮ ሁለት ጊዜ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ ያለው ቃል ትዝ አለው፤ ነገሩንም አስቦ አለቀሰ።

⁷²and a second time a cock crew, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him — `Before a cock crow twice, thou mayest deny me thrice;` and having thought thereon — he was weeping.