¹And it came to pass, when Jesus finished all these words, he said to his disciples,

¹ኢየሱስም እነዚህን ቃሎች ሁሉ በፈጸመ ጊዜ፥

²`Ye have known that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to be crucified.`

²ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ከሁለት ቀን በኋላ ፋሲካ እንዲሆን ታውቃላችሁ፥ የሰው ልጅም ሊሰቀል አልፎ ይሰጣል አለ።

³Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;

³በዚያን ጊዜ የካህናት አለቆች የሕዝብም ሽማግሎች ቀያፋ በሚባለው በሊቀ ካህናቱ ግቢ ተሰበሰቡ፥

⁴and they consulted together that they might take Jesus by guile, and kill [him],

⁴ኢየሱስንም በተንኰል ሊያስይዙት ሊገድሉትም ተማከሩ፤

⁵and they said, `Not in the feast, that there may not be a tumult among the people.`

⁵ነገር ግን። በሕዝቡ ዘንድ ሁከት እንዳይነሣ በበዓል አይሁን አሉ።

⁶And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

⁶ኢየሱስም በቢታንያ በለምጻሙ በስምዖን ቤት ሳለ፥

⁷there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of ointment, very precious, and she poured on his head as he is reclining (at meat).

⁷አንዲት ሴት ዋጋው እጅግ የበዛ ሽቱ የሞላው የአልባስጥሮስ ብልቃጥ ይዛ ወደ እርሱ ቀረበች በማዕድም ተቀምጦ ሳለ በራሱ ላይ አፈሰሰችው።

⁸And having seen [it], his disciples were much displeased, saying, `To what purpose [is] this waste?

⁸ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ይህን አይተው ተቈጡና። ይህ ጥፋት ለምንድር ነው?

⁹for this ointment could have been sold for much, and given to the poor.`

⁹ይህ በብዙ ዋጋ ተሽጦ ለድሆች ሊሰጥ ይቻል ነበርና አሉ።

¹⁰And Jesus having known, said to them, `Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me;

¹⁰ኢየሱስም ይህን አውቆ እንዲህ አላቸው። መልካም ሥራ ሠርታልኛለችና ሴቲቱንስ ስለ ምን ታደክሙአታላችሁ?

¹¹for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;

¹¹ድሆች ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር ይኖራሉና፥ እኔ ግን ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር አልኖርም፤

¹²for she having put this ointment on my body — for my burial she did [it].

¹²እርስዋ ይህን ሽቱ በሰውነቴ ላይ አፍስሳ ለመቃብሬ አደረገች።

¹³Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this [one] did shall also be spoken of — for a memorial of her.`

¹³እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ይህ ወንጌል በዓለም ሁሉ በማናቸውም ስፍራ በሚሰበክበት እርስዋ ያደረገችው ደግሞ ለእርስዋ መታሰቢያ እንዲሆን ይነገራል።

¹⁴Then one of the twelve, who is called Judas Iscariot, having gone unto the chief priests, said,

¹⁴በዚያን ጊዜ የአስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ የሚባለው ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱ ወደ ካህናት አለቆች ሄዶ።

¹⁵`What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you?` and they weighed out to him thirty silverlings,

¹⁵ምን ልትሰጡኝ ትወዳላችሁ እኔም አሳልፌ እሰጣችኋለሁ? እነርሱም ሠላሳ ብር መዘኑለት።

¹⁶and from that time he was seeking a convenient season to deliver him up.

¹⁶ከዚያችም ሰዓት ጀምሮ አሳልፎ ሊሰጠው ምቹ ጊዜ ይሻ ነበር።

¹⁷And on the first [day] of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, `Where wilt thou [that] we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?`

¹⁷በቂጣው በዓል በመጀመሪያ ቀን ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀርበው። ፋሲካን ትበላ ዘንድ ወዴት ልናሰናዳልህ ትወዳለህ አሉት።

¹⁸and he said, `Go away to the city, unto such a one, and say to him, The Teacher saith, My time is nigh; near thee I keep the passover, with my disciples;`

¹⁸እርሱም። ወደ ከተማ ከእገሌ ዘንድ ሄዳችሁ። መምህር። ጊዜዬ ቀርቦአል፤ ከደቀ መዛሙርቴ ጋር ከአንተ ዘንድ ፋሲካን አደርጋለሁ ይላል በሉት አለ።

¹⁹and the disciples did as Jesus appointed them, and prepared the passover.

