¹ከፋሲካም በፊት በስድስተኛው ቀን ኢየሱስ ከሙታን ያስነሣው አልዓዛር ወደ ነበረበት ወደ ቢታንያ መጣ።

¹Jesus therefore six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus raised from the dead.

²በዚያም እራት አደረጉለት፤ ማርታም ታገለግል ነበር፤ አልዓዛር ግን ከእርሱ ጋር ከተቀመጡት አንዱ ነበረ።

²So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him.

³ማርያምም ዋጋው እጅግ የከበረ የጥሩ ናርዶስ ሽቱ ንጥር ወስዳ የኢየሱስን እግር ቀባች፤ በጠጕርዋም እግሩን አበሰች፤ ቤቱም ከናርዶስ ሽቱ ሞላ።

³Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.

⁴ነገር ግን ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አንዱ አሳልፎ ሊሰጠው ያለው የስምዖን ልጅ የአስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ።

⁴But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples, that should betray him, saith,

⁵ይህ ሽቱ ለሦስት መቶ ዲናር ተሽጦ ለድሆች ያልተሰጠ ስለ ምን ነው? አለ።

⁵Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?

⁶ይህንም የተናገረ ሌባ ስለ ነበረ ነው እንጂ ለድሆች ተገድዶላቸው አይደለም፤ ከረጢትም ይዞ በውስጡ ከሚገባው ይወስድ ስለ ነበረ ነው።

⁶Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.

⁷ኢየሱስም። ለምቀበርበት ቀን እንድትጠብቀው ተውአት፤

⁷Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to keep it against the day of my burying.

⁸ድሆችስ ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር ይኖራሉና፥ እኔ ግን ሁልጊዜ ከእናንተ ጋር አልኖርም አለ።

⁸For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

⁹ከአይሁድም ብዙ ሕዝብ በዚያ እንደ ነበረ አውቀው መጡ፥ ከሙታንም ያስነሣውን አልዓዛርን ደግሞ እንዲያዩ ነበረ እንጂ ስለ ኢየሱስ ብቻ አይደለም።

⁹The common people therefore of the Jews learned that he was there: and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

¹⁰የካህናት አለቆችም አልዓዛርን ደግሞ ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ፥

¹⁰But the chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus also to death;

¹¹ከአይሁድ ብዙዎች ከእርሱ የተነሣ ሄደው በኢየሱስ ያምኑ ነበርና።

¹¹because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

¹²በማግሥቱ ወደ በዓሉ መጥተው የነበሩ ብዙ ሕዝብ ኢየሱስ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም እንዲመጣ በሰሙ ጊዜ፥

¹²On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

¹³የዘንባባ ዛፍ ዝንጣፊ ይዘው ሊቀበሉት ወጡና። ሆሣዕና፤ በጌታ ስም የሚመጣ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ የተባረከ ነው እያሉ ጮኹ።

¹³took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.

¹⁴አንቺ የጽዮን ልጅ አትፍሪ፤ እነሆ፥ ንጉሥሽ በአህያ ውርንጫ ላይ ተቀምጦ ይመጣል ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ፥ ኢየሱስ የአህያ ውርንጫ አግኝቶ በእርሱ ተቀመጠ።

¹⁴And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,

¹⁶ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ይህን ነገር በመጀመሪያ አላስተዋሉም፤ ነገር ግን ኢየሱስ ከከበረ በኋላ በዚያን ጊዜ ይህ ስለ እርሱ እንደ ተጻፈ ይህንም እንዳደረጉለት ትዝ አላቸው።

¹⁵Fear not, daughter of Zion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.

¹⁷አልዓዛርንም ከመቃብር ጠርቶ ከሙታን ሲያስነሣው ከእርሱ ጋር የነበሩት ሕዝብ ይመሰክሩለት ነበር።

¹⁶These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.

¹⁸ስለዚህ ደግሞ ሕዝቡ ይህን ምልክት እንዳደረገ ስለ ሰሙ ሊቀበሉት ወጡ።

¹⁷The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness.

