¹እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ወደ በጎች በረት በበሩ የማይገባ በሌላ መንገድ ግን የሚወጣ እርሱ ሌባ ወንበዴም ነው፤

¹Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

²በበሩ የሚገባ ግን የበጎች እረኛ ነው።

²But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

³ለእርሱ በረኛው ይከፍትለታል፤ በጎቹም ድምፁን ይሰሙታል፥ የራሱንም በጎች በየስማቸው ጠርቶ ይወስዳቸዋል።

³To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.

⁴የራሱንም ሁሉ ካወጣቸው በኋላ በፊታቸው ይሄዳል፥ በጎቹም ድምፁን ያውቃሉና ይከተሉታል፤

⁴When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

⁵ከሌላው ግን ይሸሻሉ እንጂ አይከተሉትም፥ የሌሎችን ድምፅ አያውቁምና።

⁵And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

⁶ኢየሱስ ይህን ምሳሌ ነገራቸው፤ እነርሱ ግን የነገራቸው ምን እንደ ሆነ አላስተዋሉም።

⁶This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

⁷ኢየሱስም ደግሞ አላቸው። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እኔ የበጎች በር ነኝ።

⁷Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁸ከእኔ በፊት የመጡ ሁሉ ሌቦችና ወንበዴዎች ናቸው፤ ዳሩ ግን በጎቹ አልሰሙአቸውም።

⁸All that came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.

⁹በሩ እኔ ነኝ፤ በእኔ የሚገባ ቢኖር ይድናል፥ ይገባልም ይወጣልም መሰማሪያም ያገኛል።

⁹I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.

¹⁰ሌባው ሊሰርቅና ሊያርድ ሊያጠፋም እንጂ ስለ ሌላ አይመጣም፤ እኔ ሕይወት እንዲሆንላቸው እንዲበዛላቸውም መጣሁ።

¹⁰The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.

¹¹መልካም እረኛ እኔ ነኝ። መልካም እረኛ ነፍሱን ስለ በጎቹ ያኖራል።

¹¹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep.

¹²እረኛ ያልሆነው በጎቹም የእርሱ ያልሆኑ ሞያተኛ ግን ተኵላ ሲመጣ ባየ ጊዜ በጎቹን ትቶ ይሸሻል፤ ተኵላም ይነጥቃቸዋል በጎቹንም ይበትናቸዋል።

¹²He that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth [them]:

¹³ሞያተኛ ስለ ሆነ ለበጎቹም ስለማይገደው ሞያተኛው ይሸሻል።

¹³[he fleeth] because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

¹⁴መልካም እረኛ እኔ ነኝ፥ አብም እንደሚያውቀኝ እኔም አብን እንደማውቀው የራሴን በጎች አውቃለሁ የራሴም በጎች ያውቁኛል፤ ነፍሴንም ስለ በጎች አኖራለሁ።

¹⁴I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me,

¹⁶ከዚህም በረት ያልሆኑ ሌሎች በጎች አሉኝ፤ እነርሱን ደግሞ ላመጣ ይገባኛል ድምፄንም ይሰማሉ፥ አንድም መንጋ ይሆናሉ እረኛውም አንድ።

¹⁵even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

¹⁷ነፍሴን ደግሞ አነሣት ዘንድ አኖራለሁና ስለዚህ አብ ይወደኛል።

¹⁶And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.

¹⁸እኔ በፈቃዴ አኖራታለሁ እንጂ ከእኔ ማንም አይወስዳትም። ላኖራት ሥልጣን አለኝ ደግሞም ላነሣት ሥልጣን አለኝ ይህችን ትእዛዝ ከአባቴ ተቀበልሁ።

¹⁷Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

¹⁹እንግዲህ ከዚህ ቃል የተነሣ በአይሁድ መካከል እንደ ገና መለያየት ሆነ።

¹⁸No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment received I from my Father.

²⁰ከእነርሱም ብዙዎች። ጋኔን አለበት አብዶአልም፤ ስለ ምንስ ትሰሙታላችሁ? አሉ።

¹⁹There arose a division again among the Jews because of these words.

²¹ሌሎችም። ይህ ጋኔን ያለበት ሰው ቃል አይደለም፤ ጋኔን የዕውሮችን ዓይኖች ሊከፍት ይችላልን? አሉ።

²⁰And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is mad; why hear ye him?