¹⁹ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ኢየሱስ እንዳዘዛቸው አደረጉ ፋሲካንም አሰናዱ።

²⁰And evening having come, he was reclining (at meat) with the twelve,

²⁰በመሸም ጊዜ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር በማዕድ ተቀመጠ።

²¹and while they are eating, he said, `Verily I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up.`

²¹ሲበሉም። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእናንተ አንዱ እኔን አሳልፎ ይሰጣል አለ።

²²And being grieved exceedingly, they began to say to him, each of them, `Is it I, Sir?`

²²እጅግም አዝነው እያንዳንዱ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እኔ እሆንን? ይሉት ጀመር።

²³And he answering said, `He who did dip with me the hand in the dish, he will deliver me up;

²³እርሱም መልሶ። ከእኔ ጋር እጁን በወጭቱ ያጠለቀ፥ እኔን አሳልፎ የሚሰጥ እርሱ ነው።

²⁴the 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 it were for him if that man had not been born.`

²⁴የሰው ልጅስ ስለ እርሱ እንደ ተጻፈ ይሄዳል፥ ነገር ግን የሰው ልጅ አልፎ ለሚሰጥበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት፤ ያ ሰው ባልተወለደ ይሻለው ነበር አለ።

²⁵And Judas — he who delivered him up — answering said, `Is it I, Rabbi?` He saith to him, `Thou hast said.`

²⁵አሳልፎ የሚሰጠው ይሁዳም መልሶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ እኔ እሆንን? አለ፤ አንተ አልህ አለው።

²⁶And while they were eating, Jesus having taken the bread, and having blessed, did brake, and was giving to the disciples, and said, `Take, eat, this is my body;`

²⁶ሲበሉም ኢየሱስ እንጀራን አንሥቶ ባረከ ቈርሶም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠና። እንካችሁ፥ ብሉ ይህ ሥጋዬ ነው አለ።

²⁷and having taken the cup, and having given thanks, he gave to them, saying, `Drink ye of it — all;

²⁷ጽዋንም አንሥቶ አመስግኖም ሰጣቸው እንዲህም አለ። ሁላችሁ ከእርሱ ጠጡ፤

²⁸for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out — to remission of sins;

²⁸ስለ ብዙዎች ለኃጢአት ይቅርታ የሚፈስ የአዲስ ኪዳን ደሜ ይህ ነው።

²⁹and I say to you, that I may not drink henceforth on this produce of the vine, till that day when I may drink it with you new in the reign of my Father.`

²⁹ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ በአባቴ መንግሥት ከእናንተ ጋር ከዚህ ከወይን ፍሬ አዲሱን እስከምጠጣበት እስከዚያ ቀን ድረስ ከዛሬ ጀምሬ አልጠጣውም።

³⁰And having sung a hymn, they went forth to the mount of the Olives;

³⁰መዝሙርም ከዘመሩ በኋላ ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ወጡ።

³¹then saith Jesus to them, `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad;

³¹በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ። በዚች ሌሊት ሁላችሁ በእኔ ትሰናከላላችሁ፤ እረኛውን እመታለሁ የመንጋውም በጎች ይበተናሉ የሚል ተጽፎአልና፤

³²but, after my having risen, I will go before you to Galilee.`

³²ከተነሣሁ በኋላ ግን ወደ ገሊላ እቀድማችኋለሁ አላቸው።

³³And Peter answering said to him, `Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.`

³³ጴጥሮስም መልሶ። ሁሉም በአንተ ቢሰናከሉ እኔ ከቶ አልሰናከልም አለው።

³⁴Jesus said to him, `Verily I say to thee, that, this night, before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me.`

³⁴ኢየሱስ። እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ በዚች ሌሊት ዶሮ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ አለው።

³⁵Peter saith to him, `Even if it may be necessary for me to die with thee, I will not deny thee;` in like manner also said all the disciples.

