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

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

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

²There therefore they made him a supper, and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at table with him.

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

³Mary therefore, having taken a pound of ointment of pure nard of great price, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

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

⁴One of his disciples therefore, Judas [son] of Simon, Iscariote, who was about to deliver him up, says,

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

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

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

⁶But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into [it].

⁷ኢየሱስም። ለምቀበርበት ቀን እንድትጠብቀው ተውአት፤

⁷Jesus therefore said, Suffer her to have kept this for the day of my preparation for burial;

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

⁸for ye have the poor 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።

⁹A great crowd therefore of the Jews knew that he was there; and they came, not because of Jesus only, but also that they might see Lazarus whom he raised from among [the] dead.

¹⁰የካህናት አለቆችም አልዓዛርን ደግሞ ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ፥

¹⁰But the chief priests took counsel that they might kill Lazarus also,

¹¹ከአይሁድ ብዙዎች ከእርሱ የተነሣ ሄደው በኢየሱስ ያምኑ ነበርና።

¹¹because many of the Jews went away on his account and believed on Jesus.

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

¹²On the morrow a great crowd who came to the feast, having heard that Jesus is coming into Jerusalem,

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

¹³took branches of palms and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna, blessed [is] he that comes in the name of [the] Lord, 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 upon it; 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።

¹⁶[Now] his disciples knew not these things at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him.

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

¹⁷The crowd therefore that was with him bore witness because he had called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from among [the] dead.

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

¹⁸Therefore also the crowd met him because they had heard that he had done this sign.

²⁰በበዓሉም ሊሰግዱ ከወጡት አንዳንዶቹ የግሪክ ሰዎች ነበሩ፤

¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said to one another, Ye see that ye profit nothing: behold, the world is gone after him.

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

²⁰And there were certain Greeks among those who came up that they might worship in the feast;

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

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

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

²²Philip comes and tells Andrew, [and again] Andrew comes and Philip, and they tell Jesus.

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

²³But Jesus answered 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 the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, it abides alone; but if it die, it bears much fruit.

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

²⁵He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.

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

²⁶If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall be *my* servant. [And] if any one serve me, him shall the Father honour.

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 on account of this have I come to 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, I both have glorified and will glorify [it] again.

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

²⁹The crowd therefore, which stood [there] and heard [it], said that it had thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him.

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

³⁰Jesus answered and said, Not on my account has this voice come, but on yours.

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 out of the earth, will draw all to me.

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 death he was about to die.

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

³⁴The crowd answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abides for ever; and how sayest thou that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who *is* this, the Son of man?

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

³⁵Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while is the light amongst you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you. And he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

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 in the light, that ye may become sons of light. Jesus said these things, and going away 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, they believed not on him,

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

³⁸that the word of the prophet Esaias which he said might be fulfilled, Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

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

³⁹On this account they could not believe, because Esaias said again,

⁴³ከእግዚአብሔር ክብር ይልቅ የሰውን ክብር ወደዋልና።

⁴⁰He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, that they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart and be converted, and I should heal them.

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

⁴¹These things said Esaias because he saw his glory and spoke of him.

⁴⁵እኔንም የሚያይ የላከኝን ያያል።

⁴²Although indeed from among the rulers also many believed on him, but on account of the Pharisees did not confess [him], that they might not be put out of the synagogue:

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

⁴³for they loved glory from men rather than glory from God.

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

⁴⁴But Jesus cried and said, He that believes on me, believes 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 beholds me, beholds him that sent me.

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

⁴⁶I am come into the world [as] light, that every one that believes on me may not abide in darkness;

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

⁴⁷and if any one hear my words and do not keep [them], I judge him not, for I am not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

⁴⁸He that rejects me and does not receive my words, has him who judges him: the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the last day.

⁴⁹For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what I should say and what I should speak;

⁵⁰and I know that his commandment is life eternal. What therefore I speak, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.