¹ፋሲካም የሚባለው የቂጣ በዓል ቀረበ።

¹Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

²የካህናት አለቆችና ጻፎችም እንዴት እንዲያጠፉት ይፈልጉ ነበር፤ ሕዝቡን ይፈሩ ነበርና።

²And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death; for they feared the people.

³ሰይጣንም ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ቍጥር አንዱ በነበረው የአስቆሮቱ በሚባለው በይሁዳ ገባ፤

³And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

⁴ሄዶም እንዴት አሳልፎ እንዲሰጣቸው ከካህናት አለቆችና ከመቅደስ አዛዦች ጋር ተነጋገረ።

⁴And he went away, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might deliver him unto them.

⁵እነርሱም ደስ አላቸው፥ ገንዘብም ሊሰጡት ተዋዋሉ።

⁵And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.

⁶እሺም አለ፥ ሕዝብም በሌለበት አሳልፎ እንዲሰጣቸው ምቹ ጊዜ ይፈልግ ነበር።

⁶And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.

⁷ፋሲካንም ሊያርዱበት የሚገባው የቂጣ በዓል ደረሰ፤

⁷And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the passover must be sacrificed.

⁸ጴጥሮስንና ዮሐንስንም። ፋሲካን እንድንበላ ሄዳችሁ አዘጋጁልን ብሎ ላካቸው።

⁸And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat.

⁹እነርሱም። ወዴት እናዘጋጅ ዘንድ ትወዳለህ? አሉት።

⁹And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we make ready?

¹⁰እርሱም አላቸው። እነሆ፥ ወደ ከተማ ስትገቡ ማድጋ ውኃ የተሸከመ ሰው ይገናኛችኋል፤ ወደ ሚገባበት ቤት ተከተሉት፤

¹⁰And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house whereinto he goeth.

¹¹ለባለቤቱም። መምህሩ። ከደቀ መዛሙርቴ ጋር ፋሲካን የምበላበት የእንግዳ ቤት ክፍል ወዴት ነው? ይልሃል በሉት፤

¹¹And ye shall say unto the master of the house, The Teacher saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

¹²ያም በደርብ ላይ ያለውን የተነጠፈ ታላቅ አዳራሽ ያሳያችኋል፤ በዚያም አሰናዱልን።

¹²And he will show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.

¹³ሄደውም እንዳላቸው አገኙና ፋሲካን አሰናዱ።

¹³And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

¹⁴ሰዓቱም በደረሰ ጊዜ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ ሐዋርያት ጋር በማዕድ ተቀመጠ።

¹⁴And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the apostles with him.

¹⁵እርሱም። ከመከራዬ በፊት ከእናንተ ጋር ይህን ፋሲካ ልበላ እጅግ እመኝ ነበር፤

¹⁵And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

¹⁶እላችኋለሁና፥ በእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እስኪፈጸም ድረስ፥ ወደ ፊት ከዚህ አልበላም አላቸው።

¹⁶for I say unto you, I shall not eat it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

¹⁷ጽዋንም ተቀበለ አመስግኖም። ይህን እንካችሁ በመካከላችሁም ተካፈሉት፤

¹⁷And he received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:

¹⁸እላችኋለሁና፥ የእግዚአብሔር መንግሥት እስክትመጣ ድረስ ከአሁን ጀምሮ ከወይኑ ፍሬ አልጠጣም አለ።

¹⁸for I say unto you, I shall not drink from henceforth of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.

¹⁹እንጀራንም አንሥቶ አመሰገነ ቆርሶም ሰጣቸውና። ስለ እናንተ የሚሰጠው ሥጋዬ ይህ ነው፤ ይህን ለመታሰቢያዬ አድርጉት አለ።

¹⁹And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

²⁰እንዲሁም ከእራት በኋላ ጽዋውን አንሥቶ እንዲህ አለ። ይህ ጽዋ ስለ እናንተ በሚፈሰው በደሜ የሚሆን አዲስ ኪዳን ነው።

²⁰And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, [even] that which is poured out for you.

²¹ነገር ግን አሳልፎ የሚሰጠኝ እጅ እነሆ በማዕድ ከእኔ ጋር ናት።

²¹But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.

