¹And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death;

¹ሲነጋም የካህናት አለቆችና የሕዝቡ ሽማግሎች ሁሉ ሊገድሉት በኢየሱስ ላይ ተማከሩ፤

²and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

²አስረውም ወሰዱት፥ ለገዢው ለጴንጤናዊው ጲላጦስም አሳልፈው ሰጡት።

³Then Judas — he who delivered him up — having seen that he was condemned, having repented, brought back the thirty silverlings to the chief priests, and to the elders, saying,

³በዚያን ጊዜ አሳልፎ የሰጠው ይሁዳ እንደ ተፈረደበት አይቶ ተጸጸተ፥ ሠላሳውንም ብር ለካህናት አለቆችና ለሽማግሎች መልሶ።

⁴`I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;` and they said, `What — to us? thou shalt see!`

⁴ንጹሕ ደም አሳልፌ በመስጠቴ በድያለሁ አለ። እነርሱ ግን። እኛስ ምን አግዶን? አንተው ተጠንቀቅ አሉ።

⁵and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself.

⁵ብሩንም በቤተ መቅደስ ጥሎ ሄደና ታንቆ ሞተ።

⁶And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, `It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;`

⁶የካህናት አለቆችም ብሩን አንሥተው። የደም ዋጋ ነውና ወደ መባ ልንጨምረው አልተፈቀደም አሉ።

⁷and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;

⁷ተማክረውም የሸክላ ሠሪውን መሬት ለእንግዶች መቃብር ገዙበት።

⁸therefore was that field called, `Field of blood,` unto this day.

⁸ስለዚህ ያ መሬት እስከ ዛሬ ድረስ የደም መሬት ተባለ።

⁹Then was fulfilled that spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, `And I took the thirty silverlings, the price of him who hath been priced, whom they of the sons of Israel did price,

⁹በዚያን ጊዜ በነቢዩ በኤርምያስ የተባለው። ከእስራኤል ልጆችም አንዳንዶቹ የገመቱትን፥ የተገመተውን ዋጋ ሠላሳ ብር ያዙ፥

¹⁰and gave them for the field of the potter, as the Lord did appoint to me.`

¹⁰ጌታም እንዳዘዘኝ ስለ ሸክላ ሠሪ መሬት ሰጡት። የሚል ተፈጸመ።

¹¹And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor did question him, saying, `Art thou the king of the Jews!` And Jesus said to him, `Thou sayest.`

¹¹ኢየሱስም በገዢው ፊት ቆመ፤ ገዢውም። የአይሁድ ንጉሥ አንተ ነህን? ብሎ ጠየቀው፤ ኢየሱስም። አንተ አልህ አለው።

¹²And in his being accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not answer any thing,

¹²የካህናት አለቆችም ሽማግሎችም ሲከሱት ምንም አልመለሰም።

¹³then saith Pilate to him, `Dost thou not hear how many things they witness against thee?`

¹³በዚያን ጊዜ ጲላጦስ። ስንት ያህል እንዲመሰክሩብህ አትሰማምን? አለው።

¹⁴And he did not answer him, not even to one word, so that the governor did wonder greatly.

¹⁴ገዢውም እጅግ እስኪደነቅ ድረስ አንዲት ቃል ስንኳ አልመለሰለትም።

¹⁵And at the feast the governor had been accustomed to release one to the multitude, a prisoner, whom they willed,

¹⁵በዚያም በዓል ሕዝቡ የወደዱትን አንድ እስረኛ ሊፈታላቸው ለገዢው ልማድ ነበረው።

¹⁶and they had then a noted prisoner, called Barabbas,

¹⁶በዚያን ጊዜም በርባን የሚባል በጣም የታወቀ እስረኛ ነበራቸው።

¹⁷they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, `Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?`

¹⁷እንግዲህ እነርሱ ተሰብስበው ሳሉ ጲላጦስ። በርባንን ወይስ ክርስቶስ የተባለውን ኢየሱስን ማንኛውን ልፈታላችሁ ትወዳላችሁ? አላቸው፤

¹⁸for he had known that because of envy they had delivered him up.