³⁵ጴጥሮስ። ከአንተ ጋር መሞት እንኳ የሚያስፈልገኝ ቢሆን፥ ከቶ አልክድህም አለው። ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁሉ ደግሞ እንደዚሁ አሉ።

³⁶Then come with them doth Jesus to a place called Gethsemane, and he saith to the disciples, `Sit ye here, till having gone away, I shall pray yonder.`

³⁶በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ ከእነርሱ ጋር ጌቴሴማኒ ወደምትባል ስፍራ መጣ ደቀ መዛሙርቱንም። ወዲያ ሄጄ ስጸልይ ሳለ በዚህ ተቀመጡ አላቸው።

³⁷And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy;

³⁷ጴጥሮስንም ሁለቱንም የዘብዴዎስን ልጆች ወስዶ ሊያዝን ሊተክዝም ጀመር።

³⁸then saith he to them, `Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul — unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.`

³⁸ነፍሴ እስከ ሞት ድረስ እጅግ አዘነች፤ በዚህ ቆዩ ከእኔም ጋር ትጉ አላቸው።

³⁹And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face, praying, and saying, `My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou.`

³⁹ጥቂትም ወደ ፊት እልፍ ብሎ በፊቱ ወደቀና ሲጸልይ። አባቴ፥ ቢቻልስ፥ ይህች ጽዋ ከእኔ ትለፍ፤ ነገር ግን አንተ እንደምትወድ ይሁን እንጂ እኔ እንደምወድ አይሁን አለ።

⁴⁰And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them sleeping, and he saith to Peter, `So! ye were not able one hour to watch with me!

⁴⁰ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም መጣ፤ ተኝተውም አገኛቸውና ጴጥሮስን። እንዲሁም ከእኔ ጋር አንዲት ሰዓት እንኳ ልትተጉ አልቻላችሁምን?

⁴¹watch, and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is forward, but the flesh weak.`

⁴¹ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ትጉና ጸልዩ፤ መንፈስስ ተዘጋጅታለች ሥጋ ግን ደካማ ነው አለው።

⁴²Again, a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying, `My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink it, Thy will be done;`

⁴²ደግሞ ሁለተኛ ሄዶ ጸለየና። አባቴ፥ ይህች ጽዋ ሳልጠጣት ታልፍ ዘንድ የማይቻል እንደ ሆነ፥ ፈቃድህ ትሁን አለ።

⁴³and having come, he findeth them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

⁴³ደግሞም መጥቶ ዓይኖቻቸው በእንቅልፍ ከብደው ነበርና ተኝተው አገኛቸው።

⁴⁴And having left them, having gone away again, he prayed a third time, saying the same word;

⁴⁴ደግሞም ትቶአቸው ሄደ፥ ሦስተኛም ያንኑ ቃል ደግሞ ጸለየ።

⁴⁵then cometh he unto his disciples, and saith to them, `Sleep on henceforth, and rest! lo, the hour hath come nigh, and the Son of Man is delivered up to the hands of sinners.

⁴⁵ከዚያ ወዲያ ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ መጥቶ። እንግዲህስ ተኙ ዕረፉም፤ እነሆ፥ ሰዓቲቱ ቀርባለች የሰው ልጅም በኃጢአተኞች እጅ አልፎ ይሰጣል።

⁴⁶Rise, let us go; lo, he hath come nigh who is delivering me up.`

⁴⁶ተነሡ፥ እንሂድ፤ እነሆ፥ አሳልፎ የሚሰጠኝ ቀርቦአል አላቸው።

⁴⁷And while he is yet speaking, lo, Judas, one of the twelve did come, and with him a great multitude, with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

⁴⁷ይህንም ገና ሲናገር፥ እነሆ፥ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱ ይሁዳ መጣ፥ ከእርሱም ጋር ብዙ ሕዝብ ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዘው ከካህናት አለቆችና ከሕዝቡ ሽማግሎች ዘንድ መጡ።

⁴⁸And he who did deliver him up did give them a sign, saying, `Whomsoever I will kiss, it is he: lay hold on him;`

⁴⁸አሳልፎ የሚሰጠውም። የምስመው እርሱ ነው፤ ያዙት ብሎ ምልክት ሰጥቶአቸው ነበር።

⁴⁹and immediately, having come to Jesus, he said, `Hail, Rabbi,` and kissed him;

⁴⁹ወዲያውም ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀረበና። መምህር ሆይ፥ ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን ብሎ ሳመው።

⁵⁰and Jesus said to him, `Comrade, for what art thou present?` Then having come near, they laid hands on Jesus, and took hold on him.