²²የሰው ልጅስ እንደ ተወሰነው ይሄዳል፥ ነገር ግን አልፎ ለሚሰጥበት ለዚያ ሰው ወዮለት።

²²For the Son of man indeed goeth, as it hath been determined: but woe unto that man through whom he is betrayed!

²³ከእነርሱም ይህን ሊያደርግ ያለው ማን እንደ ሆነ እርስ በርሳቸው ይጠያየቁ ጀመር።

²³And they began to question among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing.

²⁴ደግሞም ማናቸውም ታላቅ ሆኖ እንዲቈጠር በመካከላቸው ክርክር ሆነ።

²⁴And there arose also a contention among them, which of them was accounted to be greatest.

²⁵እንዲህም አላቸው። የአሕዛብ ነገሥታት ይገዙአቸዋል፥ በላያቸውም የሚሠለጥኑት ቸርነት አድራጊዎች ይባላሉ።

²⁵And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles have lordship over them; and they that have authority over them are called Benefactors.

²⁶እናንተ ግን እንዲህ አትሁኑ፤ ነገር ግን ከእናንተ ታላቅ የሆነ በመካከላችሁ እንደ ታናሽ፥ የሚገዛም እንደሚያገለግል ይሁን።

²⁶But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

²⁷በማዕድ የተቀመጠ ወይስ የሚያገለግል ማናቸው ታላቅ ነው? የተቀመጠው አይደለምን? እኔ ግን በመካከላችሁ እንደሚያገለግል ነኝ።

²⁷For which is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.

²⁸ነገር ግን እናንተ በፈተናዎቼ ከእኔ ጋር ጸንታችሁ የኖራችሁ ናችሁ፤

²⁸But ye are they that have continued with me in my temptations;

²⁹አባቴ እኔን እንደ ሾመኝ እኔ ደግሞ በመንግሥቴ ከማዕዴ ትበሉና ትጠጡ ዘንድ፥ በአሥራ ሁለቱ በእስራኤል ነገድ ስትፈርዱ በዙፋኖች ትቀመጡ ዘንድ ለመንግሥት እሾማችኋለሁ።

²⁹and I appoint unto you a kingdom, even as my Father appointed unto me,

³¹ጌታም። ስምዖን ስምዖን ሆይ፥ እነሆ፥ ሰይጣን እንደ ስንዴ ሊያበጥራችሁ ለመነ፤

³⁰that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

³²እኔ ግን እምነትህ እንዳይጠፋ ስለ አንተ አማለድሁ፤ አንተም በተመለስህ ጊዜ ወንድሞችህን አጽና አለ።

³¹Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:

³³እርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ወደ ወኅኒም ወደ ሞትም ከአንተ ጋር ለመሄድ የተዘጋጀሁ ነኝ አለው።

³²but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.

³⁴እርሱ ግን። ጴጥሮስ ሆይ፥ እልሃለሁ፥ እንዳታውቀኝ ሦስት ጊዜ እስክትክደኝ ድረስ ዛሬ ዶሮ አይጮኽም አለው።

³³And he said unto him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death.

³⁵ደግሞም። ያለ ኮረጆና ያለ ከረጢት ያለ ጫማም በላክኋችሁ ጊዜ፥ አንዳች ጐደለባችሁን? አላቸው። እነርሱም። አንዳች እንኳ አሉ።

³⁴And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, until thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

³⁶እርሱም። አሁን ግን ኮረጆ ያለው ከእርሱ ጋር ይውሰድ፥ ከረጢትም ያለው እንዲሁ፤ የሌለውም ልብሱን ሽጦ ሰይፍ ይግዛ።

³⁵And he said unto them, When I sent you forth without purse, and wallet, and shoes, lacked ye anything? And they said, Nothing.

³⁷እላችኋለሁና፥ ይህ። ከዓመፀኞች ጋር ተቈጠረ ተብሎ የተጻፈው በእኔ ሊፈጸም ግድ ነው፤ አዎን፥ ስለ እኔ የሚሆነው አሁን ይፈጸማልና አላቸው።

³⁶And he said unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet; and he that hath none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.

³⁸እነርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እነሆ፥ በዚህ ሁለት ሰይፎች አሉ አሉት። እርሱም። ይበቃል አላቸው።

³⁷For I say unto you, that this which is written must be fulfilled in me, And he was reckoned with transgressors: for that which concerneth me hath fulfilment.

³⁹ወጥቶም እንደ ልማዱ ወደ ደብረ ዘይት ሄደ፤ ደቀ መዛሙርቱም ደግሞ ተከተሉት።

³⁸And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.

⁴⁰ወደ ስፍራውም ደርሶ። ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ጸልዩ አላቸው።

³⁹And he came out, and went, as his custom was, unto the mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed him.

⁴¹ከእነርሱም የድንጋይ ውርወራ የሚያህል ራቀ፥ ተንበርክኮም። አባት ሆይ፥

⁴⁰And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

⁴²ብትፈቅድ ይህችን ጽዋ ከእኔ ውሰድ፤ ነገር ግን የእኔ ፈቃድ አይሁን የአንተ እንጂ እያለ ይጸልይ ነበር።

⁴¹And he was parted from them about a stone's cast; and he kneeled down and prayed,

⁴³ከሰማይም መጥቶ የሚያበረታ መልአክ ታየው።

⁴²saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

⁴⁴በፍርሃትም ሲጣጣር አጽንቶ ይጸልይ ነበር፤ ወዙም በምድር ላይ እንደሚወርድ እንደ ደም ነጠብጣብ ነበረ።

⁴³And there appeared unto him an angel from heaven, strengthening him.

⁴⁵ከጸሎትም ተነሥቶ ወደ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ መጣና ከኀዘን የተነሣ ተኝተው ሲያገኛቸው።

⁴⁴And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.

⁴⁶ስለ ምን ትተኛላችሁ? ወደ ፈተና እንዳትገቡ ተነሥታችሁ ጸልዩ አላቸው።

⁴⁵And when he rose up from his prayer, he came unto the disciples, and found them sleeping for sorrow,

⁴⁷ገናም ሲናገር እነሆ፥ ሰዎች መጡ፤ ከአሥራ ሁለቱ አንዱም ይሁዳ የሚባለው ይቀድማቸው ነበር፥ ሊስመውም ወደ ኢየሱስ ቀረበ።

⁴⁶and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.

⁴⁸ኢየሱስ ግን። ይሁዳ ሆይ፥ በመሳም የሰውን ልጅ አሳልፈህ ትሰጣለህን? አለው።

⁴⁷While he yet spake, behold, a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them; and he drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.

⁴⁹በዙሪያውም የነበሩት የሚሆነውን ባዩ ጊዜ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ በሰይፍ እንምታቸውን? አሉት።

⁴⁸But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?

⁵⁰ከእነርሱም አንዱ የሊቀ ካህናቱን ባሪያ መትቶ ቀኝ ጆሮውን ቈረጠው።

⁴⁹And when they that were about him saw what would follow, they said, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?

⁵¹ኢየሱስ ግን መልሶ። ይህንስ ፍቀዱ አለ፤ ጆሮውንም ዳስሶ ፈወሰው።

⁵⁰And a certain one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and struck off his right ear.

⁵²ኢየሱስም ወደ እርሱ ለመጡበት ለካህናት አለቆችና ለመቅደስ አዛዦች ለሽማግሌዎችም። ወንበዴን እንደምትይዙ ሰይፍና ጐመድ ይዛችሁ ወጣችሁን?

⁵¹But Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye [them] thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.

⁵³በመቅደስ ዕለት ዕለት ከእናንተ ጋር ስሆን እጆቻችሁን አልዘረጋችሁብኝም፤ ይህ ግን ጊዜያችሁና የጨለማው ሥልጣን ነው አላቸው።

⁵²And Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, that were come against him, Are ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and staves?

⁵⁴ይዘውም ወሰዱት ወደ ሊቀ ካህናት ቤትም አገቡት፤ ጴጥሮስም ርቆ ይከተለው ነበር።

⁵³When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

⁵⁵በግቢ መካከልም እሳት አንድደው በአንድነት ተቀምጠው ሳሉ ጴጥሮስ በመካከላቸው ተቀመጠ።

⁵⁴And they seized him, and led him [away], and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed afar off.

⁵⁶በብርሃኑም በኩል ተቀምጦ ሳለ አንዲት ገረድ አየችውና ትኵር ብላ። ይህ ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ አለች።

⁵⁵And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and had sat down together, Peter sat in the midst of them.

⁵⁷እርሱ ግን። አንቺ ሴት፥ አላውቀውም ብሎ ካደ።

⁵⁶And a certain maid seeing him as he sat in the light [of the fire], and looking stedfastly upon him, said, This man also was with him.

⁵⁸ከጥቂት ጊዜም በኋላ ሌላው አይቶት። አንተ ደግሞ ከእነርሱ ወገን ነህ አለው። ጴጥሮስ ግን። አንተ ሰው፥ እኔ አይደለሁም አለ።

⁵⁷But he denied, saying, Woman, I know him not.

⁵⁹አንድ ሰዓትም የሚያህል ቆይቶ ሌላው አስረግጦ። እርሱ የገሊላ ሰው ነውና በእውነት ይህ ደግሞ ከእርሱ ጋር ነበረ አለ።

⁵⁸And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou also art [one] of them. But Peter said, Man, I am not.

⁶⁰ጴጥሮስ ግን። አንተ ሰው፥ የምትለውን አላውቅም አለ። ያን ጊዜም ገና ሲናገር ዶሮ ጮኸ።

⁵⁹And after the space of about one hour another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this man also was with him; for he is a Galilaean.

⁶¹ጌታም ዘወር ብሎ ጴጥሮስን ተመለከተው፤ ጴጥሮስም። ዛሬ ዶሮ ሳይጮኽ ሦስት ጊዜ ትክደኛለህ እንዳለው የጌታ ቃል ትዝ አለው።

⁶⁰But Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

⁶²ጴጥሮስም ወደ ውጭ ወጥቶ ምርር ብሎ አለቀሰ።

⁶¹And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how that he said unto him, Before the cock crow this day thou shalt deny me thrice.

⁶³ኢየሱስንም የያዙት ሰዎች ይዘብቱበትና ይደበድቡት ነበር፤

⁶²And he went out, and wept bitterly.

⁶⁴ሸፍነውም ፊቱን ይመቱት ነበርና። በጥፊ የመታህ ማን ነው? ትንቢት ተናገር እያሉ ይጠይቁት ነበር።

⁶³And the men that held [Jesus] mocked him, and beat him.

⁶⁵ሌላም ብዙ ነገር እየተሳደቡ በእርሱ ላይ ይናገሩ ነበር።

⁶⁴And they blindfolded him, and asked him, saying, Prophesy: who is he that struck thee?

⁶⁶በነጋም ጊዜ የሕዝቡ ሽማግሌዎችና የካህናት አለቆች ጻፎችም ተሰብስበው ወደ ሸንጎአቸው ወሰዱትና

⁶⁵And many other things spake they against him, reviling him.

⁶⁷ክርስቶስ አንተ ነህን? ንገረን አሉት። እርሱ ግን እንዲህ አላቸው። ብነግራችሁ አታምኑም፤

⁶⁶And as soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, saying,

⁶⁸ብጠይቅም አትመልሱልኝም አትፈቱኝምም።

⁶⁷If thou art the Christ, tell us. But he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:

⁶⁹ነገር ግን ከአሁን ጀምሮ የሰው ልጅ በእግዚአብሔር ኃይል ቀኝ ይቀመጣል።

⁶⁸and if I ask [you], ye will not answer.

⁷⁰ሁላቸውም። እንግዲያስ አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህን? አሉት። እርሱም። እኔ እንደ ሆንሁ እናንተ ትላላችሁ አላቸው።

⁶⁹But from henceforth shall the Son of man be seated at the right hand of the power of God.

⁷¹እነርሱም። ራሳችን ከአፉ ሰምተናልና ከእንግዲህ ወዲህ ምን ምስክር ያስፈልገናል? አሉ።

⁷⁰And they all said, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.

⁷¹And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.