¹ከዚህ በኋላ ኢየሱስ ወደ ገሊላ ባሕር ማዶ ተሻገረ፤ እርሱም የጥብርያዶስ ባሕር ነው።

¹After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is [the sea] of Tiberias.

²በበሽተኞችም ያደረገውን ምልክቶች ስላዩ ብዙ ሕዝብ ተከተሉት።

²And a great multitude followed him, because they beheld the signs which he did on them that were sick.

³ኢየሱስም ወደ ተራራ ወጣና በዚያ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ተቀመጠ።

³And Jesus went up into the mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

⁴የአይሁድ በዓልም ፋሲካ ቀርቦ ነበር።

⁴Now the passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

⁵ኢየሱስም ዓይኖቹን አንሥቶ ብዙ ሕዝብ ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ አየና ፊልጶስን። እነዚህ እንዲበሉ እንጀራ ከወዴት እንገዛለን? አለው።

⁵Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him, saith unto Philip, Whence are we to buy bread, that these may eat?

⁶ራሱ ሊያደርግ ያለውን ያውቅ ነበርና ሊፈትነው ይህን ተናገረ።

⁶And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

⁷ፊልጶስ። እያንዳንዳቸው ትንሽ ትንሽ እንኳ እንዲቀበሉ የሁለት መቶ ዲናር እንጀራ አይበቃቸውም ብሎ መለሰለት።

⁷Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings' worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.

⁸ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ አንዱ የስምዖን ጴጥሮስ ወንድም እንድርያስ።

⁸One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,

⁹አምስት የገብስ እንጀራና ሁለት ዓሣ የያዘ ብላቴና በዚህ አለ፤ ነገር ግን እነዚህን ለሚያህሉ ሰዎች ይህ ምን ይሆናል? አለው።

⁹There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?

¹⁰ኢየሱስም። ሰዎቹን እንዲቀመጡ አድርጉ አለ። በዚያም ስፍራ ብዙ ሣር ነበረበት። ወንዶችም ተቀመጡ ቍጥራቸውም አምስት ሺህ የሚያህል ነበር።

¹⁰Jesus said, Make the people sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

¹¹ኢየሱስም እንጀራውን ያዘ፥ አመስግኖም ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሰጠ፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለተቀመጡት ሰዎች ሰጡአቸው እንዲሁም ከዓሣው በፈለጉት መጠን።

¹¹Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down; likewise also of the fishes as much as they would.

¹²ከጠገቡም በኋላ ደቀ መዛሙርቱን። አንድ ስንኳ እንዳይጠፋ የተረፈውን ቍርስራሽ አከማቹ አላቸው።

¹²And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost.

¹³ሰለዚህ አከማቹ፥ ከበሉትም ከአምስቱ የገብስ እንጀራ የተረፈውን ቍርስራሽ አሥራ ሁለት መሶብ ሞሉ።

¹³So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over unto them that had eaten.

¹⁴ከዚህ የተነሣ ሰዎቹ ኢየሱስ ያደረገውን ምልክት ባዩ ጊዜ። ይህ በእውነት ወደ ዓለም የሚመጣው ነቢይ ነው አሉ።

¹⁴When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.

¹⁵በዚህም ምክንያት ኢየሱስ ያነግሡት ዘንድ ሊመጡና ሊነጥቁት እንዳላቸው አውቆ ደግሞ ወደ ተራራ ብቻውን ፈቀቅ አለ።

¹⁵Jesus therefore perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again into the mountain himself alone.

¹⁶በመሸም ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ወደ ባሕር ወረዱ፥

¹⁶And when evening came, his disciples went down unto the sea;

¹⁷በታንኳም ገብተው በባሕር ማዶ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም ይመጡ ነበር። አሁንም ጨልሞ ነበር፤ ኢየሱስም ገና ወደ እነርሱ አልመጣም ነበር፤

¹⁷and they entered into a boat, and were going over the sea unto Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

¹⁸ብርቱ ነፋስም ስለ ነፈሰ ባሕሩ ተናወጠ።

¹⁸And the sea was rising by reason of a great wind that blew.