⁵⁰ኢየሱስም። ወዳጄ ሆይ፥ ለምን ነገር መጣህ? አለው። በዚያን ጊዜ ቀረቡ እጃቸውንም በኢየሱስ ላይ ጭነው ያዙት።

⁵¹And lo, one of those with Jesus, having stretched forth the hand, drew his sword, and having struck the servant of the chief priest, he took off his ear.

⁵¹እነሆም፥ ከኢየሱስ ጋር ከነበሩት አንዱ እጁን ዘርግቶ ሰይፉን መዘዘና የሊቀ ካህናቱን ባሪያ መትቶ ጆሮውን ቈረጠው።

⁵²Then saith Jesus to him, `Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;

⁵²በዚያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አለው። ሰይፍ የሚያነሡ ሁሉ በሰይፍ ይጠፋሉና ሰይፍህን ወደ ስፍራው መልስ።

⁵³dost thou think that I am not able now to call upon my Father, and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of messengers?

⁵³ወይስ አባቴን እንድለምን እርሱም አሁን ከአሥራ ሁለት ጭፍሮች የሚበዙ መላእክት እንዲሰድልኝ የማይቻል ይመስልሃልን?

⁵⁴how then may the Writings be fulfilled, that thus it behoveth to happen?`

⁵⁴እንዲህ ከሆነስ። እንደዚህ ሊሆን ይገባል የሚሉ መጻሕፍት እንዴት ይፈጸማሉ?

⁵⁵In that hour said Jesus to the multitudes, `As against a robber ye did come forth, with swords and sticks, to take me! daily with you I was sitting teaching in the temple, and ye did not lay hold on me;

⁵⁵በዚያን ሰዓት ኢየሱስ ለሕዝቡ። ወንበዴን እንደምትይዙ ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዛችሁ ልትይዙኝ ወጣችሁን? በመቅደስ ዕለት ዕለት እያስተማርሁ ከእናንተ ጋር ስቀመጥ ሳለሁ አልያዛችሁኝም።

⁵⁶but all this hath come to pass, that the Writings of the prophets may be fulfilled;` then all the disciples, having left him, fled.

⁵⁶ነገር ግን ይህ ሁሉ የሆነ የነቢያት መጻሕፍት ይፈጸሙ ዘንድ ነው አለ። በዚያን ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁሉ ትተውት ሸሹ።

⁵⁷And those laying hold on Jesus led [him] away unto Caiaphas the chief priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together,

⁵⁷ኢየሱስን የያዙትም ጻፎችና ሽማግሎች ወደ ተከማቹበት ወደ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ወደ ቀያፋ ወሰዱት።

⁵⁸and Peter was following him afar off, unto the court of the chief priest, and having gone in within, he was sitting with the officers, to see the end.

⁵⁸ጴጥሮስ ግን እስከ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ግቢ ድረስ ሩቅ ሆኖ ተከተለው፥ የነገሩንም ፍጻሜ ያይ ዘንድ ወደ ውስጥ ገብቶ ከሎሌዎቹ ጋር ተቀመጠ።

⁵⁹And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

⁵⁹የካህናት አለቆችና ሽማግሎች ሸንጐውም ሁሉ እንዲገድሉት በኢየሱስ ላይ የሐሰት ምስክር ይፈልጉ ነበር፥ አላገኙም፤

⁶⁰and they did not find; and many false witnesses having come near, they did not find; and at last two false witnesses having come near,

⁶⁰ብዙም የሐሰት ምስክሮች ምንም ቢቀርቡ አላገኙም።

⁶¹said, `This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.`

⁶¹በኋላም ሁለት ቀርበው። ይህ ሰው። የእግዚአብሔርን ቤተ መቅደስ አፍርሼ በሦስት ቀን ልሠራው እችላለሁ ብሎአል አሉ።

⁶²And the chief priest having stood up, said to him, `Nothing thou dost answer! what do these witness against thee?

