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

¹Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not in by the door to the fold of the sheep, but mounts up elsewhere, *he* is a thief and a robber;

²በበሩ የሚገባ ግን የበጎች እረኛ ነው።

²but he that enters 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 opens; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.

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

⁴When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

⁵ከሌላው ግን ይሸሻሉ እንጂ አይከተሉትም፥ የሌሎችን ድምፅ አያውቁምና።

⁵But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.

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

⁶This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was [of] which he spoke to them.

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

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

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

⁸All whoever 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: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.

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

¹⁰The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have [it] abundantly.

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

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

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

¹²but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.

¹³ሞያተኛ ስለ ሆነ ለበጎቹም ስለማይገደው ሞያተኛው ይሸሻል።

¹³Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about 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 those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine,

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

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

¹⁷ነፍሴን ደግሞ አነሣት ዘንድ አኖራለሁና ስለዚህ አብ ይወደኛል።

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

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

¹⁷On this account the Father loves 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 takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment of my Father.

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

¹⁹There was a division again among the Jews on account of these words;

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

²⁰but many of them said, He has a demon and raves; why do ye hear him?

²²በኢየሩሳሌምም የመቅደስ መታደስ በዓል ሆነ፤

²¹Others said, These sayings are not [those] of one that is possessed by a demon. Can a demon open blind people's eyes?

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

²²Now the feast of the dedication was celebrating at Jerusalem, and it was winter.

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

²³And Jesus walked in the temple in the porch of Solomon.

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

²⁴The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said to him, Until when dost thou hold our soul in suspense? If thou art the Christ, say [so] to us openly.

²⁶እናንተ ግን እንደ ነገርኋችሁ ከበጎቼ ስላልሆናችሁ አታምኑም።

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

²⁷በጎቼ ድምፄን ይሰማሉ እኔም አውቃቸዋለሁ ይከተሉኝማል፤

²⁶but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you.

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 them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand.

³⁰እኔና አብ አንድ ነን።

²⁹My Father who has given [them] to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.

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 therefore again took stones that they might 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 shewn you of my Father; for which work of them 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 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 to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

³⁷እኔ የአባቴን ሥራ ባላደርግ አትመኑኝ፤

³⁶do ye say of him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am 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, even if ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye may know [and believe] that the Father is in me and I in him.

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

³⁹They sought therefore again to take him; and he went away from 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 departed again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptising at the first: and he abode there.

⁴²በዚያም ብዙዎች በእርሱ አመኑ።

⁴¹And many came to him, and said, John did no sign; but all things which John said of this [man] were true.

⁴²And many believed on him there.