¹⁹ሀያ አምስት ወይም ሠላሳ ምዕራፍ ከቀዘፉ በኋላም፥ ኢየሱስ በባሕር ላይ እየሄደ ወደ ታንኳይቱ ሲቀርብ አይተው ፈሩ።

¹⁹When therefore they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the boat: and they were afraid.

²⁰እርሱ ግን። እኔ ነኝ፤ አትፍሩ አላቸው።

²⁰But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

²¹ስለዚህ በታንኳይቱ ሊቀበሉት ወደዱ፤ ወዲያውም ታንኳይቱ ወደሚሄዱበት ምድር ደረሰች።

²¹They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat: and straightway the boat was at the land whither they were going.

²²በነገው በባሕር ማዶ ቆመው የነበሩ ሕዝቡ ከአንዲት ጀልባ በቀር በዚያ ሌላ ጀልባ እንዳልነበረች፥ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ለብቻቸው እንደ ሄዱ እንጂ ኢየሱስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ወደ ታንኳይቱ እንዳልገባ አዩ፤

²²On the morrow the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, save one, and that Jesus entered not with his disciples into the boat, but [that] his disciples went away alone

²³ዳሩ ግን ሌሎች ጀልባዎች ጌታ የባረከውን እንጀራ ወደ በሉበት ስፍራ አጠገብ ከጥብርያዶስ መጡ።

²³(howbeit there came boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks):

²⁴ሕዝቡም ኢየሱስ ወይም ደቀ መዛሙርቱ በዚያ እንዳልነበሩ ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ራሳቸው በጀልባዎቹ ገብተው ኢየሱስን እየፈለጉ ወደ ቅፍርናሆም መጡ።

²⁴when the multitude therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

²⁵በባሕር ማዶም ሲያገኙት። መምህር ሆይ፥ ወደዚህ መቼ መጣህ? አሉት።

²⁵And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

²⁶ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የምትፈልጉኝ እንጀራን ስለ በላችሁና ስለ ጠገባችሁ ነው እንጂ ምልክቶችን ስላያችሁ አይደለም።

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.

²⁷ለሚጠፋ መብል አትሥሩ፤ ነገር ግን ለዘላለም ሕይወት ለሚኖር መብል የሰው ልጅ ለሚሰጣችሁ ሥሩ፤ እርሱን እግዚአብሔር አብ አትሞታልና።

²⁷Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

²⁸እንግዲህ። የእግዚአብሔርን ሥራ እንድንሠራ ምን እናድርግ? አሉት።

²⁸They said therefore unto him, What must we do, that we may work the works of God?

²⁹ኢየሱስ መልሶ። ይህ የእግዚአብሔር ሥራ እርሱ በላከው እንድታምኑ ነው አላቸው።

²⁹Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

³⁰እንግዲህ። እንኪያ አይተን እንድናምንህ አንተ ምን ምልክት ታደርጋለህ? ምንስ ትሠራለህ?

³⁰They said therefore unto him, What then doest thou for a sign, that we may see, and believe thee? what workest thou?

³¹ይበሉ ዘንድ ከሰማይ እንጀራ ሰጣቸው ተብሎ እንደ ተጻፈ አባቶቻችን በምድረ በዳ መና በሉ አሉት።

³¹Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

³²ኢየሱስም። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ እውነተኛ እንጀራ ከሰማይ የሚሰጣችሁ አባቴ ነው እንጂ ከሰማይ እንጀራ የሰጣችሁ ሙሴ አይደለም፤

³²Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven.

³³የእግዚአብሔር እንጀራ ከሰማይ የሚወርድ ለዓለምም ሕይወትን የሚሰጥ ነውና አላቸው።

³³For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

³⁴ስለዚህ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ይህን እንጀራ ዘወትር ስጠን አሉት።

³⁴They said therefore unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

³⁵ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አላቸው። የሕይወት እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ፤ ወደ እኔ የሚመጣ ከቶ አይራብም በእኔ የሚያምንም ሁልጊዜ ከቶ አይጠማም።

³⁵Jesus said unto them. I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

³⁶ነገር ግን አይታችሁኝ እንዳላመናችሁ አልኋችሁ።

³⁶But I said unto you, that ye have seen me, and yet believe not.

