¹በመጀመሪያው ቃል ነበረ፥ ቃልም በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ነበረ፥ ቃልም እግዚአብሔር ነበረ።

¹In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

²ይህ በመጀመሪያው በእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ ነበረ።

²*He* was in the beginning with God.

³ሁሉ በእርሱ ሆነ፥ ከሆነውም አንዳች ስንኳ ያለ እርሱ አልሆነም።

³All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.

⁴በእርሱ ሕይወት ነበረች፥ ሕይወትም የሰው ብርሃን ነበረች።

⁴In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

⁵ብርሃንም በጨለማ ይበራል፥ ጨለማም አላሸነፈውም።

⁵And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

⁶ከእግዚአብሔር የተላከ ስሙ ዮሐንስ የሚባል አንድ ሰው ነበረ፤

⁶There was a man sent from God, his name John.

⁷ሁሉ በእርሱ በኩል እንዲያምኑ ይህ ስለ ብርሃን ይመሰክር ዘንድ ለምስክር መጣ።

⁷He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.

⁸ስለ ብርሃን ሊመሰክር መጣ እንጂ፥ እርሱ ብርሃን አልነበረም።

⁸*He* was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.

⁹ለሰው ሁሉ የሚያበራው እውነተኛው ብርሃን ወደ ዓለም ይመጣ ነበር።

⁹The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.

¹⁰በዓለም ነበረ፥ ዓለሙም በእርሱ ሆነ፥ ዓለሙም አላወቀውም።

¹⁰He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.

¹¹የእርሱ ወደ ሆነው መጣ፥ የገዛ ወገኖቹም አልተቀበሉትም።

¹¹He came to his own, and his own received him not;

¹²ለተቀበሉት ሁሉ ግን፥ በስሙ ለሚያምኑት ለእነርሱ የእግዚአብሔር ልጆች ይሆኑ ዘንድ ሥልጣንን ሰጣቸው፤

¹²but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;

¹³እነርሱም ከእግዚአብሔር ተወለዱ እንጂ ከደም ወይም ከሥጋ ፈቃድ ወይም ከወንድ ፈቃድ አልተወለዱም።

¹³who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.

¹⁴ቃልም ሥጋ ሆነ፤ ጸጋንና እውነትንም ተመልቶ በእኛ አደረ፥ አንድ ልጅም ከአባቱ ዘንድ እንዳለው ክብር የሆነው ክብሩን አየን።

¹⁴And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;

¹⁵ዮሐንስ ስለ እርሱ መሰከረ እንዲህም ብሎ ጮኸ። ከእኔ በኋላ የሚመጣው እርሱ ከእኔ በፊት ነበረና ከእኔ ይልቅ የከበረ ሆኖአል፤ ስለ እርሱ ያልሁት ይህ ነበረ።

¹⁵(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

¹⁶እኛ ሁላችን ከሙላቱ ተቀብለን በጸጋ ላይ ጸጋ ተሰጥቶናልና ሕግ በሙሴ ተሰጥቶ ነበርና፤

¹⁶for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.

¹⁷ጸጋና እውነት ግን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሆነ።

¹⁷For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.

¹⁸መቼም ቢሆን እግዚአብሔርን ያየው አንድ ስንኳ የለም፤ በአባቱ እቅፍ ያለ አንድ ልጁ እርሱ ተረከው።

¹⁸No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, *he* hath declared [him].

¹⁹አይሁድም። አንተ ማን ነህ? ብለው ይጠይቁት ዘንድ ከኢየሩሳሌም ካህናትንና ሌዋውያንን በላኩበት ጊዜ፥ የዮሐንስ ምስክርነት ይህ ነው።

¹⁹And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?

²⁰መሰከረም አልካደምም፤ እኔ ክርስቶስ አይደለሁም ብሎ መሰከረ።

²⁰And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.

²¹እንኪያስ ማን ነህ? ኤልያስ ነህን? ብለው ጠየቁት። አይደለሁም አለ። ነቢዩ ነህን? አይደለሁም ብሎ መለሰ።

²¹And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

²²እንኪያስ። ማን ነህ? ለላኩን መልስ እንድንሰጥ፤ ስለራስህ ምን ትላለህ? አሉት።

²²They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

²³እርሱም። ነቢዩ ኢሳይያስ እንዳለ። የጌታን መንገድ አቅኑ ብሎ በምድረ በዳ የሚጮኽ ሰው ድምፅ እኔ ነኝ አለ።

²³He said, I [am] [the] voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of [the] Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

²⁴የተላኩትም ከፈሪሳውያን ነበሩና። እንኪያስ አንተ ክርስቶስ ወይም ኤልያስ ወይም ነቢዩ ካይደለህ፥ ስለ ምን ታጠምቃለህ? ብለው ጠየቁት።

²⁴And they were sent from among the Pharisees.

²⁶ዮሐንስ መልሶ። እኔ በውኃ አጠምቃለሁ፤ ዳሩ ግን እናንተ የማታውቁት በመካከላችሁ ቆሞአል፤

²⁵And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?

²⁷እኔ የጫማውን ጠፍር ልፈታ የማይገባኝ፥ ከእኔ በኋላ የሚመጣው ከእኔ ይልቅ የሚከብር ይህ ነው አላቸው።

²⁶John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,

²⁸ይህ ነገር ዮሐንስ ያጠምቅበት በነበረው በዮርዳኖስ ማዶ በቢታንያ በቤተ ራባ ሆነ።

²⁷he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.