¹⁸በቅንዓት አሳልፈው እንደ ሰጡት ያውቅ ነበርና።

¹⁹And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, `Nothing — to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.`

¹⁹እርሱም በፍርድ ወንበር ተቀምጦ ሳለ ሚስቱ። ስለ እርሱ ዛሬ በሕልም እጅግ መከራ ተቀብያለሁና በዚያ ጻድቅ ሰው ምንም አታድርግ ብላ ላከችበት።

²⁰And the chief priests and the elders did persuade the multitudes that they might ask for themselves Barabbas, and might destroy Jesus;

²⁰የካህናት አለቆችና ሽማግሎች ግን በርባንን እንዲለምኑ ኢየሱስን ግን እንዲያጠፉ ሕዝቡን አባበሉ።

²¹and the governor answering said to them, `Which of the two will ye [that] I shall release to you?` And they said, `Barabbas.`

²¹ገዢውም መልሶ። ከሁለቱ ማንኛውን ልፈታላችሁ ትወዳላችሁ? አላቸው፤ እነርሱም። በርባንን አሉ።

²²Pilate saith to them, `What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?` They all say to him, `Let be crucified!`

²²ጲላጦስ። ክርስቶስ የተባለውን ኢየሱስን እንግዲህ ምን ላድርገው? አላቸው፤ ሁሉም። ይሰቀል አሉ።

²³And the governor said, `Why, what evil did he?` and they were crying out the more, saying, `Let be crucified.`

²³ገዢውም። ምን ነው? ያደረገው ክፋት ምንድር ነው? አለ፤ እነርሱ ግን። ይሰቀል እያሉ ጩኸት አበዙ።

²⁴And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye — ye shall see;`

²⁴ጲላጦስም ሁከት እንዲጀመር እንጂ አንዳች እንዳይረባ ባየ ጊዜ፥ ውኃ አንሥቶ። እኔ ከዚህ ጻድቅ ሰው ደም ንጹሕ ነኝ፤ እናንተ ተጠንቀቁ ሲል በሕዝቡ ፊት እጁን ታጠበ።

²⁵and all the people answering said, `His blood [is] upon us, and upon our children!`

²⁵ሕዝቡም ሁሉ መልሰው። ደሙ በእኛና በልጆቻችን ላይ ይሁን አሉ።

²⁶Then did he release to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] up that he may be crucified;

²⁶በዚያን ጊዜ በርባንን ፈታላቸው፥ ኢየሱስን ግን ገርፎ ሊሰቀል አሳልፎ ሰጠ።

²⁷then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;

²⁷በዚያን ጊዜ የገዢው ወታደሮች ኢየሱስን ወደ ገዢው ግቢ ውስጥ ወሰዱት ጭፍራውንም ሁሉ ወደ እርሱ አከማቹ።

²⁸and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak,

²⁸ልብሱንም ገፈው ቀይ ልብስ አለበሱት፥

²⁹and having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put [it] on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, `Hail, the king of the Jews.`

²⁹ከእሾህም አክሊል ጎንጉነው በራሱ ላይ፥ በቀኝ እጁም መቃ አኖሩ፥ በፊቱም ተንበርክከው። የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ሆይ፥ ሰላም ለአንተ ይሁን እያሉ ዘበቱበት፤

³⁰And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head;

³⁰ተፉበትም መቃውንም ይዘው ራሱን መቱት።

³¹and when they had mocked him, they took off from him the cloak, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify [him].

³¹ከዘበቱበትም በኋላ ቀዩን ልብስ ገፈፉት፥ ልብሱንም አለበሱት ሊሰቅሉትም ወሰዱት።

³²And coming forth, they found a man, a Cyrenian, by name Simon: him they impressed that he might bear his cross;

³²ሲወጡም ስምዖን የተባለው የቀሬናን ሰው አገኙ፤ እርሱንም መስቀሉን ይሸከም ዘንድ አስገደዱት።

³³and having come to a place called Golgotha, that is called Place of a Skull,

³³ትርጓሜው የራስ ቅል ስፍራ ወደሚሆን ጎልጎታ ወደሚባለው ስፍራ በደረሱ ጊዜም፥

³⁴they gave him to drink vinegar mixed with gall, and having tasted, he would not drink.

³⁴በሐሞት የተደባለቀ የወይን ጠጅ ሊጠጣ አቀረቡለት፤ ቀምሶም ሊጠጣው አልወደደም።

³⁵And having crucified him, they divided his garments, casting a lot, that it might be fulfilled that was spoken by the prophet, `They divided my garments to themselves, and over my vesture they cast a lot;`

³⁵ከሰቀሉትም በኋላ ልብሱን ዕጣ ጥለው ተካፈሉ፥

³⁶and sitting down, they were watching him there,

³⁶በዚያም ተቀምጠው ይጠብቁት ነበር።

³⁷and they put up over his head, his accusation written, `This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.`

³⁷ይህ ኢየሱስ የአይሁድ ንጉሥ ነው የሚል የክሱን ጽሕፈት ከራሱ በላይ አኖሩ።

³⁸Then crucified with him are two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on the left,

³⁸በዚያን ጊዜ ሁለት ወንበዶች አንዱ በቀኝ አንዱም በግራ ከእርሱ ጋር ተሰቀሉ።

³⁹and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,

³⁹የሚያልፉትም ራሳቸውን እየነቀነቁ ይሰድቡት ነበርና።

⁴⁰and saying, `Thou that art throwing down the sanctuary, and in three days building [it], save thyself; if Son thou art of God, come down from the cross.`

⁴⁰ቤተ መቅደስን የምታፈርስ በሦስት ቀንም የምትሠራው፥ ራስህን አድን፤ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅስ ከሆንህ ከመስቀል ውረድ አሉት።

⁴¹And in like manner also the chief priests mocking, with the scribes and elders, said,

⁴¹እንዲሁም ደግሞ የካህናት አለቆች ከጻፎችና ከሽማግሎች ጋር እየዘበቱበት እንዲህ አሉ።

⁴²`Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him;

⁴²ሌሎችን አዳነ፥ ራሱን ሊያድን አይችልም፤ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ከሆነ፥ አሁን ከመስቀል ይውረድ እኛም እናምንበታለን።

⁴³he hath trusted on God, let Him now deliver him, if He wish him, because he said — Son of God I am;`

⁴³በእግዚአብሔር ታምኖአል፤ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነኝ ብሎአልና ከወደደውስ አሁን ያድነው።

⁴⁴with the same also the robbers, who were crucified with him, were reproaching him.

⁴⁴ከእርሱ ጋር የተሰቀሉት ወንበዶች ደግሞ ያንኑ እያሉ ይነቅፉት ነበር።

⁴⁵And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,

⁴⁵ከስድስት ሰዓትም ጀምሮ እስከ ዘጠኝ ሰዓት ድረስ በምድር ሁሉ ላይ ጨለማ ሆነ።

⁴⁶and about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a great voice, saying, `Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?` that is, `My God, my God, why didst Thou forsake me?`

⁴⁶በዘጠኝ ሰዓትም ኢየሱስ። ኤሎሄ ኤሎሄ ላማ ሰበቅታኒ? ብሎ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኸ። ይህም። አምላኬ አምላኬ፥ ስለ ምን ተውኸኝ? ማለት ነው።

⁴⁷And certain of those standing there having heard, said — `Elijah he doth call;`

⁴⁷በዚያም ከቆሙት ሰዎች ሰምተው። ይህስ ኤልያስን ይጠራል አሉ።

⁴⁸and immediately, one of them having run, and having taken a spunge, having filled [it] with vinegar, and having put [it] on a reed, was giving him to drink,

⁴⁸ወዲያውም ከእነርሱ አንዱ ሮጠ፤ ሰፍነግም ይዞ ሆምጣጤ ሞላበት፥ በመቃም አድርጎ አጠጣው።

⁴⁹but the rest said, `Let alone, let us see if Elijah doth come — about to save him.`

⁴⁹ሌሎቹ ግን። ተው፥ ኤልያስ መጥቶ ያድነው እንደ ሆነ እንይ አሉ።

⁵⁰And Jesus having again cried with a great voice, yielded the spirit;

⁵⁰ኢየሱስም ሁለተኛ በታላቅ ድምፅ ጮኾ ነፍሱን ተወ።

⁵¹and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent,

⁵¹እነሆም፥ የቤተ መቅደስ መጋረጃ ከላይ እስከ ታች ከሁለት ተቀደደ፥ ምድርም ተናወጠች፥ ዓለቶችም ተሰነጠቁ፤

⁵²and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose,

⁵²መቃብሮችም ተከፈቱ፥ ተኝተው ከነበሩትም ከቅዱሳን ብዙ ሥጋዎች ተነሡ፤

⁵³and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.

⁵³ከትንሣኤውም በኋላ ከመቃብሮች ወጥተው ወደ ቅድስት ከተማ ገቡና ለብዙዎች ታዩ።

⁵⁴And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, `Truly this was God`s Son.`

⁵⁴የመቶ አለቃም ከእርሱም ጋር ኢየሱስን የሚጠብቁ መናወጡንና የሆነውን ነገር አይተው። ይህ በእውነት የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነበረ ብለው እጅግ ፈሩ።

⁵⁵And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

⁵⁵ኢየሱስን እያገለገሉ ከገሊላ የተከተሉት ብዙ ሴቶች በሩቅ ሆነው ሲመለከቱ በዚያ ነበሩ፤

⁵⁶among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and of Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

⁵⁶ከእነርሱም መግደላዊት ማርያምና የያዕቆብና የዮሳ እናት ማርያም የዘብዴዎስም የልጆቹ እናት ነበሩ።

⁵⁷And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus,

⁵⁷በመሸም ጊዜ ዮሴፍ የተባለው ባለ ጠጋ ሰው ከአርማትያስ መጣ፥ እርሱም ደግሞ የኢየሱስ ደቀ መዝሙር ነበረ፤

⁵⁸he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

⁵⁸ይኸውም ወደ ጲላጦስ ቀርቦ የኢየሱስን ሥጋ ለመነው።

⁵⁹And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen,

⁵⁹ጲላጦስም እንዲሰጡት አዘዘ። ዮሴፍም ሥጋውን ይዞ በንጹሕ በፍታ ከፈነው፥

⁶⁰and laid it in his new tomb, that he hewed in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away;

⁶⁰ከዓለት በወቀረው በአዲሱ መቃብርም አኖረው፥ በመቃብሩም ደጃፍ ታላቅ ድንጋይ አንከባሎ ሄደ።

⁶¹and there were there Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over-against the sepulchre.

⁶¹መግደላዊት ማርያምም ሁለተኛይቱም ማርያም በመቃብሩ አንጻር ተቀምጠው በዚያ ነበሩ።

⁶²And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,

⁶²በማግሥቱም ከመዘጋጀት በኋላ በሚሆነው ቀን፥ የካህናት አለቆችና ፈሪሳውያን ወደ ጲላጦስ ተሰበሰቡና።

⁶³saying, `Sir, we have remembered that that deceiver said while yet living, After three days I do rise;

⁶³ጌታ ሆይ፥ ያ አሳች በሕይወቱ ገና ሳለ። ከሦስት ቀን በኋላ እነሣለሁ እንዳለ ትዝ አለን።

⁶⁴command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.`

⁶⁴እንግዲህ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ መጥተው በሌሊት እንዳይሰርቁት ለሕዝቡም። ከሙታን ተነሣ እንዳይሉ፥ የኋለኛይቱ ስሕተት ከፊተኛይቱ ይልቅ የከፋች ትሆናለችና መቃብሩ እስከ ሦስተኛ ቀን ድረስ እንዲጠበቅ እዘዝ አሉት።

⁶⁵And Pilate said to them, `Ye have a watch, go away, make secure — as ye have known;`

⁶⁵ጲላጦስም። ጠባቆች አሉአችሁ፤ ሄዳችሁ እንዳወቃችሁ አስጠብቁ አላቸው።

⁶⁶and they, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure, having sealed the stone, together with the watch.

⁶⁶እነርሱም ሄደው ከጠባቆች ጋር ድንጋዩን አትመው መቃብሩን አስጠበቁ።