³⁷አብ የሚሰጠኝ ሁሉ ወደ እኔ ይመጣል፥ ወደ እኔም የሚመጣውን ከቶ ወደ ውጭ አላወጣውም፤

³⁷All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

³⁸ፈቃዴን ለማድረግ አይደለም እንጂ የላከኝን ፈቃድ ለማድረግ ከሰማይ ወርጃለሁና።

³⁸For I am come down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

³⁹ከሰጠኝም ሁሉ አንድን ስንኳ እንዳላጠፋ በመጨረሻው ቀን እንዳስነሣው እንጂ የላከኝ የአብ ፈቃድ ይህ ነው።

³⁹And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.

⁴⁰ልጅንም አይቶ በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ የዘላለም ሕይወትን እንዲያገኝ የአባቴ ፈቃድ ይህ ነው፥ እኔም በመጨረሻው ቀን አስነሣዋለሁ።

⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁴¹እንግዲህ አይሁድ። ከሰማይ የወረደ እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ ስላለ ስለ እርሱ አንጐራጐሩና።

⁴¹The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven.

⁴²አባቱንና እናቱን የምናውቃቸው ይህ የዮሴፍ ልጅ ኢየሱስ አይደለምን? እንግዲህ። ከሰማይ ወርጃለሁ እንዴት ይላል? አሉ።

⁴²And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?

⁴³ኢየሱስ መለሰ አላቸውም። እርስ በርሳችሁ አታንጐራጕሩ።

⁴³Jesus answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

⁴⁴የላከኝ አብ ከሳበው በቀር ወደ እኔ ሊመጣ የሚችል የለም፥ እኔም በመጨረሻው ቀን አስነሣዋለሁ።

⁴⁴No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.

⁴⁵ሁሉም ከእግዚአብሔር የተማሩ ይሆናሉ ተብሎ በነቢያት ተጽፎአል፤ እንግዲህ ከአብ የሰማ የተማረም ሁሉ ወደ እኔ ይመጣል።

⁴⁵It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me.

⁴⁶አብን ያየ ማንም የለም፤ ከእግዚአብሔር ከሆነ በቀር፥ እርሱ አብን አይቶአል።

⁴⁶Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he that is from God, he hath seen the Father.

⁴⁷እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ በእኔ የሚያምን የዘላለም ሕይወት አለው።

⁴⁷Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.

⁴⁸የሕይወት እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ።

⁴⁸I am the bread of life.

⁴⁹አባቶቻችሁ በምድረ በዳ መና በሉ ሞቱም፤

⁴⁹Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

⁵⁰ሰው ከእርሱ በልቶ እንዳይሞት ከሰማይ አሁን የወረደ እንጀራ ይህ ነው።

⁵⁰This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

⁵¹ከሰማይ የወረደ ሕያው እንጀራ እኔ ነኝ፤ ሰው ከዚህ እንጀራ ቢበላ ለዘላለም ይኖራል፤ እኔም ስለ ዓለም ሕይወት የምሰጠው እንጀራ ሥጋዬ ነው።

⁵¹I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

⁵²እንግዲህ አይሁድ። ይህ ሰው ሥጋውን ልንበላ ይሰጠን ዘንድ እንዴት ይችላል? ብለው እርስ በርሳቸው ተከራከሩ።

⁵²The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

⁵³ስለዚህ ኢየሱስ እንዲህ አላቸው። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ የሰውን ልጅ ሥጋ ካልበላችሁ ደሙንም ካልጠጣችሁ በራሳችሁ ሕይወት የላችሁም።

⁵³Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.