²²በኢየሩሳሌምም የመቅደስ መታደስ በዓል ሆነ፤

²¹Others said, These are not the sayings of one possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

²³ክረምትም ነበረ። ኢየሱስም በመቅደስ በሰሎሞን ደጅ መመላለሻ ይመላለስ ነበር።

²²And it was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem:

²⁴አይሁድም እርሱን ከበው። እስከ መቼ ድረስ በጥርጣሪ ታቆየናለህ? አንተ ክርስቶስ እንደ ሆንህ ገልጠህ ንገረን አሉት።

²³it was winter; and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch.

²⁵ኢየሱስም መለሰላቸው፥ እንዲህ ሲል። ነገርኋችሁ አታምኑምም እኔ በአባቴ ስም የማደርገው ሥራ ይህ ስለ እኔ ይመሰክራል፤

²⁴The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.

²⁶እናንተ ግን እንደ ነገርኋችሁ ከበጎቼ ስላልሆናችሁ አታምኑም።

²⁵Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me.

²⁷በጎቼ ድምፄን ይሰማሉ እኔም አውቃቸዋለሁ ይከተሉኝማል፤

²⁶But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.

²⁸እኔም የዘላለም ሕይወትን እሰጣቸዋለሁ፥ ለዘላለምም አይጠፉም፥ ከእጄም ማንም አይነጥቃቸውም።

²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

²⁹የሰጠኝ አባቴ ከሁሉ ይበልጣል፥ ከአባቴም እጅ ሊነጥቃቸው ማንም አይችልም።

²⁸and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

³⁰እኔና አብ አንድ ነን።

²⁹My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand.

³¹አይሁድ ሊወግሩት ደግመው ድንጋይ አነሡ።

³⁰I and the Father are one.

³²ኢየሱስ። ከአባቴ ብዙ መልካም ሥራ አሳየኋችሁ፤ ከእነርሱ ስለ ማናቸው ሥራ ትወግሩኛላችሁ? ብሎ መለሰላቸው።

³¹The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

³³አይሁድም። ስለ መልካም ሥራ አንወግርህም፤ ስለ ስድብ፤ አንተም ሰው ስትሆን ራስህን አምላክ ስለ ማድረግህ ነው እንጂ ብለው መለሱለት።

³²Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

³⁴ኢየሱስም እንዲህ ብሎ መለሰላቸው። እኔ። አማልክት ናችሁ አልሁ ተብሎ በሕጋችሁ የተጻፈ አይደለምን?

³³The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

³⁵መጽሐፉ ሊሻር አይቻልምና እነዚያን የእግዚአብሔር ቃል የመጣላቸውን አማልክት ካላቸው፥

³⁴Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods?

³⁶የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነኝ ስላልሁ እናንተ አብ የቀደሰውን ወደ ዓለምም የላከውን። ትሳደባለህ ትሉታላችሁን?

³⁵If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

³⁷እኔ የአባቴን ሥራ ባላደርግ አትመኑኝ፤

³⁶say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am [the] Son of God?

³⁸ባደርገው ግን፥ እኔን ስንኳ ባታምኑ አብ በእኔ እንደ ሆነ እኔም በአብ እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቁና ታስተውሉ ዘንድ ሥራውን እመኑ።

³⁷If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.

³⁹እንግዲህ ደግመው ሊይዙት ፈለጉ፤ ከእጃቸውም ወጣ።

³⁸But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.

⁴⁰ዮሐንስም በመጀመሪያ ያጠምቅበት ወደ ነበረው ስፍራ ወደ ዮርዳኖስ ማዶ እንደ ገና ሄደ በዚያም ኖረ።

³⁹They sought again to take him: and he went forth out of their hand.

⁴¹ብዙ ሰዎችም ወደ እርሱ መጥተው። ዮሐንስ አንድ ምልክት ስንኳ አላደረገም፥ ነገር ግን ዮሐንስ ስለዚህ ሰው የተናገረው ሁሉ እውነት ነበረ አሉ።

⁴⁰And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there be abode.

⁴²በዚያም ብዙዎች በእርሱ አመኑ።

⁴¹And many came unto him; and they said, John indeed did no sign: but all things whatsoever John spake of this man were true.

⁴²And many believed on him there.