¹⁹ሰለዚህ ፈሪሳውያን እርስ በርሳቸው። አንድ ስንኳ ልታደርጉ እንዳይቻላችሁ ታያላችሁን? እነሆ፥ ዓለሙ በኋላው ተከትሎት ሄዶአል ተባባሉ።

¹⁸For this cause also the multitude went and met him, for that they heard that he had done this sign.

²⁰በበዓሉም ሊሰግዱ ከወጡት አንዳንዶቹ የግሪክ ሰዎች ነበሩ፤

¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing: lo, the world is gone after him.

²¹እነርሱም ከገሊላ ቤተ ሳይዳ ወደሚሆን ወደ ፊልጶስ መጥተው። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ኢየሱስን ልናይ እንወዳለን ብለው ለመኑት።

²⁰Now there were certain Greeks among those that went up to worship at the feast:

²²ፊልጶስም መጥቶ ለእንድርያስ ነገረው፤ እንድርያስና ፊልጶስ መጥተው ለኢየሱስ ነገሩት።

²¹these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

²³ኢየሱስም መለሰላቸው፥ እንዲህ ሲል። የሰው ልጅ ይከብር ዘንድ ሰዓቱ ደርሶአል።

²²Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: Andrew cometh, and Philip, and they tell Jesus.

²⁴እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የስንዴ ቅንጣት በምድር ወድቃ ካልሞተች ብቻዋን ትቀራለች፤ ብትሞት ግን ብዙ ፍሬ ታፈራለች።

²³And Jesus answereth them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

²⁵ነፍሱን የሚወድ ያጠፋታል፥ ነፍሱንም በዚህ ዓለም የሚጠላ ለዘላለም ሕይወት ይጠብቃታል።

²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.

²⁶የሚያገለግለኝ ቢኖር ይከተለኝ፥ እኔም ባለሁበት አገልጋዬ ደግሞ በዚያ ይሆናል፤ የሚያገለግለኝም ቢኖር አብ ያከብረዋል።

²⁵He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

²⁷አሁን ነፍሴ ታውካለች ምንስ እላለሁ? አባት ሆይ፥ ከዚህ ሰዓት አድነኝ። ነገር ግን ስለዚህ ወደዚህ ሰዓት መጣሁ።

²⁶If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.

²⁸አባት ሆይ፥ ስምህን አክብረው። ስለዚህም። አከበርሁት ደግሞም አከብረዋለሁ የሚል ድምፅ ከሰማይ መጣ።

²⁷Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour.

²⁹በዚያ ቆመው የነበሩትም ሕዝብ በሰሙ ጊዜ። ነጐድጓድ ነው አሉ፤ ሌሎች። መልአክ ተናገረው አሉ።

²⁸Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, [saying], I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.

³⁰ኢየሱስም መለሰ፥ እንዲህ ሲል። ይህ ድምፅ ስለ እናንተ መጥቶአል እጂ ስለ እኔ አይደለም።

²⁹The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.

³¹አሁን የዚህ ዓለም ፍርድ ደርሶአል፤ አሁን የዚህ ዓለም ገዥ ወደ ውጭ ይጣላል፤

³⁰Jesus answered and said, This voice hath not come for my sake, but for your sakes.

³²እኔም ከምድር ከፍ ከፍ ያልሁ እንደ ሆነ ሁሉን ወደ እኔ እስባለሁ።

³¹Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.

³³በምን ዓይነትም ሞት ይሞት ዘንድ እንዳለው ሲያመለክታቸው ይህን ተናገረ።

³²And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto myself.

³⁴እንግዲህ ሕዝቡ። እኛስ ክርስቶስ ለዘላለም እንዲኖር ከሕጉ ሰምተናል፤ አንተስ የሰው ልጅ ከፍ ከፍ ይል ዘንድ እንዲያስፈልገው እንዴት ትላላህ? ይህ የሰው ልጅ ማን ነው? ብለው መለሱለት።

³³But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.