⁵⁴ሥጋዬን የሚበላ ደሜንም የሚጠጣ የዘላለም ሕይወት አለው፥ እኔም በመጨረሻው ቀን አስነሣዋለሁ።

⁵⁴He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁵⁵ሥጋዬ እውነተኛ መብል ደሜም እውነተኛ መጠጥ ነውና።

⁵⁵For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

⁵⁶ሥጋዬን የሚበላ ደሜንም የሚጠጣ በእኔ ይኖራል እኔም በእርሱ እኖራለሁ።

⁵⁶He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.

⁵⁷ሕያው አብ እንደ ላከኝ እኔም ከአብ የተነሣ ሕያው እንደምሆን፥ እንዲሁ የሚበላኝ ደግሞ ከእኔ የተነሣ ሕያው ይሆናል።

⁵⁷As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.

⁵⁸ከሰማይ የወረደ እንጀራ ይህ ነው፤ አባቶቻችሁ መና በልተው እንደ ሞቱ አይደለም፤ ይህን እንጀራ የሚበላ ለዘላለም ይኖራል

⁵⁸This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.

⁵⁹በቅፍርናሆም ሲያስተምር ይህን በምኵራብ አለ።

⁵⁹These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

⁶⁰ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም ብዙዎች በሰሙ ጊዜ። ይህ የሚያስጨንቅ ንግግር ነው፤ ማን ሊሰማው ይችላል? አሉ።

⁶⁰Many therefore of his disciples, when the heard [this], said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

⁶¹ኢየሱስ ግን ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ስለዚህ እንዳንጐራጐሩ በልቡ አውቆ አላቸው። ይህ ያሰናክላችኋልን?

⁶¹But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said unto them, Doth this cause you to stumble?

⁶²እንግዲህ የሰው ልጅ አስቀድሞ ወደ ነበረበት ሲወጣ ብታዩ እንዴት ይሆናል?

⁶²[What] then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?

⁶³ሕይወትን የሚሰጥ መንፈስ ነው፤ ሥጋ ምንም አይጠቅምም፤ እኔ የነገርኋችሁ ቃል መንፈስ ነው ሕይወትም ነው።

⁶³It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, are are life.

⁶⁴ነገር ግን ከእናንተ የማያምኑ አሉ። ኢየሱስ የማያምኑት እነማን እንደ ሆኑ አሳልፎ የሚሰጠውም ማን እንደ ሆነ ከመጀመሪያ ያውቅ ነበርና።

⁶⁴But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him.

⁶⁵ደግሞ። ስለዚህ አልኋችሁ፥ ከአብ የተሰጠው ካልሆነ ወደ እኔ ሊመጣ የሚችል የለም አለ።

⁶⁵And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father.

⁶⁶ከዚህም የተነሣ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ብዙዎች ወደ ኋላ ተመለሱ፤ ወደ ፊትም ከእርሱ ጋር አልሄዱም።

⁶⁶Upon this many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

⁶⁷ኢየሱስም ለአሥራ ሁለቱ። እናንተ ደግሞ ልትሄዱ ትወዳላችሁን? አለ።

⁶⁷Jesus said therefore unto the twelve, Would ye also go away?

⁶⁸ስምዖን ጴጥሮስ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ማን እንሄዳለን? አንተ የዘላለም ሕይወት ቃል አለህ፤

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

⁶⁹እኛስ አንተ ክርስቶስ የሕያው የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆንህ አምነናል አውቀናልም ብሎ መለሰለት።

⁶⁹And we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of God.

⁷⁰ኢየሱስም። እኔ እናንተን አሥራ ሁለታችሁን የመረጥኋችሁ አይደለምን? ከእናንተም አንዱ ዲያብሎስ ነው ብሎ መለሰላቸው።

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, Did not I choose you the twelve, and one of you is a devil?

⁷¹ስለ ስምዖንም ልጅ ስለ አስቆሮቱ ይሁዳ ተናገረ፤ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱ የሆነ እርሱ አሳልፎ ይሰጠው ዘንድ አለውና።

⁷¹Now he spake of Judas [the son] of Simon Iscariot, for he it was that should betray him, [being] one of the twelve.