²⁹በነገው ዮሐንስ ኢየሱስን ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ አይቶ እንዲህ አለ። እነሆ የዓለምን ኃጢአት የሚያስወግድ የእግዚአብሔር በግ።

²⁸These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.

³⁰አንድ ሰው ከእኔ በኋላ ይመጣል፥ ከእኔም በፊት ነበርና ከእኔ ይልቅ የከበረ ሆኖአል ብዬ ስለ እርሱ ያልሁት ይህ ነው።

²⁹On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

³¹እኔም አላውቀውም ነበር፥ ዳሩ ግን ለእስራኤል ይገለጥ ዘንድ ስለዚህ በውኃ እያጠመቅሁ እኔ መጣሁ።

³⁰He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he *was* before me;

³²ዮሐንስም እንዲህ ብሎ መሰከረ። መንፈስ ከሰማይ እንደ ርግብ ሆኖ ሲወርድ አየሁ፤ በእርሱ ላይም ኖረ።

³¹and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.

³³እኔም አላውቀውም ነበር፥ ዳሩ ግን በውኃ አጠምቅ ዘንድ የላከኝ እርሱ። መንፈስ ሲወርድበትና ሲኖርበት የምታየው፥ በመንፈስ ቅዱስ የሚያጠምቅ እርሱ ነው አለኝ።

³²And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.

³⁴እኔም አይቻለሁ እርሱም የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆነ መስክሬአለሁ።

³³And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptise with water, *he* said to me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, he it is who baptises with [the] Holy Spirit.

³⁵በነገው ደግሞ ዮሐንስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱም ሁለት ቆመው ነበር፥

³⁴And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.

³⁶ኢየሱስም ሲሄድ ተመልክቶ። እነሆ የእግዚአብሔር በግ አለ።

³⁵Again, on the morrow, there stood John and two of his disciples.

³⁷ሁለቱም ደቀ መዛሙርት ሲናገር ሰምተው ኢየሱስን ተከተሉት።

³⁶And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God.

³⁸ኢየሱስም ዘወር ብሎ ሲከተሉትም አይቶ። ምን ትፈልጋላችሁ? አላቸው። እነርሱም። ረቢ፥ ወዴት ትኖራለህ? አሉት፤ ትርጓሜው መምህር ሆይ ማለት ነው።

³⁷And the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus.

⁴⁰መጥታችሁ እዩ አላቸው። መጥተው የሚኖርበትን አዩ፥ በዚያም ቀን በእርሱ ዘንድ ዋሉ፤ አሥር ሰዓት ያህል ነበረ።

³⁸But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And *they* said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?

⁴¹ከዮሐንስ ዘንድ ሰምተው ከተከተሉት ከሁለቱ አንዱ የስምዖን ጴጥሮስ ወንድም እንድርያስ ነበረ።

³⁹He says to them, Come and see. They went therefore, and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

⁴²እርሱ አስቀድሞ የራሱን ወንድም ስምዖንን አገኘውና። መሢሕን አግኝተናል አለው፤ ትርጓሜውም ክርስቶስ ማለት ነው።

⁴⁰Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard [this] from John and followed him.

⁴³ወደ ኢየሱስም አመጣው። ኢየሱስም ተመልክቶ። አንተ የዮና ልጅ ስምዖን ነህ፤ አንተ ኬፋ ትባላለህ አለው፤ ትርጓሜው ጴጥሮስ ማለት ነው።

⁴¹He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).

⁴⁴በነገው ኢየሱስ ወደ ገሊላ ሊወጣ ወደደ፥ ፊልጶስንም አገኘና። ተከተለኝ አለው።

⁴²And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone).

⁴⁵ፊልጶስም ከእንድርያስና ከጴጥሮስ ከተማ ከቤተ ሳይዳ ነበረ።

⁴³On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.

⁴⁶ፊልጶስ ናትናኤልን አግኝቶ። ሙሴ በሕግ ነቢያትም ስለ እርሱ የጻፉትን የዮሴፍን ልጅ የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን አግኝተነዋል አለው።

⁴⁴And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

⁴⁷ናትናኤልም። ከናዝሬት መልካም ነገር ሊወጣ ይችላልን? አለው። ፊልጶስ። መጥተህ እይ አለው።

⁴⁵Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.

⁴⁸ኢየሱስ ናትናኤልን ወደ እርሱ ሲመጣ አይቶ ስለ እርሱ። ተንኰል የሌለበት በእውነት የእስራኤል ሰው እነሆ አለ።

⁴⁶And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

⁴⁹ናትናኤልም። ከወዴት ታውቀኛለህ? አለው። ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ፊልጶስ ሳይጠራህ፥ ከበለስ በታች ሳለህ፥ አየሁህ አለው።

⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold [one] truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.

⁵⁰ናትናኤልም መልሶ። መምህር ሆይ፥ አንተ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ነህ፤ አንተ የእስራኤል ንጉሥ ነህ አለው።

⁴⁸Nathanael says to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.

⁵¹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ከበለስ በታች አየሁህ ስላልሁህ አመንህን? ከዚህ የሚበልጥ ነገር ታያለህ አለው።

⁴⁹Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.

⁵²እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ሰማይ ሲከፈት የእግዚአብሔርም መላእክት በሰው ልጅ ላይ ሲወጡና ሲወርዱ ታያላችሁ አለው።

⁵⁰Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these.

⁵¹And he says to him, Verily, verily, I say to you, Henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man.