⁶²ሊቀ ካህናቱም ተነሥቶ። እነዚህ ለሚመሰክሩብህ አንድ ስንኳ አትመልስምን? አለው።

⁶³and Jesus was silent. And the chief priest answering said to him, `I adjure thee, by the living God, that thou mayest say to us, if thou art the Christ — the Son of God.`

⁶³ኢየሱስ ግን ዝም አለ። ሊቀ ካህናቱም። አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ክርስቶስ የሆንህ እንደ ሆነ እንድትነግረን በሕያው እግዚአብሔር አምልሃለሁ አለው።

⁶⁴Jesus saith to him, `Thou hast said; nevertheless I say to you, hereafter ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the power, and coming upon the clouds, of the heaven.`

⁶⁴ኢየሱስም። አንተ አልህ ነገር ግን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ የሰው ልጅ በኃይል ቀኝ ሲቀመጥ በሰማይም ደመና ሲመጣ ታያላችሁ አለው።

⁶⁵Then the chief priest rent his garments, saying, — `He hath spoken evil; what need have we yet of witnesses? lo, now ye heard his evil speaking;

⁶⁵በዚያን ጊዜ ሊቀ ካህናቱ ልብሱን ቀዶ። ተሳድቦአል እንግዲህ ወዲህ ምስክሮች ስለ ምን ያስፈልገናል? እነሆ፥ ስድቡን አሁን ሰምታችኋል፤ ምን ይመስላችኋል? አለ።

⁶⁶what think ye?` and they answering said, `He is worthy of death.`

⁶⁶እነርሱም። ሞት ይገባዋል ብለው መለሱ።

⁶⁷Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap,

⁶⁷በዚያን ጊዜ በፊቱ ተፉበት፤ ጐሰሙትም፥ ሌሎችም በጥፊ መትተው። ክርስቶስ ሆይ፥ በጥፊ የመታህ ማን ነው?

⁶⁸saying, `Declare to us, O Christ, who he is that struck thee?`

⁶⁸ትንቢት ተናገርልን አሉ።

⁶⁹And Peter without was sitting in the court, and there came near to him a certain maid, saying, `And thou wast with Jesus of Galilee!`

⁶⁹ጴጥሮስም ከቤት ውጭ በአጥሩ ግቢ ተቀምጦ ነበር፤ አንዲት ገረድም ወደ እርሱ ቀርባ። አንተ ደግሞ ከገሊላው ከኢየሱስ ጋር ነበርህ አለችው።

⁷⁰And he denied before all, saying, `I have not known what thou sayest.`

⁷⁰እርሱ ግን። የምትዪውን አላውቀውም ብሎ በሁሉ ፊት ካደ።

⁷¹And he having gone forth to the porch, another female saw him, and saith to those there, `And this one was with Jesus of Nazareth;`

⁷¹ወደ በሩም ሲወጣ ሌላይቱ አየችውና በዚያ ላሉት። ይህ ደግሞ ከናዝሬቱ ከኢየሱስ ጋር ነበረ አለች።

⁷²and again did he deny with an oath — `I have not known the man.`

⁷²ዳግመኛም ሲምል። ሰውየውን አላውቀውም ብሎ ካደ።

⁷³And after a little those standing near having come, said to Peter, `Truly thou also art of them, for even thy speech doth make thee manifest.`

⁷³ጥቂትም ቈይተው በዚያ ቆመው የነበሩ ቀርበው ጴጥሮስን። አነጋገርህ ይገልጥሃልና በእውነት አንተ ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ወገን ነህ አሉት።

⁷⁴Then began he to anathematise, and to swear — `I have not known the man;` and immediately did a cock crow,

⁷⁴በዚያን ጊዜ። ሰውየውን አላውቀውም ብሎ ሊራገምና ሊምል ጀመረ። ወዲያውም ዶሮ ጮኸ።

⁷⁵and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him — `Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;` and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.

⁷⁵ጴጥሮስም። ዶሮ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ ያለው የኢየሱስ ቃል ትዝ አለው፤ ወደ ውጭም ወጥቶ መራራ ልቅሶ አለቀሰ።