³⁵ኢየሱስም። ገና ጥቂት ጊዜ ብርሃን ከእናንተ ጋር ነው። ጨለማ እንዳይደርስባችሁ ብርሃን ሳለላችሁ ተመላለሱ፤ በጨለማም የሚመላለስ ወዴት እንዲሄድ አያውቅም።

³⁴The multitude therefore answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

³⁶የብርሃን ልጆች እንድትሆኑ ብርሃን ሳለላችሁ በብርሃኑ እመኑ አላቸው። ኢየሱስም ይህን ተናግሮ ሄደና ተሰወረባቸው።

³⁵Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.

³⁷ነገር ግን ይህን ያህል ምልክት በፊታቸው ምንም ቢያደርግ፤ ነቢዩ ኢሳይያስ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ማን ምስክርነታችንን አመነ? የእግዚአብሔርስ ክንድ ለማን ተገለጠ? ብሎ የተናገረው ቃል ይፈጸም ዘንድ በእርሱ አላመኑም።

³⁶While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.

³⁹ኢሳይያስ ደግሞ። በዓይኖቻቸው እንዳያዩ፥ በልባቸውም እንዳያስተውሉ፥ እንዳይመለሱም፥ እኔም እንዳልፈውሳቸው፥ ዓይኖቻቸውን አሳወረ ልባቸውንም አደነደነ ብሎአልና ስለዚህ ማመን አቃታቸው።

³⁷But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed not on him:

⁴¹ክብሩን ስለ አየ ኢሳይያስ ይህን አለ፥ ስለ እርሱም ተናገረ።

³⁸that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?

⁴²ከዚህም ጋር ከአለቆች ደግሞ ብዙዎች በእርሱ አመኑ፤ ነገር ግን ከምኵራብ እንዳያስወጡአቸው በፈሪሳውያን ምክንያት አልመሰከሩለትም፤

³⁹For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again,

⁴³ከእግዚአብሔር ክብር ይልቅ የሰውን ክብር ወደዋልና።

⁴⁰He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart; Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, And should turn, And I should heal them.

⁴⁴ኢየሱስም ጮኸ፥ እንዲህም አለ። በእኔ የሚያምን በላከኝ ማመኑ ነው እንጂ በእኔ አይደለም፤

⁴¹These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of him.

⁴⁵እኔንም የሚያይ የላከኝን ያያል።

⁴²Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [it], lest they should be put out of the synagogue:

⁴⁶በእኔ የሚያምን ሁሉ በጨለማ እንዳይኖር እኔ ብርሃን ሆኜ ወደ ዓለም መጥቻለሁ።

⁴³for they loved the glory [that is] of men more than the glory [that is] of God.

⁴⁷ዓለምን ላድን እንጂ በዓለም ልፈርድ አልመጣሁምና ቃሌን ሰምቶ የማይጠብቀው ቢኖር የምፈርድበት እኔ አይደለሁም።

⁴⁴And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.

⁴⁸የሚጥለኝ ቃሌንም የማይቀበለው እርሱ የሚፈርድበት አለው፤ እኔ የተናገርሁት ቃል እርሱ በመጨረሻው ቀን ይፈርድበታል።

⁴⁵And he that beholdeth me beholdeth him that sent me.

⁴⁹እኔ ከራሴ አልተናገርሁምና፤ ነገር ግን የላከኝ አብ እርሱ የምለውን የምናገረውንም ትእዛዝ ሰጠኝ።

⁴⁶I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.

⁵⁰ትእዛዙም የዘላለም ሕይወት እንደ ሆነች አውቃለሁ። ስለዚህ እኔ የምናገረውን አብ እንደ ነገረኝ እንዲሁ እናገራለሁ።

⁴⁷And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

⁴⁸He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the same shall judge him in the last day.

⁴⁹For I spake not from myself; but the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

⁵⁰And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak.